Blossom Tales: The Sleeping King
Blossom Tales: The Sleeping King is a top down adventure game in the fashion of ye olde Zelda classics such as A Link to the Past. Though that much should be obvious from the screenshots and trailer but maybe you never played the old Zelda games, I dunno. Game is best played with a gamepad and doesn’t control well with K&M, though it’s not impossible if you have to play it like that. Graphically it has a colorful 16-bit theme and support for high resolutions, I was playing in 1080p so I can say that one works for sure. Musically it’s okay. It has a few catchy tunes that fit the theme and tone. And the sound effects perfectly replicate that 16-bit feel.
– Real player with 22.3 hrs in game
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Blossom Tales: The Sleeping King is a really nice tribute to the Zelda: A Link to the Past and alike RPGs of the SNES era, with similar graphics, hack-n-slash action, music, sound effects, puzzles, and difficulty (okay, this last bit is debatable, but everything about this game feels like you are back playing one of those games.)
– Real player with 18.5 hrs in game
Born Race
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Good things:
This game has some good Sokoban puzzles and other puzzles that require you to think and remember where is what on the level to complete them. I also liked that there is a checkpoint after you open each door as that let’s you make mistakes and learn to do better without having to restart whole level.
The bosses were challenging the first time you meet them as you don’t know the exact mechanic to beat each one of them. After you understand the mechanic behind each boss they become easy to beat. But at least gameplay is fun and you want to finish the game with each hero just to see the ending for each one of them. It is also good that each of 4 heroes have their own goals in mind and personalities and the win sliders show what have they become in the future and how they look while you play them shows what they were good in during early years of their life.
– Real player with 8.3 hrs in game
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The game is a lot of fun, bringing different levels and the puzzles are made with a lot of creativity and guarantees fun and the desire to play. The whole story of the game is creative, especially the bosses who are all connected with the theme of reproduction. An excellent game I recommend to everyone who buys and generates the fun
– Real player with 6.0 hrs in game
Spindle
What happens if nobody dies anymore? With that question, let us introduce you to the world of Spindle where indeed nobody dies anymore. And the answer to the question is rather simple: Chaos. Pure disorder. A mess that needs to be cleaned up. But to clean things up, Death first needs to figure out, what is going on and why it’s going. Grab your scythe, ask your little pig-friend to join the journey, and let’s go adventuring.
Spindle is an old-school zeldaesque action-adventure where you slip into the role of Death. But you won’t be alone: A loyal companion, a friend who will stay at your side even through the darkest of times, a mate you can always rely on will always follow you: The pig. Your little shiny pink buddy. In fact, the pig is more than that. It will help you on your mission, to restore the natural order.
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Be the one and only Death
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Enjoy a beautiful handcrafted pixel world
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Explore grim dungeons
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Solve puzzles
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Pet the Pig
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Dire Vengeance
steamソフト群の中に埋もれた良作アクションゲーム
・感想
当初よくあるメトロイドヴァニア風なゲームだと思ったが、違った。
初代悪魔城＋ロックマン風ステージにグラディウス風パワーアップ要素を足したという感じ。
オールドスクールらしいゲーム性に快適な操作性、作者がそういった古いゲームが好きということが何となくわかる仕掛けも多数あり、中々おもしろい。
パワーアップの進捗に伴って鎧の色が変わる演出はとてもGOOD
ただし一発死の場所が多く、操作キャラゼロでロックマンをやっている気分になる。
（主人公は剣による近接攻撃のみ、サブウェポンが飛び道具となる悪魔城方式）
サブウェポンも全20種類のうち持っていけるものは１つ、入手のたびに切り替え＆一度やられるとロストでとても厳しめ
つまり、難易度はインディーらしくとても高い
特にボスはステージ4以降パターンを覚えて対処してもなお厳しいものがある
実質的にステージ内でのパワーアップを持ち越してボスを倒すのは厳しいと想定
グラディウス方式のため一回やられると初期状態での再開となりさらにきつくなる。
※ボス時のみ最低限のパワーアップは可能な部屋へ戻される救済処置あり
– Real player with 11.5 hrs in game
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Is this game a masterpiece? No, but it is a fine time-waster for anyone who likes the genre. It plays fast and satisfying, the visual presentation is good and magic spells and bossfights require a bit of thought during the mayhem.
It is a platformer on speed. You play a heroine with a long reaching sword which she can use very skilled (and fast), slicing through weak enemies like pudding while guitar riffs provide the musical background. There is no stamina bar, so you can slash as much as you want. You can also use a magic weapon (only one of the 20 that can be found can be equipped), as long as you still have magical energy (which regenerates over time). Killing enemies and destroying the picturesque environements (hanging corpses, gloomy lightsources) often yields you pickups. The sword can be used fast and has a far reach, so it is not too difficult to defeat your foes, also you can (double, later triple) jump rather far, which makes the platforming a joy. So, with a little bit of training, you slice through the levels quite fast - until you reach the boss at the end, where a little more concentration is necessary. With enough pickups, you can upgrade your heroine’s powers, when you die (you start with only one life but quite a few health points) you restart at the last checkpoint (without the upgrades). Game progress is saved when you complete one of the eight stages.
– Real player with 10.5 hrs in game
Fire Boy
The game tells the story of a boy whose life is changed when he finds an unknown artifact, soon after, a strange being appears asking for his help to recover the dinosaur eggs that were stolen from his planet, the boy receives a beautiful sword and silver fire armor, soon after being trained to master the fire, he begins his adventure by going to the planet Monstrengos in order to recover all the dinosaur eggs that have been stolen.
WHAT TO EXPECT FROM THE GAME:
Unique Phases - There are 50 stages of pure fun, each stage a new mechanic or new enemy, flying platforms, which disappear and rotate, interaction with the scenario, enemy monsters, friendly monsters, one thing is certain, you will see many cute monsters and ugly ones too, in each level you will have to find 3 dinosaur eggs, and don’t even think it will be easy to find them, the little monsters hid them in unimaginable places.
Nice Gameplay - On the keyboard you play well, on the controller you play even better, controlling the hero is a pleasant and cool experience too.
Game Differential - The player will hear comic comments from the hero while playing, but will have the option of not listening to them.
Cute Graphics - Colorful, cute and nostalgic designs.
Original Soundtrack - With lively songs that make you want to hear them.
Armors and Swords - Each armor has its sword and a unique power.
Cool Collectibles - Achievements that will make you happier.
Find Love - I am creating this game with a lot of love and affection in my house, my focus is on the fun, so come and help the Fire Boy quickly recover all the dinosaur eggs and become a Hero.
Gedaria
#### About
Gedaria is a 2D adventure platformer, from a Czech independent game developer team of three high school students. The game takes place in the past. You will take on a role of a peasant Vladimir, on the way to the liberation of his kidnapped family… The game will surely captivate you with its simple but beautiful autumn atmosphere and non-traditional game mechanics.
#### Main Character
The main character Vladimir is the son of a farmer, an ordinary boy who finds a legendary rake, which gives him the ability to rake leaves into piles and solve puzzles across levels.
#### Unique Mechanics
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Piles of leaves
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leaf holders
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wind
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quick-leaves (quick sand made of leaves 😉)
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leaves
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leaf blower
Super Grave Snatchers
Raise the dead. Kill people. Raise them, too.
There are also spells like fireballs and soul tornadoes, if you don’t want your minions to have all of the fun.
Campaign is not long, but there’s a sandbox mode and a survival mode that you can unlock, also.
– Real player with 12.6 hrs in game
Super Grave Snatchers is a short, beautifully retro, necromantically witty and very engaging game.
The controls are simple enough, and fairly intuitive. On higher difficulties, the length of the game makes the creative permadeath fun rather than a chore (I recommend at least 2 Cheat Death items, because you basically have 1 HP). On lower difficulties, well, it’s a blast to just run around necromant-ing everything in sight. :D
As for the musical score - ::chef’s kiss::
– Real player with 12.2 hrs in game
The Legends of Tynedale
Travel through Tynedale in this retro-inspired action-packed adventure game as Geordie, taking on his grandfather’s legacy: to see if there is truth in the legends of Tynedale.
• Explore a unique open-world, littered with mystery and surprises
• Meet the residents of Gosforth Village: listen to their individual stories and unearth their secrets.
• Discover increasingly complex dungeons
• Master specialist dual-purpose weapons and mechanics
• Harden your skills battling a wide range of monsters
• Uncover a reclusive tribe and their secret oath
Game Features:
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Classic top-down action-adventure game
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Retro-inspired, 16-Bit pixel artwork
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Five main dungeons.
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Four epic boss battles
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A variety of weapons for you to utilise.
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A collectathon side-quest, leading to a powerful specialist item.
MARK-I: Mission Pilot
Good way to spend evening, with your friend! Pretty fun and intense on extreme difficulty, we wait for new levels :)
– Real player with 0.6 hrs in game
Good shoot-em-up
– Real player with 0.5 hrs in game
Primal Light
EDIT AFTER COMPLETION BELOW
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So far this game is a lot of fun. Working smoothly on low spec computer with youtube and other programs running in the background. Dev is active in discord if you’re interested. I will update review upon completion (if possible since i sssssuck).
I’m not big on platformers but the art style here drew me in. Every stage is a marvel,
! fair warning before you hit third stage boss, that hallway startled me.
– Real player with 33.0 hrs in game
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Composed by Shane Sicienski and Jeff Nixon, Fat Gem Games is the development studio and publisher behind Primal Light; a retro action adventure with precision platforming across 10 stages.
– Real player with 15.5 hrs in game