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Brasseye
Feb 13, 2009

Azhais posted:

Are there others that people recommend? I've got game dev

I tried a few but dungeon village is the only one i finished.

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slowm
Sep 5, 2013

live slow, die whenevs
Just started Astronest. Played for about 10 minutes, lots of clicking. The actual gameplay seems unrewarding for the amount of clicking required. Continue?

Randallteal
May 7, 2006

The tears of time
I like Dungeon Village, Pocket League Story and Manga Works (as a big weeb) best. I liked all of them to an extent though. I would just pick the ones whose themes appeal to you most.

Tiny Chalupa
Feb 14, 2012
Only thing bugging me with the trail is i picked the bag that's 20% bigger with the free favours it gives you and its a bag. So doesn't look like my guy auto equipped it as my bag was full. Pretty sure it fell out and someone else grabbed it. Bitches

Xtanstic
Nov 23, 2007

Tunga posted:

The only three I ever enjoyed were Game Dev, Pocket League and Grand Prix. I'm not sure why but I've tried various others and they all felt frustrating to try to work out what was optimal and what all the points and ratings were and such. Even Pocket League 2 had this problem because they started making you care about the precise layout of your training ground or something like that.

That's usually what kills all my enjoyment in a Kairosoft game. Their insane devotion to adjacency bonuses just makes any kind of base building to be a total clusterfuck.

MMD3
May 16, 2006

Montmartre -> Portland

Tiny Chalupa posted:

Only thing bugging me with the trail is i picked the bag that's 20% bigger with the free favours it gives you and its a bag. So doesn't look like my guy auto equipped it as my bag was full. Pretty sure it fell out and someone else grabbed it. Bitches

So one tip as far as inventory because the game doesn't make it obvious and it took me several hours of playing before I figured it out... you can actually stack items. They have to be touching and then it will sort of auto-stack them but sometimes it doesn't work right away or you'll have other items inbetween like items so it won't stack them.

I agree with the controls being a little frustrating but the game is brand new so I'm hoping they'll allow for some auto-clicking rather than all the click&drag.

Once you have a house and a chest for storing more poo poo the game becomes a lot easier I feel because you can bank the stuff you know you'll need later for quests or whatever while gathering the stuff you have an immediate need for.

The Duggler
Feb 20, 2011

I do not hear you, I do not see you, I will not let you get into the Duggler's head with your bring-downs.

Xtanstic posted:

That's usually what kills all my enjoyment in a Kairosoft game. Their insane devotion to adjacency bonuses just makes any kind of base building to be a total clusterfuck.

I'm glad it's not just me then

Manky
Mar 20, 2007


Fun Shoe

DIEGETIC SPACEMAN posted:

Does anyone have a recommendation for an inexpensive Bluetooth controller to pair up with a Nexus 5X? I was considering a 3rd party PS3 controller and a phone mount for it, but it's hard to narrow it down when there's a million cheap alternatives available online.

I got a Moga last year and an 8bitdo NES30 Pro more recently. The 8bitdo feels so much better, it looks cooler, and has worked great. I'd recommend taking a look at their product line.

mrkillboy
May 13, 2003

"Something witty."
Netmarble have a new Star Wars MOBA out called Star Wars: Battlegrounds. It looks like it might be a geo-limited soft launch but I'm not entirely sure.

Croccers
Jun 15, 2012
New Humble is out soon, email leaked early.
At the very least it's Ticket To Ride and Galaxy Trucker.

Artelier
Jan 23, 2015


I didn't get the email, but it sounds like a board game mashup?

I do like Galaxy Trucker though, great fun even when solo. Fun, with lots of crying when one asteroid ruins everything.

1337kutkufan6969
Feb 13, 2010

Oh, Yian Kut Ku!
Where have you been all my life?
Let me break your head.


Grimey Drawer

Artelier posted:

I didn't get the email, but it sounds like a board game mashup?

I do like Galaxy Trucker though, great fun even when solo. Fun, with lots of crying when one asteroid ruins everything.


Yup, it says is a mobile board game bundle. I'm stoked for it, but I can't think of many board games that I don't already have (and most of them through bundles).

Kheldarn
Feb 17, 2011



The email also says that they're doing a Humble RPG Book Bundle.

Len
Jan 21, 2008

Pouches, bandages, shoulderpad, cyber-eye...

Bitchin'!


Kheldarn posted:

The email also says that they're doing a Humble RPG Book Bundle.

That ones already running. Dresden Files and Atomic Robo are in there I don't remember the rest

Not Wolverine
Jul 1, 2007
Is Mobile Strike a worthwhile game? I started playing it yesterday and holy poo poo it just sucks so far. Just non stop base upgrading and hand holding. The missions are "upgrade your farm" - you accept the mission and then it goes full hand holding tutorial mode press this button now or you can't continue. . . OK, that is fine for the first 2 or 3 missions to learn the ropes, but not 25 "missions" in. There appear to be other missions as well, but starting a combat mission is nothing more than launching a timer, a "basic" mission is 5min, "specialist" mission is 20minutes etc.I have not yet experienced combat beyond send a larger number of troops and instant win.

And it also appears that every day is going to be some sort of super mega limited time only sale in the pay store. . . Within the first hour I found the first pay wall that is just straight up "spend at least $20 in the store to upgrade this building". They didn't even have the decency to say "you need 13 butt coins which can ONLY be purchased for $20 in the store. . ." just straight up give us money or you can't upgrade this building.

I just can't believe Arnold allowed his name and face to be put something this terrible.

AlexDeGruven
Jun 29, 2007

Watch me pull my dongle out of this tiny box


It's amazing what people will do when the check is big enough.

Actually it's not. Because yeah.

I'm assuming, once you get past the handholding, you're going to hit a point that's basically a paywall.

Illiterate Clitoris
Oct 24, 2011

mrkillboy posted:

Netmarble have a new Star Wars MOBA out called Star Wars: Battlegrounds. It looks like it might be a geo-limited soft launch but I'm not entirely sure.
Huh. Sideloading gave me an outdated version. I tried Singapore and Sydney and couldn't update it. Netmarble is kinda worth checking out most of the time.

Gadzuko
Feb 14, 2005

Crotch Fruit posted:

Is Mobile Strike a worthwhile game? I started playing it yesterday and holy poo poo it just sucks so far. Just non stop base upgrading and hand holding. The missions are "upgrade your farm" - you accept the mission and then it goes full hand holding tutorial mode press this button now or you can't continue. . . OK, that is fine for the first 2 or 3 missions to learn the ropes, but not 25 "missions" in. There appear to be other missions as well, but starting a combat mission is nothing more than launching a timer, a "basic" mission is 5min, "specialist" mission is 20minutes etc.I have not yet experienced combat beyond send a larger number of troops and instant win.

And it also appears that every day is going to be some sort of super mega limited time only sale in the pay store. . . Within the first hour I found the first pay wall that is just straight up "spend at least $20 in the store to upgrade this building". They didn't even have the decency to say "you need 13 butt coins which can ONLY be purchased for $20 in the store. . ." just straight up give us money or you can't upgrade this building.

I just can't believe Arnold allowed his name and face to be put something this terrible.

My general rule of thumb is that any mobile game with enough cash to advertise heavily is going to be paywalled to poo poo, since that money's got to come from somewhere.

MMD3
May 16, 2006

Montmartre -> Portland

Gadzuko posted:

My general rule of thumb is that any mobile game with enough cash to advertise heavily is going to be paywalled to poo poo, since that money's got to come from somewhere.

exactly, I avoid every mobile game that has television advertising dollars like the plague.

CrashCat
Jan 10, 2003

another shit post


Gadzuko posted:

My general rule of thumb is that any mobile game with enough cash to advertise heavily is going to be paywalled to poo poo, since that money's got to come from somewhere.
and Mobile Strike easily advertises more than anything I've seen ever so it's gotta be the shittiest of the poo poo

I'd love to recommend an actually good F2P war game but that genre in particular really really depends on consumables and whales so you're probably going to have a bad time with any of them. I haven't played a single one that I would recommend

Rupert Buttermilk
Apr 15, 2007

🚣RowboatMan: ❄️Freezing time🕰️ is an old P.I. 🥧trick...

CrashCat posted:

and Mobile Strike easily advertises more than anything I've seen ever so it's gotta be the shittiest of the poo poo

Related trivia: Mobile Strike is the first mainstream game to advertise on the Pornhub network, and they bought a LOT of traffic/impressions :eng101:

Kheldarn
Feb 17, 2011



Humble Board Games Mobile Bundle is now live.

Pay $1 or more:
* Carcassonne
* Scotland Yard

Pay $5 or more to also unlock:
* Ticket To Ride
* San Juan
* Galaxy Trucker

Pay $3 more to also unlock:
* Splendor
* Catan
* THE aMAZEing Labyrinth

MisterBibs
Jul 17, 2010

dolla dolla
bill y'all
Fun Shoe
I don't know when it came out so I might be behind the times on this one, but I'm captivated by Earn To Die 2.

At its core, it's one of those drive-as-far-as-you-can-to-earn-money-to-driver farther games, but I'm enjoying it far more than other similar games I've played. The graphics are great (slowly turning a fancy jalope into a Fury Roadster), the controls are simple (no breaking, just acceleration and tweaking your angle), and it's just really fun to soar over a pile of boxes, detonating an explosive barrel with the debris from earlier boxes, all the while a gun auto-fires zombies in your way so you're not slowed down (which almost doesn't matter because you've got a chainsaw on the front of your car).

I think it'd be a bit more annoying on your phone, but on my tablet everything is big and easy to control.

MisterBibs fucked around with this message at 01:06 on Nov 8, 2016

Gooch181
Jan 1, 2008

The Gooch

mrkillboy posted:

Netmarble have a new Star Wars MOBA out called Star Wars: Battlegrounds. It looks like it might be a geo-limited soft launch but I'm not entirely sure.

The link says this isn't compatible with my Galaxy S7; is it a language/region thing?

Lutha Mahtin
Oct 10, 2010

Your brokebrain sin is absolved...go and shitpost no more!

MisterBibs posted:

I don't know when it came out so I might be behind the times on this one, but I'm captivated by Earn To Die 2.

I played either this game or the first in the series. It's really stupid and fun. The basic gameplay loop is a transparent grind of "play a level, get money, upgrade car so you can get farther" but mastering the systems of upgrading and driving is still pretty fun. I did give up after a couple hours of play time, though, because I felt like the driving difficulty had ramped up a bit too quickly and I didn't care to practice over and over on whatever sections of that level kept tripping me up. I thought it was pretty satisfying while it lasted, though!

mrkillboy
May 13, 2003

"Something witty."

Gooch181 posted:

The link says this isn't compatible with my Galaxy S7; is it a language/region thing?

Probably. If you're opening it in a web browser the Play Store doesn't differentiate between hardware incompatibility and geo restrictions.

Not Wolverine
Jul 1, 2007

Gadzuko posted:

My general rule of thumb is that any mobile game with enough cash to advertise heavily is going to be paywalled to poo poo, since that money's got to come from somewhere.

Clash of Clans is an exception to this rule, based on CoC being good and on TV I assumed Arnold had dignity. I am still in shock at just how terrible the game is.

mrkillboy
May 13, 2003

"Something witty."

Illiterate Clitoris posted:

Huh. Sideloading gave me an outdated version. I tried Singapore and Sydney and couldn't update it. Netmarble is kinda worth checking out most of the time.

I like what I played so far. As the reviews suggest its very much a Star Wars Clash Royale but with a zoomed in view (to its detriment IMO) and you spawn regular units on your hero. Like Royale you also unlock/level them up by accuring cards by opening packs. Matchmaking is nowhere near as quick as Royale but I assume that's probably due to the tiny userbase at the moment.

1337kutkufan6969
Feb 13, 2010

Oh, Yian Kut Ku!
Where have you been all my life?
Let me break your head.


Grimey Drawer
For those of you, who like me, wanted Animation Throwdown to be better, I'll chime in to say I think it seems like drop rates have been tweaked and the "watch ads to boost drop rate" feature is actually working now. I've started to get a ton more of the character tokens and have gotten a decent amount of blue cards from rego packs. They also added in items to refill stamina and arena energy that you can get as drops. It's cool, too, because if you were an early adopter and played in the first month, you get a permanent buff to your research speed (things that would have taken 24 hours take 6, 6 takes 2, etc...)

Worth jumping back into.

Delpino
May 12, 2001
Forum Veteran

bovis posted:

11 10 08 83 for Skyforce. Added everyone above :)

Pages late, but here goes: 71 56 69 00
I added everyone above me, unsure if it is a mutual add thing or not.

boy are my arms tired
May 10, 2012

Ham Wrangler
I didn't see it posted but Guardian Codex, SquareEnix's sequel to the card battler Guardian Cross, came out a few days ago.

It's not bad, feels like a mix of Dragon Quest and Digimon of all things, thematically at least. You get three dudes, a fourth friend, and go dungeon crawling in a virtual simulation of what I think is the Guardian Cross world. The biggest complaint I have is the monsters don't feel that much different from each other other then "bulky attacker", "healer", and "aoe attacker". Also they love to toss stages that are several levels above you in the middle of your low-level dungeon. Sidequests aren't well explained either, for instance, I have one that tells me to explore an area I've already cleared...am I supposed to clear it all again? A certain stage? Which one?

It also is using a lot of assets from Deadman's Cross; the menus basically feel the same. Translation is okay, feels like the same team from Deadman's worked on this.

Multiplayer exists, but boy is it lovely; rather then disconnect a player who is lagging, and there always is someone lagging, you will be sitting there forever until they catch up...and this happens every turn. Which sucks, because you can get 5000 coins (a free 10 pull from the gacha) by doing multiplayer.

I rerolled and got 2 5* Guardians, which is neat and all, but it still feels difficult to progress - and one of those is a healer too, so you'd think it'd be super easy. I'll give it some more time but I'm pretty mixed on this one.

Mighty Steed
Apr 16, 2005
Nice horsey

Delpino posted:

Pages late, but here goes: 71 56 69 00
I added everyone above me, unsure if it is a mutual add thing or not.

I'm 61 55 45 42.

App has updated with a card scanner which works pretty well, you use stars to scan for the location of missing cards.

The Drifter
Apr 21, 2006
Just started Sky Force Reloaded (late to the party, I know.) I'm 41 60 81 71. I'm coming through the last few pages to add everybody.

Pat Mustard
Mar 9, 2013
Is there a non-complicated way of using a ps3 controller via an OTG cable to play games on my tablet?

mrkillboy
May 13, 2003

"Something witty."
Skyhill is a new to mobile 2D roguelike where you're a dude making his way down a skyscraper infested with horrible mutants. It looks pretty neat.

mrkillboy fucked around with this message at 01:39 on Nov 9, 2016

Kegslayer
Jul 23, 2007

mrkillboy posted:

Netmarble have a new Star Wars MOBA out called Star Wars: Battlegrounds. It looks like it might be a geo-limited soft launch but I'm not entirely sure.

I think it's only in Australia and Singapore but the apk is up in the usual places.

I love Netmarble and really want to like this game but this feels like Royale Clash for Star Wars whales. There isn't that much strategy you can do though.

You can also only gain rewards from fighting against other opponents or spending :tenbux: and your other opponents can basically bring whatever they want to the fight so you can imagine what that's going to be like in the future.

The games are short and sweet (Less than 3 minutes) but if you're fighting a whale, it'll always end with their Vader and some troops just walking over yours purely because of the difference in stats.

Morpheus
Apr 18, 2008

My favourite little monsters

mrkillboy posted:

Skyhill is a new to mobile 2D roguelike where you're a dude making his way down a skyscraper infested with horrible mutants. It looks pretty neat.

Are there any persistent elements to playthroughs? Or do you start from square one every time you fail?

Gooch181
Jan 1, 2008

The Gooch
I would really like to hear some impressions about Skyhill.

mrkillboy
May 13, 2003

"Something witty."

Morpheus posted:

Are there any persistent elements to playthroughs? Or do you start from square one every time you fail?

You unlock perks that you can apply when you start your next game but I didn't play it long enough to see if anything else carries over.

I enjoyed it at first but ultimately I found it a bit repetitive for my liking.

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New Leaf
Jul 24, 2013

Dragon Balls? Are they tasty?
I'm pretty sure Skyhill was a Steam game too, can probably look there for info.

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