All in Games
Creepy Tale is a short horror adventure game with a vintage storybook aesthetic. You are out with your brother foraging mushrooms. You discover a a lovely cottage in the middle of the woods. Your brother decides to investigate and gets kidnapped by a giant monster with huge glowing eyes. Now you need to save your brother from the dark secrets of the woods.
Fall Guys is a new kind of battle royale game in the ever-growing genre. Instead of fighting to the death, you compete in various mini-games until only one player is left standing. Think of it as a 60-person competitive Mario Party or WarioWare. Only a certain number of players can pass through each round, and only one person can claim the crown.
The Mid-Chapter Patch tweaked a few things here and there (the aura change is going to get patched out soon, so it’s not even worth addressing), but the main attraction is the rework of The Hillbilly and The Cannibal (Leatherface). Hillbilly has been one of the top killers since the game first began, a chainsaw wielding mountain man with massive map control and a one-shot down. Leatherface, meanwhile, has existed in the game as a way to get Barbecue & Chili, a tracking and BP point for killers that let’s you see where all the survivors are on a map when someone is hooked. The two chainsaw killers were nowhere near each other in ability or popularity and Behaviour Interactive wanted to address that.
Yes, Barn Finders is a hidden object/adventure/simulation/sci-fi game about finding and selling antiques. You visit various locations for the price of gas, hunting down specific objects requested by clients over email. Occasionally you have to compete with other sellers at auctions, bidding within your budget to buy a property or storage unit to rummage through. You then return to your store, put the objects for sale, go to bed, and open the shop to haggle with customers the next morning.
If you haven’t picked up on a trend in my gaming coverage at Sketching Details, I’ll clue you in on some constants. The games I enjoy are horror games, rhythm games, and rpg/adventure games. I like Rogue-like mechanics and the ability to play a game over and over with new experiences each time. I am fiercely loyal to franchises I’ve enjoyed in the past and will always give a series the benefit of a doubt if something goes wrong.
