Post by bramblett05 on Feb 18, 2015 3:59:22 GMT
Ok I can't stomach it anymore listening to how a "game" called Clash Of Clans is the best thing ever since slice bread so it's my turn to voice what I think is fuckery in the mobile gaming industry as a whole. There's a member on a gaming site (which I hate to mention and more on it later) called TouchArcade named hitmantb. This person who since joining the forums has stated his high praise on F2P games mostly Clash Of Clans and that's it. Really nothing else..no paid games not even on a sale just Clash Of fucking Clans and who doesn't agree is a fucking idiot.
So let's look at numbers: Minecraft is number one on the paid charts and has been since me buying an iPod touch 4 two years ago. Freemeium charts are always changing and last time it was Soda Saga or something. Then he goes on to say COC is the best Twitch channel ever yet Xcom is beating it. I would quote everything he stated but it's too much and it's all bullshit stating developers should steal artwork and other stuff to be the best...if anyone was to do that free or paid consider me reporting you as I think if you steal assets don't call yourself a developer.
Now TA a site where I was well known for voicing my opinion on reviews and asking if my device could play it, is another problem lately to me. First they praise paid games and bitched at anyone waiting on a sale. Now they praise F2P and bitch at people who aren't on board the timer madness. Also doing nonsense articles on games 3 years ago that haven't had updates and really aren't worth mentioning so they can stay relevant is beyond me while there are a ton of better iOS sites.
AppStore is the biggest douchbag in this problem though. First the store is messed up with nothing but scam apps and a crap fest of "games" and if you want to find good games you have to dig around though it's slowly changing but may be too late. Metal support is recently coming aboard but will Apple ever get good games to support it...I don't see it happening. Look at the vita store: I hit genres and Role Playing and I get games ACTUAL games and not apps like a walkthrough for a game for 3.99 though I could just look at Gamefaqs or youtube and save my money.
I'm a reviewer I know what's good and iOS is slowly becoming deceased not just from F2P but the AppStore and it's way of showing games and helping indie developers. I been reading game magazines since I could read and my first was Nintendo Power back when it had a walkthrough for Gargoyle's Quest ( a classic on Game Boy) so when I finally snap with an opinion about games in general trust me when I say I know what I'm talking about. Hay Day, Boom Beach and other games in that category are not games they are a app designed to get people's money in the quickest of ways. You want a good F2P game try Doctor Who Legacy where timers don't exists and a 4.99 gives you access to the Fan Area which adds a lot of things to it. You want some great paid games: Heroes & Castles, Monument Valley, Framed, 80 Days, Space Marshels, Repulze...I could go on.
So in short fuck you hitmantb you don't know what you are talking about and pretty much making the mobile market worse with your statements and it's sad that only reasonable people with a brain could easily see the BS he is spewing on people. Also you want a great iOS site to follow: Appspy, Pocket Gamer, 148Apps iFanzine and others like those if you want actual news.