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brunofin, 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.

I am on the exact same boat as you. 9yo daughter keeps asking to download a bunch of crap with in app purchases or ads. The problem is that there’s so much crap for mobile. I almost never play anything on my phone, but her at her age and the current times of short attention span being bored for longer than a second seems.like a taboo, she needs to have stuff on her phone, even though we have a Switch at home with loads of good quality games.

It’s just the way it is.

sylverstream,

I agree there’s a lot of crap, and it takes some time and conversation. Lots of tips in this topic as well. Eg Play Pass looks pretty cool so far, and I’m going to look at F Droid and installing an emulator.

I’m also explaining to her why I reject some apps. She seems to understand it better and better.

I’m also going to look at using Tasker to set it to airplane mode on all apps except Play Store and Chrome.

HarkMahlberg,
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In case nobody's said it already, it's awesome you're taking an active role in teaching your daughter media literacy. 🙂

sylverstream,

Thank you!

upstream, 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.

Tbh I gave up on mobile gaming about 8 years ago. Got so tired of sifting through the crud looking for gems.

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

I replay candybox/candybox 2 at least once a year. Fantastic incremental ascii games

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

I had a list of some flash games I used to obsess over, but I can’t find it right now. I’ll throw Sonny 2 as my recommendation, I beat that game many times and I still come back to it every now and then. It’s a top-tier RPG.

I would also recommend Gemcraft and Bloons TD, but they have premium sequels now that are way better than the web games.

nanoUFO, do games w Assassin's Creed Mirage Review Thread | (76/100 OpenCritic)
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I remember a time when I would finish an AC game in like one weekend, but after black flags the series just became boring. Seems like open world slop is what ubisoft is going for.

HerbalGamer, do games w Assassin's Creed Mirage Review Thread | (76/100 OpenCritic)

I didn’t really enjoy the older games but had a blast with odyssey and Valhalla. I wonder what this game does for me in that case.

simple,

You probably won’t like it then.

hogunner,

Same. Unless I hear otherwise I’ll probably skip this one as, like you, I enjoyed the recent direction of the last 3 installments more than previous ones.

nandeEbisu, do games w how do you have fun even a game have a grading system?

I like factory or management games, even ones where it is expected you will fail, like Dwarf Fortress, because it’s not about winning or getting a high score. It’s about going in with an idea and setting it through to fruition. I like seeing things I spent a bunch of time on as a large concrete thing I can go back and look at again, and actually have it provide meaningful value in a direct way instead of just incrementing some number in the engine somewhere.

I still play some roguelites that are like that, but there is something nice about sandbox games where progress isn’t directly quantifiable.

AceQuorthon, do games w Just finished my first playthrough of Prey by Arkane Studios and WOW.

Absolutely amazing game. Loved it from start to finish.

FullOfBallooons, do games w Weekly what have you been playing discussion - week of October, 2, 2023
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I finished the story in TOTK on Sunday, and I just started Baldur’s Gate 3. But I’m starting to wonder if I should pause BG3 for a minute and play through something a little smaller rather than going from one huge game to another.

Blizzard,

Play Baldur’s Gate 3, nothing else matters!

HawlSera, do games w Just finished my first playthrough of Prey by Arkane Studios and WOW.

Try the 2006 version of Prey next

JackDark,

Seriously! Every time I see something about Prey and it’s not the 2006 version, I’m annoyed.

HawlSera,

I’m just amazed that prey 2006 is still hilariously cheap on those gray Market sites, cuz that’s the only way to get it now

One day I’ll give the game with the same name an actual shot, because I’m sure it’s good on its own merits, but it will always be a reminder that Prey 2. The REAL Prey 2 was stolen from us

JackDark,

Every so often I watch that gameplay trailer for Prey 2 and make myself sad.

HawlSera,

Never forget what they stole from you

wccrawford,

Yeah, when the new Prey came out I was very, very confused for a while.

I ended up liking the game, but I didn’t find it as interesting as the original.

HawlSera,

I felt personally attacked when this game was not only blowing up in popularity, but the original was taken off of steam and seemingly memory holed

agentshags,
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that game was trippy.

_haha_oh_wow_, do games w Just finished my first playthrough of Prey by Arkane Studios and WOW.
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I still need to play it, been meaning to go a playthrough on my Steam Deck but every time I hear about Prey someone is always saying it’s a great game.

lemba, do gaming w Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of October 1st

Getting familiar with Team Fight Tactics… I loved Dota Underlords. CS2 for nostalgic memories. Magic Arena, new season just began.

thatsage, do games w Are there any reputable independent gaming sites left?
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Honestly, a bit out of left field but… DIgital Foundry? Though they don’t cover everything…

whoisearth, do gaming w What type of game you want to see that doesn't fully exist yet?
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A remaster of the original two Thief games of the quality they did with Dead Space.

adriator, (edited ) do gaming w What type of game you want to see that doesn't fully exist yet?

I really want to play single-player versions, or at least on my own private server, games like Travian or Ikariam. Basically resource management strategies but without the insane need to be 24/7 online in anticipation of an enemy attack.

Edit: Also a single player tab targetting open world rpg.

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