This is a survivors-like/bullet-heaven game where you can play as little blob fellas named things like "Spinky Winky" and "Wiggle Woogle."
My main criticism of Vampire Survivors itself is how it utilizes design trickery and effects to suck the player into playing endlessly, on top of having some of the lamest art direction imaginable. There have been an aggressive amount of copycat games as a result of its success, many I've enjoyed. None of these games are making much ground in terms of "innovation," beyond simply having cohesive art direction. There are small changes here and there, and they (usually) tone down the obvious gambling bait presented, but for the most part the formula is exactly the same every time. Watch your character do little attacks to dispense little guys, collect exp from little guys, level up, choose an upgrade to some of your abilities, repeat but more this time. It inherently feels good to do, and it's very easy to get lost in the headspace of "one more run." It's fun, but it's also only about as gratifying as grinding a character in a turn-based RPG. For this reason I hesitate to actually "recommend" any of these kinds of games without the caveat of "it's not actually very good, but it definitely works at giving out that video game dopamine drip feed."
That said, I know who I am and what I'm about.
Listen, I like the art direction and one of the playable fellas is named "Bingus Bongus." I don't know what else to tell you, it's an automatic positive score from me.
My main criticism of Vampire Survivors itself is how it utilizes design trickery and effects to suck the player into playing endlessly, on top of having some of the lamest art direction imaginable. There have been an aggressive amount of copycat games as a result of its success, many I've enjoyed. None of these games are making much ground in terms of "innovation," beyond simply having cohesive art direction. There are small changes here and there, and they (usually) tone down the obvious gambling bait presented, but for the most part the formula is exactly the same every time. Watch your character do little attacks to dispense little guys, collect exp from little guys, level up, choose an upgrade to some of your abilities, repeat but more this time. It inherently feels good to do, and it's very easy to get lost in the headspace of "one more run." It's fun, but it's also only about as gratifying as grinding a character in a turn-based RPG. For this reason I hesitate to actually "recommend" any of these kinds of games without the caveat of "it's not actually very good, but it definitely works at giving out that video game dopamine drip feed."
That said, I know who I am and what I'm about.
Listen, I like the art direction and one of the playable fellas is named "Bingus Bongus." I don't know what else to tell you, it's an automatic positive score from me.