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PaperclipPerfector  9d ago (text post)   1750 thread views

Friday Fun Thread for February 28, 2025

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Not a demo, but the sequel to one of my favourite survival games was released yesterday.

Card Survival Fantasy Forest currently doesn't hold a candle to its predecessor Card Survival Tropical Island. The original took a couple of years to make it to 1.0 so it not really fair to judge it by that standard. Still, there are many steps backward in terms of the quest system (meant to introduce recipes and game elements to the player) and the exploration system.

I'm sure these will be ironed out over early access and I trust the devs won't abandon the game. Unfortunately in the meantime, the Chinese playerbase are review bombing the game because it doesn't reach the quality of a full release.

Interesting, would 'book of hours but with more direction and depth' be an accurate way to describe these games? That's the impression I get. Ordinarily that style plus your effusive recommendation would be enough for me to at least try out one of these but God damn are they expensive!

Book of Hours and Cultist Simulator are different games, but there is overlap in the 'discover what happens if you combine these two cards' mechanic. There are a lot of intuitive interactions between cards. The survival drive aspect becomes very very obvious when you are new to the game, first thirst, then hunger then disease and finally mental illness.

If you'd like to try these two out, I'd start with Tropical Island. There is a free demo of the first days here on Steam. You should know if the gameplay is for you by the end of the free content.

Edit: I should say that while they seem expensive for indie games, there is so much complexity under the hood that keeps things entertaining. I've got 450 hours in Tropical Island.

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