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Ok, so are any of these mobile RPGs I constantly see ads for actually worth a damn?

Exellus

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I'm browsing some review aggregator sites and I honestly can't find shit about any of these. All of them are of COURSE rated 4.5, 4.8 etc. in the freaking Google Play or Apple Stores. So everything blends together and I honestly can't tell if ANY of them are worth my time.

So I'm asking Era what they think instead.

Are any of these mobile RPGs worth a damn?
  1. AFK Arena
  2. Hero Wars
  3. Idle Heroes
  4. Knights Chronicle
  5. RAID: Shadow Legends

There's hundreds more.
 
Lego Killer Moth

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Nah man, they're all creatively bankrupt time and money sinks. Half of them have to market themselves either by sex appeal, bizarre humor, or just making themselves look like actually good games that already exist because they have no merit on their own.
 
Kor of Memory

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I've been playing the iOS version of Final Fantasy Tactics lately. It came out like 5 years ago, but since phones have gotten better it's actually playable now.

Naturally there are a ton of other final fantasy games you could play on your phone as well.

As for the stuff you mentioned above, it's a lot of grind for little gameplay. Play level 2 over and over for a drop that lets you beat level 6. Play level 5 over and over again for a drop that lets you beat least 9. That's the entire game, start to finish.
 
Rosebud

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Apr 16, 2018
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I don't know any of these.

If you want a pastime just play Clicker Heroes.
 
Sailent

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I'm currently playing Marvel Strike Heroes. Seems kinda nice. Filled with MT though.
 
Okabe

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Someone should reccomend me a offline turn based rpg for android while were on the topic of mobile games.
 

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in my experience, the best mobile RPGs out there are usually the ones that are seldom advertised. Shoutouts to The Quest HD (and its 10,000 expansions lmao)
 
kurahador

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Nah...they are all trash. Gacha is one of the most tedious mechanic ever and grinding for currency essentially become your 2nd job if you're not willing to spend money.
 
Torpedo Vegas

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Exellus said:
I'm browsing some review aggregator sites and I honestly can't find shit about any of these. All of them are of COURSE rated 4.5, 4.8 etc. in the freaking Google Play or Apple Stores. So everything blends together and I honestly can't tell if ANY of them are worth my time.

So I'm asking Era what they think instead.

Are any of these mobile RPGs worth a damn?
  1. AFK Arena
  2. Hero Wars
  3. Idle Heroes
  4. Knights Chronicle
  5. RAID: Shadow Legends

There's hundreds more.
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I've tried #5 and I have to say it's not great.
 

shark97

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so this thread sent me down wikipedia hole, specifically "gacha", and I found this amusing

Shortly after, the suggested investigation was performed and the model of complete gacha was declared illegal by the Consumer Affairs Agency, citing the Law for Preventing Unjustifiable Extras or Unexpected Benefit and Misleading Representation
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lol nice law. ok carry on.
 
toythatkills

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Everyone in this thread pretending to have played those games, calling them trash.

They're probably trash, sure, but I assume if you were looking for a totally guessed opinion you could have done that yourself.
 
Kouriozan

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Oct 25, 2017
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Sadly I tried them for some time and they're all very bad and whale baits with some crazy MTX.
 
Luerton

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I am playing now some "obscure" incremental games. Not really obscure but they are antimatter dimensions and realm grinder. There are almost infite games of this genre that are absolute trash, but are being advertised a lot.
Both games and some nice suggestions I have found on forums about this "genre". Is there any viable webpage with reviews or youtube channel about mobile gaming? Most that I've seen advertise (sorry, review) the same games that are being advertised on google play / iOs.
 
tr1b0re

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Oct 17, 2018
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The only one of those gatcha games I bother to play is Dissidia Opera Omnia, and even that I would only recommend if you're really into seeing Final Fantasy characters interact with each other

Seems surprisingly un-greedy in it's monetization too, which helps
 
Einbroch

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Oct 25, 2017
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Exellus said:
  1. AFK Arena
  2. Hero Wars
  3. Idle Heroes
  4. Knights Chronicle
  5. RAID: Shadow Legends
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1. No. The company took a really solid base and has flumoxed the game every update. And it's an idle game, so it's really not an RPG.
2. No. Bad art, generic gameplay. Not the worst, but there are so many better games out there.
3. Probably the "best" idle game on the market if you're really just looking for a set-and-forget game, but you have to get past the art, which I think looks horrible.
4. Dying game. Don't bother. It's not bad, but it's an older game.
5. Only popular because of the insane amount of advertising they're pumping out. Super ugly and the events are incredibly P2W. The company that runs it is shady as hell.

My recommendations are as follows, if you're looking for an RPG on mobile. I'll split them into three categories.

You looking for an idle game with RPG elements? Ulula Adventure just launched and is a co-op focused idle game with some really neat mechanics. Check on it for 3 minutes twice a day, you're good to go.

You looking for an RPG with some light gacha elements? Another Eden is a very traditional RPG with Chrono influence, and has some light gacha elements for characters, but the game really is a traditional RPG. Play at your leisure, although there are some events.

You looking for a time-consuming RPG? Epic Seven. Great art, great characters, decent enough story, and content constantly being released. If you don't care about PVP, the game is completely F2P. If you care about PVP, prepare to grind and grind and grind. And spend money.

And oh look, classic ERA shitting on everything that isn't premium. What a shock.
 
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Kalentan

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Of that list I play RAID: Shadow Legends.

It does push it's Paid stuff heavily (to an annoying extent) but I've actually found some fun in it. I actually like the designs of the characters as they generally tend to lead to more realistic. Like it's nice that there is a fairly large selection of female characters that are fully clothed in realistic armor.
 
Snormy

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The thing you need to realise with gacha games is that they have no end. It is not a legitimate RPG in the sense that you have your heroes set out and eventually finish your adventure. The gacha rpg games are typically a few heroes featured prominently in most stories, many side characters you recruit (through daily lootbox for example or earning credits via in game achievement/rewards or buying with cash) and a continuous or multiple stories. Usually you have events that bring in some side stories and new characters. Very rarely will there be deep or meaningful changes in story that affect your characters. Deaths in the story won't prevent them from being used for example.

Sometimes the mechanics and simple loot box dopamine can be enjoyed but you need to make sure you don't fall prey to the game's predatory tactics in convincing you to bring out your wallet.

I play Epic7 currently but have played a couple of other gacha games.
 
Kouriozan

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pulseONE said:
The only one of those gatcha games I bother to play is Dissidia Opera Omnia, and even that I would only recommend if you're really into seeing Final Fantasy characters interact with each other

Seems surprisingly un-greedy in it's monetization too, which helps
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Same, it's fun and the most F2P friendly Gacha I played thus far, but it's nothing like the game listed in the OP which are just blatant cash grabs.
They're talking about those over-advertised games.
 
Htown

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Okabe said:
Someone should reccomend me a offline turn based rpg for android while were on the topic of mobile games.
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generally better off just buying the android port of a console or PC rpg to be honest

which reminds me I should get back to final fantasy tactics at some point

Other than that the only good one I played was Steven Universe: Attack the Light, which is a basic Paper Mario style rpg. Unless you watched the show, though, you probably aren't going to care about any of the characters
 
OzBoz

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I have tried AFK Arena. It's fun for a day or so and then the pay-to-win gacha stuff takes over. If you can avoid the temptation to put down money, I bet these are fun timekillers for a few hours each.
 
tr1b0re

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Kouriozan said:
Same, it's fun and the most F2P friendly Gacha I played thus far, but it's nothing like the game listed in the OP which are just blatant cash grabs.
They're talking about those over-advertised games.
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Indeed, which is a shame because some of those types of games (like Raid which I tried briefly) actually have decent production values

A shame it uses just the most basic gatcha RPG system, Summoner's War in a slightly better looking skin

Dragalia Lost is another game besides Dissidia that had a good, non-greedy monetization system
 
Etrian Darkness

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I only have 1 RPG on my phone and it's Tactics: War of the Lions. Will definitely stick a bunch of these suggested RPGs on my wishlist for whenever I get enough google play store credit to buy things.
 
Akauser

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The only good RPG ive ever played was very recently with Battle Chasers Nightwar. If you like classic Turn Based combat without any gimmicks and microtransactions its worth a shot
 
exodus

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Luerton said:
I am playing now some "obscure" incremental games. Not really obscure but they are antimatter dimensions and realm grinder. There are almost infite games of this genre that are absolute trash, but are being advertised a lot.
Both games and some nice suggestions I have found on forums about this "genre". Is there any viable webpage with reviews or youtube channel about mobile gaming? Most that I've seen advertise (sorry, review) the same games that are being advertised on google play / iOs.
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As far as incremental go, I can recommend a few premium ones:

Universal Paperclips
SPACEPLAN
A Dark Room
Kittens Game (this one will last months)
 
Yappa

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Kiria

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Prolly try dragalia or e7 decent games even tho i quit both of them

Too bad my preferred gacha game doesn't have english text (princess connect redive)
 
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