Are there actually any good phone games?

[Nella_Bolt]

I'm probably gonna bring back my review series on Youtube that I once had because it was pretty fun. I'll be sure to keep some phone game reviews up here as well.

[OzzieArcane]

I've heard good things about the mobile version of Final Fantasy Tactics. Since it's basically the PSP version without the random slowdown issues.

[James27]

Art of War III. It's a legit RTS for mobile in the vein of C&C, with a full campaign and multiplayer. It also has one of the best monetization systems, in my opinion. So you can research upgrades for every one of your units and buildings, and of course some of these take hours. But once a day you can watch an ad to shave off 30 minutes of the time. So you get to support the devs and save time!

[Ryan]

I was thinking about this. I finally bought my first real smart phone and realized I could use it for games. But I know that most of them are just cash shop games. Does anyone know of any real games that were made lovingly on smart phones? I know that there has to be at least one...somewhere.

These are in my library.

FULL GAMES, without Microtransactions:

Street Fighter IV CE
Grand Theft Auto III / Vice City / San Andreas / Chinatown
Bully
Max Payne
N.O.V.A. 3 Premium Edition (basically a Halo clone)
Shadowgun (essentially Gears of War)
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
Lego Batman: DC Super Heroes
Samurai Shodown II
The King of Fighters 2012, 98 and 97
Garou
Samurai 2: Vengeance


Solid games with minor microtransactions (like full-version unlocks):

Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga
Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Streets of Rage
Streets of Rage 2

[Merlin]

exactly. I got a really good phone and thought if there is something out there worth trying I want to try it. But of course its neigh impossible to find good stuff. So I appreciate it. It is an underserved market to look for reviews of genuinely good phone games crafted for the phone. I felt it would be a shame to have a perfectly good piece of tech that can play games and has games to be played, but that I totally overlooked because of stigma(a not undeserved one certainly). If you ever do more to pick up reviewing or at least if you find any new good phone games please post about them, if not in this thread, then making your own thread about them reviewing them or just saying "hey this game exists". I'd appreciate it.

[Nella_Bolt]

I actually spent a long time reviewing cell phone games on my old channel so I've discovered a whole host of interesting games that people don't know about because "MoBiLe GaMiNg Is TrAsH". I highly doubt most people who say that actually take the time to look into mobile games.

[Nella_Bolt]

Inotia 3 and 4 are fantastic RPG's with new game+ that continue the stroy rather than give you the same thing.
Soul Knight is a solid top down shooter.
Splash up is Super Meat Boy with a cool twist.
Bleach Brave Souls is ok if you don't mind grindy missions.
And the only not free game on my list is The Kittens Game; The Dark Souls of incremental civ building.

[DustyOldBones]

Delight Games Library Free - Choose-your-own-adventure books that include features such as hit points, magic points, gold, and morale. Very fun to read and play. Also, great art.

[Irritablesquid]

Solitaire, chess and snake.

Only good games I've found on phones.

[Zoltor]

I'm of the opinion there are plenty of "Real Games" on smart phones, but Real Games play like garbage on touch screens so I don't bother.

Yea there definitely are, hell it is home to the best true sequel in VG history, FF 4: The After Years(note: It's only available on mobile in Japan though, so don't bother trying to play the mobile release), and I can't imagine how annoying it would be to play this using a touch screen.

Luckily many years later it got a true port to the wii eshop(and a botched remake thing on the PSP, sigh Square sucks at remakes). Playing a true RPG with all its menus on a touch screen, is not something anyone should ever call fun.

[Misfit410]

I'm of the opinion there are plenty of "Real Games" on smart phones, but Real Games play like garbage on touch screens so I don't bother.

[ethansito]

The only good game I liked that I remember the name of is Game Dev Story.

[Torch]

Whilst some are high in difficulty, the games on App Store and Play Store by developer "inkle" are really entertaining if you enjoy choose your own adventure based games. My personal favourites include the sorcery series and "Around the World in 80 days." They feel just like they would if I had played them on PC, which they are also available for.

[awesomesorce100]

I quite enjoy playing League of stickman from time to time. It's a side scrolling game where you make your way through hoards of enemies then face a boss at the end of each stage. My only real problem is the micro-transactions they shove in your face, but I guess that's normal with mobile games.

[Imnotanybody]

Chess from chess.com, Sudoku, infinity blade 1 was good, Solitare. In general if it was made for the purpose of phones and isn't microtransaction heavy, or if it's a tried and true game that works anywhere it will be good.