The Android Gaming Megathread

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ScarletBrother: Nov 2, 2004

I just bought DraStic and am looking for RPGs. I asked in the RPG thread and the only response I got was Devil Survivor 1&2. What are some of you guys' favorites?

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Inudeku: Jul 13, 2008

Dragon quest 9 and the pokemon games are musts.

# ? Jan 15, 2014 17:51

Quixzlizx: Jan 7, 2007

The Etrian Odyssey games
Dragon Quest IX and the remakes of 4-6
The Rune Factory games
Disgaea DS, although every other version of the game is better, so you'd may as well play the PSP version on PPSSPP.

# ? Jan 15, 2014 17:54

Paladinus: Jan 11, 2014; heyHEYYYY!!!

Ragequit posted:

Someone? There were meetings full of people that all agreed on this.

Full of Japanese people, mind. Japanese market is so huge and unique they rarely care about anything else. And it works for them, too, naught wrong with that. Still, we should be happy at least not to be bombarded with official Tiffa bikini live wallpapers and overpriced spin-off colouring games about cute Shiva and Ifrit.

# ? Jan 15, 2014 17:55

Levantine: Feb 14, 2005; GUNDAM!!!

ScarletBrother posted:

I just bought DraStic and am looking for RPGs. I asked in the RPG thread and the only response I got was Devil Survivor 1&2. What are some of you guys' favorites?

I like games you can play with the Stylus. Dragon Quest IX is good for this. Glory of Heracles is also completely playable with the stylus though your mileage may vary with that game; it's a real throwback to oldschool RPGs. I rather like it but it's not for everyone.

Devil Survivor 2 doesn't operate at all with the stylus as far as I can tell so I don't care much for it on my tablet. Might be fine on a phone though.

# ? Jan 15, 2014 17:58

Skeezy: Jul 3, 2007

Nice job Square Enix :bravo:

# ? Jan 15, 2014 18:04

coyo7e: Aug 23, 2007; by zen death robot

Which one is that? I know I played it..

# ? Jan 15, 2014 18:15

Skeezy: Jul 3, 2007

coyo7e posted:

Which one is that? I know I played it..

Final Fantasy VI

# ? Jan 15, 2014 18:21

Geektox: Aug 1, 2012; Good people don't rip other people's arms off.

coyo7e posted:

Which one is that? I know I played it..

VI, the one that people were discussing at the bottom of the last page?

# ? Jan 15, 2014 18:21

The Machine: Dec 15, 2004; Rage Against / Welcome to

Skeezy posted:

Nice job Square Enix

Good gravy, what a loving mess. $16.

# ? Jan 15, 2014 18:23

Kyrosiris: May 24, 2006; You try to be happy when everyone is summoning you everywhere to "be their friend".

Yes, typos have never happened in the history of gaming ever before. :rolleyes:

# ? Jan 15, 2014 18:33

coyo7e: Aug 23, 2007; by zen death robot

precision posted:

True.

(The weirdest thing about this phenomenon is that I've actually been playing roguelikes for 20 years, longer than most of the people who get really mad about what "is" and "isn't" a roguelike )

I'm trying to find it again but can't remember the name, but basically there's a new Android version of NetHack that for some reason isn't actually called "NetHack X" or whatever, even though the description literally says "This is NetHack with an improved Android interface and different graphical style". It looked like a pretty good effort, too, but the Play store is letting me down.

There's also a pretty robust version of Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup available on the crawl website if it's not in the store (I think it's still and alpha or something) http://crawl.develz.org/wordpress/downloads

# ? Jan 15, 2014 18:35

m.hache: Dec 1, 2004; Fun Shoe

Kyrosiris posted:

Yes, typos have never happened in the history of gaming ever before.

We're talking about one of the first lines in the entire game on a word that is the cornerstone of the plot.

# ? Jan 15, 2014 18:35

butt dickus: Jul 7, 2007; top ten juiced up coaches
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Kyrosiris posted:

Yes, typos have never happened in the history of gaming ever before.

What's the typo? Should "espier" be capitalized? I thought the problem was pillarboxing and non-use of immersion mode.

# ? Jan 15, 2014 18:37

coyo7e: Aug 23, 2007; by zen death robot

Doctor rear end in a top hat posted:

What's the typo? Should "espier" be capitalized? I thought the problem was pillarboxing and non-use of immersion mode.

They were classically spelled "esper". If it was consistently misspelled I might be mildly annoyed but not for long, J games having odd translation changes between games in a series is pretty common in my experience.

# ? Jan 15, 2014 18:39

Potsticker: Jan 14, 2006

I thought it was the missing Tritoch.

# ? Jan 15, 2014 18:40

Kyrosiris: May 24, 2006; You try to be happy when everyone is summoning you everywhere to "be their friend".

Potsticker posted:

I thought it was the missing Tritoch.

Thought that Tritoch was still in the caves at that point, and it doesn't go to that clifftop until later.

# ? Jan 15, 2014 18:41

Potsticker: Jan 14, 2006

Oh, you're right. I had forgotten about that.

# ? Jan 15, 2014 18:44

precision: May 7, 2006; by VideoGames

I actually like those FF6 graphics, aside from the overworld sprites looking far too twee.

But $16? Square, you are so funny. I mean, I'd pay $16 for a total remake like FF3/4 DS maybe.

# ? Jan 15, 2014 18:55

Kyrosiris: May 24, 2006; You try to be happy when everyone is summoning you everywhere to "be their friend".

So you've already bought FFIII and FFIV then, I take it?

I dunno, I can't muster up the hostility to $15 or so for games as long as FFV/VI (and as replayable, in FFV's case). :shrug:

# ? Jan 15, 2014 18:57

1st AD: Dec 3, 2004; Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu: sometimes passing just isn't an option.

Doctor rear end in a top hat posted:

What's the typo? Should "espier" be capitalized? I thought the problem was pillarboxing and non-use of immersion mode.

They probably just used the exact same assets from the iOS port and then compiled it for Android and called it a day.

# ? Jan 15, 2014 18:58

precision: May 7, 2006; by VideoGames

Kyrosiris posted:

So you've already bought FFIII and FFIV then, I take it?

Yes.

The DS versions.

Why would I buy the exact same game twice?

# ? Jan 15, 2014 19:02

Chumbawumba4ever97: Dec 31, 2000; by Fluffdaddy

Just a warning to everyone: my friend bought Final Fantasy VI and it intentionally crashes if your phone is rooted.

Only Square could manage to talk me out of re-buying my favorite game ever.

# ? Jan 15, 2014 19:02

Kyrosiris: May 24, 2006; You try to be happy when everyone is summoning you everywhere to "be their friend".

precision posted:

Yes.

The DS versions.

Why would I buy the exact same game twice?

Well, if you have your DS on you more often than your smartphone, then maybe they're not for you? v :shobon:

# ? Jan 15, 2014 19:04

butt dickus: Jul 7, 2007; top ten juiced up coaches
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1st AD posted:

They probably just used the exact same assets from the iOS port and then compiled it for Android and called it a day.

Seems likely. The ratio on the used space on that screenshot is 3:2, which isn't seen in Androids (or current iOS devices, for that matter).

# ? Jan 15, 2014 19:09

precision: May 7, 2006; by VideoGames

Nah I've just played the original FF3/4 and the DS remakes enough times to move on.

I just noticed All The Bravest is free. I never did try it, and I can't argue with the price.

# ? Jan 15, 2014 19:10

O__O: Jan 26, 2011; by Cowcaster

ScarletBrother posted:

I just bought DraStic and am looking for RPGs. I asked in the RPG thread and the only response I got was Devil Survivor 1&2. What are some of you guys' favorites?

Radiant Historia is pretty good and has a time travel gimmick that's kinda neat. And I'm pretty sure it's possible to use the stylus for everything so it should control pretty good on android.

# ? Jan 15, 2014 19:30

Scrub-Niggurath: Nov 27, 2007

precision posted:

Nah I've just played the original FF3/4 and the DS remakes enough times to move on.

I just noticed All The Bravest is free. I never did try it, and I can't argue with the price.

It's honestly not worth the memory on your device

# ? Jan 15, 2014 19:30

Kheldarn: Feb 17, 2011

Miyamotos RGB NES posted:

Just a warning to everyone: my friend bought Final Fantasy VI and it intentionally crashes if your phone is rooted.

They've done this with every FF port to Android. Eventually, enough people will bitch, and they'll remove it.

# ? Jan 15, 2014 19:48

Chumbawumba4ever97: Dec 31, 2000; by Fluffdaddy

Kheldarn posted:

They've done this with every FF port to Android. Eventually, enough people will bitch, and they'll remove it.

From the quick Googlin' we did it seems like they never did remove it from FF4 or FF5 on Android.

Them removing the jailbreak check from Deus Ex on iOS is the only thing I could find.

# ? Jan 15, 2014 19:50

Veib: Dec 10, 2007

Miyamotos RGB NES posted:

From the quick Googlin' we did it seems like they never did remove it from FF4 or FF5 on Android.

I have a rooted phone and FF5 works. Haven't tried 4.

# ? Jan 15, 2014 19:51

Kheldarn: Feb 17, 2011

Miyamotos RGB NES posted:

From the quick Googlin' we did it seems like they never did remove it from FF4 or FF5 on Android.

Them removing the jailbreak check from Deus Ex on iOS is the only thing I could find.

Huh. I could have sworn they removed it for 4, 5, and the Omega Rings games. Maybe the Deus Ex is what I was thinking of...

# ? Jan 15, 2014 19:51

datajosh: May 3, 2002; I had the realization these aren't my problem!

Miyamotos RGB NES posted:

Just a warning to everyone: my friend bought Final Fantasy VI and it intentionally crashes if your phone is rooted.

Only Square could manage to talk me out of re-buying my favorite game ever.

You could try Xposed with the RootCloak module and if that doesn't work, Cydia Substrate with RootCloak Plus should take care of it. The Xposed version has worked with everything I've tried so far but the Cydia version goes deeper. I try not to use Substrate because the last time I had it installed my phone's boot time increased by about 2 minutes.

# ? Jan 15, 2014 20:06

precision: May 7, 2006; by VideoGames

ScarletBrother posted:

I just bought DraStic and am looking for RPGs. I asked in the RPG thread and the only response I got was Devil Survivor 1&2. What are some of you guys' favorites?

Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey is better than Devil Survivor in my book. Also, The Dark Spire. Both are throwbacks to classic Wizardry/Might and Magic grid-based 3D dungeon crawls, and very very good ones.

# ? Jan 15, 2014 20:23

Kyrosiris: May 24, 2006; You try to be happy when everyone is summoning you everywhere to "be their friend".

datajosh posted:

You could try Xposed with the RootCloak module and if that doesn't work, Cydia Substrate with RootCloak Plus should take care of it.

Actually, if the reviews are to be believed, it's actually Xposed itself that's causing the crashes, not rooted phones (and I'd believe that, since FFD and FFV both worked on my rooted Droid 4, no problems).

# ? Jan 15, 2014 20:23

Teratrain: Aug 23, 2007; Waiting for Godot

I'd be surprised that the game's updated art looks so cheap and nasty but this is the same Square Enix that shipped Final Fantasy VIII's Steam release with the exact same MIDI music they patched out of VII because people complained so hard about it.

It's such a shame because I'd really like to play FFVI on my phone/tablet but can't bring myself to spend 10.99 on something that reeks of laziness.

Also:

quote:

Certain in-game conditions may cause the app to close unexpectedly on select devices. To minimize complications, please take the following precautions when playing:
- Save your game data regularly.
- Close the game via your device's application manager after exiting.
- Should the game not perform properly, power your device off and back on before relaunching.

Is it actually a thing to close via your app manager? I thought Android was good at looking after everything behind-the-scenes mostly by itself.

# ? Jan 15, 2014 20:30

precision: May 7, 2006; by VideoGames

It is, Square is just really that bad at Android ports, apparently.

# ? Jan 15, 2014 20:35

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Enallyniv posted:

I'd be surprised that the game's updated art looks so cheap and nasty but this is the same Square Enix that shipped Final Fantasy VIII's Steam release with the exact same MIDI music they patched out of VII because people complained so hard about it.

It's such a shame because I'd really like to play FFVI on my phone/tablet but can't bring myself to spend 10.99 on something that reeks of laziness.

Also:

Is it actually a thing to close via your app manager? I thought Android was good at looking after everything behind-the-scenes mostly by itself.

Actually, Android is kinda poo poo at it. Or app developers are kinda poo poo at it; either way it doesn't really matter. It all looks the same to your typical user.

# ? Jan 15, 2014 20:38

1st AD: Dec 3, 2004; Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu: sometimes passing just isn't an option.

Miyamotos RGB NES posted:

From the quick Googlin' we did it seems like they never did remove it from FF4 or FF5 on Android.

Them removing the jailbreak check from Deus Ex on iOS is the only thing I could find.

FF5 works on rooted Android. At least it did on 4.3, I'm too lazy to flash 4.4 to test it because it seems like every new version breaks all the Square-Enix games.

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Excalibur_Z: Oct 2, 2004

Miyamotos RGB NES posted:

Just a warning to everyone: my friend bought Final Fantasy VI and it intentionally crashes if your phone is rooted.

Only Square could manage to talk me out of re-buying my favorite game ever.

I've heard some developers do this in order to eliminate customer support variables. CS isn't usually allowed to ask if your device is rooted and it greatly helps with troubleshooting if they can reproduce the issue on an in-house device.

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