Not-E3 2022 Part 4: Guerrilla Collective and Wholesome Direct
Not-E3 2022 Schedule
Limited Run Games
Summer Game Fest
Devolver Digital Marketing Countdown to Marketing 2022
Netflix Geeked Week 2022 Games Showcase
Tribeca Games Spotlight
Freedom Games Summer Showcase
Guerrilla Collective
Wholesome Direct
Future Games Show
Xbox & Bethesda
PC Gaming Show
Capcom
Xbox Games Showcase 2022 Extended
Today’s Not-E3 events kicked off with two showcases, the first of which was the Guerrilla Collective showcase. They started out with From Space, I Was a Teenage Exocolonist, a dark-looking puzzle-platformer called Ugly, Boundary, and an RPG called Alaloth: Champions of the Four Kingdoms.
Then we reached the horror segment of the show (there have been a lot of horror games this Not-E3), with Daymare 1994: Sandcastle (the prequel to the previous Daymare, which I haven’t played yet), Signalis, Gravewood High, Madison, and the Fridge is Red. Of these, Signalis and The Fridge is Red look especially interesting to me.
The next games shown were Industria, South of the Circle, a remaster of This War of Mine, This Last Worker, Slope Crashers, and Cassette Beasts, which looks interesting to me, although it’s open world.
Contract Killer came next, followed by one I had a hard time reading the logo for, which turned out to be Rytmos. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge showed up again, then an intriguing RPG called Skald: Against the Black Priory.
BATS was also shown a second time, then a trailer for Arkanoid: Eternal Battle, and then another look at Nine Years of Shadows.
They then showed Wrestle Quests, Zoeti (which didn’t interest me, but did get my attention by being described as a “poker-based roguelike”), and then a quick montage trailer for Grid Force: Mask of the Goddess, Live by the Sword: Tactics, and NecroBoy: Path to Evilship.
The next game, though, was Alterium Shift, a turn-based RPG I really like the looks of.
Greedventory, Keylocker, and another look at Symphony of War were shown next, followed by Batora: Lost Haven and Asterigos: Curse of the Stars, which also looks like it could be cool.
An action-adventure game called XEL was next, then a magical school action game called Spells & Secrets, and a co-op platformer called River Tails: Stronger Together.
They also showed Ikonei Island: An Earthlock Adventure, which I want to be excited for since I loved Earthlock, but it just makes me wish they’d made another turn-based RPG. (I know this is a spin-off, but Earthlock 2 is an open world action RPG.)
Time on Frog Island was followed by another look at Frogun, so I guess this was the frog section of the show. (Even though they pronounced Frogun like fro-gun.)
After that, they showed a game called I Am Future, Flateye, Garden In, Witch Strandings, Monster Outbreak, another look at The Cub, and then an action platformer called Mira: The Legend of the Djinns.
The expansion for Rain World was next, followed by Exo One, and an unusual game called Shashingo: Learn Japanese with Photography.
That was the last game in that showcase, but the Wholesome Direct started right afterwards!
Wholesome DirectIf I expected one thing from the Wholesome Direct, it was cute games, whether their genre interests me or not. Indeed, they had plenty of cute games, and they seemed determined to fit as many games into their showcase as possible.
Terra Nil from the other day returned, followed by Little Bear Chef, a musical game called Melodyssey, and Lumbearjack (I guess this was the bear segment?). The Garden Path, Mika and the Witch’s Mountain (one of many games in which you play as a witch), and 30 Birds followed. 30 Birds especially stands out because of its art style.
The next game was Mail Time, and then Usagi Shima, described as a “cozy, relaxing, bunny-collecting game.”
They moved on to A Walk With Yiayia, Chicken Journey, Island Skies, Freeride, How to Say Goodbye, and then an update coming to the game Calico.
Now, the next game is both interesting and frustrating for me. It’s called Paper Animal RPG, and it definitely took some inspiration from Paper Mario (even the logo), but apparently it’s a roguelike.
They showed a game called Fall of Porcupine, a VR game called the Last Clockwinder, a game about birds searching for love called Lovebirb, a match-3 puzzle game called Spirit Swap, the sequel to Coffee Talk, a musical game called Oddada.
Then Frogun got featured again (pronounced frog-un this time). Well, it is adorable and wholesome.
Garden Witch Life brought us yet another witch game, and then an update/expansion was announced for Princess Farmer, followed by the announcement of Ooblets leaving Early Access.
Bubblegum Galaxy, free DLC for Here Comes Niko, and Snufkin: Melody of Moominvalley were featured after that, then Feed All Monsters, an update coming to Skatebird, an intriguing puzzle game called Paper Trail, and Passpartout 2.
A surprising number of frog games were shown in today’s showcases, and another cute one is the musical turn-based RPG A Frog’s Tale.
These showcases tend to have some unusual ones, so a donut factory puzzle game called Freshly Frosted came just ahead of a kaiju dating sim called Kaichu.
After that we got to learn about Wholesome – Out & About (a must for a Wholesome Direct, I suppose), Paradise Marsh, Gaucho and the Grassland, Lil Gator Game, We Are OFK, Potion Permit (potion games seem popular), Pixelshire, SCHiM (which does not stand for anything, despite the way it’s written), Pekoe, Bilkins’ Folly, and Kitori Academy, which is probably my favorite of the magical school games shown recently.
Several games remained in the showcase: Togges, Tracks of Thought, and one called DokiToki where you use the power of love to slow down time.
Critter Crops, Toroa, and The Spirit and the Mouse followed quickly, and then we got another look at the ever-adorable Snacko.
They then showed a game called A Little to the Left, and then a new trailer for Kokopa’s Atlas, which I remembered looking really cute… but this time they mentioned that it’s procedurally generated, which I either didn’t know or didn’t remember.
Two “village” games followed next, The Wandering Village and Lonesome Village.
And remember when I said they tried to fit in as many games as possible? That was never clearer than when they ran through a montage of quick game trailers that featured: Hamster on Rails, Garden of the Sea, Olliefrog Toad Skater, With You, Miska, Bread & Fred, Kity Builder, Garden In, Petit Island, Flore, Pine Hearts, Hello Goodboy, Harmony’s Odyssey, Seal World, Love Ghostie, Potion Prodigy, Moonstone Island, Super Mini Mart, Ova Magica, PaperKlay, Puzzles for Clef, Lemon Cake, Star Stuff, San Zoolin, Townseek, Skye Tales, Kulebra and the Souls of Limbo, Tiny Witch, The Courier, The Hundred Year Kingdom, Lost Twins 2, and Bloom.
Finally, they ended with a game called Melotonin.
That was in for the Wholesome Direct, but don’t go away – we’ve still got one more showcase to cover today. Which were your favorites from the Guerrilla Collective 3 showcase and Wholesome Direct?
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