I’ll be honest: I was a little bit conflicted when I first saw Overthrown. I had seen a few little developer clips on TikTok, and it felt a bit like a game that was trying a bit too hard to be quirky or have an air of pretence to them—much like the early clips I saw of Hokko Life that leaned into that “what if Animal Crossing was better” narrative that was polluting the discourse at the time.  This was why I jumped on the opportunity to get a hands-on preview of Overthrown because, deep down, I knew at its core, it had an idea worth exploring. It’s a solid reminder that sometimes, social media can make you a lot more cynical than your profession. While it’s still an early build, I gotta say I really like what Overthrown is doing! For the preview demo, the game plops you into a world with almost no setup or backstory. You’re a young, red-haired woman, and it’s apparently up to you to craft a civilization. You are apparently also a god since you can pull trees from their roots, throw them with reckless abandon, and run so fast you skip across water... Read more