Winter has arrived.
Cold, tired and snuggled up in an oodie.
I’ve been thinking really, really, really hard on what could possibly tie these titles together, but all I could manage is: they just really grabbed me and didn’t let go. Alongside a couple of co-op games, I’ve been playing the same handful of games for the past few weeks, and it’s time I share them with you.
Megabonk has been getting a lot of buzz lately, and I have to admit I wrote it off like another gen Z thing that I wouldn’t understand. I eventually gave in to some good old peer pressure and I’m immensely happy that I did, because this game is amazing!
My relationship with survivors-like roguelikes is a little weird, because I tend to like them and their bullet hell variety for as long as the game isn’t too flashy, but I also had never played the original Vampire Survivors until last week, so I feel like some kind of impostor. That aside, I love the genre and this one-man developed take on it delivers an amazingly addictive game with tons of things to unlock, from items to weapons, characters, etc.
I’ve been having incredible fun trying to beat the challenges and unlock the things, playing around with different builds and chuckling at the randomness.
Definitely worth a try if you’re even slightly into action roguelike games!
I think the best way I can describe Storage Looter is if Barn Finders had a voxel child with Moonlighter.
Dive into missions, clean up stuff, sell the things you found in your shop, rinse, repeat. There isn’t much more story to it. Sounds (and is) incredibly simple, but the loop grabbed onto my brain and didn’t let go.
There’s room for improvement, though I’m interested in seeing where it goes!
I’ll admit that Where Winds Meet isn’t exactly the kind of game I usually play but I’ve been watching my husband being invested, showing me cool animations and gorgeous outfits, and with a little peer pressure, I gave in and signed up, too.
At the moment, I’m taking it slow - signing in for the dailies, exploring, looting everything I come across, pick up a main quest or two and then log back off, and I’m having a lot of fun.
It is a beautiful game, with an interesting aesthetic and atmosphere. There are so many things to do that I’m sure I haven’t even scratched the surface of what this game has to offer, and on top of all that: it’s free!
Now I just need to keep myself from buying all the outfits.
I found Alchemy Factory when I was looking around to scratch a particular itch for games using conveyor belts, and I have been loving it!
Like most factory games, it starts with simple, manual crafting. You unlock more complicated recipes as you go, encouraging you to constantly change around and optimise your factory. Again. And again. And again, probably.
The game has the occasional jank that simulator games just tend to have, and I would like for there to be a few more options in the conveyor department, but other than that, the game is incredible! It scratches the alchemy and factory itches simultaneously, and that’s some feat.
At the time of writing this, there is a little hiccough with the Store page, but rest assured, the devs are on it, and you can probably buy this game soon!
I have only just started playing Fantasy Life: The Girl Who Steals Time, but I can already tell it’s going to be great!
It has cute characters, bone dragons and time travel - what’s not to love?
I can’t say much more at this time because, well, I need to go play. Bye.
