Clash of Clans (Coc for short) and Flappy Bird are the two symbols of the downfall of mobile gaming. Coc is not very fun to play. It proves that all you need to do to create a top app store game is a very slow campaign mode, but with lots of small little objectives to make it seem like you're making good progress. It seems that everyone's goal who plays Coc is to upgrade everything and "max out." This goal takes an incredibly long time to accomplish and will have addicts playing Coc nonstop. Forget about the actual fun and excitement of gameplay; all you need is a constant flow of missions and objectives and you've got the number one app on the app store.
The other thing about Coc that I really hate is the freemium nature of the game. The game is designed to be slow and tedious, but you can easily speed up the process as long as you are willing to pay them large sums of money. It's a free game, and yet they've made so much money that they can afford full-scale TV commercials. These commercials are paid for by the addicts who are paying real money on a free game. All in all, Clash of Clans can suck my Coc.
Flappy Bird is the other sign of the mobile gaming apocalypse. How does an incredibly simple, poorly designed game instantly become the top game on the app store? Doesn't the complete and total monotony of the game ever get boring? I guess people are so frustrated with how hard an easy-looking game can be. Flappy Bird thrives on frustration and all those negative emotions.
The other thing about Flappy Bird that is direct proof of the mobile gaming industry's downfall is deaths. I heard that there have been eight deaths that resulted from Flappy Bird, including the maker himself committing suicide because he can't handle the publicity. Why die over a stupid trifle like Flappy Bird? EDIT: Most of the stuff in this paragraph is probably fiction.
Even though the last paragraph is fictitious, the numerous death threats the maker of this came has received is a problem. Have a problem with Flappy bird? Get over it and play something a lot better like DP:PB2.