Android Gaming Weekly 'What have you been playing?' thread - 04/02 |
- Weekly 'What have you been playing?' thread - 04/02
- 3 Quick Tl;Dr Android Game Reviews / Recommendations (Episode 168)
- Upcoming 2021 Free Games List Megathread.
- [REQUEST] A game like Polytopia
- Sorry if this isnt the best reddit to ask but, whats the best gaming phone- Rog, blackshark,poco,nubia? I’m coming from an iPhone11 which heats up and drains battery fast playing codm. I’m new to android and people say the best phone has good software support. Any help/opinions appreciated. Thanks
- Titan Quest to have controller support
- Flash Party (Early Access) 1v1 Fight || A Super Smash Bros Ultimate Inspired Game
- 3 New Clash Games coming soon by Supercell
- [REQUEST] Brawl Stars Combat - ARPG Exploration
- Outriders on Game Pass lots of lagging?
- Project cars go gameplay ( New Game ) -One touch racing ( for people who love cars but find normal racing games tuff) - license cars - lisence race tracks - real engine sounds of each car - garage to upgrade and customize
- Tiny Fantasy first look
- Premium Metroidvania games?
- The PC Master Race is becoming an Extreme Minority... Fast (Android)
- Flash Party, a Super Smash Bros clone, is now available for download on TapTap
- i forgot the name of the game
- [Request] Easy to learn, free to play games
- [request] any long term offline games?
- April Fool 2021: Funniest pranks by developers which fooled mobile gamers
- Feedback Please
- [Dev] New game idea brainstorming
- Will this gem ever get a sequel?
- Need help finding games for mom
| Weekly 'What have you been playing?' thread - 04/02 Posted: 02 Apr 2021 06:00 AM PDT 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:
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| 3 Quick Tl;Dr Android Game Reviews / Recommendations (Episode 168) Posted: 02 Apr 2021 05:55 AM PDT Welcome back, my fellow Android gamers, to this latest episode of game recommendations based on the most interesting games I played last week :) Hope you'll enjoy it. This episode includes a 4x strategy game where we colonize space one planet at a time, a real-time cross-platform fighting game, and a unique RPG hero collector. Disagree with my opinion? Let's have a friendly discussion below. New to these posts? Check out the first one from 168 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:Brawlhalla [Game Size: 646 MB] (free)Genre: Fighting / Super Smash Bros.-like - Online + Offline Playable Orientation: Landscape Required Attention: Full tl;dr review: Brawlhalla is an arena platform fighting game heavily inspired by Super Smash Bros. with real-time multiplayer and over 50 distinct heroes with unique abilities and weapons. The game features multiple 1v1 and 2v2 game modes, including online, ranked, custom game rooms, and even local matches or offline tournaments against an AI. It also has PC, mobile, and console cross-platform play, and supports both controllers and keyboards on mobile. The objective is to damage the opponents using our different attacks and weapons until we can ultimately smack them so hard that they fly off of the platform. The controls work well, and the full Brawlhalla experience is almost perfectly ported to mobile. The main downside is that PC players will always have an advantage against someone playing on mobile. It's a game that has been in development for many years, and it shows. The core gameplay loop is fun, and the many game modes, heroes, and maps add lots of replayability. Much like in many MOBAs, eight free heroes rotate every week, while the rest can be unlocked using in-game gold or through iAPs. Since all characters are nicely balanced, there's no pay-to-win, and all characters can even be unlocked through a single $19.99 iAP. Google Play: Here MiniReview link: Here A Planet of Mine [Total Game Size: 112 MB] (free)Genre: Strategy / 4X / Indie - Offline Orientation: Portrait Required Attention: Little tl;dr review: A Planet of Mine is a 4x strategy simulation game that has us explore and expand a spherical planet by gathering resources, researching new technologies, and eventually colonizing other planets. Starting with just a few inhabitants, we select tiles on our side-viewed planet to build everything from mines and workbenches to power plants and houses that hold more inhabitants. Everything we build allows us to gather or refine resources used to build new building types and expand to other planets. Interestingly, which resources a building gathers depends on the biome it is built on, which means we have to carefully consider where to position what. If we're in a rush, we can even rotate the planet to speed up time and gather resources faster. A Planet of Mine features multiple game modes and challenges with different goals that force us to test various strategies for developing our planets and acquiring the necessary resources. Some challenges even allow us to trade with or attack other colonies. The procedurally generated planets ensure a slightly different gameplay experience every time, but the controls make it easy to miss-click when rotating the planet, and I also experienced a few visual glitches that caused text to overlap. While the UI and controls could use an update, the gameplay is still very enjoyable, however. A Planet of Mine monetizes through a single $4.99 iAP to unlock all additional game modes, species, and factions, or $1.99 iAPs to unlock these individually. Google Play: Here MiniReview link: Here Cookie Run: Kingdom [Game Size: 1.6 GB] (free)Genre: RPG / Hero-collector / Gacha / Sim-like - Requires Online Access Orientation: Landscape Required Attention: Some tl;dr review: Cookie Run: Kingdom is a unique RPG hero collector that features the same humorous universe and cute characters the predecessor, Cookie Run: OvenBreak, was known for. The game is split into sim-like gameplay where we expand our kingdom with buildings and decorative cosmetics, and combat game modes where we use our cookie heroes to fight monsters, bosses, and other players. While several games have attempted this combination, what stands out to me about Cookie Run: Kingdom is just how nicely these two parts of the game are tied together. For example, we may need to craft axes in our kingdom so we can repair a bridge that is blocking our path in the campaign mode. During combat, our heroes run forward and attack monsters while we manually or automatically trigger abilities. I'm not a huge fan of auto-combat, but it's made bearable in Cookie Run because combat is only half of the overall gameplay, and using it puts you at a huge disadvantage since it spams abilities randomly. We progress by unlocking new cookie heroes through a gacha system and upgrading them by spending star jellies gained in our kingdom. The main drawbacks are that the game lags even on high-end devices, and that gathering resources needed for progression requires frequently visiting our kingdom throughout the day to restart productions. Cookie Run: Kingdom monetizes through a $4.99 Battle Pass and iAPs used for the gacha system and to recover the energy needed to enter combat. The game is relatively generous with providing free premium currency, so although paying players have a pay-to-progress-faster advantage, it's definitely possible to enjoy the game as a free player. It's a fun and polished game that is easy to fall in love with although the iAPs are expensive and the gacha rates mediocre. 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/db-LIJCOwpA [link] [comments] | ||
| Upcoming 2021 Free Games List Megathread. Posted: 02 Apr 2021 09:20 AM PDT I'm only including big title games with potential e-Sports quality, offering ad-free experience and F2P friendly to an extent. I'll update the list as well as release updates as I know.
Edit: If not a global launch, expecting open betas at least. I kind of wonder why there is a sudden influx of mobile gaming from big devs. The mobile hardware has been capable enough since recent few years, so I'm reckoning that companies understand the huge market cap especially cuz gaming took a boom during covid. [link] [comments] | ||
| [REQUEST] A game like Polytopia Posted: 02 Apr 2021 06:43 AM PDT Polytopia is an interesting game, what are some other games like it? [link] [comments] | ||
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| Titan Quest to have controller support Posted: 02 Apr 2021 06:55 AM PDT Fyi I emailed the devs and they said that controller support is currently being developed. [link] [comments] | ||
| Flash Party (Early Access) 1v1 Fight || A Super Smash Bros Ultimate Inspired Game Posted: 02 Apr 2021 01:24 AM PDT
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| 3 New Clash Games coming soon by Supercell Posted: 02 Apr 2021 06:49 AM PDT | ||
| [REQUEST] Brawl Stars Combat - ARPG Exploration Posted: 02 Apr 2021 08:53 AM PDT Hi gamers! I'm looking for a game the provides combat similar to SuperCell's Brawl Stars but with ARPG elements (similar to something you'd find in Genshin Impact), either having an open world or adventure-style levels, as well as multiplayer. I see SuperCell has just announced Clash Heroes but that's probably still far from release. It does however seem like it's exactly what I'm looking for. If there's anything out there that's available now I'd love to give it a try. All recommendations are appreciated😊 Game on! [link] [comments] | ||
| Outriders on Game Pass lots of lagging? Posted: 02 Apr 2021 05:37 AM PDT Anyone played Outriders on Android Game Pass yet? I noticed alot of lagging and stuttering where im getting killed alot by enemies cus i can't aim properly. Thought maybe it could have been my connection but no that cant be it, all other Game Pass games i played are fine. Just seeing if anybody else having this experience with Outirders [link] [comments] | ||
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| Posted: 02 Apr 2021 09:31 AM PDT Anyone know some good 2d exploration games? I don't mind dropping a few dollars for it, but would like to avoid intrusive ads or in-app-purchases. Most side-scrollers I see seem to be rogue-likes or bullet-hells. [link] [comments] | ||
| The PC Master Race is becoming an Extreme Minority... Fast (Android) Posted: 02 Apr 2021 07:15 AM PDT Tl;dr 1 - Business World Analytics are showing that in 10 years, mobile gaming will be 84% of all gaming. This article/video shows that part of that is because lots of hardcore PC gamers are actually secretly switching over to mobile gaming. Tl;dr 2 - I made all of this into a short concise video here https://youtu.be/xhIGpZVFTm0 But for those of you that prefer reading, here is the video script: Computer gaming was invented in the 1950s and quickly dominated the gaming world as more and more families were able to get computers. Due to an influx of bad games in 1983, computer gaming crashed giving room for console gaming to take the throne. After a very slow come back, computer gaming regained the throne in 2014 only to lose it again to Mobile gaming 2 years later. And while many theorized that computer gaming would have another comeback, no one expected that so many hardcore gamers would switch over to mobile gaming. When mobile gaming dethroned computer gaming in 2016 it was surprising, but then when mobile gaming started to match computer gaming and console gaming combined, it was astounding. PC enthusiasts continue to declare that computer gaming is better and that mobile gaming is only for casual gamers, but what a lot of them don't realize, is that many of their PC gaming friends are secretly switching over to mobile games as their main platform. They still play PC games, but they actually play more on their phones. And what's crazier is that when I looked into who these Gamers were that are switching over, I found a fascinating pattern that will blow your mind. Before I get into that data, let me give a little more information. Many of you know that I did a series 2 years ago during the Diablo Immortal Fiasco covering this topic regarding diablo immortal. In that series I pointed out that many of the research analysts of that time were predicting that within only 5-10 years, 80-90% of gaming would be on the mobile phone. This prediction was based on what has happened to other similar technologies. I gave the example in the first video of what happened to camera phones where normal camera sales continued to grow even as camera phones became more popular and then eventually plummeted when the world decided that normal cameras were no longer a needed item. Many pushed back saying that mobile games would never be as good as computer games, but that's kind of the whole point. Camera phones still aren't as good as a DSLR. Others pushed back saying that camera phones were not used by professionals so the professional gaming industry would stay the same only to find actual professional photographers responding to their comments that many of them actually do use phones for a lot of their work. I then used the example of Blockbuster versus Netflix to explain why Activision/blizzard and other big game companies might be concerned about being on the wrong end of this technological shift. And then I ended that video dispelling the notion that computer games are better than mobile games at every aspect of Gaming by pointing out three areas that mobile gaming offers an advantage. The first one being that touch screen could allow for more dynamic controls getting us one step closer to tom cruise in minority report. The second was that a good phone has a more efficient display, mic, and speaker system allowing for less compatibility issues and offering a much more inclusive system for a fraction of that of PC gaming. And then the third was the convenience and portability of that system allowing more people to be included thus creating more gaming options. I give more details and examples on these three topics in that video if you want to check it out. The video was loved by some and hated by others. I have never had a more controversial video on this channel than that one though part of that is because there were a lot of Diablo Immortal fans that we're still feeling wounded by the announcement. So maybe it was little too soon. Regardless, in the second video of the series I covered more questions and then created a poll to get an understanding of the demographics of mobile gamers. The results of that poll were unbelievable. Instead of finding the majority of mobile gamers being new to gaming. Only 37% of those viewing the video fit that description and 35% claimed that they were serious gamers in both computer and mobile platforms. And then the most astounding statistic of all was that 28% of them claim that they used to be PC gamers and have switched to mobile as their main platform. These numbers were unbelievable and in addition to these new statistics, I would see multiple comments of gamers saying that they have two to $3,000 computer setups sitting unused because they do most of their gaming on mobile. This obviously blew my mind and so I started to engage with these comments to get a little bit more information and I found at least one trend. Most of these gamers that were giving up their PC setups to play mobile games were dads of young kids. Playing on a phone would give them more mobility to move around where they are needed and due to the nature of mobile games, they are easier to pick up and put down. So this makes sense and would account for a very large demographic. In fact, if you factor in that video games have their first popularity in the 80s and 90s, the gamers that are now trying to take care of small kids, are kind of the OG videogame generation. Furthermore, most of them have jobs so they are also Gamers with money. Now the numbers I showed you earlier were from 2 years ago. I recently did another poll gathering similar statistics and you will notice that the numbers look quite a bit different with only 28% claiming that they were serious gamers in both computer and mobile platforms, only 23% claiming that they used to be PC gamers and have switched to mobile as their main platform leaving almost half as gamers that are new to gaming and have never had a computer or console. So this could imply that some of those from the OG gaming generation I have returned to computer gaming once their kids get a little bit older. I know this is been true for me as my kids are now all potty trained, but the numbers of mobile gamers keep skyrocketing each year. Another trend that I found was young people whose parents no longer see a need to buy them a computer. A phone has more uses and is generally cheaper than a computer so it makes sense that some parents are avoiding this cost. This begs the questions of what will happen to them when they get to college? Will they decide to invest their own money in a computer or will they stay satisfied with mobile games. Only time will tell what will exactly happen to the gaming industry, but for now the data regarding mobile gaming continues to grow exponentially to where if it continues in the current path, it will eventually dominate the gaming world. (5 years - 64%/10 years - 84%) And these numbers are staying consistent even though mobile gaming still kind of sucks. Which begs the question, what would these numbers look like if instead of focusing so much on money, mobile game companies started taking this opportunity more seriously and produced the AAA type games that we see on the computer. They clearly already have the technology to do it, it is just a matter of when. One can only imagine how that could affect these numbers. Now if you're watching this 10 years from now, you might be thinking "duh". Everyone already knows this. Why are you talking like you have so much opposition? Just go look down at the comments from when this was first published and you will see that the climate right now is that a lot of people are incredibly resistant to this idea. And those comments are probably going to be tame compared to the ones that I got on the series I did two years ago. In that series, all I did was share statistics and multiple opinions on the subject and some of those gamers lost their freaking minds like I was declaring the end of the world. If you're one of those people that feels like the world is ending because of this news, I want you to know that it's going to be okay. Computer gaming isn't going to disappear. As mobile games get better, we may start hearing more and more news about the newest Mobile game that isn't on the PC yet which will definitely be uncomfortable for those of us who love to play computer games, but we cannot stop this trend by pretending like it isn't happening. This is how technology works. The cycle repeats itself over and over again. Things shift and the people that don't want it to change often call themselves the stronger ones to make themselves feel better. They are part of the elite, the originals. But in doing so, sometimes they make enemies with the people that rise to power later on. Mobile gamers are taking over and they will eventually dominate The Gaming world which will probably have an effect on most areas of game. This leads me to what I said in the third video of that series. Those of us that are PC Gamers need to get off of our high horses and make peace with our mobile gamer brethren. And in doing so, we might be able to help pass on some of the stuff we've learned over the years. Which if we could accomplish that, I predict that would ultimately make gaming better for all of us. Alright guys, I'll see you next time. Tl;dr 1 - Business World Analytics are showing that in 10 years, mobile gaming will be 84% of all gaming. This article/video shows that part of that is because lots of hardcore PC gamers are actually secretly switching over to mobile gaming. Tl;dr 2 - I made all of this into a short concise video here https://youtu.be/xhIGpZVFTm0 [link] [comments] | ||
| Flash Party, a Super Smash Bros clone, is now available for download on TapTap Posted: 01 Apr 2021 06:55 PM PDT
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| Posted: 02 Apr 2021 05:06 AM PDT Its a strategy game with 3 lanes on it. there's tons of heros to play with it and it plays like an rts game. [link] [comments] | ||
| [Request] Easy to learn, free to play games Posted: 01 Apr 2021 09:25 PM PDT No criteria other than that. I currently don't have many games on my phone. so, I'd like so free and simple game suggestions. [link] [comments] | ||
| [request] any long term offline games? Posted: 01 Apr 2021 05:23 PM PDT Like the title says, im looking for some games I can play for a long while, (as I tend to get bored of games decently quickly). I'm open to any suggestions. [link] [comments] | ||
| April Fool 2021: Funniest pranks by developers which fooled mobile gamers Posted: 02 Apr 2021 02:32 AM PDT It's that time of the year again… People pulled off pranks on each other and game developers are also taking part in all the fun. Here's a bunch of posts from game devs that either made gamers laugh out loud or got them by surprise. These posts are taken across a wide pool of mobile games where the developers either cracked up a joke or made wild April Fool pranks on the fellow gamers! From the Free Fire Patch Notes to MLBB Express and both the Supercell Games Clash of Clans and Clash Royale. the devs took time to make hilarious pranks throughout the day and entertain the community. Among Us reversed the Skeld Map and two popular subreddits interchanged their getups. We compiled all of these pranks made either by the devs or the community themselves in our article. What other prank did you come across in your go-to mobile game? We will include them in our article and plan to keep this segment running for the next year as well! [link] [comments] | ||
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| [Dev] New game idea brainstorming Posted: 02 Apr 2021 01:17 AM PDT Hello Friends Our team is up for the next challenge. We are brainstorming for the next game idea. Any suggestions!? I promise your name will be on the credits list, if chosen. [link] [comments] | ||
| Will this gem ever get a sequel? Posted: 01 Apr 2021 09:05 PM PDT
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| Need help finding games for mom Posted: 01 Apr 2021 02:59 PM PDT I was wondering if anyone can suggest some games for my mom. I installed BlueStacks for her since she likes playing on the computer, now I need some games of the type she enjoys. She hates ads and is on a fixed income, so the games need to be free with no ads. (Her hatred of ads has shot down everything I've offered her so far.) I'll list some of her favorites that she misses, if anyone can suggest similar android games, I'd really appreciate it.
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