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Tencent's soulless Age of Empires Mobile cash-grab is here to ruin your childhood (www.androidpolice.com)

submitted 4 weeks ago by Zagorath@aussie.zone to c/games@lemmy.world

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[-] iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 18 points 4 weeks ago

There are lots of good mobile games. Mobile gaming gets a bad rep from all the prominent soulless cash grab type stuff.

[-] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 4 weeks ago

There’s a couple good mobile games. Ascension, Lick Be A Landlord, and Shattered Pixel Dungeon are the only ones I play.

[-] PunchingWood@lemmy.world 1 points 4 weeks ago

I enjoyed plenty of phone and tablet games back in the day, when it all started (god I feel old). When there were both amazing free and paid games. But then they started including ads, and microtransactions, and then battle passes, and then unskippable ads and promotions, and then progression got locked behind paywalls, etc.

I'm sure there are a few good games out there, but the few attempts I tried a few mobile games again it feels like I always run into having to pay to progress sooner or later. It's most definitely nothing like the golden ages back around 2010.