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Ikonei Island is a cute and cozy little life sim with some pirate battling elements to it. There is plenty to keep you busy however.

The game starts with you and some friends becoming shipwrecked on an island. The island itself is quite large,I believe 14 areas in total. Each full of animals to discover,pirates to fight, statues to fix and things to build.

The game is honestly very well done if not a bit more geared towards children. I don’t say this as a bad thing,simply a warning for those that may be looking for a more mature title.

The game play itself has a nice loop and learning pattern of swapping between characters (if you want) planting crops, feeding animals which you can possess to do things you need to get done such as pollinating crops.

  The game itself is fun,if not a bit flawed at times,such as when you are fighting and your view gets blocked by rocks. Nothing major but small things like this happen enough to be annoying. The game is a solid 7/10 however and is worth playing. Best wishes and may the Gaming gods bring you glory.

Zombies,Aliens and Guns is one of those games that doesn’t give you a lot to say about it. The title says a lot and it is pretty from in center in terms of what the game is.

First the game is a shooter,you grab your gun shoot, you guessed it, Zombies and Aliens. Each level is some variation of collect boxes, help people escape or ride a vehicle from point A to Point B while protecting it.

The game has simple yet nice graphics and most importantly is fun to play. It’s a throwback to a time when games were simplistic and just fun to play. That doesn’t mean the game is easy,there were a couple later levels that really ticked me off a bit. But what you see is what you get,and at a $6 price point,it’s a short romp into the past and some quick and easy achievements. Definitely pick this one up if you want something that’s easy to pick up and play. 9/10,you won’t find much better at this price point. Best wishes and may the Gaming gods bring you glory.

Moonglow Bay from the Small Indy company Bunnyhug is a sort of fishing RPG. It takes place in a small Canadian town that has been having problems ever since the local fishing industry crumbled.

  You play the role of a 60 something year old accountant that lost his wife shortly after moving to Moonglow bay. Now he is reopening the family business. The general game loop is wake up,go fishing,cook meals and sell them. In between you can buy things for your boat, do missions for the locals and of course donate fish to the museum to attract new customers.

Graphically the game is cute and the sound lends itself nicely to the environment the game has created. The fishing mini games work well and aren’t overly complicated but also aren’t so simplistic as to be boring.

The game has some issues, nothing major but enough to be annoying. For example walking in your house is painfully slow,and the ability to fast travel around town would have been amazing. None of this takes away from the enjoyment of the game,in fact fans of cozy life sims really need to pick this one up. A fun 8/10 that fans of the genre won’t want to miss. Best wishes and may the gaming gods bring you glory.

  Alchemist The Potion Monger from Art Games studios is the newest alchemy game to launch this week in Xbox and on PC gathered posting reviews from fans. This isn’t entirely the same on Xbox.

The game itself involves you getting to a home you built and instantly starting your career as a local alchemist. You start out with a tutorial on how to make basic potions to heal yourself and your dog followed by how to get rid of some vines blocking your way to town.

Your dog plays a key role in the game especially at first. It not only helps you track down things he also helps tell you what sort of effects earth based ingredients would have.

After you find out what they do you can use different alchemist tools can be used to change the effects either clockwise or counter clockwise. This lets you use one item to create different types of effects.

The game is really well made and the story is solid,but the Xbox version has had a few small snags. Some people have reported losing save data for example. The controls are also a bit iffy at times. These have largely been patched out according to the developers and if they haven’t been they probably will be soon.

That being said, the game is fun but has been met with a few snags. Nothing that breaks your enjoyment of the game or even breaks it for me. At the price being asked for it the game is one of the better ones out there. It is a solid 7/10 and worth the money if you enjoy this kind of game. Best wishes and may the Gaming Gods bring you glory.

The newest simulator from Live Motion Games is, Bakery Simulator. You will do everything you would do day to day to run a successful Bakery business,right down to deliver some sweet fresh bread.

The day starts out quite simple,order the supplies you will need for the day such as sugar, flour etc. This is quite easily done and you can go piece by piece or simply order everything you can with the push of a button.

The next order of business,pun intended, is to decide what order you will fulfill. You start with only the one place to ship to but you will quickly unlock more. This will give you the recipe you need to follow to make bread,muffins or other assorted things.

  You will then need to grab a mixing bowl,grab all the stuff and mix it with you guessed it, a mixer. If this sounds like a boring game,you would actually be quite wrong. The general flow of the game is quite relaxing and unlocking new recipes or even new ways to bake or mix things can be fun. Except for a couple minor details.

For starters the controls are generally speaking a mess. Trying to pick up pans or put things into certain containers can be a nightmare due to needing to be pretty precise. There were a number of times even picking up the large mixing bowl or putting it down was difficult.

  The game isn’t bad by any means, the controls just need some work. I still enjoyed my time with it and will absolutely be returning to it if they patch the game at some point. But for now the game is a 5/10, it’s as average as average gets. But remember that average is called average for a reason. Best wishes,and may the gaming gods bring you glory.

Wildcard football is a new arcade style football with a card battler element to it from Saber Interactive.

  The game works the same way as football. An offense and a defense take the field in an attempt to score, which follows the same format as traditional football.

The gameplay itself,while fantastic and beautifully rendered, takes a little getting used to after years of playing Madden. This isn’t a bad thing though,as watching a player suplex another is hilarious. I also enjoyed the different dances and flips people would do as they avoided tackles.

This brings me to the card aspect. Each play you have the opportunity to play different cards that do things ranging from slowing down the opponent,increasing your strength or surrounding your player with a sort of shield. There are also more defense minded cards that do things like prevent the activation of their card.

   There isn’t a lot to say about this game aside from the fact that it is well worth the time and energy it takes to learn the different mechanics of the game. It is a solid 9/10 and I can’t recommend it enough. Best wishes and may the Gaming gods bring you glory.

The Legend of Legacy HD Remastered is as the name implies, a remaster of the 2015 3DS game by the same name. But should it have stayed there?

  The gameplay is simplistic and easy to get into. It’s a traditional turn based RPG with a different way of leveling up. As you use attacks you will gain new skills with that weapon type. It’s pretty much impossible to know when this will occur,or what those moves will even be.

The primary way of making money is by exploring maps completely,then selling them to shops. This is also a pain in the neck as you will occasionally run into sections of the map that are temporarily too dark to see or invaded by enemies that are far too strong for your party to defeat.

The story of the continent of Avalon is quite simple. It appeared and now you need to investigate it. It’s fun and honestly well done,but it doesn’t break any new ground.

Is it worth a buy? Yes,but only on sale. There are better games that do the same thing this one does. It’s a solid 7/10, but if you played the original this one isn’t going to be a vast upgrade for you. Best wishes and may the Gaming gods bring you glory.

The Star Wars Battlefront Classic collection is,as the name implies, a collection of the original games from the old PS2 era and they were nice enough to send me a copy to review.

  The game is a massive improvement over the original releases. The graphics are beautiful, the sound is top notch. It is great to see what I once loved given the treatment it deserves in that regard. The controls are often far smoother than they have ever been.

The problem is honestly like many games (looking at you Golden Eye) when you play them much later,their age shows. The controls while smoother than ever,aren’t good by today’s standards. Trying to hit anything in itself is cumbersome and the lack of certain modern day quality of life improvements just means there are better games out there that do the same or similar things.

The news isn’t all bad however, as far as nostalgia trips go this was a good one and the price isn’t bad for two games. They are also still fun to play,and that was always the games strong point to begin with.

The game is a 6/10 and admittedly I would wait for a sale. I don’t dislike the game,it just could have been so much better. Best wishes and may the Gaming gods bring you glory.

Manic Mechanics from 4J studios is a fast paced,but a little short, jaunt through 4 player chaos fixing cars as a traveling mechanic.

Parts will come down the conveyor belt and you toss them, quite literally if you want,on to a special bench to fix it up before tossing it,again literally if you want, onto the car.

  There is a lot I can say about this game if I wanted to repeat myself a million times,and I really don’t want to do that so I will say it once. The game looks and sounds great,and is a lot of fun to play with friends. My girlfriend and I blew through the 25 or so stages in a day or two and she doesn’t exactly play a lot of games.

Honestly my only real issues with the game are that it’s short and playing by yourself isn’t really an option after the first half of the game and getting hooked up with multiplayer partners isnt always easy. The game is still worth buying, especially if you are looking for a couch co-op game to play with friends and family. This one is a solid 8 out of 10, best wishes and may the gaming gods bring you glory.