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0 I’ll be unpacking a new game created by Skye, it is called Unboxathon. The game looks simple, fun, and if you are looking to try before you buy, a demo is also out on Steam. It is tagged as a clicker game, so for any infamous Cookie Clicker fans, this is your time to shine.
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Unpack and relax.
Gameplay
Unboxathon has the player opening random parcels to sell various trinkets. You can also save items for a passive income, by archiving them and placing them on a shelf in a different window. Additional shelves are purchased at the same window, but they will need Cogs. As the player accumulates money, there will be a good few sections to check out to further increase money. And with certain upgrades, new boxes and buffs. Obviously, newer boxes have higher quality goods, but this does not mean old boxes aren’t without use. Since all boxes values are upgradeable as well, which will cause the box to ascend. This resets the upgrades and increases the value.
Other items you will get to unlock with time are lasers and spike balls. The spike balls will pop the incoming balloons that are used to fill up the bar so you can actually get the parcels. In comparison, lasers and a ricochet effect will aid in breaking down the parcel’s filling. Various other fillings are also available for the player to unlock in Unboxathon. Like gold and a rainbow.
Graphics & Audio
As cosy games go, Unboxathan ticks many of the cosy checkboxes. The cutesy pixel art style, the soft but colourful palette, and the quaint (elevator-like) music with cheerful sound effects. There is little to comment on in terms of audio, but I like the designs of the different boxes, and many of the items were cute in design
Longevity
While I do believe Unboxathon allows the player to keep going indefinitely. I mainly stayed until I had obtained all the achievements, which took me exactly 6 hours to do. There are 35 of them right now, but if more will be added, who knows? I did like that the right side of the screen had boxes that showed the progress of each achievement, so it makes managing them easier instead of ALT-Tabbing all the time.
Final Thoughts
I wouldn’t expect too much from Unboxathon, as the trailer shows everything you will probably experience. You can take your time with it, or simply have it run in the background (when you reach a strong way of making passive income). But overall, the game does well to kill time. A big issue I had was when I reached pretty far into the upgrade trees and newer boxes, the bubbles would randomly stop spawning new boxes. This would happen every time I would open a new menu. My only fix would be to close the game and boot it back up. After a while this issue stopped, but it was weird.
I mean, Unboxathon will find its audience for sure, but from me, it gets the Thumb Culture Silver Award.
Disclaimer: A code was received in order to write this review.
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