7 must-have games on Apple Arcade

Game news 7 must-have games on Apple Arcade

fantasy

The latest game from Mistwalker Studios by Sakaguchi, fantasy is a 3D JRPG with a style reminiscent of Lost Odyssey or Terra Wars. The adventure is consistent with pre-FFX Final Fantasy, featuring “pre-calculated” sets, turn-based combat, and a soundtrack composed by Nobuo Uematsu. We play Leo, a young man with amnesia who wakes up in a mysterious hostile city. After fleeing these lands, the protagonist meets Kina, a young girl with magical powers. Together they will try to prevent the spread of “Mechteria”, a mechanical plague that threatens the survival of mankind. A game that was very well received upon its release and was rated 17/20 by us: “Fantasian is a fascinating project in more ways than one. What could be his last stand, Hironobu Sakaguchi reconnects with his first love and offers his fans his vision of an old-fashioned Final Fantasy. Nostalgic, classic but not without cleverness ideas, this first installment has everything from a warm and soothing plaid for lovers of the Square saga and its PS One episodes

mutation

Perfect for lovers of very narrative games, mutation follows the journey of Kai, a young girl who went to the bedside of her ailing grandfather Nonno. The latter lives on a paradise island populated by mutants transformed by a meteorite impact. The story is set 100 years after the tragedy that decimated part of the population and isolated the few remaining survivors. Studio Die Gute Fabrik describes his game as “a mutant soap opera mixing gossip and the supernatural”. On his journey, Kai makes new friends and discovers the problems of each resident. At the same time, she discovers magical gardens and picturesque landscapes with relaxing sounds, where she learns to grow a whole range of plants. The experience is very relaxing and features a very lovable cast of characters.

LEGO Star Wars: Castaways

Presented as “the first LEGO Star Wars action-adventure social game“, Castaways lets you explore a secret world full of other castaways, race against microfighters and throw parties. Here, players create and customize their own character from over 100 LEGO minifigures. The game program also includes fights, puzzles to be solved and flight simulations. and this is a creation of Montreal studio Gameloft.

whetstone

Developed by Capybara Games, whetstone challenges you to level up your viking in a match-3 where the jewels are replaced by monsters that through big combos drop rewards like diamonds, resources to forge weapons or even chests. In more than 200 levels, the player has to follow the path of the Viking Jorj with his fingertip through monsters of the same color. Also, rely on daily challenges and leaderboards to surpass yourself.

Sayonara Wild Hearts

Often touted as the perfect blend of Tetris effect and Asura’s wrath, Sayonara Wild Hearts is also referred to as a by the Swedish developers of Simogo “Interactive pop albumPlayers will be transported by a remarkable soundtrack created specifically for the game and performed by Linnea Olsson. The story focuses on a heartbroken young woman immersed in a completely surreal parallel world, falling straight from biker gangs into Set in the 1950s, Teddys must recover the fragments of her heart through multiple levels to overcome her separation From car chases to fight scenes in QTE, you will be transported to a pink and purple dreamlike world where you will board be able to race down the slopes with a skateboard, a powerful motorbike or a tarot card: an adventure that takes place in a maximum of two hours, but that you can revive to maximize the score.

The last campfire

Developed by Hello Games (No Man’s Sky), The last campfire is an adventure inspired by care games: video games that do good. Mixing exploration and mystery, the title follows the journey of Ember, a delightful lost character in search of his true purpose. On her way she meets a whole bunch of dazzling heroes, but above all lost souls, called melancholic embers. The protagonist must encounter the denizens of the region and eliminate the evil hanging over them and rekindle their inner flame. The game offers a very nice atmosphere and received a score of 16/20 in our columns: “With The Last Campfire, Hello Games proves to us that good writing can be accompanied by gameplay with mastered mechanics. Sure, the title may lack a bit of challenge, but overall it deserves its $15 without a doubt.“

What the gulf?

absurd and colorful game, What the gulf? deconstructs the rules of golf to better surprise us and offers an experience that combines 18 holes, puzzles and other surprises. One aspect that we described in our test: “While we expected to hit the golf ball at our feet on the third green, the title puts our golfer on the back burner. We quickly understand that the ball is no longer a ball, but our character, a house, a cat, a bird, a hundred clubs, a planet and so on.“. The developers go so far as to explain that it is a title made by people who hate golf, for players who hate golf. The title offers the possibility of participating in many mini-games, all different Most of the time it will obviously be enough Send your ball, character or other object to the flag by sliding your finger across the screen of your phone or tablet to choose direction and hitting power.