These days trends and fashion games are passing and I would understand if you had already forgotten about Game Suika. I'm not here to remind you of its existence or talk about it, much less use it as genre context for Dogpile, a new game that is essentially asking, “What if Suika Game actually had a bunch of dogs and it was also a game?” bagel Deckbuilder?” I know, I know, there are too many of them already, but this one is just adorable!
First of all, everything is drawn and animated by hand. I think the best way to describe the vibe of the aesthetic is that it looks like one of those fancy boutique greeting cards that costs more money than you're comfortable with, but it's for your aunt that you really like and want to make her laugh.
Instead of combining different types of fruits, you will have to combine different breeds of dogs to create larger and equally funny looking dogs. They don't just go around in circles, there are all sorts of shapes, adding another layer of tactical gameplay. You choose specific dogs to play from the cards you draw from your deck, but if you mix all those dogs, they can have different positive and negative modifiers.
For example, there is a “Friendly” modifier that essentially attracts two identical dogs to each other. On the other hand, there is a “cage” modifier, which means these dogs cannot fuse at all for a few rounds. Dog tags allow you to add even more ways to mix up the rounds, such as turning every dog ​​smaller than a pug into a pug.
To be honest, I find Suika Game frustrating to look at and ultimately there's not much it can do. Dogpile, despite being another roguelike deck builder, seems like it might satisfy my thirst for something more. And it's coming out right now! Today! With 30% discount on Steam! What more could you ask for?
