General gaming discussion

Seems the Super Mario Wonder Switch 2 expansion content is really good going by some reviews I've seen.

It's all gone very gacha heavy.

On the one hand these gacha game budgets have gone through the roof where they can be on par with PC/console games in terms of playability and writing.

Anyway, free games worth checking out:

Pixel Puzzle from Konami. A picross rip off but a damn good one and best of all it's free with very non-intrusive adverts. I'm still playing this since it was released.

Thronglets from Netflix if you have a subscription. It's pretty short and more an adventure game but it ties in with the Black Mirror series and it's a load of fun while it lasts.

Into the Breach is free from Netflix and works brilliantly as a mobile game.

Groove Coaster 2 is an exceptional music game. Free to start but with dlc packs you can, shock horror, actually own if you want to play more.

Paid games:

Lara Croft Go and Hitman Go are excellent games worth your time and can go for a good price.

Also i'd recommend the android/apple version of Final Fantasy Tactics. It's the best looking version of the game and the touch controls really suit the game. It helps that it's the secret best Final Fantasy. An oldie but a goodie.

I heard good things about the Voice of Cards games but not played them myself.

Now for Gacha and I actually have a recommendation here:

Wizardry Variants Daphne

It's pretty new so looks quite good. It's a hardcore dungeon crawling RPG but takes a lot of cues from modern dungeon crawlers like Etrian Odyssey, especially from the third main story content drop onwards. It even has a time travelling mechanic later on that works really well.

What I like about this game is that it's very fair and perfectly playable and beatable for a free player. Even at that the gacha pull rates are quite good. It's really not a mean game.

I'd go so far as to say it would be a minor classic if released as a steam indie game. The music, presentation and dark fantasy writing are exceptionally good.

I've managed to beat the first 3 main story content drops without paying and I've not really started the fourth. I had trouble getting the true ending of the third content drop but it's more a bonus and I'm going to return to finish that off since they raised the level cap with the fourth content drop.

Anyway it's a really good game for free players. I like to throw the devs a bit of money every so often as I was having a lot of fun. It's also surprisingly deep and presents a very old school challenge, prepare to die a lot. There's perma death but it's entirely avoidable by just not being impatient and waiting for your dead characters cool down timer to get about 50% before you revive them (although revival costs are very expensive in terms of gold!). You also get three chances to revive if you die in battle and you can just wait 4 hours per chance if you run out of them.