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Game forces you to accept selling your info to vendors before you can use it (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by to c/assholedesign@lemmy.world
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If you hit "next", the consent window opens again and if you refuse any of them, you get put back at this screen so you're stuck in a loop.

This shitty practice is even endorsed by Google, as they are promoting this game to try out and earn points.

Edit: game is called Jewel Gold Empire: Match 3 and it's from some Korean company it seems: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.penta.empire.google

Obviously I uninstalled it immediately after

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[–] 17 points 2 years ago (10 children)

I don't think I've had a mobile game on my phone in 10 years, are there any actual decent ones? They all look so generic.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago* (3 children)

    Indie PC games that charge money for a mobile port. I have stardew valley, binding of Isaac, balatro, slay the spire, monster train, on my phone. (Several are included with Apple Arcade, though I would definitely not subscribe to Arcade if it weren't included with my other stuff. Also I personally wouldn't play stardew or Isaac without a controller.)

    If it's "free" it's almost always obscenely abusive. (There are a handful of exceptions, including some open source ones, but I couldn't name any off the top of my head.)

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Binding of Isaac on mobile sounds incredibly frustrating

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    Like I said I use a controller. I don't think I'd do super well with touch controls.

    There are some pretty cheap controllers you could fit on a keychain that might be a good option for someone who wants "real" mobile games for slightly longer stretches without carrying a big extra device around though.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I heard balatro is super fun maybe i'll give that a go!

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    I'm not as hooked on it as some. It feels kind of same-y over time, and the "it's poker" thing doesn't scratch any of the same itch as regular poker.

    But it's sure as hell better than almost any "free" mobile game because it doesn't have a team of people special tailoring algorithms to decide when to cheat to make you win and when to cheat to screw you over in order to pull as much money as possible.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    There are some decent ones like chrono trigger, halo, and twisted metal. Or did you mean without an emulator?

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    Ya just generic phone games, I haven't touched them since jetpack joyride. Actually the last game I played on my phone was pokemon emerald on my ipod touch emulator lol, I'm pretty behind the times.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    The only mobile games I play are Luck Be a Landlord, Ascension, Shattered Pixel Dungeon, and lately the new Pokémon TCG.

    My favorite of them is Ascension. I love that game so much.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

    I gave shattered pixel dungeon like 30 hours. Fuck that game. Items are impossible to equip. Potions are 100% random. Bosses wreck your shit. I literally never got an upgrade in like 30 runs. Literally nothing was equippable.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago*

    Did you make sure to find all potions of strength and scrolls of upgrade? There's 2 potions of strength and 3 scrolls of upgrade on the 4 levels before each boss. These enable you to equip items you otherwise wouldn't be able to to equip. Scrolls of upgrade lower the strength requirement of an item. Alchemy with a potion of strength produces a potion that lowers the strength requirement of an item by two, but which can only be used once per item. One strategy can be to hold off on upgrading until you have an item worthy of it (tier 3 or better, better if it's already upgraded) which you have the ability to upgrade so that you can use it. Avoid upgrading low-level weapons and armor unless necessary.

    Potions aren't 100% random. For certain loot room there's guaranteed to be a corresponding potion to solve it, for example if there's a room with items behind magical fire there will be a potion of frost somewhere in that level. One enemy in each region is guaranteed to drop potions of healing, in the first area for example this is the flies.

    Regarding bosses, one strategy can be to make sure you have a strong enough character right before facing it. This may mean that you will need to upgrade low-level items anyway. With time you'll get a feeling of how strong you need to be for a certain boss and region, while still enabling you to progress in the long term.

    Also make sure to get to know the abilities of your class, subclass and magical armor and use them to your advantage.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    I really enjoy Mini Metro. I’ve been addicted to Dots for years, it’s the very best digital fidget.

    I paid for a Need for Speed game some 8 years ago and that was pretty OK for a few hours.

    A Dark Room is also really good.

    That’s about it, to be honest. If you want to pick up a controller, there’s a decent library of older PC or console games that run on phones now - emulators are also an option.

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