are we basically doing bottom line style reviews for these because i am probably not the most clever person to write them but
XCOM but you play an overconfident cat burglar instead of a chronically-unlucky and overworked janitor
a game about figuring out how to play; games as awe-inspiring alien artifacts; the surprisingly-affecting emotional arc of solving your first jigsaw puzzle
tactile and aesthetically-perfect zelda 1, right down to the second quest most people don’t play
868-HACK: ultra-minimalist roguelike about greed probability 0: hitting the skill cap took me four years soundodger: rhythm games don’t all have to have the same mechanics you guys a good snowman is hard to build: charming hangoutable and well-paced little sokoban variant
5+ shard doors, aka the post-game content that’s literally around half the game and which most people don’t end up trying to seek out because it’s a pain in the ass and there’s no substantial payoff for it
When the technology catches up we’ll have a game about asking the right questions directly, but for now Her Story is a good simulation of interviewing to build a story.
The Witness
wonder and hatred intertwine in this toddler game for grownups. match colours, shapes and patterns in a meditative brain workout in the saddest cardboard resort. learning languages has never been so calculatedly satisfying and lonely!
Also:
D: The Game (Apparently a classic! Just got it, need to check it out)
Path of Exile (there’s gonna be a new expansion this summer, yay!)
Shadowverse (there’s a thread for it here. “Anime Hearthstone”)
Transistor (selectbuttoners cheered when I got that)
Valkyria Chronicles (got it from a selectbutton friend. Still need to play more of it!)
seem like Selectbutton games that I have in my library
And I’d like to add Tekken 7
But I still need to think about text/reviews… Hopefully I’ll get to that in the next days