Blissful 2023, everybody! 🙂 And welcome again to this weekly cell recreation suggestion custom. These are a number of the most attention-grabbing video games I performed and that have been coated on MiniReview this week. Hope you may get pleasure from it.
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This episode consists of an superior reverse bullet-hell recreation, a enjoyable simulation recreation, a tiny however neat technique recreation, an journey puzzle indie recreation, and a big motion RPG.
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Let’s get to the video games:
Vampire Survivors [Game Size: 279 MB] (Free)
Style: Reverse Bullet-Hell / Arcade – Offline
Orientation: Portrait + Panorama
Required Consideration: Full
tl;dr assessment by NimbleThor:
Vampire Survivors is an extremely well-liked reverse bullet-hell roguelike impressed by Magic Survival.
Like different video games within the style, Vampire Survivors has us transfer our character round a big map utilizing a single joystick, whereas 1000’s of enemies storm at us from all sides. Our character mechanically assaults enemies in vary, and each time we stage up, we get to select considered one of three random new talents that fireplace at sure intervals.
The additional we get into every run, the extra current issues get, with stronger enemies, powerful bosses, and many highly effective talents firing everywhere.
After we finally die, we get to spend any gold we’ve collected on a number of everlasting power-ups that make the subsequent run simpler, similar to extra life, extra assault energy, or a doubling of all bullets. We will additionally unlock a number of new characters with completely different stats and beginning assaults.
The talents are attention-grabbing and highly effective, and on the finish of a run, we are able to even see which has dealt essentially the most harm, permitting us to strategize which to deal with subsequent time. As we progress, new maps additionally unlock. Along with the numerous difficult achievements, these assist hold the sport attention-grabbing.
The contact controls work properly, there’s Bluetooth controller assist, and the easy art-style means we are able to have a whole bunch of enemies on the display on the identical time. The largest draw back is the black bars displaying on wide-screen telephones when enjoying in panorama.
Vampire Survivors monetizes by way of incentivized adverts to revive and obtain further gold. Sadly, there’s no approach to pay to take away these adverts. Cross-platform sync between PC and cell is alleged to be coming quickly.
Total, its polished and enjoyable gameplay make this a must-try for anybody who enjoys the style.
Test it out on Google Play: Right here
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Good Pizza, Nice Pizza [Total Game Size: 152 MB] (Free)
Style: Simulation / Informal – Offline
Orientation: Panorama
Required Consideration: Full
tl;dr assessment by AlexSem:
Good Pizza, Nice Pizza is a real-time restaurant administration simulator the place we manually prepare dinner pizzas to make our clients pleased and earn cash used to additional develop our enterprise.
The intricate cooking course of requires that we first unfold the dough on a desk, drag a finger throughout it to use sauce and cheese, faucet so as to add varied toppings within the right locations, look ahead to the pizza to prepare dinner correctly, after which reduce it into six even slices with a knife.
The dimensions of the information we get from our clients depend upon how briskly and precisely we full every order – and it’s additionally necessary to waste solely absolutely the minimal of components.
On the finish of every day, we spend our hard-earned money on restaurant upgrades that permit us to work quicker and entice higher-paying clients. Because the story progresses and extra toppings get unlocked, bizarre orders with some completely loopy ingredient combos begin to seem. We additionally begin encountering random occasions and profitable rival pizzerias that mess with our work. The charming story is certainly one of many recreation’s strongest options.
Different vital options embrace a cute hand-drawn art-style, enjoyable music, and appetizing sounds that create an aesthetically pleasing expertise. The one actual draw back is that whereas the contact controls work nice more often than not, occasional issues result in the incorrect objects being dragged round, squandering precious sources consequently.
Good Pizza, Nice Pizza monetizes via displaying incentivized adverts and promoting premium foreign money wanted to unlock each beauty objects and quality-of-life upgrades. Whereas a lot of the premium unlocks aren’t wanted to efficiently end the sport, a few of them are good to have for a greater gameplay expertise.
Test it out on Google Play: Right here
Test it out on MiniReview:: Right here
Vodobanka Professional [Game Size: 18 MB] ($1.99)
Style: Technique – Offline
Orientation: Portrait
Required Consideration: Full
tl;dr assessment by AlexSem:
Vodobanka is a tactical squad-based motion technique recreation the place we struggle crime by breaking into buildings and arresting everybody who opposes the legislation.
Every top-down stage consists of a constructing with a number of rooms that we regularly discover by charging in and disabling each hostile factor inside. Normally, we don’t know what awaits us behind every door, so mindlessly dashing ahead simply will get us killed. As a substitute, we must always train warning and make the most of the wide range of apparatus at our disposal, similar to grenades, door blocks, and even scout drones.
We inform our squad members the place to go by merely tapping the display, they usually mechanically try and arrest or shoot any enemy they spot. Interacting with doorways and different objects supplies further choices, however the recreation’s most attention-grabbing function is the “coordinated assault”. Throughout these, we assign a series of actions to be carried out and executed in sequence upon getting into the room, permitting us to handle a number of duties directly.
Whereas the sport could appear too straightforward at first, later ranges introduce vital tactical challenges by limiting our arsenal and including massive rooms with a number of hidden enemies and traps, which requires us to check the environment and plan our actions rigorously. The number of duties, similar to hostage rescues and bomb diffusions, is what ensures we don’t get bored too rapidly.
Vodobanka is on the market as a free recreation with solely marketing campaign ranges, or a $1.99 premium model with further modes, similar to fast missions, each day challenges, user-created ranges, and a map editor to develop our personal missions and share them with the world. Neither model incorporates adverts or iAPs to distract us from the gameplay, so it’s a straightforward suggestion for these keen on fixing complicated tactical issues in real-time.
Test it out on Google Play: Right here
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Legend of the Skyfish [Game Size: 218 MB] ($3.99)
Style: Journey / Puzzle – Offline
Orientation: Panorama
Required Consideration: Some
tl;dr assessment by AlexSem:
Legend of the Skyfish is a puzzle action-adventure recreation impressed by the well-known Legend of Zelda collection, wherein we go to plenty of islands to struggle monsters, navigate mazes, resolve puzzles, and accumulate new tools.
Every stage consists of a separate island filled with passages, doorways, buttons, traps, and enemies that guard the trail to the totem we have to destroy. Fortunately, we’re armed with a fishing rod that we are able to swing like a sword or forged in any path to seize and work together with levers, containers, and enemies.
The controls are fast and responsive, which is necessary since plenty of the obstacles we encounter require quick pondering and fast reflexes. The sport additionally options logical puzzles that contain pushing blocks and urgent buttons in a selected sequence, however these by no means current any vital problem and are meant for relaxed informal play.
As we progress via the degrees, new objects and enemies begin to seem, introducing new challenges and recreation mechanics. There’s additionally a bunch of apparatus to gather, which modifies our battle traits and grants new talents. Regardless of these new options being launched, development is linear and easy, with a collection of 40+ lookalike ranges to finish till we lastly attain the ends boss – the titular Sky Fish.
Legend of the Skyfish is on the market as a $3.99 premium recreation, or a free recreation with adverts and iAPs. Regardless of the selection, it presents an honest expertise for these keen on well-made motion video games with cute graphics and responsive controls.
Test it out on Google Play: Right here
Test it out on MiniReview:: Right here
Undecember (Sport Measurement: 7 GB] (Free)
Style: Motion / RPG – On-line
Orientation: Panorama
Required Consideration: Full
tl;dr assessment by NimbleThor:
NOTE: Please learn the monetization half rigorously.
Undecember is a enjoyable hack-and-slash motion RPG with a number of loot, customizable expertise, loads of co-op raids and dungeons, and no auto fight – not too in contrast to Diablo or Path of Exile.
After choosing a category, we begin finishing quests and slaying monsters whereas regularly customizing our character via the abilities we equip, the loot we improve, and the stat factors we distribute throughout an enormous improve tree.
The talent customization system is very attention-grabbing and complicated, resulting in a number of completely different viable fight methods. Total, I discovered the varied improve choices for expertise and objects to be in-depth sufficient to attract me in with out being overly difficult.
The world can be well-crafted, with each vivid overworld areas and darkish gritty dungeons the place enemies bounce at us from cliffs. The art-style has a sure retro really feel to it, and exploring the world makes for a fantastic gameplay expertise.
After a couple of hours of gameplay, the sport opens up, permitting us to affix guilds and take part in difficult 4-8 participant dungeons runs and raids. In the mean time, there isn’t any PvP.
Undecember monetizes via a season go, and iAPs for cosmetics, sure sources, pets that decide our loot, and different comfort options. The pet prices $10 monthly, whereas different comfort upgrades are one-time, such because the stock area we are able to spend as much as $75 to completely enhance. As a result of player-to-player public sale home, premium foreign money will also be earned and spent by shopping for and promoting the very best gear within the recreation, which is each good and unhealthy.
Paying gamers will undoubtedly have a extra handy expertise and easy accessibility to the very best objects although pay-to-win, however I am nonetheless having fun with the sport as a free participant. There don’t appear to be any arduous paywalls as of now, although this would possibly change sooner or later. For now, the most important drawback free of charge gamers is the restricted stock area.
If you happen to like motion RPGs, I feel you would possibly get pleasure from Undecember’s marketing campaign of missions and co-op raids. However I like to recommend staying away from the monetization and simply stopping if the sport turns into too troublesome.
Test it out on Google Play: Right here
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