Kevin C. Wong

Spot Reviews 04/07/23

Apple Arcade - Manifold Garden (2019) [+] First person puzzle game in an Escher-world. Wander around and open doors using colored blocks placed on pedestals. You can go to any wall and rotate to make it the floor. When you get outside your building you can fall and it's infinite because it looks around so rotating and falling just right is a strategy. It's a pretty cool game but I do not have the spatial sense to be good at it. It also looks simplistically beautiful.

Apple Arcade - Yaga the Roleplaying Folktale (2019) [/] Angled view adventure game where you talk to people, do little quests, fight monsters and upgrade your items. That last part is whole complex system of getting materials and recipes then adding powers to your weapon and maybe shield and armor. Unfortunately I got stuck in the initial village trying to find one guy to progress the quest line and I'm not really interested in a complicated crafting system. The game does have good voice acting and is heavy on Slavic culture and mythology.

Apple Arcade - Things That Go Bump (2019) [-] Physics-based platform combat game. You're a spirit. Inhabit household objects to create your form (body, legs, weapon) then fight other spirits. Combat is not precise which makes for an uninteresting game.