from knokelmaat@beehaw.org to gaming@beehaw.org on 27 Feb 2025 20:28
https://beehaw.org/post/18664155
I played around 10 hours of UFO 50 when I got it, and even though I liked a lot of the games it kind of slipped of my radar after this.
This week I’ve been giving it another go and I have some THOUGHTS to share:
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Avianos is something I immediately closed down because it felt like a bit of a headache, but now that I’ve been playing it I am astounded by how well it is designed. An absolute masterpiece in strategy, playing it is immensely exciting. It has so many intricacies and interacting mechanics while still being rather simple and limited in scope. Phenomenal game.
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Magic Garden I liked the first time around, but now that I’m going for high scores I realize just how meticulously designed it is. This feels like an all time classic arcade game from the likes of Pacman and Tetris. Perfectly crafted mechanics and gameplay loop, with interesting risk-reward mechanics and tough but fair difficulty.
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I’m finally starting to click with how the Campanella controls (because of The Big Bell Race of all games), so those games are starting to open up their magic to me too.
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Moon Cat is a beautiful example of learning to play a game from scratch to mastery. A lot of people absolutely hate the controls, but to me it felt amazing to go from complete incompetence to muscle memory of all the moves.
COOP corner:
- Bushido Ball is extremely fun to play in coop with a friend. Just a great and fun grind, though slightly overshadowed by…
- Hot Foot: this is one of the best sports gaming experiences I’ve ever had in my life. Funnily enough, I used to play dodge ball quite seriously a few years ago, and it’s absurd how much of the real experience is captured in this arcade 2v2 version of it. My only criticism is that it NEEDS a real 4 player 2v2 mode. This would result in some of the best nights ever for my friends group!
- Seaside Drive: this felt like AAA UFO 50, just an amazing run from start to finish with great asymmetrical coop.
About half of my games are still dusted, so I think I will be dipping into this collection for the rest of my life. What an incredible achievement!
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Almost every game is fun, and there are some that are amazing. Valbrace has fully captured me currently, probably due to my love of the old Wizardry series. Avianos is brilliant too, I’d like to go back for the cherry on that one.
There is still a thick layer of dust on my Valbrace copy, nice to know that another gem is waiting for me!
I remember hearing about wizardry from another enthusiastic fan, but don’t remember what it was about. Some sort of old school RPG?
Yes, Wizardry is a very old school rpg. Both that and Valbrace are “explore the dungeon in first person and you’d better be mapping them if you don’t want to be hopelessly lost” style games. I find the mapping to be very satisfying but I’m probably an anomaly because all games have auto maps and objective markers these days.
It’s crazy to me that the games in this collection are so good!
I rarely see people talking about Mini and Max. I think most people aren’t sticking with it very long. The game is much, much bigger than it looks. There is a ton of adventure to have there. There’s an old man in a pot to the west that is especially important to meet.