Today we’re talking about a title from the Heureka-Klett series of educational games that I like so much. While in Physicus we had to solve a lot of puzzles involving, well, physics, Mathica is about math – that can only be a lot of fun, right?
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Low tide, high climb
Today’s game comes from a genre where you can find the most interesting topics – indie games. And today’s topic is one that plays a minor role in many other games: “Jusant” is mainly about climbing. Further and further up the same mountain, but much more relaxed than in “Celeste” for example – does such a concept work?
Continue readingI Expect You To Die (for the third time)
I’m always very happy when we discover good new VR games. I have a lot of fun playing and you seem to enjoy it too – it couldn’t be better. I’m also happy when games I like get sequels. In the case of “I Expect You To Die 3” we get both; So can this third part excite me as much as its predecessors? Let’s talk about it!
Continue readingI recommend avoiding this park
Today we’re talking about another game from the “developers apparently hate their players” category. It joins the list of already discussed point & click adventures that are based on the “classics”, such as “Beyond the Edge of Owlsgard” and “Justin Wack and The Big Time Hack” – because of several reasons. Unfortunately, I was also very disappointed in “Thimbleweed Park”. You can read why exactly here. Contains spoilers!
Continue readingHigh-Quality Zombie Survival
As you may have noticed, I have some problems with zombie games and the associated survival genre. High-profile failures like “The Walking Dead” didn’t give me much courage to look for anything promising in this area. Nevertheless, I was convinced to give “The Last of Us” a chance – you can read here whether it was worth it.
Continue readingNo Man’s Skyrim or: Fallout in Space
After we played “No Man’s Sky” really intensively this year (and were very disappointed in the end), I didn’t have another space game on my list – until I became aware of “Starfield”. Bethesda is releasing a space adventure game, and God and the world were excited about it; apparently it just passed me by completely. Since it was included in GamePass, we played it right when it was released – and I came to a surprising conclusion. This article contains spoilers!
Continue readingBeyond the Edge
In the article about “Justin Wack”, I already mentioned that we recently have played several games from the classic point & click genre. The selling point here (besides the shameless exploitation of romanticized memories of old times) is that you bring back the brilliant humor, the innovative puzzles and the good storytelling of the masterpieces of the time. You can read here whether and how today’s game, “Beyond the Edge of Owlsgard”, succeeds.
Continue readingThe Walking Nino
Today I won’t beat around the bush for long: we’re talking about by far the worst game I’ve ever streamed. Whoever expects a balanced rating with positive and negative points, should go now. You can read here about exactly what makes me so upset about “The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Edition”.
Continue readingJustin Wack or just whack?
Today we’re talking about a point & click adventure game that aims to revive the spirit of the old classics. There are lots of pop culture references and crazy humor, time travel and robots! Wait, you don’t know which of the many “reboots” of the good old days I’m talking about? No wonder, there are enough of them now. You can read here whether “Justin Wack and the Big Time Hack” can stand out from the masses positively!
Continue readingThe weird West
Today’s game was another one of those random discoveries I sometimes make. Advertised on the GamePass homepage, “Weird West” almost seemed like an entertaining indie title that you play through in one, maybe two streams. The ratings were definitely positive, but not outstanding – it seemed worth a try. You can read here how much it was really worth in the end and how weird the whole experience actually was.
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