The Christmas dinner is one of the highlights of the year, but it takes a long time until it’s ready. Therefore, our author Jürgen has three mobile game recommendations that you can play until the Christmas dinner is finally ready.
With these three games, the waiting time flies by! If you’re not busy cooking or decorating the dining room, you can’t do much before Christmas Eve anyway, unless you want to be in the way of your relatives.
Therefore, it is often a good idea to retreat to a warm corner with a good mobile game and play a few rounds.
Three Mobile Games for Christmas
I, Jürgen, have prepared the following three games to optimally spend the time until the festive feast.
Fortnite
What is Fortnite? For those who don’t know yet: Fortnite is currently the most popular battle royale game. You jump with 99 other players from a flying bus over an island. There you collect weapons and try to eliminate all other opponents. Along the way, you gather better equipment and build fortifications for protection from found resources.
Why you should play it: Fortnite is available on almost every platform: PC, consoles, Switch, as well as Android and iOS. Everyone can play together. Also, the same account is used as on the other platforms. So you can easily continue your progress from PC or console on your mobile phone.
Furthermore, the controls and gameplay have been optimally transferred to the touchscreen and offer completely different possibilities. Sniping on the smartphone is rather difficult, but dynamic-offensive gameplay is more rewarded.
And then the rounds are usually over in a few minutes. This is ideal when the food is slowly being announced and the family is already giving you dirty looks.
The Elder Scrolls Legends
What is The Elder Scrolls Legends? This is an online collectible card game similar to Hearthstone. Instead of Blizzard’s Warcraft world, the background is Tamriel from the Elder Scrolls games. You play with High Elves, Khajiit, and Dwemer clockwork beings, using among other things the shouts known from Skyrim and dragons.
Why you should play it: First of all, TES: Legends is ideal for all fans of card games who prefer to play ESO and Skyrim instead of World of Warcraft. Legends is not just Hearthstone with an Elder Scrolls theme. In addition to the usual mechanics in the genre, such as mana (here Magicka) and creatures with attack and life points, there is a unique feature called “Lanes”.
You summon your creatures and many effects into one of these two “play areas”. Therefore, you have to pay even more attention to your tactics, because a strong guardian is useless if your opponent has a strong fighter in the other lane and that breaks through unhindered.
Due to the affectionate adaptation of Elder Scrolls (especially the music immediately makes your heart soar) and the many tactical possibilities, TES: Legends is an excellent online card game where you can always play a few quick rounds. It’s ideal to bridge the time until the festive feast.
Command & Conquer Rivals
What is C&C-Rivals? This is an online strategy game that resembles Clash of Clans a bit. You choose between the GDI army or side with the dark sect of the Brotherhood of Nod.
You then start battles against other players and must capture strategic objectives with previously built units so that an atomic missile strikes the enemy base.
Why you should play it: C&C-Rivals is incredibly fun. After just a few rounds, it’s hard to put the smartphone down. The mix of strategy just works. Each unit has clear strengths and weaknesses.
For example, a Nod flamethrower tank can easily take out strong infantry units, but it looks weak against a fighter jet. The plane, in turn, doesn’t like it if a rocket launcher team fires at it. The skill in the game lies in anticipating the opponent’s moves and countering them ideally.
Additionally, you put together your army from a variety of units before the battle. You can then only build the selected units, which sustainably influences your gameplay. Do you focus more on infantry or prefer massive vehicles? Or do you have a passion for high-tech units and special troops that sometimes require very specific tactics? The options are diverse, and each game plays out differently.
The best part is that rounds in C&C-Rivals are all very short. Ideal for quickly playing a round before serving the feast.
Don’t forget your loved ones
But with all your passion for games, you should always keep one thing in mind: When the food is finally on the table, you should put your smartphone down and spend time with your loved ones. Otherwise, it will definitely cause trouble.
The best part is that rounds in C&C-Rivals are all very short. Ideal for quickly playing a round before serving the feast.
Don’t forget your loved ones
But with all your passion for games, you should always keep one thing in mind: When the food is finally on the table, you should put your smartphone down and spend time with your loved ones. Otherwise, it will definitely cause trouble.
