So, this is the latest obsession with mine, as mobile phone games are the ultimate time wasters.
Anyone else bother with them?
Any favourites? Recomendations? Free or premium?
I found a nice free Sudoku game which is good for the brain (if a little tough on the eyes
), and will look into getting a free version of chess and maybe tetris.
I've bought a few racing games, firstly two top-down ones (4x4 Extreme
rally and Colin McRae 2004), which are actualy quite tough, as you need
to get a minimum time to progress to the next stage, which is
suprisingly hard. Control is tricky to get used too, but eventualy you
get the hang of it, and find yourself needing a few tenths of a second
less to move on. Tough games, frustrating perhaps, but at least you
won't finish them too quickly.
The other racing game i got was Lotus Challange, its a more
conventional style, where you simply steer the car from the right to
the left of the screen as the course moves towards you as it were, same
style as those old Outrun games on the Sega way back in the 80s,
somewhat easier to play.
I'd recomend all three if you like racing games, though the two rally ones can be frustratingly difficult.
I got Anno 1503 on the cheap, now, i have the original PC game, and
rather like it, but the mobile version doesn't do it any justice, it
really is nothing like the original, andm frankly, its crap. The Pirate
mode sure enough is ok, but it would have been better if it was a game
unto itself with more details/options, the other two modes aer trader
(at least a worthy challenge, but still a bit stale), and mayor
(nonsensical crap).
Give this one a miss. (A pity, as the PC game ie rather enjoyable if
you like the genre, the mobile version just tarnishes the name).
I got two pinball games, and, well, what can i say, they are pinball
games, and i've aways had a soft spot for them. Not the most exciting
pinball games available, but enjoyable none the less, and good
considiering hte limitations a mobile phone would impose on them. Game
play uses a screen that partly scrolls, partly 'jumps' to the top half,
can be annoying, but you get used to it, the bummer is when you get
multiball, as you can't see everything at once.
I got SpaceTaxi and IcyPinball, i'd recomend the latter over the former, as it has a few mini games within the main game.
Last but not least, i got Prince of Persia: Warrior within.
This is a very good game (going by mobile phone standards), good
graphics, good gameplay, and the sound is good too (though i typicly
play with it turned off, its essentialy just beeps after all, albeit
much much better than most games offer), and quite addictive, i'm
afraid i'll finish it too soon. Its already made me want to buy the
first too.
Thats it for the time being, if anyone wants links to free games
(albeit not the best ones out there), just ask, i've found out how to
get good wallpapers dirt cheap, and an figureing out how to get tones
cheap too (time to give Jamster the shove).