Kingshot and other Base Building + Strategy Games

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So I got suckered by a mobile game ad when I was relaxing yesterday on my Lay Z Boy



It looked like a fun tower defense puzzleish game with mounted combat which seemed cool.

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Kingshot - Apps on Google Play

The Ultimate Medieval Strategy Idle Game!
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Of course the gameplay is nothing like that but I've never played any of these games so after playing a bit I was still interested.

I don't play stupid mobile games and this game is just as dumb as I feared. It has all the cash shop focus, microtransactions, minimalist upgrades, annoying timers, zero gameplay that I kind of assume all these ridiculous games have.

I haven't gotten to the point where spending more than a few dollars is really that compelling, but I know it's a reskin or some shit of Whiteout Survival which has whales like



So you know the pay 2 win is coming.

Are there any of these types of base building + strategy mobile games that aren't obscene p2w games?
 
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Tuco said:
So I got suckered by a mobile game ad when I was relaxing yesterday on my Lay Z Boy



It looked like a fun tower defense puzzleish game with mounted combat which seemed cool.

play.google.com

Kingshot - Apps on Google Play

The Ultimate Medieval Strategy Idle Game!
play.google.com play.google.com

Of course the gameplay is nothing like that but I've never played any of these games so after playing a bit I was still interested.

I don't play stupid mobile games and this game is just as dumb as I feared. It has all the cash shop focus, microtransactions, minimalist upgrades, annoying timers, zero gameplay that I kind of assume all these ridiculous games have.

I haven't gotten to the point where spending more than a few dollars is really that compelling, but I know it's a reskin or some shit of Whiteout Survival which has whales like



So you know the pay 2 win is coming.

Are there any of these types of base building + strategy mobile games that aren't obscene p2w games?
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Look under paid games. IME, that's the only category of games/apps that may be feature complete without retarded mtx. If you're looking for the pvp/ladder gameplay thing and not a single player game the answer is no.
 
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It was funny when one of these games with the fake ads got the Homelander actor to star in their advert saying "omg they made a real game based on the fake ads games" but it was still the same base building game so that ad was fake too.
 
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I'm not sure if I've gotten to the grindy stage that motivates p2w but I'm still having fun. The game pushes everyone toward the center, so I think the difference between freeloaders like me and whales will resolve soon enough.

Paying $$$ seems so counterproductive. The "gameplay" is 50% social and 50% resource management. If you just swipe the credit card, you dilute the gains from the resource management making it less rewarding
 
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Look under paid games. IME, that's the only category of games/apps that may be feature complete without retarded mtx. If you're looking for the pvp/ladder gameplay thing and not a single player game the answer is no.
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Yeah, I am pretty sure any mobile game with PVP is probably whale hunting, free to play is only there so the whales have hapless victims they can crush with their wallets. The chance of this goes to 100% if the pvp is forced in any way.
 
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