My Sweet Ants!
a literal masterpiece, everytime i remember the agonizing years of hating myself ive gone through i also remember my sweet ants and everything feels okay. nothing in this world is better than my sweet ants
– Real player with 4.2 hrs in game
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Looks like I get to write the first review for My Sweet Ants! I’m afraid it’s not going to be a good one.
My Sweet Ants! is a free mobile app that’s been dumped from the iOS app store onto Steam. I got my key from DIG in their latest bundle. Why do I do this to myself? This mobile app is a game where you solve jigsaw puzzles of ants which have had anime girl eyes and mouths photo shopped onto them. Every day we stray further from god’s light, I guess.
Like all mobile apps, the quality is pretty low here. Resolution is fixed so the game falls below acceptable standards for PC.
– Real player with 0.1 hrs in game
Emily is Away <3
Teen Heartbreak Simulator 3
_well, kind of
not entirely_
It was January 2018. I just finished the first semester of my freshman year at the university and was done with the New Year festivities. Still somewhat anxious and depressed because of new environment and the death of one of my favourite singers of all time half a year prior, I was scrolling through YouTube to find myself something comforting. And I found a bit dated walkthrough (by Jacksepticeye) of this minimalistic, yet very cute game called Emily is Away (2015). It proposed a trip to the internet of the past, to good old times, when social media wasn’t that big of a thing and people used pretty simple AOL messengers for communication. Truth be told, back in 2008-2009 I used different kinds of chats, but despite that this game still somehow managed to make me feel nostalgic and appreciative [of something that I never really experienced before]. Although, behind that cute retro-aesthetic, a very sad story was hidden - a story about friendship and youth love, friendzone and broken heart; a story about growing up and understanding that life isn’t fairytale - people come and they go. And that’s a pretty bitter truth of life.
– Real player with 11.9 hrs in game
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The emily series feels like an actual throwback to those early internet era, even when you werent there, it feels nostalgic to see everything so primitive, plus delivers an history that fits the era, with teens who like to update his status everytime they can, post photos of his activities, and most importantly, sending messages between ‘em.
– Real player with 9.2 hrs in game