What we’re playing: April 4, 2014
We’re all indie and/or old-school this week with the exception of Charlie, who was assigned the MMORPG flavor of the week, The Elder Scrolls Online. Mary-Anne is tapping on Pocket Mine, Iain is surviving in a post-apocalyptic world in Infectonator: Survivors, and Xairylle is kickin’ it old-school with Seiken Densetsu 3.
What are you playing this week?
Mary-Anne’s choice
Pocket Mine
by Roofdog Games
It’s pretty sad that I played nearly nothing all week except for a couple of mobile games while on the train. Pocket Mine was introduced to me by my boyfriend and is by far one of my favorite mobile games to kill time with. You’re a miner and your goal is to dig deeper and for more riches each time. As you dig up precious metals, you earn cash with which to strengthen your pick.
You also pick up cards that can be combined for some really insane bonuses. There is a stamina system in place so you can’t play for too long at one shot, but Pocket Mine is meant to be played on the go so that’s fine. Plus you can play with one hand, and collect different miners too!
Iain’s choice
Infectonator: Survivors
by Toge Productions
I reviewed Infectonator: Surevivors earlier in the week, but my god is it moreish. Everytime I get wiped out, I just tell myself, “one more game”. One more game becomes ten more games and then suddenly its 4:00 A.M., you have a meeting at 8:00 A.M., and you smell like a foot!
I haven’t had this much fun with a zombie game in years and despite my usual distaste for tower defense (I don’t even like Plants vs. Zombies) I can’t help but love the simple and absorbing gameplay of Infectonator:Surivors.
Trust me, give it a go when it goes live on Steam Early Access on April 14. You won’t regret it.
Charlie’s choice
The Elder Scrolls Online (PC)
by Bethesda Softworks/Zenimax Online
This week I’ve been playing TESO for a review, and I’ll be honest: I’m absolutely hating it. Before you get your pitchforks, I should make it clear that a big part of the reason I’m hating it is that I don’t like MMOs. A lot of the classic elements of the genre irk me, and TESO is a pretty by-the-numbers MMORPG as far as I can tell.
The game is definitely beautiful and there’s a ton of character depth and story content packed into it, but I can’t play it for more than a minute without desperately wanting to quit, re-install Skyrim, and play that instead. But, for the good of the realm, I must soldier on…
(See: The Elder Scrolls Online first impressions: old scrolls, new adventures)
Xairylle’s choice
Seiken Densetsu 3 (SNES)
by Square
This week, I thought of going away from realistic graphics, online gaming, and mobile devices by playing an older game—Seiken Densetsu 3. The game allows players to choose your own three-man party out of a total of six characters. The storyline is dependent on the main character and the chosen companions. Seiken Densetsu 3 also features character stat builds and character class trees.
These may be common features in today’s games, but was quite a big deal during Seiken Densetsu 3’s time considering it was released in 1995. Playing older games made me look back at how far gaming has become. Now that I think about it, it’s kind of crazy how it’s possible that ten years from now, people will look at today’s games and say, “Yeah, remember how this common feature was so awesome back then?”
Last week we played:
What we’re playing: 28 Mar 2014
It’s been quite the crazy week, with launches and previews and of course, tons of indie games galore.
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