Easy High Quality Polished Games?

Discussion in 'General Game Discussion and Questions' started by lena, Feb 23, 2013.

  1. lena

    lena Well-Known Member

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    I am looking for more high quality easy games. I'm thinking about games that are well known, generally well loved, and have lots of polish and are not boring, despite being easy. It's okay if there is an additional difficulty level that is not easy, but, the easy game should still be fun, not like in some games where 1 star is guaranteed just for starting the level.

    Also, I'm not looking for throwing/flinging physics games, but I know other people like them, so feel free to mention them, but only if they're really super polished. Not looking for a list of 100 Angry Birds clones.

    No highscore games. I am looking for games that can be finished.

    Some examples:
    Plants vs Zombies
    Pudding Monsters
    Where's My Water/Perry
    Mikey Shorts (easy but still fun to finish, hard to master)

    I know that difficulty is super subjective and that most people on this forum will find many games easy that are not that easy to most people, but I think those examples give a general idea of what I feel is easy enough.

    Plants vs Zombies is the best example, since it doesn't have the 3-star system where you still feel like you've not really finished the game if you don't get all the stars, and getting all the stars is, of course, not that easy.

    I am not looking for games that can be made easy by purchasing IAP, they should be accessible from the start.
     
  2. Exact-Psience

    Exact-Psience Well-Known Member

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    Tried these?

    Karateka
    Luna Bears
    Rayman Jungle Run
    Momonga Pinball (my mom and my sister likes it, but some objectives are a little more luck-based than difficult)
    Paper Monsters
    Apocalypse Max
    Squids
    Contre Jour
    Zombie Parkour Runner (not endless, and the 3 stars can easily be achieved by finding the path that gives most stars and the collectibles)
    The Walking Dead
    Zombies
    Clear Vision
    Clear Vision 2
    Capt America
    Puzzle Craft
     
  3. lena

    lena Well-Known Member

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    Yikes, how could I forget Luna Bears?! Perfect example indeed. And I think Crazy Hedgy fits as well. It has been a while since I finished that, but I think it was relatively easy to finish.

    I found Rayman Jungle Run rather difficult (I must be missing something because I remember reading in the thread back then that people complained that the game basically played itself). I read so many good things about Momonga, but I never liked Pinball (I really detested the Pinball stages in Sonic games for example). Will still keep it in mind!

    Thanks for the big list, will check them out!
     
  4. EP as always has a good list, I will try to think of some too, but guess you are saying you want a good, somewhat easy, highly polished, and not inapp polished game.

    I'm pretty much the same way, so will list some later when I got time.
     
  5. J2o

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    Game Dev Story
    Beastie Bay
    Fairway Solitaire(go to their website for free code to unlock the game)
     
  6. lotdn

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    The game you're looking for is Devil's Attorney. You play an amoral lawyer who defends a cast of crooked clients in court. The money you earn allows you to buy upgrades and gain new abilities to use in court. Requires some strategy but overall it's easy, fun, and has very high production values. Good voice acting and theme song, no IAP.


    https://itunes.apple.com/app/devils-attorney/id562772514?mt=8
     
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  8. Alister

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    Here's a list of five:
    Cordy 2
    Lili
    March on oz(it's similar to plants vs. zombies)
    Fibble(only game that has the cry engine on mobile)
    Squids/squids Wild West

    Check those titles out and let me know what you think..
     
  9. mako_

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    My top polished games list has updated quite recently and is the following:
    1. Cyto
    2. Gesundheit!
    3. Spirits
    4. Nihilumbra
    5. Contre Jour

    They all have unique style and quality.
     
  10. Fire Busters is perfect! Simple and fun.
     
  11. lena

    lena Well-Known Member

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    Thanks for all the replies! I'll check them out, but that will take a while. I have an iPad 1, so I'm not able to play all the games that are suggested, but I'm sure the list is useful for others as well.
     
  12. Andy C83

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    Wake The Cat
    Colorooh
    The Way We Roll
    Cognitile
    Lego Harry Potter: Years 1-4

    :)
     
  13. Exact-Psience

    Exact-Psience Well-Known Member

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    The newly released Toy Story: Smash It! is actually pretty good, and definitely a no-stres game.

    And +1 to Wake the Cat from Andy's post.
     
  14. syntheticvoid

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    hmmmm....


    Granny Smith
    Lost Winds
    Incoboto (mini?)
    Frogger Decades
    Rocket Bunnies
    Sleepy Jack
    Man In A Maze
    Glowfish
    Roboto
    Little Acorns
    Gluddle
    Last Rocket
     
  15. ninjackid

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    Miss Claire Garden.
     
  16. syntheticvoid

    syntheticvoid Well-Known Member

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    haha... how in the world I didn't list that - I'll never know.
     
  17. Baron Cappuccino

    Baron Cappuccino Well-Known Member
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    Bean's Quest certainly has no shortage of style and polish, particularly if you go into settings and set the controls to invisible. The difficulty level to simply clear the levels and see the ending is moderate, I think, but the difficulty to accomplish the three sub goals gets insane in no time - especially jump pars.
     
  18. TheJohnnyASDF

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    Shadowgun and Dead Space. :)
     

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