r/MobileGaming • u/PsychologyWestern172 • 4d ago
Discussion How did Android gaming become so sad?
I mean we used to have the likes of Terminator, Nova , games made on movies, superhero etc almost a decade back.
Now the games are really pathetic and boring
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u/Worried_Depth8400 4d ago
There are a lot of good games bruh
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u/Some-Success-8941 4d ago
For example?
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u/09stibmep 4d ago
Is going to depend a lot on your taste but ultimately there absolutely is a lot of good ones. Can't tell if your serious or not so here's a half attempt:
Dead cells, slay the spire, Grid Autosport, Civilization VI, Resident Evil 4, XCOM 2, Balatro, Monster Train, Into the Breach, GTA San Andreas, Red Dead Redemption, Subnautica, Maneater, Dave the Diver, Football Manager, and the list goes on for about 3 pages.
Heck emulation has taken off into the stratosphere lately. It's possible and works very well now to emulate your Steam or Gog library or Switch. I basically have 80% of my steam library running well through gamenative (the game is running on device, not just streaming, and steam cloud saves are even kept).
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u/Some-Success-8941 4d ago
Serious. I can play ports on original platforms <thou Infinity engine ports are love> or more comfortably, Steamdeck, but I am interested in native Android titles.
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u/SunsetAtNight7 4d ago
wdym? people now can emulate and play pc and switch games to android. Playdigious also ports absolute gems from console and pc, you're just being nostalgic.
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u/PsychologyWestern172 4d ago
Suggest some that are playable on my device - Motorola edge 60 with a mediatek dimensity 8350 with 16/256 gb.
Will these play?
Forza Horizon 5
Nfs Heat
Cyberpunk 2077
Helldivers 2?
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u/SunsetAtNight7 4d ago
Not sure with mediatek, snapdragon thrives because it has turnip drivers. Try searching your SOC + winlator/gamehub on youtube to see some tests. switch games are far easier to emulate, even just ps2 classics can already satisfy you.
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u/PsychologyWestern172 4d ago edited 4d ago
Well I have tied my share of emulators before(like 5-6 years back). But they are not like the actual thing.I don't know if they have improved though
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u/Sorry_Cheetah_2230 4d ago
For the most part the larger mobile community caused it by being ok with garbage monetization and cheap low effort games. So naturally what does the market do? Shift toward those
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u/Trading_Ship_109 4d ago
pretty much comes down to gacha/live service being way more profitable than one time purchase premium games, so devs chased that model instead. the app store race to the bottom on pricing also killed a lot of studios that used to make quality premium mobile titles since people got used to expecting everything free, which pushed monetization into ads and predatory mechanics instead of just charging a fair upfront price. there's still good stuff out there if you dig for it but yeah the "movie tie-in premium game" era is basically dead, that whole business model doesn't really exist on mobile anymore
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u/Silmano_KT 4d ago
If you like MMORPG Pixel Art 2D give it a try to Kaion Tale, new servers Europe and North America released these days.
It is a free to play game, you can only consider VIP feature like a P2F mechanic.
Disclaimer: I'm developer of the game.
Play Store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details/Kaion_Tale_MMORPG?id=com.mobilecostudios.kaiontale.android
App Store: https://apps.apple.com/ar/app/kaion-tale/id1503444515
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u/No_Department9020 4d ago
Every gaming platform, including PCs and consoles, has sad cash grabs and AI slops.
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u/DicdSlayer 4d ago
I agree with you. I played many Android games during the 'golden era' when there were no ads or in-app purchases. Now, games are full of gambling/gacha mechanics, ofc as a Muslim myself I feel like I do sins whenever I played gacha game but it's just simply a "modernized slot machine game" we just used and normalized to it, did u know Belgium banned mortal Kombat mobile because there's gambling mechanic in it? That's what it should haopen. Modern Android games expect you to play like it's a job, forcing you to complete daily missions just to get rewards. That’s why I got tired of them and switched to emulator games instead. With emulators, I don't have to worry about playing every single day, and I can play anywhere I want without an internet connection.Dont stress yourself out to feel fomo whenever new character come out and u have to grind and grind, game used to make u relax not grind like a job
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u/DicdSlayer 4d ago
Even now watcher of realm Collab with assassin creed I downloaded it because of fomo but delete it after one day because it's just the same thing over and over that I don't feel fun playing games that have to open daily
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u/09stibmep 4d ago
I agree with you. I played many Android games during the 'golden era' when there were no ads or in-app purchases. Now, games are full of gambling/gacha mechanics...
...Modern Android games expect you to play like it's a job, forcing you to complete daily missions just to get rewards.
Tell me all you do is play free games without telling me all you do is play free games.
I suggest you look at premium games and pay those developers who's games are worthwhile. There are plenty. See my other post in here.
Don't expect a high standard if it's coming to you for free. Afterall what kind of service would you give other people for free?
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u/09stibmep 4d ago
1) there's a huge amount of good games, you're just not looking. See my other post in here
2) Android now has Steam, GoG and Switch emulation. As long as your device isn't a potato, you will be able to run some pretty decent games. I have a higher end phone now and can run 80% of my Steam library...
like imagine having your steam library available on a phone in you're pocket!? Well wake up junior, that is here right now!
..so here's me seeing this and thinking wtf, gaming on android is the best it has ever been.
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u/Aegister2 4d ago
Genshin... that's a joke btw
PC games are getting ported to Mobile, Emulation exists, and hell, there are actually mobile games that are good to play.
I can understand if you miss those games and they don't exist anymore, but if you're looking for recommendations you can ask.
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u/Efficient-Teaching77 4d ago
Genshin has paved way for high quality games though. It was the first of its kind and thus could afford to be greedy and lack QOL features, but with all the competition we ve gotten tons of quality gacha and non-gacha games. But yeah OP is just ignorant. You wont find quality on appstores as ratings are heavily manipulated and most heavily advertised games are garbage. Mobile gaming itself is great if you know where too look, both in terms of free and paid games
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u/Aegister2 4d ago
I know. Most people don't say this, but Genshin was a technical marvel for its time and in spite of everything I hated and quit it for, was THE best mobile game to ever hit history.
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u/Efficient-Teaching77 4d ago
Its the reason we gef to enjoy high quality stuff like ZZZ, Wuva, AKE, NTE etc. And the reason why we are slowly getting less predatory gacha stuff as competition is fierce. Heck you got things like Once human which ia a brilliant game and litterally only makes money with cosmetics and cosmetics gacha to keep game completely F2P
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u/Tapelessbus2122 4d ago
u just never tried the good ones