There have been at least half a dozen attempts to best it since. It took me a solid 20 hours before even reaching the final guardian. On the analogy to snack food, this game’s definition of ‘party’ is the same as Costco’s. Got the sads? Why not slay some slime while there’s no sunshine? There are worse ways to commit yourself to an hour of failure. Needed to ease out my anxiety from tiptoeing through bushes in Elden Ring – Chop Chop. If I needed a break from a long, hard day of searching for a consistently engaging experience in Forbidden West – Chop Chop. A high-calorie game in a low carb chocolate bar. The thickly outlined characters and distinct enemies mean you will never be lost amidst the craziness on screen.Ĭonan Chop Chop is snack food. The plain colour schemes tied to each area help make the important actors pop during each cacophony of cartoon eruptions. With so many special effects, characters, and traps springing across the screen at any one time, it helps that the cartoon art is simple and readable. The pick-up-and-play ease of the simple and tight controls means that your casual to the seasoned gamer is going to be sweating up the controller while switching between bow, melee, bombs and dodges deftly as the screen erupts. Triumphing over each room or zone’s quick couple minutes of arrows and bombs flying everywhere while having the time to scream (and subsequently, breath) on the couch is key to what makes this a party game. Rather, the ‘party’ is the revelry of surviving the moment-to-moment chaos with like-minded and cross-eyed companions. Chop Chop is an experience that benefits from friends, but not necessarily for the purposes of beating the game. What sets Conan Chop Chop apart from similar games like The Binding of Isaac or Enter The Gungeon is the featured four-player co-op and ‘party game’ design. The aim of this game is to eventually get that one special run where the stars align and your skills are sharpened for the fight against Xaltotun and the four underlings in a single session. This dance of battling through gritted teeth and sweaty palms with the near-certain likelihood of failure ahead is an essential part of your training. The more bosses you defeat and the further you progress before death will result in these points that can be used to unlock permanent traits and boosts for future attempts. There is also an account-bound experience system called warrior points. Upon starting in town anew to face these guardians all over again, a persistent currency will be earned from previous enemy encounters and used to buy new variations of equipment, weapons, and charms. Runs, or attempts to progress the game from a starting position of basic equipment and abilities, will inevitably end in failure due to the untimely demise of our heroes against ever-increasing challenges. Most zones will have a chance of encountering item shops, lost merchants, and some surprise mini-bosses with rewards that turn future fights with skeletons, wizards, and slimes into burning pools of goo within seconds. Ducking through each new randomised room is initially directionless, involving familiarisation with the small ensemble of enemies that will be specific to that environment for each run. These purchases also restore the town to its former glory, repairing the storefronts and offering a greater variety of crucially different build options with which to begin the next expedition.Ĭonan Chop Chop sits in the genre of isometric rogue-lite dungeon crawler, meaning your warriors will have to survive on slim odds and limited health to clear each zone of baddies before the option to move into the next areas opens. They can purchase some initial equipment and passive abilities before setting off into the wild. The heroes begin in a crumbled town centre of Nemedia. He is joined by a nimble archer who mows down enemies at range, a tank who rushes into fights with a shield dash, and a sword swirling warrior who spins to win. The titular hero cares little for his health as he focuses on reckless jumping into battle and demonstrating his glass cannon fury. Players choose one of four characters from the Conan catalogue. Secretly, the evil wizard Thoth-Amun is seeking a powerful champion to sacrifice and raise the great god Xaltotun. You and up to three other players are participating in a contest of champions to slay four mighty guardians within their respective dungeon lairs for the promise of riches. Conan Chop Chop is a delightfully amusing and cartoonishly colourful take on the Hyborean universe currently overseen by publisher Funcom. Previously known for a 50+ title strong mobile games catalogue, Adelaide-based games studio Mighty Kingdom deliver a brutally whimsical take on the Conan property in their first console release.
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