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GuyFi, do games w Browser games you have burned a lot of time on?

I’ve played alot of paperclips in classes, it just looks like a random website but it’s a really fun idle clicker thingy it’s at www.decisionproblem.com/paperclips/index2.html

PlzGivHugs,

On the topic of idle games, Cookie Clicker and A Dark Room still hold up well.

50MYT,

Dark room?

PlzGivHugs,

Its a somewhat more story and gameplay focused than Cookie Clicker, but still pretty chill. I won’t say too much more, considering that it’d just spoil the fun of discovery.

Imgonnatrythis,

Thanks you killed my night

GuyFi,

Glad to help man haha

NewNewAccount,

I revisit this every six months or so. It’s so good.

bermuda, do gaming w How to let my kids find quality games on Android? Right now they only find the pay to win / ad riddled games.

Spelltower is a classic. Still might have ads but they’re less intrusive, and it’s educational but it probably won’t be boring

ultrasquid, do gaming w How to let my kids find quality games on Android? Right now they only find the pay to win / ad riddled games.
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Emulation, geometry dash, Minecraft.

tra, do gaming w How to let my kids find quality games on Android? Right now they only find the pay to win / ad riddled games.

“Shattered pixel dungeon” is a rouge-like top down rpg with no ads and is quite fun. You can only pay if you choose to support the dev.

RootBeerGuy,
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As much as I like that game, the learning curve is steep af! Unless the little one handles frustration well, it will be a hard sell.

tra,

Yeah you are probably right.

saplyng, do gaming w How to let my kids find quality games on Android? Right now they only find the pay to win / ad riddled games.
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You could try installing gamesnacks.com as a pwa on their phone. They have a bunch of little games that I assume children would like.

doboprobodyne, do gaming w How to let my kids find quality games on Android? Right now they only find the pay to win / ad riddled games.

Fdroid --> unciv

Civilisation clone. Really fantastic if she enjoys that sort of thing.

https://f-droid.org/categories/games/

Also I don't know anything about adblockers but I was lucky enough to have a device supported by www.divestos.org and I think the OS defaults to a DNS that ignores ads somehow. But I'm not sure! I just know I get WAY less spammy ads than friends do :P

sylverstream,

Thanks for civ tip!

I’ve got pi hole as DNS ad blocker. Works great.

doboprobodyne,

Sweet!

If you like tech and if she might too, there are coding games for the desktop https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/best-programming-games/
And for the mobile device https://blockly.games/

Have fun!

DudeBro, do games w Weekly what have you been playing discussion - week of October, 2, 2023

In a fit of nostalgia I bought Yugioh: Legacy of the Duelist: Link Evolution. I watched the original show as a kid and played the game at recess, but never went any further than that. The game was on sale for a couple bucks on steam.

I gotta say, this is a great amount of content for the price (again, I bought it for like 5 bucks). You can play through the show’s storyline (every season) with all of their dumb little decks, and after every duel, you unlock a “reverse duel” where you can do the same fight but from the antagonist’s perspective. If you complete all of the duels involving a particular character, you unlock their “challenge duel” where they use a themed meta deck with actual combos and interesting win conditions. Because this game has every season of the TV show, there’s at least a hundred different characters you can fight like this. Every time you win a duel you get some of your opponent’s cards and money to make your own custom deck. The online is dead though, which is fine, I’m just playing this to relive my childhood watching the show.

I’ve been kinda hooked, even though I haven’t been a Yugioh fan since 4th grade. I feel like a kid again. I just wish the Pokemon TCG or Magic: the Gathering had a modern game with a story mode like this.

ConstableJelly, do gaming w Assassin's Creed Mirage - Review Thread

By the time Assassin’s Creed 2 came out, I was calling this my favorite series ever. The Ezio games made you feel like an expertly skilled badass with unprecedented success, and the stealthy, agile archetype is my favorite to inhabit. Even the gameplay loop was fresh and borderline revolutionary, and so successful it became the basis for what would soon be tarnished as the Ubisoft blueprint.

Last game I played was Odyssey, and though I spent…a lot of time on it, I’ve never felt more bitter at the end of the game. Seems you only get half the conclusion by completing the story missions, with the other half locked away behind the assassination list. And since any enemies 3 or more levels higher than you are always essentially indestructible, and the assassination targets climb very high in levels, it’s essentially a driver for bottomless grinding. By that point I’d already had far more than my fill.

I was casually interested in Mirage, but I learned from Skillup’s video that it’s essentially an upscaled Valhalla DLC, which is a red flag. With other reviewers pointing out that it, well, feels like upscaled DLC, I’ve no interest personally.

ampersandrew,
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I loved 2 and Brotherhood, but 1 and Unity were the closest this series ever got to delivering on the elevator pitch, especially Unity. I tried Odyssey and had much the same experience as you, except I didn't have the patience to stick with it once I could see where the grind was headed.

ConstableJelly,

You know one of the reasons I jump to 2, and I didn’t think of it until now, is because of aerial assassinations. If I remember right, there wasn’t an actual mechanic for it in 1, and the addition in 2 and beyond tied things up nicely.

ampersandrew,
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Yeah, and the investigation missions in AC1 weren't great, but the assassination missions gave you the freedom to scope out a mission and do it yourself (same goes for Unity, even acknowledging in the dialogue to the player character that it's something the series has been missing), which was a thing that AC2 took away in favor of set piece boss battle moments.

comicallycluttered,

Man, Unity was so good.

If anyone enjoyed the earlier AC games, but avoided Unity because of bugs or bad press from its admittedly disastrous launch, all of that is mostly ironed out (at least on PC), so give it a shot.

It holds up surprisingly well, honestly, and probably has the best movement and parkour in the entire series.

Plus Revolutionary Paris is one of their best environments. Like, I like them all, but Paris is particularly well-done (I’d make a joke about Notre-Dame being well-done as well, but that was more of a medium-well result).

modulartable,

You’ve sold me on it! I’m gonna have to play it now

Emptiness,
aard, do gaming w How to let my kids find quality games on Android? Right now they only find the pay to win / ad riddled games.
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My 9yo daughter has a tablet with family link, so I can monitor what apps she wants to install. As the garbage games are mostly at the top free, she keeps asking for games that I reject, in most cases because it’s riddled with ads.

Did you ever consider using this as opportunity to educate your daughter about ads in general, how some games try to push adds to get you to do something, and also how some games have game mechanics trying to push you to do specific things, and then just let her figure out if those games are worth playing, or not?

She’s definitely old enough - I had that discussion with my daughter when she was 5, we have an agreement that we limit the number of games installed on her phone - and the kind of shitty game you’re talking about typically gets uninstalled again pretty quickly.

In a few years she’ll be able to install stuff by herself - if you never explained to her what and why games/apps are doing she’ll not be ready to deal with that, and it’ll be out of your control.

sylverstream,

Thanks for the insights. Totally agree with you. Yep, I’m having those conversations and she understands it more and more.

budyn_smietankowy, do zapytajszmer w Jaka oferta na kartę z jak najdłuższą ważnością?

W lajcie też jest konto na rok. Tylko zasięg mają tylko plusowy.

nudnyekscentryk,
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z tego co widzę na 30 dni; a co z tego że plusowy? ja mam plus i nigdy mnie nie odłącza

budyn_smietankowy,

lajtmobile.pl/klient-indywidualny/na-karte/ Tu na stronce na dole w ważność konta. Doładowanie 10 zł wystarcza na rok. A co do zasięgu to w paru miejscach się już zlapalem że zasięgu nie było więc tak tylko daje znać. :D

nicman24, do gaming w How to let my kids find quality games on Android? Right now they only find the pay to win / ad riddled games.

get them an offline console

sylverstream,

Yeah, perhaps a better idea. Will do that once the tablet reaches end of life.

NiaTheCat,
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There are these little handheld console things you can get online for like $20-50 if you think she’d like older games like classic Nintendo, one of the cheap ones is called data frog SF2000 and it looks like an old SNES controller or this one for something higher quality that can run more consoles powkiddy.com/…/powkiddy-q90-3-inch-ips-screen-han…

They’re a little janky but they get the job done, they’re basically just a tiny weak laptop with emulators built in that you can only play the games on

sylverstream,

That looks cool! I think though it will be a hard sell for them as it will be a step back. However I will be looking into emulators as I think those games are better for them.

otter, do gaming w How to let my kids find quality games on Android? Right now they only find the pay to win / ad riddled games.

The play pass might be the way to go, since the paid games are a lot better. There are also a lot of guides online for which games are good.

You can also look into games that are ports of old PC games, as well as emulators (which open up a whole new world of games)

sylverstream,

Thanks, yes play Pass looks cool so far.

Also going to look at emulators. Thanks.

knokelmaat, do gaming w How to let my kids find quality games on Android? Right now they only find the pay to win / ad riddled games.

Play pass is a fantastic idea, made me discover a lot of awesome small little experiences

sylverstream,

Yeah I like it so far. We also have xb gamepass which made me appreciate indie games much more.

How do you find apps included in play Pass though, do you know? Can only find lists on random websites, not on play store itself.

enthusiasticamoeba,

Once you’re a member it shows you a section in the app store. Unfortunately I’m not sure where to find a list before subscribing.

sylverstream,

I’ve subscribed, and that section shows up. However it only shows games, not apps. Eg Tasker is included.

MomoTimeToDie, do games w Weekly what have you been playing discussion - week of October, 2, 2023

Just got project wingman since it released on ps5. Coming literally straight from ac:7, it’s insane just how good it is for an indie that exists because people wanted more ace combat games. Weapon selection is slightly more annoying, using the dpad, which is annoying since you have to take your thumb off the stick, but other than that, it’s the same stuff.

ezures,

As a big fan of the game, hope you enjoy it.

After looking it up, theres a new campaign thats ps exclusive, now I’m kinda envious

BigTrout75, do gaming w How to let my kids find quality games on Android? Right now they only find the pay to win / ad riddled games.

Netflix offers free Android games with no ads too. If you have ad subscription it might work

sylverstream,

Sorry, no Netflix here. Thanks anyways.

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