03.11.16

Okay, so today's the "new releases on Steam" special. I went through the entire week's games this morning. I feel like my judgement gets biased if I look through these games for too long, so there were about 3 games that I hesitated upon, but didn't end up adding to my backlog.

In hindsight, I realize why the amount of games spiked some two weeks ago. Halloween, obviously, but it's not celebrated where I live, so I blame my ignorance on that.

Another observation I wish to make is that there are a whole lot of VR games being made. Seems the craze is still going strong, although my personal opinion on them so far is that you can't really make a good game in VR. The input options are a bit more limited, and movement in-game is always a tough problem to tackle. I am therefore instantly skeptical when it comes to VR games.

But with that out of the way, here's some of last week's releases that I'm probably going to try someday in the future:

Tiger Knight: Empire War is apparently like if you took the combat portion of singleplayer Mount & Blade, and made it into multiplayer. It's free, so I'll probably take a look at it sooner, rather than later, but the concept seems a bit too good to actually be good.

Yomawari: Night Alone is some sort of horror adventure game. I don't generally like these kinds, but this one seems irresistibly cute.

Then there's Clockwork Empires, which finally released. Although its ratings have constantly been on the not-so-good side ever since it's been playable... *checks appearance date* ...2 years ago. Time sure flies. So, I won't expect to like it, but since it's made by the people who made Dungeons of Dredmor, I kinda feel like I owe it a quick try at the very least.

Something a little different - Orwell - is a "privacy invasion simulator", although it's not actually a simulator, and more of a story. Comes in 5 episodes, and the first one's available for free as a demo of the game. It's got potential to be interesting, but I've heard it's too linear, and the story portion is nothing astounding.

And an honorable mention to Carmageddon: Max Damage. I won't be playing it, but I just wanted to share the lovely video it has of itself. Here you go.