{"id":504,"date":"2015-11-12T10:00:10","date_gmt":"2015-11-12T18:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipartsrepair.com\/?p=504"},"modified":"2015-11-18T13:08:43","modified_gmt":"2015-11-18T21:08:43","slug":"mobile-madness-4-outstanding-gaming-experiences-on-your-smartphone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipartsrepair.com\/mobile-madness-4-outstanding-gaming-experiences-on-your-smartphone\/","title":{"rendered":"Mobile Madness: 4 Outstanding Gaming Experiences on Your Smartphone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mobile gaming has come a long way from the nascent days of the 1<sup>st<\/sup> generation iPhone\u2019s bold attempts to dethrone Nintendo in this arena. Now, the pricing paradigm has shifted, much to Sony and Nintendo\u2019s chagrin, to 99 cent apps and the more premium gaming experiences of $5, $10, and even the rare $15 game that can actually hold its own and move units. That\u2019s right, games today are not merely gimmicks or quick cash-ins, but well thought out, deep experiences, either built from the ground up for touch (think of one of the first breakthrough hits, Angry Birds) or ported from other systems with expert care, or built for multiple platforms, but with touch controls in the forefront of the developer\u2019s minds.<\/p>\n<p>So without further ado, let\u2019s take a look at some of premiere experiences on smartphones today.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hearthstone<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Blizzard has delivered an absolute gem of a port, with all the functionality of the original PC Random Number Generator card game. Hearthstone resembles a more accessible Magic: The Gathering, but is built on the World of Warcraft universe that so many MMORPG players have come to adore. The recent \u2018The Grand Tournament\u2019 expansion breathes new life into an ever-evolving, competitive meta-game for those that choose go deep, while also keeping things interesting for casual players.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The World Ends with You<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This is a hidden diamond in the rough, originally released for the Nintendo DS system by Square Enix. It took advantage of the touch screen controls for that system, and has the option to use touch controls here, or a more simplified combat option. The gameplay, story, and characters all come to life on this overlooked RPG that is simply a blast to play.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Two Dots<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Puzzle fans, eat your hearts out. The sequel to the excellently-conceived \u2018Dots,\u2019 Two Dots takes the player through a campaign of sorts of increasing difficulty to connect like-coloured dots arranged in a grid and, where possible, connect a square to eliminate all dots of the same colour on screen. It\u2019s super simple, yet incredibly addictive. Give this one a try.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Often touted as one of the first truly exceptional Star Wars-licenced games (with apologies to X-Wing vs Tie Fighter), KOTOR brought a great story to fans of the original trilogy when Bioware first released this RPG landmark in 2003 to wash out the bad taste Episode One left in their mouths. With updated resolution, this game holds up on mobile platforms with a fun combat system and a deep universe to explore.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mobile gaming has come a long way from the nascent days of the 1st generation iPhone\u2019s bold attempts to dethrone Nintendo in this arena. Now, the pricing paradigm has shifted, much to Sony and Nintendo\u2019s chagrin, to 99 cent apps and the more premium gaming experiences of $5, $10, and even the rare $15 game [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>4 Outstanding Gaming Experiences on Your Smartphone<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Games today are not merely gimmicks or quick cash-ins, but well thought out, deep experiences, either built from the ground up for touch .\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ipartsrepair.com\/mobile-madness-4-outstanding-gaming-experiences-on-your-smartphone\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"4 Outstanding Gaming Experiences on Your Smartphone\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Games today are not merely gimmicks or quick cash-ins, but well thought out, deep experiences, either built from the ground up for touch .\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/ipartsrepair.com\/mobile-madness-4-outstanding-gaming-experiences-on-your-smartphone\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"iParts and Phone Repair\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/iPartsandPhoneRepairs\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-11-12T18:00:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2015-11-18T21:08:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Alika Salazar\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Alika Salazar\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"4 Outstanding Gaming Experiences on Your Smartphone","description":"Games today are not merely gimmicks or quick cash-ins, but well thought out, deep experiences, either built from the ground up for touch .","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/ipartsrepair.com\/mobile-madness-4-outstanding-gaming-experiences-on-your-smartphone\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"4 Outstanding Gaming Experiences on Your Smartphone","og_description":"Games today are not merely gimmicks or quick cash-ins, but well thought out, deep experiences, either built from the ground up for touch .","og_url":"https:\/\/ipartsrepair.com\/mobile-madness-4-outstanding-gaming-experiences-on-your-smartphone\/","og_site_name":"iParts and Phone Repair","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/iPartsandPhoneRepairs\/","article_published_time":"2015-11-12T18:00:10+00:00","article_modified_time":"2015-11-18T21:08:43+00:00","author":"Alika Salazar","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Alika Salazar","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/ipartsrepair.com\/mobile-madness-4-outstanding-gaming-experiences-on-your-smartphone\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/ipartsrepair.com\/mobile-madness-4-outstanding-gaming-experiences-on-your-smartphone\/"},"author":{"name":"Alika Salazar","@id":"https:\/\/ipartsrepair.com\/#\/schema\/person\/a86185419246e2dd693fbfa0b1b60f77"},"headline":"Mobile Madness: 4 Outstanding Gaming Experiences on Your Smartphone","datePublished":"2015-11-12T18:00:10+00:00","dateModified":"2015-11-18T21:08:43+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/ipartsrepair.com\/mobile-madness-4-outstanding-gaming-experiences-on-your-smartphone\/"},"wordCount":435,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/ipartsrepair.com\/#organization"},"articleSection":["Blog"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/ipartsrepair.com\/mobile-madness-4-outstanding-gaming-experiences-on-your-smartphone\/","url":"https:\/\/ipartsrepair.com\/mobile-madness-4-outstanding-gaming-experiences-on-your-smartphone\/","name":"4 Outstanding Gaming Experiences on Your Smartphone","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/ipartsrepair.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2015-11-12T18:00:10+00:00","dateModified":"2015-11-18T21:08:43+00:00","description":"Games today are not merely gimmicks or quick cash-ins, but well thought out, deep experiences, either built from the ground up for touch .","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/ipartsrepair.com\/mobile-madness-4-outstanding-gaming-experiences-on-your-smartphone\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/ipartsrepair.com\/mobile-madness-4-outstanding-gaming-experiences-on-your-smartphone\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/ipartsrepair.com\/mobile-madness-4-outstanding-gaming-experiences-on-your-smartphone\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/ipartsrepair.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Mobile Madness: 4 Outstanding Gaming Experiences on Your Smartphone"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/ipartsrepair.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/ipartsrepair.com\/","name":"iParts and Phone Repair","description":"We repair broken phones and other gadgets fast","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/ipartsrepair.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/ipartsrepair.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/ipartsrepair.com\/#organization","name":"iParts And Phone Repairs","url":"https:\/\/ipartsrepair.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/ipartsrepair.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/ipartsrepair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/ipartslogo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/ipartsrepair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/ipartslogo.png","width":1920,"height":1920,"caption":"iParts And Phone Repairs"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/ipartsrepair.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/iPartsandPhoneRepairs\/","https:\/\/twitter.com\/iphonerepair","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ipartsrepair\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/ipartsrepair.com\/#\/schema\/person\/a86185419246e2dd693fbfa0b1b60f77","name":"Alika Salazar","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/ipartsrepair.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1afd33c149ec5fd7f976cb1d87655ce7?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1afd33c149ec5fd7f976cb1d87655ce7?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Alika Salazar"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipartsrepair.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/504"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipartsrepair.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipartsrepair.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipartsrepair.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipartsrepair.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=504"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ipartsrepair.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/504\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":505,"href":"https:\/\/ipartsrepair.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/504\/revisions\/505"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipartsrepair.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipartsrepair.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=504"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipartsrepair.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}