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Wrongworld is better than sleep

by: Eric -
More On: Wrongworld

When posting about my early morning play session with Wrongworld the other day, I jokingly made the claim that "Wrongworld is better than sleep". I had no idea how true that statement was.

It turns out that, when put to the test in the evening, I do indeed find that Wrongworld is better than sleep, and I have been paying for it with drooping eyes and incoherent speech for the last couple of mornings. 

You see, I typically try to squeeze in a few minutes of gaming time in the evening, during the 20 minutes that my wife spends getting ready for bed. For the last three nights, I have been firing up Wrongworld, the fuzzy-wuzzy bear friend survival game. In my first attempt at the game, I bombed out terribly, dying in the first half hour. It seems that I underestimated the ability of goofy-looking bouncing monsters to do horrific damage to my bear friend. But my second run has been nothing short of spectacular (at least in comparison to my first disaster), and I have been having a hard time pulling myself away from it to go to bed.

Wrongworld is one of those games that does not reveal all of its tricks at once, instead delivering a slow but steady trickle of surprises and delights. I don't want to get into spoiler territory, but the way that things interact in the world are sometimes surprising, and weird, unexpected stuff is continuously cropping up on the horizon. Investigation is imperative. 

I have managed to make a nice (but rudimentary) little base for myself in the middle of an open field, so I can easily see the approach of enemies from all sides. But as I have cleared out the nearby resources, I have found that I have to go further and further afield to gather the items I need to continue building, which causes me no small amount of stress. I need to stay close to my precious anvil to feel secure.

But each time I venture out on a hunting/gathering expedition, I see some wild and unexpected thing on the horizon that pulls me a little further from my home to investigate, and the next thing I know, it's 2 AM and I'm wandering in concentric circles, looking for my base and worrying about my carrot crop.

I am so glad that I took the time to check out Wrongworld. It contains the perfect mix of charming graphics, humorous quirk, and intriguing gameplay. At this point, I have a much greater understanding of the game than I did when I wrote my initial post. I had no idea that it would suck me into its weird little world the way that it has. I would highly recommend Wrongworld to anyone looking for something a little off the beaten path.

I know that I can not continue to survive much longer. Supplies are low, and my health is dwindling. My bear friend is not long for life. Though I will continue to try to keep him alive during my session tonight, I know that soon I will have to start anew, with a fresh bear friend and no anvil. But until that happens, I will continue to spend each evening ignoring the siren call of sleep, because Wrongworld is just flat out better. 

Wrongworld is currently available on Steam for $14.99.