What's your favorite mobile game right now?
6Lately I've been totally obsessed with Alto's Adventure after a recommendation from @ChadP. It's a really fantastic looking whimsical endless snowboarding game with simple controls that's really addictive. The world has a really great feel, that in addition to the task-based progression, has me coming back again and again. It's $2 on the app store and totally worth it, it looks gorgeous on my 6+.
Other than Alto's most of the office was obsessed with 1010! until @MEHcus achieved a seemingly impossible to top score of 18,000something. 1010! is a puzzle game that's sort of a play on Tetris where you have a 10x10 grid that you have to fit various tetris-like shapes onto. Like Tetris if you make a complete line it'll clear so the goal is to try to keep the board clear while getting as many points as possible. Takes a while to get the hang of but is really fun and challenging.
And then of course there is Clash of Clans. I resisted playing for so long but it's actually pretty fun, especially in our clan. I've managed to not spend any money on it too, which is sadly rare for me and microtransaction games.
Whatcha playin?
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Monument Valley was short but beautiful.
@SSteve That one was fantastic. Didn't they design more levels or something?
@luvche21 There is one expansion pack to it. It is also short, but beautiful.
@frmorrison Well, I'll have to give it a shot!
@SSteve Is that the game Frank Underwood was playing in House of Cards?
@stardate820926 it is indeed.
@JonT I've seen a lot of good press about Alto's Adventure but from the description it sounds enough like Tiny Wings that I don't feel compelled to try it.
@SSteve I never played Tiny Wings but the developers have said it was a big inspiration for the game. I would still totally recommend it, there's multiple characters to unlock through the tasks that all handle differently and have various strengths and weaknesses (not sure if Tiny Wings is the same way) and going for a personal best distance/points from tricks is really fun and rewarding.
@JonT Ok, I'll give it a try. It's only two bucks and I have plenty of time since becoming half-time employed. "Semi-employed" or "semi-unemployed" depending on my mood.
Tiny Wings. Just enough thought needed to be fun but also a quick relaxer. My phone is 3.5 years old so can't handle many current games.
Dream Quest is addicting if you are into rogue-like games. I'm always going after the next achievement to unlock something for the next playthroughs. And the deck building tickles my MTG childhood memories. No IAP is a bonus.
Puzzle and Dragons is a monster collecting/training and match three game. Some people definitely IAP way too much, but luckily it is PvE only so it doesn't really affect you. Some days I just log in to collect my free stone so I can roll for more monsters later.
Waiting on Firefly Online, I'm playing their kickstarter-esque Big Damn Heroes package on the Firefly Cortex Companion app. Right now it is only a map exploration game that asks you to find certain planets and moons, it gets tedious after doing it 500 times, but I keep going back to get the next crate of cards that is just eye candy.
And now I'm addicted to CoC as well starting only 2 weeks ago. It reminds me a similar FB game (Battle Pirates) I was playing in 2011. If someone had tried to get me playing CoC in the past 2 years, I would have jumped on it.
@Odi I love absolutely rogue-likes and deck building so I checked out Dream Quest but I can see it being very hard for me to get over those graphics. I know it was developed by one person but I have a hard time buying it when I paid the same amount for the gorgeous Alto's.
@JonT That seems to be a common sentiment. When I was researching it, I thought the graphics were also crap. However after playing it, I don't even notice anymore. When I decided to buy it, I rationalized it as paying for the gameplay, which is deep and varied, with free crappy graphics. And I have gotten more value for that $3 than I have for most of my impulse purchases here, that have sat in a box in my garage unopened. Even the snap cable snapped off my keychain before I could use it heh.
@Odi just wanted to say that you were totally right about Dream Quest, what a fantastic game! I got super addicted to it over the weekend and I've been loving it. If better graphics are on the horizon I'm even more excited.
Ridiculous Fishing, Subway Surfers, and Gem Miner 2 (only on my tablet) are what I'm playing now.
Dawn of the Dragons
Plants vs. Zombies 2, Fairway Solitaire, and Candy Crush.
Final Fantasy
Puzzle Quest 2 (android and iOS) is one of my favorites on the cheap end. Dungeon crawler that uses a turn based puzzle system for attacks. It was ported to the mobile market, so it isn't based around the typical "Play to win" crap on most apps now.
My top favorite is Final Fantasy VI, but they want $16 for that game, so I just "acquired" the app. They changed the attack and menu system to work on mobile, so it is a lot easier to play then running it through an emulator.
Yukon Solitaire.
@Jont 18000 something? C'mon now, it's 28271, let's be honest.
@MEHcus Yeah, i was just going to post this. That's a crazy score.
@MEHcus Also, picture or it isn't real.
@ChadP
Really like Alto's Adventure. It took over for 1010! for me. And I still play Clash of Clans. That game has held my attention for over a year, which is impressive.
I've been playing World of Tanks: Blitz for months. The battles are 7 minutes - or until one team is wiped out or the base is captured - between two teams of 7 tanks each, and it's extremely satisfying.
Blitz is free, and the pay content you can easily do without.
I've been playing the CoC for a bit now (in another clan) and just started messing around with AdVenture Capitalist. It's a progress game like Cookie Clicker.
@Potatoboy AdVenture Capitalist is a waiting simulator...
Ingress
@airynne Eh, I started ingress back in year one. It's completely different now. We have portals at goddamn taco bells here. It's just not fun anymore.
@Potatoboy Its pretty random where people added portals. Its all post offices and churches around here.
I'm really picky about games, so don't find new ones very often. Hated 1010.
But, I love the new game from the makers of 0hh1 -- 0hn0. It takes a while to get the hang of it, but I got my best time on size 8x8 down to 42 seconds.
On the big tablet, Pinball Arcade. On the little tablet, Carmageddon. On the phone, a Boggle-type game, WordzUp.
My son installed Plague, Inc. on all my devices and I'm liking it a wee bit too much. Old game - but new to me. Also, I like Monument Valley. Again, not new, just new to me. If my ten year old doesn't put it on my phones or tablets, I don't go looking for something. So, I'm behind the curve.
@Pavlov the 13 year old loves Plague. He named one virus Free Hugs just to be able to say things like "Free Hugs killed 8 million and counting!". It did in fact, destroy us all.
@jaremelz @Pavlov I always name my virus after my company's Italian parent company.. That way I know they're trying to kill everyone in the world.
@kadagan I'm tiring of the game, I win every time I play and it is getting depressing destroying all of humanity over and over and over again . . .
Pretty much consumed by CoC lately.
@joelmw I teach middle school. Not only are almost all the kids playing Clash of Clans, but several teachers are too. I have 3 accounts going.
@rayray8822 I blame the teenyboppers at meh for my getting dragged into it. Right @JonT, @hollboll et al.? (I like how the "@" is resonant with the "et" and "et al." kinda rhymes with "hollboll.)
Been playing around with Ingress here lately, though its more of augmented reality than sit down and play game since it requires you physically go to different locations to do things.
@Nikodemus Ingress is a lot of fun, but very difficult in the city. Very hard to keep a portal for a couple hours, even the L8.
Bin playin dis... One More Line
@j_sh laden?
@juststephen huh?
@j_sh He's trying to make a (bad) joke since you said bin, and he followed up with laden. It's @billlehecka's fault (for the bad joke and missed delivery).
@j_sh Buddy got me into that. We went back and forth on high score until he took up my challenge of 193 and posted a 268. That was a big enough gap for me to cry uncle and I haven't really played it since.
@bruceoite Honestly I am stuck at 54, but I don't play it for more than 2-3 mins at a time because of the obnoxious ads. I'll report back when I make it higher. ;)
@j_sh Yea, after they added the video ads I just ponied up the $2 to remove them. It provided me enough enjoyment to justify it. It does help to have a score to chase though.
Oh, how can I pass up the opportunity to plug the games at Everett Kaser Software: www.kaser.com.
You ever see those sorts of logic games where you have five houses, each has a different color, each has a different animal, drink, cigarette brand, drink, you are given a bunch of clues, and you have to figure out which goes where? Everett has been making those sorts of deductive logic games for decades. He recently has been porting over his games onto Android and iOS. I've been addicted for decades.
Honeycomb Hotel is my fave.
I can't remember the last time I played a mobile game. They're all pretty vapid so I have difficulty staying interested.
I really liked The Tiny Bang Story by Colibri Games. It didn't take long to finish, but it was fun.
When I have a minute or two of down time I throw some fish in "Out of Water".. it's a stupid game, but it is easy to play for a second and turn it off.. I started Leo's Fortune when I bought an mfi controller.. I'm pretty disappointed at the general lack of games that support mfi! I also grabbed Monster Hunter Unite for the mfi, but I haven't spent the time yet to get good at it.
Some others I like include Undercroft (which is a free, very small game similar to the old Eye of the Beholder games), Lunar Silver Star Story Touch (GREAT port of an amazing old RPG), Civilization Revolution (fun sim game), Splode is another that doesn't take much time.. but it gets a little old over time. I love Heads Up for a group of people in the same room (or my wife and I stay up playing into the wee hours sometimes).. And Trivia Crack is fun too, aside from having too many ads.
I've started playing Mola Mola recently, which I like so far.
@dashcloud that looks simple. Is it ad heavy?
@Willijs3 Not really- there's an ad at the bottom of the screen you can dismiss.
Hearthstone!
@ThoR294 I play that on my Kindle every night now. My work life is going to be ruined when they port it to phones.
Alto looks like a much prettier Ski Safari.
I'm in a game funk. Still playing same ones as always. WWF, Scramble with Friends, Trivia Crack, Pet Rescue, Bubble Witch 1&2, Clay Jam. Grilled cheesus, I need a new game. CoC got old after a year. Up to that point, I never spent money yet advanced well.
Minecraft PE :(
I stayed up much too late last night playing Alto (thanks @billlehecka). But I finally did pull off that triple back flip!
@pitamuffin yesss! That first triple back flip is a great feeling. My advice is to save up and buy the wingsuit as soon as possible, it really makes things more fun and open.
I am fudging a bit here and saying that a Nintendo 3DS qualifies as "mobile," and that I'm psyched for Code Name S.T.E.A.M.. It wasn't even on my radar until I saw it at PAX East. I heard it was a turn-based action game by Intelligent Systems (of Fire Emblem, Advance Wars, and Panel de Pon fame) set in an alternate steampunk universe where Abraham Lincoln is a bad ass fighting off an alien invasion. I just got the demo and started playing and I'm hooked.
Also, I saw there's a "Puzzle & Dragons" coming out for 3DS. I hadn't heard of it before. It's fun. As I understand it, it's origins are as a mobile game and it's being ported and re-skinned with Mario stuff. I'll be picking that up too.
Currently, Star Realms is my go to game. The free version offers a lot of value, but I will probably drop the $5 to get it unlocked on all platforms.
Otherwise, I have been going through old NES games that I never beat using the Nesoid emulator. I am currently on Blaster Master.
2 of the best mobile games that I have ever played though has to be The Room and The Room Two.
Great graphics and interesting puzzles make for a surprisingly immersive mobile game.
@bruceoite oh no, another deckbuilding game...my greatest weakness! Looks really cool, I'll probably jump in later tonight. Any tips?
@JonT I am a little new to it. It is pretty balanced, so you can choose to concentrate on any faction. Usually helps to buy into more than 1 and to always just buy the best card available.
@JonT If you're already playing deck-building games, maybe you can try out Dominion Online then.
@dashcloud I've played some Dominion but I mostly skipped it when I got into board games and deck building games. I like what I've played of it, but there are SO many expansions and the theme isn't super interesting to me (like Marvel Legendary is). It is on my list to check out more though, thanks!
@dashcloud @jont I play dominion online nearly daily. My nick is the same as it is here.
Warlight.
Completely obsessed. Thanks @moose