Blood for Poppies
I remember playing this demo on the COG forum years ago, and I was so excited to see that it’s finally been completed. It didn’t disappoint at all. Even though each playthrough is relatively short, they’ve been enjoyable so far and I like the choices and their impact on the game
The character development is fairly well-done, I especially liked Ashton, Kel, and Poppy. This story avoided the railroading I often see in RPG’s, and I felt like I had a good amount of control over my player character and his personality, feelings, and actions
– Real player with 8.0 hrs in game
Such an honor to play this amazing game just as it launched.
I hope many many more players will find and enjoy this.
This game is especially fitting for you if you like COGs, but don’t want to read a 10.000 words text every time before getting to pick a choice; as the writing is more straightforward and simple than to be expected from stories like this.
After 2 hours I reached my first ending - a fairly satisfying one - and I will keep trying out for more endings. A nice bonus this game has is an ending guide for just a few coins. Genius!
– Real player with 7.7 hrs in game
Lakeview Valley
The Elevator Pitch:
It’s like “8-bit Horror Groundhog Day: The Game.”
Only, it’s really more like “Groundhog Week”, and you’ve traded the meteorology for murder.
The Meat & Potatoes (& Amy’s Cookies):
I absolutely LOVED Lakeview Cabin Collection, so when I found out that the sole developer of LVC, Roope Tamminen, had just recently released his latest game, I couldn’t wait to give it a try.
It quickly and effortlessly surpassed my already-rather-lofty expectations…
-There is a staggering amount of content in this game.
– Real player with 58.5 hrs in game
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Lakeview Valley is a refreshing take on the genre of Small Town RPG games that I have thorougly been enjoying. After playing more than 45 hours of it I haven’t even brushed the surface of what this game offers and am still getting a handle on what I’m doing.
You play some guy who moved to a new town where nothing is as it seems and you can choose to be whatever you want. I think this game is amazing and I can’t believe I didn’t pick it up from day one.
Want to be a normal guy living a normal life and get to know people and be helpful in your community while remodeling your home? Do it!
– Real player with 51.8 hrs in game
A Void Contract
The hell, the void, or the freedom.
A Void Contract is a story-driven rogue-lite RPG about an unfortunate warlock who ends up in hell. Wash sins by fighting hordes of fiends while a Void at the bottom of the demonic city will slowly drain your soul. Meet the consequences of damned artifacts' thoughtless use. Explore 3 circles of the ancient demonic city each with its own architecture and dangers. Forge new contracts with the devils. Some of them might want to kill you, some of them might like you. Use them to your advantage and get out from the hell!
… Or embrace a new shape granted to you by a demon realm and start a new life.
Core features:
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Dynamic battles
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Legions of demons to fight
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Enemy champions will hunt you
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Damned artifacts shape your appearance
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Skills choice freedom
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Randomly generated locations
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The immersive hand-drawn art style
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3 unique designed city parts
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Protagonist gender choice
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4 romanceable characters to meet
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Black Blade
This is a Metroidvania Game, main feature are :
A story about revenge and self redemption
a pair of lovers live in a peaceful village, until intruder come and take one of them. the other step on the journey of revenge. after many difficult challenge, beating the most powerful and the weakest enemy, the revenge is achieved, but revenge is not the answer.
Comat
there are different enemy standing between you and your goal , beat them so you can move on.
Platformat
the enemy is not the only challenge, so is the environment.
Puzzle
to find the final answer, you will not only need muscle but also wisdom.
there are three part of this game: beginning of hatred, revenge, self redemption.
for now, only the beginning of hatred has completed, the play time is short. another chapters will be released later for free, with higher price
Jade Empire™: Special Edition
Jade Empire could easily been seen as the first step for Bioware towards more simplistic and action based gameplay however it manages to avoid the scorn many felt towards the Mass Effect and Dragon Age series by providing a beautiful and inspired world, the writing is excellent and the characters are interesting.
You start the game off as a student at a martial arts academy. Things quickly change however as you are charged with saving the world and restoring balance in the world, pretty standard hero stuff really. You won’t be on your great all important quest for long before some random peasant will ask you go save a cat from a tree however. Jade Empire is a game that loves procrastinating. Despite what should be a fairly urgent overall plot you will find yourself spending most of your time solving the problems of various little people around the world. Sometimes I’d even forget why I was doing all this in first place.
– Real player with 78.0 hrs in game
I would definitively recommend this game, it starts slowly but as I progressed in the story I appreciated it more and more, despice some flaws in the gameplay and the annoying bioware “black & white” morality system.
Technics:
win 7 + xbox controller, no problems , nothing to complain about.
Gameplay:
The controlls are a bit rusty and at times ungainly, it doesn’t respond as well as it should, making it at time very difficult to resolve a fight. The advanced combat style system, while a good idea could do with some streamlining, there are almost too many styles (something between 15 and 20) but you end up using only a couple of them exclusively.
– Real player with 56.0 hrs in game
Sea Dogs: To Each His Own - Pirate Open World RPG
Heads up, this review is LONG. There will be a TL;DR at the bottom.
This game is a gem, covered in a pile of shit. If you’ve read negative reviews for the game I hate to say that most of them are very much accurate. This game is very unwieldy, hard to learn, harder to master, and really doesn’t teach you anything. The closest this game has to a tutorial is essentially a few hours of being stuck on one island doing small quests to make enough money to buy a small ship. Unfortunately, this means you likely won’t know if you want to keep the game or not until after the refund period has passed.
– Real player with 663.4 hrs in game
Very OLD Akella Pirates game player here when “dinosaurs ruled the earth”.
I basically played the entire game in Russian (no DLC) before it was released in English offline.
I recently went back and have been playing the DLCs online, and my immediate review is still valid in any case.
The game series has been around since 2000. Published by Akella, and eveloped by various studios. This is actually the SIXTH game in the series. Sea Dogs, POTC (Sea Dogs Modification, SD2, the bad disney production), Age of Pirates (AoP) , Tortuga - Two Treasures, AoP2:COAS (City of Abandoned Ships) , and POTEHO (SDTEHO). Black Mark Studios has most of the original modders and designs from the original games. SDTEHO has MANY of the same landmarks as COAS and similar quests. Personally, I am partial to COAS for many reasons, but predominantly the freedom to do whatever the hell you want very early.
– Real player with 504.8 hrs in game
Mystery of Melody Memorial
Embark on a musically enhanced journey filled with quirky characters and perilous paths! Inspired by the likes of Paper Mario, PaRappa the Rapper, and other ventures throughout the course of history, this imaginative blend tells the tale of a teen who strives to find his melody.
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Meet a surplus of characters brimming with personality!
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Discover locales where all sorts of wonders and dangers await!
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Solve puzzles, sing songs, and explore to your heart’s desire!
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Laughs and emotions aplenty!
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Featuring an original soundtrack composed by Alexander Lyons and artwork by Alice Tan!
人偶馆绮幻夜 Dreaming on the last light（DOLL）
Waking up from a nightmare surrounded by dense fog and flames, you are greeted by a gentle boyfriend and favorite puppet show. Such a romantic and beautiful date, why is there a slight uneasiness in my heart …
At the invitation of her boyfriend Airy, the young girl Tina went to the doll hall to celebrate her 18th birthday.
The puppet hall that can be chosen as a dating place does not look as peaceful as it looks … broken letterhead, black pupils with different pupils, kindly tourists with hints, and … gifts that Airy wants to give.
Lotharus - Bacon, Ale & Repeat
Lotharus.
I’ve been playing this game for a while and I gotta say, it’s a lot of fun!
The story, while sometimes quite silly, is well thought out and interesting keeping me engaged and excited to play more.
I was given this game to play on my YouTube channel but I would definitely have paid for it.
Lotharus is an amusing RPG, the art is well done, the battles are a great challenge but not too difficult, the level layout is well planned with plenty of secrets lying around (make sure you explore!) and there are good puzzles with cool, different mechanics as well.
– Real player with 15.6 hrs in game
Hello,
I am from Reviews by Supersven, I have played this game and decided tha this game is totally worth it!
This is a Zelda-Like game where you visit dungeons and collect orbs to face the final boss!
Full of humor, nonsense and adult jokes!
A full review wil be aired soon but you can watch me play this game here!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vctZ5dr-EQ&t=2s
– Real player with 14.3 hrs in game
Symbiotic
Story
Symbiotic is a sci-fi action drama visual novel with dark undertones, and a love story which will be a roller coaster of emotion. As Zaydin and company go through the rigorous training to master the use of their symbiote partners, they must overcome numerous obstacles and fight enemies far beyond their control, all while dealing with the emotions that come with being teenagers. The race is on for the survival of mankind in this grueling war with another world!
Zaydin is a young complicated kid trying to cope with the loss of his mother, an evil entity attempting to control his mind, and the war of the worlds waged by alien Symbiotes, who have come to eradicate or consume all life on earth. While attending SCAR institute, the principal of the establishment, Neolinus, acts as his caretaker/guardian, at the request of Zaydin’s deceased mother. Neolinus is seen as a pain in the ass to the young orphan. Elliosa and Kadin, the friends he never wanted, have extremely different views on Zaydin. While Elliosa has a major crush on him, Kadin, being the protective big brother type (Even though they’re not related) sees him as a dangerous jerk, though the question of why he hates him so much still lingers. They are joined by their symbiote partners, Tama who belongs to Zaydin, Pinkie Elliosa’s loveable friend, and Spike the “tough guy” belonging to Kadin. Together with the rest of the school they will discover what it means to be at war, not only with the aliens but also with their own emotions.
About
Seasons & Chapters:
This Visual Novel is based around a system of Chapters and Seasons. All chapters within the first season would be free to play once you have bought the game, and those chapters have been released. The following season would be purchasable DLC due to the size and amount of content that will be put into it. Chapters come out when they’re finished, so you don’t have wait for the season to be finished to continue the story.
Season 1:
The first season begins with introductions to the cast of characters, and the main protagonist, Zaydin, being rebellious towards SCAR Institute and his caretaker, Principal Neolinus. Zaydin must deal with his emotions, repressed memories, “friendship” with Elliosa, rivalry with Kadin, unintentionally befriending another girl at the school, and a dark evil presence lingering in his mind as he goes through this warrior high-school setting. The war that wages between Earth and the symbiote planet, Metamor, threatens to destroy everything, and forces the children of Earth to rise up and protect the planet against the monstrous creatures that are sent to it, but another possible threat looms that could undo what the school has done to protect the planet. As you progress through the Visual Novel you will be sent on required (and some optional) missions to kill the Sym-Monsters sent to Earth from Metamor. Zaydin’s ego and bad temper constantly get him into trouble, whether it’s his caretaker/principal, the Class S president Alastair, or even his own “friends”, Zaydin acts out and antagonizes everyone around him… but is he doing it because he’s a bully, or for some other reason?
Psychopath or Savior:
As you progress through the story and missions you will be given a choice that decides whether you will be punished like a villain or hailed as a hero. In missions you can fight Sym-Monsters and save Civilians. It is required that you fight and kill a certain number of Sym-Monsters, however it is NOT required that you save the civilians, this gives way to a moral dilemma… do you save everyone like a true hero? Or do you let them all walk into the fates they would have endured had you never even arrived? Doing either of these to an extreme degree may result in a secret ending as well as changing the game later down the line, recruiting allies, or causing you to encounter something truly terrible…
Visual Novel Styled as a Kinetic Novel (Kinda)
“A kinetic novel is a linear type of visual novel where no narrative or gameplay choices typical to the latter are presented.”
Symbiotic is more akin to a Kinetic Novel then a traditional Visual Novel, since the story is more linear and the ending is the same regardless of what you ultimately decide to do; however, it is possible to change the difficulty and variety of the game, as well as changing HOW the ending plays out and what happens to the characters. As mentioned above you can get a Psychopath or Savior ending in every chapter of the game, with this comes new challenges, allies, or minor story aspects you wouldn’t see otherwise. The new allies can replace party members in missions allowing you to customize how you play through the missions. The challenges come in the form of unique enemies that are angry, vengeful, and prepared to kill anything they see.