The Wrapp – Necromancy, Monsters, Mukbang and Mu

Hey there, welcome to our latest edition of The Wrapp.

This is a chance for you to see what the various members of the Pocket Gamer team are planning to play over this weekend and will, hopefully, give you an idea of some of the weird and wonderful things we get up to when we’re not keeping you up to speed with the latest news and tips. Heck, you might even find a new game to play.

Iwan Morris

Staff Writer

Having just made it back off another flight I’ve become surprisingly invested in Symphony of the Night on mobile. Mainly because I absolutely loved the original, but only ever had it on my PlayStation 4, so diving into it on my PC was simply a no-go. Admittedly, a smaller screen means you don’t always get to see as much of the lush graphics as you’d want to, but I digress.

In the meantime, it’s probably back to Balatro for me as I fight my own incompetence and attempt to clear at least one of the decks. But given my knowledge of cards and Solitaire beforehand can best be described as nil, it’s a little trickier than it sounds.

Shaun Walton

Staff Writer

I return from the awful realm of socialness with excellent news; I managed to recruit Lingsha! So now that I have my perfect team, if the past has taught me anything, I shall put down Honkai: Star Rail and wander off for a while.

Perfect time for that, as with the 2024 Pocket Gamer Awards coming up, it made me realise there are a few games that came out this year I never tried, so I will be working through a few of them this weekend. ASTRA: Knights of Veda and Once Human are ones that looked interesting but passed me by, I shall start with these.

Catherine Dellosa

Reviews Editor

Miraibo GO didn’t go too well for me, leaving me with an empty craving for something monster-related. So, I’ve decided to give Ragnarok: Monster World a go this weekend. 

It’s actually been on my phone since it launched, but I haven’t really gotten around to it due to all my capybara-ing (I have a pet dragon now, and I’m riding on a giant snail. Life is good). I know Ragnarok games are a dime a dozen, but one can never have enough Porings, in my opinion!  

Stephen Gregson-Wood

Deputy & Special Projects Editor

Throughout this week, I’ve been playing Sandsoft’s Pocket Necromancer, which seems to be a more casual approach to the Survivors-like genre. It sees you fending off waves of construction workers who want to tear down your beautiful gothic mansion, all while upgrading your minions or bringing new ones to the battlefield. So, I’ll play more of that over the weekend, partly because it’s good fun and partly because I want to see if it starts to become tougher. And if it does, will that soft paywall effect kick in? Enticing me to part with my cash in return for the promise of continued progress. Time will tell.

Cristina Mesesan

Staff Writer

I don’t have any huge plans for this weekend in terms of gaming, since I’m tending to some personal matters. However, I do intend on doing my Cookie Run: Kingdom cookies justice and tend to my dailies, but other than that, I won’t have too much time to do anything else.

If an opportunity arises though, I’d really love to try this new game I have found called Malatang Master, an ASMR mukbang type of game. I don’t know much else about it, but here’s to hoping I will have time to try it out!

Mihail Katsoris

Staff Writer

So, mission accomplished last weekend, we made it to masters in TFT. I don’t know if I should keep playing this set or not. Maybe if Cristina is up for some double ups I will.

Other than that, I’m thinking of installing MU Dark Epoch. Even though the game was originally released like 15 years ago, I never really tried it for whatever reason. Now it has became available on mobile (and since I keep getting spammed with ads about it) I figured to give it a shot. It’s an MMORPG with hack n slash elements so how bad can it be anyway?

Will Quick

Freelance Writer

Welcome friends and potential allies for this is… WEEK 2 OF PLAYING IDLE STRATEGY GAMES! Yes, last time I was here, I stated that I was going to play two games in particular… Raid: Shadow Legends and Clash of Clans. I decided to play Raid if only to see what every internet person was banging on about for what seemed like years. Needless to say, the game still remembers me so I was able to pick up where I left. Whether this is a good or bad thing is still in the shop being worked out.

Clash of Clans is one that escaped me for the longest time despite Supercell’s power to put a smile on my face. I’m starting from scratch with one of their first games that you could argue still brings home a lot of bacon. I’m playing and building myself up for days trying to see if it’s bringing home the bacon that I want to eat. Anyway, while these two games take hours and days to do certain tasks, maybe I’ll go check out fresh markets and see what’s in season.

Dann Sullivan

Editor in Chief

My weekend is pocked with celebrations and racing between nearby towns, so I’ll be unlikely to spend particually long on any game in particular. 

That said, I will be out for the Pokemon Go research day, and will be sneakily continuing my quest to build every weapon (and armour… sure.) in Monster Hunter Now. I’ve only 27 more weapons left to build, with most of them tied to Rajang, Teostra and Daora parts, although I imagine I’ll simply focus on clearing through a couple of easier ones that just require low-level Magnamalo.

Outside of those usual stalwarts of my playlist I’ll also be redownloading the Alto games as I’ve had a craving for calming vistas and super-cool backflips.

Jupiter Hadley

Staff Writer

I would lie to you all and say I am going to try and play some new, indie game that I have been thinking about this week. But, that would be a lie.

I am likely going to be playing Pokemon Go on Saturday (it’s a research day! How exciting) and then I am likely just trying to see if everyone actually jumped ship to BlueSky or if they are back on Twitter. My weekend is jam packed with a Halloween Party, cupcake decorating class, movie, and spooky walk, so I am honestly exhausted even by the thought of freetime.