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I still remember stuff like dead space mobile, those where true, actual games that showed you the potential phones COULD have
now the gaming industry (conventions and everything else to), is now utterly dominated and muddled by the likes of candy crush and genshin impact, its actually sad
How is a giant open world with a cool campaign not impressive for a phone game? Just play it like a regular game instead of doing endgame content, the story's combat is easy to not force anyone to pull.
I can't believe nobody mentioned Vampire Survivors yet? I know it's a port, but it's amazing on mobile.
It's really bizarre how phone gaming's golden age was before the smartphone era, having buttons helped a lot. Later java ME games and symbian everything were very cool, I still listen to the songs of Asphalt 4 to this day.
Don't get me wrong there are cool games too after mihoyo started getting ambitious, but they also ported their games to PC and consoles where it's better to play.
the current day phones gaming capability is massively hindered by the shit storm you have to sift through in order to play any of them. Most of which is due to shitty advertisement companies having malicious ads and intrusive practices. It's basically a hard requirement nowadays to use some sort of DNS blocker for them
phone gaming's golden age was temple run and jetpack joyride, cmv
Snake 2 with the wrapping borders
true, i avoid games on my phone because the touchscreen is just the worst possible interface for most games.
Rollercoaster tycoon classic -RCT 1+2 in one -Touch interface + port by original rct1+2 dev -100 or so scenarios -No added mxt or pay to skip anything, --gameplay is exactly like PC release -Original soundtrack
I think the fact that RCT Classic is only worth getting on mobile because there are better options on PC doesn't help make the case that RCT Classic should be a shining example of 'mobile gaming'. RCT Classic is bit above the bare minimum for an acceptable rerelease of older games.
True its not exactly the point I was trying to make just like the one game on mobile that I recommend paying for 😂
This highlights the problem more than anything
True but it's just a recommendation
I think netflix has some half decent games these days, like Storyteller, Gamedev Tycoon and Terra Nil
The mobile games industry was killed by ports and low-effort cash grabs. Seems like nobody makes good games that are specifically designed for mobile anymore, and almost all ports suffer from poor controls and/or just not being as good as the original versions.
CRYING SUNS
Stuff like Pokémon Go and Ingress were very promising. Although I feel like Pokémon Go was too low effort and should have had very fleshed out Pokémon mechanics such as wild encounters, turn based battles, etc.
Gotta plug one of my favorite mobile game studios: Afterburn. They only have 3 puzzle games. All are relatively short and 100%-able. Every single one is fun and full of heart. Golf Peaks, Inbento (bought by Crunchyroll), and Railbound.
Golf peaks was great, if I ever get play pass again or want to buy a new game I'll check the others out. Thanks!
I played inbento on PC and really liked it, and it seems like it'd be even better on mobile!
Golf Peaks was great
Railbound is a fun puzzle game! Def recommend. Spent many a commute designing rail yards.
You can play Half-Life (Xash3d) or Half-Life 2 (native port) on it, that's something.
Or, even use box86 and box64 to run Steam and/or PC games in a Wine environment
The best mobile games are ports like Terraria and Slay the Spire, or old fashioned emulated games, but you need a controller to make it feel okay.
Yep. I have AAA games on my phone I'll never touch because playing Pokemon moon doesn't feel right on a slab of glass. Can't get into it.