Cal Stevenson
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Grow: Song of the Evertree has a gorgeously colourful, storybook aesthetic that is instantly captivating. The magical land of Alaria is brought to life with sweeping landscapes and cheerfully comic characters, with moments that range from wholesome to genuinely funny. While the world is realised beautifully, the gameplay mash-up of sandbox crafting, adventure, social simulation, and light city-building is not quite so smooth.
Factorio is a game that’s been culminating a lot of love ever since releasing onto Steam as an Early Access title back in 2016. It’s a game that allows players to get lost within the 2D world, always striving to push the boundaries and take their production lines to the next level. It’s a game that can feel limitless yet daunting as you build and iterate upon your automated factories, becoming absorbed within the ever increasing complexity and logistical simulation. Now that the game ha...
Monster Train is not the first game of it’s kind. I noted in my beta impressions article the deck-building rogue-like was definitely reminiscent to me of at least one other game in this genre, Slay the Spire. While the basic concept is something familiar, the more I play Monster Train the more I’m convinced it’s the best iteration of this style that I’ve seen so far.
Iron Danger describes itself as a “tactical combat game”. It contains elements of traditional RPG and turn-based strategy games but introduces a unique mechanic that drastically changes the way this game is played.