This Week in Gaming (Week 3)

[TheLostSwede]

As we enter the third week of the new year, we have the first major release of the year, although it might not quite be a AAA release it combines something old with something even older to try and make it into something new. As for the rest of this coming week's releases, we have a steampunk RPG set in the Victorian area, a co-op FPS, a turned based 4X god game, a city builder with a twist and a world full of your pals.

Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown / This week's major release / Thursday 18 January
Dash into a stylish and thrilling action-adventure platformer set in a mythological Persian world where the boundaries of time and space are yours to manipulate. Play as Sargon and evolve from sword-wielding prodigy to extraordinary legend as you master acrobatic combat and unlock new Time Powers and unique super abilities.




Sovereign Syndicate/ Monday 15 January
Explore an open world in this Victorian steampunk cRPG. Choose from three playable characters with branching stories that intertwine. Investigate, interact, and take action to leave your mark on the world and its inhabitants. No random stat points here, use your skills to level them up, and trust your fate to our tarot card chance
system.



Contain / Tuesday 16 January
Contain is a first-person cooperative tactical shooter, but if you like you can play as a Lone Wolf. There is an organization that directs many task forces that are trying
to control objects of supernatural origin that have fallen from space. The story centers on a special task force.



Dominions 6 - Rise of the Pantokrator / Wednesday 17 January
You are a God! You are master and ruler of a loyal nation. You have unimaginable powers at your disposal. You have claimed this world as yours. But there are others who stand in your way. You must defeat and destroy these pretenders. Only then can you ascend to godhood and become the new Pantokrator.



New Cycle / Thursday 18 January
Build a new civilization out of the chaos of an apocalyptic solar flare as you grow your House from a lone shelter to an industrial metropolis. Take on the burden of preserving life itself and help your people realize their aim: "A future beyond survival." Lead the world of New Cycle.



Palworld / Friday 19 January
Fight, farm, build and work alongside mysterious creatures called "Pals" in this completely new multiplayer, open world survival and crafting game!In a harsh environment where food is scarce and vicious poachers roam, danger waits around every corner. To survive, you must tread carefully and make difficult choices...even if that means eating your own Pals when the time comes.

View at TechPowerUp Main Site

 

[Chaitanya]

Read review of Prince of Persia on Gamespot and it seems like Ubisoft has taken it back to its platforming roots. Might give it a try at some point in future.

Prince Of Persia: The Lost Crown Review - Crowning Achievement

Prince of Persia boldly reinvents itself as a metroidvania, and it feels like it has found its new home.

www.gamespot.com

 

[T0@st]

It was briefly mentioned in a previous PR post for Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown, but I'll repeat it here. Ubisoft released a demo version on January 11. Worth checking out before release day.

 

[AusWolf]

My vote is on Contain. It looks like a regular, boring cooperative shooter at first, but I'm a sucker for the supernatural. If the price is right, I'll buy it.

New Cycle looks nice, too, but I already have a ton of post-apocalyptic city builders, and I'm not sure what makes this one different.

As for this new Prince of Persia, I think the cartoony style was a bad choice. I don't know about you guys, but PoP has always been a serious title in my eyes, but I can't take anything that looks like a cartoon seriously. Sorry.

 

[MarsM4N]

Well, glad they went back to 2D with "Prince of Persia"! Quite some nostalgia. Wish they would also release "Prince of Persia Classic" for PC.

Let's see how "New Cycle" and "Contain" turn out. Both games are from new unexperienced developers, in case you think about preordering.

 

[L'Eliminateur]

My vote is on Contain. It looks like a regular, boring cooperative shooter at first, but I'm a sucker for the supernatural. If the price is right, I'll buy it.

New Cycle looks nice, too, but I already have a ton of post-apocalyptic city builders, and I'm not sure what makes this one different.d

This week i see several titles that pique my interest too, i have to check that contain one as the description is too vague(is it coop pve, coop pvp, or what, does it have a campaign?), BUT graphics don't look very modern AND i really hate the "always dark and misty" atmosphere of shooters lately, give me bright saturated daylight colours, that dark/misty shit is to cover for cheap and lazy/bland level/game design, looking at the trailer, it's ALWAYS at night/heavy fog/dark corridors... meh

New cycle also looks nice, BUT as you say, ¿what makes it different from others of the genre?, as they seem to be cropping left and right (post-apocalyptic city builders).
What bothers me about most of the games in the genre i've played is that they invent 20+ different resources you have to track with interlocking requirement and it turns into micromanagement hell and a min-max optimizing nightmare, that's not the sort of gameplay i want(i tried steamworld build and i'm ready to uninstall it, the growing insane requirements and milestones are pure stupidity and don't make it fun for me). If i wanted to hammer my nuts with annoyance mechanics, i'd play factorio

Sovereign syndicate looks interesting, might give it a whirl(in one year, as usual)

 

[Count von Schwalbe]

I watched a YouTuber play Palworld. He described it as Ark with Pokemon.