Edmund McMillen's first game was not Super meat boybut it was really the game that put him on the map. Super meat boy is also one of the great early indie games of the Xbox 360 era, which can be credited with helping the indie community soar. Another good game by him was The Binding of Isaacand now McMillen's team is back with a very strange game called Mewgenics.
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Players will run a house filled with mutant cats that they then need to breed to create powerful cat armies. They can take some in dungeons, as this is a run-based roguelike with turn-based tactical combat. For those who quit Mewgenicsthey can fill their catless holes with the following games that have similar vibes or mechanics, or to be cute, mew-chanics.
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Pit People
Equally strange
The art style and sheer weirdness of games from The Behemoth are so close to everything Edmund McMillen and his team develop that it almost seems as if the games already come from the same studio. Pit People is a strategy game set in an apocalyptic fantasy land that fell into ruins when a giant bear crashed into the planet and screwed everything up.
Players can get an initial party and find more members along the way as they take their caravan on missions. Random events and encounters are unpredictable, and fights are always much more challenging because they will outnumber players. The upbeat music, character/enemy designs, and challenging hexagonal strategy battles fit right in Mewgenics or vice versa.
Darkest Dungeon 2
The Soulslikes Of Roguelikes
Darkest Dungeon 2 is a 2D roguelike RPG with a turn-based combat system, and to call it grim would be an understatement. Players can choose from a variety of heroes, each with their own class, to fill their four party slots before venturing into the Gothic hell. The Highwayman, for example, is a marksman while the Plague Doctor can use alchemy to infect enemies.
When characters die on the run, they will retreat for the rest, seemingly making the rest of the campaign nearly impossible without a lot of luck. Although it is not a tactical game, it is gloomy and high challenge rating Darkest Dungeon 2's campaign is sure to resonate with some Mewgenics fans.
Fight Back The Alien Scourge
XCOM: Enemy Unknown was a reboot for XCOM series, which updated some mechanics and made it somewhat more accessible while still maintaining the difficult nature of the campaign. Players are part of an elite team designed to fight back against alien invaders, and all battles, as they attack multiple parts of the world at once, are random. Players will have to make difficult decisions about abandoning one area over another, depending on what rewards they will receive in exchange for the rescue.
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The battles themselves are strategic, with units able to move freely, not on a grid in any direction, and take cover when their turn is complete, whether moving or attacking. As Mewgenicscharacters and abilities will be randomized, and there is permadeath, so players must treat each move as if it were their last. Missing a single attack can be fatal for the team, which makes getting the victory the best sense in the world.
The final spell
Gotta go back to Hogwarts
The final spell is a mouthful of a genre as it is a tactical rogue-like tower defense game. After magic destroys the world, a powerful mage casts the literal final spell to destroy all remaining magic, which in turn will stop zombies and monsters from invading humanity's last bastion.
In each campaign, players will be given a random set of characters to choose from, with upgrades unlocking new options as players progress. Before the battles begin, players can fortify the city to protect the mage, along with preparing the battlefield. Monsters come in waves, and the limited party members can attack individually or cast area-of-effect attacks on the grid-based maps. The complete randomization of the battlefields, enemies and party members falls in line with Mewgenicsminus the housekeeping and breeding nature.
Great Kingdom
Build your guild
Great Kingdom
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November 19, 2015
IN Great Kingdomplayers are responsible for a guild that they will manage by going on quests for the various kingdoms. Players can create all of their party members, all of whom belong to typical classes such as Witch and Rogue. If players want to have an entire party full of archers they can, but it wouldn't be smart. On quest, the party will be placed on a board and represented by a chess piece.
As they move, so will enemies, and once they encounter them, the battles will play out as a tactical 2D game, taking into account different trajectories, almost like a MOBA. Players can also find treasure, and random events can play out, which can give players bonuses for their run. Although it may not be an exact match for Mewgenics audience, fans will surely appreciate managing their guild, relationships with other countries, forming and upgrading party members, and the hybrid tactical nature of battles.
The Banner Saga
Looking for a new life
The Banner Saga is another game that isn't exactly brimming with happy vibes. A group of settlers travel through mysterious lands as they are chased from their homeland by supernatural pursuers. It's kind of like Oregon Trail if it were also a tactical RPG, because between battles players will be stopped with decisions to make along the way.
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Using supplies poorly or going in the wrong direction can have serious consequences for the party, which can also affect tactical combat. Progress can also be transferred between the two sequels, so it will really feel like a journey. The richness of the story, the characters and the gorgeous artwork will have players trying to keep their party alive as much as possible, which is something cat lovers of Mewgenics can appreciate, along with the rewarding battle.
Massive lime
Double Fine's Forgotten Throne Builder
Massive lime was developed by Double Fine, and it's one of their more forgotten titles. A literally massive chalice helps keep a kingdom alive even as an ever-approaching darkness corrupts the lands around it. As XCOM: Enemy Unknownplayers have to make decisions about where to go for missions, plus the strategic battle setup is similar.
Mewgenics fans will love the progression system Massive lime as players can never get too attached to the warriors as they will age and die. The point is to breed the best of the best together to create offspring to continue stats, but breeding can also carry defects like heart disease that can kill characters faster. Like everything in the game, there are many risks.
Pokemon conquest
The Ultimate Critter series
Pokemon conquest is kind of like a palette cleanser for Mewgenics and everything else on the list. It is a grid-based tactical RPG that combines the 4X series, Nobunaga's Ambitionand Pokémon franchise. With their samurai lord, players will fight across Japan to unify it. Opposing rivals will do the same, and it's almost like a game of Risk as different parties compete for the same land on repeat.
It's a full RPG, meaning Pokemon will level up and not explode like the cats in Mewgenics if they pass out. For those who wish Mewgenics was a little cuter and had more easy-to-understand progression systems, but still want some unpredictability in how the campaign is laid out, then Pokemon conquest is worth a try.
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