Mewgenics is a game that completely exceeded my expectations, and that’s saying something because the pre-release hype had me pretty pumped. By that I mean I consumed every single video that the game’s creators, Edmund McMillan and Tyler Gael put out as I impatiently waited for the game to release.
Ball X Pit is a pretty creative rogue-lite that takes the old school concept of Break Out and puts an interesting spin on it. On the surface, it’s pretty simple, block shaped enemies descend from the top of the screen and you shoot balls to destroy them. What makes the game interesting is the array of special balls and upgrades you get and how you combine them. You have everything from fireballs, balls that shoot lasers, and balls that shoot other balls, if you can think of a ball, it’s probably here.
Monster Train 2 is pretty much the same game as its predecessor, but bigger. For a deck-building game, that’s probably for the best. For the most part, it’s a direct improvement over the original, and its mechanics are more refined. On the other hand, Monster Train 2 also retains many of the same flaws as the first game and even exposes a new one that I may not have noticed in the first game, but was likely there.
Hades 2 is undoubtedly a great game and one I’ve definitely enjoyed playing. At the same time, it somewhat feels like it’s trying to catch lightning twice, which almost never happens. What I mean by that is, Hades 2 is simply more Hades, it’s a very safe sequel.