"What to Play on the Weekend" is a weekly game recommendation from Touch Editors. Every weekend, we will each recommend a new game of the week (occasionally there will be old games), which may be PC or console games, or mobile games for everyone to refer to and choose, or it may be a group tasting or characteristic game, giving readers and friends multiple perspectives of a game.
When you're in bed on the weekend and haven't decided what to do next, it's better to see if there's anything you're interested in in our options, and readers and developer friends are welcome to ask us for coverage.
Feng Xinyang: Mario Kart 8: Deluxe Edition (Switch)
Keywords: racing, fun, classic, new track pass
One word recommendation: come and run a lap with me again!
As a real "killer game" on the Switch platform, Mario Kart 8: Deluxe Edition can be said to be almost a share of Switch players, but this is after all a legacy game inherited from the Wii U, and for players who want to play the new "carriage", there is still some new content.
While there may not be a new "carriage" game in the near future, the good news is that the new track pass, which contains 48 tracks, has begun to be pushed. These tracks come from the generations of "carriages" from the SFC era to the mobile game version. Eight tracks including the Power Cup and the Cat Cup have been pushed this week, namely Chocolate Hill from the N64 version, the Sky Garden version of the GBA version, the Mushroom Ridge Road from the DS version, the Coconut Square version of the Wii version, the 3DS version of the Chinobio Circuit, and the Paris Ride, Tokyo Circuit and Ninja Dojo from the mobile game Mario Karting Tour, which are now available.
The purple background of the new track is different from the original
Since these tracks are from the "carriage" games of the past, the design is different from the original track of Mario Kart 8: Deluxe Edition, there is no anti-gravity floating track part, but it is also very interesting to play these classic tracks on the Switch platform. Among them, the track design of the mobile game version is relatively rich and interesting, and the ninja dojo track of the "Lucky Cat Cup" is full of various mechanisms and parallel tracks with high and low differences, which is more varied to play and more exciting to have fun in the game.
The Sky Garden Circuit is a fantastic one
The Ninja Dojo is the most interesting track of the show
The new Track Pass for Mario Kart 8: Deluxe Edition costs HK$169 and is free for Nintendo Switch Online premium members. It should be noted that this update is only the first 8 tracks, and the subsequent tracks will be updated before the end of 2023. If you can't go out on the weekend, you might as well have a few "carriage" races online with your friends on the new track.
Yuan Weiteng: "Persona 4: Invincible Ultimate Back Bridge Back Fall" (multi-platform)
Keywords: fighting, youth, campus, persona
One word recommendation: "P4" is back!
In my mind, Hachishi Inaba is a typical Japanese suburban town. There is less developed infrastructure, simple entertainment for residents, less interaction with electronic devices, and more opportunities to immerse themselves in nature. People's lives tend to be centralized, revolving around the super shopping mall "Junis". The town is not large, and the surrounding residents are both neighbors and friends. Walking down the street are all the aunts and uncles I know, and the bookstore owner's shop has been open for more years than my age.
I had a very pleasant time in Persona 4: Golden Edition, and met many kind and interesting people such as Yosuke Hanamura, Chie Sataka, Yukiko Amagi, and Sundanese. After the game, I missed and their adventures. It was late at night, holding its breath and turning on the TV, waiting for it to reveal the next victim of a supernatural event... I want to go back to Hachishi Inaba again.
Persona 4 Arena Ultimax met my expectations. It's a 2D fighting genre "Persona" spin-off game that was born in 2013, and this week, a replica of it went on sale. Originally, I thought it was just a fighting game with a "P4" skin, just like the previous dance games, but in fact, the game added a "story mode", and the plot made me quickly find the feeling of playing the original for the first time. Specifically, "P4U" tells the story of Narumi Yu's return to Yatsushi Inaba and his best friend's re-experience of adventure.
Good to miss!
The game is set two months after the end of the original story, and for some reason, The Bear frantically pulls everyone into "that world on tv" and asks everyone to fight each other. The bear's state didn't look normal, but Naruto couldn't tell what was going on, all he could do was fight all the way and figure out the truth behind the incident.
This kind of plot sounds a bit bloody, but in fact, the game has made a lot of ridiculous and ridiculous operations through "midnight TV" - to be honest, I still like this nonsense style.
Two words and one slot point
Exaggerated UI with fonts
The game's fighting session is not bad, a bit like a retro pixel style, the feel of the operation... It's useless! The best part is that you can freely manipulate the personality mask and unleash powerful skills, and many of the cute characters in the original game have also appeared. This game is still a fan-oriented work in terms of positioning, and the plot is also immediately following the end of the original work, I highly recommend that you complete the original game before getting started.
At present, the game has landed on the PS, Steam, switch platforms, and supports Chinese.
(The game experience code is provided by publisher Sega.) ）
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Yang Zongshuo: Tunic (multi-platform)
Keywords: cute, challenging, adventurous
One word recommendation: Little Fox Adventure.
It's been a few years since Tunic was first announced, and finally, the much-anticipated, Zelda-esque little fox adventure game has officially met with players.
The reason why it says "looks like it is" is first of all because its appearance is indeed like "old Zelda", and the first ten minutes of actual playing down are also "old Zelda". The mountains are green and the water is blue, the birds are singing, and the protagonist is still a small fox with a sword in one hand and a blue shield in the other... Who knew that then all of a sudden, he would suffer.
When you play for more than half an hour, you will understand that Tunic is a "Galaxy Warrior Castlevania" game, although the style is cute, but it is particularly "soulful" to play, and the producer must be a fan of Hidetaka Miyazaki. There are "bonfires" that return blood and records, "souls" that can be retrieved in the place of death, "elemental bottles" that can be replenished at the campfire, and even "poison gas quarries" that are similar to "sick villages" and "rotten lakes", or 5 large spiders drilled out of the side of the treasure chest... These last two are not necessary.
You said that this loading interface is not a moonlight sword I do not believe...
Even, the first task you'll do in Tunic is to ring the bells on both sides of the east and west — and anyone who's played Dark Souls will know what I'm talking about.
Let's talk about the game as a whole, Tunic is a kind of 2D "Zelda" action-adventure game, there are also a lot of RPG components, weapons, equipment, props can be collected and replaced. Many items are also scattered in the corners of the map, and players can collect them through trails or puzzles. In addition, the game also has combat elements, including walking, flat slashing, magic and tumbling, which is quite hardcore and seems to be quite interesting overall.
Hold down LT to lock, X, Y, A attack, B key roll
In addition, the guidance part of the game is also worth mentioning, on the one hand, its "physical" instruction manual is very cute and novel, but on the other hand, the vague content also caused some trouble - in "Tunic", the protagonist fox is like an illiterate child, many things can not be read, such as the name of the prop, the method of operation, these things will be written in the game through some kind of self-made text, as the plot progresses, the player can read the information will gradually increase. This is an interesting setting in itself, but the lack of guidance in the early stages can also make the beginner experience worse.
That's a lot of words
Tunic is currently available on both Steam and Xbox platforms, both of which support Chinese. Steam is priced at 90 yuan, and the Xbox version has joined XGP for the first time. The game is currently quite well rated, with Metacritic averaging 85. If you want to enjoy the cute style while challenging, then Tunic is a good choice, but if you are broken by "Eldon's Ring of Law" and want to seek solace, it is recommended to wait a few days to play...
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Zhu Siqi: "The Kingdom of the Air" (Steam)
Keywords: construction, simulated operations, air travel
One Word Recommendation: Floating City Building Simulator.
City building and management games are not uncommon, and I've played some of them. The main contents are probably the same: planning plots, allocating labor, ensuring the balanced development of various elements such as construction resources, food and water, and scientific and technological research. The routine of "Airborne Kingdom" is similar. But it moved the whole city into the air, making the whole experience very different.
The most notable feature is, of course, the Arabic style of art and music, which makes the whole game full of fairy tale colors like "Magic Carpet" from the beginning of the CG, which is pleasing to the eye.
The urban core provides lift and thrust for the entire aerial building
Moving the city into the air does bring quite a few new elements that need to be dealt with. For example, although you don't need to consider the land area, you need to consider the lift and thrust of the entire city. Each city center has a limited capacity, and if more buildings are built than the center can provide, the city will fall. The more buildings there are, the greater the resistance when moving, which greatly reduces the speed of movement. There is also the balance of building distribution, if not planned properly, the entire city will be skewed due to uneven weight. These elements add a lot of freshness to the traditional building game.
When the city grows, it looks a bit like a giant aircraft carrier
In addition to this, the city can always sail in the air. This allows the player to collect resources from different parts of the map and recruit new residents from small settlements. Near some friendly ruins, you can also establish contacts with the people there, trade and so on. The map is quite big and can run for a long time. Of course, the Technology Tree and the new buildings unlocked by it are indispensable, allowing players to grow this magical city.
The overall art style of the game has a kind of romance of desert civilization
All in all, Kingdom in the Air is a rather innovative building game that feels quite comfortable to play. The game does have some flaws, such as the modeling looks rough, it should be a low-cost game for small teams, and the map instructions during the movement do not look very convenient. But the overall flaws are not hidden, interested players can give it a try. The game supports Chinese, and is currently priced at 80 yuan.
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陈静：《Office Management 101》（Steam）
Keywords: simulated business, management, humor, pixel
One Word Recommendation: Noteworthy retro style business simulation game.
I must admit that my attitude towards business simulation games is like a cat to a cat stick, as long as it doesn't look so shoddy, I can't help but try it. Office Management 101 is a new business simulation game.
In the game, the player plays the role of the CEO of a technology company, hires different types of employees to work for themselves, gradually upgrades the office, and cooperates with various large companies, with the goal of course making more money and developing the company into a giant.
It is said that the development team tulevik. EU spent several years on Office Management 101 and only recently launched an Early Access version on Steam. From the early access version, "Office Management 101" is a game with a rather retro style and gameplay - the pixel screen and the color scheme that is not high in saturation can easily reminisce with Bullfrog Studio's classic masterpieces "Theme Park" and "Theme Hospital", while the mouse controls the planning of the room, the placement of items, the hiring of employees, the completion of tasks, and so on, and even the UI design and background music make players accustomed to the "theme" series extremely familiar.
In the promotional film, an office worker plays a game of fish, playing this "Office Management 101" that "plays the ROLE OF THE CEO to squeeze employees"
Office Management 101 is divided into two modes – scene and sandbox. There are currently only two levels in the scene mode, one is a beginner tutorial and the other is "Tulev Street Office" - which is the name of the development team, and the level description says that it is a small office surrounded by a parking lot, and perhaps the development team's real working environment is the same.
The level name directly uses the name of the development team
In the process of playing the CEO and managing the company, employees will be lazy (some people will go to the pantry every 5 minutes of the work), operating costs will increase (each project will produce paper documents and take up office space), and competitors will give you a stumbling block (check out the weekly CEO reports). In order to solve these problems, the player can only transform into a ruthless money-making machine, relying on the squeeze of employees and business tactics to pave the way to success.
Of course, just like the dystopian works created by European and American teams, we often make us complain "Just this? Similarly, I have some doubts about how far the so-called "squeezing employees" in the game can go, and I hope that the development team's imagination can be freed.
Player avatars can be easily customized
The game follows the path of the "Theme" series and the "Simulation" series in terms of gameplay, and there is nothing special about it, but there are still some interesting aspects in the detail design. For example, as a CEO, players can learn various abilities to cope with different situations, especially the "urge lazy employees to go back to work", which is very useful. Another example is the room planning in the game, which can be manually operated step by step or directly selected in the blueprint, which is quite convenient. However, although the room design can be integrated, the door and lamp have to be bought separately, which is also very real in a sense...
Blueprints for all types of rooms
With Office Management 101 still in early access, not enough content, and no support for languages other than English, it may not be the best time to buy. But judging from what it currently shows, if you like the genre of simulated business and are interested in the retro gameplay of the "theme" and "simulation" series, then it is a game with considerable potential, and it is also a good choice to add a wish list and pay attention to subsequent updates.
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Chi Cheng: "Who Closed Uncle Max's Wheat?" 》（Steam）
Keywords: plot, suspense, full motion image
One word recommendation: Oh, this crazy control freak...
Over the years, there have been more and more motion graphics (FMV) games — or, to put it more commonly, interactive cinema games. The more well-known ones abroad are "Late Shift", "Her Story" and "Black Mirror", and "Invisible Guardian" in China. The characteristics of these games are that they are based on realistic image material like movies, while providing a wealth of choices at key plot points, allowing players to decide the development of the story and the fate of the characters as if they were playing a game.
Who Shut Down Uncle Max's Mai? (Who Pressed Mute on Uncle Marcus?) is such a game. Not long after the story begins, the protagonist Abby faces a sudden and difficult challenge: her uncle Max suddenly calls her on the video and tells her that she has been poisoned and is currently dying, and Abby's task is to find the truth of all this - what poisoned Max? What medicines should I take? Who was the murderer who poisoned Max?
Uncle Max, the one who is dying, can you not talk like this...
According to Uncle Max, his killer was among the 6 closest family members: Abby's mom, a very controlling neurotic; Abby's sister, a self-centered influencer; Abby's grandmother, who seemed kind and kind, who didn't really care about anything; and Abby's mean aunt, and her aunt's two unreliable sons... Today is Abby's mother's birthday, and according to family tradition, they have to conduct a family quiz - through video linking. Throughout the process, Abby keeps in touch with Uncle Max, has to watch his uncle's life strips become less and less, and is tired of coping with the bombardment of family members, trying to get some words out of their mouths...
A very unpleasant family online party where everyone is, and I don't know what they're trying to do...
Speaking of which, my week was a failure. Aside from the antidote to Uncle Max at the end, I don't have a clue about the murderer. When chatting privately with several family members, whether it is the flattering tactics of sneaking and clapping horses, or the straight-ball tactics of horizontal knives, it seems that they cannot pry open their mouths. And these family members, including Uncle Max, are very self-centered, full of control over the world around them and human beings, and it is no wonder that they will end up in a dead end.
It's really not easy to get along with them, I rolled my eyes more than the protagonist Abby off the screen, but I was still very interested in their family secrets and wanted to know what I was doing wrong in the weekly eye, so I was on the way to the second week...
It's really hard to get something useful out of the mouths of these self-obsessed family members!
Simply put, just like in the face of other FMV games, some people love it too much, and some people always have doubts about the genre. In my opinion, this type of game may not be perfect, nor may it be pleasing to everyone, but this genre has its own stylized charm.
Currently, Who Closed Uncle Max's Mai? " has just been launched, comes with a decent quality Chinese translation, until March 25 there is a 10% discount - friends who like this type of game do not miss it!
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