Bobtree
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Factorio & Parkasaurus have left early access.
New psychedelic shooter from Llamasoft.
Auro has been ported to the Unity engine.
Maybe after 9 years I can finally play Auro in landscape on my iPad like it should have been all along
I take it you’ll be streaming this game? (Get it – streaming?)
Anyway, my question is serious – are they even allowed to mention Superman? Isn’t that like, a well known IP?
This has been popping up in my youtube list recently, and it seems like a cute variation on a city builder. It’s in EA:
Bobtree
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This is early access, but it looks like an oversight to have both a demo and F2P, or maybe it will have a price in the future.
2D platformer racing.
I grabbed Spiritfarer off Game Pass (console) today, and spent the day playing it. It is certainly an odd beast, but I’m really, really enjoying it. A game about Death… with no violence. It’s very chill, but at the same time you’re always moving along doing a seemingly ever-increasing amount of stuff. In fact, if I have any complaints, it’s that four hours in and it still feels like I’m in a tutorial somewhat.
I got an invite to the beta and got to play basically through the whole game. It’s pretty wonderful, although I’m hoping they shored up some stuff about the story that misfired a little bit for me. Regardless, the gameplay overall–most of the minigames and the collecting and building–kept me engaged through the whole game. And the art, animation, and music are absolutely top notch.
Animal Shelter Simulator sure is something. I love the sudden change of direction into horror at the end.
kerzain
3907
I hope by “change to horror” it means it becomes social commentary on unwanted pets, euthanasia, and pet overpopulation. And I hope all the killed pets come back for revenge.
Even though I wouldn’t play that because the topic is too depressing.
DeepT
3908
I absolutely agree on this. There is no way I can play a game like this.
He meant the trailer, and the “change to horror” in there is you trying to lasso an alligator, which attacks you and *cut*.
kerzain
3910
I couldn’t watch the trailer at the time, I was laying in bed next to my sleeping wife when I saw the post. I assume the trailer is loud and gruesome.
That game seems like a set up… When you are shown a puppy and the choices are ‘keep it’ or ‘leave it’ who’s ever going to pick leave it?
Bobtree
3913
Lethal 2D weapon-based fighter. This makes me want a new Bushido Blade.
Space sim ARPG.
Cartoony sequel. Skill Up liked it.
Kolbex
3914
I’ve been wanting this ever since the first, and semi-regretted it when BB2 came out. Griefhelm looks cool. Can’t bite at that price, but I’ll keep my eye on it.
Bobtree
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I played a lot of the original but only bought #2, which I still enjoyed. My real disappointment was thinking that Kengo: Master of Bushido would be similar.
I suspect my indignation didn’t quite come across in my original post. :) It’s not loud and gruesome, it just seems spectacularly misjudged. It’s your typical low-budget “simulator” game, except someone apparently thought simulating the depressing life of running an animal shelter would be a great subject for a game.
There’s a weird juxtaposition of “Caring For Your Unicorn” style minigames, and depicting a concrete and wire hellhole that’s your typical inner city animal shelter. The animation of putting your newly captured puppy into a cage is so bad it looks like you’re throwing the poor thing onto the concrete floor, after which it suddenly develops a limp that wasn’t there before! Of course you fix it with a couple of band-aids - all better! Later you get to separate two fighting dogs in a kennel because you were… dumb enough to put them in together in the first place I guess? Nothing a band-aid can’t fix, I imagine. Then without warning there’s an alligator in a kennel (!) that you’re trying to catch with a dog noose, and it launches itself at your face (cut to title).
I mean for all I know it could be Frog Fractions 4.
Are you implying Smaug isn’t crate trained and sleeps in the main house at night? Le gasp!
