The concept behind the TouchArcade Game of the Week is that each Friday afternoon we publish the one recreation that got here out this week that we expect is price giving a particular nod to. Now, earlier than anybody goes over-thinking this, it doesn’t essentially imply our Recreation of the Week decide is the best scoring recreation in a assessment, the sport with the very best graphics, or actually every other quantifiable “greatest” factor. As a substitute, it’s extra simply us choosing out the one recreation out of the week’s releases that we expect is essentially the most noteworthy, stunning, attention-grabbing, or actually every other arduous to explain high quality that makes it price having if you happen to have been simply going to select up one.
These picks could be controversial, and that’s OK. In case you disagree with what we’ve chosen, let’s attempt to use the feedback of those articles to have conversations about what recreation is your recreation of the week and why.
With out additional ado…
Peak’s Edge
We love developer Kenny Solar’s quirky sense of recreation design, and in reality his earlier efforts Yankai’s Peak and Twinfold have each earned our Recreation of the Week suggestions previously. It’s becoming then that his newest launch, known as Peak’s Edge, can also be receiving that very same honor right this moment because it’s one thing of a mashup of these two recreation concepts. Yankai’s Peak had you shifting a pyramid by a stage made up of triangular grids and pushing shifting different pyramids of varied colours to their correct spots utilizing a set of mechanics that was based mostly round swiveling at anchor factors on the ideas of those pyramids. Twinfold was like a roguelike dungeon crawler however utilizing the merging mechanics of Threes.
So whenever you mix components of these two video games collectively? That’s proper. You get Peak’s Edge. It’s a single display screen dungeon crawler like Twinfold and also you play as a pyramid who strikes about by flopping onto its 4 completely different sides on a triangular grid flooring. There are different pyramids roaming about who’re your enemies, and like many typical roguelikes motion and fight is turn-based, so that you’ll transfer an area after which your enemies will transfer an area and so forth. Fight is so simple as simply rolling into an enemy who is correct up towards you, however you possibly can solely soak up one hit on all sides of your triangle so that you’ll should be artful about which facet you line up towards an enemy so that they don’t kill you with their assault.
There are additionally an entire bunch of various armor varieties you possibly can accumulate by rolling onto the sq. the place they’re positioned. Whichever facet lands on that armor sq. will get geared up with it, and since a pyramid has four sides you possibly can have as much as four completely different armors geared up on the similar time. This additionally means you possibly can solely use an armor’s distinctive properties or skills based mostly on how you progress and which facet is both dealing with the ground or dealing with an enemy. The truth is, I’d say greater than the rest Peak’s Edge is about strategizing the way you place your self in every stage. Certain, the primary couple of flooring you may have the ability to simply roll round bashing into enemies and make a bit of progress. However earlier than lengthy you’re going to have to essentially take into consideration and plan your actions fastidiously, as runs can finish within the blink of the attention if you happen to don’t.
That’s in all probability what I like most about Peak’s Edge, and actually lots of Kenny Solar’s titles. It’s like this little digital toy that you could chew on and ponder as you progress your approach deeper into the sport, and it’s stuffed with tons of moments the place you simply plain really feel like a genius for a way you handled a sure state of affairs. Or the polar reverse the place you simply really feel like a jack ass for the poor alternative you made that led to your demise. Each kinds of moments are very satisfying! So if you happen to’ve loved any of Kenny Solar’s earlier work otherwise you’re only a fan of roguelikes and are desirous about a really distinctive tackle them, Peak’s Edge could be very price your time. It’s free with adverts and IAP to take away them so there’s no motive to not give it a shot.