"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.
Zhu Siqi: Mercury Sanatorium (Steam)
Keywords: domestic, pixel wind, horizontal puzzle, animal anthropomorphism
One word recommendation: who doesn't like furry?
Mercury Abbey is a game that begins with a "play within a play" character. There seems to be a mysterious narrator telling a fateful story at the beginning of each chapter, and the protagonist of the game is a novelist at the bottleneck of his career. His adventure novels, which once sold well and won many awards, are now ignored for their clichéd themes. In search of new inspiration, he was invited to take a vacation with his nephew to the "Mercury Sanatorium" at the suggestion of his editor. It is said that it was originally the former residence of an alchemist, and there were often mysterious events...
The game is not yet live, and the expected launch time is within the year, but there is already a demo to play. The demo version probably shows the opening of the game and the process of the uncle and nephew finally arriving at the nursing home. It can be seen that the game has put a lot of effort into the art, the animal anthropomorphic design is quite beautiful, the exquisite vertical painting and pixel background are well combined, and the soundtrack is obviously very good.
The protagonist encounters a sudden request from a relative to take the child
Seriously, this cat detective is a bit handsome and doesn't know if he will appear later
The styles of the two scenes that have appeared so far have changed greatly. At first, in the town where the protagonist lives, the picture style is bright and looks warm and retro. There are a lot of talkable NPCs on the road, and these conversations are related to each other, after getting a new clue from someone, you can go to other dialogue NPCs to unlock some new information, and the game takes very little time to spread out the characters and the world background.
On the way to the sanatorium, the style changed to a standard suspense style, and there seemed to be mysteries everywhere. Players play as uncles most of the time, but sometimes they manipulate their nephews to climb or drill into narrow areas to solve puzzles. The difficulty of the puzzles is not high, and most of them are the type of mechanisms that look for clues.
The town where the protagonist lives looks peaceful and the colors are warm
The atmosphere of the suspenseful and eerie scenes near the nursing home is quite well created
The game is produced by YiTi Games, an independent development group from Chengdu. Judging from the content currently released, the quality of the game is good, and the quality of the narration text is also very high. I'm looking forward to the plot inside the nursing home and hope the game will be released during the year. Interested players can download the demo version for free on Steam.
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(The game experience code is provided by publisher Gamena Games.) ）
Feng Xinyang: Museum of Horror (Steam)
Keywords: horror, pixel, classic
One word recommendation: After 10 years, once again step into this scary art museum.
For gamers who prefer pixel-style horror games, Ib is definitely a masterpiece that should not be missed, and it has shook the hearts and minds of many players. The game was born in 2013 as a free-to-play game made by producer Kouri with RPG Maker. In the game, the player plays the role of ib, a little girl who comes to the art museum with her parents to see the exhibition, and after experiencing a lot of incredible phenomena, tries to escape from this terrible place.
All the stories begin with this strange big fish
Now, 10 years later, the game is back in hd remake. The remake redraws all of the game's art assets, and now you can enjoy the charm of the Museum of Horror on modern HD display devices. At the same time, the remake version also adds a screen zoom function, which can see more details after zooming in, and the visual effect will be much better on large-screen devices.
Although it is a horror game, there is no action or combat element in the Museum of Horror, and more often it requires players to observe and think and solve the puzzles in the game. In order to "make it fun for players who are not good at the game", kouri minimizes the difficulty of solving the game as much as possible, and does not require too many complicated operations in the process. If you've been plagued by too many battles and too many puzzles in horror games, but you have a preference for the genre, Museum of Horror is a good choice.
“？” Represents a word that Ib does not recognize
In The Museum of Horror, there are eerie artworks everywhere that are incomprehensible
A remake of the Museum of Horrors is now available on the Steam platform for 43 yuan. The game currently only supports Japanese, English, and Chinese and other languages will be available in subsequent updates. Friends who can't wait to update Chinese can also try the original game distributed for free, with a Chinese Simplified Chinese version. In any case, if you're getting hot and dry right now because of the rising temperatures, you're welcome to experience the eerie and terrifying atmosphere in the Museum of Horrors and enjoy a "cool" late April.
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Yuan Weiteng: Furball Wars (Android, iOS, Steam)
Keywords: cartoon, multiplayer, joy, billiards
One word recommendation: hairball collision!
FurryFury: Smash & Roll is a turn-based billiards collision game in which players manipulate their own furball monsters to unleash a blast on their opponents. Although the hairball looks cute, it is essentially a ferocious beast, and after the battle begins, if you don't fight with your opponent for your life, you won't give up.
There's only one way to attack — crashing, charging at your opponent with your rounded body, knocking an ugly opponent flying, squashing it, or pushing it against a hard iron spike, and playing with it as you please. In short, there is only one purpose – to crush your enemies.
The art style of the game is very cute, and the 2D art is also unique. In terms of gameplay, in addition to the most basic "impact - inflict damage", players can also use the environment props in the scene to gain an advantage, such as the aforementioned iron thorns, and the hairball will take a lot of damage when it hits the wall with the thorns. There are also a variety of environment items with special effects, including but not limited to the skull that provides a curse, maggots that nibble on hairballs, and poisonous flowers that obstruct vision...
The mechanism is heavy!
"Angry Hairball Wars" adds a skill system, players can collect "Angry Potions" in the field, different amounts of potions can activate the player's corresponding skills, and high-level skills require more potions, but also have more powerful effects.
If health is drastically reduced, the player can also look for a "life potion" in the field that, as the name suggests, restores the health of the hairball. When to attack and when to prioritize the collection of potions, the different options make the game more strategic.
Skills and potions are an important part of strategy
The game has a single-player mode and a multiplayer mode, you can find players online to fight, you can also cooperate with friends to challenge the game's built-in levels. Both single-player and multiplayer modes unlock subsequent characters and decorations. I matched several rounds of players 1-on-1 myself, and also played a few rounds with Teacher Yang Zongshuo, and the online experience was not bad, and there was no dropped or serious delay.
The game can be downloaded for free on Steam and mobile app stores. Free, friends! The game's paid content includes unlocking some special characters and attack effects, but I played it for a while, and at this stage, the free content is sincere enough. Recommend to try!
The mobile screen looks like this. I don't know if it is the reason for the setting, the frame rate of the game on my Android phone is not very good, but the experience on iOS is very good
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Yang Zongshuo: "Brave Rush" (Steam)
Keywords: domestic, DBG, instant, card
One word recommendation: newly listed domestic real-time card fighting game!
The track of the Deck Building Game (DBG) is already overcrowded, and if you want to get ahead of the same genre, you have to add something special and fun enough to the DBG. When I first saw Brave's Rage, I thought it was part of a modest DBG game, but when I actually played it, I found it very different.
Outside of combat, it looks like a regular DBG game
Rush of Courage adds a real-time action part to the normal DBG game turn-based system, making the game as a whole different, you can use your own cards to attack or defend at any time, and even have a bullet time setting - players can play defense cards 0.5 seconds before being attacked, they can "perfect defense"... These things don't sound like a turn-based card game, but in fact, it does fall out of the category of turn-based card games, and even though Rush of Courage is more aggressive and more operational than real-time card games.
In addition, the game uses a squad method to fight in teams, with front and back rows, and even includes some operations such as "hooking enemy characters over" that are only seen in MOBA games.
In the card game can also "bounce back"...
Overall, Daredevil Rush still uses the "tower climbing" style on the large map, but it has become a semi-real-time operation in combat. The game as a whole is fun, and players who are bored with traditional DBG games can try it, and there will be a lot of new feelings. But at the same time, as far as my personal feelings are concerned, I don't know whether it is the style or the design, the graphics of "Brave Rush" are slightly rough, and it may not be very pleasing at first sight, but when you really play it, you will find the complexity and fun of the game's combat system.
The developer of Daredevil Rush is The Creative Game Team From Beijing, Connected Star Dream ISVR, which is also the first game to be represented by the newly established publisher Astrolabe Games. The game was just officially launched yesterday, That is, April 22, and it was 90% off before April 29, priced at 39 yuan.
(The game experience code is provided by publisher Astrolabe Games.) ）
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Chen Jing: Burger King of the Universe (Steam)
Keywords: simulation business, time management, rogue, black humor
One word recommendation: open a black shop on a spaceship.
At first glance, Godlike Burger is a rather "decompressing" game. According to the introduction, the player plays a hamburger shop owner in the game, and this hamburger shop is a veritable black shop - the people who come to eat are both customers and "ingredients", and the hamburger made by one customer may be able to get the next customer's praise, after all, these customers' tastes are ever-changing, and bread, tomatoes and cheese alone can not satisfy them.
The core gameplay of "Universe Burger King" is "simulated business plus time management"
Of course, including the boss, all the characters on the scene are aliens, and players do not have to bear too much burden of killing people and goods, but can experience a lot of refreshing pleasure in the process of opening a black shop. Especially those players who are often party B in real work, usually it is inevitable to hang "customers are gods" on their lips, but in the game, you are a knife trick, "gods" have become fish meat, and the teaching level will teach you how to drive away the scoundrels who only rub service and do not consume, and how to deal with customers as "ingredients" and how to destroy evidence... It can be said that it is free to do whatever you want, and you are happy to take revenge.
You can turn customers into "ingredients," but it's best not to let others see them
However, if you continue to play, you will find that "Burger King of the Universe" still has the characteristics of a business simulation game - if you are your own boss, then you have to manage the whole store up and down, inside and out: investigate customer tastes, add new menus, upgrade cooking equipment, pay the bill, update trap functions, improve your combat effectiveness, escape the hunt... Coupled with serving food to customers at the same time during business hours and making them into "ingredients", players are bound to feel scrambled in the initial stages.
The ubiquitous organ in the restaurant is the chef's best friend
As the process progresses, you can also find some tips from it. For example, in the early days, various equipment is easily damaged, and you can appropriately spend money on upgrading equipment first; meat can be done first and then put in the refrigerator, and the next level of direct use will save time; in order to avoid the decline in evaluation, dissatisfied customers and customers who are accidentally attacked by you can directly "deal with" it; "handle" customers when prioritizing the use of organs; someone to investigate don't be too nervous, the organs in the box can cope; don't forget to pay bills, the people who come to collect debts are much higher than the customer's combat effectiveness...
Overall, the game encourages you to be a "bad guy" for the time being, but the black comedy it embodies in the details is just right, and the overall impression will still give people a relaxed and pleasant impression.
After completing the mission, the protagonist can drive his spaceship restaurant to a larger planet
There are also many shortcomings of "Burger King of the Universe". The most important point of the experience is that the key design is not very reasonable, and the default key is easy to misoperate under the premise of not supporting the handle. In addition, for players who are not familiar with this type of game, the operation of having to serve and collect "ingredients" in the early stage is also a bit complicated, and it may take some time to familiarize.
(The game experience code was provided by publisher Daedalic Entertainment.) ）
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