Pleased Friday, everybody 🙂 Hope you have had an incredible week – and welcome again to my weekly cellular recreation suggestion roundup based mostly on probably the most attention-grabbing video games I performed and that had been lined on MiniReview this week. Hope you may get pleasure from it 🙂
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This episode features a distinctive arcade platformer, a enjoyable roguelike racing fight recreation, an informal indie technique recreation, one other tackle the reverse bullet-hell style, and a large Motion RPG journey recreation.
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Let’s get to the video games:
OVIVO [Game Size: 189 MB] ($1.99)
Style: Platform / Arcade – Offline
Orientation: Panorama
Required Consideration: Full
tl;dr overview by AlexSem:
OVIVO is an uncommon black-and-white platformer during which we information a small sphere via a collection of surreal ranges by altering its coloration to alter the path of gravity.
Every stage contains a advanced black-and-white picture with a number of slopes, shapes, and graphics objects, certainly one of which serves as our beginning location. We navigate these ranges utilizing left and proper motion buttons, whereas a 3rd button permits us to merge with the closest impediment to alter coloration.
So long as our sphere character is black, it falls straight via white areas, whereas black objects function obstacles. As soon as we modify to white, we begin “falling” upwards, with white objects now turning into the obstacles.
This straightforward mechanic creates an attention-grabbing platforming gameplay expertise – and particularly as a result of momentum is conserved between black-white transitions, permitting us to succeed in seemingly inaccessible locations by switching coloration at simply the best time. Using that is wanted not solely to progress but additionally to assemble all of the collectibles, a few of which require a number of talent and precision to seize.
To make issues even trickier, we have to keep away from sharp objects, as they destroy our sphere and pressure us to restart on the nearest checkpoint. Thankfully, we’ve an infinite variety of retries, so the sport by no means turns into too hardcore or irritating.
OVIVO is a $1.99 premium recreation with out advertisements or iAPs. It takes time to get the cling of the bizarre management mechanics, however after enjoying via a few ranges, it turns into pure and fairly enjoyable to simply breeze via the degrees whereas listening to the sport’s calm, meditative music.
App Retailer: Right here
Street Redemption Cell [Total Game Size: 1.2 GB] (Free Trial)
Style: Racing / Arcade / Roguelike / Fight – Offline
Orientation: Panorama
Required Consideration: Full
tl;dr overview by NimbleThor:
Street Redemption Cell is the port of a brutally violent roguelike fight racing recreation the place we experience throughout the US whereas taking down opposing bikers utilizing gory melee and ranged weapons. The PC model was initially developed as a religious successor to Street Rash.
The sport is structured as one lengthy fast-paced race cut up into separate randomized missions, reminiscent of beating others to the end line, or eliminating a variety of bikers by pushing them into oncoming visitors, decapitating them with our sword, and even utilizing explosives to blow them up.
Each time we end a mission, we get some money and XP to spend on gadgets and power-ups that final till we die. Since well being is persistent throughout missions, we’ve to be very cautious to not take harm – which is simpler stated than accomplished because the slightest improper transfer sends us flying via the air.
Once we die for good, we get to spend our XP on an enormous talent tree that makes it simpler to get additional the subsequent time. A few of these upgrades even allow us to skip the primary few missions.
The art-style is clearly impressed by arcade racers, and it’s an incredible match for the gameplay. The maps are additionally curiously designed, with a number of difficult shortcuts. I’ve seen some complaints that the sport is locked to 30 FPS, nevertheless it didn’t negatively impression my expertise.
The controls take some getting used to, however I discovered them to work effectively as soon as I turned on “auto handbrake” and began utilizing buttons as a substitute of the joystick or tilt choices. There’s additionally Bluetooth controller assist.
Street Redemption Cell is free to strive, with a single $7.99 iAP to unlock the total marketing campaign and one other game-mode. Whereas it lacks the multiplayer it sports activities on PC, it’s positively price a strive for any fan fight racers.
App Retailer: Right here
S-kladom [Game Size: 10 MB] ($1.99)
Style: Technique / Informal – Offline
Orientation: Portrait
Required Consideration: Full
tl;dr overview by Pete McD:
S-kladom is a minimalistic real-time administration recreation the place we use robots to effectively manage a warehouse and ship items as rapidly as attainable, with extra packages showing at common intervals.
The twist is that we don’t instantly know which items should be delivered first, so to succeed, we should attempt to manage every part in probably the most accessible means attainable.
That is a kind of video games the place I used to be continuously trying on the countdown timer with a sinking feeling. There’s a time restrict to get our packages to the related supply pipes, and if the instruction is to ship 19 brown smiley-face containers, we’re in massive hassle if we’ve left them on the reverse finish of the warehouse.
Our bots can solely transfer three crates at a time and might simply get caught behind containers – or one another – until we plan effectively. And simply to make issues tougher, there’s even a ‘fog-of-war’, which means we are able to’t see what among the containers are till our bots get shut sufficient to look at them.
Regardless of the issue – or perhaps due to it – S-kladom is a number of enjoyable.
The minimalistic graphics work in its favor as a result of they permit us to see issues clearly. And if the issue is an excessive amount of, there are a great deal of settings, reminiscent of eradicating the ‘fog-of-war’, including a grid as a visible assist, and better of all for me, rising the timers. All of this helps to tailor the sport so the problem is extra enjoyable than irritating.
S-kladom prices $1.99. Individuals who get pleasure from logic puzzles will certainly benefit from the problem this recreation affords.
App Retailer: Right here
DarkSurvival [Game Size: 189 MB] (Free)
Style: Reverse Bullet-Hell / Bullet Heaven / Arcade – On-line
Orientation: Portrait
Required Consideration: Full
tl;dr overview by NimbleThor:
DarkSurvival is a reverse bullet-hell motion recreation the place enemies storm at us from all sides whereas we use our normal assault and automatically-triggering skills to beat the target of every recreation mode.
Our first character’s weapon is melee, forcing us to get dangerously near the enemies. Fortunately, each time we stage up throughout a run, we get to choose certainly one of three random skills that make it simpler to outlive. And though these aren’t as attention-grabbing as in 20 Minutes Until Daybreak, it’s enjoyable to experiment with completely different potential combos.
Throughout the style, DarkSurvival falls nearer to Survivor.io than Magic Survival, which implies equipable loot, upgradeable gadgets, and stat factors spent on bettering every of the distinctive characters – but additionally each day login rewards, free and paid battle passes, and quests.
What actually units the sport aside, nevertheless, are the numerous recreation modes. Whereas the traditional mode provides us of 12 minutes to defeat two bosses throughout numerous issue tiers, the infinite mode has us survive for so long as attainable, and others present various kinds of experiences by altering the principles and aims.
Sadly, there isn’t any data on how a lot harm skills deal, the English translation is a bit so-so, and an vitality system limits how lengthy we are able to play. On the brilliant facet, the infinite mode doesn’t require vitality, and we are able to simply play for an hour with out working out.
DarkSurvival monetizes via iAPs for beauty skins, a season go, gadgets, and an expensive $7.99 buy to take away the incentivized advertisements. Fortunately, none of those really feel strictly essential to progress.
With so many enjoyable recreation modes and a great quantity of everlasting development, DarkSurvival has a really excessive stage of replayability, in order a darkish, extra gritty, model of Survivor.io, it’s price a strive.
App Retailer: Right here
Torchlight: Infinite (Recreation Measurement: 4.7 GB] (Free)
Style: RPG / Motion – On-line
Orientation: Panorama
Required Consideration: Full
tl;dr overview by NimbleThor:
Torchlight Infinite is a loot-heavy 3D motion RPG with a phenomenal open world, a deep talent customization system, and fast-paced hack’n’slash fight.
After deciding on certainly one of 5 character courses, we’re dropped straight into the in-game world, the place we full quests and slay 1000’s of enemies whereas growing our character via expertise bushes.
The sport has virtually every part you’d count on from a high-quality ARPG, reminiscent of loot that drops to the bottom, pets, occasions, and a player-to-player market. The whole lot besides co-op, sadly – though we are able to nonetheless see different gamers on the town and chat with them.
What units Torchlight Infinite aside is its deep talent system. Not solely can we purchase 200+ completely different abilities, however additionally they stage up the extra we use them and could be drastically custom-made by way of talent modifiers. For instance, a modifier may decrease the harm of a talent however improve its variety of projectiles. This and the quick expertise tree upgrades created a way of fixed development that I actually loved.
Sadly, the early fight is very easy we are able to simply stand nonetheless whereas attacking enemies. To be truthful, plowing via 1000’s of monsters is enjoyable in its personal proper, and the bosses do ultimately change into tough sufficient that dodging is important.
The brilliant sci-fi-meets-fantasy artwork fashion seems to be unbelievable, however the loot we equip doesn’t seem on our character, and most talent animations really feel a bit underwhelming. And whereas the controls are good, there’s no Bluetooth controller assist.
Torchlight Infinite monetizes by way of a battle go, limited-time gross sales, and iAPs for a gacha system with auto-looting pets that additionally give very massive stat boosts. Whereas the pay-to-win isn’t as heavy as in Diablo Immortal, it’s not nice – so do not get sucked in. On the brilliant facet, there’s no PvP.
It’s a recreation that will get near being nice, so so long as you don’t count on it to be something just like the PC Torchlight video games, you may be capable of get pleasure from it for some time (till you end the story half).
App Retailer: Right here
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Google Sheet of all video games I’ve performed to this point (searchable and filter-able): https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1bf0OxtVxrboZqyEh01AxJYUUqHm8tEfh-Lx-SugcrzY/edit?usp=sharing
TL;DR Video Abstract (with gameplay) of final week’s video games: https://youtu.be/F5uJojUMvTo
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