May 8 – May 15

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IMAGE(https://www.gamerswithjobs.com/files/pictures/pictures/picture-5877.jpg)   Greg "Doubtingthomas396" Decker

The release of Human; Fall Flat on the PS4 and Xbox 1 should have your attention. I’ve already played the PC version, and it’s well worth your time. It’s a little like I Am Bread mixed with Gang Beasts, in that it has deliberately awkward controls and emergent physical humor, both of which make the game vaguely, if not explicitly, inappropriate for kids. I know my daughter sure loves it, anyway.

Speaking of ports, the PS4 also gets Loco Roco, which if you missed on the PSP is also worth picking up. It’s the precursor to Loco Roco Cocoreccho, and differs in that it’s more of a platformer and less of a screen saver. It’s colorful and fun, and the soundtrack is top notch.

But enough about games I’ve already played. Let’s talk about things that are expansions for games that I’ve already played! The Farming Simulator 17: Big Bud Expansion allows you to purchase and drive the world’s largest tractor. The Big Bud 747 is not, in fact, larger than the airplane of the same number, but it is capable of pulling an eighty-foot cultivator at eight miles per hour, meaning it can cultivate 1.3 acres per minute.

If that’s not exciting to you, you can always play The Grand Ball, but I have no interest in penthouses, I’m going back to my plow. Farming Simulator 17: The Big Bud expansion is my pick of the week.

IMAGE(https://www.gamerswithjobs.com/files/pictures/picture-111373-1483294321.jpg)   Chris "C" Cesarano

It's my final week in my current apartment, and thus the only thing I'll be having time for is packing. Of course, packing your life of four years away is a perfect time to reflect, just as this week is a perfect time to reflect on releases of old.

At least, that's what I'm gonna do. Resident Evil: Code Veronica X and Harvest Moon: Save the Homeland are two PS2 classics being re-released digitally on PlayStation 4's online shop. Of course, they're more "classic" in the sense that the word is a generous synonym for the word "old", as neither title is particularly exceptional. However, both have always had my interest, and I love Save the Homeland's cel-shaded style. While the environment and textures look awful compared to modern tech, the characters still retain a pleasing aesthetic.

My real choice, however, is Elliot Quest, a title that forumite ClockworkHouse has encouraged others to play if they have a love of the old skool. Zelda II is often cited, but I can see the influence of less appreciated titles such as Super Mario Bros. 2 and Kid Icarus mixed in as well. Despite the influences being obvious, the game redefines these ideas in a way that is all its own. It gets my choice for game of the week.

IMAGE(https://www.gamerswithjobs.com/files/pictures/pictures/picture-13445.jpg)   Felix “Hip to be Square” Threepaper

Lego Dimensions has 3 new packs out this week. Sure, they look cool, but at the price they’re asking? I’d rather get real Lego for that.

A lot of games this week are either from the '90s or in homage to that most excellent decade. Strafe is in the homage camp and mixes old-school Doom-cloning with modern trends of permadeath and random level generation.

Birthdays the Beginning is a gardening game by the creator of Harvest Moon. Use cubic blocks to create a biome to foster the growth of lifeforms and develop an ecosystem. Like gardening, it could be very dull, or very Zen. Do all games end with a meteor strike? I don’t know, but for its creative, non-combat-focused premise alone, it gets my nod for the week.

This week:

PC

  • Birthdays the Beginning
  • Crimson Earth
  • Dead Cells
  • Defend the Highlands: World Tour
  • Farming Simulator 17: Big Bud Expansion
  • Forged Adventure
  • Galact Quest
  • Genesia Legacy: Ultimate Domain
  • Haimrik
  • Hot Plates
  • ICED Delayed
  • Intelligent Design: An Evolutionary Sandbox
  • Jelly in the sky
  • MINDCUBES - Inside the Twisted Gravity Puzzle
  • NBA Playgrounds
  • OVIVO
  • Planetarian HD
  • Plasma Puncher
  • Rakuen
  • Rat Simulator
  • Run Away
  • Safari Venture
  • Scribbled Arena
  • Solitaire Club
  • STRAFE
  • The Edgelands
  • The Grand Ball
  • Tomboys Need Love Too!

PS4

  • ACA Neo Geo: The King of Fighters '95
  • Birthdays the Beginning
  • Blade and Bones
  • Bloons TD5
  • BUTCHER
  • Demon's Crystals
  • Eliot Quest
  • Harvest Moon: Save the Homeland (PS2 classic)
  • Human: Fall Flat
  • Last Stitch Goodnight
  • Lego Dimensions: The Goonies Level
  • Lego Dimensions: The Harry Potter fun pack
  • Lego Dimensions: The Lego City fun pack
  • Lethal League
  • Loco Roco
  • Moonshot Galaxy
  • NBA Playgrounds
  • Polybius
  • Resident Evil Code: Veronica X (PS2 classic)
  • Revenant Saga
  • Strafe

Xbox One

  • BUTCHER
  • Demon's Crystals
  • Elliot Quest
  • Forza Horizon 3: Hot Wheels
  • Human: Fall Flat
  • Lego Dimensions: The Goonies Level
  • Lego Dimensions: The Harry Potter fun pack
  • Lego Dimensions: The Lego City fun pack
  • Lethal League
  • NBA Playgrounds

Switch

  • Minecraft: Switch Edition
  • NBA Playgrounds

Wii U

  • Lego Dimensions: The Goonies Level
  • Lego Dimensions: The Lego City fun pack
  • Lego Dimensions: The Harry Potter fun pack

PS3

  • Revenant Saga

3DS

  • Elliot Quest

Vita

  • Revenant Saga

RIFT

  • Blobby Tennis
  • Bounty Killer
  • Domain Defense VR
  • Super Amazeballs
  • The Slopes

Vive

  • Blobby Tennis
  • Bounty Killer
  • Domain Defense VR
  • RED CUBE VR
  • Super Amazeballs
  • The Slopes

Comments

Lego Dimensions: The Goonies is this week? Gonna have to snag that even if the price of Dimensions stuff is absurd. Some of these packs go up in price due to collectors snagging them just for the figures.

Otherwise, looks like a really weak week to me, which is fine, we need more of those this year.

I thought the Big Bud expansion was going to be about farming pot... not just adding some large tractors.

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Man, that Big Bud ain't no joke!

Haimrik looks quite unique and interesting. I'm definitely wishlisting this one.

They're called "bolts." Gosh.

Technically, "Porno Studio Tycoon" was released last week I think, but I just HAVE to mention it solely because of it's logo...

IMAGE(http://igg-games.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Porno-Studio-Tycoon-Free-Download.jpg)

...I....I'm not quite sure what they are going for here.

I mean, I know EXACTLY what they are aiming for, obviously, but...why are there three boob letters? Is the game actually called TycOOOn with three O's? Is it a subtle reference to Total Recall? I MUST KNOW!

That's the greatest logo of all time!

Out of curiosity about the game's official title (specifically the number of Os), I found its Steam store page. A few seconds into the autoplaying video, you're greeted with an image of a Bat Boob Signal.

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I STILL don't understand!? Why three!? The logo would still work with just the regulation two!

MeatMan wrote:

A few seconds into the autoplaying video, you're greeted with an image of a Bat Boob Signal.

I was wondering why there was a lighthouse in the first picture.

pyxistyx wrote:

I STILL don't understand!? Why three!? The logo would still work with just the regulation two!

Total Recall was great, though.