While there was technically one on the 1st as well, this is the main week of everything and I don’t really have much to say about VR ^^; Posts will be broken up based off length, but like usual, I will be sharing my thoughts and things that stand out to me each showcase!
Something new I’ll also be talking about a bit is, if applicable, what I thought of the Demo if I’m new to checking it out and it was announced during this particular showcase. I will do my best to not double-up on games so if I mention one in a previous show, unless something new is shown, I likely will not bring it up again. Doesn’t mean I’m less excited for it– it’s just me saving myself from repeating :P
Guerrilla Collective Showcase
- Europa – The island looks so pretty and the puzzles look neat.
- A Tiny Sticker Tale – I played the Tech Demo of this on Itch.io and absolutely adored it, which I mean, I expected to anyway between my enjoyment of their prior game and the trailers alone. I wasn’t able to finish it due to a bug (not sure if it’s been fixed or not), but I’m still super excited for it. Definitely hoping to back the Kickstarter!
- A Bonnie Odyssey – The world looks so pretty. I love the little Robot friend T~T Really interested in how the puzzles and story will unfold.
- Sticky Business – I’ve been excited for this since I saw the initial trailer and every new one looks so good!! I can’t wait until it’s finally out. I know a Demo is supposed to be out sometime this month and I am so excited to check it out.
- A Corgi’s Cozy Hike – This looks so cute! And I love Corgis so much. Definitely going to be following the Kickstarter.
- Lake Season’s Greetings – I ADORED Lake and had such a fun time playing it. I’m so excited there is going to be some Holiday DLC!
- Noun Town Language Learning – Even outside of my genuinely wanting to learn languages and struggle with it, this genuinely looks like such a cute game.
- Olliefrog Toad Skater – I played the Demo of the game a while back and found it super cute. I still think it’s adorable, but I’m also just SO BAD at these games… But I loved the Frog I customized and absolutely adore the style of the game.
- Critter Crops – I had a lot of fun with the original Demo of the game, but the Combat additions in the newer Demos ended up not really being my thing unfortunately. I still think it looks really cute, but I don’t know if I’ll ever be able to deal with the combat system.
- March of the Shrooms – The Shrooms all look so cute. Not super into battle system, but considering it’s an Auto-Battler, if they can’t like… die or get hurt, it might be interesting to look into.
- Tiny Terry’s Turbo Trip is one of the ones that caught my eye more during the Steam Showcase page for the event. Definitely pretty intrigued!
- Lil’ Guardmans looked pretty interesting, but I feel like my skills in those games vary
because I can be too trusting— regardless, I downloaded the Demo to see how I would do! It went better than I expected, but considering this is early game, I feel like I’ll only keep doing worse. - I love the art style of Pizza Possum so I always enjoy seeing it, but my stealth skills are non-existent so I don’t think I’d manage to succeed in anything. I am sorry that I will fail you, you adorable Possum, you.
- Sugar Shack – I’ve been intrigued by this game since I first heard of it, but I still don’t know if I’d necessarily be good at it. Something about it just makes me feel cozy though.
- SANYA – I always get nervous a bit about games that stress nostalgia, childhood, and have a dog because I never know if they’ll gut punch me at the end and I don’t handle grief well, to put it mildly. This looked really cute though, so I wanted to try the demo out.
Summer Games Fest
- Street Fighter 1 – I actually played quite a lot of fighting games as a kid and I do have some fond memories of the original ones, but honestly, haven’t been as interested in it in newer iterations– part of it is not as much of a connection to a character, but I think the biggest thing is that with higher quality graphics, the gore is a bit too much for me. Like… I don’t want to see these types of things in anything close to realistic detail.
- Sonic Superstars – I always have kind of bittersweet feelings with 2D Sonic because while it was also my start, it doesn’t hold the same nostalgia for me as it does for most people I know. While it started my interest in Sonic and I enjoyed them as a kid, it was 3D Sonic that really captured my heart with Adventure 1 and 2 and no 2D version has ever really lived up to that for me. That said, the idea of playing together and being able to play as Amy does feel somewhat appealing and I’m sure we’ll end up picking it up because even if I personally feel fixed, my husband is pretty thrilled.
- Honkai Star Rail – I’ve been having a lot of fun with it, honestly, and the new characters look neat. I have no idea if I’ll try for either (still not sure if I’d replace anyone in my party with them), but we’ll see.
- Palworld – I like… when there aren’t guns.
- Faefarm – Despite my general disinterest with farming (or more specifically, gardening), I’m still so intrigued with this game. Maybe it’s because something about it reminds me of like… MySims crossed with maybe Fantasy Life or Animal Crossing. It just looks like a really fun game to play with friends. Excited it’ll be for PC as well! As much as I love the Switch, too many people I know tend to go for PC versions. Hopefully Co-op may be cross-play though and then I won’t have to worry about what system I decide to get it on.
- Final Fantasy VII Rebirth – FFVII is one of the Final Fantasy games I have the most memories from, but I have so little interest in the remake still. Essentially, unless Aerith lives, which knowing the story and what happens, she can’t unless something changes, I just have no interest in an HD version of it.
Day of the Devs
- Beastieball – I feel like I’ll be absolutely terrible at this game, but it looks so cute and I love the art style and Beastie designs. I think this one is my favorite:
- Simple Times – This looks so cute and cozy. It looks really fun and I just love stuff like this.
- Viewfinder – This game caught my eye as soon as I saw it and I really enjoyed the Demo too. It’s still looking great.
- Henry Halfhead – This looks like such a strange puzzle game, but I am intrigued regardless.
- Été – This looks so pretty and I love how it seems to be really relaxing. No situation of like… “oh you only have so much at a time”. I love the way the paintings work too as someone who’s art skills are… not great.
- Summerhill – Another very pretty puzzle game! I will always welcome these, but I worry the game may make me cry.
- Saltsea Chronicles – This looks pretty interesting, though, I am worried I could just… completely end up ruining everything for my poor crew, but maybe it’s more easygoing?
- Tchia – I love the music and style of the game so much, but it’s a game I feel like I’d maybe get a bit too overwhelmed with as it seems like there’s SO MUCH to do and keep an eye on. But it’s so pretty.
Devolver Direct
- KarmaZoo – Honestly, I love the art style of the game. I’m not sure if it’s fully my thing (I like helping people, I do not like killing my poor animals), it looks interesting.
And that finishes up the first two days! Our next post will also cover both Friday and Saturday which will be Access-Ability Summer Showcase, Tribeca Games Spotlight, Future of Play Direct, Wholesome Direct (which I will be co-streaming)