Ashland Dossier
«Ashland Dossier» is an espionage thriller packed with elements of turn-based stealth tactics and role-play adventure. Use your cunning, agility, and wit to finish off the Nazi plague for good this time. Ahead of you lies a deadly confrontation as the enemy threatens to drive the world into the depth of dreadful and pointless war once again.
After WWII, numerous Nazis managed to slip through the cracks and escape overseas. Like rats, they scattered around the world to hide in shadows believing that the long arm of justice will never reach them. However, this is one fatal delusion.
In the late 1950s, a private investigative organization has been formed. INCU (International Nazi Crime Unit) has only one specific goal in mind: to find such criminals and get them back for a fair trial.
You will assume the role of an officer that is looking for a group of the most rotten scoundrels. In the past, all of them committed extremely heinous crimes which are still left unpunished. Your goal is to find their trail, gather all the possible evidence, and finally bring them to justice.
Easier said than done, though. There is another new force that has just appeared out of nowhere – «Ashland». Unfortunately, these people will stop at nothing in their decisive effort to help runaway Nazis…
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Tense operations that include pinpointing, following, and extracting a suspect
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Rich lore and backstory of the unfolding events
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Scrupulous analyzing of intel, evidence, and witnesses’ testimonies
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Two playable timelines: 1960-1964 and 1941-1945
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Unique characters, unexpected plot twists, multiple endings
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A deep and realistic look into the truthful dreads of WWII
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A Very Bad Christmas Eve
It has cozy Christmas atmosphere. Something about the music reminds me of Harry Potter. The challenges are fun and I enjoyed playing the game. It was perfect for Sunday afternoon.
– Real player with 1.6 hrs in game
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Actually I like this game very much. I absolutely love the visuals and their details, the Christmas atmosphere. The music is amazing. The falling snow. It gives me a dreamy, cozy, Christmas mood. The gameplay is challenging and fun. Totally recommend it, has nothing in common with all of the seasonal bullsh*t games.
– Real player with 1.2 hrs in game
Aarklash: Legacy
Great title, considering the price. It’s sort of like Diablo and a turn-based squad game had a baby – Active pause lets you give orders to your squad of adventurers, and then things unfold in real time.
Pros: 1. GREAT atmosphere and novel setting. The STORY itself could be a bit more polished, but the characters have personality and variety. I thought not being able to create your own character (you choose from pregens) would be an obstacle but it’s NOT, the players are likable and learning their story is interesting.
– Real player with 50.5 hrs in game
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Great game. I give it 8/10.
Pros:
-Puzzles to unlock goodies on about every level
-Awesome puzzles to complete storyline
-Good storyline
-Combat is intriguing and makes you think–must be very strategic.
-The number of companions that you can control and deck out with gear
-Pausing the game to plan out strategies
-Talent trees to cutomize for each companion; it adds a deeper level of gameplay
-Decent graphics
Cons:
-Game has some bugs–sometimes the abilities for a companion will not show up. Or, when you click on a companion, another companion’s abilities show up. When this happens, you have to restart the game to fix.
– Real player with 38.7 hrs in game
Across the demon realm
This is an enjoyable luck-based game in my opinion, and here is why:
Sure, this game may seem like the broken wheel of an Oregon Trail carriage, but there is still some fun to be had! One run, things could go smoothly, to game-over just like that, or you could have a bad run where you manage to survive long enough to see the end. All-in-all, this is seen as a more hardcore version of Oregon Trail, so if you like luck, un-fair situations, and many retries, this is the game for you.
– Real player with 4.0 hrs in game
Do not buy this game. No, seriously, I know it looks cool with its gorey, retro pixelart aesthetic, and it’s Oregon Trail homages, but this game simply is not winnable. It tricks you right out of the gate with talent picks that make it seem like you have some choice in victory, but the RNG will simply deviate around your picks to ensure your survivors die quickly and often. Parts of this game are likewise downright broken, make zero sense, or add nothing to the game whatsoever, an the price tag attached is absurd. This is, at best an $11 title, and that’s if everything worked as intended, but it doesn’t and given there is somehow already a sequel available, it’s unlikely this will ever be addressed. I streamed this for over an hour and if you’d like to see the result of that fruitless endeavor, I invite you to watch here; https://www.twitch.tv/videos/955933818
– Real player with 1.4 hrs in game
Battle Master
A classic which is slightly forgotten, but a overall fantastic game!
– Real player with 0.8 hrs in game
Dwarflings
This is a really likeable tactical puzzle game with oldschool taste which feels like the mix of Lemmings and Commandos. Here’re some reasons why you would like it (without particular order):
1. Art is simple, but very nice and with great attention to details, and quite a lot of them make you smile.
2. Rules and controls are very easy to learn, you do not really question how to play the game, you just play.
3. Levels are well-thought and each built around its own idea. There’s no complexity for the sake of complexity. Many of them will make you scratch your head, but once you get it right you go through. It never gets too long to bore you. Harder levels are sometimes followed with the easier to relax a bit, and then there’s a new puzzle.
– Real player with 16.5 hrs in game
Do not buy this, it is a terrible excuse for a game. It says it is “Lemmings meets Lost Vikings” but both of those were clever, well thought-out games that were fun - this is definitely not. Add in the covert in-app purchases and I think you have the measure of its design.
In short, you click one of a few icons to get the dwarf you are controlling to do something. The game has no charm, subtlety or depth. I am fairly sure that very few people continued far in, judging by the % ratings on each achievement. It only appears that I have played it for 11 hours because I idled it for the cards. I will now be uninstalling it and not wasting any more time on this poor effort.
– Real player with 10.9 hrs in game
Gods of Hellas VR
It isn’t easy being an ancient god, even during peacetime. You have to lead and support your people, help them with the harvest, and encourage their growth… all without their noticing you. But what if your lands are on the edge of a cliff? What if your people approach a whirlpool while being attacked by a horrible, mysterious monster? Well, when that happens, it’s time for you to display all your power and intelligence!
When you play “Gods of Hellas VR” you’ll find yourself in Ancient Greece surrounded by the beautiful landscape, elegant buildings, mythical creatures and… chaos! The gorgeous lands of Greece are under attack! As one of the Olympian gods, you’ll have to save your residents and keep their islands from sinking. But the rules forbid you from intervening directly… So what can you do? Only one thing is left: be a god for real!
In “Gods of Hellas VR,” you’ll create your own teams of peasants, priests, warriors and magicians, decide which buildings they need, use your powers to defend allies and trap foes. Awaiting you in Ancient Greece you’ll find economic and military tasks to accomplish, exciting battles and travels to undertake, and loyal worshippers, cruel enemies and monsters to encounter. Are you ready to start your divine journey? Play “Gods of Hellas VR” right this minute!
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Tower defense in VR!
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Play standing or sitting, alone or with your cat next to you!
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Inspect the battlefield from every perspective!
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Build towers that combine different types of units!
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Use your units not only in towers but also on battlefields!
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Accumulate mana and cast spells with your very own hands!
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Build barricades to hold back enemies!
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Become a real ancient god!
Here Be Dragons
An unexpectedly wonderful game
Although not perfect, this game is wonderful! However, it may not be what you expect. This is not the (satyrical true!) story of how Christopher Columbus reached the New World, but the (indeed satyrical true!) telling of the events which led to his protagonism. While the former make us think this is a traditional RPG, with exploration, battles and a progression system consisting of evolving one or few characters until the end, the latter gives room to what it really is: a combat-only game with many characters, each of which protagonist in their own short campaigns, and where character progression starts after the first battle of the campaign and ends just before the last. What really progresses throughout all the game is combat complexity and the greater scheme which ties all campaigns together. So let’s dive deeper into both aspects.
– Real player with 20.2 hrs in game
There were two good things in this game that made me complete the game: battle mechanics and solid visual style during battles. But other elements of the game must be rewritten from the scratch:
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dialogs - thay are boooring; guys, please don’t try to do all the pieces of the game by yourselves, find good writer. Alternatively make an option “skip dialogs” to save time
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technically I don’t understand why 2D game had been made using Unity. It’s huge overkill, there’re many crossplatform libraries and frameworks for 2D games that can be run anywhere. Because of your poor decision the game doesn’t run on Linux
– Real player with 12.9 hrs in game
RTS Commander: Smash the Rebels
Early Access Watcher Public Service Announcement
Game: RTS Commander: Smash the Rebels
Version: Initial Release
Gameplay Footage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmW2hdWWrQc
Disclosure: This game copy was bought by the reviewer.
I understand this game only has one level present in the current build, so this will not be factored into the plethora of issues and missing features. The major offenses include the inability to save (game crashes), random crashes (upon start up and selecting the one level), and the lack of a competent AI. The enemy will just spams the same light tank from the only enemy producing building and will not build any other structures to compensate for the inevitable lose of said building. The map itself is small with the border outlined by a thin line when you clear away the fog of war (which looks funky with the area outside the map completely illuminated. Even with such a small map, I encounter a few instances when it would nose dive to 1 FPS for a couple of seconds before finally fixing itself.
– Real player with 1.1 hrs in game
I don’t think the timing was quite right putting this on the early acess market. I’m usually forgiving of early access releases, so long as they demonstrate a unique underlying idea. But I don’t see what’s unique about this game. It seems on the trajectory to be a very generic RTS.
The terrain looks like if you run google maps with no internet connection (so it can’t load images) and zoom it way in. All blurry and obnoxious for the eyes.
Some of the music didn’t hit the mark for me either. I might expect those sort of tunes in a coffee shop or something, but not while engaging in combat.
– Real player with 0.1 hrs in game
Iron Danger
Extraordinary game with a wonderful combat system! I would like to call it ‘combat choreography’ at times, a delight for anyone looking for a casual adventure, because the mechanics ensure that you basically can’t loose. This inside a pearl of a story, which isn’t always conveyed the best in this game.
The story begins…
Kipuna’s hometown is under attack, and during her fled out of town, she tumbles through a gap in the pavement to an ancient forgotten temple, right upon a magical shard. The shard is pierced through her heart, and it gives her the power to turn back time 7 seconds, and to conjure firespells. A magical apparition sets Kipuna off on a quest to get the five other shards that form together the Aurolith!
– Real player with 53.5 hrs in game
It all started with the save scamming. Remember the old school role-playing titles like Baldur’s Gate? There were powerful spells that had chance to kill any enemy from one hit but the chance for it was pretty small. Now what did people do? Naturally, they used to save before the battle, tried to cast the spell and if it didn’t work, they just loaded their save and tried again. Just because it was an easy way to win and… you know how it is. People love the easy ways. Well, as long as those are not the Dark Souls fans but we’re not talking about those masochists today. Anyhow, later, when playing games in a proper way started to get completely out of fashion, publishers started to add a certain feature to their games. A feature that allowed us to “rewind” things and try again. Without even using an old school save feature. Press one button and pretend that you didn’t die a second ago. In a way, it was like watching movies on VHS. You know… VHS? That bulky thing… with tapes? The one that allowed us, old geezers, to watch movies at home before most of you, youngsters, were even born? OK, OK, I’m shutting up now, don’t be mad.
– Real player with 25.8 hrs in game