Favorite Android (Google Play hosted) games -- premium & IAP

[noiseredux]

it's cool that they are supporting it so much. I haven't played Marvel Puzzle since the Summer, but I could back into it for sure. Such a good game for when you only have 10-20 mins to kill.

[Jagosaurus]

I keep saying I'm going to get more into mobile gaming but it never happens. Are you guys using dedicated tablets or your phones?Here's the two I've enjoyed:

Symphony of Eternity
This is one of the many Kemco 16 bit style RPGs out there. I was fairly addicted to it & it kept me up late a couple nights. Mark of a good game.


Gailardia
Apparently this is pretty popular Dragon Quest clone in Japan. There's a really in depth walkthrough online with maps & such. The first game is FREE. No IAP. No adds. Really free.


I got sucked into DQV while playing this game & never finished it. This has always bothered me. Just read a recent review on it & while they liked it, they mentioned it's from 2011 & doesn't support multitasking so save often.

[noiseredux]

I use a Shield tablet for games.

[Exhuminator]

Are you guys using dedicated tablets or your phones?

I use my phone, specifically this model:

https://www.motorola.com/us/products/droid-turbo-2

It works very well. Although I plan to get a dedicated tablet, simply because my level of Droid gaming is increasing, and I'd like a really big screen for the RPGs that have such tiny text.

[marurun]

I have a Nexus 7, but I don't use it for games. I have to reboot it every couple weeks or the touch screen will freak out. It gets unreliable when I have much 3rd party content installed on it. For this reason I do most of my limited mobile gaming on my iPhone 6s. iOS is the single most stable non-server OS I have ever worked with.

[Tanooki]

Depends on what format it is on, try for the Shield Tablet, but if forced to the iphone5s. I don't like the little screen only due to the thumb coverage while the tablet is nice and big and thumbs or gamepad works far nicer (and I can if I want run it into the tv as I have a cable.)

I'll have to check out that DQ clone, looks interesting.

[Exhuminator]

iOS is the single most stable non-server OS I have ever worked with.

As much as I hate Apple, I'll admit their phone OS is rock solid.

On my Android phone I'm running Marshmallow, and I haven't had it crash even once since I've been using the phone (about four months).

As far as apps go, one app I like to use is Startup Manager:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/deta ... ager&hl=en

I find it useful to stop any random app from willy-nilly deciding it should just boot up when the phone does. There are other apps out there for this purpose, but this one works well enough for me.

I use these two for cleaning up junk files:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/deta ... plus&hl=en
-Space Cleaner, I only use it for junk file cleaning, don't care about the rest.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/deta ... aner&hl=en
-Ccleaner, well known program.

As for malware, I just use Malwarebytes:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/deta ... ware&hl=en

I like all that stuff, your mileage my vary.

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Back to Android gaming, I found out yesterday that Oceanhorn actually got released on Android earlier this month:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/deta ... n.gp&hl=en

Anyone looking for a Zelda inspired experience should check it out.

[Sarge]

I'm pleasantly surprised by Adventures of Mana so far. Basically just the Game Boy version with different graphics, but I'm okay with that.

[Exhuminator]

I'm pleasantly surprised by Adventures of Mana so far. Basically just the Game Boy version with different graphics, but I'm okay with that.

Between you saying that, and the game being half price right now, I took the bait and got myself an early Christmas present. I've been meaning to beat Mana 1 for the longest time, the GB and GBA versions never quite hooked me though. Maybe the Android version will do the trick.

[Sarge]

It's controller-compatible, too. I'm using a Moga for it, and it's almost like I'm on a Vita.