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Pixel 10 finally gets its long-promised GPU driver upgrade, but the real test starts now
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Can you mention some of those?
I'm also fond of Hungry Cat Picross and LogicWiz Sudoku, but I'm sure there are other good apps for these games.
All of them (some of which I like and played) are old or look old.
Nothing wrong with looking old, especially when we talk about indie games, but that's not the peak android gaming experience I was expecting years ago.
That makes sense because I like pixel art. If you're into polygons you might want to check out:
And soon Warframe. You can pre-register to be notified when it releases.
I would suggest removing genshin impact from the list and insert Wuthering Waves instead. It's a copycat that improves on every aspect if GI, while also being somewhat better game in general:
Honestly, considering both games have shitty story telling and shitty story that no one cares about in general, just the last point should make Wuwa superior. The fact that genshin impact devs aren't adding dialog/cutscenes skip button, while providing shittiest "stories" written by 5 years old, for every minor quest in the game β infuriating me.
Nice, they'll finally port a 2013 game on android.
Can't wait.
2025 Warframe and 2013 Warframe are very different animals. The game just got a massive update.
So it's not a 12 years old game anymore?
Minecraft is a 2025 game then?
Dead cells, 9th dawn RPG 3, pocket rogues, vampire survivors, titan quest, undead horde, quest of wizard, star traders frontiers, doom and destiny, tesla vs Lovecraft, out there omega edition, rusted warfare, grimvalor, exemplars of elaed, solar 2, Interstellar pilot 1 & 2, galaxy on fire 2, mindustry, zombotron, the quest series, majesty, majesty northern edition, Minecraft, starrows, uncivic, beholder, data defence, kingdom rush series, seven days rpg, endless sky, tallowmere, Halls of torment, bit dungeon 2 & 3, delight games, magic survival.
You can also check this post for non-gacha games: https://discuss.tchncs.de/post/40095267
Thank you, I looked up all the ones I didn't know and, as I said in my first comment, we are still stuck with 10 years old gaming.
Not saying that the games suck (although some look like crap honestly), my point is that after a decade of hardware and software "updates" the bottleneck is still there and basically unchanged.
And that is unacceptable considering the price tag of some devices.
What bottleneck are you talking about?
I agree for pixel phones. For everyone else you have options. you can game at medium to high settings on upper midrange dimensity 8300/8400 phones, snapdragon 7+ gen 2/3, 8gen 2, 8s gen 3, and other phones.
What's the last modern game you have played on your phone?
I have listed all the games that I have played and still keep installed on my phone. Others like Real Racing 3 require powerful hardware which my phone does not have unfortunately.
What exactly are you expecting here?
The same I've repeated since the beginning, just something that doesn't look like it's from the 2015 Play Store.
Even that Real Racing is from 2013 bro... literally released that year.
Sorry, I meant Rush Rally 3. Anyway, there's GridAutosport, Wreakfest.
Oh ok, that's just 6 years old and from the screenshots it looks like crap.
Is there anything else than cringe racing game with shitty graphics?
There's the final fantasy series. But, honestly you are expecting way too much. People are not willing to give $1 for a useful app. Forget throwing 10-30 times that amount for a console quality game.
If that was true we'd have no more console games, or games in general, not even indie games.
I'm surprised no one mentioned big ports, like Alien: Isolation, some Telltale games, Life is Strange, Red Dead Redemption, GTA series, Hitman, Subnautica, etc. There also was announced Tomb Raider port. It's not a lot, but still, l would consider this a better example of "good paid games" on Android, compared to something like genshin impact.
There's quite a good chess-themed roguelike available for free this week