February 4 – February 10

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IMAGE(https://www.gamerswithjobs.com/files/pictures/pictures/picture-5877.jpg)   Greg “DoubtingThomas396” Decker

The cold slows everything down, even game releases. There are fewer than a hundred new PC games this week, but there are still plenty of things worth your time.

Oniken Unstoppable Edition comes to the Nintendo Switch. It will be nice to play this game without antivirus software mistaking it for a trojan and deleting it every other day.

Life is Pointless is a joke game where you perform mundane tasks to earn points, thus making your life less pointless. Get it? Less point-less?

Ellen and the Degenerates RPG looks like fried butt served on a mossy manhole cover with a side of old T-shirts, but so did Candice DeBébé's Incredibly Trick Lifestyle, and that game was awesome. That’s why I’m willing to give the benefit of the doubt to an RPG about a punk band trying to make it big in the big city.

Wrecked Crash Simulator seems to be a combination of Turbo Dismount and the crash mode in Burnout. I look forward to watching the inevitable YouTube videos with my kids. I might even end up buying it.

Don’t think you could get away without me mentioning Plane Mechanic Simulator. This one has an actual, personal connection, as my grandfather served as an airplane mechanic in England during World War II, patching up B-17s after bombing runs. Plane Mechanic Simulator is more about fighters than bombers, but it’s the same era and maybe they’ll add more planes in later DLC.

You probably saw my game of the week coming. God Eater 3 arrives on multiple platforms this week. I’ve played just enough of the second one to know that I want to play more, but only when I have the time to truly invest myself in it. Fighting giant boss monsters with weapons that turn into bigger monsters that can eat them? Sign me up.

Bandai Namco continues its streak for my GOTW with God Eater 3.

IMAGE(https://www.gamerswithjobs.com/files/pictures/pictures/picture-13445.jpg)   Felix “Wake me after the big game” Threepaper

It still feels too early in the year to be hyped for new games, but the schedule marches on. There’s plenty of baubles for the Switch this week, including jet dogfighting sim Sky Gamblers: Afterburner. I like how it lets you design your own planes.

Otherwise, I’ll agree on God Eater 3. A new developer was called in to breathe fresh life into the series after lumbering on for a whole two installments (Assassin’s Creed just called and said “you can DO that?”). Chances are that whatever you didn’t like about the previous games, or possibly some of what you did like, has been tweaked. But will it be Far Cry 3 or God of War 3?

Here's the list, now in release-date order!

PC

  • 02-04

  • 1001 Jigsaw. World Tour: London
  • 30 days to survive
  • A Dream of Burning Sand
  • Battle Motion
  • be you
  • Blades of Worlds
  • Block of Rum
  • Deep Sea Endurance
  • Exteme School Driving Simulator
  • HappyBlueBear
  • Hentai Block Breaker
  • Life is Pointless
  • PARSE ALLY
  • Revenant in the Paradise
  • Rise of the Pirates
  • Shivering Sky
  • Smash team
  • The Lezbian Doctors
  • WildKids
  • 02-05

  • Euclidean Skies
  • F8S
  • HotPuzzle:Video
  • Idle Space Raider
  • In the world end, You and me the forget's legend
  • Kadath
  • Lighter
  • Retro Vision
  • Run Away
  • SmartyTale 2D
  • Spike Volleyball
  • SubmarineCraft
  • The Revenge of Johnny Bonasera: Episode 3
  • Woman's body 2
  • Yag
  • 02-06

  • Arch Drift
  • Bob and Kuura: Lost in Snowglobe
  • Definitely Sneaky But Not Sneaky
  • Gangsta Sniper 2: Revenge
  • God Monster
  • Ikao The lost souls
  • Late-night Nurse Call
  • Nasty
  • Time To Parkour
  • VKT Prime System Crash
  • 02-07

  • A Finality with Sheji
  • Border Force
  • Candy Mandy
  • Destroy The World
  • Ellen and the Degenerates RPG
  • Epic Food Fight
  • God Eater 3
  • Killing Trials
  • Navigation ~ Koishi Navigation
  • Night Crisis
  • Plane Mechanic Simulator
  • Project Winter
  • Pumped BMX Pro
  • Seek Girl
  • Self-Reliance
  • The Love Boat - Second Chances
  • The Stillness of the Wind
  • VICCP
  • Wizard And Minion Idle
  • Wrecked Crash Simulator
  • 02-08

  • ::CallBack
  • Chocolate makes you happy: St.Patrick's Day
  • DemonsTier
  • Dumb test: Check your teammates
  • Ecchi Girls
  • Estellium Legends
  • FIREFLIES (Smart Studio)
  • Golden Key
  • Happy Album
  • Insanus Express
  • Juggernauts
  • LeonWaan MineSweeper
  • live Mince
  • M.E.M.E.S.
  • Mahjong Valentine's Day
  • Monster Energy Supercross: The Official Videogame 2
  • Moot District
  • Negligee: Love Stories
  • Ordinem
  • PyroMind
  • Rodent Warriors
  • Rollman
  • The Adventures of Jason and the Argonauts
  • The Pusher
  • Voidship: The Long Journey
  • Wand Wars: Rise
  • Yet Another Survival Game
  • 02-09

  • Caladria Chronicles

PS4

  • 02-05

  • Access Denied
  • Ages of Mages: The last keeper
  • Away: Journey to the Unexpected
  • Evoland: Legendary Edition
  • Melbits World
  • Monster Energy Supercross: The Official Videogame 2
  • Pro Fishing Simulator
  • Riot: Civil Unrest
  • Shanky: The Vegan`s Nightmare
  • Spike Volleyball
  • 02-06

  • Elk Simulator
  • Glass Masquerade
  • Pipe Push Paradise
  • 02-08

  • God Eater 3

PSVR

  • 02-04

  • Rage Room
  • 02-05

  • Crisis VRigade
  • The Mage's Tale
  • 02-07

  • Fear of Bugs: The Fear Experience

Xbox One

  • 02-05

  • Spike Volleyball
  • 02-06

  • 39 Days to Mars
  • Access Denied
  • Ages of Mages: The Last Keeper
  • ASTRONEER
  • RIOT: Civil Unrest
  • Salt and Sanctuary
  • 02-07

  • Evoland: Legendary Edition
  • Pumped BMX Pro
  • 02-08

  • Away: Journey to the Unexpected
  • Dark Quest 2
  • Glass Masquerade
  • Monster Energy Supercross: The Official Videogame 2
  • Pipe Push Paradise
  • Please, Don't Touch Anything

Switch

  • 02-04

  • Magic Nations
  • 02-05

  • Avenger Bird
  • Riot: Civil Unrest
  • The Book of Unwritten Tales 2
  • The Path of Motus
  • 02-07

  • Away: Journey to the Unexpected
  • BlazBlue: Central Fiction - Special Edition
  • Defense Grid 2
  • Estiman
  • Evoland: Legendary Edition
  • Magic Scroll Tactics
  • Mercury Race
  • Observer
  • Percy's Predicament Deluxe
  • Pocket Academy
  • Pumped BMX Pro
  • Reverie: Sweet As Edition
  • Sky Gamblers: Afterburner
  • Solstice Chronicles: MIA
  • The Stillness of the Wind
  • Touhou Genso Maroku: The Devil of Decline
  • 02-08

  • 99Moves
  • Access Denied
  • City of Brass
  • Doom and Destiny
  • Food Truck Tycoon
  • Monster Energy Supercross: The Official Videogame 2
  • Odallus: The Dark Call
  • Oniken: Unstoppable Edition
  • Stunt Kite Party

3DS

  • 02-05

  • Etrian Odyssey Nexus
  • 02-08

  • Yo-kai Watch 3

Vita

  • 02-05

  • Access Denied

RIFT

  • 02-05

  • everybody's sad
  • 02-06

  • Settlement Zero
  • 02-07

  • sCATter
  • 02-08

  • Necro Mutex

Vive

  • 02-05

  • everybody's sad
  • 02-06

  • Settlement Zero
  • 02-07

  • sCATter
  • 02-08

  • GGANG!
  • God Hand VR
  • Necro Mutex

Comments

Wait, God Eater 3 is with a different studio? I'm curious now! Let's see.... Oh, Marvelous. Greeeeat. Wait, what's this? Directed by the director of Soul Sacrifice? Okay, now I am intrigued!

But, unfortunately, the story is probably as lame as the prior versions and won't hold my interest after a few missions.

Looking at Evoland: Legendary Edition. I had played the original on Android a few years back and dug it. Could dip into it again at some point and then hit up the sequel in this neat, little package. Not just yet, though.

Yeah. Everyone is excited for Etrian Odyssey?!? Just me?

I would be if it were on a different platform.