Pocket Playfest 2023 - 23rd of December until 7th of January This holiday season there’s going to be something extraordinary… Let me introduce TapTap MOBILE CLOUD GAMING!! You’ll be presented with a series of original PC indie games that have been ported to MOBILE for the first time before anyone else. You’ll find these exclusively on TapTap! Each day two new indie games will be offered to be played and users from North America will have a 30-minute window per day to play them. Participants can vote for their favorite game and WIN awesome prices such as money, a Stream Deck, or one of the 3 Xbox Elite controllers.

Shadowgun Legends is certainly not the most original shooter in the world, indeed it is decidedly derivative in every aspect, but nevertheless it is able to offer an FPS experience of the highest level, probably the best that can be found at the moment on iOS and Android. In fact, we are talking about a game that is not only really beautiful to look at, but above all full of missions, objects, weapons, skills to unlock, with cooperative and competitive multiplayer modes to act as a Tasty icing on the cake.

PLAY IT OR SKIP IT? Play it if you’re a fan of sci-fi, analog horror, or just like narrative-focused games. Oxenfree II: Lost Signals is a direct sequel to the original Oxenfree, but it’s surprisingly friendly to newcomers. Set five years after the first game, Lost Signals follows two brand-new characters: small town handyman Jacob and stoic screw-up Riley. There are moments that will hit harder if you’ve played the original, but it’s not overly reliant on old material, and it should make for a satisfying experience even if you treat it as a standalone game.

So far so good. Perfect Sci Fi horror shooter. 📖 Storyline: 10/10 🎨 Graphics: 10/10

"Call of Duty 2024: Black Ops 6" or what it will entail. However, based on the past "Call of Duty" releases, it is likely that the game will be a first-person shooter game set in a military or war-themed environment with a focus on multiplayer gameplay. It may also include a single-player campaign mode with an engaging storyline and a variety of multiplayer modes, including team deathmatch, domination, and search and destroy.

PLAY IT OR SKIP IT? Play it if you’re at all a fan of Vampire Survivors and its many clones and imitators. Bio Prototype takes the one-tiny-character-versus-hundreds-of-baddies and adds in a healthy dose of science. You play as a lab experiment gone wrong. Instead of just leveling up and unlocking a growing list of power-ups, you earn both internal and external body parts and must work out a functioning evolutionary path for your creation. This extra layer of depth adds a ton to an already addictive genre of games.

FunPlus unveils Foundation: Galactic Frontier at Future Games Show 2024, promising an immersive sci-fi adventure with strategic gameplay, captivating visuals, and multiplayer features. Players will explore space, establish colonies, and engage in diplomacy while shaping the fate of the galaxy. Backed by FunPlus' reputation for quality, it's set to be a cornerstone of the sci-fi genre.

SHOULD I PLAY MINDS BENEATH US? This is definitely one to check out if you’re interested in adventure games or cyberpunk stories. Minds Beneath Us is a modern, more down-to-earth spin on Ghost in the Shell. It’s set a couple decades in the future in an unnamed city in Asia where AI controls many aspects of daily lives and shadowy agencies use data ghosts to possess targets and spy on their enemies. It’s stylish and atmospheric, and the story had me hooked right away—even though I found some of the pixel-hunting a bit tedious.

Welcome to the Future, where the truth is hidden amongst all the lies and deception, and who can you trust? You would think this would be a classic city-builder game, but it's unique in how you build your city upward. Let me ask you something: What happens when AI gains self-awareness and surpasses humanity? Can you live in a world where you can ignore all the hidden things in the background? Can you sit around and accept this Future..?

SHOULD I PLAY DRIFTOPIA? If you’re a fan of crafting and like survival games, this is definitely a title to watch! Driftopia is a crafting and survival game set on a world that’s almost completely covered in water. To gather resources, I had to swim through dangerous waters, search for goods underwater, and drift from one island to the next on my trusty raft. The current version of the game is pretty rough, but the concept shows a lot of promise, and since the game is still in beta, I’m not overly concerned about the bugs. These issues definitely need to be addressed before the full release, but Driftopia is still shaping up to be a very addictive game. 

SHOULD I PLAY STARGATE: TIMEKEEPERS? Probably! For one thing, the first mission is free, so there’s no harm in trying it out. That said, Stargate: Timekeepers is a real-time stealth tactics game that’s very much in the tradition of Mimimi Games’ Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun, Desperados III, and Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew. If you dug any of those games, you’ll probably like Stargate: Timekeepers—although Slitherine’s sci-fi tie-in lacks the polish and user friendliness that Mimimi perfected over its run.

SHOULD I PLAY CORE DEVOURER? You need to play this. Core Devourer offers all the chaotic fun and action of Vampire Survivors but with a modern sci-fi touch. Despite still being in development, the demo version looks extremely well-made and crisp. While a few small balance issues might be a nuisance, everything else in Core Devourer feels incredible. If you’ve played and enjoyed Vampire Survivors or any of its many clones, you seriously don’t want to miss trying this one out.

Survivors... in a dangerous future world 📖 Storyline: We are in the 22nd century, the year 2112, the planet Gaia is invaded by an alien civilization 2.5 million light years away. It will be devastated first with an intergalactic conflict and then bend humanity with the massive use of the "Blue Eclipse" gene which will bring the world order to its knees! It will be the survivors who wake up and face the alien species remaining on the planet, solving, with the help of other populations, against the conspiracy of evil forces and revealing the true face of the aliens. The fate of the planet will be in the hands of brave human beings, faced with the invasion of alien creatures, who will finally have to move towards unity and not just rely on hyper-technological survivors! The hope will be to work together to build our future Eden.

SHOULD I PLAY FARSIDERS? With plenty of better action RPGs around right now, it’s probably safe to skip Farsiders. While the artwork and soundtrack are delightful, the story is a jumbled mess of ideas and the English translation is poorer still. There are some neat ideas for combat, but the dull AI and sludgy pace keep it from ever feeling exciting. TIME PLAYED I played Farsiders for two and a half hours. I traveled through a portal from a violent cyberpunk city to a fantastical, alien version of Camelot, where King Arthur and his knight Lancelot sent me to retrieve moonstone fragments that were meant to be attached to Excalibur. I recovered the first fragment after fighting my way through a treehouse casino deep in a swamp, and I’ve gained several new skills and spells as I leveled up my character, Camilla.

Excellent game. Apart from the camera angle need to be improved and the character's movement is a little stiff, Almost no other shortcomings. Although I'm not a fan of the series Star War, hahaha, I prefer the Marvel. But the game is quite well done. Deserve to a game franchise of Star War. About the gameplay, you can basically think of him as Overwatch, a multiplayer shooter game with character skills. You can choose assassin, damage, supporter, and tank if you want. The modes are also very varied, Conquer the point or deliver the vehicle. The scene is well-design. There are many bunkers that can be used and items can be interactive.

PLAY IT OR SKIP IT? Play it. Exoprimal combines the fast-paced sci-fi shooting action of Titanfall 2 with the team-based gameplay of Overwatch and adds its own twist with dinosaurs and multidimensional time travel. Even with some issues—slow progression, unbalanced characters, and messy gameplay modes—this mix of great elements from other games with its own unique style provides an insanely entertaining time.

This is not my kind of game, but it's still one of the most beautiful games I've ever played. Perhaps the most impressive feature was one I stumbled upon by mistake. Pop-up windows, which are convenient if you're just doing that task, can also be moved around for when you're doing something else. The tutorial is extremely complete. It explains each step with an animated tutorial that doesn't take over or block the remaining UI. Blocking out the UI makes things easier to see, but it also makes them easier to forget. This tutorial was handled extremely well in every way.

SHOULD I PLAY ATLAS WEPT? If you’re a fan of EarthBound, Undertale, and other quirky turn-based RPGs, this is definitely a title you should take a look at. Atlas Wept is a pixelated RPG with strong retro vibes. The story alternates between two distinct casts of characters as they embark on a strange adventure. The groups haven’t crossed paths quite yet in my playthrough, but I suspect they’ll run into each other eventually. There’s a free demo available on Steam, so if this game has sparked your curiosity, you should definitely give it a try.

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Developed by Digital Extremes, Warframe is a free-to-play online action RPG released in 2013 that has grown over the years into one of the most expansive and content-rich sci-fi experiences in modern gaming. What began as a fast-paced cooperative shooter has evolved into a massive, constantly updated universe supported by a passionate community and a development team committed to long-term expansion.