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What are the best online multiplayer games on Android?

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Best online multiplayer games on Android	Price	Controller Support	Publisher
-- Arcane Legends: MMO RPG	Free	None	Spacetime Games
-- Neon Shadow	Free	MOGA / Shield	Crescent Moon Games
-- Ruzzle	$1.99	–	–
-- Seabeard	Free	–	–

Arcane Legends: MMO RPG

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Cross platform online multiplayer

Arcane Legends offers cross platform online multiplayer across iOS, Android and the Chrome browser. See More

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Gameplay can be slow in the beginning

Some players report slow gameplay that isn't as engaging as other MMORPG's. See More

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Controller Support:None

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Various pets that help out in battle

Arcane Legends features pets that help during battle and have different abilities as they grow. They can be taken care of and level up as well. See More

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Designed for short sessions

The developers designed this game to be able to be enjoyed when only 5 minutes can be devoted to it at a time. This can be a great help to those players who don't have hours to devote to a mobile game but still want a substantial and meaningful experience. See More

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Will be instantly familiar to anyone who has played Pocket Legends

This game is made by the same studio behind Pocket Legends and takes many core aspects of that game and updates them. The formula that made the first one successful makes this a good choice as well. See More

Neon Shadow

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Varied powerful weapons

Each weapon in game gives a sense of differentiating power. There is a good selection of guns that all have different shooting abilities and power. Each one allows the player to feel as though they are well equipped for the task at hand. See More

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Shallow gameplay

While the story and game mechanics are serviceable one has to wonder how much better the game could have been if more attention was focused on these areas during development. See More

Specs

Controller Support:MOGA / Shield

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Tablet split screen same device multiplayer

Neon Shadow allows 2 players to play multiplayer on a single tablet device using split screen. See More

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HID controller support

Neon Shadow has built in HID controller support for devices such as the Gamestop Red Samurai. See More

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Simple touch screen controls

There is no jump button, reload button or and interaction button, keeping the touch controls interface quite simple. Left side of the screen moves, right side looks around and there is a fire button. This makes the controls simple to understand and use. See More

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Gamestop Red Samurai controller support

Neon Shadow has built in controller support for the Gamestop Red Samurai. See More

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Online multiplayer

Support for online multiplayer for death-match play. See More

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Local multiplayer

Neon Shadow supports local area network multiplayer support for Death-match play. See More

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SHIELD games support

nVidia SHIELD support built in meaning the game works with the Shield tablet and it's bluetooth controller as well as on the Shield handheld and its in built controller. See More

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MOGA controller support

Neon Shadows has built in MOGA controller support. See More

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Plays like a classic FPS game

Core gameplay mechanics are of old-school first person shooter. Players move room to room finding objects called nodes to shoot before being allowed to leave to the next room. While trying to find the node players will of course be facing off against AI controlled enemies. See More

Ruzzle

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Cross platform online multiplayer

Ruzzle is capable of playing online multiplayer across platforms such as iOS and Android. See More

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Finding opponents may take some time

The multiplayer matching system sometimes takes a while to find matches for opponents. See More

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No in app purchases

Unlike most other mobile word games, Ruzzle does not have any included in app purchases for cheats or upper hand. See More

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Finished rounds show all word combinations

Once a round is finished Ruzzle shows the player all of the different word combinations that were available and the points they were worth. With this players can get a sense on how to improve their playstyle. See More

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Many different word combinations

Ruzzle allows players to join letters together in a multitude of different patterns and even allows crisscrossing on the board. See More

Seabeard

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Abandoned

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Cross platform online multiplayer

Seabeard features cross platform online multiplayer through a Facebook sign in. See More

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Freemium

Almost every aspect of the game has some kind of timer attached to it. They of course can be paid to be skipped, but considering how many there are it will deplete the in game earned currency very fast. This of course leads to players having to purchase more in game currency if they want to play at a pace considered normal for console games. See More

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Daily quests

There are new quests that change daily making for plenty of new things to do in the game if one chooses to do so. See More

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Mini games

Everytime the player chooses to sail to another island there is a random minigame that the player will take part in. Some of these games include shooting target and a slalom course. See More

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As close to Nintendo quality as Android will get until Nintendo releases mobile games

Seabeard is very similar in style to famous Nintendo games such as Animal Crossing or Fantasy Life. A life adventure game where players can play at their own pace and do as much or as little as they like. See More

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