Comfortable Friday morning, and welcome to episode 132 of my weekly cell gaming suggestions primarily based on probably the most attention-grabbing video games I performed and that have been coated on MiniReview this week 🙂
Help these posts (and YouTube content material + improvement of MiniReview) on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/NimbleThor <3
This episode features a neat souls-like 2D motion platformer, a turn-based technique roguelike, and a high-quality stealth motion recreation.
Disagree with my opinion? Let’s have a pleasant dialogue under.
New to those posts? Take a look at the primary one from 132 weeks in the past right here.
Let’s get to the video games:
Watcher Chronicles [Game Size: 1.1 GB] (Free Trial)
Style: RPG / Platform / Souls-like / Motion – Offline
Orientation: Panorama
Required Consideration: Full
tl;dr overview by NimbleThor:
Watcher Chronicles is a self-proclaimed 2D Soulslike motion RPG with over 20 difficult bosses, a big open world, and even same-device native co-op multiplayer.
Fight consists of utilizing melee and ranged assaults to deal harm whereas avoiding incoming hits by blocking at simply the best time or dashing to turn into invulnerable for a break up second. Curiously, we want stamina to each block and carry out combo assaults, and though it replenishes in only a few seconds, this ensures we will’t simply mindlessly spam the assault button. That is very true in the course of the troublesome boss fights, the place planning and studying the enemy’s assault sample is all the things.
Oh, and also you higher be ready to die. So much. However fortunately, there are many checkpoints all through the sport that we will teleport between, which ensures we don’t must run far each time we die.
Killed enemies drop crystals that we use at city to purchase or improve our tools and customise our character by way of stat upgrades. And there are many enjoyable weapon sorts to select from, similar to large hammers, lethal spears, twin swords, and far more.
The non-linear open world is filled with monsters, chests, and secret areas to find, which makes it a pleasure to discover. It virtually has a slight Metroidvania really feel to it, though new areas are unlocked by discovering keys as a substitute of buying talents.
The cartoony darkish fantasy art-style is ideal for cell and jogs my memory of the outdated Journey Quest recreation. The music is nice too, and the customizable contact controls are stable, though the sport is greatest loved with a Bluetooth controller.
Watcher Chronicles is free to attempt for the primary space, after which a $7.99 iAP unlocks the remaining. The sport is near good for anybody in search of a difficult souls-like 2D fight expertise.
App Retailer: Right here
ENYO [Total Game Size: 108 MB] (Free Trial)
Style: Technique / Roguelike / Indie – Offline Playable
Orientation: Portrait
Required Consideration: Some
tl;dr overview by Erich Zann:
ENYO is a turn-based roguelike technique recreation the place we try to get so far as potential right into a dungeon stuffed with enemies utilizing solely a hook and a protect.
After each flip, all enemies on the 10×10 grid enjoying area get to maneuver round or try to assault us. Our choices include throwing our hook, performing a protect bash, or leaping between the tiles of the battlefield. The twist, nonetheless, is that we can not straight harm the enemies. As a substitute, we’re compelled to make use of the surroundings to tug or push our opponents into spikes and lava pits.
The enemies, alternatively, all have distinctive talents – and a few of them may even straight harm us. This might sound unfair, nevertheless it pushes us to invent new methods and make the most of the truth that virtually all the things is interactable. For instance, after throwing our protect, we will use our hook to retrieve it, or we will throw our hook at a wall to maneuver nearer to it.
The gameplay is stable and enjoyable, however its major draw back is that it by no means introduces new components. Even when enjoying totally different recreation modes, the gameplay feels all too comparable, which suggests it will definitely grows repetitive.
ENYO’s easy art-style is impressed by outdated Greek vase work, which provides it a particularly trendy and memorable look. Sadly, it lacks selection and visible results. On the intense facet, the straightforward contact controls are easy, making the sport good for cell.
ENYO monetizes by way of adverts and a $1.99 iAP to unlock all recreation modes and removes the adverts. General, its informal but tactical gameplay makes it interesting for anybody interested by technique video games that may be performed in brief classes.
App Retailer: Right here
El Hijo [Game Size: 1.3 GB] ($9.99)
Style: Motion / Stealth – Offline Playable
Orientation: Panorama
Required Consideration: Some
tl;dr overview by AlexSem:
El Hijo is a high-quality spaghetti western stealth motion recreation with numerous attention-grabbing gameplay mechanics regardless of its barely incomprehensible story.
As a resident of an orphanage positioned throughout the partitions of a giant monastery, our purpose is to make a witty escape so we will reunite with our distressed mom. To take action, we should journey throughout a number of totally different areas whereas avoiding being seen by the adults. This includes performing numerous interactions with the surroundings, similar to sneaking within the shadows, ducking behind covers, hiding in jars and containers, scaling ladders, working switches, and so forth.
One of many nice issues about El Hijo is that there are such a lot of attention-grabbing methods to sneak previous the guards. We are able to rigorously research their strains of sight and motion patterns to plan our escape, make the most of numerous stock objects for well timed distractions, and even run for it when issues get messy. Every degree even presents achievements for ending with out ever being observed, or visiting all of the elective locations – each of that are tedious duties to perform.
The sport shouldn’t be very exhausting, and it continually introduces new mechanics to maintain us entertained, however sure ranges require lots of retries, which finally turns into irritating – particularly as a result of occasional lags. The contact controls aren’t very responsive both, so the sport is a lot better loved with a controller. I additionally disliked the considerably bleak surroundings designs and restricted shade palette, which, regardless of giving the sport a singular visible model, blends all the things collectively and makes it exhausting to discern the environment.
El Hijo is a $9.99 premium recreation with out adverts or iAPs. For those who get pleasure from console-quality titles and are significantly keen on stealth motion video games, of which there are only a few on cell, be certain to not miss this recreation.
App Retailer: Right here
Particular because of the Patreon Producers “marquisdan”, “Misplaced Vault”, “FarmRPG”, and “Mohaimen” who assist make these posts potential by way of their Patreon assist <3
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/gsnUgdXZ2fk
Episode 120 Episode 121 Episode 122 Episode 123 Episode 124 Episode 125 Episode 126 Episode 127 Episode 128 Episode 129 Episode 130 Episode 131
