The Music of Mewgenics -- "Chasin' the Rats!"

Part of the fun for me of playing Mewgenics is that my middle child (longtime readers of the blog will know him as Kyle Skystaff), has been playing as well.  We've been sending Discord messages back and forth to each other on the daily just talking about our current status in the game, which classes we've unlocked, and just general thoughts on how our current runs are going. I think Kyle might be a bit more invested in the game than I am . . . that said, we're pretty close to being around the same point in the game with each other.  

Preaching the good word to the Throbbing King

One thing he mentioned to me the other day is how he had tier-ranked his favorite songs he'd unlocked in the game so far. It made me realize I had neglected to mention how cool the Mewgenics music is! Ridiculon (Binding of Isaac fame) put together a soundtrack that is really well done and has some of the catchiest lyrics I've heard in a game. Definitely worthy of a mention.

In fact, the whole family has been singing Eatin' Rats for the past month or so. You can check out a couple dozen of the tracks over on Spotify. But if you REALLY want to get into it, there's a collection of 82 tracks for sale for 10 bucks on Steam.

Cool cats making cool music!

Below is Kyle's tier ranking of the music (he said he couldn't rank any of the songs below a C-tier hehe):

S-Tier

• The Alley (Eatin' Rats): S
• The Bunker (Alone in the Dark): S
• The Crater (Feline Invader): S
• The Moon (So High): S
• The Lab (Endless Misery): S

A-Tier

• The Sewers (Flush): A
• The Junkyard (Chumbucket Kitty): A
• The Caves (Crystalline Dreams): A
• The Core (Down With The Devil): A

B-Tier

•  The Path (Kat Fight): B
• The Boneyard (Them Kitty Bones): B

C-Tier

• The Desert (Lonesome Road): C

If you've been playing and love the music, drop us a line!  You're in good company here.

Happy Dueling!

Pain and Pawnishment in Mewgenics

Team, I've put 80+ hours on this game now, and it's both simultaneously infuriating and amazing. Just a few days ago, I saw the credits screen roll on the game (WOOT), but, much like, say, Slay the Spire, you'll see the credits screen, but then they suddenly offer you up more content to play with a whole new class and challenges for you to undertake.

Who knew the Man in the Moon was a Sumerian demi-god?

I have to tell you, as Thee Friendly Necromancer, the moment I unlocked the Necromancer class was when fun, mild curiosity became my new leech-throwing addiction. So you're telling me I can make a slovenly cat necromancer lord and summon undead kittens? I'M HERE FOR CATMAGEDON!

I am the Nine Lives Necomancer!

After that, things started to get weirder with the classes . . . butcher . . . psychic . . . tinkerer. There's a surprising amount of depth and replayability to this game, which makes sense because that's 100 percent needed in a roguelike where you're going to be running the game over and over (. . .and, if you're like me, somehow dying every time in the final battle).

Ohhhhh . . . so you lure the hands out to the middle and make him hit himself, got it.

That is perhaps the most infuriating part of the game. You feel like you've mastered your class combo and found some good synergy (tons of possibilities here tbh) only to fight a boss for the first time and get wrecked . . . only to return back home with mostly empty pockets and lost time. (Time melts away quickly playing this game.)

Been there, killed that x3

Besides gold and food, your cats themselves are a currency.  Depending on which townie wants to do whatever they will with your old cats (or new kittens), they'll offer new unlocks for your game. What I mean by that is, for example, for every 5 cats with diseases or mutations, you can trade them into the mad scientist (Dr. Beanies) for a new inventory item that strategically changes your game during the next run . . . or giving cats older than 5 years old to the store clerk (Tracy), which then causes her to offer you more items at the store. The best return on investment so far seems to be giving away cats for a bigger house or a bigger inventory.

Boon County . . . where you, uh, trade cats for boons.

Ultimately, I've had a lot of fun with this game. Super lighthearted, surprisingly difficult, and easy to play. I give it two dirty paws up.

Happy Dueling!

Mewgenics is Meowvelous!

My oldest picked up Mewgenics yesterday, and since we are on a family Steam account together, I decided to give it a spin. 

Sorry Skisee . . . General Grievous and Dotsy were just too alluring as my first two.

I had heard so much about this game already . . . just from buzz alone. First off, the list of meowing cameows is pretty amazing. (That's more influencers than you can shake a cat toy at.) Then there's the conpurrent player count that made Forbes news from Paul Tassi. I've even had a couple people hiss me up about it, so . . . I had to try my paws in the litterbox.

I used that same randomized naming string functionality in a Game Jam game once. Love it!

Mewgenics didn't disappoint. I can see why it's so successful. What do we have here . . . a turn-based quasi rogue-like with disposable units? Yeah, that's a great recipe. OH, what else do we have . . . freakish looking cartoon cats making babies (doing-it-like-they-do-it-on-the-Discovery-channel mind you) that are a visual combination of the parents? YES PLEASE! That's some primal, stupid humor stuff I can get behind.

OH MY WORD! WHAT DID I JUST WITNESS!?

Not to mention the game feels really great. Everything from the tutorial to the feedback of the gameplay to the synergy of items and powers. It's incredibly clever and well done. I've only played it for 3 hours and I could see myself dumping hours of my life into this game.

Go Crunkite!  Make your parents, Jordy and Walkyria, proud as a new fighter class cat!

So far I really like what I'm seeing with this game. Hope you're enjoying playing it as much as I am. Let me know what you think.

Happy Dueling!