Truthfully Advertised
Now what makes a game fall under this category? Quite simply, I need to see what is in the in-game advert in the actual game itself when I download and open it up for the first time. The following games I currently play have achieved that. I’ll talk about why I’m not interested in those that are the complete opposite in another post.
Firstly, I want to talk about the trio of games released so far by Estoty Vilnius. Idle Breaker features a blue-haired Lara Croft look-a-like shooting down zombies, breaking anything and everything to gather resources, upgrading her weapons and armoury and ultimately surviving. The Trailer is set in an Expedition in the Mall, which is where I’m currently at in the game as of the time of publication, so I can definitely say this game is telling the truth about what’s in it and how it works.
Mars Survivor is set in a shattered space station on Mars with aliens that must be slayed while ensuring you don’t run out of Oxygen. The cinematic in its Trailer is what I saw the first time I played it so that’s also accurate in its advertising.
And West Escape’s advertised cinematics also showed up just a few minutes into playing it. I’m personally not a fan of the AI-sounding voiceover promoting it but the fact that what was advertised showed up in the actual game and is consistent in style with the other two makes me trust that whatever this company produces in the future will be presented truthfully, which will certainly tempt me into adding them into my Library, if I have room on my Tablet for them.
The next one is Tower War from SayGames Ltd. I was a sceptic of the in-app advert initially but, once I installed it and saw the same style in action, I grew to like it. However, I will say that the initial screen that I see right now is quite clustered with lots of buttons for me to pick from… I personally would rather see the offers on the left filed under the Store, the various Game Modes packed into an individual tab either side of the main Battle tab that I start on and ongoing events (except for the Daily and Weekly Quests) packed below them. It would just make it look tidier and not overwhelming.
SayGames Ltd are also the creators of My Little Universe, where you start as a lonely orange stick figure and must travel from planet to planet, gather regenerative resources and survive against a wide variety of enemies. You can also design your own Home Planet and grow resources that can be used to build various items that earn Merit and allow more items to be built. I installed it because the advertisement looked legitimate and sure enough, it was. I really like the music too. But there is quite a lot to accomplish between Quests and Activities on a daily basis. Plus, a lot of real money needs to be spent to really maximise the amount of space your Home Planet has for decorations… And make it Premium in design. Another thing for me to debate the mere purpose of in a future post.
But I think that’s more than enough for this post. If you have any suggestions for Mobile Games that I could take a gander at in the future, share them in the comments below. Also, if there are other things about Mobile Games that irritate you that I should add to a potential investigation sometime in the future, share them with me via any of the means on Information & Contact Me.
Come back here next Wednesday at 8 PM for Part 2 of this foray into gaming which will concentrate on another type of mobile game that I play on and off quite regularly, but warrants its own post: Roblox.
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