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    Android Gaming 3 Quick Tl;Dr Android Game Reviews / Recommendations (Episode 186)

    Android Gaming 3 Quick Tl;Dr Android Game Reviews / Recommendations (Episode 186)


    3 Quick Tl;Dr Android Game Reviews / Recommendations (Episode 186)

    Posted: 20 Aug 2021 03:51 AM PDT

    The weekend is fast approaching, my friends, so here are my latest recommendations based on the most interesting mobile games I played last week. Enjoy :)

    Support these posts (and YouTube content + development of MiniReview) on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/NimbleThor <3

    This episode includes a a fun 2D action platformer, a neat tactical indie RPG, and a mobile version of the hugely popular NieR series of PC and console games.

    New to these posts? Check out the first one from 186 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:

    My Friend Pedro [Game Size: 199 MB] (free)

    Genre: 2D / Shoot 'em up / Action / Platformer - Offline Playable

    Orientation: Landscape

    Required Attention: Full

    tl;dr review:

    My Friend Pedro is an adrenaline-pumping and fast-paced 2D shoot 'em up action platformer where we have to keep a constant momentum to avoid losing our score multiplier.

    Split into 37 challenging side-scrolling levels, the game has us move our character by dragging and releasing a finger to fling ourselves in any direction. While in the air, we can tap to shoot objects and enemies, with awesome slow-mo and special effects making this an awesome experience.

    The gameplay very much feels like a speedrun where we must keep moving forward, and if we lose all three of our lives by getting shot by the enemies, we have to restart from the last completed level again. The experience isn't much unlike Cookies Must Die, although I wish we'd be able to move again while in-air like we can in that game as it makes movement feel more fluid.

    The art-style is simple but polished, the controls are easy to get used to, the small story is humorous, and the levels are well-designed and have a high level of variety. Overall, it's just a solid game that any fan of action platformers is almost guaranteed to enjoy.

    My Friend Pedro monetizes through occasional forced ads, incentivized ads to restart at checkpoints, and a single $2.99 iAP to remove all ads and unlock an additional game-mode.

    Google Play: Here


    Raven's Path [Total Game Size: 172 MB] (free)

    Genre: RPG / Tactical / Indie / Pixel art - Offline Playable

    Orientation: Portrait

    Required Attention: Full

    tl;dr review:

    Raven's Path is a fun tactical RPG with real-time combat, over 25 hours of gameplay, lots of loot and heroes, and a great monetization system.

    The game has us put together a team of heroes with unique stats and take them into campaign levels where enemies continuously appear at the top of the screen. Our job is to move our heroes up, down, left, and right to fight the enemies and block them from reaching the bottom of the screen. While some heroes simply attack, most impact each other by healing or buffing heroes around them, which means positioning is very important.

    We gain gold, crowns, loot, and new heroes from chests that instantly open after winning a level. As we progress, we can buy upgrades that let us add more heroes to our team and equip loot that strengthens our existing heroes and gives them new abilities and buffs. Gold can be spent on more chests, while crowns are used for permanent upgrades.

    After every three levels, we can beat a boss to enter the next area of the map or fight special missions for extra loot rewards until we're ready – a simple setup that means we never truly get stuck at any point in the game.

    The gameplay is fun, the levels are short, we need to stay focused during combat to survive, and there are lots of unique heroes and loot to unlock, all of which helps create a nice RPG experience that feels perfectly fit for mobile.

    Raven's Path monetizes through incentivized ads to receive another loot chest, but since the reward is tiny, there's no pressure to watch these. A single $5 iAP to support the developer even removes them entirely.

    Google Play: Here


    NieR Re[in]carnation [Game Size: 4.6 GB] (free)

    Genre: RPG / Gacha / Story-based / 3D + 2D - Requires Online Access

    Orientation: Landscape

    Required Attention: Some

    tl;dr review:

    NieR Re[in]carnation is a beautiful story-driven gacha RPG with an incredibly polished art-style, exceptional audio and sound design, and a brilliant minimal UI.

    The game has us run around a large 3D dream world to find dark scarecrows that let us enter 2D dream stories that have been distorted by a mysterious darkness. Within each dream, we first get to experience a small story by walking around and interacting with NPCs before we're then thrown into battle to fight the darkness.

    The storytelling is great, but since our heroes attack automatically and we can only trigger special abilities, the combat isn't particularly interesting. In fact, all combat can even be sped up and fully automated. Watching it unfold looks amazing, with over-the-top animations and beautiful monster designs – it's just a shame there's nothing to do.

    Since we first have to run around the huge world and then navigate through each dream and listen to its story before we get to enter combat, the game feels rather slow-paced. If you can't appreciate the beautiful world and stories, you're therefore unlikely to enjoy the gameplay. At times, it feels more like a small movie than an actual game.

    NieR Re[in]carnation monetizes through incentivized ads and iAPs for a premium currency used to pull characters and equipment from a gacha system. Although we get a decent amount of free premium currency, there are very few ways to gain more of it after the story missions have been completed, which means the game eventually turns into a grind.

    The game somehow gets very close to nailing what a good NieR game could be on mobile, while dramatically failing to create a memorable and worthwhile experience. Parts of it is so well made that it's some of the best I've ever seen on mobile, but the combat and pacing is some of the worst.

    Google Play: Here


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    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/QHq9Xxgsn2c


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    Google’s confidential document leaked its World’s largest gaming platform ambition

    Posted: 20 Aug 2021 09:02 AM PDT

    A confidential 70-page document titled Games Futures has been leaked, which shows Google's ambition that was not final but seemed like a start towards becoming 'world's largest gaming platform', The Verge reports.

    The ambitious document reveals Google's future plans of building a massive gaming platform. The document was uncovered when Epic Games sued Apple in October 2020 over its app store. It reveals a five-year plan, which included bringing multiple platforms such as Mac, Windows, Android, and even TV together under Google Services with a universal portable game controller that gamers can pair with any platform and target players across every screen. You can read more about the news and story here.

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    Frostpunk Mobile now available for early acess

    Posted: 20 Aug 2021 03:02 AM PDT

    Turn Based Strategy Game

    Posted: 20 Aug 2021 03:21 AM PDT

    I am looking for a turn based strategy game with:

    • PvE and PvP modes
    • Fantasy style preferred (Elves/Orcs)
    • Some sort of long-term progression or collection system
    • Different game modes (Capture the flag/King of the hill)

    Anything out there?

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    Any good and f2p roguelikes?

    Posted: 20 Aug 2021 11:42 AM PDT

    Looking for anything that was made with effort.

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    Sorry, you've ran out of blue battle tokens. But for ten diamonds you could convert your dark stones into black coins, which in turn will give you a golden battle token.

    Posted: 19 Aug 2021 01:11 PM PDT

    Why do they do this? This is not catering to the whales, they just pay and play.

    Why these hundreds of in-game currencies? It makes nobody pay, it is not an incentive to play more (which you can't anyway), it makes it just unnecessaryly complicated.

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    Need a little help

    Posted: 20 Aug 2021 12:38 PM PDT

    I'm planning to buy a earphone for gaming but which to choose usb c Or 3.5mm jack does the sound quality change Or they are the same help me out guys. Thanks

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    [REQUEST] Looking for a new game to play

    Posted: 20 Aug 2021 11:24 AM PDT

    Hi all, I'm in the game hole and thought you might be able to help me discover something new to play. Some of the requirements I'm looking for include:

    • Robust alliance/clan system - chat, private messages, assisting others. Community is super important to me. This disqualifies MOST idle games as I have not found one yet that utilizes an alliance system, but please let me know if you are aware of one!
    • Must have some sort of leveling mechanism - the main character, the base, the ship, the weapons, etc. Love progression in this manner.
    • A game that does not require constant interaction with to play. I can pick the phone up and play, then put it away, and some amount of progression has occurred during the downtime. This would disqualify DIablo-esque games where you don't progress unless you play.
    • When playing the game, having a level of skill that can set you apart from others. For instance, in Clash of Clans, you can either be good at raiding bases, bad at it, or somewhere in between. Same for War Dragons - how good you are at deciding which towers to burn can make your run successful or not.
    • I don't mind some degree of gacha
    • I could justify spending $5-20 a month on a game if I'm truly invested in it.
    • I would ideally like to start a game while it's in early access, but not if you're aware of a bunch of bugs or gameplay frustrations. This ultimately killed my interest in Atlas Empires.
    • To that point, I don't mind if a game has also been out for a long time, especially if it has a strong alliance system.

    Some of the games I've played in the past include:

    • Clash of Clans
    • Rise of Kingdoms
    • War Dragons
    • Ascension
    • Shards of Infinity
    • Atlas Empires
    • Idle Zombie Superhero
    • Epic Monster TD/Idle Monster TD
    • Kingturn RPG

    I hope this helps! Please don't hesitate to ask questions.

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    [REQUEST] 3D RPG Game I cannot remember.

    Posted: 20 Aug 2021 10:19 AM PDT

    I vaguely remember this game, as the tablet I had played it on broke a while ago. I have 4 memories of this game

    1: The town was in a formation that resembled a T, and in that town there was a shop around the bottom right of the T-shaped town. Can't remember what the shop sold, the currency was gold.

    2: There was a little stream over a bridge, and there was a cave to the right of that stream, which had a water boss in it.

    3: The character was either a boy or girl (I think; not sure about the girl part). And the clothing they were wearing was: A brown t-shirt, tan pants, brown shoes, and I think brown hair. Both of them were in the thumbnail for the game, boy on left, girl on right, with a green background.

    1. It was 3d
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    Games that supports two controllers?

    Posted: 20 Aug 2021 06:05 AM PDT

    Hey we would like to play something fun on our smart android tv box. A game that supports two controllers or a turn based game will be awesome. Any ideas?

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    MiniReview - Best Android Game Reviews & Gameplay - A Useful App To Find Hidden Gems

    Posted: 19 Aug 2021 06:43 PM PDT

    Searching for idle games

    Posted: 19 Aug 2021 11:41 PM PDT

    Hi all, Could you please suggest some idle game with multiplayer feature like "ragnarok idle game"?

    Additional filter: - No "space like" game

    • Good UI

    • No p2w

    • Free to play

    Thanks

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    Stress relief games

    Posted: 20 Aug 2021 09:57 AM PDT

    I want some games that I can just play causally in my spare time or I can play to relief the stress I've piled up.

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    I need your help again

    Posted: 20 Aug 2021 08:21 AM PDT

    I need your help finding a good racing game (like assoluto racing) where there are circuit races with ai that you can hit and stuff. I dont mind if it's free or not

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    Good game with persistant universe or incremental progression ?

    Posted: 19 Aug 2021 03:39 PM PDT

    I'm looking for a game where you "build something" in the long time. But with no need to stay connected all the time. Any idea ?

    Thanks.

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    brutal RPGs like darkest dungeon or underrail or the original fallouts ?

    Posted: 19 Aug 2021 01:05 PM PDT

    looking for something brutal and depressing

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    Favorite Play Pass Games

    Posted: 20 Aug 2021 07:22 AM PDT

    I was wondering everybody's favorite games included in Google Play Pass.

    I like action/arcade games, here are some of my favorites:

    linkme: DoorKickers: Action Squad

    linkme: Space Marshals

    linkme: Color Ball Blast

    linkme: holedown

    linkme: The Bug Butcher

    linkme: TRUXTON Classic

    linkme: Pinball Flipper Classic

    linkme: Bouncefield

    linkme: Aces of the Luftwaffe: Squadron

    What are some other good ones?

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    I wonder if anyone can help me find the game/name of the game i used to play a while ago.

    Posted: 20 Aug 2021 05:52 AM PDT

    In the game you were like monster and you got launched and you tap to launch yourself of the ground to get more air time and when you were jumping you were destroying the city and you could unlock more monsters to smash city with. It also had pixelised artstyle and was more on the cuter side of games. The game was also in portrait mode only. Thanks for all the help in advance.

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    Any decent casino/slots games?

    Posted: 19 Aug 2021 11:00 PM PDT

    I've tried a couple but most seem to be shit in terms of whale traps. I'm okay with IAP's as long as they're not required to even stay afloat in the game.

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    These are my fav games, also Stardew Vqlley but i forgot to add it. Can you reccomend me a game?

    Posted: 20 Aug 2021 02:38 AM PDT

    [REQUEST] A good ARPG with active PvP

    Posted: 19 Aug 2021 06:06 PM PDT

    Basically title. I am looking for games with focus on PvP. ARPG preferred but anything goes. Currently playing Hearthstone, MTG:A and Wild Rift. Looking for a RPG kind of game, thanks!

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    Help me find this game

    Posted: 19 Aug 2021 11:36 PM PDT

    So it was a game where you clone troops and use it to kill and destroy enemy base, that's all I remember

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