Hitman: Contracts vs My Time at Portia
Hitman: Contracts
Hitman: Contracts puts you in the place of an injured 47 as he is bleeding out you swim into the memories of the assassin and discover some new aspects to the history surrounding him. The third installment of the series you are now entering a new era for the game.With a lot of the stealth and disguises you love with a few new toys to play with you are able to once more explore the world and see where and how to hit your targets. Though this time there is not a massive world to explore, but going over some of the older activities in a new way. Overall this was and is a really good piece with a good few reviews liking the game. The rating system reappears and you can really get into the more silent techniques as you move between exotic locations, and of course discover more of the enigma surrounding 47.
My Time at Portia
My Time at Portia is a charming fantasy-themed adventure RPG that is set on a gorgeous, revitalized world after a post-apocalyptic event wiped out the previous technologically-advanced civilization. In this game, you play as an up-and-coming Builder, a respected role in society, whose sole purpose is to help solve the town's problems by engineering a solution.With a gameplay which may fondly remind you of games like Harvest Moon, My Time at Portia may be grindy in an RPG sort of way (think repeated dungeon runs or resource-harvesting), but the game has a nice relaxing pace, where its quests (both main and side quests) are slowly revealed as you progress. Being a Builder, you can also complete a commission request daily to collect some cash. The game also features an elaborate gifting/relationship-building system, fun ruin-diving areas, tons of interesting characters to meet, and challenging dungeons. You can even romance and eventually marry an NPC (not all though) you like!
The best part of the game is definitely its in-depth crafting system. There are tons of machines you can build to help you generate a wide variety of materials to build other stuff. You can also unlock new machine technologies via the Research Center.
My Time at Portia feels a lot like an adorable MMORPG minus the MMO part. It has the grind, the dungeon runs... but of course, this game places a lot more emphasis on its resource-collecting, as well as crafting and building aspects. Sounds like a game you'd like to play? Well, despite still being in early access, the first chapter of the game is already ready and bugs-free, so if you do buy the game, know that you can at least get a good 40 hours or so out of it.