Android Gaming Weekly 'What have you been playing?' thread - 12/04 |
- Weekly 'What have you been playing?' thread - 12/04
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- 3 Quick Tl;Dr Android Game Reviews / Recommendations (Episode 153)
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- Finally Bloodstained Ritual of the Night on Android
- Games like pocket trains?
- Detective/Mystery game recommendations megalist
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- What are some good offline games like dead cells, Minecraft, Teraria, Hitman Sniper?
- [DEV]RTS in Rome 2077 world. Do we actually need such strategy games on mobile?
- https://unitedaca.com/free-learn-python-fundamentals-for-data-science/
- How to you unlock the Archer in Card Crawl?
- Games like Card Crawl?
- Any detective interview games?
- [REQUEST] Hard and challenging games
- [REQUEST] Any good train simulators?
- Searching for best games like Arcade Hunter
- Choose me a new controller
- LOOKING FOR SPACE RTS GAME
- I have not so good pc. But I still want to play monster super league. What light weight emulator is good? I heard about leapdroid being the lightest and fastest for low spec pcs. But I am concerned about safety and such. Any advice?
- Some of the best gamepads for Android
- Picking up a new phone but not ready to say goodbye to my game saves. What are my options?
- renal summer - need a bit of help
- My recommendations if your on a Queen's Gambit kick: chess puzzles
| Weekly 'What have you been playing?' thread - 12/04 Posted: 04 Dec 2020 05:10 AM PST This weekly thread is for discussing the games we are playing this week! List any games you are playing and include any extra information like what the game is about and why you are enjoying playing it. Make sure you provide a link to the Google Play Store page when suggesting games. Play Store Links Bot can be used to make this easier. To use the Play Store Links Bot simply put the following in your comment: [link] [comments] | ||
| Posted: 04 Dec 2020 10:43 AM PST It's no secret the reputation mobile gaming already has for the most greedy, scammy, money hungry, manipulative monetization strategies in gaming. As bad as that is, I understand to a certain point it's buyer beware and if people still want to fork money over willingly well that is their choice. However this post is not even about that aspect of mobile gaming whatsoever. I have a Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 which at the time I purchased in the summer of 2016 was the best Android tablet I could find available. So it's been out a few years but it's not that old yet. Since I got this tablet I bought a number of games for it that obviously at the time of purchase were compatible and working perfectly on my device. I already avoided any F2P or online only titles for the most part for the obvious reasons related to my above statement, so I tried to be smart with my money and only buy full standalone games or games that may have an online component but also an offline standalone to try to steer clear of shady monetization practices. Now even after taking those efforts I find myself being screwed over by lazy developers that can't be bothered to continue support for the devices customers have forked over their money in order to play their games on. I have too many games which since purchasing have become "Incompatible with this device" some within a matter of months after purchase, others longer but that shouldn't matter. Developers should be responsible to keep a working product available for customers who've purchased their product within a reasonable time period afterwards, at least somewhere within the range of the life cycle of your average gaming console, where developers still provide support for games even years after the next generation is available in many instances. If they put out updates that break the game on previous devices then then older versions should be made available that still work on those devices for customers who've already forked their money over to play the games. After all as I stated most of these games are not online or MP so there's no reason to prevent those who've previously paid for a working version from continuing to have access to a working version on their devices. Can you imagine buying a game on PC or console only to come back to play on that same device you purchased working games on only to find an "Incompatible with this device" notice and you are now unable to play that game anymore? This shit doesn't happen on PC or Console because there would be an uproar yet for some reason in many instances those same exact devs who make the effort to update PC games to stay compatible on older hardware and be compatible with newer hardware could give a flying fuck about making the same efforts for anything mobile related. It's absolutely ridiculous and it should be fucking illegal! And it's not only gaming either, I have a subscription to Netflix but I'm unable to watch on my tablet for the same bullshit reasons. I even went to the effort of finding an older version that matches the android OS on my tablet and should work but when I enter my valid credentials it says they are invalid and I can't log in. I called Netflix and take a wild guess what they said? "Your device is incompatible". Wow! Really so I can go download any number of pirate streaming software that allows me to watch all the same content for free if I want to and the developers of those programs can manage to keep compatible versions available completely for free but Netflix who I pay a fucking monthly subscription to can't manage to do the same? Seriously WTF, this isn't even incompetence it's a complete disregard for paying customers! And it's usually the bigger name developers that are the prime culprits while smaller indie devs actually seem to value their customers. On top of all this every single time I leave a negative review stating my completely legitimate grievances and reasons for disappointment with a game & it's developers. The review magically disappears within the same fucking day! They can put the effort in to censor negative reviews but can't be bothered to show paying customers the respect to at least value their negative opinions or even provide a proper service. There's another big issue with mobile: reviews are either fixed like this or they bother you with pop-ups to go leave good reviews for a game in the initial stages before you get to the part where P2W or some other BS kicks in and you are bound to have a far lower opinion so you get all these complete shit games with great looking reviews to keep a steady flow of suckers coming. So many scummy scamming practices on mobile it's ridiculous. Anyway I digress, the end result of all this is that I have sworn off mobile gaming altogether, I no longer have any confidence that I can pay for a product and expect to still access a working version of it within a year or two from the time of purchase. To the mobile devs who although there seem to be no consequences for scumbag behavior on mobile platforms yet still make the effort to keep your games compatible and your customers happy and not behave like scumbags, you are appreciated but unfortunately I'm giving up on mobile altogether because of all the assholes who've taken my money and eroded all trust yet face no consequences for their actions. From me to all you dirtbag lowlife mobile developers, here's a sincere FUCK YOU! I hope karma gives you all of the things you've earned and so rightfully deserve! Rant over. [link] [comments] | ||
| [DEV]ISOMOVERSE - A trackless AR android game Posted: 04 Dec 2020 02:49 AM PST
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| 3 Quick Tl;Dr Android Game Reviews / Recommendations (Episode 153) Posted: 04 Dec 2020 06:25 AM PST Happy first Friday of December! :) And welcome back to my roundup of the most interesting mobile games I played this week. This week, I played a new multiplayer arena shooter, a unique action dungeon-crawler RPG, and a polished hero collector RPG with an interesting real-time combat system. Disagree with my opinion? Let's have a friendly discussion below. New to these posts? Check out the first one from 153 weeks ago here. The games are "ranked" somewhat subjectively from best to worst, so take the ranking for what it is. Let's get to the games:Hellfire - Multiplayer Arena [Game Size: 317 MB] (free)Genre: Shooter / PvP / Arena / Action / Dark / Indie - Requires Online Access Orientation: Landscape Required Attention: Full tl;dr review: Hellfire is a multiplayer arena first-person shooter that draws inspiration from old PC titles such as Quake III Arena and Unreal Tournament to create a dark, gritty, and high-intensity 2-8 player shooter experience with no pay-to-win. The indie game features 4 deathmatch maps that unlock as we level up. All players start each match with the same weapon, while better weapons, HP recovery orbs, and Shield recharges are scattered around the small map. The first player to reach the kill goal wins. The simple controls feature a left-side joystick, and two buttons to switch weapons and quickly dash forward. There are both manual and auto-fire options, but I personally think the auto-fire gives the game exactly the fast-paced feel it should have. The main downsides are that there are too few weapons and too few players, the latter of which means we often end up playing bots. However, since we can create our own private rooms, the game is perfect to play with friends – and this is where Hellfire really shines. Hellfire monetizes through premium currency iAPs ranging from $1.99 to $29.99 that are used to unlock new vanity cosmetic characters that provide no gameplay advantages. At this point, the game just needs more players, content, and polish to expand its solid foundation. Google Play: Here MiniReview link: Here Drake n Trap [Game Size: 299 MB] (free)Genre: RPG / Action / Strategy / Top-down / Dungeon-crawler - Offline + Online Orientation: Landscape Required Attention: Full tl;dr review: Drake n Trap is a unique action dungeon crawler RPG where we lead our main character and a team of spawnable fantasy heroes through dungeons full of traps, chests, monsters, and bosses in both PvE and PvP game modes. Before heading into the 500 dungeon levels, we define a deck of five heroes that each have unique stats, abilities, and a mana cost. During combat, we use a left-side joystick to control our character while spawning multiple of each hero by spending mana that recovers over time. The heroes trace our main character and automatically attack nearby enemies and traps unless we tap a button to make them passive. The strategy and almost puzzle-like nature of the dungeons force us to constantly switch between aggressive and passive hero behavior to avoid traps and strong boss attacks, which creates a fun and engaging gameplay experience. In addition to the normal dungeons, the game features both a ranked mode and an arena where we must finish a dungeon faster than six other players who recently played the same dungeon. Drake n Trap monetizes through incentivized ads and iAPs to unlock and level up heroes faster, acquire high-tier loot, and recover energy. The energy system limits our play-session length, but we get so much energy and premium currency for free through achievements and daily rewards that the game can easily be enjoyed as a free player. Google Play: Here MiniReview link: Here ILLUSION CONNECT [Total Game Size: 3 GB] (free)Genre: RPG / Gacha / Action / Strategy - Requires Online Access Orientation: Landscape Required Attention: Little tl;dr review: ILLUSION CONNECT is a polished team-based gacha strategy RPG with an interesting real-time combat system where heroes are spawned on a 3x3 grid by spending mana that recovers over time. It features everything you'd expect from a gacha RPG, including a large roster of characters, a guild system, quests, lots of daily login rewards, and a shop full of iAPs. Although the character designs are overly sexualized, the cartoony visuals are high quality, and the universe and events are decently interesting. Unlike most games in the genre, PvP against friends is real-time in ILLUSION CONNECT. Unfortunately, we can only spawn each hero once per battle, so as soon as they're all spawned, we have to wait while the combat unfolds automatically. It feels like a missed opportunity that the combat system doesn't allow heroes to be continuously spawned to create a more engaging gameplay experience. The game monetizes through an energy system and lots of iAPs for premium currency and other pay-to-win advantages. We do receive a large quantity of premium currency through quests and achievements, so the singleplayer can be enjoyed as a free player – just don't expect to compete in PvP. While there's lots of content to dive into and a story full of mystery, I'd only recommend hardcore gacha RPG fans to check out ILLUSION CONNECT. Google Play: Here MiniReview link: Here NEW REVIEW APP: You can search and filter reviews and games I've played (and more) in my app MiniReview: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=minireview.best.android.games.reviews Outdated (replaced by MiniReview): Sheet of all games I've played so far: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1bf0OxtVxrboZqyEh01AxJYUUqHm8tEfh-Lx-SugcrzY/edit?usp=sharing TL;DR Video Summary (with gameplay) of last week's 3 games: https://youtu.be/lAxL6PXn3B4 [link] [comments] | ||
| Posted: 04 Dec 2020 05:43 PM PST Here is the link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kiwiwalks.witchspring4 Couldn't make a link post because the sub doesn't let me. [link] [comments] | ||
| Finally Bloodstained Ritual of the Night on Android Posted: 04 Dec 2020 11:18 AM PST
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| Posted: 04 Dec 2020 04:02 PM PST I played a lot of Pocket Trains à few years back and enjoyed it a lot. I was thinking of picking it up again but I was wondering if anything similar and/or better came out since then? [link] [comments] | ||
| Detective/Mystery game recommendations megalist Posted: 04 Dec 2020 10:12 AM PST Started as a comment on a thread but I just keep thinking of more stuff 😅 Original comment: I love mystery/detective games. Here's area some of my faves I think you might like: Vigil files: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.makario.vigilos More focused on investigation (with really cool ARG elements) but chatting with the characters in the game area so amazingly well written and responsive, this is my favorite mobile game ever Layton brothers mystery room: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.Level_5.MysteryRoomENG Cool investigation scenes and fun interviews (Layton's mystery series: Related but it's just a puzzle game like Professor Layton but with a detective theme: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.Level5.LaytonMJNAsp) Her story: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.MrSamBarlow.HerStoryGame You don't directly interview the witness, but this is an amazing detective/narrative experience. Might be better on a PC though. Murder mystery: detective investigation story https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.apsocialsoft.murdermystery Not my favorite, but pretty good and has more emphasis on questioning witnesses/suspects and answering questions The last express: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dotemu.thelastexpress Haven't finished this one but I like it so far, and it's a classic of the character-focused mystery solving genre. Also might be better on a PC. The trace: https://www.amazon.com/Trace-Mystery-Analyze-evidence-criminal/dp/B00Y2U5P0Y Not on the play store because the app got stale. I don't remember where I got my apk from so I'm linking the Amazon page. This has no interviews that I can recall, but a unique system of question-answer to solve the mystery using the evidence you collect. I also find that a lot of text adventure games and found phone games scratch the same itch for me, let me know if you want me to list any of those. Edit: also this game is all about finding contradictions, not on android but I thought I'd mention it! https://store.steampowered.com/agecheck/app/373390/ Edit edit: I can't believe I forgot to mention detective grimoire!! https://detectivegrimoire.com/ https://www.tangletowergame.com/ Also some an old flag game in the series somewhere, but an absolute classic and one of my faves :) Edit again: not a mobile game but I can't not mention Why am I Dead https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/606173 Follow up game, more polished: http://www.whyamideadatsea.com/ And the Blackwell Legacy series https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackwell_(series) Edit: as long as people are mentioning Phoenix wright, if you're willing to look into ds emulation I'd check out the Hotel Dusk series! And I haven't played it but people also recommend Ghost Trick Edit: just going to keep adding games as I think of them Alt-frequencies https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.accidentalqueens.altfrequenciesandroid Time-loop mystery game. No interviews but cool mystery/puzzle solving in a time loop Kathy Rain! https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rawfury.kathy Mostly a point and click, but good detectiving as far as I can recall! Mysterious forum: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.entabridge.chatnovel3en Visual-novelesque but I had fun with this one Liar! Uncover the truth https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.voltage.g.doubt.en Revealing my love of trash with this one, but I genuinely had fun playing this Miss Fishers Murder Mysteries: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=au.com.tinmangames.missfisher1 I don't remember much of the gameplay, but I left a good review! The Prison Boys https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=tokyo.seec.kangokuboyEng Left a good review for this, but apparently haven't bought the whole game haha Replica: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.zerorockent.replica Found phone game with a cool aesthetic! A Normal Lost Phone: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.accidentalqueens.anormallostphone This game and its sequel are great found phone mysteries NoStranger https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.BVP.NoStranger You might like this one! Interview a stranger over text to uncover a mystery, ARG elements as well Dead man's phone https://www.deadmansphone.com/ This one's in early access but shows promise, a little uncomfortable with how you interrogate an underage suspect though 😬 Hey Love Tim https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nutnut.heylovenora This play store page does a major disservice to this game, the mystery is actually pretty cool and it's told all through a text app More recs in comments! Please add any more games you can think of, I'm always on the lookout for more!! (Even if they're not android 🙏) [link] [comments] | ||
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| What are some good offline games like dead cells, Minecraft, Teraria, Hitman Sniper? Posted: 04 Dec 2020 01:20 PM PST I honestly can't find any games better then these any suggestions any game racing strategy it doesn't mater I just want to play a game that isn't me grinding my butt of for 45 min [link] [comments] | ||
| [DEV]RTS in Rome 2077 world. Do we actually need such strategy games on mobile? Posted: 04 Dec 2020 01:07 AM PST | ||
| https://unitedaca.com/free-learn-python-fundamentals-for-data-science/ Posted: 04 Dec 2020 05:27 PM PST
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| How to you unlock the Archer in Card Crawl? Posted: 04 Dec 2020 03:47 PM PST | ||
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| Any detective interview games? Posted: 04 Dec 2020 08:25 AM PST Any detective game about finding who's the murderer and having to interview the suspect and find out who's lying and who's the murderer? I've found some, but they have additional puzzles that set me far from the detective interview experience. I'd want to focus on interview suspects, identify lies and finding out who's the murderer. [link] [comments] | ||
| [REQUEST] Hard and challenging games Posted: 04 Dec 2020 09:15 AM PST Hey I'm searching for a game that has epic boss fight battle and that is hard and challenging like I really want to feel the difficulty any game like that? [link] [comments] | ||
| [REQUEST] Any good train simulators? Posted: 04 Dec 2020 01:54 AM PST My grandfather is a huge fan of trains and just got a Chromebook for his birthday, so I want to get a couple train sims for him. They can be free or paid, though I'd like in-app purchases to be minimal. He's computer-savy for an 80 y/o, so they don't have to be too simple. In general, I'm looking for like a conductor sim or something that feels like playing with a model train set, but I'll check out anything train related. [link] [comments] | ||
| Searching for best games like Arcade Hunter Posted: 04 Dec 2020 11:35 AM PST Hello, I dont know the genre name. But there is arcade hunter and archero. What are the best alternatives? Or the best recommendation in this kind of genre? I am searching for f2p with lot of content to grind. Thanks! Happy Weekend [link] [comments] | ||
| Posted: 04 Dec 2020 10:10 AM PST I'm currently using the Redmi k20 non pro and a Xbox style controller with a pop up holder in the middle which works fine. I recently order the Blackshark Funcooler but later realized that I can't use both the controller and the cooler at the same time. Can you guy find me a controller that attach to both sides like a joycon so it is playable with the cooler on ? [link] [comments] | ||
| Posted: 04 Dec 2020 09:04 AM PST I have these memories of playing a top-down space RTS game, but cannot for the life of me find it on the play store. I think it may have been removed or something. I remember gameplay (at least for the singleplayer part, i don't remember if it had multiplayer) involved a campaign where your race (out of multiple) would start with planets and you can send fleets and make ships to expand to other planets. I think I remember shipyards being a thing, and that when you were in combat, your ships all spawn around some sort of mothership thing and you could either switch control between a computer AI for the ships, or control them yourself through touching places on the screen One of the races had teleportation/wormhole technology and was blue, the humans were green, and there was an "antihuman" faction that were Pirates i think and they were red(?) Finally the most memorable part of the game for me is the "Scourge" which were an alien race with biological ships and who's symbol was kind of a spiral, Overall the game reminds me now of homeworld, if it had a persistant and dynamic campaign, and was 2d topdown. Am I delusional or have other people also remembered playing this? [link] [comments] | ||
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| Some of the best gamepads for Android Posted: 04 Dec 2020 07:50 AM PST Hi Guys, so I've reviewed a few gamepads for Android and thought I would stick the links in here. Hopefully they're helpful to someone who's looking for a gaming controller for their Android phone: GameSir F4 Falcon (Currently giving it away, check review for more instructions.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yte7QKgEmfo Glap Play Dragon Slay Titan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdEnQI1aLU4 FlyDigi Wee 2T https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlknlV-8Tbw&feature=youtu.be Saitake 7007X https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1BM16kU6L0&feature=youtu.be [link] [comments] | ||
| Picking up a new phone but not ready to say goodbye to my game saves. What are my options? Posted: 04 Dec 2020 01:46 AM PST I've looked online at how to transfer game save data and its either apps that no longer work or technical stuff that's a bit over my head. Any help from you guys would be appreciated. [link] [comments] | ||
| renal summer - need a bit of help Posted: 03 Dec 2020 06:48 PM PST there is a game on the playstore called renal summer, a game where you are the kidney of a dog with renal failure, and you follow it's life with his owner on a real time clock my question is.. has anyone played it? is there something to do after the 7th day? is there any way to avoid the dog from dying? i dont know if its a spoiler but the life bar thingie just keeps getting shorter every day [link] [comments] | ||
| My recommendations if your on a Queen's Gambit kick: chess puzzles Posted: 03 Dec 2020 02:42 PM PST If your looking for some chess game puzzlers, here are two that I have thoroughly played and enjoy: Chess Tactic Puzzles. Over 20,000 puzzles with no IAPs and no ads. The better you are at guessing the right tactic without wrong guesses, the harder the next puzzle will be; scaling difficulty and shows your progression. I've stared down some scenarios for well over 5 minutes. Sometimes the answer is one move, other time a well executed series of events. There's an AI analyser to go through solution and different scenarios if you'd like more reasoning behind the solutions. Linkme: Chess Tactic Puzzles Really bad chess by Noodle Cake studio. AI powered chessboard but with a twist: the pieces on the board aren't the traditional pieces distribution. You could have 3 queens and no rooks etc. IAPs to remove ads. Has daily and weekly challenges. Ads aren't overbearing and play after a session. Linkme: Really bad chess [link] [comments] |
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