Just got myself an android phone, why not recommend me some games that aren't awful?

[InvaderTim]

Flipping through the google play store I'm bereft to find any actual games that don't amount to physics puzzle swipe fest finger pretzel gameplay, or rip offs/remakes of games that work better on the system they were ripped off/remade from, so in the world of scummy microtransaction business models, cash grabs and down right plagiarism that is the mobile games market, are there any gems hiding among the dirt?

to give some examples of the kind of games i'm looking to avoid:
anything bejeweledesque,
angry birds and family,
gyroscope heavy games,
those damn 4 pic 1 word titles,
and anything that amounts to just swiping for days on end.


recommendations away!

 

[Keoul]

Rope Escape
Shadow Cave
Plague Inc

That's all I got, you're extremely picky you know that? tsk tsk.

 

[ThriKreen]

Where's My Water?
Lock'n'Roll
Plants vs. Zombies
Peggle
Chuzzle
GalCon

 

[KingsGambit_v1legacy]

I think I only have one or two, but quite like UnBlock Me (Free). It's a puzzler that tests your spatial awareness to the limits by making you arrange small grids of blocks (that either move vertically or horizontallly) to get the red block out. It's kinda like those puzzles with a grid of 3x3 or 4x4 tiles, but with one tile missing, that you rearrange to make a picture.

 

[Evil Smurf]

try out the indie humble bundle for android.

 

[Kennetic]

I've been playing Fun Run and that game is addicting. Multiplayer death race ftw!

 

[Yggdraz0r]

How about you get yourself

Spoiler

sexy SNES Emulator?

*PS: I'm not breaking any rules here am I ;_;?*

 

[Alfador_VII]

How about you get yourself

Spoiler

sexy SNES Emulator?

*PS: I'm not breaking any rules here am I ;_;?*

Interesting.. I'd say no for the emulator, but yes for the games, unless you can come up with a legal way of getting SNES ROMs onto a Smartphone, I'd not mention it

 

[Yggdraz0r]

How about you get yourself

Spoiler

sexy SNES Emulator?

*PS: I'm not breaking any rules here am I ;_;?*

Interesting.. I'd say no for the emulator, but yes for the games, unless you can come up with a legal way of getting SNES ROMs onto a Smartphone, I'd not mention it

Check the post above yours .

 

[Alfador_VII]

How about you get yourself

Spoiler

sexy SNES Emulator?

*PS: I'm not breaking any rules here am I ;_;?*

Interesting.. I'd say no for the emulator, but yes for the games, unless you can come up with a legal way of getting SNES ROMs onto a Smartphone, I'd not mention it

Check the post above yours .

Heh, it was posted while I was writing mine. Emulators are a very grey area, in that they're absolutely fine themselves, but the games you play on them... less so

 

[TelHybrid]

The android version of Need for Speed Most Wanted is pretty fun. Also Dead Space and Mass Effect Infiltrator.

 

[Preacher zer0]

It's not a game but for utterly useless yet nerdgasmingly good fun, the Aliens motion tracker app.

 

[BeerTent]

I got Organ Trail for my phone when I got it. I found it on Steam greenlight originally.

It's pretty funny, my roommate got bit by a zombie, so I put him down by shooting him in the balls.

Here's a video for it. It's not free, but it was worth it's price.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kPob1KAQYg

 

[IronMit]

Gameboy advanced emulator. Pokemon ruby, saphire, pearl ..whatever the 3rd gen was called*

But only if you have the original game

 

[mohit9206]

there are some great rpg games on android.like..Inotia 3, Symphony of Eternity,Eve of Genesis, etc
also some really good puzzle games like Cut the Rope and Where's My Water..also there are a lot of other console games you can play by using emulator but since that is kinda illegal i wont say anything more..

 

[Sion_Barzahd]

Plague Inc. Gets my recommendations too, and theres a tower defense game called 'fantasy defense' that i'm a bit addicted to.

Then theres Anomaly Warzone Earth. The Phone versions a bit different from the PC on and i find it enjoyable and of course Cogs (which yes is a slidy puzzle game, but an exceptionally fun one)