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- 4 Quick tl;dr iOS Game Reviews / Recommendations (Episode 113)
- Tablet recommendation?
- Looking for unit management rpgs. Additional info inside.
- Favorite idle game
- Is there any game like tarkov for mobile?
| 4 Quick tl;dr iOS Game Reviews / Recommendations (Episode 113) Posted: 10 Dec 2021 05:06 AM PST Welcome back, my friends, to my latest mobile gaming recommendations based on the most interesting games I played and that were covered on MiniReview this week :) Support these posts (and YouTube content + development of MiniReview) on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/NimbleThor <3 This episode includes a super fun sports racing arcade game (okay, yes, it's Rocket league :p), a casual RPG adventure, a fun strategy tower defense game, and a minimalistic indie skateboarding experience. Disagree with my opinion? Let's have a friendly discussion below. New to these posts? Check out the first one from 110 weeks ago here. Let's get to the games:Rocket League Sideswipe [Game Size: 920 MB] (free)Genre: Racing / Arcade / Action / PvP - Offline + Online Playable Orientation: Landscape Required Attention: Full tl;dr review by NimbleThor: Rocket League Sideswipe is an incredibly fast-paced multiplayer soccer racing game and the official mobile spin-off of the popular PC and console Rocket League game. Just like in the original game, the overarching objective is to score the most possible goals by racing, jumping, and even flying around the map with our jet-fueled vehicles. It's essentially a highly polished version of what Drive Ahead! Sports attempted a few years ago – and it just really works. Unlike the original Rocket League, matches in Sideswipe use a 2D side-scrolling camera angle that feels perfectly crafted for mobile – an approach I personally think works better than if Psyonix had attempted to adapt the complex controls and camera of the original game to mobile. And most importantly, Sideswipe succeeds at recreating the same excitingly fast-paced experience that popularized and made the original so addictively fun to play. The game features three arenas, customizable offline game-modes against bots, and real-time multiplayer ranked matches that include 1v1, 2v2, and 2v2 basketball. Between matches, we progress through a free battle pass to unlock new cosmetics. With a left-side joystick and two right-side buttons for jumping and boosting, the controls are easy to get used to. They take countless hours of practice to master, however, which is part of what makes the game a great competitive experience. The graphics are neat, with lots of purely cosmetic customizations for our vehicle, such as wacky hats, wheels, goal explosion effects, and more. Matches also load impressively quickly, and navigating between menus feels responsive and snappy. The primary downside is that you may occasionally get matched against opponents of higher rank. Rocket League Sideswipe has no monetization right now, and all progression focuses purely on vanity cosmetics, which makes it a great competitive experience for anyone looking for a simple yet hectic sports action game. App Store: Here Postknight 2 [Total Game Size: 585 MB] (Free)Genre: RPG / Casual / Adventure - Requires Online Access Orientation: Portrait Required Attention: Some tl;dr review by Yousef: Postknight 2 is an adorable adventure RPG about delivering goods along danger-filled trails roaming with enemies trying to steal our packages. With the goal of reaching the highest obtainable Postknight rank, we deliver all kinds of packages around the medieval fantasy-themed universe in exchange for resources and gold. Seemingly endless waves of enemies lurk these trails, however, and to defeat the strongest ones, we must improve our skills and upgrade our equipment. As we progress, we can alter our combat style to be more offensive or defensive, but at its core, the casual combat system simply has our character run forward automatically to attack enemies while we manually trigger abilities. Talking with NPCs presents us with small dialogue choices. Ultimately, these don't seem to make any significant difference, so they're mostly there as a casual way to build our persona. More interesting, however, is the relationship system, which lets us gain various benefits by gifting items to strengthen our relationship with the NPCs. The beautiful soundtracks and vibrant characters make for a cutesy atmosphere perfectly complementing the well-balanced difficulty that keeps us on our toes without being too hardcore. Since the number of game mechanics is overwhelming at first, navigating the world after the tutorial has been completed can be a bit confusing. Fortunately, a fast-travel option makes up for this somewhat cluttered environment. The game's main downside is that low-end devices may experience sub-par performance, including unbearably slow loading screens, crashes, and frequent frame drops. Since the game is newly released it's safe to assume that most of these bugs will get fixed over time. Postknight 2 monetizes through incentivized ads and iAPs that let us progress faster. The gameplay can still easily be enjoyed as a free player since monetization isn't heavily pay-to-win, and the game is an easy recommendation for fans of casual RPGs. App Store: Here Anomaly Defenders [Game Size: 886 MB] ($3.99)Genre: Tower Defense / Strategy - Offline Playable Orientation: Landscape Required Attention: Full tl;dr review by Pete McD: Anomaly Defenders is a well-designed and fun tower defense game where we play as an alien species defending their rocket launchpads from attacking human enemies – a nice twist on the theme of the other Anomaly games, where we usually control the attacking army. The gameplay has us defend our territory by constructing various towers that have pros and cons against different enemies. These towers cost credits and must therefore be carefully placed to deal maximum damage to the attackers. The game even actively encourages using the pause button to think about the best course of action, and with quite a few towers and enemy types to tackle, there is lots to consider. In-between levels, we progress by upgrading a tech tree that lets us access new towers, upgrade existing ones, and unlock new abilities, such as being able to freeze enemy weapons for a short time. There aren't a huge amount of towers, but we can freely upgrade them without locking off other paths on the tech tree, and it does add that bit of extra to the gameplay. The game's normal difficulty offers a decently tough challenge while the easy mode provides fewer rewards but still allows us to progress to the next level so we don't get stuck. Even though we can replay levels on a higher difficulty for more technology upgrade points, the game doesn't offer much in the way of replay value. It is, however, a great journey while it lasts. The graphics are excellent and although they don't vary much from level to level, they do a great job at developing the futuristic atmosphere. The primary downside is that the gameplay becomes slightly repetitive after a few hours of playing. Anomaly Defenders is a premium title without iAPs or ads that costs $3.99. It's an overall fun sci-fi tower defense game that will certainly keep any TD fan entertained in short bursts. App Store: Here The Ramp [Game Size: 183 MB] (Free Trial - $2.99)Genre: Sports / Casual / Skateboarding / Indie - Offline Playable Orientation: Landscape Required Attention: Full tl;dr review by NimbleThor: The Ramp is a minimalistic and relaxing indie arcade skateboarding game where we skate around four small halfpipe-like levels to perform tricks and jumps. The game is tiny in scope, but it's exactly within this simplicity that its beauty lies. In fact, since there are no scores and no missions to complete, the game seems purposefully designed as the simplest possible skateboarding experience that can still provide a few minutes of uncomplicated fun here and there. This also means there are no progression systems at all, and nothing to do outside of the core gameplay loop apart from selecting the level to play. The gameplay is fun, but some players will definitely miss a sense of progression. The game's biggest flaw, however, is easily the controls, which will likely ruin the experience for many players - unfortunately. Especially gaining speed and momentum quickly becomes a needlessly complicated dance of tapping and releasing multiple times between each jump. Thankfully, Bluetooth controllers are supported – at least on iOS. The first level of The Ramp is free-to-play, with the other three levels unlocking through a single $2.99 iAPs. The paid levels are much more interesting, which means I consider the free version a trial. The game gets so close to getting things just right, which gives me hope that it will improve through future updates. For now, it's a decent experience that some of you will most likely love and others find somewhat lacking. App Store: Here Special thanks to the Patreon Producers "Wafflestack Studio", "FarmRPG", and "Mohaimen" who help make these posts possible through their Patreon support <3 Google Sheet of all games I've played so far (searchable and filter-able): https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1bf0OxtVxrboZqyEh01AxJYUUqHm8tEfh-Lx-SugcrzY/edit?usp=sharing TL;DR Video Summary (with gameplay) of last week's 3 games: https://youtu.be/B3-bZIN-2E4 Episode 100 Episode 101 Episode 102 Episode 103 Episode 104 Episode 105 Episode 106 Episode 107 Episode 108 Episode 109 Episode 110 Episode 111 Episode 112 [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 09 Dec 2021 11:10 PM PST Title. What tablet do you guys think is the best? And also the reason for it. Thanks in advance. [link] [comments] |
| Looking for unit management rpgs. Additional info inside. Posted: 09 Dec 2021 05:21 PM PST Hi there. I got apple arcade and found Unleash the Light, but completed it very quick. I am looking for similar games to FFT, Unleash the Light and Doom and Destiny. All of them have some kind of unit customization, characters with specific skills, no gacha and are turn based. ¿Any suggestion? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 09 Dec 2021 06:54 PM PST Looking for another idle game to start from the beginning. I'd love one with a prestige option and ads are fine but I enjoy games that you can make a one time purchase to remove them. Currently playing idle kingdom defense and am loving it! Seems like a great hidden gem to me. I've also played and loved tap titans 2, idle slayer, and days bygone. Appreciate any suggestions, thanks! [link] [comments] |
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