Age of Advent is a collection of four minigames, one based on each member of hololive's group Advent. It's free, so I just decided to check it out to kill some time.
After booting up the game, you're greeted with a very stylish title screen: a big neon sign with the title on the left, various hololive references are scattered in the background. It pains me to say that this title screen was, in fact, my highlight of the game. I played the minigames in order - right off the bat, Bijou's Bejeweled was fun a few minutes, until the initial novelty ran out and it just became Bejewled with a fancy skin. Nerissa's cooking minigames features movement similar to Crypt of the Necrodancer, while also having the mechanics of Snake at the same time, as the ingredients you collect follow your lead until you dump them into the pot. It was alright. The next game was the most boring out of the bunch for me, Shiori's horror farming simulator. The PS1 styled aesthetic of this mode is well done and fits the vibe they were going for, however the actual gameplay here is... not fun. It's a walking simulator, where you can ironically barely see where you're walking, because of the darkness and amount of treestumps everywhere. The fourth and final minigame in Age of Advent is based on the twins and controls like a two-player Donkey Kong minecart section. This one is actually my favorite of the bunch, because it's so simple in execution, but the two-player perspective keeps you on your toes. (I actually don't know if you're supposed to play it by yourself, but it was a fun challenge nonetheless.)
While it wasn't as enjoyable as I would have hoped it to be, Age of Advent clearly has a lot of love put into it from the fans who made it and in the end it's ultimately a passion project - which I respect a lot.
After booting up the game, you're greeted with a very stylish title screen: a big neon sign with the title on the left, various hololive references are scattered in the background. It pains me to say that this title screen was, in fact, my highlight of the game. I played the minigames in order - right off the bat, Bijou's Bejeweled was fun a few minutes, until the initial novelty ran out and it just became Bejewled with a fancy skin. Nerissa's cooking minigames features movement similar to Crypt of the Necrodancer, while also having the mechanics of Snake at the same time, as the ingredients you collect follow your lead until you dump them into the pot. It was alright. The next game was the most boring out of the bunch for me, Shiori's horror farming simulator. The PS1 styled aesthetic of this mode is well done and fits the vibe they were going for, however the actual gameplay here is... not fun. It's a walking simulator, where you can ironically barely see where you're walking, because of the darkness and amount of treestumps everywhere. The fourth and final minigame in Age of Advent is based on the twins and controls like a two-player Donkey Kong minecart section. This one is actually my favorite of the bunch, because it's so simple in execution, but the two-player perspective keeps you on your toes. (I actually don't know if you're supposed to play it by yourself, but it was a fun challenge nonetheless.)
While it wasn't as enjoyable as I would have hoped it to be, Age of Advent clearly has a lot of love put into it from the fans who made it and in the end it's ultimately a passion project - which I respect a lot.