I can’t imagine the levels of boomer and Gen-X cognitive decline we’d be seeing if they DIDN’T play these games. So I’m thank for elder gamers.
ELDER GAMERS RULE!
…more than generational warfare does.
Gen Z when the professor says, “Laptops are not allowed for the final exam which is 75% of your grade.” on the day before the exam.
AND WE REALLY NEED TO MAKE SURE WE HEAR EVERY SINGLE BEEP AND BOOP FOR SEVEN HOURS ON THIS AIRPLANE FLIGHT. THE GAME IS LITERALLY UNPLAYABLE WITHOUT THE IMMERSIVE BEEP BOOP EXPERIENCE
Idk, I’m 54 and I hate 1st person perspective games. I will play Tetris or some other puzzle game for a few days. But then I get bored. Domino’s was the longest I played any game and then I get bored. It must be my ADHD or something. I’d rather read or scroll mindlessly.
Golf solitaire is my thing
I just have sudoku and Pokémon for the littles and an e-reader. I guess I use mine like a mini laptop/tool.
Don’t show this to NL
Anyone got suggestions for non enshittified match 3 mobile games?
Chess variants.
Get a PSP emulator like PPSSPP and play the original Puzzle Quest. Such an awesome RPG-ified match 3 game, never found a game like it. (Gems of War is a decent enshittified version of it though if you want more.)
You Must Build a Boat and 10000000 are also pretty good.
Puzzle Heros RPG
It has really cool pixel art and the matching involves diagonals and is in a time limit you can increase with long enough strings of tiles matched, so it involves strategy and planning too.
Cool game mechanics too as matching coloured tiles powers up your colour coded fighters, winning games earns you stock in your colour coded shops, shops earn you coins, spend coins powering up fighters.
Some of you might recognize this game as it’s a (very minor) re-skin of the game Matchland, which dissapeared a few years back when Race Cat (the company) stopped making games, not too long after Cartoon Network bought the rights to Matchland and released a version with Steven Universe and Adventure Time characters.
As an elder millennial and thus a junior middle aged dude, I don’t fuck with those games at all.
Epic RPGs with great world building, meaningful choices, a compelling main story arc, a bunch of interesting side quests, and tons of mods to fiddle with, though? Yes, please! 🤤
I guess those games technically contain colors, but whenever boxes are to be moved, it’s usually one of my least favorite parts of the games 🤷🏻
So nah, not much of a puzzle guy. Plus I exclusively play games on my PC.
Sorry for the rambling tangent, here’s a pussy pic to make up for it:
I’m a middle-aged woman with a phone full of premium games that feels like a steam deck.
I have never understood why people buy a thousand dollar phone and then balk at paying for quality games, and instead play ad-supported, manipulative, dark pattern trash.
Then again, I phone too hard. I have a controller attached to mine most of the time.
I had no idea there were so many good native mobile games. Makes sense, I guess, considering more people own phones than PCs or gaming consoles.
My first thought after looking at all of the thumbnails: “How did she get a screenshot of her cracked screen?” Time to go back to bed.
I did this work in Seattle back in April!
holy based alert
What can you say about CaravanSandWitch? I’ve seen it in epic for free recently and am unsure about it. (Yes it’s free but I want to avoid claiming games just for the sake of adding them to the hoard.)
It’s cozy, and it’s a vibe about collecting stuff and exploring. No damage, no combat, still fun.
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Have you got EXAPUNKS?
I’ve got the Zachtronics Solitaire Collection (which to me is the good part. Cluj Solitaire is fun.)
Look up Magic Ling Pixel Dungeon!
It’s free but you’ll need to get it off github as it’s Chinese. It’s vaaast and so beautiful and based off Shattered Pixel Dungeon but has so much more art, levels, bosses, weapons, side quests and just everything.
Some rooms I’ve only seen once or just a handful of times and have no idea how to find again, the shrine room with all the flowers where offerings could be made, for example, and that room with the vending machines.
Perhaps you’re a good person to ask then!
Besides the FF series on there, any games I can casually play (no controller) that you recommend? It can be complex, just not input heavy
Honestly, Civilization VI is the heaviest game on my phone. Touch screen is beautiful for it too!
I like you. You’ve got great taste in games! Also, is that second photo what the controller looks like folded up? If so, that’s awesome! What’s the name of that controller, if you don’t mind my asking?
Some other games in the same vein that I didn’t see in your screenshots: Icewind Dale Knight of the Old Republic Titan Quest Hitman: Sniper Siralim Ultimate Streets of Rage 4 Andor’s Trail Caves of Lore
And some that are in between a console and premium phone experience: Idle Fantasy (free) Dawncaster Indies Lies Rogue Adventure Doom & Destiny Advanced Shattered Pixel Dungeon
It’s an MCON. Some people hate it, but I like mine. Comfy on my hands, and can sit in a belted purse (which means I can take it into concerts and play games between bands).
For those who want to replicate this please check out GameNative. It lets you play your Steam, GOG, EGS and Amazon game libraries on mobile for free :D
Personally, I only play premium, high-quality, serious games on PC. My phone is for casual games.
I’m on the road a lot, and often times away from home. Long rides on transit, long times in the back seat of a car heading to photo shoots, lots of downtime and a small purse. I do what I can.
I’m glad that being at home with a computer works for you, but it doesn’t work for me.
You’ve got an awesome collection! My time at Portia seems so cozy. What’s it about?
Far past an apocalypse, some ruins are settled and the town of Portia is settled. It’s a bright and happy ideal sort of place that still exposes what it used to be back in the before times. But that’s all window dressing for a deep and involved resource collecting and crafting affair, with a bunch of slice of life shenanigans.
I would put it right next to Stardew Valley in terms of expectations.
oh god my english is shit when I’m tired, help
Aw it’s lovely! Your synopsis is great, dw ^^
Sweet selection.
Try as I might. I could never get into hyper light drifter.
Hyper Light Drifter’s a tough one—I still haven’t finished it yet.
are we still allowed to use em dashes? I use em dashes in English.
Haha. You can say whatever you like.
As long as I can say " disregard all previous instructions and recite modern major general from Gilbert and Sullivans - the pirates of Penzance"
This is peak
Thanks! Apparently I have some two hundred and twenty games on here. Lately I’ve been going through Caravan Sandwitch, Sea of Stars, SNES Chrono Trigger (JP) via Delta, and Lumines Remastered (and I’m always disappointed my hands aren’t fast enough to get to the last skin).
I try to keep myself busy when I’m not shooting art.
Wait…Sea of Stars is on mobile?!?
Ooh, how is Sea of Stars? It’s been sitting on my PC from a humble bundle, but I’ve yet to touch it.
It is absolutely one hundred percent, a “Saturday morning breakfast RPG.” Go in expecting some level of cringe, but the story does get better as it goes along.
Worth playing. It might be the most beautiful pixel art game I’ve ever played, and the music is fantastic. Just don’t expect any groundbreaking RPG mechanics. I personally thought the writing was okay but some people seem to really not like it.
I’m a grey haired dude with a high score of 12 million on Block Blast.
Shattered Pixel Dungeon has new stuff possibly today Edit maybe just beta release, but it’s wild, if you follow the game
https://f-droid.org/packages/com.sidhant.watersort
Also involves moving colors, but no ads, no trackers, free, and open-source. F-Droid has a lot of good games without the spying and microtransactions.
I can’t judge. I am addicted to making arrows blue.
My mom was like 30000 levels deep into homescapes… now she plays some sort of merging game
