Let me give you some background first. I am a standard worker. My daily commute takes almost two hours. The signal on the subway is sometimes good or bad. I used to just watch short videos to pass the time. Until I discovered this mobile game called "Red Alert Battle" last week. Oh my god, it directly cured my commuting anxiety.
This game is said to be a real-time competitive card game, but it's really easy to get started. Choose your troops at the start, match your lineup, and then race against time to seize resource points. A game lasts about three to five minutes, which is just right for fragmented time such as waiting for a bus, taking the subway, or fishing during lunch break. There is no need to sit for an hour like some hard-core games. You can start playing and stop playing at any time. You can lock the screen when you arrive at the subway station without any delay.
At first I thought it was just a Red Alert skin exchange for pickup cards, but when I started playing it I found that it was really quite tactical. There is a restraint relationship between the arms. Tanks restrain infantry, infantry restrains snipers, etc. There is a certain order in arranging troops. Sometimes I am not clear-headed when I am trying to catch fish at work, and I will be pushed to the ground and rubbed by the other party when I hit him casually, but it makes me energetic😤
The most surprising thing is its resource war gameplay, where you can occupy a city and become the city lord. I secretly went online during my lunch break and stole the city of the next department while my colleagues were sleeping. The excitement was more refreshing than drinking iced Americano. But don't be like me. When the boss sees me, he thinks it's some kind of fishing game at work. In fact, I'm just commanding my tank army.
The charging mode is 0 yuan, which is very friendly to workers. You can have a great time without paying any money. Of course, you may have to spend some money if you want to compete in the rankings, but for a Buddhist player like me, it's enough for a commuting pastime.
The only complaint I have is that the game package is a bit big, and older phones may suffer from lags. I was killed several times because of lags in combat animations, which made me furious. But overall, for office workers who like strategy but don't have much time to play, this game can really be tried. Anyway, what I look forward to most every day now is to get on the subway, take out my mobile phone, and fight for 300 rounds with players from an unknown city across from me✌️
Finally, a friendly reminder, don't sit past the station, and don't ask me how I know.