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  • SituationCake@aussie.zone
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    9 months ago

    I miss the days when there were fun little phone game aps that didn’t have a billion pop up adds or ongoing subscriptions or constant nagging to buy treasure chests. Sometimes I just want something a bit mindless to occupy me while waiting for appointments and feel like that golden era has gone. Now I’ll browse social media or news websites but it’s not really the same.

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      9 months ago

      Have a look at Vampire Survivor. I know it’s free on iOS, the base game is available and I think from memory there’s much not in the way of ads.

      Cons is that it might eat up more of your time than anticipated.

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          9 months ago

          Also going to point you to Phoenix 2 if you like short little space vertical scrolling shooters.

          No ads unless you want revives or extra credits.

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          9 months ago

          I’m going to have to do a run with the garlic sometime, I’m quite partial to the tome myself and lightning.

          Need to play more as well since I haven’t unlocked much.

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        9 months ago

        I still have Flight Control, Plants Vs Zombies, Peggle, Fieldrunners, and Jetpack Joyride from those early iOS days. I even paid $1.19 for some (maybe all?) of them.

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          9 months ago

          Lucky! I’d be happy to pay for games like those, but as once off, not ongoing in app. However market forces seem to be that this is not profitable compared to ads or ongoing in app purchases. Pity.

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          9 months ago

          I just also recommended Phoenix 2 as well if you like space vertical shooters.

          Short session plays that renew daily with no ads unless you want extra revives or credits.

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      9 months ago

      Check out a developer called yiotro. His stuff aint flashy and almost entirely strategy/puzzle but are light on resources (i.e you can pick up and play/stop whenever without losing progress. Also won’t kill your battery), and not most importantly not bloated with ads. The perfect time killer.

      Some of his games are pretty fun/addictive/challenging. Paid versions are a few bucks and free for life.