Hey everyone, it's been a while since we've done one of these
So just to recap we are promising that the games on this list will all be the greatest things
You've ever played each and every one more perfectly suited to your specific gaming tastes than the last and James
swears on walpole that this will be the oh, oh
Oh
Sorry, this is my first one of these. Thanks Scott. Where was I?
Oh, yeah, we are not promising all the games on this list are good. Just that they're going to be interesting
So if you love looking at weird design or just tired of seeing the same game with a different skin. Hopefully you find something here
Hunt
showdown
We rarely recommend early access games
But this game just hits too many of my buttons not to talk about civil war-era
Check Bayou horror check, battle royale check and if you're already saying to yourself, oh
Not another battle royale game, wait!
There's more, because this battle royale game is mostly PvE and unlike basically all other battle
Royale where everyone just hops in and starts shooting there are real stakes here. You have a character they level they get skills
They grow and they die
It's got an amazing risk versus reward
Mechanic where at any time if you can get to an extraction point you can just bug out
You can leave the map keep your XP and your character
but if your character dies
They're torn up and you start a new one high level characters don't have so much of an advantage that they break the game
But the fact that your character can die makes this the most horror feeling multiplayer experience
I've well ever experienced this sound design is brilliant
The enemies are horrific and the Civil War era weapons feel sufficiently
Clunky so that it doesn't ever feel like you're just mowing down zombies with the machine gun hunt is still in early access
So the queue times can be pretty long and the game takes a pretty serious rig to run
But if you're looking for a way to share a horror experience or just want a totally new take on how to bring PvE
Into battle royale, it's one you should definitely check out
Tower of time
One an RPG with lots of exploration and a baldur's gate like combat system want one where they actually focused on
Fine-tuning the combat more than the old C RPGs then grab Tower of time
The world and lore are interesting the character writing on the other hand is a bit on the weak side
but if you're looking for interesting
Tactical C RPG style combat that makes you think through how to use the map and how to gear your characters
This one's worth a look
Slay the spire
Most of you have probably already spent some time with slay the spire so we won't take too long on it
But it's one of those games that has to make it on a games. You might not have tried list
So if you want a game with roguelike mechanics drafting and deck building game play and ethereal dungeon wails
Look no further
Battletech
Jordyn Wiseman the man who found it fossa comes full-circle to bring us a tactical turn-based
Battle tech game the interesting design here is that the game is slow and fiddly
It has all that legacy of the old tabletop battle tech experience
heat sinks mechs with a ton of different hit point bars and the
Possibility of your giant battle robot falling over if it's knocked around too much
They're all here wrapped in a nice managing a mercenary company rapper
This is a game that feels like industry wisdom would say it couldn't succeed because it's too old school
But that wisdom is at least half wrong battle tech does a good job of showing us why we shouldn't always throw out
Complications if what we're trying to make the player feel is that they're operating a massive
Complicated machine on the downside though be warned that sometimes they go a little too far with how much they slow the game down
Even if you turn off all the critical hit animations and the random camera zooms
Every turn still feels ponderous as you wait for
Every single vehicle in an enemy convoy to move. If you can see past that though. It'll definitely scratch that old-school turn-based edge a
Way out
Looking for something to play with a friend or partner a way out delivers just that
Spearheaded by many of the people who made brothers a tale of two sons a way out is a two-player only game
But it's not a traditional multiplayer game
It's a narrative game focused on having the players helped each other through the puzzles. It provides as the characters build a friendship
It's simple enough that anyone can pick it up
even if they haven't played a lot of games before but helping each other feels rewarding enough that even veteran players won't really notice that
The gameplay itself is fairly basic a word of warning though
It does start as a run-of-the-mill Prison Break drama that can feel a little contrived at times
So if working together isn't getting you past that this might not be the game for you
Oh, and we should probably mention there's a scene with full male nudity if that's a concern
It's not sexualized but it's certainly there overall though
If you're looking for a novel multiplayer
Experience that shows there are other ways to play together than simply being on a team that's part of a larger
Competition a way out is worth a look
Minute
Zelda where every life you die in exactly one minute
You've piqued my interest and have my attention
The gameplay and puzzle design here mostly involves trying new things every life until you figure out some new way to interact with the game
World eventually coming up with an optimal path
So your task can get done in under a minute
The core conceit wears a little thin as you get towards the end of the game
But it's short enough where it doesn't overstay its welcome
and
Finally frost Punk
It's a bleak world
frozen dying some of the last survivors huddle around a piece of technology that came from the doom cities before the world froze an
Ancient generator to keep them warm. Now, you must lead them to flourish in this new Ice Age
This game is a city builder, but it makes it on this list because it forces the player to ask. How much is too much
What would you do to survive?
There are moments that may make you want to put this game down
Like when it seems you may have to resort to child labor and these things should make you want to put it down
But if we give the developers the benefit of the doubt this game is always showing us that there's a better way
Every time there's an odious choice in this game
It becomes abundantly clear that if you had just done better if you had just worked harder as a player
You wouldn't have to make that compromise and you wouldn't have to do the evil thing
So for being a strangely compelling morality lesson wrapped in an interesting city building skin for us Punk rounds out our list
So there you have it I guarantee every game on this list is perfect ly interesting huh good
Ok, so I hope you check them out. See you next time
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