Do you think mobile games are overrated?

I personally think they're just time wasters and I really don't care for the all touch controls, yes you can hook a controller up to it, but I'd rather use my Vita.

The people whom mobile games are marketed towards mostly view them as addictive distractions to play when waiting at the DMV or at bus stops or something like that. They don't exactly care that much about quality. It helps, but it's not a priority. Then again, this is from a guy who's bought 1 mobile game, Steven Universe, and I found it to be one of the best....just for emulating JRPGs of old.

This... there is no need for mobile games to have these god-awful concepts like stamina meters, RL time timers, etc... Drives me up the wall that they're so damn common.. ugh.

A more interesting topic imo would be if they're -under- appreciated, lol. I would generally assume anything loosely related to console gaming (us/Bloodstained) as a community would despise mobile games.

I'm not a fan of it, but it works. I've actually been "playing" Puzzle & Dragons. Here's the thing about that game:

You can play it without spending any money, forever. And I pretty much do mean forever because it doesn't end. There's essentially no progress. It's a grinding collection game that you can pay to get stuff faster, but once you get your stuff, there's only more stuff. No characters, no story, no variance in music even (ugh). BUT, you're highly encouraged to sign in every day, and there's a chance you'll get something neat out of the in-game gashapon machine you get to use from other people using your monsters as helpers. Other players can see if you've been active or not, so they'll keep "friend lists" for assists of people who are active, and you're cut if you're not.

It very carefully reels you in like this, causing you to at least sign in with regularity and a lot of the time likely not even play. I'm at a point now where I would either need to drop cash or study the game and develop the strongest strategy possible, but for the latter there's no real incentive to that - I'll just be in that same situation again until I stop playing.

Basically, they work off of casual addiction. Something easily accessed you can open up, play for 0-5 minutes, and has the promise of being occasionally interesting. The main thing going for it probably is that I have a good friend who is very high level at it that likes to talk about his strats, teams etc, but eh...being a big fighting game guy myself, it's like...why? It's not competitive, you're not really getting anywhere in a story. It's essentially just a battle system, drops and randomness. There is skill and thinking, which I think is why (along with all its crossovers) it has been so successful in Japan.

The worst thing about it is the minimization it does to gaming. It becomes a casual, on-the-go affair. It's not something you can attach or immerse yourself emotionally into, just something you might keep playing just to get a possibly get a better thing. It's pointless gambling.

I would say it really depends on the type of games. I like for people to enjoy what ever makes them happy but there are a few mobile games that are very popular but are extremely generic too much so to be so over rated. There are many mobile games I really enjoy playing and it is a nice time killer here and there.