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The video provides an in-depth review of various clicker and idle games, offering both nostalgic and contemporary examples. The discussed games include "Cookie Clicker," “A Dark Room,” “Kitten's Game,” and "Gold Factory," which are praised for their simplicity, replayability, and depth. RPG-style idle games like "Soda Dungeon," "NGU Idle," and "Idle Sword" are highlighted for their engaging mechanics and character development. The speaker also covers physics-based games like "Idol Bouncer" and nostalgic titles like “Learn to Fly 2.”
Games such as "Peggo," "Pachink Incremental," and "Cradle," receive positive mentions for their unique gameplay elements and fun factor. Special attention is given to "Reactor Idol" for its intricate energy management system and "Prestige Tree" for its complex prestige mechanics and active community modding, making it the creator’s favorite idle game. Overall, the video underscores the diverse experiences idle games can offer, from casual enjoyment to deep strategic planning, while encouraging viewers to explore community mods for extended playtime.
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In this segment, the video discusses clicker or idle games, emphasizing that while they may seem simplistic at first, they can offer deep and rewarding experiences. The creator highlights essential features for a good idle game: simplicity and avoiding overwhelming menus. The video will cover different high-quality idle games that the creator personally recommends.
The first game mentioned is “Cookie Clicker,” which, despite not being exceptional in 2023, is deemed essential due to its significant impact on the genre and gaming culture.
The next game, “A Dark Room,” is praised for its compelling story, multiple endings, and a mix of simple and complex mechanics that make it highly replayable. It starts in a dark room and evolves into managing resources and exploring a wasteland.
“Kitten’s Game” is highlighted for its unique focus on managing a city of kittens, gathering resources, and researching technologies, earning an 8 out of 10 rating for its length and replayability.
Lastly, “Gold Factory,” described as an RPG-style idle game, involves progressing through combating enemies and expanding a production empire. It’s short but contains ample content, including cryptic puzzles.
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In this part of the video, the speaker reviews several RPG-style games. “Gold Factory” receives an 8 out of 10 for its simplicity, comedy, and puzzles. “Soda Dungeon” is praised for its pixelated graphics, great writing, and well-balanced items and characters, earning a 9 out of 10. The game’s mechanics involve hiring characters from a soda tavern to fight battles and acquiring new gear and companions. “Trims” is noted for its extensive content and addictive nature, though it can consume significant amounts of time. Despite its repetitive elements, it receives a 6 out of 10. Lastly, “NGU Idle” has record-breaking playtimes from users, indicating its vast content, yet the reviewer finds it a bit short and rates it a 6.6 out of 10.
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In this part of the video, the speaker discusses several idle games. First, they talk about “Idle Sword,” a game similar to Soda Dungeon where players guide heroes through dungeons to defeat monsters and collect loot. The game features randomized levels and drops for high replayability. Players can also control a mouse cursor to interact with the game world. The game is rated 7/10 by the speaker.
Next, “Idol Bouncer” is highlighted for its unique physics-based gameplay, where players drop a ball from various heights to generate energy. The game includes upgrades related to ball density, gravity, and bounce, with a prestige system for replayability, also rated 7/10.
Finally, “Learn to Fly 2” is discussed, a nostalgic flash game where a penguin uses various devices to fly and smash obstacles. It is described as an incremental game where players repeat tasks to earn upgrades, earning 10/10 for nostalgia and 8.5/10 as an idle game. The speaker briefly mentions the pinball-themed game “Incremental,” which involves earning points and buying upgrades, with multiple prestige levels.
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In this segment of the video, the speaker discusses a series of idle games and clicker games. The two main games highlighted are “Peggo” and “Pachinko.” “Peggo” is an idle game inspired by Peggle, where players drop balls to hit pegs in hopes of achieving high multipliers. The game features extensive upgrade trees and can become quite expansive with hundreds of balls on a large board. “Pachink Incremental” also revolves around a similar concept with fewer upgrades but introduces various types of balls with unique properties. Both games receive an 8 out of 10 rating for fun.
The speaker then talks about “Cradle,” a short game taking around 30 minutes to complete that involves placing squares on a grid with escalating costs. The game is rated 7 out of 10. Next is “Coinbox Hero,” set in Germany, where the goal is to destroy a coinbox while earning as much money as possible through different weapons and upgrades. This game is rated 8.5 out of 10. Lastly, “Crafting out of Clicker” is introduced, where players start by chopping wood and selling it to eventually unlock more profitable crafting recipes, such as a wooden club.
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In this part of the video, the speaker discusses unlocking new materials and recipes for armors, weapons, and other items, emphasizing the core enjoyment found in crafting and selling these items. The speaker mentions that, although there’s more to do in the game, the primary appeal lies in the crafting aspect, providing 10-15 hours of balanced gameplay for free. They criticize the game’s handling of auto-clickers, rating it six out of ten overall. The next game, “Reactor Idol,” involves building nuclear reactors to generate energy. Starting with windmills, players eventually progress to solar cells and must manage heat to avoid generator explosions. The game offers eight islands to expand energy production but requires skill in managing buildings. The speaker rates it 9.5 out of ten. Just as the video seems to conclude, the speaker introduces “Prestige Tree,” an idle game with a unique prestige concept, involving layers of circles that offer upgrades and multipliers for point generation. Each step increases the complexity and reward of the game.
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In this part of the video, the speaker explains the mechanics of a game involving the concept of ‘prestiging.’ When you prestige an item on a lower layer, it resets the layers above but not the other circles on the same or lower layers. For example, prestiging a booster resets your points and Prestige points but not your generators. Upon choosing one, the price of the next item increases, necessitating the unlocking of more boosters or generators. Unlocking a certain amount of these items grants milestones, which are permanent upgrades that remain even if you reset the layer.
These milestones provide significant advantages, such as retaining prestige upgrades upon resetting or gaining a hundred percent of Prestige Point gain every second for generators. These benefits enhance the game’s quality by reducing the need for resets and boosting production. Additionally, reaching further milestones can allow automatic upgrades, non-reset layers, and maintaining milestones despite resets.
The speaker praises the game’s structure and style, highlighting its engaging bifurcating layers of prestige that make it an active management game. Moreover, the modding community, spearheaded by Akameda, has created numerous mods that offer fresh and varied gameplay experiences. The speaker recommends two mods: ‘The Game Dev Tree,’ where players act as a developer with a revamped upgrade system, and ‘The Multi-Tree,’ which emphasizes upgrading multiple trees for a diversified game progression. These mods contribute to the game’s status as a masterpiece.
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In this part of the video, the creator encourages viewers to explore additional mods available in the modding tree Discord, noting that these mods offer thousands of hours of new gameplay. They recommend playing the original game first to get a proper understanding. The creator expresses that “Prestige Tree” is their favorite idle game and gives it a 10 out of 10 rating. They thank viewers for watching, mention that making the video was enjoyable despite the amount of work involved, and announce that they will be switching to Adobe Premiere for their next video, which might result in some editing inconsistencies.