An on time game thread!? What timeline is it. What have you all been playing!
I’ve been playing and LOVING RE Requiem!!! The game is so, so good. I can’t wait to keep playing it!
An on time game thread!? What timeline is it. What have you all been playing!
I’ve been playing and LOVING RE Requiem!!! The game is so, so good. I can’t wait to keep playing it!
Finished Spider Man 2 early last week. Just as great as the first one. I really like how lived in the characters and the storyline is, so they can do the bigger city-ending type stuff. Now I’m really curious to see when they’ll make a third one and whether that will come to the PC eventually too (considering Sony’s looking at pivoting away from PC single player).
Started The Seance at Blake Manor and oh man is this thing scratching that Curse of the Golden Idol itch. Still don’t feel like I have my head around all the systems but I can feel it sinking its teeth into me.
Played a ton of Steam Demos, most of which I enjoyed…
Everything is Crab - Vampire Survivors + Evolution/Spore + crabs obviously
Australia Did It - Little tower defense to protect a train, then more Vampire Survivors-y as the train is in motion
Titanium Court - Match 3 strategy with a weird quirky vibe to the humor
Sniper Dan - Use a sniper rifle to solve lots of problems in this hidden object game
The Eternal Life of Goldman - Gorgeous hand-drawn style to a metroidvania. I tried enough to know I’d like it then set it down.
Let’s Build a Dungeon - Design an MMORPG, manage the studio, hire testers, and get rich.
How is Seance of Blake Manor? I heard some people facetiously call it the first Blue Prince-like. But despite that I’ve heard nothing but good things.
Also heard some mumbles raving about how good Titanium Court is, so definitely keeping an eye on it.
For how quickly Seance came out after Blue Prince, that’s probably hard to say BP influenced it. I loved the Golden Idol games and to me, it feels like that formula but in a fully 3D world you can explore, even down to building up your hypothesis in the same ways (eg: ____ (blue word) was ____ (red word) because of ____ (blue word)).
For Titanium Court, I definitely enjoyed it and wishlisted it, but I would agree that there seems to be a ton of raving about what seems like…not much there? I guess more to the point of not understanding the hype behind it. I liked the style, I chuckled at the jokes, and it seemed interesting so I’ll keep an eye on it.
I think the BP parallels came from the combination of the art style, it being set in a vast mansion and a “daily energy” mechanic. I can definitely see it from the outside even though it seems like they play nothing alike.
I’m trying to keep myself unspoiled on Titanium Court as it’s getting such buzz about its writing and world building, but definitely curious. I liked the reveal trailer video though.
I tried a few of those demos! Everything is Crab is a neat idea and I’m interested to see how different builds feel, and Sniper Dan is fun enough for a cute hidden picture game. I’d probably like it more if there were bullet drop
I think Sniper Dan was sold for me when I’m shooting the door to leave or items in a shopkeepers stall to purchase them. The only way you interact with the world is through this sniper rifle and I found that hilarious.
Good point, that’s the strongest aspect of the game! I don’t think bullet drop would add much since the challenge is mostly finding the things, but it would be nice if the scope didn’t disappear while reloading