Neko Atsume vs The Falconeer
Neko Atsume
Neko Atsume is an incredibly easy-to-play and casual cat-collecting game - you can finally be that crazy cat person you've always wanted to be! The gameplay is very straightforward since all you need to do is to place a variety of cats' favorite playthings and snacks in your yard and wait for the cats to come visit.There are a ton of cats of varying breeds and colors, each with their own names and personalities, that you can collect for your scrapbook, aptly called Catbook. Of course, to get some of the rarer cats to come to your place though, you'll need to figure out which item or combination of items will do the trick and provide to be irresistable to these elusive cats.
Interestingly, aside from watching the cats frolick around in your yard, you can even create a cat photo album and save them as wallpaper for your mobile device! So, if cats are your thing, you might want to check this game out. It's fun, relaxing and well, you get to collect cats!
The Falconeer
The Falconeer is a third-person adventure game focusing on aerial combat on the back of a warbird. Best played with a controller, the game features a massive, steampunk-themed open ocean-covered world to explore, thrilling dogfights to dive into, and quests to complete.The Falconeer features a massive open world that the player can explore to his/her heart’s content! There are many different islets featuring various points-of-interest like fortified locations, seachantress, and weaponshop that players can land on, but the most important one is probably the settlements. Here, players can take quests; buy stuff like weapons, serums to enhance your warbird, permits, etc from vendors; complete bounties, and even buy a new warbird once the pre-requisites (such as completing a time trial race within just 30 seconds) are fulfilled.
Now, in terms of combat, I’m a bit on the fence about The Falconeer. Personally, I find the controls in The Falconeer to feel rather awkward. Aiming is also very hard in this game, not because you have to aim ahead like what you’ll typically do in a tank-based game like World of Tanks but rather, aim at a fast-moving target. The crosshair will jump all over the place (if not disappear outright) during a dogfight. At one point, the crosshair disappeared entirely, turning my warbird into a sitting duck. Flying isn’t as stable as I’d like as well. Maybe this is done in the name of realism, but I’ve noticed that sometimes my warbird will dip and fly lower for no reason.
The Falconeer has some incredible, unique world-building complete with beautiful graphics and atmosphere. The only unfortunate thing about the game is probably the controls. It’s very hard to properly navigate your warbird, let alone engage in intense aerial combat when it feels like I’m trying to aim at fast-moving targets while being completely drunk. So, I’d say the game might be suitable for a more hardcore, high-skilled player base but not the average gamer.