February 2022 • Macworld 85games then Book Of Demons will
have a lot of old-fashioned charm.
It’s been in early access on Steam
for about a year now, but the Mac
version we tried out didn’t display any
worrisome bugs, and the semi-3D
graphics don’t need a really high-end
Mac to run either.
- Cat Quest
Price: £9.99 from fave.co/3GopnEm
The recently released Cat Quest II is
one of the featured games on Apple
Arcade, but if you don’t want to pay
a monthly subscription for Apple’s
gaming service then you can find the
original Cat Quest on Steam. There’s
a free demo version too, so you can
check it out before buying, and the
iOS version of Cat Quest – which isn’t
on Apple Arcade – is also available
for £4.99.
Cat Quest is
a fun game for
younger players,
and a good way
to introduce
them to the world
of roleplaying
games. You play
as a ‘catventurer’
looking for his
‘catnapped’ sister
as he explores
the land of Felingard (both characters
are unnamed, so it’s a shame there’s
no option to play as a female cat
warrior who rescues her brother).
The game has the open-world feel
of modern RPG games, allowing you
to explore dungeons, collect loot
and train up a variety of skills as you
gain experience. However, it does a
good job of keeping things simple for
younger players, with basic WASD
keyboard controls for movement, a
simple mouse-click to bash enemies
with your weapon, and Space bar
to dodge and roll. (You can use a
gamepad if you’d prefer.)
And, like a good RPG, it provides
a range of additional magical skills
and abilities that you can learn, such
as the Flamepurr fire spell that does
area-of-effect damage to nearby
enemies. Magic spells require mana,33.