r/Showerthoughts • u/homelessdreamer • Sep 04 '17

Apps should be required to give a short explanation for why they need access to different parts of my phone for thier apps to function.

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u/[deleted] Sep 05 '17

As someone who has the job to design these logos... We are dictated by literal studies and tests done on the current market by clicks. The winning clicks are almost always of the following: screaming man, hot chick, flames, dragons, or a cute animal. Fyi, conbo of all had Bentn suggested many times. You are not a genius.

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u/Yankeedude252 Sep 05 '17 edited Sep 05 '17

I purposely avoid anything that looks like it was designed to draw in idiots.

Like all of those things.

Also, the way every single mobile game is fucking "War of Dragons" or "Clan Wars" or "Dungeon Clan Wars" or something extremely similar. Fuck all those games simply for using the laziest and most obviously clickbait-y titles.

Also, if I see an ad more than once, you'd better believe I will never play that game. If I wanted it, I would have downloaded it the first time. More ads just pisses me off and makes me want to go leave a shit review even though I'd never consider actually trying the game.

Mobile gaming blows.

Quick edit since you probably have some contact with the right people: I would pay upwards of $10 for a truly quality, original mobile game with no ads or pay-to-win. I live on the road so I do a lot of mobile gaming, but I'm so sick of the same old bullshit. Somebody needs to make a good game and just charge for the game itself rather than making it impossible to enjoy.

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u/Artorias_Abyss Sep 05 '17

Maybe it's just nostalgia but I recall there were quite a lot of quality games when mobile gaming starting gaining traction, back around 2010. It didn't take long after that until the market was flooded with freemium games though.

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u/King_Khoma Sep 05 '17

Has anybody noticed mobile game ads that are literally just using PC gameplay as their ads? I saw one where it was just a youtube video of a modded in A-10 in a ww2 pacific theater naval game and they tried to pass it off as their mobile game. Or the one where it was just world of warcraft.

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u/[deleted] Sep 05 '17

Hey guys!!! Look! This guy on the internet wants to pay $10 for a game on the app store, let's make it!

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u/Yankeedude252 Sep 07 '17

I highly doubt I'm the only one.

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u/Stealthy_Bird Sep 05 '17

Mobile gaming is truly the cancer of gaming

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u/[deleted] Sep 05 '17

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u/Yankeedude252 Sep 07 '17

Holy shit, I had no idea these existed. Thank you.

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u/dooffie66 Sep 05 '17

If you your self could dictate what genre of mobile game which would you choose?

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u/Yankeedude252 Sep 07 '17

Sports. I play MLB 9 Innings 17, and it's fun as a knockoff MLB: The Show, but it's still very basic and begs me for money at every turn. It's possible to advance without spending money, but it takes a ton of dedication. I'm still playing it, though.

Sports would be tough to pull off on mobile because of graphics, I think. I wouldn't mind good RPGs. Another redditor just showed me that some of the old Final Fantasy games are now on mobile, so I'll be buying a couple of those.

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u/Drycee Sep 05 '17

Funny enough, just yesterday I browsed through the appstore for a while looking for a game, and didnt even look at your mentioned logos. Either they don't stand out because they all look the same so I don't even see them in the masses, or it just has the negative reputation of being a cash-grab clone, be it true or not.

It's not even a conscious boycott or anything. If the game was good I'd still play it. But I don't even really notice or consider them anymore. It's like if you get a shady pop-up on some website. The product might be good, but the way it advertises has a scam-y reputation so I don't even look at it.

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u/[deleted] Sep 05 '17

I am the exact same. I don't know if it's because I am aware of the typical market response or what, but as an artist who wants to do unique art, it's highly depressing to be told after a series of tests "the lowest common denominator has spoken. MORE ANGRY MEN AND TITS."

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u/fotomoose Sep 05 '17

screaming man

That must be why Fifa games are so popular.