How was I supposed to know that the trip would sink to the dark blue?
For when we first arrived on our holiday oasis,
A Hurricane came through, turned it to ashes!
To make one person smile, either by telling a story, or by telling something as simple as a joke, means you have had a good day indeed.
A fantastic remake of a game long ago made for exploration and finding the many secrets of the dreamy landscape of Koholint Island, spreading out across the sea, given Link's shipwrecked nature trapped on the island with no way off, needing Link alone to save the day and free himself from the Island's clutches.
Also, and this is for the remake fans, so I don't forget it, THE CRANE GAME WHY
Here I am, diving under the ocean blue,
Searching for a treasure I know here to be true,
I don't know why it didn't come to me before,
but I now search for the hidden Jewel Score!
One of the most influential movies of all time when it comes to the Science Fiction Genre, that birthed from it a series of movies, both sequel and Prequel, that still defy it's fandom to this very day about what is the best movie of the 9, which created two timelines of stories and created a series still dominated in popular culture.
And on it's own, from beginning to end, a simple story of a Farm Boy wrapped up in a Alliance's mission to stop the superweapon of an evil empire. Simple and to the point.
One of the best Zelda stories retold and given new life, as once again, like the Fate of Atlantis, with added details and characters to more flesh out the tale of the young Link, his Uncle, and the threat Hyrule faced under the rule of Ganon and his disciples, having taken the Sacred Realm for themselves and having nearly killed all of the Knights of Hyrule.
This Link, is but a simple farmer, A farmer with a dream of an apple orchard, forced onto a path to save the princess of the kingdom after he sees his Uncle struck down and being thrust onto the path of his parents and forbearers before him.
Honestly, if you can't play a Link to the Past, the Manga is a fantastic retelling of the story, quick, to the point, but unique as a sort of embellishment of the tale.
So after Balatro kind of created this sort of gambling Roguelike sub-genre, there were a few other ideas that could have been made and twisted and turned into their own sort of games. However, instead of Poker, they needed to stand out on their own.
And what better to stand out than the second game that is always played by bad guys in movies when it's not Poker, but the game of 21. Blackjack.
Instead of Jokers, it is the cards themselves that run the gambit and the powers, trying to get as close to the limit as possible (With also using their powers to control the game) without busting and taking such a hit it makes you want to restart the entire run.
We're nearing the time of year, when young love blossoms,
The time of the senior prom, where people dress like albino possum,
The gathering of friends, Acquaintances, and the odd one who calls themselves Zeus,
Everyone just prays that the DJ doesn't start playing Footloose!
So what happens if you take the FPS genre, take from the genre of roguelike just enough to make it a sort of mix between survival and Rogue elements, add in a comic style and humor like it's straight from the 1980s? Also, you make this entire setting that we are trapped in a nebula that has the power to turn anyone not the player into creatures and mutations bent on hurting anything not them, while also showing off the EVILS OF CAPITALISM?
Sometimes I have grown to like certain games out of my comfort zone in a couple of ways, as my tastes for the Retro begin to settle in more and more in a Post-Pandemic world, but sometimes it is best to set everything aside, turn off the brain, and enter another world that is gripping just from the word go.
A group of freeze-dried and desiccated inmates in a prison transport ship get trapped in a Nebula known for it's ability to turn anyone not protected into Mutations, while also being hunted by Pirates looking for valuable salvage to sell.
Sometimes, throwing everything into the sink just works fantastically well.
I'm a Knight in Shining Armor, with spear in hand, and Heart of Pure Courage,
Off to Save the Beautiful Maiden, Nothing else to Discourage.
Soon I'll find my way to the Haunted Castle, with Dragon on Guard,
Atop my Trusty donkey steed, and my friendly Village Bard!