The original inspiration for today's comic is Vambrace: Cold Soul and while the game is not utter shit it's either average or mediocre depending on who you ask.

I avoided saying the name of the game in the comic because it would be unfair. The game isn't TERRIBLE just lacking compared with Darkest Dungeon which is clearly one of its inspirations. I also feel bad bashing any small game because I know making games is hard and they don't need me to fan the fires of dissent.

However, many indie games take style over substance, they have nice visuals or perhaps a novel concept but the gameplay is not solid and the interface is all over the place. The original idea for the comic was just Morgan doing a «meh» face and it would fit my opinion about the game but I think the stirp would be poor.

For all the flack AAA games get, most of them get the basics right.

Gato Roboto is a game heavily inspired in Metroid.

It's short and sweet and kind on the easy side but it's also dirty cheap so if you like the genre there is little reason to not try it.

However if you don't like retro graphics, 2d platformers or cats it's not for you!

If I ever asked if people would want cheesecake of Sonic characters on my Patreon, I'd be afraid of the answer.

I wanted to say Sonic runs around naked and nobody finds it arousing but I know better.

To be honest, I notice the guys in Sonic usually have a more cartoony body made of a roundish torso with noodle arms while some of the girls have a shapely body so it's not just the clothing (or lack of it) making the girls suddenly attractive.

This all said some kind of clothing will definitely make it more arousing than just going butt naked and acting natural, especially if said naked body has nothing to show.

I finally powered thru Wargroove and managed to get the «bad» ending.

To get the good ending I'd need to collect 100 star, which means doing some extra missions like arcade and puzzles and honestly, I'm over it.

The balance of the game is bad, with Pikemen being too powerful and countering most ground units making the best strategy always being «spam pikemen until you can spam dragons»

I usually don't say this but the story is more wholesome than a eps of My Little Pony with people constantly cheering and validating each other.

The last mission is surprisingly hard by the way, like 2 leagues harder than anything else in the game.

I think I learned a lesson with Wargroove though. I won't try to finish games I'm not invested anymore. If I feel the game is like a chore I should not force myself over it. There are so many games out there there is no reason to spend time playing one which isn't fun anymore.

It's a pity I found the gameplay of Pokemon so simple and easy otherwise I'd give it a try. Doesn't help the last time I read about it I saw people saying they are making it even easier… I mean, your rival already pick a Pokemon who is vulnerable to yours. That's modern gaming for you I guess.

The current generation at least has some nice looking ones.

For those out of the loop…

Shenmue is an old Dreamcast game who has kind of a cult following and got a successful Kickstarter to launch its 3rd sequel, Shenmue III.

Everybody expected it to be launched on PC (by Steam) and on some console. By expected I mean they said on their page they would distribute it by Steam.

This week at E3 they changed their tune and announced it's going to be an Epic Store exclusive for PC and that's it.

Honestly, Subverse will probably be the last game I fund on Kickstarter because it gives the backer no warranty I will get a product. I may back it to get it cheaper -a gamble, or because I really trust the people behind it but I am not making any leaps of faith.

Best part of Witcher III on the Switch is we now have a chance of he being on Smash Ultimate.

This comic was originally created with Duke Nukem in mind I think the issue with the Duke is not attitude, but relevance.

He had some 2d games almost nobody knows, Duke Nukem 3d which made him popular decades ago and the remake which didn't do well. The chances of him getting in are as big as any unknown random protagonist from some old PC game at this point.

So I swapped to Mortal Kombat because while they are relevant, their gimmick is the gore and no way Nintendo would allow them to rip the spine of Mario.

I'm sure there is someone somewhere who miss Artifact but it's almost eerie the overall lack of interest of people in the game.

If Valve were to bring it back they would need to add some new gameplay spin to it to grab people's attention.

By the way, Underlords is pretty cool. If you enjoyed Auto Chess I'd say it's definitely an upgrade.