The only computer access I have right now are my phone and a tablet. I went looking to see if there are any good games, and I can't find any. I have Warlight, which is awesome, but it is more like a board game than video game, and I need another option.
I thought I scored when I found xcom, but it suffers from the same problem that the desktop versions do. It hides a potentially good game inside an unusable interface. They focused so much on trying to make it look good that they sacrificed useability. Units get lost in the scenery etc.
Anything else I saw that looked like it had potential came with in game purchases.
I am also not interested in multi-player or online games.
Please, can someone recommend a good single player game with no in game purchases? I am willing to pay for the game, but not the continuing pay to win bullshit.
I like strategy games best, but am pretty open to anything.
If you like Choose-Your-Own-Adventures, the Tin Man Games' adaptions of the old Fighting Fantasy gamebooks by Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone are quite good (1:1 adaptions of the old gamebooks) and reasonably priced. As an entry point, I would recommend Blood of the Zombies which was only made in 2012 for the 30 years anniversary with a young and new audience in mind.