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198 sats \ 12 comments \ @stack_harder 22 Jun gaming

When smartphones were first a thing, I remember people thinking that it would be the death of handhelds, but as a gamer and huge 3ds fan, I knew it would never happen. platformers and things just dont adapt well, and virtual pads are shit.

But then mobile devs found a way to make it work - which was basically a gacha system where the game is throttled and you end up paying or losing to p2p players

Recently I've been playing one , Warhammer Tactics and it's not bad, i tried another zombie shooter one and got bored of it.

I find the psychology interesting of having a game make all it's money on whales when, probably, that money would be better spent on a normal gaming experience.

what do you guys think of mobile gaming? have you found any good ones?

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130 sats \ 5 replies \ @k00b 22 Jun

I haven't fallen in love with a smartphone game in the same way I have with games on dedicated gaming devices. The only game I've seriously played on a smartphone was a free Glypha port to iOS that is no longer available last I checked.

In part, I think smartphones are noisy - it's hard to lose yourself in a game when notifications keep popping up. Also the interconnectedness of online multiplayer games and payment expansions, etc, dilute my favorite part of games - an expanding, branching, artistic, experience that takes me away from everything.

82 sats \ 1 reply \ @WeAreAllSatoshi 22 Jun

This reminds me of why I never got into computer games. I think without knowing it, I preferred a dedicated console so as not to mix computer usage purposes and gaming. I liked computers for chatting with friends, web browsing, etc, and gaming on consoles. I know PC gaming is “superior”, but I had fun on consoles anyway.

50 sats \ 0 replies \ @stack_harder OP 23h

i was never a pc gamer, per se, but played the usual rts games and shooters, doom and duke nukem etc

i always liked console gaming though, because you could do it in front of the tv and with friends irl.

my friend is now a pc gamer and he; 's just on his own in his basement playing lol, bit antisocial!

still, these days with things like steam deck and hybred consoles, i think it's easy to have the best of everything. that being said, i still dont have a steam deck either

10 sats \ 1 reply \ @LibertasBR 22 Jun

I totally agree. The ergonomics and battery life don't help, and worse still, the most common games have evolved within the same boring freemium formulas.

I see that the only one that was competent in making games viable on mobile devices was Nintendo with the Switch. Before that, Nintendo itself had games on emulators on smartphones, the latter without its help and connivance.

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @stack_harder OP 22 Jun

They've really got the gatcha forumla down to a science. worst are the endless ads for the same types of games as well

77 sats \ 0 replies \ @k00b 22 Jun

iOS Glypha gameplay

14 sats \ 1 reply \ @nout 22 Jun

The Android based game handhelds (like Retroid Pocket 5) are essentially a combination of a phone and game console. It has the best from both worlds and I really appreciate those, since it runs literally all games ever done up to Playstation 2... :)

In terms of smartphone gaming, "Retry!" from Rovio is my favorite game on smartphone that you can no longer get. There are ways to get the .apk (I have it), but it's no longer on app stores. If there's anyone that beat Retry!, I would love to be your friend!

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @stack_harder OP 20h

i dont have any of these but i do quite like the channels like retrododo that review them all. wouldnt mind getting on one day and putting all the retro games on it

14 sats \ 1 reply \ @LibertasBR 22 Jun

The idea is good and even natural since we use devices daily, but it has more complications than benefits. Some games took off and soon became saturated, like Angry Birds, Cut the Hope and Candy Crush for example. All in the same freemium style and with levels. Larger game ports don't take off because of the battery and heat, not to mention the ergonomics that don't help. What I played a lot on my smartphones were emulators, I was able to finish Pokemon and other games that I couldn't play because I didn't have a console.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @stack_harder OP 20h

reemeber flappy bird was a so successful that it was too much for the creator and he took it down. guy missed out on millions!

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @byzantine 22 Jun

my kids enjoy the modretro platform

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @stack_harder OP 22 Jun

modretro platform sounds cool, do you have to have all the carts?

A few years back when moving i somehow lost all my old gba games and ds games. i have an r4 and can play them etc , but im still a little bit sad about that