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Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator is a thoughtful, intelligent crafting title that offers a deeply-robust gameplay experience. Players take on the role of an alchemist in Medieval times, gathering herbs for recipes, forming bonds with merchants and experimenting with potion combinations to create the Philosopher's Stone. Interacting with ingredients to see what combinations are most effective is at the heart of the crafting system and failure is rewarded as players learn from their mistakes.
What we like:
Unique crafting system
No punishment for failure
Thoughtful and intelligent game design
Visually appealing artistry and cozy atmosphere
What could be improved:
Limited access to ingredients due to limited resources and money-management
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Create and manage your dream restaurant! Menus, purchasing, décor, staff, equipment, customers… and don't forget the actual cooking! Experience the daily life of a restaurateur and earn your awards from the Michelin Guide.
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APICO is the latest game in the sims genre, combining elements from Stardew Valley, Graveyard Keeper and Animal Crossing. Join your grandfather's beekeeping business on an island and craft, build and breed bees to discover extinct species. Experience a chilled adventure as you create your own unique world.
What we like:
Crafting and building features are easy to pick up on
Chilled experience which allows you to complete the game at your own pace
Incorporates science into fun gameplay
What could be improved:
Initial NPCs lack personality compared to similar games
Tasks can be time consuming once you have a rhythm going
Football Manager 2023 lets you become an elite football manager, crafting your own team, writing your own headlines, and dominating the competition. Sign superstars or create them and level up your recruitment to develop a world-class squad. Play big European nights with the UEFA Champions League, and outsmart your rivals with smarter AI managers. Enjoy the new Supporter Confidence system and dynamic manager timeline, and relive your achievements.
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Stranded: Alien Dawn drops you into an unknown alien world, where you'll lead survivors, build a high-tech outpost, and make tough decisions to survive. With engaging gameplay, a variety of planets, and a peaceful non-combat option, you'll experience a unique, unpredictable journey. But beware, time may slow and crafting can get repetitive in this thrilling survival sim.
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Cook, Serve, Delicious! 3?! is a cooking simulator game set in a post-apocalyptic America. Travel across the country in your food truck while competing in the Iron Cook Foodtruck Championships. With over 200 food and drink options, customizable gameplay, and a local co-op mode, this game provides hours of entertainment. Don't miss the chance to enjoy an amazing original soundtrack, too!
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The classic transport simulation genre has a new gold standard with Transport Fever 2. Discover a whole new world by navigating transport routes through land, water and air. May progress and prosperity find their way!
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Unleash your creativity in Let's Build a Zoo! With over 500 animals and 300,000 unique combinations to discover, you'll design the zoo of your dreams. Manage your staff, breed rare creatures, and even splice DNA to create new species. Your choices matter - will you run an ethical zoo or bend the rules for profit?
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Imagine Earth is a thrilling real-time planet simulation and strategy game that lets you explore and colonize distant planets. In this game, you play a space colony manager tasked with building profitable colonies while preserving living conditions for your people amidst corporate greed and environmental concerns. Dig for resources, build power plants, farms, and factories while fending off threats like asteroids, wild fires, and hostile colonies. You can trade resources and technologies to enrich your colonies, build towers, and research for advanced technologies. Now, it's time to expand your colony and dominate the universe!
What we like:
Well-polished game with unique art design and relaxing gameplay
Heavy emphasis on competitiveness with multiple ways to hinder AI competition
Great fun in multiplayer games
Continual and meaningful updates from the developers
Unique approach to a tile-based system
What could be improved:
Lack of micromanagement may disappoint city-building enthusiasts
Voice acting could be better
Limited countermeasures against weather effects
Unintuitive resource gathering and pollution mitigation
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Jurassic World Evolution 2 is a game that will take you on a journey as you attempt to coexist with dinosaurs and keep them safe. With Jeff Goldblum, Bryce Dallas Howard, and BD Wong reprising their roles from the movies. The game features an all new Campaign Mode, Chaos Theory mode which lets you play through pivotal moments from all five of the movies and Challenge Mode. Two new enclosures - Aviary and Lagoon - for the new flying & aquatic dinosaurs.
What we like:
Expansion of scope compared to its predecessor
75+ brand new dinosaurs
Beautiful landscapes
Quality of life improvement with Ranger Posts & natural ground cover for herbivores
Scientist & Paleo-Medical Facility to aid research & healing process
Customizable Guest Buildings with decorations & items within
Customizable building style (Classic Jurassic Park/Jurassic World)
Bonus customization options in Deluxe Edition
What could be improved:
Campaign Mode relatively short
Certain game mechanics not always obvious
Need for well-rounded staff in order to progress missions quickly