I can’t help but feel like we’ve been spoiled with games like Lynked: Banner of the Spark. It wasn’t too long ago that getting a game like Bastion or Rune Factory—farming or building sims with added gameplay mechanics—was incredibly rare. But it really seems like since the pandemic, we’ve been getting an influx of interesting and fun sim games.
And while some may say that you can have too much of a good thing, I maintain that so long as it has an interesting hook, it’s worth exploring. Lynked: Banner of the Spark caught my eye during Gamescom ONL 2024 for its cartoony visuals and combination of town-builder and dungeon-crawler gameplay. CGM was lucky enough to get a hands-on preview of the game, and initial impressions were intriguing!
Development on Lynked: Banner of the Spark began about three and a half years ago, and when you think about where we all were back then, the design direction makes a lot of sense. Creatively led by Max Speilburg—yes, son of Steven—the... Read more