Do you care at all about games for mobile platforms (Android/iOS)?
My bad, I totally forgot about that. This is why we need a way to edit or reboot a poll.
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Not sure why people would hate mobile gaming. I personally hate the greedy assholes that make the Farmville styled money-grubby games though.
But, if people hate the idea of playing Rockstar's games on their mobile or having stuff like Kingdom Rush, The Room, Grim Fandango and Her Story on their mobile device then... fine, I guess.
I just find it extremely exclusionary and pretty harmful for gaming in general.
But that's just me. Hate all y'all want! :D
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There are definitly some good games for mobiles, but also an insane amount of trash. But I don't think that's the main reason why people hate mobile gaming. When you're used to a pc or console (or both), playing on a mobile just feels... weird. The controls are often weird or unresponsive (if it's not a game where you just have to click stuff) and the screen being so small doesn't really help either.
And because of the limitations of mobile gaming (although those limitation are going away now) games tend to be pretty small and get boring pretty quickly. One of those limitations (probably the biggest) is the limited storage capacity. Unless you spend a lot of money on a big card, you can only really have a couple of games installed at any given time.
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I know mobile's worse, but in all fairness, you could say the same thing with Steam.
Half of the games seem to be awful. Most of the rest are barely ok and the rest are the good ones. I know, the ratios aren't the same for the storefronts, but I'd say that it's comparable.
The controls are... odd at first. I agree. But t think that it falls under the "some games are better with this control scheme".
Point and click + puzzle games are the best if you use a touch screen.
FPSs and other stuff like that suck with it.
The gyroscope found in most devices is great for racing games as well. As to the small screen, it's mobile. The whole point is that it's small and portable. Now, some screens are too small. I don't have large hands, so I never had this problem. The same problem's in using a controller or a keyboard/mouse. Small hands might make you less capable of using the whole keyboard efficiently. Same with the controller. A lot of my friends find it hard to use the PS4 controller. It's just too small for them. But you can always get used to it. It'll take a while and whether it's worth it is your own opinion.
As to small games... you have a point for sure. Usually the games are easy to learn, sometimes hard to master. The reason why they don't get boring is that a lot of phone games are designed for short bursts, not for hours of entertainment.
With a portable console, you're taking it with you for the reason of gaming. With phones, you take it with you for a number of reasons, gaming being one of them. So, most people won't really have time for core games on their phones. Maybe a mission in GTA 3. Maybe a few levels in Candy Crush. Things like that. The demographics are very different for those devices.
As to the limited storage capacity, you could bring that up with the consoles as well. Games take 50GB sometimes and it's hard to fit more than 4-5 games on your 250GB console. There are smaller games but so does mobile. It can go from 50MB to 3GB (highest I've seen at least. GTA 3 is less than a GB).
There are issues, sure. But there are also issues with the computer and the consoles.
Shitty marketplaces? Consoles don't have that issue mostly. (Curation and so on)
Best control schemes and customizability? PCs take that front.
Best portability? Mobiles have taken that role.
But again, you bring up a very fair point. In most cases, those issues are slowly fading though.
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I would tend to agree with that assessment. The thing I hate though is when stuff like a free-to-play (or worse, pay-to-win) format is used and it compromises the game (which is all too often) because microtransactions and gouging or 'nickel-and-diming' players gets in the way of the inherent design. Traditionally I'm of the opinion that I would rather pay for something up front and get access to a full experience rather than have monetary considerations affect the game design and experience throughout. That's a big turnoff for me and is 'all-too-common' on mobile. It's also why I am kind of anemic to most f2p games on PC as well.
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I doubt that anyone like them. It's just a necessary evil that went way overboard.
People didn't like paying on mobile. Fair enough.
So, microtransactions came in. People were inclined to pay more for something they'd already invested time into.
Companies went insane: started putting MTAs everywhere and made them almost mandatory.
Like with everything, it starts off well, goes too far, soon people will change it and it'll start all over again.
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getting this bundle since i enjoyed sorcery 1 on my nvidia shield tablet (also have 2 and 3, but only just started 2). also enjoyed samorost 1 and 2 on steam. i'll probably play most of these on steam for the achievements, but adventure is one of my favorite genres.
none of the poll options matched my attitude toward mobile bundles, so i voted for my favorite fries.
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Sorcery 2 is quite fun :D I spent several hours playing swindle dice but got sidetracked near the end.
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Not too much interested in Humbles mobile bundles, nevertheless this Tier 1 is fantastic. Don't know the mobile port but Grim Fandango and Machinarium are among the very best adventures available (imho NOTHING beats Grim Fandango).
Overall I would say while enjoying both, I prefer PC games for PC and mobile games for mobile. I don't like these fusion things. Especially with original for PC released adventures I would fear that these are somehow simplified for mobile.
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I gave away my copy of Kathy Rain from the Monthly so I'll probably get T1. Not sure if my ancient Galaxy 3 can handle it but if San Andreas works this should be fine too.
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I would like to game in mobile, except I cant. I have a Iphone 5c and when i tried games, it sucked hard.
PVZ = Wouldnt register my right thumb most of the times, only the left (and both would help a huge deal)
Fallout Shelter = Dragging people around is suuuuuuuuuuuch a pain, oh lawd please make it stop. Why, why? And you drag people alot in this game.
Simcity = Dragging lines would never be 100% straight, placement would be iffy sometimes and I couldnt revert (probably due to tutorial).
And i hate typing too, many times I will hit the wrong key. I guess the phone dont like my fat crabby fingers or something. I wondered if there was a sensitivty thing I could change but apparently not.
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Wish it was "PC and mobile" since I have no mobile and all these games are available on PC. Although I already own most of them so whatever. Great selection nonetheless, but Sorcery 4 doesn't make much sense without playing 1-3 first so it's kind of weird they included it.
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I'd rather read ebooks on mobile when given opportunity. (or some escape room games :-))
Also, for mobile market, those aren't great prices... almost all have been cheaper on PC.
Thanks for heads-up.
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Hate mobile games. Don't understand how someone can enjoy playing on a such small screen.
The games are good though. If they were steam keys, I'd buy tier 3 even not being able to afford it atm. lol
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Still too small. I find my 32' screen too small. lol
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I have so many of the mobile bundles from HB that I already have some of these games (Machinarium... Sorcery...) and the ones I don't I have on Steam.
If Burly Men at Sea were in the dollar category I would have at least gone for that, though.
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I like the idea of platform independent games. But for now there weren't many updates on the mobile games I bought. :(
If there would be a possibility to activate these games additionally via Google Play would be awesome and therefore always having the latest updates would be awesome.
PS: It's a nice game selection!
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anyone know if these games will work on amazon fire tv?
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https://www.humblebundle.com/mobile/great-adventures-mobile-bundle
$1 Tier:
Grim Fandango Remastered
Kathy Rain
Machinarium
$4 Tier:
Her Story
Sorcery! 4
Burly Men at Sea
$6 Tier:
Lumino City
Samorost 3
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