carry, a game about warTabletop Tuesdays: War; Game; Not Wargame | Submitted by sage on Tue, 11/25/2008 - 00:05. |
The most telling aspect of carry is its subtitle. Most RPGs, as proud descendants of wargames, are games of war. carry is a game about war. The Vietnam war to be exact, but also war in general. The game doesn't focus on the combat; the focus is on how the combat affects the people in the war.
Vortex is a traditional puzzle-style game with some interesting use of Newtonian mechanics. As in many puzzlers, in each level you have to get from point A to point B. Here, however, you do not move the item directly, but instead place gravity wells and repulsors at various points in the screen, then hit the "start" button to see what impact they have on the item you need to move.
