SGC: Short Games Collection #1

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  • Summary: A curated selection of unique short videogame experiences, wrapped in an immersive dynamic menu. These gems are sure to fulfill every gamer's appetite for new, bite-sized experiences. Time is running short but you still want to play meaningful games that leave you with a sense ofA curated selection of unique short videogame experiences, wrapped in an immersive dynamic menu. These gems are sure to fulfill every gamer's appetite for new, bite-sized experiences. Time is running short but you still want to play meaningful games that leave you with a sense of accomplishment. Well, look no further! The SGC - Short Games Collection has gathered five amazing gaming experiences that you can play through from start to finish and still have time to enjoy other fine things in life. Encased in a beautiful 3D menu environment created originally for the SGC you will find: The Good Time Garden; Swallow the Sea; A Game Literally About Doing Your Taxes; Ghostein; and Uranus.
    These acclaimed gems are available on Nintendo Switch™ for the very first time.
    Experience the most psychedelic and thought provoking games anytime and anywhere.
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  1. Nintendo Life
    Oct 9, 2021
    60
    More sophisticated curation would have made this a genuinely new way to engage with games and gaming: a prompt to see all games in a new light, promote the whole indie game proposition and popularise the appreciation of gaming as – ugh, dare we use the word? – “art”. But the star feature is instead just an animated menu. As it stands, Short Games Collection is great if you can bring some inquisitiveness and insight of your own to the table – the games themselves are worth the time – but it’s nothing more than the sum of its parts.
  2. Starbit
    Oct 9, 2021
    60
    Short, simple, though with varying degrees of challenge, original, and with a decent presentation and introduction in its common areas, Short Games Collection #1 is a bit too expensive for its ambition, given that there are several high quality compilations available in the same price range.

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  1. nusco
    Dec 20, 2021
    7
    SGC #1 is a collection of very short indie games. These are the kind of games that win Game Jams: they mostly last a few minutes, and theySGC #1 is a collection of very short indie games. These are the kind of games that win Game Jams: they mostly last a few minutes, and they focus more on creativity and art than gameplay.

    PROS:

    - SHORT AND SWEET: You might like some of these games and not others–but even the ones you don't like are only going to take a few minutes of your time to complete.

    - IT'S NICE TO SUPPORT CREATORS: Buying this means giving money to a labor of love. You never know when one of these teams will move on to produce the next Hollow Knight.

    - SOME INTERESTING GAMES AND ART: It's nice to see what creative people can come out with when they don't have commercial constraints.

    CONS:

    - SWEET, BUT SHORT: The longest game (that is also the most mechanically frustrating) is maybe 40 minutes long. The shortest is a few minutes. With only 5 games, the package is light for the (pretty high) price. At a discount, this is a collection worth getting. At full price, it's hard to recommend.

    - SLIM ON EXTRAS: You get the games, a pretty but clumsy 3D environment that acts as a launcher, and nothing else. For this kind of product, it would have been great to get some extras–maybe short interviews with the developers, or the history of how the games were created.

    - NOT FOR "GAMERS": This is a collection for curious people that are interested in the indie scene. None of these games offers a significant challenge, and all of them have derivative or uninteresting mechanics. Either you're into "artsy" stuff, or you're going to be disappointed.

    I hope for a sequel, or maybe even a series.    … Expand

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