You can play the game for free, or you can pass on the waiting if you spend real money. As stated before, “Clash of Clans” requires weeks at a time before making upgrades, and people don’t like to wait. This practice leads to my next issue with mobile games, which is that they encourage users to spend money in order to make meaningful progressions through a process otherwise known as a microtransaction. But if you’re willing, you can just pay to skip it.
#Time sink phone games upgrade
However, in “Clash of Clans,” you are pretty much locked out of taking any meaningful action while waiting for two weeks to upgrade something. In a standard game, you might have to wait a couple of hours in game time: something that can be waited for while playing through the game. Of course, I understand patience is vital, in life and in games, but forcing players to wait multiple days to be able to advance is degrading. Not only is this a huge time drain, it is kind of an insult to the player. For example, in “Clash of Clans,” upgrading certain buildings can take weeks at a time. Many of them reward players for playing every day, as well as waiting for long periods of time.
Mobile games are designed to take time out of your life. Even though I still think that traditional mobile games are not worth my while, there is a new generation that is changing my viewpoint.
However, most mobile games are a huge time and money sink, and they usually don’t add anything productive to your life. There’s not a lack of good games on mobile there are quite a few I really enjoy, especially “Monument Valley.” There has also been a recent boom in subscription services such as Apple Arcade, which allows players to try out several games for a monthly rate. I have a passion for gaming and the culture surrounding it, but mobile games are in a weird situation for me. Of course I have the standard “Candy Crush Saga” and the age-old “Clash of Clans,” as well as some more obscure ones such as “Puzzles and Dragons.” I have fond memories of each game on my phone, yet lately, I rarely touch them. Currently, my phone has about 12 game apps on it.
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