Ancient Aliens: The Game vs Merchant
Ancient Aliens: The Game
Ancient Aliens: The Game is a conspiracy-themed idle city-building adventure game based on the popular TV documentary series on The History Channel, Ancient Aliens. In this game, you play as an alien hybrid who is hell-bent on learning the truth. To do so, you'll need to work with Ancient Astronaut Theorists to uncover evidence. You will also abduct primitive humans and tweak their DNA to help them advance to the next stage of civilization, just so you can further exploit the Earth's rich natural resources just to build impressive monuments to placate your alien overlords.Idle mobile games are a dime a dozen nowadays, but this game manages to stand out simply by tapping into the little voice in each of our heads that say "What if?". The "story", if you can even call it that, can be as mind-bogglingly shocking, and confusing, as the documentary series, but if you enjoy a good alien-related conspiracy or two, Ancient Aliens: The Game is definitely a game you'll want to play.
Merchant
Merchant is a fun little idle game that's designed to be played on the side, while you're doing something else on the computer. In the game, you'll need to hire heroes who you will then send out on adventures to gather crafting materials. The materials obtained can then be turned into numerous types of armor and weapons, which you can in turn equip on your heroes or sell them off for a tidy profit. There are two main ways for you to sell your goods - you can either put it up for sale in your shop or you can fulfill the orders of passing merchants and heroes.Although the game starts out as pretty fun, the progression in this game gradually becomes rather grindy after a while - imagine: sending the same hero on the same quest will require the same amount of clicks as sending the hero on a new quest or even sending a new hero. Some automation would be great here, especially considering that the game's an idle game.
So, despite the fun concept and gameplay, its progression can truly kill your interest in the game. That being said, if you just want a simple game to play as you watch Netflix or YouTube on your computer, Merchant might just be the kind of game for you!