As for those suggestions, yeah, unfortunately, it seems most are IOS only. You're missing out, man. When you got Hideo Kojima calling Framed his game of the year, or Brian Fargo (creator of Wasteland and Bard's Tale) saying how he loves The Room, I think it's safe to say that mobile has its quality experiences as well
There is absolutely truth in this. Look, lots of modern mobile games I've tried have been, to use your term, "quality experiences." So I'm not trying to sound too glass half empty; I had fun with Angry Birds, I had fun with Puzzle & Dragons, and I've already mentioned that I enjoyed Beastie Bay and Majesty. I'd recommend any of those games to someone looking to kill some time on the cheap.
But when I got a Sega Genesis in 1990, I had The Revenge of Shinobi, Phantasy Star II, Castle of Illusion, and Ghouls'n Ghosts-- all-time classic games that made huge impressions on me. And they were the first four games I'd played on the system.
When I got a 3DO in 1994, four of the first five games I played were Road Rash, Super Street Fighter II Turbo, The Need for Speed, and Guardian War.
When I got a Saturn in 2009, three of the first five games I played were Dragon Force, Shining the Holy Ark, and Guardian Heroes.
When I got an Android device, I had what, Angry Birds? There hasn't been a game amongst the
first twenty two (and that number is way conservative; I haven't reviewed every game I've tried by any stretch) that have even come within a Grand Canyon's width of touching any of those traditional game experiences I listed above.
As much as I appreciate game suggestions (genuinely-- I do try almost every game that gets recommended to me), how many mobile games do I need to try-- fifty? seventy five? three hundred?-- before I can definitely say that the games just aren't very good, as compared to traditional games on conventional, dedicated gaming platforms? Hideo Kojima and whomever else are entitled to their opinions. But I bet in five years-- or even six months-- these mobile games they are praising will be completely forgotten.
I
really do want to like mobile gaming, which is why I tend to post in these types of threads, and hence why I keep giving it "just one more chance." But it just has not clicked for me.
Yeah, I actually use to like mobile gaming.
It was around 2003 when there were still "flip phones". I had some games like Splinter Cell and this one Submarine game and thought they were fun. Coincidentally, these were games that still had buttons (the number pad).
If mobile kept going in that direction, I wouldn't have minded it replacing traditional handhelds.
I had a Nokia N-Gage and loved it; it was a phone but that had physical buttons and conventional, retail-caliber games. It replaced my Game Boy Advance even. But then came along Apple with their "slate" phone concept...
