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Koira
My favorite thing about Koira is that it falls into a similar camp as titles such as Little Nightmares and Limbo, but with a softer, more childlike approach. Koira is first and foremost a supernatural-type title with its own scares here or there, but it’s much more Spielberg in how it tackles its coming-of-age story. It’s a simple title where you’ll mostly traverse a forest towards home, play with your new dog, or save animal inhabitants from hunters. This is a title I was extremely happy to have fall into my lap.
Seafrog
A fresh blend of side-scroller platforming and Tony Hawk-inspired skateboarding, Seafrog is an interesting little title that delivered something new that I was looking for. Between its finely-tuned mechanics and ingenious world design, Seafrog shaped up to be one of the most unique titles that I’ll probably see this year. My only gripe is that the game can grow stale over time, as the gameplay is consistently samey, but it does manage to shake things up here and there. And as with the Tony Hawk arcade titles, it’s worth coming back to to scratch an itch.
The Strongest TOFU
Where to even begin with this one? The Strongest TOFU is a weird game. Its premise is kind of iconic in a way. Think WarioWare games meets the food we’ve come to know as tofu, and that’s what The Strongest Tofu is. Though there’s a fair share of platforming, TOFU manages to throw curveball after curveball to enhance the gameplay in droves. This is seriously a title worth checking out, even if you’re someone like me who just enjoys some good tofu. It’s a slightly janky game, but once you play, you can see that the devs really sank their teeth into this premise, literally.
