The privitisation of British Rail, now that's the real monster. Please subscribe to my Substack for more scorching social commentary. Actually, here's a far more fun thing you can click on: a Steam demo for Monster Train 2. If you ignored the ennui-drenched tannoy announcement because you were paying sixteen pounds at Cafe Nero for a limp panini last time around, Monster Train is a card flickenin' roguelite strategy, and one of the better ones, too. Here's a trailer.
Additions this time around include new clans and enemies, new card types, and an endless mode. It also features the features featured in the following features:
"Two weeks ago, Monster Train breezed into my life like a man wearing a trenchcoat stuffed with cocaine," wrote Matt (RPS in peace) in his review from 2020. "I've been playing Shiny Shoe's roguelike deckbuilder almost every night since, and I have no intention of stopping. Monster Train is at least as good as Slay The Spire."
The full game is "leaving the station later this year", say developers Shiny Shoe. Easy on the low hanging puns there, please. I'll be out of a salary and the single off-peak return it allows me to buy every two years.
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