| The_Liquid_Laser said: More Hints: 34. a. The title of this game references a city in a popular fantasy world. 33. Two of the characters in this game are named after the font type used by their text. |
33. Comic & Sans? Times And New Roman?
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| #37 | Graveyard Keeper |
|---|---|
| guessed by | Kantor |
| platform | Switch |
| release year | 2018 |
| developer/publisher | Lazy Bear Games/tinyBuild |
| genre | simulation/adventure |
| links | Wikipedia, Moby games, trailer |
Graveyard Keeper was an interesting surprise to me. The description caught me, by describing that you keep a graveyard in good condition, while also indicating a strange and morbid humour. And yes, it delivered.
The game starts with a short sequence, in which the character seemingly dies in our world, while returning home to his love. He ends up in a kinda medieval world, where he is appointed the new Graveyard Keeper in line with the Ancient Contract. Nobody here seems suprised, that out of nowhere a new Graveyard Keeper turns up. At first you are tasked with digging up a skull named Gerry. Once unearthed said skull helps you to find your footing in your tasks, while also pointing out possibilities for profit, which in turn he wants to turn into alcohol.
You have to bury the corpses you get delivered by a talking donkey, while keeping that graveyard tidy, so the quality goes up. With high enough graveyard quality the bishop allows to hold sermons. You also have a garden in which you can grow crops, which you can cook or brew beer with. And you can mine, cut down trees and getting lots of resources, which you can use in crafting more and more advanced stuff to keep everything going.
A major part is alchemy, that allows you to craft potions and embalming liquids. You can use pretty much everything as a source of alchemical substances, including the corpses and their organs.
This all is combined with an interesting story that unfolds. This world and the villagers have a past, which you can slowly uncover as you help with various problems they face. But over all is the task of your main character: get back to his own world and to his love. The tone of the story is often light, even with a dark history of this world. Expect some quite morbid jokes.
The game has a pretty artstyle, and some nice effects for a 2D game with cool lighting and weather effects. The music is quite catchy, although more titles for less repetition would have been nice.
The game has three DLCs. Breaking Dead (which is included usually in PC versions) allows you to create Zombies, which you can use to automate tasks. Highly recommended, because cutting down a tree is only fun for the first thousand times or so. Stranger Sins adds a tavern and a lot of story about things that happened 200 years ago. It is quite nice to see the ruins you encounter everywhere as actual buildings in the past. Game of Crone is just out in October and I haven't played it yet. But it says you can manage a camp and get more story about the last keeper.
One thing annoyed me: the fishing minigame is bad. I hate it. Luckily I can buy every fish I need for the story from the fisherman at the lighthouse. I also recommend to buy a teleport stone early on from the tavern owner, so you don't need to walk everywhere.
Overall this was a very enjoyable experience for me. It may be too grindy for some, or the humour too lowbrow and morbid. But if you can enjoy that, this game is very fun. It is available pretty much everywhere.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zd5S5rlKf_M&ab_channel=tinyBuildGAMES
Last edited by Mnementh - on 26 November 2020
| The_Liquid_Laser said: More Hints: 34. a. The title of this game references a city in a popular fantasy world. 33. Two of the characters in this game are named after the font type used by their text. |
#34: I was instantly thinking of Baldur's Gate as the city, but that is the whole title of the game. But in the Forgotten Realms I am not too far off. You probably mean Neverwinter Nights.
#33: Undertale obviously.
The_Liquid_Laser said:
Final Fantasy X is probably the only game I've personally played with a "water ball" type of game. I'm sure there are others out there. I just haven't played them. EDIT: I just realized 35 is Dragon Quest Builders. |
Yeah, I actually also don't know another game with water ball sports. And to be fair, Blitzball has a pretty big place in FFX.
And yes, #35 is Dragon Quest Builder.
| The_Liquid_Laser said: 46. Wargroove Outside of the NES era, my favorite Nintendo made game is Advance Wars. It is also extremely frustrating that the DS is the last system with Advance Wars games on it. Luckily for me, Wargroove came along. It has all of the goodness of the Advance Wars games with a few unique mechanics to make it unique. In short, it is everything I want out of an Advance Wars game. While the title of the game is named after one new mechanic, the feature I like the most is actually the critical hit system. I hope Chucklefish keeps making games like this, because I definitely plan to continue to buy them.
45. Final Fantasy Tactics Advance For years I quested for a game that could scratch that “Final Fantasy Tactics” itch. Appropriately, the best game I found to do this was Final Fantasy Tactics Advance. I’ve always liked this game, but the first time I played it, I was disappointed that it wasn’t even more like the original game. A few years ago, after much questing for a game similar to the original, I finally was able to accept this game for what it was. The very basic gameplay is the same as the original FFT, but this game is more about building your party from a variety of races. This is actually a very fun game in it’s own right and it takes certain things in a different direction compared to the first game. And these mechanics are actually very enjoyable in their own right.
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Not enough of us sjrpg fans on these forums. Good picks!
Mnementh said:
The Pikmin series does something great. It combines puzzle solving with real time strategy and all in a cute design, while the gameplay itself is still challenging. And I love the result, all three games, but I give this spot to the first entry. The first game released on the Gamecube and was rereleased on Wii with adaptations in the controls to the Wiimote (called New Play Control). The game features captain Olimar, who crashes on a planet that looks incredibly like earth. His life support only keeps him alive for 30 days and after the crash he is missing parts of the spaceship. So he is out looking for the missing parts. And finds little creatures he plucks from the earth like a vegetable, but they have feet and follow him and follow his orders. He calls them Pikmin.
The Pikmin help him to find the missing parts of the ship that are often hid behind some sort of puzzle or a boss-fight. But he has also to look out for the Pikmin themself, if we gather food more Pikmin are produced which helps later on. Many creatures are eating Pikmin, so you have to fight them. The graphic style look great as a replication of nature with Olimar and the Pikmin running around in this scenario. And did I mention everyone is about 2 centimeters big? Well, they are.
The game has two sequels now and a spin-off (Hey Pikmin!). This was a good start for a great franchise. I hope another entry is coming soon. |
Personally, I like Pikmin 2 the best. Pikmin 1 was kind of short. But I see why you put it in you list. It was the first game of it's series and pretty groundbreaking.
TruckOSaurus said:
33. Comic & Sans? Times And New Roman? |
nope. Mnementh got it (see below).
Mnementh said:
#34: I was instantly thinking of Baldur's Gate as the city, but that is the whole title of the game. But in the Forgotten Realms I am not too far off. You probably mean Neverwinter Nights. #33: Undertale obviously. |
Both correct!
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| mZuzek said: #36 - One character is famous for being very good at shoryukens, but it's not a fighting game. |
Castlevania Symphony of the Night?
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35) Was officially released this year but I first played it almost a decade ago.
34) Proof that precious metals make for great games.
33) This is the newest game in its franchise which is a spiritual successor to an older franchise.
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| UnderwaterFunktown said: Cooking up a new batch of hints: 35) Was officially released this year but I first played it almost a decade ago. 34) Proof that precious metals make for great games. 33) This is the newest game in its franchise which is a spiritual successor to an older franchise. |
35 - Demon's Souls?
34 - I take it its a Platinum Games game so i'll go with Bayonetta
33 - Nier:Automata, fuck it, Platinum Games ftw.
| UnderwaterFunktown said: Cooking up a new batch of hints: 35) Was officially released this year but I first played it almost a decade ago. 34) Proof that precious metals make for great games. 33) This is the newest game in its franchise which is a spiritual successor to an older franchise. |
34 - Pokémon: Silver/Gold?
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