Mythos Interactive Game Collection

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[quote][b][url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asset_flip]Warning: Asset Flip![/url][/b] "Mythos Interactive Game Collection" contains a number of creatively bankrupt asset flips.[/quote] So this is a collection of godawfully bad homework assignment/Adobe Flash tier minigames and a couple of even worse asset flips, we have some Synty assets, a Western town asset flip... asset flipping is never okay, but I find myself slightly perplexed by this one. Would it have been better or worse for these to be 9 separate garbage games dumped on Steam through Steam Direct, or is it better they put them all in one bundle so that it's easier for gamers to avoid this trash? I'm going to go with the latter, so kudos to the developer of this garbage for only burning $100 to worsen Steam instead of $900. Needless to say the failure here goes beyond just my opinion, the court of publis opinion has spoken with complete silence... see below for the player count (that was a bit of a spoiler). So, "Mythos Interactive Game Collection" is partially or completely made up of stock assets, "borrowed" from asset stores and free asset websites. Little, if anything in this game is the creation of the "devel…

Mythos Interactive Game Collection is a really unusual package because instead of focusing on one style of game, it gives me a whole collection of small experiments from the same developer. I liked the variety because I can go from a stacking puzzle to a supernatural shooter, then jump into a detective story or a little robot adventure. It feels more like exploring a developer's collection of ideas than playing one traditional game. The biggest strength is the variety between the individual projects. Some games are focused on quick arcade action, others are puzzle based, while some are more interested in storytelling and exploration. I enjoyed the fact that there is usually something different waiting for me after finishing one experience, so the collection rarely feels stuck in the same gameplay loop. I particularly liked the smaller ideas because they feel built around one clear mechanic. A dice based shooter, a detective mystery involving rewinding events and a puzzle about reconnecting robots all have different goals and different moods. That makes the collection feel experimental in a good way, even when individual games are fairly simple. The presentation also changes from…