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Cat quest ii apple arcade5/29/2023 ![]() What starts as a novel meditative experience quickly gives way to a curious mystery that only gets more puzzling as you continue to capture the habits of these strange squirrels. You do this by wandering the wilderness and setting up cameras and other observation gear before going back to your RV to see if you were able to gather the intel you were looking for. ![]() NUTS is a narrative adventure game about a young researcher sent into a forest to document the life and habits of squirrels. Also some of its systems are a little too easy to exploit, making the game a bit too easy. It does feel a little odd as a game somewhat designed around co-op, though. Cat Quest was super charming and fun, so I’m glad there’s now more of it to play. Cat Quest II ups the ante by offering co-op play (where player two is a dog!), a larger world, and more stuff to do, find, and discover.Ĭat Quest II is one of those sequels that is just more of the first game. You wander what looks like an overworld map in most games, but this operates as the primary view for doing just about everything in the game, including combat. As the name might suggest, these games are fantasy role-playing games where you play as a cat. I'd certainly love to see more exclusive or exciting games added to Apple Arcade, but this one is welcome nonetheless.Ĭat Quest II is a bigger, bolder version of the fantastic Cat Quest. This game isn't immune to the passing of time, but it is a really well made runner with tough-but-fair challenges and a phenomenal game-feel. I never played it and never assumed it would age well or appeal to me. Complete challenges or simply try to survive by jumping and switching color until you reach the end goal.Ĭhameleon Run+ is one of my mobile gaming blind spots. Your character runs automatically, but can only touch and run along platforms that match their color. Chameleon Run+ is full of pre-designed levels built around a color switching mechanic akin to Ikaruga or Kalimba. This acclaimed runner from Noodlecake has made the "jump" to Apple Arcade. It doesn’t always execute on its ideas as elegantly as it should, but The Bradwell Conspiracy gets high marks for trying a bunch of new ideas and doing right by a good number of them. It’s much more of a puzzle game than I was anticipating, and a pretty creative one at that. ![]() I didn’t really know anything going into The Bradwell Conspiracy, and I think that’s the best way to approach it. In this desolate first-person adventure game, you solve a bunch of environmental puzzles while winding your way through this museum which leads you to the discovery (shocker!) that everything isn’t quite what it appears to be. There definitely aren’t many surprises with a game like this, but Shantae manages to execute so well on creating a Castlevania-type game that it’s also hard not to have a good time with it.Īn accident has happened at the newly opened Bradwell Museum, and somehow everyone was able to evacuate except for you. I really dig the straightforward and old-school style of Shantae and the Seven Sirens. ![]() ![]() All along the way, island wildlife and other enemies stand in your path, and you have to decide how best to deal with them using your hair-whipping skills, magical abilities, or otherwise just avoiding them. To rescue the half-genies, you must pilot Shantae across different parts of the island to find magic powers that let you explore new locations. Shantae and her friends arrive on an island for a half-genie celebration, when all of them get kidnapped (except for Shantae, of course). Shantae and the Seven Sirens is a colorful and beautifully animated platformer that feels a lot like a Castlevania game. There’s a charming weirdness here that’s hard to put your finger on, and it backs up its simple goofy mechanics with systems that are geniunely fun to play around with. This game reminds me a lot of B-tier Playstation platformers, and I mean that as a term of endearment. Slash Quest!is a colorful action game where you steer a sword much in the same way you might a shopping cart to chop down enemies and solve environmental puzzles. This is part 3 of our Apple Arcade rankings. ![]()
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