Most of my best picks made it into the calendar proper, but a couple didn’t.
One I hadn’t even played properly until after the vote, and the other?
The other is a flawed pick, but one that I couldn’t stop thinking about.
Anyway, hope you all have a restful Xmas folks and a cracking new year.
Windblown
Windblown’s an early accessroguelikethat I thought looked a bit middling when it was first revealed.
Then I gave it a whirl and I was proven totally, totally wrong.
It’s a shame no-one is really talking about it, so here I am to rectify that.
You’re to battle through them, gradually getting stronger as you go.
The dash is sublime - very snappy, very fast, very spammable.
It’s all been well thought through, with music that goes a lot harder than it needs to.
And honestly, I love the fact that it’s co-op.
It’s rare you get to play a roguelike like this with a pal and it manages it well.
In all honesty, it’s not helping me write this up.
Akita is presented through gorgeous, dreamy vignettes.
Rice paddies lit by the sparkle of fireflies.
The reflection of the stream bubbling underneath a quaint road.
The rattle of the cicadas underscoring everything.
The overarching theme being that the Japanese countryside is being forgotten and it shouldn’t be.
Those better than the spiritless deals offered by the corpos in grey cities.
Those that can offer a richer life, one marked by community and crystal blue sky.
