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what are some good mobile games that aren't the normal copy and paste? (lemmy.one)
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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

A lot of really good older games have been ported to mobile and work fantastically. Knights of the Old Republic, Neverwinter Nights, and Baldur's Gate just to name a few. Hell, you can play Baldur's Gate multiplayer, cross-platform with PC players even! There's also fo2.exe on the Play Store, which lets you play Fallout 1 & 2 on mobile provided you have access to the files from the PC versions. Oh, and Doom ports galore, of course.

As far as mobile-only or mobile-specific games, my favorite is probably Caves, a surprisingly well done and completely free roguelike.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Slay the Spire is excellent on mobile, it's a roguelike deck builder.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Seconding this, it's one of the very very few mobile games that hold up to the standards of other platforms (probably because it's on those other platforms as well). It's not just a good mobile game, it's an incredible game period.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Slay the Spire is crazy fun. And literally infinitely replayable

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Marvel Snap is a really fun lightweight TCG kinda thingy. I never liked Hearth stone or Runeterra, however I thoroughly enjoy Snap

[–] jballs 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'm a big fan of Plague Inc.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Definitely the mobile version of Stardew Valley

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Magic the Gathering: Arena. The mechanics for getting gold, packs, and cards uses semi-toxic dailies/weeklies, but it's do-able to play free2play.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I used to play a ton of rocket league on pc. I was upset at one point by some of their decisions. However i have really been enjoying their free mobile game rocket league sideswipe. It’s different than other games so that ticks the box and there is a lot of room to grow skill wise.

[–] gmatkins 1 points 1 year ago

Flow Free has been my go to time killer for years and years now. The mechanic is super simple and it's not a noisy or obnoxious game.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Might not be the answer you expect, but I have an iPhone and I got myself an Apple Arcade subscription without expecting much (I didn’t play mobile games at all before that, because they tend to feel either unoriginal, or scammy, or both), and I was surprised at how most games (not all games, but still) were truly original, and none of them were scammy since I was technically paying for them with the subscription. It’s been a surprisingly nice exploration.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

May be the commercial one but actually Candy crush is a nice one

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I work at a gaming company - Candy crush is known for employing the same tactics that keep people sitting at slot machines for 8 hours a day, and every damn PM wants to copy those patterns.