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minus-squarehenfredemars@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up46·6 months agoI really, really don’t want to play AAA games on a touchscreen.
minus-squaretahoe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·6 months agoYou can use a controller and it works great, but at this point I bet you’d rather use a larger device. It does make a lot more sense on iPads though
minus-squarehenfredemars@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 months agoIt’s certainly doable, but I think a smartphone makes too many compromises to be a great gaming system for much outside of casual games. It’s cool that I might be able to play such a game on the phone, but if I care about the game I don’t think I want to.
minus-squareThekingoflorda@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·6 months agoMy Ipad now has a second function as a netflix game “console”.
I really, really don’t want to play AAA games on a touchscreen.
You can use a controller and it works great, but at this point I bet you’d rather use a larger device. It does make a lot more sense on iPads though
It’s certainly doable, but I think a smartphone makes too many compromises to be a great gaming system for much outside of casual games.
It’s cool that I might be able to play such a game on the phone, but if I care about the game I don’t think I want to.
My Ipad now has a second function as a netflix game “console”.