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Palia
2023
Disjunction
2021
Blending genres is a popular trend because, when successful, it can result in a fresh experience with the best of both worlds. Disjunction is one of these hybrid games as it attempts to fuse a stealthier Metal Gear-type title with the top-down action of Hotline Miami. But this Hotline Miami Gear is far less than the sum of its disparate parts because of its imbalanced, tedious, and repetitive design.
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Disjunction
2021
Suika Game
2021
Easy to see as an absolute opposite of Tetris (and descendants) by design. The usual squared and stiff pieces here are rounded fruits that will never stop moving, not only after you drop them but as long as anything is moving along on the board. The same can be said about how both types of games manage time. The ever increasing urge to make decisions in Tetris is not explicitly here, you can take all the time in the world to decide every single move, and yet it is a game where time is fundamental. Instead of dropping pieces of fruit fast because the system forces you to, you make the drops fast (or not) because the board can and will go out of control thanks to the living chain reaction of every collision.
It could be argued that by not taking the, by now quite trite, increasing speed pressure, Suika Game isn’t that good at building tension as the game goes on. Yet, the compromise on a spatial and physical game that can never be erased, only temporarily reduced, is enough to make every cherry count until the very end. There is the notable exception of being able to mix together two watermelons consistently, though humanity is still not there to behold such a level of refinement, addiction or both.
It could be argued that by not taking the, by now quite trite, increasing speed pressure, Suika Game isn’t that good at building tension as the game goes on. Yet, the compromise on a spatial and physical game that can never be erased, only temporarily reduced, is enough to make every cherry count until the very end. There is the notable exception of being able to mix together two watermelons consistently, though humanity is still not there to behold such a level of refinement, addiction or both.
Dex
2015
Krispee Street
2022
Waku Waku Sweets
2018
Tchia
2023
Persona 5 Royal
2019
simply a masterpiece. while not having the most special story, it does everything really well. the characters though, feel super alive, and I like almost all of them. the gameplay consists of two parts. one is the dungeon crawling, which I really enjoyed. all the special animations and the ui make it incredibly enjoyable, and it isnt super complex either. the daily live sim is the other part of the gameplay. this is also really enjoyable and well done, you get to know your friends in game better this way, and you need to manage your time well to spend enough time with everyone. overall this is just really good, im a little biased since i like this so much, but I cant name much flaws on the top of my head.