Posted March 25, 2015
Good mobile games are actually a rarity. Most of them are either microtransaction-infested F2P clusterfucks or gimped versions of PC/console titles that simply do not work well on a touchscreen device.
I have enjoyed: Scribblenauts Remix, Rayman Jungle Run, Sonic 1 & 2 Remastered (the definitive versions of the Sega Mega Drive games IMO, provided you have a decent Bluetooth gamepad), Canabalt, Funky Smugglers, Aaaaaaaaaaaa! for the Awesome and The Room. Anomaly: Warzone Earth Mobile Campaign deserves an honourable mention, and there are a small number of decent PC ports that work quite well on Android, like Broken Sword and Avadon.
Other PC ports aren't that great. I have KOTOR for Android, but both the gamepad controls and touch controls suck. PvZ is simply too fiddly on a small phone screen. Super Hexagon doesn't really work on a touchscreen with the precision you need. And don't even get me started with Dotemu's shitty ports of Double Dragon Trilogy, R-Type I & II and Raiden Legacy.
To be honest though, Android games are just a quick timewaster for when I have 10 minutes to kill. If I want to game properly on the move, I have a PSP, a Vita, a 3DS and a GBA SP for that, although I must confess that after having been spoiled with suspend/resume on the PSP, Vita and 3DS, it's rather irritating to have to lose my progress on the GBA when I have to do something else.
I have enjoyed: Scribblenauts Remix, Rayman Jungle Run, Sonic 1 & 2 Remastered (the definitive versions of the Sega Mega Drive games IMO, provided you have a decent Bluetooth gamepad), Canabalt, Funky Smugglers, Aaaaaaaaaaaa! for the Awesome and The Room. Anomaly: Warzone Earth Mobile Campaign deserves an honourable mention, and there are a small number of decent PC ports that work quite well on Android, like Broken Sword and Avadon.
Other PC ports aren't that great. I have KOTOR for Android, but both the gamepad controls and touch controls suck. PvZ is simply too fiddly on a small phone screen. Super Hexagon doesn't really work on a touchscreen with the precision you need. And don't even get me started with Dotemu's shitty ports of Double Dragon Trilogy, R-Type I & II and Raiden Legacy.
To be honest though, Android games are just a quick timewaster for when I have 10 minutes to kill. If I want to game properly on the move, I have a PSP, a Vita, a 3DS and a GBA SP for that, although I must confess that after having been spoiled with suspend/resume on the PSP, Vita and 3DS, it's rather irritating to have to lose my progress on the GBA when I have to do something else.
Post edited March 25, 2015 by jamyskis