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Title: Even Arnold Schwarzenegger can't pump up the dull Mobile Strike Post by: HCK on August 17, 2016, 04:05:14 pm Even Arnold Schwarzenegger can't pump up the dull Mobile Strike
<article> <section class="page"> <p>Free-to-play games often look appealing, but it’s difficult to know at a glance whether the business model is insidious and fun ruining, or reasonable and worth pumping a few bucks into. With Freemium Field Test (http://www.macworld.com/column/freemium-field-test/), we’ll take a recent free-to-play iOS game, put it through its paces, and let you know if it’s really worth your time (and money). </p><p>I’ll admit, I put this particular Freemium Field Test entry off for a while. <strong>Mobile Strike (https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mobile-strike/id934596429?mt=8)</strong> has all the red flags: an utterly generic name, a reputation as a mindless free-to-play grind, and a big-budget ad campaign starring a celebrity—in this case, Arnold Schwarzenegger. That’s the exact same playbook employed by Game of War: Fire Age (https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/game-of-war-fire-age/id667728512?mt=8), probably the least entertaining game (http://www.macworld.com/article/2880551/freemium-field-test-game-of-war-fire-age-is-even-less-exciting-than-its-generic-kate-upton-commerci.html) I’ve covered in this column over the last year and a half (http://www.macworld.com/column/freemium-field-test/).</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/3103074/ios/even-arnold-schwarzenegger-cant-pump-up-the-dull-mobile-strike.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article> Source: Even Arnold Schwarzenegger can't pump up the dull Mobile Strike (http://www.macworld.com/article/3103074/ios/even-arnold-schwarzenegger-cant-pump-up-the-dull-mobile-strike.html#tk.rss_all) |