Bold and Bizarre Games Bulletin (February)
It is Bulletin day! Hooray! We have lots of nice bits and pieces for you today, and, after a month's hiatus, a new Puzzletrunk update with a brand-spanking new puzzle for you.
A reminder! All of the games featured in this month's Bulletin can be found in our new Steam Curator page. Give it a follow!
Ok then, right, here we go, your time is precious, let's get into it.
#1 Keep Driving
Out Now, Steam, Itch.io | YCJY
A slightly more sedate affair from YCJY, the team responsible for Post Void, but no less fantastic. Keep Driving is an RPG/Management hybrid under the guise of a road trip. "Pick up hitchhikers, work odd jobs, customize and repair your car, and map your route across the country."
I adore how dense and impenetrable Cyclopean looks upon a cursory glance; an old-school CRPG conjured into existence from a portal from yesteryear. The Great Abyss is a focused, mechanics-driven CRPG in the same vein as Ultima, Questron, and Legacy of the Ancients, with a stunning monochromatic art style (and option to swap colour palettes, if green ain't your thing), that takes place in the underworld of H.P. Lovecraft's Dreamlands.
We featured NO SKIN in the newsletter back in June, and eight months later, the full and final game has found its way to Steam. And seems to be doing well! NO SKIN is a roguelike drenched in surreal horror with "smooth yet complex gameplay". Face the horrors that the house hides behind every corner and discover who the No-Skin Man truly is!
Super Hexagon is, possibly, the game I've spent the most time playing on my stupid phone. I close my eyes and sometimes I still see that pulsating hexagon, beating and throbbing in sync with my pulse. Anyway. Terry's other games is an anthology of sorts; five games from Terry's cutting room that offer a window into his development process.
Geometry Wars is wonderful. Tower defense games are wonderful. And therefore Utopia Must Fall is very very wonderful; one of those games that layers and ramps beautifully, with simple initial systems, but an involved upgrade system and difficulty that very quickly ramps. We're actually a little LTTP here; the game launched into Early Access back in September, but saw a notable first content update a couple of weeks back.
Reminder! Pantaloon's partnered games for January is Pool Panic
This month we've racked up a copy of Pool Panic for you; a very very silly pool game from Rekim.
This month's partnership coincides with a notable update to the game, as Rekim adds three more cue-balls into the co-op fray. If you enjoy pure unadulterated chaos, this update has ya covered.
Ok. That’s yer lot.
See you next week for the key drop x
pantaloon.