Play it: PS5, Xbox Series X/S, PC
Goal: Brew a decent cup of tea.
I look forward to trying it Hiking stopThe new game over, as its steam side For several reasons, it exposes “change and tea”. One is that it is the first game of Ivy roadA studio founded by Davey Wrden. Wrden beforehand The Stanley Parabel And The beginner leaderBoth original games that had fully committed themselves to their own distinctive visions. On the surface, in the supporters I saw, Hiking stop It looks as if it could be a fairly conventional “cozy game”, another cold, reserved publication in which you vacuum the pleasant mood while a company leads a tea shop in this case. In view of the participation of Wrdens, however, I suspected that there is more Hiking stop As that and sooner or later the game will throw me a curve ball. Which is what I want! I want to be surprised, surprised to have my expectations undermined.
The other reason why I'm excited is that the game has received a fairly wide range of critical reactions, from lukewarm praise to enthusiastic raves. (I haven't read these reviews yet because I want to go into the game that knows as little as possible, but it is clear that there is a good selection of opinions outside.) I believe that most games should receive A much larger selection of critical reactions When they do, but given the fact that the mainstream game criticism unfortunately still tends to consensus, I sit down when a game receives a decent distribution of critical answers, and absorb it because it means inevitably that the game does something interesting.
It doesn't mean I will love it; It only means that, even if I don't like it, I probably at least think that it fails in an interesting way, and I would usually rather play a game that does something special and does not quite come together than a game that plays it safe and is successful. Of course it is also possible that I will love in the end Hiking stop. I intend to find out in one way or another this weekend. But at the moment, before I even started, is sometimes one of the best parts: shortly before that, starting a new game and having no idea what to expect. – Carolyn Petit
