Just finished Maptroid Worlds. It's one of those games that makes me
feel in control, and I mean that in the most fundamental sense. Maptroid
feels very compact and clean, its gaming concepts and visuals are
stripped down to very fundamental levels. So here you are exploring this
tiny "golf course galaxy", it's devoid of life and you're the only one
there, exploring these little planets, collecting equipment and keycards
so you can explore some more. You pick up disks along the way to read
some very basic lore about the place. Music is really, really good. And
then, about an hour later you explored everything. 100% done, little
credits role, you're back to the title screen.
And that's it,
really, a bite-size experience. It's very relieving in a way to
experience Maptroid. Just you, a nice tune on the background and running
around for ruined disks in thick forests, underwater and rocky deserts.
It's not a nostalgic feeling exactly, but if you're kinda old by now
and your infancy games were all 2D and much simpler than they're today,
this might hit just right for you. I thinking about people that grew up
with GB, GBC and Nes in particular.
