I’ve played most popular roguelikes like Balatro, Slay the Spire, Dead Cells, etc. So are there any good Android games that aren’t roguelikes?

    • woodytrombone@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 month ago

      The definition of roguelike has been stretched to the point of near-uselessness, lol. Nowadays, any game with permadeath and “runs” is classified as a roguelike.

      Personally, I’d prefer it if we stuck a little closer to the Berlin Interpretation definition.

    • Quibblekrust@thelemmy.clubEnglish
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      1 month ago

      No, it’s rogue-lite. Not -like. Rogue-lite games have randomized runs, permadeath, and (often tons of) meta-progression involving spending stat points, or unlocking new skills or weapons. In many games, the difficulty decreases by unlocking new skills and adding stats. Sometimes the games increase their enemy difficulty as you earn victories in order to balance the difficulty with all the new choices and skills you have. And sometimes entire game mechanics get added to more you play: new zones and new things to do.

      Example rogue-lite games: Binding of Isaac, Undermine, Enter the Gungeon. Even games that have a real sense of story and progression might have tight gameplay loops that can cause people to call them rogue-lites, or say they have “rogue-lite mechanics”. Example: Dave the Diver.

      Rogue-likes, on the other hand, are turn-based dungeon crawlers that have very little or no meta progression. They may have training wheels like being forced to start with a simple class and unlocking additional ones doing simple things in-game. They do this to avoid overwhelming new players with character choices, and not to make the game easier as you play. You get better by learning the game, and not by unlocking more things or adding to stats.

      Examples: Shattered Pixel Dungeon, Brogue, Caves of Qud.

  • yermaw@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    1 month ago

    My first purchase when I get a job will be Baba is You. Looks really good and has great reviews.

    Stardew valley is on mobile.

    Antimatter Dimensions is the best idle game ive ever played. Top 3 at the very least. While not much of a “game” I still want to plug it.

  • Silverchase@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    1 month ago

    I listed some decent Android games I know of in a past thread.

    The real secret is to look for board game adaptations and stuff you’d normally find on Steam.

    I also have expanded my list for when I have the Play credit and desire for more mobile games:

    • Golf Peaks, Pup Champs, and Railbound — more puzzle games by Afterburn, the same developers as inbento
    • Digital board game adaptations by Dire Wolf Digital, like Root, Everdell, Clank!, and the Fox in the Forest
    • Coromon and Cassette Beasts for your creature-collecting needs
  • Albbi@lemmy.caEnglish
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    1 month ago

    I use Mini Review for most of my android game finding. I find that if they give an overall score of 8 and above, I almost always like the game.

    I’m currently enjoying the idle clicker Magic Research 2 It doesn’t feel like most idlers. There’s monsters to fight that need some strategy and a pretty good plot where I actually read everything! Most games have plot that is so boring and rehashed that it’s not worth reading, but Magic Research 2 was a lot of fun. I played the demo a bit and bought the full version before running into whatever limits were in the demo.

  • vortexal@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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    1 month ago

    I’m not sure what kind of games you are looking for but I’ve been playing Honkai Impact 3rd. The android version doesn’t have controller or mouse support but it has keyboard support and it’s fine. I think every action is mapped to the keyboard but the game doesn’t always tell you what everything is, the only one I’m not sure of is specifically the swiping QTE but QTEs are not used very often, so I never really had an issue with just using the touch screen for those. I would also imagine that Mihoyo’s other games are good too but I haven’t played them yet.

    Another game I can suggest is Lego Star Wars the Complete Saga, if you like that kind of game. As far as I can tell, it’s mostly identical to the PC version but with the one difference being that the multiplayer has been removed.

  • SoftestSapphic@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 month ago

    The Myboy Emulators let you load gba roms onto your phone to play, i have FF6 and a few pokemon games.

    Roller Coaster Tycoon 1/2 are on the google play store.