Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer vs Shelter
Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer
Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer is a nice spin-off game from the usual town-management that had defined the Animal Crossing series. Instead of managing an entire town, you'll get to show off your sense of style as you get to design and decorate the homes - both inside and out - of all of your favorite Animal Crossing villagers. You can even decorate public buildings in your town including schools and hospitals. With the new amiibo feature, you can even tap on your amiibo cards to invite the characters to hang out with you in the game.If you can't get enough of Animal Crossing, then you'll definitely enjoy this amazing spin-off. It provides you with the same nice casual fun that you'd get from playing another game from the series.
Shelter
Shelter is truly a one-of-a-kind game where you'll get to play as a mother badger who's taking care of her newly-born cubs. Developed by Might and Delight, the game puts you on an exciting yet heartwarming adventure as you travel about with your cubs in tow in hopes of finding the perfect shelter to raise them. In your journey, you and your family will encounter lots of danger and it is up to you - the mama badger - to protect your cubs from harm, whether it is a raging forest fire or a bird of prey.Besides adventure, the game also comes with a second game mode called Nurture. It's a lot like a Tamagochi game where you'll need to head into the game every day (at least once) to give your cubs the stuff they need to survive and also to forge closer bonds with them.
This is one of the breakout indie games of 2013 but it's not the sort of game that will get old with age, so if you love games where you'll get to play as an animal and you enjoy a good story-adventure, then Shelter is your best bet!