
Extra Coin is a story-rich life sim set between the real world and a virtual utopia: explore the city, do activities, and face your opponents. Would you rather respect the Loop or break it to find your lost parents?
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About
As wars tore the globe apart and overpopulation pushed humanity to the brink, a lifeline emerged: The Arcade, a virtual world offering escape. In this digital utopia, everything is vibrant and shiny, everything runs smoothly... or so we’ve been led to believe.
Mika never trusted The Arcade’s ads, but her parents did. Hoping for a better life, they left without an explanation. Now, she’s stepping into The Arcade to find them and uncover the truth behind its glossy facade.
Explore the streets of this virtual world to discover everything it has to offer. From die hard duelists to lazyheads, you’ll find a unique crowd of people living here. Just be careful not to touch them in any way, it might trigger unwanted bugs.
Every day is a loop, giving you the freedom to spend your time and choose your activities as you see fit. Fancy a movie night or a gym session or maybe a duel? The Arcade has a spot for it all. However, keep in mind that slacking off won’t go unnoticed; not everyone appreciates a lack of enthusiasm.
Climb the leaderboard of The Arcade by engaging in spectacular boss battles where you can enhance your strategy with up to 50 ultimates and 60 abilities. Who knows, maybe one loop you’ll be one of those champions like the ones you see on the megascreens.
The Arcade is brimming with things to do, with new minigames around every corner of the city. No time will be wasted because even something as simple as playing dice with a cat can boost a useful stat.
It won’t be easy in a world where everyone looks the same and real names are erased by decree. Mika must uncover leads and seek allies in a place where trust seems like a distant illusion. To reunite with her family, she’ll need to confront her deepest fears and doubts, pushing through a web of deception and uncertainty.
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Languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese
Engagement
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Reviews
Semplicemente spettacolare
Carino, anche se al momento i finali che ho sbloccato lasciano l'amaro in bocca.
[quote] Please consider following my [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/41005226/]Curation page[/url]. I cover a wide range of genres both paid and unpaid, providing unbiased opinions as well as regular giveaway events. [/quote] [b]Video Review TBD[/b] https://youtu.be/2Q8qavCzOHQ [h2]Are You Happy With Your Life?[/h2] Genuine question. If you answered no, you would probably fit right in at The Arcade, where you can take a new shot at life. You can escape depression, fear, and anxiety and live a perfect existence forever, uploaded to the digital cloud, doesn't that sound amazing!? If you answered yes, you might become an oppressor. You would see these poor sacks of flesh and bone throwing away their lives, families and future to a corporation that would do anything to exploit them for control and profit. Extra Coin dives into these concepts of life and virtual reality, using the current conflict within America as the cornerstone of why people would be willing to give everything up. Visually, I was drawn in by its simple avatar-style design, packed with anime, cartoon, and video game references. I had to check it out, and I was not disappointed. The gameplay is responsive, the mini-games are fun and short, and the multiple choices and story-driven elements make you stop and think. Will you agree with this virtual utopia so many of us desire, or will you fight against it? [h2]Conclusion[/h2] Extra Coin is short, running about 3 to 4 hours for a single ending depending on your choices. I’m not sure how many endings it has based on your decisions, whether you follow the rules or break them, but I’ll leave that up to you to figure out. It is definitely worth checking out, and don’t let its simple presentation fool you.
This was the perfect game for a holiday play-through. There are activities and achievements I left undone, but I was too interested in the main storyline to try to find all the collectibles. Upon reflection, the broad storyline is relatively common. Think Ready Player One, The Matrix, For the Win, or any number of similar virtual reality narratives. In spite of that, it was still compelling and brought its own unique twists and thoughtful dialogue. The mini games have enough variety to keep you from getting bored. The art is excellent with a lot of environmental details to look at and interact with. Overall an enjoyable experience. I'd give this one a solid 7 out of 10.
I really like the game so far. It has really nice art as well as interesting story. The tennis like battle system is a lot of fun and challenging. I was sweating for sure on some of those battles. I will beat this game for sure. Nice JOb
Not bad Looking forward to play next CINIC's game
I think I found this game through one of the indie showcases last year and it lived up to the hype in terms of art and writing. Unfortunately the let down for me was the gameplay. “Duels” are just tennis games which didn’t really feel good and the mini games were randomly placed in game with some luck and some surprising you with timing based games that needed a go or two to nail. Ultimately the pacing was the deal breaker for me. I’d recommend if you’re after a chill night time game. But overall it felt closer to a waking sim than something that’s fun to play.
An excellent adventure, with a lot of style, heart and incredibly good pixel art. I really enjoyed the tennis/pong duels (even though in the last part of the game the non-boss ones could have been harder, as I was breezing through them even at maximum difficulty).
I highly recommend it — it’s a very, very nice game! I played through it in three days, and I’m pretty sure I had a major bug because I was never able to change my character’s cosmetics. It didn’t bother me that much anyway. The playthrough is so smooth — I didn’t see the time pass. Normally, after a few hours of playing, I tend to skip dialogue because I’d rather play than read, but this game kept me engaged the whole time. One slightly disappointing thing, in my opinion, is that you can’t continue playing normally after finishing the main story — you have to go back to a previous save. But this system does make it easier to get the different endings.
This is a really cute game with some fantastic pixel art, and fun if somewhat repetetive mini-games that are mostly reaction speed based. The story is heartfelt. While it doesn't always hit the mark for me, I was still invested in Mika's journey and really wanted to see it through to the end.
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