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The few times I have tried a more impressive game on my phone, my overriding thought is ‘why am I not playing this on my PC?’. Phone controls, screen size, and processing power suck, so all but the simplest games meant to hold your attention while you are waiting at a doctor’s office don’t optimally work there. And for a doctor’s office lobby, I want something I can have fun within seconds of starting and feel satisfied with only minutes of play.

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I used to love playing Infinity Blade back in the day, but it was another time and they were games built from the ground up for touch screens so it’s not really comparable

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also the fights in that game only took a few minutes. definitely something you could pick up and drop while in a waiting room as the person above said.

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I miss that game

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I really, really don’t want to play AAA games on a touchscreen.

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You can use a controller and it works great, but at this point I bet you’d rather use a larger device. It does make a lot more sense on iPads though

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It’s certainly doable, but I think a smartphone makes too many compromises to be a great gaming system for much outside of casual games.

It’s cool that I might be able to play such a game on the phone, but if I care about the game I don’t think I want to.

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2 points

My Ipad now has a second function as a netflix game “console”.

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23 points

I jumped over to the App Store the second Hades was announced, fully willing to pay full price, even though I could easily get the game for 30% cheaper on Steam.

Subscription required.

Fuck. That.

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Are they still on that Game Center shit? That thing can fuck off.

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Who wants to play these monsters that suck out your battery in minutes on such a small screen? There are many great games on phones but they are not graphically impressive or huge in scale. They are 2D, control with one finger and get you in and out in seconds.

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They didn’t need a whole report on it. If anyone was even slightly curious about why good games suck ass on phones, all they need to do is try and play one.

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