Let's Play Some Demos! - Part 4

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Welcome to Part 4 of Let's Play Some Demos | LPSD!
In sum, these videos and streams aim to introduce gamers to, usually, Indie games!
For this episode, I, once again, looked through my Steam Wishlist to see who had demos available.

For those who are new, the purpose of this video series is to provide commentary and feedback on the games for educational purposes.

Today, I played demos for 4 games:

1. Death's Hangover
   Death's Hangover is a ball and bat game, featuring horror elements, mature comedy and themes.
2. Fae Farm
   Escape to the magical life of your dreams in Fae Farm, a farm sim RPG for 1-4 players. Craft, cultivate, and decorate to grow your homestead, and use spells to explore the enchanted island of Azoria!
3. Fate/Samurai Remnant
   "Your wish shall perish…" A Holy Grail War begins in Edo Japan. A brand new Fate action RPG presented by TYPE-MOON and KOEI TECMO GAMES.
4. Mini Settlers
   Mini Settlers is a minimalistic city builder! Settle islands, construct cities, and design efficient logistic networks to fulfill your buildings' needs and fuel population growth to adventure into new worlds.

All links above are to the games' Steam pages.

The verdict?

Fate/Samurai Remnant was removed from my wishlist, to my dismay.

It is a SPECTACULAR game visually; the animations are smooth, the combination of a realistic background and anime looked like they belonged together, the characters are interesting, the sound design is off the hook, the animations are smooth, and it's gorgeous! The story reminds me of Zatch Bell, and had me hooked from the beginning! The subtitles were easy to read!

AND it gave me a headache to play. It was too zoomed in and, during combat, I didn't have enough control of the camera, which was constantly spinning, seemingly, as I was turning towards opponents. It reminded me of Dynasty Warriors. And the controls were too easy for me to forget. For people who do NOT get motion sickness from games, I recommend it.

My favorite one was Mini Settlers, funnily enough. After recording the video, I moved on from the Tutorial Island. I was having more fun with it than I expected! It's why I posted this to the blog so late! The more I played, the more I wanted to keep playing! And THAT'S a compliment! The art style is simple and memorable. and, while I, initially, had issues figuring out the mechanics, it encourages you, or me, to keep playing to figure it out. My main criticism is the color of the icons where your tools and craftable buildings are; they're all grey. The color to show what they represent would make things go more smoothly, at least for me. And, since I need to have a browser over top of it to keep me from playing so I can write this, I can confidently say I'm loving it!

Fae Farm would probably have me sucked in if it weren't for Mini Settlers; it's my second favorite of the bunch! The art style was adorable, the non-binary representation was refreshing, and the customization was fun! The story was cute too! It's the 3D and more focused version of Mini Settlers; you have YOUR farm and YOUR home to tend to, not an ENTIRE city. It kept things more focused, which was nice. And the fact they had romanceable NPCs was a plus. The color scheme was bright and fun! The map was, eventually, easier to navigate; it made the area seem bigger than it actually was, which confused me a bit. What kept me from getting frustrated was the quest tracking; it had an arrow to point me in the right direction, provided I remembered to activate it. So, when I did, it was a pleasant discovery every time!

The only way I would play Death's Hangover again is if someone bought the game for me. While I love ball and bat games, I've never been good at them. It was fun, but I had trouble playing it. I don't know if it was the color scheme and/or if I had issues keeping track of the ball. While the story, Dracula stole souls from Death and now you have to get them back, was amusing, I wasn't compelled to keep playing. I did appreciate the art style, though. We need more, good pixel art games.

And that's it for Part 4! Thank you for reading!
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TIMESTAMPS
0:00 - Welcome Gamers!
2:23 - Demos' Intro
3:06 - Death's Hangover
23:03 - Fae Farm
1:31:41 - "Looking for a game to capture"/Switching Games
1:32:40 - Fate/Samurai Remnant
2:20:07 - Mini Settlers
3:25:33 - Mini Critique
3:33:55 - Just Chatting/Closing
3:36:15 - Rendezvous Point Bookshop Plug
3:39:55 - Farewell

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• Pilot: CrossCode, Dumpy & Bumpy, Ynglet, Zero Ranger
• Part 2: A Dance of Fire and Ice, 2064: Read Only Memories, Death and Taxes, Underhero
• Part 3: TEKKEN 8, Spiritfarer: Farewell Edition, Secrets of Grindea, Forspoken
• Part 5: All-Star Fruit Racing, Indivisible, SaGa Emerald Beyond, Visions of Mana
• Part 6: Glorious Companions, Tales of Arise, Ultionus: A Tale of Petty Revenge, Cozy Island
• Part 7: The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood, Cursebane, Dex, The Lady Puppet
• Part 8: Detroit: Become Human, Little Goody Two Shoes, Luma Island, Tinkerlands
• Part 9: Backpack Battles, Glaciered, Ratopia, Slime Rancher
• Part 10: Captain Contraption's Chocolate Factory, Maid Cafe on Electric Street, Neon Noodles, Tiny Glade
• Part 11: Critter Café, Grimoire Groves, Pixel Cafe, Wizdom Academy
• Part 12: AdventureBarStory, Bone's Cafe, DELTARUNE, Mudborne
• Part 13: Food Truck Simulator, Magical Bakery, Magical Delicacy, Seaside Cafe Rush Hour
• Part 14: Chef's Tail, Espresso Tycoon, Kulebra and the Souls of Limbo, Tavern Talk
• Part 15: Chicken Journey, FANTASIAN Neo Dimension, Terra Memoria, Until Then
• Part 16: Cornucopia®, Hipster Café, Let's Café, Spells & Secrets
• Part 17: Doloc Town, Feed the Cups, Manitas Kitchen, Mushroom Picnic Party, Rift of the NecroDancer
• Part 18: Meadgard: Beer and Plunder, BOKURA: planet, Teeny Tiny Town, Tower of Babel: Survivors of Chaos
• Part 19: Dungeons of Hinterberg, The Mildew Children, Mythwrecked: Ambrosia Island, Yaoling: Mythical Journey
• Part 20: AI LIMIT, Harmony's Odyssey, Last Time I Saw You, Whiskers & Wizardry
  
• Part 21: Constance, Dragoon Ascension, Kara Fantasy, Welcome to Elderfield
• Part 22: Crowncity, Dungeon Alchemist, Parliament of Hell 1796, Voice of Cards: The Isle Dragon Roars
  
• Part 23: Tuesday, March 11th
• Part 24: Tuesday, March 18th
• Part 25: Tuesday, March 25th

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Originally published to https://opinionsandtruth.wordpress.com on September 27, 2024.