Properly this can be a bizarre one for a few totally different causes. First, Suika Recreation isn’t precisely new. It launched on the Nintendo Change in Japan manner again in 2021, however some outstanding sport streamers found it final 12 months and prompted it to go viral in that nation, and it pretty rapidly discovered its method to the North American eShop. A cellular model appeared like a no brainer given the gameplay, and this previous January an official iOS model launched in Japan. Quietly in the beginning of this month that iOS model was up to date with English language assist and pushed out to extra international locations, nevertheless it wasn’t till this previous week that we have been made conscious of this. I suppose we’re not precisely on the leading edge, are we?
In addition to not technically being a “new” launch Suika Recreation can be type of an odd choose for a Recreation of the Week as a result of it was solely final month that we selected Galaxy Combine as our Recreation of the Week, a sport that was brazenly and proudly impressed by Suika Recreation and did its darndest to place its personal distinctive twists on the “merging giant spherical-shaped objects” method. Certainly, Galaxy Combine is superb, and does have a handful of cool options that aren’t current in Suika Recreation correct. Nonetheless, as somebody who didn’t play the unique on Change or in its considerably janky web-based kind, this week has been my first expertise with the real-deal Suika Recreation, and I’ve acquired to say… I believe I prefer it extra.
There’s simply one thing totally different concerning the physics of Suika Recreation in comparison with Galaxy Combine and related titles. It’s very exhausting to elucidate however having been leaping backwards and forwards between the 2 video games all week, evaluating and contrasting, they’re most undoubtedly fairly totally different from each other when it comes to really feel. And whereas the power-ups and combo scoring in Galaxy Combine are neat options that do differentiate it, I’m feeling extra drawn to the purity of Suika Recreation. It is a no-frills high-score chaser, and the shortage of combos means I’m not by chance making a sticky scenario for myself attempting to construct up an enormous chain response, and no power-ups retains my focus squarely on the area administration of the jar and never hoping at the back of my thoughts that I’ll get bailed out of that sticky scenario due to a fortunate power-up.
On the flip aspect, it’s solely truthful to level out what I believe Galaxy Combine does higher than in Suika Recreation. Particularly this has to do with controls. Galaxy Combine has a relative contact scheme, which means you’ll be able to drag wherever on the display screen to maneuver your little aimer line. That is good if you wish to transfer your hand out of the way in which to see what’s happening after which make a transfer. In Suika Recreation the aimer line snaps to wherever you contact on the display screen, so on multiple event I’ve discovered myself taking my thumb off the display screen to plan my subsequent transfer after which having the aimer snap to a location I wasn’t anticipating after I put my thumb again to make that transfer, thus dropping a fruit someplace I wasn’t desiring to. This could REALLY screw up a sport, nevertheless it’s a reasonably minor nitpick and I’m beginning to get used to it. Nonetheless, a relative contact choice could be most welcome.
A cool choice in Suika Recreation that’s not in Galaxy Combine is the power to play in panorama if you’d like. This considerably addresses the problem I point out above since in panorama you management the sport with digital buttons, both motion arrows and a drop button flanking both aspect of the play space or all controls on both the left or proper aspect of the play space for ambidextrous one-handed panorama play. Clearly the sport is inherently suited to portrait orientation given the form of the play space, and also you’d should be a borderline psychopath to WANT to play in panorama mode, however I admire that the choice is there for all of the sickos on the market. I child, I child.
I actually do assume the 2 video games are totally different sufficient that they’ll each discover a everlasting spot on my telephone for the foreseeable future, however after binging on Galaxy Combine for a month straight and type of burning myself out, Suika Recreation is providing a pleasant change of tempo whereas nonetheless having that “yet another go” gameplay that’s simple to choose up and play however exhausting to place away. Gosh, that was like each cellular sport cliche in a single sentence, however I stand by it. In the event you’re a Galaxy Combine fan I believe it’s well worth the couple of bucks to see what the OG is all about, and in case you’re a Suika Recreation hardcore then it’s properly value plopping a buck all the way down to see what the competitors brings to the desk. One factor’s for certain, we’re well-served within the “merging giant spherical-shaped objects” style on cellular and I ain’t complaining. Lastly, this piece was closely a comparability between two particular video games since that’s the perspective I used to be coming from personally, however for a extra normal have a look at Suika Recreation by itself take a look at our overview and possibly even study a factor or two with our ideas and tips information.
