I’ve been playing a lot of Atlus’s new release, Metaphor: Refantazio (Metaphor). It’s been interesting to see them grapple a lot with some of the same things I’ve been thinking about in Roll for the Gods. I’m going to focus in on one of them here: the ability to instantly…
Category: Game Mechanics
20 Minutes Till Dawn: Implicit Synergies
During the November Steam sale, I picked up the bullet heaven game 20 Minutes Till Dawn (20MTD). I was drawn in by the limited color scheme and its striking use of red accents. But after playing it, what I ended up liking the most was how it builds up a…