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Half-OT: Currently I'm playing Stardew Valley on my FireHD10, I never played a mobile port that had THAT good controls. I also got Terraria and Minecraft and

by k__ 7y ago

Half-OT: Currently I'm playing Stardew Valley on my FireHD10, I never played a mobile port that had THAT good controls. I also got Terraria and Minecraft and they are pretty bad to play with awkward on-screen controls. Does anyone here know of games that have good mobile ports? Or even good mobile games to start with? Most "native" mobile games just were really basic, full of in-app purchases etc. so I was looking more into ports, but if you know something good, let me know :D

Kaze404 7y ago
Max Payne is on Android (for some reason). It's a fantastic game, so it might be worth a try if you haven't played it yet.
NikolaNovak 7y ago
* Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic is a classic and fully playable on mobile device * Star Traders Frontiers is a new old-school game that's also quite excellent * There's a large number of old-school adventure games ported or created for mobile such as TimbleWeed park or Gemini Rue * 80 Days is a beautifully written steampunk narrative travel adventure * Out There and Out There Chronicles are modern classics * Also & Oddysey are single-button games that are extremely simple but quite beautiful and peaceful
hoorayimhelping 7y ago
The Monkey Island games work really well on mobile devices and they re-released them a few years back.
- libria 7y ago
  Aw man, why'd you tell me this? You just cost my company 1 productive-engineer-day.
jackklika 7y ago
Mindustry[1] is an open source game that works perfect on mobile, especially if you have a big screen. You can find it on app stores or download it manually. It's like factorio but more tower-defense and round-based. Much more approachable while still being really fun. [1] https://github.com/Anuken/Mindustry https://github.com/Anuken/Mindustry
- k__ 7y ago
  Factorio was a bit too much for me, but I'll look into Mindustry, thanks!
- IggleSniggle 7y ago
  This game destroyed me. It works well even if you don't have a big screen (relatively speaking anyway. I played it on an iPhone 7. You can't really get screens smaller than 4.7 anymore).
- MayeulC 7y ago
  Oh, in the open-source department, there's also Unciv which I'm keeping an eye on. It could be improved, but it's quite fun already. It's a civilization clone. https://github.com/yairm210/Unciv https://github.com/yairm210/Unciv
rpvnwnkl 7y ago
Xenowerk is a lot of fun, as well as the Halo games for iOS, although I think they got pulled from the store. https://apps.apple.com/us/app/xenowerk/id969447496 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/xenowerk/id969447496
vorpalhex 7y ago
There's a bunch of cheap bluetooth mini game controllers you can pickup online that will make a lot of ports (and emulators) quite a bit more enjoyable. RPGs from the playstation days are my go to.
- k__ 7y ago
  I had one and it didn't work, but this was 5-6 years ago. Did the controller story for mobile get better? The XBox controllers on desktop work like a charm, even with browser games.
  - jabroni_salad 7y ago
    On Android, if you are playing a game that supports a controller, you can just pair a ps4 controller via bluetooth with no fuss.
    - k__ 7y ago
      I guess Minecraft is so well known that this could work. Are there any stats on how many Android games are playable with such a controller?
MayeulC 7y ago
You can also look at mobile games that got a desktop port, as that should hint at good quality games. On the top of my head, I recall the Anomaly (Warzone: Earth) series, and Kingdom Rush.
- k__ 7y ago
  Good idea, thanks!
slim 7y ago
Best roguelike : pixel dungeon
- Spellman 7y ago
  Even better imo? Shattered Pixel Dungeon. It's a fork, but some nice quality of life upgrades and tweaks imo https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.shatteredpixel.shatteredpixeldungeon&hl=en_US https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.shatteredp...
Spellman 7y ago
Someone has unofficially ported Battle for Wesnoth to Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=it.alessandropira.wesnoth114&hl=en_US https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=it.alessandrop... The controls are actually not half-bad. There's also A LOT of board game ports of varying quality. I've been enjoying Through the Ages. Ticket to Ride is competent. Splendor, Race for the Galaxy, and Twilight Struggle also pretty great.
student2k 7y ago
Morrowind runs really well on my modest android phone, with openmw, It even support mods,
- provak 7y ago
  Do you want a sick modpack? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4loGDYIJXw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4loGDYIJXw
thirdsun 6y ago
"The Witness" hasn't been mentioned yet.

by k__ 7y ago

Kaze404 7y ago

Max Payne is on Android (for some reason). It's a fantastic game, so it might be worth a try if you haven't played it yet.

NikolaNovak 7y ago

* Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic is a classic and fully playable on mobile device * Star Traders Frontiers is a new old-school game that's also quite excellent * There's a large number of old-school adventure games ported or created for mobile such as TimbleWeed park or Gemini Rue * 80 Days is a beautifully written steampunk narrative travel adventure * Out There and Out There Chronicles are modern classics * Also & Oddysey are single-button games that are extremely simple but quite beautiful and peaceful

hoorayimhelping 7y ago

The Monkey Island games work really well on mobile devices and they re-released them a few years back.

libria 7y ago
Aw man, why'd you tell me this? You just cost my company 1 productive-engineer-day.

jackklika 7y ago

Mindustry[1] is an open source game that works perfect on mobile, especially if you have a big screen. You can find it on app stores or download it manually. It's like factorio but more tower-defense and round-based. Much more approachable while still being really fun. [1] https://github.com/Anuken/Mindustry https://github.com/Anuken/Mindustry

k__ 7y ago
Factorio was a bit too much for me, but I'll look into Mindustry, thanks!
IggleSniggle 7y ago
This game destroyed me. It works well even if you don't have a big screen (relatively speaking anyway. I played it on an iPhone 7. You can't really get screens smaller than 4.7 anymore).
MayeulC 7y ago
Oh, in the open-source department, there's also Unciv which I'm keeping an eye on. It could be improved, but it's quite fun already. It's a civilization clone. https://github.com/yairm210/Unciv https://github.com/yairm210/Unciv

rpvnwnkl 7y ago

Xenowerk is a lot of fun, as well as the Halo games for iOS, although I think they got pulled from the store. https://apps.apple.com/us/app/xenowerk/id969447496 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/xenowerk/id969447496

vorpalhex 7y ago

There's a bunch of cheap bluetooth mini game controllers you can pickup online that will make a lot of ports (and emulators) quite a bit more enjoyable. RPGs from the playstation days are my go to.

k__ 7y ago
I had one and it didn't work, but this was 5-6 years ago. Did the controller story for mobile get better? The XBox controllers on desktop work like a charm, even with browser games.
- jabroni_salad 7y ago
  On Android, if you are playing a game that supports a controller, you can just pair a ps4 controller via bluetooth with no fuss.
  - k__ 7y ago
    I guess Minecraft is so well known that this could work. Are there any stats on how many Android games are playable with such a controller?

MayeulC 7y ago

You can also look at mobile games that got a desktop port, as that should hint at good quality games. On the top of my head, I recall the Anomaly (Warzone: Earth) series, and Kingdom Rush.

k__ 7y ago
Good idea, thanks!

slim 7y ago

Best roguelike : pixel dungeon

Spellman 7y ago
Even better imo? Shattered Pixel Dungeon. It's a fork, but some nice quality of life upgrades and tweaks imo https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.shatteredpixel.shatteredpixeldungeon&hl=en_US https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.shatteredp...

Spellman 7y ago

Someone has unofficially ported Battle for Wesnoth to Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=it.alessandropira.wesnoth114&hl=en_US https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=it.alessandrop... The controls are actually not half-bad. There's also A LOT of board game ports of varying quality. I've been enjoying Through the Ages. Ticket to Ride is competent. Splendor, Race for the Galaxy, and Twilight Struggle also pretty great.

student2k 7y ago

Morrowind runs really well on my modest android phone, with openmw, It even support mods,

provak 7y ago
Do you want a sick modpack? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4loGDYIJXw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4loGDYIJXw

thirdsun 6y ago

"The Witness" hasn't been mentioned yet.