Flux is a really fun party game... if you're playing with people who make games. It's not always satisfying and can drag on for far to long. The basic premise is that all the rules and goals are constantly shifting. The premise is really the main fun of the game - the goals themselves are rather plain and the rules are only just interesting enough to keep your attention. The addition of "creeper" cards (basically, curses) only add enough fun to make them worthwhile, but nothing more.
Citadels is a pretty basic "victory point" style card game where you try to build up a city by exchanging gold for various levels and types of buildings. The key twist to this game is that you play a different character each round - each character having a specific action or trait tied to them. Overall, the game is pretty simple - and I found myself wishing I was playing Dominion instead.
*Note: Ratings are not relative to one another or comparable. They are based solely on how well the game accomplishes what they set out to do. For instance, Sleeping Dogs is a AAA (high-budget) open-world fighting/shooter/GTA clone and can't be compared to TRAUMA, which is an interactive photo-montage and very VERY indie.
Thoughts below the break.
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The good: Incredible art direction and sound design. Fun to look at and worth sticking around some areas just to hear the music. Impressive range for an iPad.
The bad: Game is pretentious enough to throw off experienced gamers but requires a high enough level of game literacy to be inaccessible to casual gamers.
The ugly: design is clunky. For a puzzle game, the interface is not responsive enough and there is little to go on for some of the pairing and touch-based gestures.
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The good: Very engaging story and character work, with a nice balance between the character's warring emotions. Enough to keep the player coming back after each chapter. Shooting mechanics are much better than Rockstar's. Driving is also improved. For an open world game, there is good direction to keep the player on track.
The bad: The tensions built up between the character's allegiances throughout the game is poorly addressed in the final chapters. Disappointing for a game driven primarily by cut scene plot.
The ugly: For a game that relies mostly on combat, fighting mechanics are clunky and oppressive. Environmental attacks and blocks are extremely overpowered. The best strategy is just to wait to get hit - maybe true for real life fighting but boring for games.
4. Really pleasant game, though quite short (it is a prototype after all). Could easily see this turned into a full title. Mechanics are intuitive and passed along without all the excessive-text tutorials all games seem to have these days. Reminiscent of Flow or Flower in a number of ways.
5. This game shows a lot of promise in the first few chapters but never reaches its full potential. Clunky UI (the timeline only extends to the furthest key frame, you have to click an item to select it before animating, you cannot scrub through the timeline to observe animations) inhibits natural engagement while a supreme lack of difficulty progression prevents the player from growing. Overall, achieves its goal of passing on simple animation concepts but misses the mark for developing a fun and interesting game to surround it.
This site is woefully underused so I think I will re appropriate it for what I am actually interested in these days. I'm playing games. Like... a lot of games. And this is where I am going to track them. Please feel free to unfollow me if this sort of thing does not interest you. There will be good games and bad games here. For now - I will give a brief rating and maybe... just maybe some thoughts. But I doubt anyone but me will care for those.
Gangnam Style Tribute of the Day: In the first collegiate cover of “Gangnam Style,” the University of Oregon’s Donald Duck mascot enlists the cheerleaders and a bunch of hot guys to recreate PSY’s infamous dance moves.
Strangely well played…
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I'm going back to school soon. Knowing how much time I spent on the internet last time I was in school, this tumblr will probably be seeing a lot more life in a few months.
"The multiplayer is a-mazing. That is why this has quickly skyrocketed to probably my favorite game to play online that is an arcade game." - Roosterteeth
It is my extreme honor to announce to the tumblrsphere that Apples to Apples will be coming to Xbox, PS3, Facebook, and Mobile this holiday season. This is what I have been doing with my life (that is, producing) for the last 10 months. I hope some of you will enjoy it :D
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