xpress: Not all games are created equal, while some gamers are into soccer games others are into fighting games but by consensus most people tend to like some games a lot more than others. This might be as a result of various factors that depends ultimately on how compelling, challenging and addictive a game is.
Studies carried out by us has shown the games below to be the favorite most played among individuals in Nigeria:
Temple Run
Temple Run is a endless running video game that has been downloaded over a 1billion times on the Google's Play store alone. In the game, you play as an archeologist who has stolen a cursed idol from the temple, and now has to run for his life to escape the Evil Demon Monkeys chasing him.
All the various versions of Temple Run (1, 2, Brave..) are so rampant on android devices here in Naija that you will be forgiven to think it comes pre-installed. You can hardly find a touchscreen phone without a Temple Run game, if you think you've seen one its probably because you didn't check well. A particular reason for its popularity comes from the fact that it appeals to both male and female and it gets really interesting when you are aiming to beat a friends high-score. Its a fun way to pass time...well up until the point when you get tired of playing it.
God of War Series
God of War is arguably the next best thing after food and s**. You play as Kratos, an ex-Spartan warrior driven to destroy Ares, the God of War. Armed with lethal double chainblades, Kratos embarks on a merciless quest that lets you carve through mythology's darkest creatures including Medusa, Cyclops, the Hydra and more, while solving intricate puzzles in breathtaking environments.
Every version of GOW is no only challenging its also amazingly addictive. You can literally play GOW for countless hours without eating or bathing and you wouldnt care less. Its available on Sony PSP, PS2 and the PS3
ZUMA
Zuma is a PC game that basically allows users to point and shoot at balls of the same color. You control a <strong>frog</strong> at the center of the screen, firing colored balls at a chain of other balls as they creeps along a path towards a statue's mouth. Your task is to stop them arriving. Every few levels there's a boss fight. The storyline is a lot more complicated as it entails a lost frog which has found itself up against the angry island god Zuma.
Most people play ZUMA at work, to pass time or generally when there is nothing else better to do. Its not fun but its really addictive. Unless you hate puzzle games, you'll find you can't stop playing Zuma's Revenge!
FIFA/PES
Until recently, FIFA never really had a foothold in Naija despite its popularity everywhere else. But things change quick, FIFA has continued to develop and improve over the years to become the soccer game of choice for the majority, hardly now can you find a gaming PC or console without Fifa installed and it helps that Fifa's career mode makes mad sense.
Likewise, Pro Evolution Soccer (PES) has always been awesome. It had almost total domination of all console at some point, then most people literally didn't even know what Fifa was...up until Konami decided to mess everything up by gradually trying to imitate EA. Although, even the great house PES had to bend the knee to house Winning Eleven which ruled all of PlayStation back in the days too. That aside, it has still remained a firm favorite among most soccer gamers and you'll almost always find it in any game-station across town, besides has better gameplay and graphics.
From the list its safe to say the most played games are not always defined by graphics or blockbuster titles. Every game has a shoot at been a household or personal fav of anyone so long as its interestingly compelling enough. Take Temple Run for example, you are been chased by human chowing apes so you have to keep running or ZUMA...you wont know when you'd scream!! in the office or during lectures after you miss a shoot. There is a good reason why games like Flappy Bird are popular and its not because or there graphics, it because they are really really addictive.

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