Small teams, small games, small price tag, (relatively) small bundle with (guaranteed) big fun? That about sums up The Shorter Games With Worse Graphics Bundle Round 2, based on what I sampled to grab screenshots.
These days it seems barely a month shall pass without someone hosting a big bundle on itch.io, for one purpose or another. This time around, well, short games with supposedly ‘worse’ graphics’. Worse than what, though? All those fancy AAA games created under terrible conditions, crunch or otherwise (if you’ve been following industry news lately, you’re all too aware of what I am referring to).
There’s nothing that had a proper publishing deal, just cool games from small teams that you can play through in an afternoon.
Which is perfectly fine, quite frankly; the whole “short games are bad” really needs to go away somehow, and the sooner the better. That also goes for people who hype spectacular graphics like no game could possibly be fun without the highest quality assets, and of course, at least 100 hours of gameplay – even if the vast majority of that is grinding repetitive tasks in order to progress a plot that’s held together by a very thin thread.
In other words, The Shorter Games With Worse Graphics Bundle Round 2 features 28 games from 20 creators, and grabbing the entire lot will set you back a cool $20, over on itch.io. Provided you’re reading this before August 16, 2021, that is. If that’s not the case, well, no bundle for you!
Cosmic Rain (Expresso Studios)
Kaiju Big Battel: Fighto Fantasy (Super Walrus Games)
Space Captain McCallery Ep. 2: Pilgrims in Purple Moss (Tales of the Renegade Sector)
An RPG About Nothing & Other Parlor Games (free character sheet also) (PIZZAPRANKS)
A NIGHTMARE’S TRIP (SKY HOUR WORKS)
TV Guide (Llewelyn ‘NylePudding’ Griffiths)
Be Not Afraid A.K.A. Seraphim Horror Show!? (Autumn Rain)
Alien Squatter (Willy Elektrix)
The Machine’s Garden (Too Much Tomato)
Beautycopter (Graceless Games)
It’s Six Random Characters and a Single Floor Dungeon, That’s the Whole Game (CannibalInteractive)
Date! That! Mothman! (kumada1)
Endless adventuring! (adriendittrick)
Worship the Demon Lord with Friends (nandapasteu)
My Older Sister Left The Computer So I Got On & Found Myself Trying To Coordinate A Raid In A Game & I Don’t Play MMO’s (CannibalInteractive)