A round up of what we’ve been playing this week at Eurogamer.
Hello and welcome back to our regular feature where we write a little bit about some of the games we’ve been playing. This week Bertie swears he didn’t touch the pills, Kelsey screams (or is that a laugh?), and Tom goes up North.
‚It’s like Geometry Wars on pills‘ was the first thought that came to my head, not that I’d know what that’s like of course. But the Geometry Wars similarities are massive and immediate: fly a little ship around with the left thumbstick and shoot with the right stick, and survive huge, screen-filling, kaleidoscopic waves of enemies in contained areas while a soundtrack thumps like a heartbeat in your ears. Yes please; I’ve missed you Geometry Wars.
But there’s more here, too. There are layers of nuance. There’s strategy in how to spend the upgrade points you collect as you play, and levels break apart and reform around you, dynamically creating pockets of safety and danger, with teleports linking them. There’s a powerful dash ability to factor in, and ways to chain it, and there are boss battles separating arenas of play. Like Geometry Wars, then, but also uniquely itself. Here, even the menus pulse to the beat. Sektori is irresistible.
-Bertie
Remember last year when my husband surprised me with an escape room advent calendar? Well, I loved it so much, this year he did it again. This time, I am trying to escape a very raucous penguin party in the South Pole. You see, this pesky lot has plundered my supplies and commandeered my patrol boat, which is all very inconvenient as I am sure you can imagine.
This advent calendar is a tad harder than last year’s, and includes some red herrings which, if you fall for them, lead you to the wrong door and a penalty point. So far, I have got two penalties (damn, that’s annoying!). Just kidding, they are all part of the fun, and I am loving my evening ritual of tearing off doors to then fold/glue/manipulate/turn them into a different shape or angle so I can continue making my way to freedom.
How will I finally escape from these partying penguins? There isn’t too much longer to find out… assuming I don’t get too many more penalties.
-Victoria
I’m in full preparation mode for the update coming in January. After restarting my island, I have a blank canvas to do what I want with.
