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Under the Skin
めいわく星人 パニックメーカー
Multiplayer
Alien
Disguise

As an alien arriving to Earth, you're tasked with playing pranks on humans to prove your mischief skills against rival aliens. "Playing pranks" mainly consists of dealing damage with a variety of weapons, or laying a trap. Humans who have been pranked will form a mob and chase you, which you can either use to your advantage by grouping them up and racking up a bunch of money, or mitigating by disguising as someone else. In your alien form you're vulnerable and will lose money when hit. Each human has specific weapons in their inventory that you acquire when disguising as them, encouraging you to pick and choose your target while avoiding enemies. Each stage has a 'Panic Time' with an associated gimmick, such as containing a boss enemy or an event that requires you to disguise as a certain being to avoid taking damage.

The game can be a bit repetitive overall, you're doing the same thing over again aside from unique weapons/stage gimmicks in each level. As far as multiplayer I'm sure its a neat game to play once or twice, but probably not a main-stay to come back to often.

Stretch Panic
Freak Out
ひっぱリンダ
RetroAchievements
Platformer
Bosses
Combat

A strange 3D game consisting of boss fights, with the primary gimmick of a scarf that can stretch anything. Each boss has a weakness you can exploit to deal heavy damage. To fight bosses you must collect points by entering EX levels and defeating busty women. Aside from simply defeating every boss, you will want to exorcise each boss by performing a special move using both sticks.

While coming across as more of a tech demo than a fully-fledged experience, it does a great job on the main attraction - the boss battles - while forgoing traditional levels/platforming in-between.

Maplestory PC
Free

MMO
2D Platformer
Combat

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Alien
Mystery

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Platformer
Skates
Graffiti

Crypt Worlds PC
Free

First-person
Surreal
Piss

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ゆめにっき PC
Free

Dreams
Surreal

Penko Park
On-Rails
Camera
Expression

Inspired by Pokemon Snap, Penko Park takes on a creepier tone than the cult classic. Rather than coming across as a knock-off, it presents as its own take on the formula. You take photos of creatures in an on-rail ride through various themed parks, but here photos are graded immediately as they are taken with a simpler rating system based on proximity. Instead of maximizing scores for each creature, they instead have multiple expressions/poses that you'll want to get 3-star pictures of.

There are upgrades that you obtain through leveling up - receiving xp for every type of photo taken - but the upgrades are a linear path even though you get to 'choose' the upgrade each time. It would be more interesting to pick the upgrade I receive each time, though it would need to allow for any upgrade path to be viable. Along with familiar upgrades like a flute to play music or a ball to pester creatures with, there is a grapple hand you can use to pick up artifacts, and an upgrade that allows you to enter a spirit realm upon touching spirit markers throughout the level, allowing for some new photos.

While I still prefer Pokemon Snap overall, Penko Park is a good game in its own right and boasts a more casual experience, with maybe more appeal for completionists. While completing it I wrote a 100% Completion Guide, which was a lot of work but is useful in getting some elusive pics.

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