You know what the difference between Super Amazing Wagon Adventure and Organ Trail is? Organ Trail is fun. I went into this thinking that Organ Trail would be exactly the same as SAWA – a one-joke, boring parody. I was wrong. There’s gameplay. And choices. And macabre humor. And…you know…fun. This is a better parody than SAWA ever was, and it’s actually a game to boot.
Author: LepcisMagna
Osmos
Osmos may be a simple game, but it’s so peacefully addictive that I can’t fault it. Like single player, ambient, agar.io.
Anomaly: Warzone Earth
A reverse tower defense game that could almost scrape by as a phone or flash game. I think I could play it on an iPhone and have fun, but there just isn’t enough there to make it worth my full attention. This may be because I was limited to an hour, but it just didn’t seem to have depth.
Overgrowth
I first played a game called “Lugaru” back in 2005/2006. In Lugaru, you played Turner, a ninja assassin rabbit – the combat was varied and interesting, since you played as a very low-health, high-speed character with an astounding jump (because, you know…rabbit). Later, they announced a sequel (yet to be titled). I pre-purchased it, and waited. Actually, I’m pretty sure I bought it three times – once on their website when it was made available for pre-purchase, once in a Humble Bundle, and once on Steam (because I forgot both the email and the password to my original account). During this time, they came out with hundreds of alpha builds (I played a few) in addition to lore-building comics and concept art. Twelve years after, Overgrowth was released. And people complain about Star Citizen taking a while. THEY DON’T KNOW THE MEANING OF THE WORDS “worth the wait”.
Craft the World
I didn’t realize how bored I could be of a game just by reading its title. I’m sure this could be a fine game, but in a genre so super-saturated it needs to be stellar for me to even consider it.
Super Hexagon
This is a fun game – it feels a bit simple, but it is certainly challenging. I would put this game in Tier One, except for one thing – I’ve played Thumper. I’m not suggesting that these are the same games – but they’re the same type of rhythm avoidance game, and Thumper is the far more enjoyable one. Still, I will likely pick this up after playing out Thumper, and there are far worse things you can spend $3 on. Unless you get motion sick – in which case, this is probably the worst thing to spend money on. See that screenshot? Everything is spinning and you’re the triangle.
Super Amazing Wagon Adventure
I’ve discovered my tolerance for funny, one-joke games has entirely disappeared. RIP.
Euro Truck Simulator 2
I’ve tried getting into Euro Truck Simulator 2 a couple of times, but never quite “got” it – it just felt like a dressed up version of Desert Bus (you just can’t beat the developer commentary in the remaster). This time, however, it clicked. As I was driving in to Glasgow, the rain started falling while I was listening to Time After Time on some Polish radio station. It felt good. It felt peaceful. My commute isn’t that long these days, so this gives the perfect excuse to catch up on Podcasts. I can definitely see myself playing this for many hours (even if it has Train Simulator levels of DLC problems) – though I’m now tempted to get a racing wheel….
Viscera Cleanup Detail
This is a joke that gets boring after about five minutes. This is what would happen if Goat Simulator tried to take itself seriously. This is the definition of Tier Three – A game just not worth “finishing”. That’s a pity, because it has a good joke in there somewhere.
Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen
The Dragon’s Dogma starting village is the first game town that has ever felt real to me. As I was walking between two buildings, I suddenly realized that this felt exactly like walking around an old, eastern European town that’s been built and rebuilt since the middle ages. Besides the layout, being able to enter any building is always nice – buildings aren’t just placed to make the place feel large. But then, I realized I had to climb on top of a building for a quest and I was very, very happy. I’ll take this game over “We place half our guards on the roofs because reasons” Creed any day. Even with dragons, magic, and companions that literally fall out of thin air, it feels more realistic than Italy during the renaissance.