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Anon checks out mobile gaming (sh.itjust.works)
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[–] [email protected] 39 points 3 months ago (7 children)

"These days?" As if it was ever good?

[–] [email protected] 42 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

It was in the early days of the Apple App Store. Games were 59p to buy. No in-app purchases and were generally good indie titles. "Helsing's Fire" comes to mind. Miss that game!

[–] [email protected] 27 points 3 months ago

Before it went f2p, yeah. Angry bird, pvz port, world of goo, ridiculous fishing, all fun stuff

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I played the original Plants vs Zombies back in the day and thought it was pretty good. I got a new tablet recently and decided to try out the latest version - and holy fuck it is significantly worse. Rather than trying to be a good game, every possible aspect has been monetized.

So yeah, I'd say the early 2010s was a time where you could at least find some good stuff that wasn't ruined by enshitification.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

Exactly. I played a lot of mobile games in the early 2010s, and have avoided mobile games since. There were some bangers back then that really weren't that expensive.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago

Well, it is kinda true. Many old games I had on my phone that were free and didn't have ads, in the last few years have received updates to do literally nothing, but include ads. So "these days" is the case for some.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

These days mate, you’ll be arrested and thrown in jail if you just say mobile gaming is good

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I happily wasted a lot of time playing Worms and angry birds back in the day. It was even better on a tablet. Doodle Jump was another good one.

Those were the days of yore, before in-app purchases and microtransactions.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

There's a Worms mobile port? :O

I always just emulated the SNES version while wishing it had touch controls.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

I remember playing Perfect Cell on iOS when I was younger and having a really great time