Lawn mowing, powerwashing - hell, we’ve even been cultivating our own marijuana empire recently with Weedcraft Inc. The sim genre is in full force as of late, and now fans of alcohol can get in on the action with Brewmaster: Beer Brewing Simulator.
Farming and dating have been mixed in games since the days of Harvest Moon. This latest game however puts a bigger emphasis on the dating aspect in this visual novel. Can you find love in Flower Shop: Summer In Fairbrook, out today on Xbox, PlayStation and Nintendo Switch?
Like any hardcore simulation game, Microsoft Flight Simulator is simply not made for everyone. The lengths to which the game goes to accurately recreate cockpits, dials, and the general controls of aircraft is astonishing and this commitment to realism will hook aircraft buffs. But outside of some occasional digital tourism, more casual pilots might not have much to latch onto here.
There’s a niche group that will love C14 Dating on the Xbox. It’s the thinking person’s dating sim, when the genre is crowded with sleazeballs that most right-minded people would want to avoid. It’s an archaeology-themed game that skirts close to being a sim, and plenty of budding Time-Teamers will revel in that nerdiness.
As genre-fusions go, mixing the early-90s arcade racer with a dating sim has to be one of the most unexpected. But that’s exactly what RedDeerGames have done with Nirvana Pilot Yume, finding room to squash in some retrowave anime influences too as it launches on Xbox.
Online dating can feel like a game, so it makes sense that Wales Interactive have fully embraced it. Make a profile for your tragic singleton Vinny, then choose three dates from a possible five ladies. As long as he doesn’t bore them to tears, you’ll whittle the suitors down to two and then one, with the lucky lady getting to enter a long-distance relationship with him. Five Dates is out now on Xbox One, Xbox Series X, PS4, PS5, Switch and PC via Steam.
Over the last decade I've written about many games. I've written about shooters, racing titles, RPGs, puzzlers and more. I've covered the biggest AAA affairs and have delved deep into the indie scene. But never have I written about a game that mixes dating, massages and mayonnaise. Until now with the launch of Mr. Massagy: Mayo Edition on Xbox One.
Let us remind ourselves of some of the games that were released on the Xbox platform in 2019, both exclusive and third-party, in order to take in a retrospective of how the year went for Xbox.
Mobile phones have been with us, as general use items, for around 30 years. They are our soulmates, work buddies, secret keepers, personal art gallery, filmmaker studios and post office. But what happens if the phone becomes a matter of life and death? Can you trust what you are seeing on the screen? That is just one of the many questions posed by the brilliantly inventive FMV, SIMULACRA.
If you’ve ever previously hit up a full-motion video styled gaming experience then chances are it would have come about via the brilliance of the FMV kings at Wales Interactive. In fact, over the most recent years near on every FMV title that has hit console has seen them behind it. And today that Wales Interactive team are back, providing the knowledge required in order to find SIMULACRA releasing on Xbox One, PS4 and Nintendo Switch.
