7 Deadly Video Game Sins - Sloth!

6. The State Of Mobile Gaming

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The mobile video game industry is the absolute pits. I'm sorry if you're a fan of the medium but the practices that go on daily within this thriving hub of scum and villainy are absolutely loathsome. Not to mention incredibly lazy. You'll find asset flips, abysmal ports, games which out and out lie about what they offer, and some experiences that you'd even struggle to classify as an actual game.

Take Final Fantasy: All The Bravest. This might well be the laziest use of the license I've ever seen. The concept, on paper at least, seems to be pretty engaging. You collect heroes from across all of the franchise together to do battle against some of the best enemies the series has to offer. However, it's here where the laziness comes in to full effect.

Party members can't be chosen, merely randomly unlocked through loot boxes, and there's no tactical element to the game at all, you simply tap the warrior and they attack for you. I'm serious: even support characters like mages and healers, jump forward to attack and that's it. That's the ENTIRE game.

How could a concept like this have been greenlit? It's a shocking example of the IP being mistreated and mishandled by a publisher looking to make a quick buck. Utter laziness through and through.

 
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