As much as I enjoy racially profiling orcs and crushing the life out of them for no reason other than that they're an orc, I also enjoy games that are entirely violence-free games such as A Short Hike, Behind the Frame, Beyond Blue, Calico, Chook & Sosig: Walk the Plank, Gris, Haven Park, No Longer Home, and ᗢ (Meow).... where the player character engages in no amount of murder. Okay, it's also true that none of those games have orcs in them.

Wishlisted.



The only real questions are:

1. Does it have cats?

2. Steam has this on a new release sale until June 11th but GOG has it at full price. Is Fireside going on sale here as part of a summer sale?

To me, it's an understandable criticism. Games and movies ( in a lesser way, as they're not interactive but still narrative)
need some challenge. If not for the player, at least for the characters (I'm looking at you, easy-mode JRPGs).
If there isn't any, you have beautiful audio-visual art but the engagement in the story will suffer, much more so if you're asked to act in it while...everything's ok.
Mind, I love slow pacing, beautiful or quirky scenery, building at ease instead of surviving hordes of opponents, etc.
but there still should be something to achieve, e.g. in city builders you have to think how to place buildings, in resource management you strive to get the best out of the surroundings, etc. so it's peaceful, not necessarily hard challenging, but still a task for the player to perfect.