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This episode contains 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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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 standard 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 hundreds 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 one in every of three random new talents that fireside 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 far and wide.
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, corresponding to extra life, extra assault energy, or a doubling of all bullets. We will additionally unlock a number of new characters with totally different stats and beginning assaults.
The skills are fascinating and highly effective, and on the finish of a run, we will even see which has dealt probably the most harm, permitting us to strategize which to concentrate on subsequent time. As we progress, new maps additionally unlock. Along with the various difficult achievements, these assist hold the sport fascinating.
The contact controls work nicely, there’s Bluetooth controller help, and the straightforward art-style means we will have a whole lot of enemies on the display on the similar time. The most important draw back is the black bars displaying on wide-screen telephones when enjoying in panorama.
Vampire Survivors monetizes through incentivized adverts to revive and obtain further gold. Sadly, there’s no method to pay to take away these adverts. Cross-platform sync between PC and cell is claimed 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 prospects 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 forward to the pizza to prepare dinner correctly, after which reduce it into six even slices with a knife.
The dimensions of the ideas we get from our prospects depend upon how briskly and precisely we full every order – and it’s additionally essential to waste solely absolutely the minimal of elements.
On the finish of every day, we spend our hard-earned money on restaurant upgrades that enable us to work sooner and appeal to higher-paying prospects. 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 embody a cute hand-drawn art-style, stress-free 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 mistaken gadgets being dragged round, wasting your assets because of this.
Good Pizza, Nice Pizza monetizes by means of displaying incentivized adverts and promoting premium forex wanted to unlock each beauty gadgets 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
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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 battle 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 component inside. Typically, we don’t know what awaits us behind every door, so mindlessly speeding ahead simply will get us killed. As a substitute, we must always train warning and make the most of the big variety of apparatus at our disposal, corresponding 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 extra choices, however the recreation’s most fascinating function is the “coordinated assault”. Throughout these, we assign a sequence of actions to be carried out and executed in sequence upon getting into the room, permitting us to handle a number of duties without delay.
Whereas the sport could seem too straightforward at first, later ranges introduce vital tactical challenges by limiting our arsenal and including giant rooms with a number of hidden enemies and traps, which requires us to review the environment and plan our actions rigorously. The number of duties, corresponding to hostage rescues and bomb diffusions, is what ensures we don’t get bored too shortly.
Vodobanka is accessible as a free recreation with solely marketing campaign ranges, or a $1.99 premium model with extra modes, corresponding to fast missions, every day challenges, user-created ranges, and a map editor to develop our personal missions and share them with the world. Neither model accommodates adverts or iAPs to distract us from the gameplay, so it’s a straightforward advice for these keen on fixing advanced 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 sequence, by which we go to numerous islands to battle monsters, navigate mazes, resolve puzzles, and gather new tools.
Every stage consists of a separate island stuffed 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 will swing like a sword or solid in any path to seize and work together with levers, containers, and enemies.
The controls are fast and responsive, which is essential since quite a lot of the obstacles we encounter require quick considering 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 by means of 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 simple, with a sequence of 40+ lookalike ranges to finish till we lastly attain the ends boss – the titular Sky Fish.
Legend of the Skyfish is accessible 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
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Undecember (Sport Dimension: 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 abilities, loads of co-op raids and dungeons, and no auto fight – not too not like Diablo or Path of Exile.
After choosing a category, we begin finishing quests and slaying monsters whereas regularly customizing our character by means of the talents we equip, the loot we improve, and the stat factors we distribute throughout an enormous improve tree.
The talent customization system is very fascinating and complicated, resulting in a number of totally different viable fight methods. Total, I discovered the varied improve choices for abilities and gadgets to be in-depth sufficient to attract me in with out being overly difficult.
The world can be well-crafted, with each vibrant 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 terrific 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. For the time being, there isn’t a PvP.
Undecember monetizes by means of a season move, and iAPs for cosmetics, sure assets, pets that decide our loot, and different comfort options. The pet prices $10 per 30 days, whereas different comfort upgrades are one-time, such because the stock area we will spend as much as $75 to completely improve. As a result of player-to-player public sale home, premium forex may also be earned and spent by shopping for and promoting the very best gear within the recreation, which is each good and dangerous.
Paying gamers will undoubtedly have a extra handy expertise and quick access to the very best gadgets although pay-to-win, however I am nonetheless having fun with the sport as a free participant. There don’t appear to be any laborious paywalls as of now, although this may change sooner or later. For now, the largest drawback without cost gamers is the restricted stock area.
If you happen to like motion RPGs, I believe you may 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 tough.
Test it out on Google Play: Right here
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