UFO 50

[SimonBolivar 10957]

So, I posted this in the general video game thread, but it really needs its own thread as its really taking the games journalism world by storm (not sure sales are matching yet).  UFO 50 is a game that came out last week after being in development since 2017 where they are pretending to be a compilation of 50 games from a fictious video game system that came out in the 8-bit era. This isn't your typical 50 game pack with 50 crappy games, but rather 50 high quality NES style games. Now not every single one of them is Zelda or Super Mario perfection, but every one of them is interesting to some degree and there are a few absolute stars. They are listed chronological starting in 1984 going to 1989 with there being a lore that follows many of the games and a special idle game that sits near the end that relies somewhat on what you do in the other games. It plays great on the Steam Deck, but I'm now remembering just how brutally hard games from that era were compared to today.

 

It's only on PC right now, but will be ported to consoles at some point in the future. It's only $25 out there on Steam (I got it for $22 on there yesterday) so the $$$ to fun ratio is crazy good. This one is going to be super popular in the GoTY discussions with places like Jeff Gertsmann, Nextlander, Giantbomb.

 

Here's Jeff Gerstmann sampling a few:

 

 

Edited September 26 by SimonBolivar