TitanReviews: Could the future of cell phones change the way we think about video games?
Thanks to a community effort, you can now play the critically acclaimed iOS game Infinity Blade on your Steam Deck.
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TTP:" Infinity Blade, the hack and slash game developed by Chain Entertainment released a few years back on the App Store, is one of the best iOS games ever released. The game sports a variety of interesting gameplay features that make it incredibly fun. While all these features have been improved and expanded in the two sequels, Infinity Blade is still worth a play even today."
Nope, not unless they have gaming controls. Cell phone games are cheap and quickfix-oriented for more than simply the "casual market is bigger" reason.
Touchscreen controls don't lend themselves very well to a pretty large number of gaming genres. They work great for a couple genres (puzzle games, turn-based RPGs, casual games, and even 2D platformers.. sorta), but they will never cover the range of gaming that standard controls have.
In a sense, Kinect and pure touchscreen devices have a similar problem -- by themselves, they are just plain not as good of an interface as the stock standard gamepad. They are great interface *augmentations* (example: Nintendo DS, which has both a touchscreen and gaming controls), but they don't do they job, by themselves, for many types of games.
Not every new idea is a complete replacement for an old one. Simplicity has great power -- especially when it comes to interfaces, and buttons are pretty darn simple. Heck, touchscreens work hard to *emulate* buttons, not replace them, after all.