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This game is currently in the Humble Choice for September 2024, and this is part of my coverage of the bundle. If you are interested in the game and it's before October 1st, 2024, consider picking up the game as part of the current monthly bundle.

Dealing with the worst part of driving.

You Suck at Parking has players attempting to park in a few parking spaces laid out across large levels. Players need to park the cars in the spots in a limited time, being rewarded with an extra gold marker if they do without mistakes. This sounds like a strange concept, but it’s an enjoyable experience. Players will have to navigate levels, memorize patterns, and use precise movements to get their cars where they have to go. The challenge is execution rather than speed.

However, some levels are more annoying than others. There’s a good amount of them, but players will get through them pretty quickly. The online multiplayer has been active for a while because of Humble Choice, but quite dead. When the game originally came out, you could easily find 8 players to challenge. Now, after two minutes, I was only seeing 4 players. A shame, because online is fun and hectic.

Pick this up if you want a little arcadey game where you have to park cars in whacky locations. The level design here works well, and there’s an enjoyable challenge that continues to raise the bar across all the levels with some clever concepts. There are also harder bonus levels but this means players will be pushed to their limits.

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City Skylines in Space

Infraspace is a city-builder, but takes place on an alien world. The entire game revolves around building a functioning society. Traffic will become a problem before long with the setup, but the focus of the game is to harvest resources, study technologies, and eventually repair a spaceship with the materials found on the surface. Everything is done by building locations designed for certain purposes and making sure there are enough resources to cover all the needs of society.

And yet I wonder what’s difficult here? I don’t know if there’s a genuine challenge. Players can build far and wide, and while that means the resource network might take longer to get going, I don’t think it actually will harm the player in the long run. Players can easily drop a few Wind Turbines in a remote corner to power harvesters for instance and the game seems to find this acceptable. As a concept, this is good, but I’ve seen this done far better elsewhere.

Pick this up if you want to play Cities Skylines in Space. So much of this is about routing traffic, but it also lacks much of what makes that difficult in other games, because you can just keep building outwards almost infinitely. Maybe I’m missing something and aliens will attack in the next five minutes, but I don’t think so, I think is just a relatively chill, easy city builder.

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Slay The Spire with Dice!

Astrea gets its inspiration from Slay the Spire, but it changes one thing. One thing that makes this a completely original game. Players will draw dice from their deck, but then also have to roll the die, so the die that players choose now gives one of six results. But beyond that, the die can be modified, the die can be re-rolled, converted, discarded, and more. There are so many interlocked systems and choices in this game, I am quite amazed.

This still does feel a lot like something you have played before. There are several characters, each character has a unique ability, and there are three levels each with a boss. Elite monsters and more. It’s well designed, but it’s also a feeling you’ve seen much of this before, whether that’s a comfortable mold, or something you’re trying to get away from, is up to you to decide.

Pick this up if you like dice games, or Slay the Spire. This is a great fresh take on the concept, but it also feels like a safe bet for the developers. One that doesn’t risk too much. Players will be comfortable here, though the dice does add an interesting and deep twist to the entire game.

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This game is currently in the Humble Choice for September 2024, and this is part of my coverage of the bundle. If you are interested in the game and it's before October 1st, 2024, consider picking up the game as part of the current monthly bundle.

A Tactical battle game.

Lost Eidolons is a tactical RPG. Players will move their units and then allow the enemy to move themselves. With the option for permadeath and more, it reminds me a lot of Fire Emblem or Symphony of War, only without the anime style. There’s a weapon swap system and the armor the opponent wearing matters more than the weapon they are wielding, so for heavy armor you’d want to use an axe. Unfortunately, so far, the game is straightforward. Combine your attack with others to overtake one enemy at a time. Eventually, you start getting magic that will heal your party and I assume there’s a camp system mentioned a few times right around the corner.

However, Lost Eidolons also feels a little weak. The game has good lip sync for the characters, but not a ton of animation, so characters feel static while talking. Outside of battle, characters talk in a group but it looks weird seeing only one character speaking at a time, where this could have been a cut scene or just showed four characters talking. I also hope the games are much more tactical. At the current time, it’s pretty easy, but this is a 60-hour game, and I’m just scratching the surface. Finally, there’s a cool feature in the opening battle where it looks like the player is in a large riot, and that hasn’t come around again in the first three chapters. I hope there are more clever tricks like that.

Pick this up if you’re a fan of tactical games, especially unit-based ones, and of course Symphony of War, Fire Emblem, and maybe even Wargroove or such. This has a lot of tactical potential, but it also will depend on how aggressive the AI gets or the level design is. Still, it’s a meaty campaign so those who give this a shot will have their fill, whether it’s something they enjoy or if the luster wears off.

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A classic Collectathon

SpongeBob SquarePants: The Cosmic Shake is impressive. You can just tell someone to put in the extra effort in everything on this title. The cut scenes are well-animated with a style that is way above what I was expecting. The story is well told; the writing is quite funny. But with it being a collectathon it’s going to be about the levels, and Cosmic Shake has an impressive layout for the first area, and the first true level, as well as a funny concept.

However, there are still some issues I have found. I saw three different times players rode a horse, and all three of them had rough transitions between the horse gameplay and the main gameplay, making me think I failed each time. I didn’t, it just wasn’t smooth. Also, sometimes players will be confused about what is expected of them, but not too often. The controls are smooth. It’s more of a question of what is possible.

One thing I will bring up is the voice cast. The entire cast is back to my knowledge, and it brings me back to the original cartoon. I do want to call out Bill Fagerbakke. His line delivery as Patrick made me laugh so many times in the first hour.

Pick this up if you’re a fan of Spongebob, or just like a good collectathon. The level design here is great. The characters are their classic self, and the story here is compelling. It feels like a large-scale episode, and that’s what you would want in a Spongebob game. This was a very pleasant surprise.

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Stardew Valley 2.0

Coral Island feels like a massive upgrade to the Stardew Valley game. The graphics are extremely vibrant. It feels like the farm is much larger, and there are no screen transitions between areas. There are 52 townsfolk with at least 165 total NPC in the games, along with more animals than I could imagine, and it is a whole new world waiting for the player to explore.

However, it’s still exactly like Stardew, and while there are some new features like catching bugs, the core loop is the same. Granted, this is designed for people who have played out Stardew Valley, but that’s also a problem because if you aren’t already a fan of Stardew Valley, this won’t appeal, and Stardew is probably the better starting point.

As a special treat, I asked my daughter who is also a fan of Stardew about the game, and she said she likes the large map, which is huge. And there’s a lot to do. She’s still meeting new people on her 9th day in. Though she experienced a little lag when moving between areas, she also is playing on the Xbox Series S, so that might be only on that console.

She thinks it’s super cute, loving the museum, and interacting with pets, which I did for entirely too long. They are just adorable. And Spiker Doo is the best name ever for a dog. Finally, she didn’t like fishing, which is fair enough.

Pick this up if you want more Stardew. I wish I could go deeper, but honestly; I think you already know if you are a fan of this type of game, and if you want a new one, this is extremely well-designed for the right audience. I will mention that some features are still not here. I saw this game in Early Access and wanted to wait until it was released. They delivered on the promise of the series, but stuff like co-op is not available yet. Though it is on the road map, so expect this game to continue to improve over the years. Hopefully, the closing of Humble Games doesn’t affect the road map too much.

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Why won’t you do the job?

Stranded Alien Dawn is made by the same company that makes Tropico and Surviving Mars. For Stranded, you have a squad of four characters who survive a spaceship crash and the player will decide actions that your group needs to carry out. Players might have their team observe plants, and animals, and gather resources to build shelter. It’s a typical survival game, including alien monsters that will become very hostile.

However, as I played Stranded Alien Dawn, I just got more frustrated. I wanted my characters to observe a plant. Only one or two characters could do that. Scavenging was limited to a couple of characters. For most of my playtime, two of my characters sat around being idle, and the game didn’t give me clear guidance on why they did nothing. Perhaps it’s about the actual skills the characters had, but they should have had enough. There’s a huge lack of information and it became far more frustrating than anything, and before I knew it I was bum rushed by 16 beetles, who killed my team because I hadn’t researched Weapons yet and couldn’t defend myself.

Admittedly, some of this will probably come from tutorials and more. But it also just doesn’t feel intuitive at all to understand what characters are thinking or wanting to do. There’s a level of micromanagement here that seems unrealistic for what the game is offering.

Pick this up if you’re willing to invest a long time into the game. However, the frustrations I felt with Stranded are similar to the Frustrations I had with Tropico and Surviving Mars. It’s probably just what this developer wants to make at this point in their career. There’s a solid fanbase for this type of game, but it’s like pulling teeth just to understand what’s going on.


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This is how to do a Marvel game.

Guardians of the Galaxy was a movie I thought would be Marvel’s first flop. I was wrong. The thing is the Guardians of the Galaxy Marvel chose are likable, interesting characters, with a lot of great dynamics between the characters that allow them to have interesting stories. Rather than going for the same actors in the movies, this is a different tale, a unique take, and a new look, but it all works.

The story is enjoyable; the characters banter pretty effectively, there’s a couple of fresh mechanics like the Huddle up, and the pacing is just right. I even love how the boss is dealt with at the end of the first chapter.

Still, I think if you’re not already a Guardians of the Galaxy fan, this might not change your mind. The movie isn’t required viewing but does help set up the dynamics of the group faster, though it is well told here. The gameplay is solid, but also it’s probably not going to be the deepest experience. Honestly, the biggest problem is Square said this wasn’t a great seller after everyone went crazy about it, so this is it. Also, for some reason, sometimes the button prompts were the Playstation version and sometimes they were the Xbox version, very strange, though I am using an 8bitdo Ultimate, so maybe that’s confusing it.

Pick this up if you like Marvel Movies, superheroes, sci-fi, humor, or interesting environments. This won’t be for everyone, but if you’re even slightly interested, I would recommend this one.

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FTL meets Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime.

If you immediately want me to say FTL here, yeah you’re on track. You move around the ship and can control various systems, but there’s a lot more here. First, this feels designed for multiplayer. You do recruit AI Companions but also can do local or online multiplayer, which will probably become hectic. There’s a bit more micromanagement of the ship itself here, which is very similar to Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime, and it’s a good mix. I was able to beat the second boss and that boss had an interesting mechanic as well, that I won’t spoil.

On the other side, this does feel like it’s designed for multiple players, so playing single-player is fine, but I wondered if I was missing out a bit. I still haven’t figured out most of the systems, and while the first run was ok, the second run seemed to be blessing me with every type of bonus so I was a lot more powerful. You unlock more stuff as you level up throughout the game as well, so there’s probably a lot of progression that can be done through multiple runs.

Pick this up if you like FTL. Yeah, it’s FTL plus a few other things, but I think this is a little weaker than FTL, rather than a merging of two distinct styles. Still, as a concept this is excellent, and if you can get a few people playing, this would be a total blast with a group, but even alone I think is worth checking out.

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A dull visual novel.

Universe For Sale sounds like a good concept. The game is set on Jupiter, with all the characters having to hide from Acid Rain, there’s inventive character designs, and races. This honestly feels like it’s one of the most innovative attempts to build a world, and there are some interesting philosophy and thoughts involved in it. The main character meets with a woman who is said to be able to shape universes.

And after an hour I felt like I was falling asleep. There’s no voice, and the text is boring, as innovative as the world-building was, there’s nothing that made me want to play on. I feel like I’m missing something and it’s anything exciting or interesting enough to keep playing. There’s nothing wrong, just nothing that interesting.

Pick this up if you must have a visual novel with very light point-and-click puzzles. But even so, I do think this isn’t that good. Still, I am willing to think I’m missing something, but I have no clue what that would be. I’m just not enjoying this one as much as other games.


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