But isn’t it more of a real game that is also available on iOS? It lacks all of the horrible control and monetization innovations that are native to phones and tablets, and was released on computers first.
@InnocuousFarmer@zippyus It’s not like that at all, honestly. The main point is the dungeon crawly bit; honestly the “build a village” bit was kind of…not fully necessary. But super cute, so I forgive them.
Edit: also, absolutely no real-money purchases after buying the game itself.
@Kawa@zippyus Huh, it’s by the same guys as Caves of Qud. I may be able to get over my Pavlovian response to the graphics…
But maybe I’ll wait for a sale. I’m absurdly far behind on actually playing the wealth of roguelikes that are available. That and books. and other… everything.
@moondrake@Seeds I have over 200,000 coins and spent $0 to get them. I play that much. Daily challenges and endless mode always keeps me coming back. Now they have “Battlez” where you can compete with other players and you get rewards for the highest score.
@PlacidPenguin There was a long time when “vanilla” PD wasn’t in active development and Shattered was. By now, I’ve gotten so used to its balance/quirks/quality of life improvements that I can’t go back.
Also there’s no weapon degradation, so that’s nice.
@atz413 not really. Mostly it is just click monetized click addictions. There are a couple actual games for tablets, but they are very few and far between.
@atz413 Yeah, I’ve owned (and tried) quite a few. I generally get bored, or if I don’t, I feel as if I can’t “waste” the time playing, so I either uninstall them, or wait until I have to “upgrade” my Kindle, then I don’t re-install them.
Any of “The Room” series by Fireproof Games. Those are amazingly well-done and fun. The new one just came out and it’s as good, if not better, than it’s predecessors.
Been playing Galaxy Trucker lately. It’s an electronic version of a board game. Never played the board game but I do enjoy the electronic version at the moment. Sometimes the RNG is mean.
I hate the ‘pay to win’.
Here is my pay once then play:
Air Control HD
Great Big War Game (Many games)
Osmos HD
Game Dev Story (If you like this style of game the dev Kairosoft Co.,Ltd makes many similar styled games with different themes.
Catan Classic
NBA JAM by EA SPORTS (almost as good as Sega)
Ticket to Ride
Pinball by Zen Studios Walking dead, Star Wars and many more (this is $2 PER table. Pick your favorite theme)
Flick Golf!
I’ve been obsessed with Spaceflight Simulator for weeks now. Basically 2D Kerbal Space Program. Once you get bored with going to the moon, there’s a bunch of planets, and then once you get bored with that you can start piecing together a space station.
Enjoy Sudoku is the (tablet) game I’ve played the most, maybe for almost a decade (not sure when I first got it). It is one of the few games that I’ve paid for and not felt ripped off by; the hint system is awesome and it is extremely good for learning how to not have to guess when playing.
I also really enjoyed the earlier versions of Plants vs Zombies. Later versions, not so much.
I play a lot of Hearthstone and Big Farm. These games are free with pay-to-win elements, but they can be played forever just fine for free. I did give $5 to Hearthstone for a special package of cards last year. I like to give the developers a bit of cash when I enjoy their game. I’ll eventually pony up $5 to Big Farm. The other games I play a lot are android versions of tabletop games. I paid for them up front and there are no pay-to-win elements in them. They play basically just like the tabletop games. They include Settlers of Catan (with Seafarers and Knights and Cities), Carcassonne (a big multi expansion pack), Ticket to Ride (with like 10 different maps), Castles of Mad King Ludwig, Splendor, Paperback and Alhambra. I’ve got quite a few others in my play store account, including Small World and Pandemic, along with games from my youth like Monopoly, Life, Risk and Yahtzee. But they don’t fit on my tablet with my favorites. If my tablet had more memory there are a dozen more I’d buy, but 32g is unforgivingly small.
Best tablet game is Civ 6 on the iPad
Peachball
Plague, destroying the world is fun.
FTL
@zippyus It is such a good game.
But isn’t it more of a real game that is also available on iOS? It lacks all of the horrible control and monetization innovations that are native to phones and tablets, and was released on computers first.
@InnocuousFarmer @zippyus Well yes. But the mobile interface is actually much more intuitive than the PC one, I think.
I feel similarly about Sproggiwood, incidentally.
@Kawa @zippyus Is Sproggiwood… good? It looks like a farm clicker / time-limited currency purchasing game, just judging by the art in the screenshots.
@InnocuousFarmer @zippyus It’s not like that at all, honestly. The main point is the dungeon crawly bit; honestly the “build a village” bit was kind of…not fully necessary. But super cute, so I forgive them.
Edit: also, absolutely no real-money purchases after buying the game itself.
@InnocuousFarmer @Kawa @zippyus
Got Sproggiewood through a Humble Bundle mobile bundle.
I don’t think I’ve ever played it. Just downloaded it though, and will try later.
@Kawa @zippyus Huh, it’s by the same guys as Caves of Qud. I may be able to get over my Pavlovian response to the graphics…
But maybe I’ll wait for a sale. I’m absurdly far behind on actually playing the wealth of roguelikes that are available. That and books. and other… everything.
Solitaire
Angry Birds! What else could it be?
Plants vs. Zombies 2.
I’ve played it practically every day since I bought my first tablet back in 2014.
A couple of years after that the game crashed and my progress was lost. Argh. Since then, Google Cloud saves everything so I’m happy with my progress.
@JT954 I liked the first one better. Only played on PC though, maybe the tablet version is different?
@JT954 @Seeds Same here. The pay-to-win features of PvZ2 got it deleted from my tablet after a short time.
@moondrake @Seeds I have over 200,000 coins and spent $0 to get them. I play that much. Daily challenges and endless mode always keeps me coming back. Now they have “Battlez” where you can compete with other players and you get rewards for the highest score.
Gridrunner by the Yak.
http://minotaurproject.co.uk/Minotaur/donate.php
You’ll thank me later.
I had way too much fun with Goat Simulator on a tablet, so I guess I’d say that.
Fruit Ninja, although I might be the only one who still plays that. For relaxing, something from the Quell series.
@heartny I play that on my phone. I’m not great at it.
Pet Rescue Saga and Bubble Genius are my current favorites.
I like Flip Pix.
Both are excellent games, but I would have to say Steamworld Heist. I mean, Steam Powered Giraffe did the music!
Shattered Pixel Dungeon, though I tend to play it on my phone.
@Kawa
How does it compare to other versions of Pixel Dungeon?
I’ve played it in the past, but I don’t remember.
@PlacidPenguin There was a long time when “vanilla” PD wasn’t in active development and Shattered was. By now, I’ve gotten so used to its balance/quirks/quality of life improvements that I can’t go back.
Also there’s no weapon degradation, so that’s nice.
Since this is Meh, I should add a second game:
The Simpsons: Tapped Out. I haven’t played it as much as I use to, but I appreciate the updates which add new stories and minigames from time to time.
Evil Apples.
@bramby2
+1million.
Tapping the meh button.
Fallout Shelter.
You can play games on a tablet?
@atz413 not really. Mostly it is just click monetized click addictions. There are a couple actual games for tablets, but they are very few and far between.
@infornography I was being sarcastic.
@atz413 and I was being pedantic
@atz413 @infornography I’ve got lots of real tablet games. Most of them cost money at the outset, like most things of value.
@atz413 Yeah, I’ve owned (and tried) quite a few. I generally get bored, or if I don’t, I feel as if I can’t “waste” the time playing, so I either uninstall them, or wait until I have to “upgrade” my Kindle, then I don’t re-install them.
Tinder
@cinoclav I haven’t figured out how to lower the difficulty on that game yet
@cinoclav @m33rkat Increasing the age range helps.
@m33rkat It doesn’t matter. Even when you win, you lose in the long run.
Monument Valley and Monument Valley 2.
Any of “The Room” series by Fireproof Games. Those are amazingly well-done and fun. The new one just came out and it’s as good, if not better, than it’s predecessors.
@ACraigL
That ending…
Egg, Inc.
/youtube i am bread android
Been playing Galaxy Trucker lately. It’s an electronic version of a board game. Never played the board game but I do enjoy the electronic version at the moment. Sometimes the RNG is mean.
I hate the ‘pay to win’.
Here is my pay once then play:
Air Control HD
Great Big War Game (Many games)
Osmos HD
Game Dev Story (If you like this style of game the dev Kairosoft Co.,Ltd makes many similar styled games with different themes.
Catan Classic
NBA JAM by EA SPORTS (almost as good as Sega)
Ticket to Ride
Pinball by Zen Studios Walking dead, Star Wars and many more (this is $2 PER table. Pick your favorite theme)
Flick Golf!
Duck Warefare short and fun. I got it for free.
SpaceTeam, the “cooperative shouting game”.
You’re trying to keep a spaceship running, but usually the widget that needs fluxing is on someone else’s screen, thus the shouting.
http://spaceteam.ca/
Tower defense games:
The Anomaly series
Bloons TD5
Hard to describe:
Eufloria - make a plant grow, but fascinating
Galcon Fusion - arcade-strategy game. Fast flowing space battle, simple rules. Overwhelm, or be overwhelmed.
I’ve been obsessed with Spaceflight Simulator for weeks now. Basically 2D Kerbal Space Program. Once you get bored with going to the moon, there’s a bunch of planets, and then once you get bored with that you can start piecing together a space station.
Enjoy Sudoku is the (tablet) game I’ve played the most, maybe for almost a decade (not sure when I first got it). It is one of the few games that I’ve paid for and not felt ripped off by; the hint system is awesome and it is extremely good for learning how to not have to guess when playing.
I also really enjoyed the earlier versions of Plants vs Zombies. Later versions, not so much.
I play a lot of Hearthstone and Big Farm. These games are free with pay-to-win elements, but they can be played forever just fine for free. I did give $5 to Hearthstone for a special package of cards last year. I like to give the developers a bit of cash when I enjoy their game. I’ll eventually pony up $5 to Big Farm. The other games I play a lot are android versions of tabletop games. I paid for them up front and there are no pay-to-win elements in them. They play basically just like the tabletop games. They include Settlers of Catan (with Seafarers and Knights and Cities), Carcassonne (a big multi expansion pack), Ticket to Ride (with like 10 different maps), Castles of Mad King Ludwig, Splendor, Paperback and Alhambra. I’ve got quite a few others in my play store account, including Small World and Pandemic, along with games from my youth like Monopoly, Life, Risk and Yahtzee. But they don’t fit on my tablet with my favorites. If my tablet had more memory there are a dozen more I’d buy, but 32g is unforgivingly small.
@moondrake
Last month, the Play Store had a sale on quite a few of those games. I probably should have mentioned it in the April deals thread.
@PlacidPenguin wish I’d known, it’s have bought several of those. Even though they won’t for on the tablet, I can rotate them.
@moondrake
Several times a week, Android Police posts articles with app and game deals.
If that’s too much, you could use an app to keep track of specific apps regarding sales.
Personally, I use AppSales.
@PlacidPenguin I think I had that for a while and deleted it for space. I’m hoping to find a reasonably priced high capacity tablet this Black Friday.
Games? What is the demographic here?
@veggiepizza
There’s a wide range here.
There are people here younger than 18, all the way to several times that (at the least).
Hangry Turds
Oddy Smog is a fairly old one but a hidden gem, imo. Vertical scroller with great, simple controls and just beautiful.
@MrHappypants https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.medusa.oddysmogfinal&hl=en_US
Minesweeper
Monument Valley. Such a well made game with amazing visuals. The first game was better than the second one, but the second one was very good too