Fog Factory - Game Maker

Fog Factory - Game Maker

I expected much more. This Game-Maker sadly suffers from a lack of ambition and creative thought. The UI design is lacking, the audio rarely works and the game is incredibly imbalanced. Hopefully in the future this can be improved, although that may take a lot of work.

Real player with 0.1 hrs in game


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Fog Factory - Game Maker on Steam

RPG World - Action RPG Maker

RPG World - Action RPG Maker

Where to begin? Diablo meets Disney, Never Winter Nights meets Legoland. This game is great on so may levels.

Whether you like playing action RPG’s or you like to craft worlds/scenarios for your friends to enjoy, Single player, multiplayer, PVP, World editor.

I can honestly say I’ve not found a game that appealed so much in a long, long time. Mostly it is FUN. Fun to build, fun to play. Challenging if you’re a serious mayhem seeker, entertaining if you just like to explore.

Since I wrote the above the game has received a steady stream of upgrades in terms of new buildings,props, collectables, choosable theme music, new npcs and enemies, a brilliant character creator so you can build your own npc’s and enemies from a huge range of body parts and AI’s, upgrades to questing making it much easier to control the flow of play. The dev’s have been seemingly tireless in their dedication to fulfilling the game’s early promise.

Real player with 1783.3 hrs in game


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NOTE: This review is written while the game was in Early Access at 25th of april.

You know, I’ve always been a person who likes to build stuff. That’s why I LOVED to play with LEGO. I used to build all kinds of stuff. Cars, buildings…whatever I preferred, as long as I knew how the pieces connected to eachother. Because how hard is it to build a tower when you don’t know how your tools and bricks work? That would be a mighty challenge even for master builders…

The hobby of building things kind of continued when I started playing video games, so I bought a game like MyWorlds before called Fight the Dragon. That game had an amazing level editor with lots of tools to play with, including a lot of ‘‘invisible’’ mechanisms like triggers and such. Unfortunately that game is suffering a slow and silent death due to lack of players, which brought me back to the quest of finding a game where I could express my fountain of imagination.

Real player with 228.8 hrs in game

RPG World - Action RPG Maker on Steam

Another Perspective

Another Perspective

Another Perspective is a very well crafted 2D puzzle game in which the protagonist - designed as an homage to Braid’s Tim: he kinda looks like him (having that BIG head that literally takes half his body), moves like him (thanks to Siha for noticing), and he even has Tim’s little insecurities that led him to be the self-inquiring little bloke Braid taught us to love in a game - acts like a message carried back and forth between the player and the developer. Wait, isn’t this the case with gaming in general? Maybe, but very few games are actually aware of it. This game is and the fact that its developers built it around these design philosophies already makes it a very clever little game.

Real player with 8.3 hrs in game


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Decent little puzzler/platformer that borrows heavily from two indie darlings, Braid and The Swapper , and features not so much a story as a stream-of-consciousness exploration of self in a “conversation” between the player and the creator of the game. It’s a bit challenging towards the end (I had to resort to watching a Youtube walkthrough for one of the puzzles) but for the most part not the kind of thing that’ll make you want to tear your hair out.

Real player with 4.5 hrs in game

Another Perspective on Steam

mario

mario

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Real player with 32.5 hrs in game

Serious review alert, no memes here.

This game is a hilarious action platformer and is genuinely really great, it’s definitely one of the funniest games I’ve ever played but also has challenging and fun gameplay, though it’s a bit unpolished and frustrating at times.

There’s a lot of small bugs I encountered, but they were mostly just funny to see and didn’t really get in the way (a boss once froze in place and just let me kill them, moving platforms act strange when you go at them from the wrong side, and other even smaller things). There’s also a lot of framerate issues stemming from the lack of optimization, but it’s mostly just during cutscenes and doesn’t inhibit gameplay too much.

Real player with 9.9 hrs in game

mario on Steam

Saturn Quest: Shadow of Planetus

Saturn Quest: Shadow of Planetus

Arkhouse makes very strange games that tend to be as unique as they are confusing, but they are also very rewarding if you manage to find the patience and push through them. This game has a ‘boss rush’ and ‘bullet hell’ aspect to it, however, it is a multigenre game that incorporates some occasional platforming, space shooting, and top-down exploration, not to mention the signature ‘WTF Arkhouse narrative’. That being said, every time I play a game by Arkhouse it’s a steep learning curve as the games never work exactly as one would expect. I have been somewhat harsh on the developer in the past, but not because I did not enjoy the games - if anything I wish they were a bit more accessible to the general public. Compared to previous titles like Mirage of Dragon, Saturn Quest is not too difficult to navigate as long as you not skipping the dialogue. Arkhouse games tend to have hidden passages so you need to read the dialogue for the hints or you going to be running around the map completely clueless.

Real player with 6.7 hrs in game

Love me some boss rush.

Real player with 6.1 hrs in game

Saturn Quest: Shadow of Planetus on Steam

Aborigenus

Aborigenus

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Aborigenus is a short platformer about a warring tribe that has invaded your own sky tribe, taken people away, and you leave in pursuit of the warriors that left, overcoming obstacles and challenges on your way to find them. Your girlfriend is missing as well, and your main goal has been to set off in search of rescuing her, and trying to catch up with the rest of your own tribesman along the way.

Real player with 5.1 hrs in game

This game doesn’t have nearly enough levels. It was over before I even figured out how to use all the features. I only discovered there was more than one magic skill after I was done by looking at the pictures and reviews here. And you only get to ride one single chicken. :-(

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After accidentally beating the game with just the spear, level 1 crow shot, and level 1 strength, I decided to play again and figure out the skills system. That’s the closest thing to making the game long enough to be satisfying. Anyway, it’s way easier to defeat the boss with some magic blasts than just using the spear. And if you really want to gain all the skills, it’s possible to grind next to a checkpoint, then kill yourself and repeat, because the enemies respawn when the checkpoint restores you.

Real player with 3.6 hrs in game

Aborigenus on Steam

Dark Grim Mariupolis

Dark Grim Mariupolis

Dark Grim Mariupolis creates a point and click adventure branch of it’s own with it’s interesting theme and dialogue. Aside from the mythology, mysticismm, and pseudo-dystopian society world you can easily found yourself wrapped up in interest as you control the footsteps of Thor in this crime noir adventure. Aside from the two color simple yet elegant art style and intriguing story line this game really excels with excellent sound design. The pattering of the rain combined with the calm yet unsettling smooth background music sets the tone as you are playing a pseudo-detective role.

Real player with 4.9 hrs in game

Its a pretty simple point & click adventure at the first glance

but then its so much more

best described as a piece of art.

And even to the gameplay doesn’t feel smooth at times I just fell in love with the dystopian feel, the references to mythology and the noir athmosphere.

Real player with 4.9 hrs in game

Dark Grim Mariupolis on Steam

I was rebuilt

I was rebuilt

I met the guys who made this game at a convention in Portugal, they were very nice and I got to demo their game Sweet Magic Madness. I think this game is alright too, I’m not that good at platformers but its got solid mechanics so far.

Real player with 11.5 hrs in game

I think this game is great! Even though they revamped the game from its original theme, leading many to have mixed thoughts, I have no problem with it. Its a great game, solid mechanics, just feels a little uncomfortable to move the character a times but I can tell the amount of work that was put into this game. The enemies are unique, the stages are unique, the trial and error aspect is great, would definitely recommend

Real player with 2.3 hrs in game

I was rebuilt on Steam

Mushroom Savior

Mushroom Savior

Отличная затягивающая головоломка в жанре сокобана! Очень хорош дизайн уровней, есть самые разные объекты: лёд, по которому скользишь в одном направлении, взрывчатка, решетки, управляющиеся кнопками, телепорты для ящиков, замки с ключами и т.п. Музыка и звуковые эффекты красивые, играть интересно.

Real player with 3.2 hrs in game

Sokoban with teleporters and unusual atmosphere. Forces player to take some leaps of faith here and there, but superior to its prequel, “Mushroom Quest”, in most of ways.

Real player with 2.8 hrs in game

Mushroom Savior on Steam

Fenix Rage

Fenix Rage

Fenix Rage is a fantastic platformer that’s similar to (and very much inspired by) Super Meat Boy. While Super Meat Boy has momentum-based movement, Fenix Rage controls more like Donkey Kong Country (in that you stop moving immediately when you let go of the analog stick. Side Note: I prefer movement like this, but that’s just personal preference). What’s unique about Fenix Rage is that the main character has infinite jumps and dashes that you can use whenever you want.

“But wait!”, you say. “Doesn’t that ruin the game?”

Real player with 97.1 hrs in game

Super Meat Boy with some interesting twists, but is it better or worse?

Well, Super Meat Boy is still the Nr.1 in it’s genre and Fenix Rage isn’t going to change that. Is it hard? Yes! Is it bad? Actually, no, it’s surprisingly good! It has a unique dash mechanic which changes the game quite drastically, also, infinite double jumping! The controls are simple and very responsive too. It looks decent, but it isn’t going to blow your mind in any way, except for maybe the last world. The music is pretty basic, nothing special, you probably should listen to your own soundtrack.

Real player with 21.0 hrs in game

Fenix Rage on Steam