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The Eternal Castle [REMASTERED]
Read my full review at https://www.vgr.com/eternal-castle-remastered-pc-game-review
In the indie game scene, a lot of games take inspiration from the games of the past. Typically this comes in the form of tributes to oldschool consoles like the NES, SNES and Mega Drive. But it’s not often you see games that pay homage to the graphics of old IBM PC’s. The Eternal Castle, a supposed remake of a lost 1987 PC game, is such a game. And much in the vein of the game MURI, it acts as a tribute to old school PC games from the late 80’s and early 90’s. In this review we’ll be taking a look at this game and also discuss its legitimacy as a remaster. So strap in, it’s time to explore the CGA glory of The Eternal Castle.
– Real player with 12.5 hrs in game
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The Eternal Castle is a tribute to the cinematic platformers from the past, such as Prince of Persia or Another World . This genre does not get a lot of representation these days, so I want to support developers that make games for a limited audience. Let’s be honest, this game is made for people with nostalgia for those clunky platformers. I really enjoy the gameplay because it’s very faithful, and any subjective criticism that I have does not take away anything from its artistry (which is something really special). As far as I know, the original game that is being remastered was “lost”, but I do know that this remaster imitates animation cycle from Prince of Persia . I wish the developers would give the credit for the sources of inspiration, instead of just claiming that it’s a remaster of a classic masterpiece that nobody played. But let’s make something very clear, this game combines the features from several titles, and could not exists in its current form if it wasn’t for them.
– Real player with 9.3 hrs in game
Nuclear Blaze
Incredible, incredible game! Not only do you get to play as a brave firefighter fighting a forest fire, you’ll also get to travel through a hastily evacuated and seemingly abandoned “nuclear” facility as you track down the source of said fire while fighting fires all the way. The firefighter you’re playing in this game is nothing but dutiful, and that in of itself is impressive!
The gameplay here is amazing as well. Water management is key here since you don’t want to find yourself in a situation where the fire is blazing all around you and you’ve realized that your water tank is running empty, but I’ve found that the water refill stations are very well-placed throughout the levels, allowing you to easily get a refill - your tank refills pretty fast - when needed. There are some tricky spots in the later levels, but generally, the stations should be enough to get you through to the next level.
– Real player with 5.3 hrs in game
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Nuclear Blaze was a pretty fun game!
Assuming you’ve come here from Dead Cells, you can expect something familiar but different. Nuclear blaze does seem to borrow some features from dead cells like rolling, time slowing down, and “time trials”, but it’s core gameplay is a lot different. Rather than a hack-and-slash kind of game, Nuclear Blaze is more of a puzzle game, requiring that all fires be put out before the player can progress. The player is forced to manage their water supply and needs to constantly be ready for the debris that might fall on their head. Nuclear Blaze also strays away from Dead Cells in the lore sense. Nuclear Blaze is packed with lore, being slowly uncovered throughout the game.
! I liked how SCP foundation’s role in the story.
– Real player with 4.2 hrs in game
Only Hope - Episode 1
Odcień Krwi (Blood Shade) is the latest narrative adventure game from The Prodigal Developers. In this interactive narrative game, you play as one of the seven blood wolves. Each episode is dedicated to each wolf’s story. Moral dilemmas and difficult decisions occur often to shape your own story. Unravel the mysteries of the world that the humans left. Shadow Creatures lurk among the corrupted world.
Adventure, Discover, and Shape your future
• Explore – Crusade throughout the world and learn about the lore through the environment, items and see the effects of your choice made throughout the world.
• Uncover the truth – Unfold the stories that the humans left by collecting runes.
• Shape your Story – Influence the relationship the Blood Wolves with choices that will determine their future.
Experience a Narrative filled with Amazing Characters and Environment
• Unique characters – Build relationships and solve mysteries to encounter each outstanding character development.
• Nordic/Slavic Setting – Explore locations set in beautiful, stylized isle of mystery in stunning high quality graphics.
Storytelling with purpose – The Prodigal Developers thoroughly researched and partnered with Nordic/Slavic Cultures to give you a superb story and lore.
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The Trap
I really enjoyed playing this game, it definitely reminded me of the game called ‘Darkwood’, the environment was very good plus the sound effects made it more creepy, all the mechanics were neat, I like that it’s a bit randomized everytime you play, and it’s pretty well balanced, after playing for a while you can easily understand the route and the mechanics, definitely worth a try.
– Real player with 5.2 hrs in game
Interesting and atmospheric indie game) quite challenging and scary too =) Just what i enjoy a lot! Many thank to developers, keep going guys!
– Real player with 3.4 hrs in game
Undead Pixel Monks Adventure
Fight dangerous and terrifying enemies, explore a dreamlike world, interact with its strange inhabitants, and uncover the truth. Undead Pixel Monks Adventure is a 2D action-adventure game set in a fantasy world inspired by Japanese mythology and philosophy.
Welcome to Mushin Monastery. Deeply respectable monks once lived here. I expected they would enter Nirvana after their physical deaths, but it does not look like they found peace.
Their bodies still roam this place today. What’s worse, something is stirring in the caves under the mountain. I fear that even the ancient mummified monks have started moving.
These creatures are mostly driven by instinct. But in the case of these monks, they had so much self-discipline in life that their old daily habits are still ingrained now. I believe that’s why they still light the lanterns at night and sit in the meditation posture.
Don’t underestimate them. They’re skilled fighters.
Bitardia
This game… it’s the gud stuff. I couldn’t reccomend it enough.
Pro’s:
Funny (for some)
Enjoyable with a story that lasts from just under an hour to more then that (depends on how much you die and lose money, forcing you to do side quests)
Somewhat large open world to explore and talk to some AI
Con’s:
All in Russian, minus the captions.
Slow updates (I believe it’s made by one guy after all)
Plenty of glitches (though they can sometimes be funny honestly)
I reccomend you should play it, at the very least to spend the last five dollars of your Steam gift card.
– Real player with 14.7 hrs in game
OMG! overNineHundred/10!
This game consists of a whole bunch of lulz! Slang, Gaben, a concrete mixer, drugs, despair, revolution, Snoop Dogg and 2D girls… Surprisingly, but I haven’t seen any bugs! It needs more quests, good optimization (long loadings really make me mad) to be better than GTA.
However, I think the game’s hardly interesting for people who knows neither Russian memes nor the culture of Russian imageboards.
Also you can get all achievements without any problems. And trading cards are expensive now.
– Real player with 13.7 hrs in game
Dap
In Dap, you must guide a group of tiny ‘Daps’ through a hostile and corrupted world. Something has descended onto the forest - something incomprehensible, sinister, slithering in from a crack in reality. It’s up to you to get everybody home.
Explore a lushly atmospheric pixelated world, guiding your Daps through a permeable realm on the border between dreaming and waking. Encounter otherworldly horrors, interdimensional entities, and gods that have no business being worshipped.
Band together to solve puzzles and fight off hellish threats. The more Daps you gather, the stronger the pack will become, but beware: Daps are not immune to infection. Linger too long in the wrong place and the pack will turn on itself, with horrific consequences.
Ascend to the spirit world and tend your garden there, taking a much needed break between levels. Meanwhile down on the ground, you’ll need to scavenge and craft in order to survive. Use every resource available to survive an existential ordeal.
Grey Skies: A War of the Worlds Story
I absolutely love War of the Worlds and anything that involves it.
But if you take the element of the novel and story out, unfortunately the game itself is mediocre at best. The game’s pretty to look at and the dev did a good job of making me feel like I was in England. But the mechanics are generic and the stealth was tedious. Enemies were bland, the crafting system wasn’t all that useful and the characters were next to non existent. I felt frustrated how there was so much stealth revolving avoiding what was basically Human zombies and far too little gameplay against surviving the actual Martians. Speaking of which, we don’t even get to see the Martians! We don’t see how they landed, when they landed and where the invasion began. We go through a drawn out string of avoiding people to get a tiny bit of Fighting Machine activity at the very end.
– Real player with 10.6 hrs in game
𝗗𝗢 𝗡𝗢𝗧 𝗕𝗨𝗬 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗚𝗔𝗠𝗘!!! Grey Skies is absolutely miserable, it is a combination of boredom and frustration. Grey Skies is a cheap, buggy and janky mess of a game.
There are a plethora of bugs that are down right annoying to deal with. The gameplay is extremely tedious and slow. Most of the time you’ll be running around a dull map looking for random crafting parts, that don’t really make sense (such as finding a red weed to make a glass of water). There are moments where you are forced to slowly walk down an empty, linear path for a few minutes straight, doing absolutely nothing. The music that starts in these walking sections ends before it is even finished, so you’ll be walking in silence for the last minute of the section. Also, the main mechanic in the game is throwing cups of water at generators.
– Real player with 9.2 hrs in game
Lands of Raynar
Help with rebuilding of the ancient civilization!
Lands of Raynar a first-person RTS in which you take on the role of Karia - one of the last inhabitants of the fallen lands. Together with your numinous companion Ivy and people have an adventure through traces of ancestors.
Explore the world
The game is rich in a plethora of diverse landscapes and its elements. Discover ancient secrets that are hidden in flora, fauna and dark caves of Raynar.
Be vigilant
In the world full of life, you will meet a lot of creatures and people with whom you will have to confront. They will pose a threat to your life or they will be able to help you in tough moments.
Develop your village
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Manage civil buildings to increase the number of the village’s people
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Build defensive structures that will protect from danger from outside the village
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Destroy buildings and admire them when they fall apart realistically with the help of implemented physics
A Rat’s life: the Cat Conspiracy
Fast First-person Rat Gameplay
Get on your four legs to sprint and travel through a unique world. Use pipes to reach hidden area and find cheese.
Featured in this adventure:
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Story rich arcs set in a unique world
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Different stealth challenges
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Skilled-based drills
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frantic cat pursuits
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Trashball against AI (a popular sport among rats)
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Rat races
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Exploration and cheese chasing
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Great cinematics and soundtrack
Story Rich Arcs
Rats live in societies inside walls. Big corporate control the access to the outside world where cheese, the main currency and food can be found by cheese hunters. In order to find out what happened to your missing siblings, you will have to be employed as a cheese hunter to sneak your way to the outside world, far from home. Through this adventure the narrative deals with social themes related to inequality and conspiracies.
Hide from horrifying cats
The outside world is filled with traps and scary looking cats. Use your speed and small size to sneak your way through this mysterious world without getting caught.
More details to come, make sure to wishlist and follow to stay tuned.