Critical Play – The Mechanics of Magic

Critical Play: Stardew Valley

May 25, 2022

Name: Stardew Valley Developer: Eric “ConcernedApe” Barone Platforms: PC, Mac/iOS, Android, PS4, Xbox, Nintendo Switch Stardew Valley is an open-ended farming simulation role-playing game,…

Critical Play: Is Settlers of Catan balanced?

May 25, 2022

Game: Settlers of Catan Game Developers: Klaus Teuber Device Played: Board Game Target Audience: Age Range: 10+ Anyone who likes strategy and war games…

Critical Play: Balance

May 24, 2022

In Civilization 5 by Sid Meier, players can compete against each other to accomplish different victory modes such as technology, culture, religion, domination, etc….

Critical Play: Is this game balanced?

May 23, 2022

The game I played is Ticket to Ride Rails and Sails. This is my all-time favorite game and is so memorable because of its…

Critical Play: Layton’s Mystery Journey — Nadin

May 22, 2022

Overview Layton’s Mystery Journey: Katrielle and the Millionaires’ Conspiracy is a puzzle game developed by Level-5. The game was released for different platforms, including…

Critical Play: Puzzles

May 22, 2022

I played Monument Valley, developed for iOS and Android by Ustwo Games. The target audience for this game is people that enjoy more abstract…

Critical Play: Puzzles

May 22, 2022

For this week’s critical play I played The Witness a puzzle adventure game developed by Thekla Inc. on my PC via Steam. In this…

Critical Play: Is This Game Balanced? (Polytopia) – Tristan Wang

May 22, 2022

Basic information Name: The Battle of Polytopia Creator: Midjiwan AB Platform: Android & iOS. I usually play on my iPad. Target audience: People who…

Critical Play: Puzzles

May 21, 2022

Portal is a puzzle-solving platform game developed by Valve. It was released in 2007 on various PC and console platform, and more platform ports…

Critical Play: Is this game balanced?

May 21, 2022

Hi everyone! For this week’s critical play, I chose to play Beatstar! Beatstar is a game created by Space Ape Games and is a…