first android user - recommend me some games! - Samsung Galaxy Nexus

price is not an issue
coming from an iphone, i want some games that are "new" or "unique" or that can show off what it can do. what i don't want is people saying like angry birds or words with friends or stuff like that. i am interested to see the possibilities of this bigger screen and faster hardware

shadowgun & need for speed hot pursuit have some of the best graphics out there
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Modern Combat 3 ore Shadowgun are Great games

I'd definately recommend Riptide

+1 for Riptide ;D

Welcome to Android. I don't mean to burst your bubble but gaming experience isn't quite up to par as iOS yet. Its getting better with the release of games like Temple Run and some of the other 3D games mentioned above. Also better hardware won't do much. Games are far better optimized for iOS so its a smoother experience. The bigger screen is really the only advantage here.
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If you really want to show off this phone, start looking into rooting and installing custom ROMS. You can boost performance greatly and can install Google Wallet and when you go to McDonalds you can pay with your phone and your iPhone buddies will be like "WTF!?!?!, daz sooo kewl!" Also, try installing a new launcher such as Apex Launcher or Nova Launcher. You will be able to show off how you can customize your device which is really the high point of Android.
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I just downloaded Slice It, and it is AMAZING. Literally the first game I can spend an hour on and not get bored out of my mind.
Simple premise, beautiful execution, hundreds of levels, and its FREE.
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Welcome to Android. I don't mean to burst your bubble but gaming experience isn't quite up to par as iOS yet. Its getting better with the release of games like Temple Run and some of the other 3D games mentioned above. Also better hardware won't do much. Games are far better optimized for iOS so its a smoother experience. The bigger screen is really the only advantage here.
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How is that relevant? Sure, the iphone has MORE games, but you can't say that the experience is better or worse. I don't understand where people come up with this 'smoother experience' type language. Haven't played a game on the phone yet that lags or stutters. And I'll take an extra inch of screen space ANY day of the week.

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I just downloaded Slice It, and it is AMAZING. Literally the first game I can spend an hour on and not get bored out of my mind.
Simple premise, beautiful execution, hundreds of levels, and its FREE.
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How is that relevant? Sure, the iphone has MORE games, but you can't say that the experience is better or worse. I don't understand where people come up with this 'smoother experience' type language. Haven't played a game on the phone yet that lags or stutters. And I'll take an extra inch of screen space ANY day of the week.
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What do you mean how is it relevant? iOS is better for gaming regardless of screen size. I'm not afraid to tell the truth and its apparent you've never used an iPhone for more than 10 minutes yet you're probably the one telling iOS fanboys that they've never used Android for more than 10 minutes. iOS is smoother on everything not because its better but because its coded using native code just like WP7. Games, Apps, Web are all much more consistent with the UI and achieve higher frame rates. Yeah, I don't get lag on my games either but that doesn't mean its just as smooth. There's no arguing that. Instead of trying to cast aside the problem, why don't you acknowledge it and perhaps help to make it better.
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how about like just overall fun small addicting games (not necessarily high graphics)

Cytus
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Cut the Rope, World of Goo and Cordy and Cordy Sky are also pretty nice.

OK this isn't new but I love it http://www.paulscode.com/forum/inde...2bc50b05ad89045ea55e&topic=96.msg2243#msg2243 you will find the games with a bit of Googling, I'm loving golden eye .... takes me back!!

Fun Games
I'm seeing lots of, "this game looks fancy", and not much "this game is great fun". So I'm rolling some out, these are all 2D, but damn fun!
Osmos
Droptrix
World of Goo
Refraction
Sprinkle
Swerve and Destroy
Canabalt

I highly recommend the following games, all look fantastic on the Galaxy Nexus epic screen!
Dead Space
Grand Theft Auto III
Great Little War Game
Fieldrunners HD
Reckless Racing
Spirit HD
Flick Golf
Game Dev Story
Pocket League Story
Jelly Defence
Pool Bar HD
Battleheart
Zen Bound 2
Tetris
Worms
Cut the Rope
Enjoy!

I am not a big fan of FPS games on handhelds, they usually have clumsy controls, the aiming is heavily assisted, etc.
Canabalt HD (IMHO one of the best side-scroller, might get multiplayer mode)
Radiant Defence (new tower defense game with a slight twist)
Robodefense (my favorite conventional tower defense game)
Sentinel (a graphically beefed up tower defense game)
Asphalt 6 (arcade racing, multiplayer is nice)
Flight Control, Angry Birds, Cut the Rope (if you are into ultra-casual gaming)
HomeRun Battle (nice baseball game, addictive multiplayer)
Obviously these are all personal preferrences

Temple Run! Most addictive!
You must try this.
Where's my water? It's good too although it's 2D.
Fruit Ninja - Puss in Boots!
It's 3D!
Graphics should be quite nice.
Fruit Ninja v1.74(or higher, or prepare for ugly graphics)!

Real Racing 2 (works on GN, isn't compatible in market tho - you need to fix that yourself)
Aftermath XHD
Anomaly HD
Dead Space
Modern Combat 3

Spectral Souls.
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Need for speed: hot pursuit/ shadowgun:thumbup:
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Best Android Games?

Now that I have a Epic, and not that old hero, I can do 3D gaming! so what are your Favs? Mine so far are.
Raging Thunder 2
Sandstorm.
Paper Toss
Angry Birds.
Definitely have the emulators game boid etc.
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My long-time favorite Android games are Wixel and Word Mix; both have free versions. But in terms of games that can take advantage of the Epic's power, well... I haven't gotten any really demanding Android games yet. Air Control works a lot better than it did on my Moment though.
I think emulation is really the way to go. Especially now that you have a keyboard!
Nova, quake 3, asphalt 5 and crusade of destiny all work and look great.
Yes, Crusade of Destiny.. The game I love to hate playing. so much leveling it's crazy.
Best game would have to be caligo chaser. check it out if your into side scrolling RPG's.
I like air control, drop, and paper toss.. just some simple games I can play to pass time and boredom when at work or out n about.
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Check out the game fruit ninja guys!!! Most addicting game Ever made only second to angry birds
Angry Birds and Robo Defense
Angry Birds
Chess Free
Flight Director
Guns 'n' Glory
Move it!
OpenTyrian
Super K.O Boxing 2
and The Inferno!
I've only tried a few, but my favorite so far, by a fair margin, is Homerun Battle 3D.
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Check out the game fruit ninja guys!!! Most addicting game Ever made only second to angry birds
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I just got fruit ninja, and wow is that game awesome....
all these games are great but what games take advantage of epic's gpu?
I love Gardenofweeden, Opentyrian,and Nova
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all these games are great but what games take advantage of epic's gpu?
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Toonwarz
Mad Maks
Speed Forge 3D
From Gameloft's web site:
Dungeon Hunter
Nova
Asphalt 5
(probably more but I've only played these)
Not on any market:
Need for Speed: Shift
Quake 3
Before you can create games that use fast hardware, you need the fast hardware. Expect more games releasing in the future that take advantage of GPUs.
+1 for gardenofweeden .. speaking of which i need to go water mine now
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Toonwarz
Mad Maks
Speed Forge 3D
From Gameloft's web site:
Dungeon Hunter
Nova
Asphalt 5
(probably more but I've only played these)
Not on any market:
Need for Speed: Shift
Quake 3
Before you can create games that use fast hardware, you need the fast hardware. Expect more games releasing in the future that take advantage of GPUs.
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where can i pick up need for speed shift? if link cant be post please pm me.
glyder 2 works well with the epic. its free in the marketplace(ad supported) but still one of my favs.
a lot of reviews say its slow and isnt good.. but very smooth on the epic.
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Toonwarz
Mad Maks
Speed Forge 3D
From Gameloft's web site:
Dungeon Hunter
Nova
Asphalt 5
(probably more but I've only played these)
Not on any market:
Need for Speed: Shift
Quake 3
Before you can create games that use fast hardware, you need the fast hardware. Expect more games releasing in the future that take advantage of GPUs.
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NFS Shift is amazing, graphics are sweet. Been playing it a lot now. I found a way to always lead the race and win 1st. My vote for best game.
My fav. Games are:
Nova
Paper toss
Tower raiders
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bomix said:
NFS Shift is amazing, graphics are sweet. Been playing it a lot now. I found a way to always lead the race and win 1st. My vote for best game.
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I actually cant get this to work on my Epic. Always says I dont have enough space. How much do you need....???

[Q] So we all love gaming right?

Well atleast I assume we all enjoy some level of gaming. I've been a huge fan of the developers GameLoft . Most of their Android games aren't on the market for some reason but I've purchased and played their games ( NOVA , Assassins Creed, and GT Racing ) and they are amazing. When ever I try to go searching for more quality games like the ones they make all I get tossed at me are things like Angry Birds and Air Traffic Control. They are fun little games and they are fine but I am searching for more higher quality 3D games.
So know of any?
http://gameloft.com = their site, check it out. Wait for a sale to go on before buying. I got all my games for $5 about a month ago.
NOVA : A SWEET 3D FPS. Straight up, it's like Halo on your Droid which is just pretty freaken awesome especially when you factor in that it has Multiplayer Deathmatch levels. If you kill all the background apps and services before playing your experience should be super smooth and fun.
Assassins Creed : An interesting remake of the game from the console versions. The graphics are of course pretty snazzy and the game play it's self is comfortable. Worth checking out if you like more "Adventure-ish" style games.
GT Racing : Oh... My gawd... Hands down my favorite racing game. Not for the phone but outright FAVORITE racing game. Detail is rediculous, graphics are insane, and the number of cars and races are just like ... daaamn... You gotta check it out.
Huh I thought there would be more interest in this area but I suppose I stand alone lol
Well I am not actually much for games. my game is flashing a new rom every once in a while ... well I did get Majesty from appstore for free the other day. I played only the tut and one adventure but it seems like a pretty good game. it is similar to AOE which I grew up playing alllll the time.
Thanks,
SoBBie
I downloaded that too! Pretty fun. Also not a huge mobile gamer but I might check out some of the games in the OP.
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Your favorite games?

Just attempting to see what's out there. I'm loving Angry Birds Space, Sonic CD, Dead Space, etc. Problem is, the marketplace is really difficult to find anything else worthwhile outside of looking at the "Top Paid" or "Top Free" menus. That's great and all, but it's basically impossible to see what else is available.
So, what are you favorite games? I'm hoping to fall in love with something I've never heard of.
Also, is there a site similar to "Touch Arcade" dedicated to Android gaming? I'm assuming Android gaming isn't as popular, but you never know. This is basically my dedicated handheld system now so yeah... Trying to get the most out of it. Really happy so far though. 4.6" makes gaming with onscreen controls so much better...
Some of he best games out right now Imo and off the top of my head....
World of Goo,
Apparatus,
Draw Something,
Galaxy Hero RPG,
Zenonia 3 and 4,
Inotia 3,
Cartoon Wars,
Plants vs. Zombies,
Destinia,
..... Off the top of my head, that's about it
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JobberMP said:
Some of he best games out right now Imo and off the top of my head....
World of Goo,
Apparatus,
Draw Something,
Galaxy Hero RPG,
Zenonia 3 and 4,
Inotia 3,
Cartoon Wars,
Plants vs. Zombies,
Destinia,
..... Off the top of my head, that's about it
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That ^
+ Cut the rope
+ Osmos
+ Jelly defence
+ PewPew
I will check these out, are they good graphics?
Osmos HD
Riptide
Where's my water
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Spectral Soul is dope too. 15 bucks but totally worth it in my opinion. Graphics are insane and its probably going to take 100+ hours to complete.
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Is Dead Space worth it? I loved the console version, but paying 6 bucks for a game on my phone seems a bit too much.
YOU GUYS MISSED ONE OF THE BEST GAMES EVER! GUERILLA BOB!
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Anomaly HD
World Of Goo
Osmos
Chess free
Not a big gamer as I used to be. Man, I remember the days of me being glued to the DS' screens.
Minecraft Pocket Edition should be mentioned. Still in alpha with not that many features, but at least a real game (unlike the Zynga stuff IMHO).
Shine Runner
Sprinkle
Turbofly 3d
SpeedX 3d
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Spy Mouse
They Need To Be Fed
Game Dev Story
Where's My Water
Sprinkle
Cogs (Humble Bundle)
Zen Bound 2 (Humble Bundle)
http://www.humblebundle.com
All of them are good
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Is Dead Space worth it? I loved the console version, but paying 6 bucks for a game on my phone seems a bit too much.
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Dude. Dead Space is sick! Make sure you play with headphones on. Completely worth the 6 bucks. Highly, highly recommend. ****, I went out on a limb and paid 15 for Spectral Souls. 15 bucks! WHAT? Then I started playing it and I said "ok I get it now". That game is dope as hell if you like rpg, tactical type games. But yeah Dead Space? Winner in my book.
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Spectral Soul is dope too. 15 bucks but totally worth it in my opinion. Graphics are insane and its probably going to take 100+ hours to complete.
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Agree 100%
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Does Angry Birds Space seem to just not look right on our screens? Everything is just so small.
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i like all the angry birds..
Yeh I love all of them, probably cos they are free. Fragger is also pretty good
Thanks guys! I downloaded a ton of stuff. Nice to know Android had more gaming options than I knew. I was worried when I opened the marketplace and didn't find much outside of a couple lists.
NBA jam o.g
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Valynor said:
Minecraft Pocket Edition should be mentioned. Still in alpha with not that many features, but at least a real game (unlike the Zynga stuff IMHO).
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Was surprised noone had mentioned this, byfar one of my most favorite games, and I can just pick it up at home and continue in my world on my Xoom.

[GAMES] HTC One Gaming Thread

Figured I'd get this started because the screen on the One is too good not to play games on.
Use this thread to discuss any and all gaming matters, rather than creating another thread and cluttering this forum!
What games have you already played on the One?
What good games would you recommend?
As not all games are going to be compatible with the One, below I'll be keeping an updated list of compatible games as and when we conform they work...
Compatible Games
Air Attack HD
Asphalt 7
Candy Crush Saga
Draw Something
Final Fantasy III
Flick Golf
Grand Theft Auto : Vice City
Great Big War Game
iBlast Moki 2
Jelly Defense
Manuganu
Mini Motor Racing
Modern Combat 4 : Zero Hour
Muffin Knight
Need For Speed : Hot Pursuit
Real Racing 3
Shadowgun
Shadowgun: Deadzone
Six-Guns
Spectral Souls
Spirit HD
The Amazing Spider-Man
The Bard's Tale
The Simpsons : Tapped Out
Symphony Of Eternity
Total War Battles
Zenonia
Compatible Emulators
Gameboid
Incompatible Games/Emulators
Tiny Tribe
Need For Speed Most Wanted
GTA Vice City
Candy Crush Saga
Asphalt 7
Real Racing 3
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Asphalt 7
Real Racing 3
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AW: [GAMES] HTC One Gaming Thread
Real Racing 3
Six Guns
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Real racing 3
Manuganu
Final fantasy 3
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here mate some titles i've tested
working on a list now my dad uses my Gmail and he's bought like £300 worth of games so trying them now he uses the new Acer Iconia so the THD won't work but most of the rest should fingers crossed. here's some so far.
asphalt 7 works well
real racing 3 looks great
simpsons tap works great
tiny tribes didn't work for me-kept closing with no force close error
most of the THD normal versions work such as Shadowgun, zombie driver, sprinkle etc
mini motor racing works great
great big war game works well
Sega total war battles is amazing sounds really great.
the treasures of montezuma 3 works
iblast moki 2 works
symphony of eternity works
draw something works
zenonia works
flick golf works
need for speed hot pursuit works
jelly defense works
muffin knight works
air attack hd works
spectral souls works
spirit hd works
currently testing Fpse psone emulator and bards tale will update when i know if they work
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confirmation The bards tale works (epic game) bit like top down diablo rpg
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modern combat 4 works to great game
spiderman works
playing around this morning after root and custom rom installation-found Retroarch-FPse all work fine with ps1 games, tested Spyro/Crash/jadecoocoon/finalfantasy/resi1 all perfect
also my boy GBA emulator works fine being playing pokemon this morning as well
going to try ps2 emulator either later today or tomorrow will update
kings bounty legions works-great strategy game for android and its free
Gameboid also works like a charm.
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More tried
Tired sonic episode 1 and 2 this morning work great guys
I only have the one game - Temple Run 2.
You can't believe how good and smooth real racing 3 is on HTC One. Such a great experience.
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You can't believe how good and smooth real racing 3 is on HTC One. Such a great experience.
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Whilst I agree it's pretty good - you should try it on an iPhone5. It's even better.
However, I still have made the full-time switch over to a One. What a phone!
Anyone else get a Green Fuzzy screen on "Shadowguneadzone"
otherwise these are all tested to work too Vector, Pool Break Pro, Subway Surf, Epic Citadel, and Dead Trigger..
finally a gaming thread
guys be sure to check the following posts
HTC One Gameplay videos>>
HTC One Gameplay analysis videos>>
regarding RR3 sadly so sadly i still dont have my device, but it appears to be running in 1080p? pretty soon with the invation of s600 1080p phones, devs will realize not run at native 1080p on wasted pixels (even current consoles struggle with that) and instead scale up from 720p like they do on the retina iPads and regain 50% performance
two more things to keep in my mind, there is a promised GPU drivers update on the way which might come along the 4.2.2 should result in better performance as well and finally HTC own CPU governor is a little battery friendly and can drop frames so if you are willing to root at a later point, a lot more speed can be extracted with custom gaming tweaks
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Anyone else get a Green Fuzzy screen on "Shadowguneadzone"
otherwise these are all tested to work too Vector, Pool Break Pro, Subway Surf, Epic Citadel, and Dead Trigger..
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Give it a little time and deadzone will boot up fine. I have the same problem from time to time
@all - I'll add these other games to the OP later or in the morning. All depends on how early I fall asleep
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Total war battles works great.
Vector works great.although it did on my nexus also lol
Great game...if you've not got it..go fetch
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NBA 2K13 is working,
but in the replay or zoom szenes, there are some grafic problems like black regions on the player models
Compatible
Swocery
GTA 3
GTA vc
Contre jour
Zen pinball
Papier monsters
Ski safari
Modern combat 4
Incompatible
Need for speed most wanted (hud and menue only)
Dead space (not possible to install)
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Best game to try on the new nexus 7

What is the best game to test on the new nexus 7?
Thanks
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I don't know about the "best" game, but Riptide GP2 is fast and pretty.
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I have a lot of games. It really just depends on what kind of games you like though, to say what would be best for you.
For racing games, Riptide GP2 is great ($2.99), Beach Buggy Blitz & Shine Runner (same dev as Riptide and free), Real Racing 3, Crazy Taxi, and Reckless Racing are all great games which play and look excellent in the N7 FHD. Hopefully Asphalt 7 and Need for Speed : Most Wanted will both become available on the N7 FHD before too much longer. The device just came out, and it takes the game devs a little while before adding a device to their compatibility list. Neither of those games were showing as compatible with my Asus Infinity for a while, even though the previous versions of both were. The Infinity was added to their compatibility list before too long, and both games are awesome on it!
For FPS/Call of Duty style games, Modern Combat 4 is absolutely incredible, Call of Duty : Black Ops Zombies, ShadowGun, and Dead Trigger are all awesome and a lot of fun!!!
Subway Surfers is also lots of fun! I actually prefer to play Subway Surfers on my N7 FHD instead of my Note 2, Evo LTE, or Asus Infinity! Just seems more fun on the 7" display than on any of other sizes! The N7 is truly an incredible device, and support for it will continue to grow larger over time! I'm looking forward to what the future holds for the N7 FHD!!
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I show off Samurai 2, cordy (1 and 2) Rayman, Crazy taxi, Zen Pinball, Or shadow gun. All look stunning.
beach buggy looks great but it lags when the resolution is maxed. Their is also slight stutters in riptide gp2 but rare. Anyone experienced this?
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beach buggy looks great but it lags when the resolution is maxed. Their is also slight stutters in riptide gp2 but rare. Anyone experienced this?
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I see stuttering with Beach Buggy Blitz no matter the settings, see it in the original Riptide too. Oddly enough, never noticed it on the original Nexus 7.
It is a little disappointing. Thankfully, I am not a big gamer.
Real racing looks and plays awesome.
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I see stuttering with Beach Buggy Blitz no matter the settings, see it in the original Riptide too. Oddly enough, never noticed it on the original Nexus 7.
It is a little disappointing. Thankfully, I am not a big gamer.
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Nothing to be disappointed about. It is a me device and those games are not yet tweaked for it. That is partially why there is a new riptide.
I'm sure most of these games will play well on this device once adapted.
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