10 best ports of games from PC and consoles on Android and iOS – review addiction

Smartphones and tablets have long become full-fledged gaming devices, and their performance surpasses some PCs, which until recently were considered quite gamers. It is not surprising that new games and hits of past years are actively transferred to portable gadgets. So there is something to play on touch screens, even for those who dislike purely mobile entertainment: if you look a little, you can easily find even unofficial ports Fallout 2 and Half-life… Actually, the problem is not that to find, but that choose from the huge assortment found. Well, we will help you with this! By the way, all games in the collection are available on iOS, and on Android…

Restarted XCOM actually formed the genre of turn-based tactics in its modern form. Almost every second modern TBS owes its combat system to creation. Firaxis Games – so it turned out to be laconic, witty and flexible. One of the main achievements of Enemy Unknown was scalability: the gameplay perfectly adapted even for a mouse, at least for a gamepad, at least for a touchscreen. After the game has been released on all current platforms, including PS Vita, she could not pass by the mobiles either. And then an expanded and expanded edition appeared in the same place. Enemy Within…

Yes, the graphics were slightly cut, and the interface was once again shoveled for greater convenience. However, at heart it is still the same total war with aliens: complex and unpredictable. In addition, none of the original content was harmed. FROM XCOM 2However, the picture is not so rosy yet: the port is crooked, scary and available only on iOS. But all the content and all game mechanics are in place. However, the first game will most likely be enough for you for long hours.

It is unlikely that among those who read this text, there is at least one person who has never played San andreas… It makes no sense to describe it in detail: it was a huge and varied action game with a well-developed open world, tons of game possibilities and gorgeous music. Real opus magnum Rockstar games… Yes, after leaving Gta v it is unlikely that many will want to play San Andreas on PC or consoles. But on mobile devices, the adventures of Carl “C-Jay” Johnson still feel great and have practically no competitors.

Moreover, the port is made very well: even the controls are not too annoying (especially if you play with a gamepad). Moreover, in this version, the picture was tightened up, new cars, weapons and other content were added, and the storyline was also expanded. So it’s worth going through the mobile San Andreas even for those who have studied the original up and down. Well, if this is not enough for you, then keep in mind: GTA III, Vice city and Bully: Anniversary Edition are also available on smartphones.

Role-playing games are going through hard times today. Seems to be the loudest RPG release of this year – a reissue of a hundred times replayed Mass effect… Yeah, the same one that in 2007 everyone managed to walk for undermining genre foundations. So wouldn’t it be better to go back to the days when the water was wetter and RPGs were more role-playing?

The most suitable time machine – dilogy Knights of the old republic, some of the best software games Star Wars… The competition on this field, as you know, is very tough, but the games were lucky to come out at a time when BioWare I had not yet had time to waste myself on some indistinct crafts and was on a horse. The port of the first part turned out to be so-so, but over The sith lords worked hard. The only thing she lacks is a fan patch that returns the cut content. Golden age of the Jedi, golden age of RPG – what else do you need for a pleasant evening?

By the way, KotOR are far from the only examples of role-playing DnD-classics on mobile platforms. Dilogy Baldur’s gate, Icewind dale, Planescape: Torment – there is plenty to choose from.

And in continuation of the theme of the role-playing genre going through hard times: as long as there are games like Atom RPG, he definitely won’t die. Several years ago, domestic developers finally fulfilled the old dream of the Russian game dev and created “our answer to Fallout.” Moreover, we are talking here mainly about the legendary second part and its rare synergy of a harsh post-nuclear future, incredible player freedom and crazy dark humor.

Slay the spire – a living example of a project that is much easier to love than to explain. If you do not go into the details of the mechanics, then this is a hybrid of a collectible card game and a roguelike. The abundance of cards, monsters, bosses and artifacts gives a solid replay value, and if you consider that the heroes here are not just dissimilar, but require a radically different approach, then you can really hang out in this seemingly small adventure for a long time. And you shouldn’t forget the brutal complexity either: no less depends on luck in Slay the Spire than on a properly selected deck. Fortunately, after each defeat, a competent balance makes you try again, and not give up everything out of anger.

Perhaps, This war of mine Is one of the most mature games in history. And one of the most difficult, too: in a moral sense, and not in terms of dexterity. The fact is that this is a simulator for the survival of civilians in a city during a war, and the simulator is terribly realistic. We are constantly being forced upon the moral “Morton forks” – dilemmas in which all options are bad. Take away the last medicines from a couple of unfamiliar old people or risk the life of your ward? Who should I give the only ration: mother or child? Shoot a stranger first or try to make friends? The answers to these questions form a frighteningly three-dimensional picture of the local doomsday, where there is no happy ending or winners. But there is hunger, cold and a handful of unfortunate survivors, who are separated from death only by chance and the player’s decisions.

One of the best games of 2010 was Limbo Is a slightly psychedelic and extremely morose horror platformer. The combination is quite rare, but it works great nonetheless: the nameless boy’s journey through the black and white world of violence and brutality turned out to be surprisingly deep. In search of his missing sister, the boy will fall into a trap more than once or twice, die in the clutches of a giant spider, fall into the abyss, or die in some other way. We guarantee that death will not be complete – at least for the first time – because the game can only be completed by trial and error. However, the cost of death is very small, the spawn points are generously placed, so that they instantly begin to be perceived as a central element of the game mechanics. As a result, a very laconic and albeit not very scary, but extremely atmospheric adventure comes out.

And if you like Limbo, then be sure to try Inside from the same studio. What in Playdead definitely do the best, so it is to create powerful horror games with children in the lead roles.

For what critics did not scold the games Telltale Games! And their nonlinearity is too linear, and the picture is outdated, and the stylization for comics is mediocre, and the gameplay is elementary, and the plots are naive … But all this did not interfere with success The walking dead, The Wolf Among Us and Tales from the Borderlands among the players. It was these modest independent “game serials” that made the episodic format mainstream (no matter how we feel about it). And they also competed on equal terms with the large and expensive interactive cinema of David Cage – and this with completely incomparable budgets and production times.

In fact, the stories are no worse here than in most current TV shows, the “choice – consequences” mechanic still works great, and the slightly outdated graphics of smartphones can definitely be forgiven. A great way to brighten up the waiting The Wolf Among Us 2…

Jonathan Blow is a game designer with a very unusual artistic taste, whose handwriting cannot be confused with anyone else’s. His The witness – a very light, meditative and calm three-dimensional puzzle. There is no action, no drama, and there is no plot either. We just wander around the compact but cute open world, study empty buildings, examine mysterious devices, listen to audio recordings and solve mazes.

Fans of philosophical first-person puzzles should also try The talos principle – on mobiles it is also available.

It would seem that mobile platforms are completely unsuitable for RTS. Actually, as a rule, it is. However, there are exceptions to any rule, and the port ROME: Total War – one of them. The hit 4X strategy game feels great in a pocket-sized format and offers a mature experience of running the Roman Empire. This is due to two main points. First, the user-friendly and neat interface is well adapted to touch controls and small screens. Secondly, truly jewelry optimization allows you to steer huge armies even on budget devices.