5513

Can you load rosters from the early 90s? I feel like I would want that if I played this game. :D

Also do you know of a good Sensible Soccer throwback?

5514

100% on my wishlist. Love the visual choices and especially how much of the field you can see (a lot) on screen.

5515

To be honest I’m not seeing much Exile in this, other than the BBC Micro-era graphics. It’s a straight up puzzle game, get past each level by wakling your dudes to the elevator. So far I’m about halfway through, and the levels are either stupidly easy, or frustratingly difficult because the fluid physics don’t quite do what you expect. But for three bucks it and its sequel are pretty good if you need a puzzly diversion.

The other game I picked up recently is this…

… and it’s fantastic so far. It came through some hearty recommendations by the Dusk dev, and he’s right. It feels like a cross between playing Dear Esther (because it’s beautifully atmospheric) and Morrowind (because it’s weird and RPG-like), except possibly on drugs. It’s based on Norwegian folk mythology so it’s deeply strange. It says a lot that so far the most frightening creature I’ve encountered is a sheep. No, really. Brrrrr. Those, and the mosquitos that are as large as a truck.

5516

I’m playing Northern Journey right now as well, and yeah, it’s really good.

Spoken like a man that hasn’t met the giant ticks yet. Eugh.

5517

Presumably the same ones that have finished feeding on those sheep!

I have to say the invertebrates in this game are modelled with deep love and affection for the source material!

5518

Well I did say it was a 'physics-based puzzler` and looked like it had a bit of an Exile vibe, not that the gameplay was anything like it. :)

Admittedly after playing it a bit it’s not as much of a vibe as I’d thought/hoped.

And yeah, I think I got through the first third of the game in an hour or so, and it was ok.

Just when I was thinking ‘I wish they’d add a new thing’, they added a new thing a couple levels later, so the pacing felt a bit off there to me. But I get bored real easy. :P

5519

Yeah, you probably follow the same Dusk dev as me because that’s where I first saw and heard about it. It looks so dark, weird and wonderful.

5520

I can’t decide if this looks tedious or completely relaxing.

" Features

  • Unpack a home — from a single bedroom to an entire house

  • Meditative gameplay with no timers, meters or scores

  • Explore domestic environments with all their nooks and crannies while you stack plates, hang towels, and arrange bookshelves

  • Discover a character’s story through the items that come with her to each new home (and the items that get left behind)

  • Soundtrack by BAFTA award-winning composer and audio director Jeff van Dyck"

5521

It’s on Game Pass too. I’ve been meaning to check it out.

5522

Oh, snap. Thanks. I can’t keep up. I’ll try it this weekend and report back.

5523

I beat it the other day, it’s a cool little diversion. Played via Game Pass.

5524

2D Slime Rancher -like.

Puzzle platformer metroidvania.


5525

Unpacking is my current Game of the Year, if that makes a difference to you. No reason not to check it out on Game Pass!

5526

And I thought it was tedious. But I expected that going in.

5527

I remember a terrible cRPG of the late 80s/early 90s called Knights of Legend that came on 8 C64 floppy disks, I think, that was advertised as having over “200 towns and hamlets to visit” but what they didn’t tell you IIRC was that it actually only had a handful of towns/hamlets and the other 180+ places were only planned because they were so convinced this game was going to be a hit. In all fairness, it wasn’t actually a terrible game but it was one of the first attempts to simulate table-top PnP RPGs which translates into taking over an hour to clear out just a handful of low-level monsters or trashmobs. Do. Not. Want.

5528

Oh wow, I remember that game! Not because I played it, but I do recall going into the computer store at the time and longingly reading the back cover of the box. I think I like the game I imagined it to be better than the real thing.

5529

I remember only an ad with a barbarian that seemed out of place for a game with such a name!

5530

That Treasures of the Aegean actually looks kind of fun - a mix of PoP-esque platforming, adventure,
spelunking, puzzles, metrovanian climb & dash, topped with smooth animation.

5531

This looks incredibly cute. Definitely getting.

5532

Yeah, really liked that!