Undungeon
I’ve got thousands upon thousands of hours invested in ARPG’s of all types, and I absolutely love Sci-Fi. Was looking for something that hit the spot in that department. I am about 8 or 9 hours in so far and this has not disappointed at all. I’d still be playing but I gotta sleep. So I can get up and play again tomorrow!
I did receive a copy to review, but am not being compensated for my thoughts. This is my personal honest opinion.
TLDR: Would I recommend? Yeah! I enjoyed my time very much. Love the aesthetic, the unique mechanics/features but the real gem is the story!
– Real player with 55.6 hrs in game
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A decent game that can still have some polish
First about what is good
Game has a great visual style, has a lot fun smaller details in environment and character designs and overall decent though very repeatable combat, interesting initial plot and character design. Also looks like devs very inspired by Hyper Light drifter =)
Then what could be improved
I really wanted to finish this game but in the second half it gets like reeeeeeally boring
! Finishing Q-Dimention I thought that the game will be over and was surprised when saw absolutely same world but now green withsame stuff to do again And one of the reasons is that there is no character development in means of items or combat abilities and the story is same as in the first half but in different decorations. I mean items should be really redesigned and rebalanced. When Void gets the weapon type that is called torpid something or somehow like that you just have to stick with it because otherwise you don’t get enough resources unless you do the extra action trying to finish the enemy with the knife every time. So the game forces you to ether play with weapon you like and experiment with other weapons or get the precious resources so you can craft the organs that brake all damn time. Same with the flaming core and some organs that helps you farm essence and give health buff when you have particular nodes equipped. Without this synergy you just won’t be able to play normally and will die so player is forced to use items from mid game because the items you get later in the game are just not worth it. The game is ether not working properly or has not that good item description because when I equipped ancient core and had max essence I didn’t see any buff to damage so I don’t know guys, please think of more informative item descriptions. The fact that there are no sound effects for character speech doesn’t add to the atmosphere of the game. It would be great if you would add some speech imitation rumble like they used to do in older 8 and 16 bit games
– Real player with 25.3 hrs in game
Dead Ink
In the year 2207 the quantum state of your brain was encoded in a stream of photons and beamed into the cosmos. A pioneer of a glorious new age of light-speed travel, destined for fame and glory… at least that was the plan.
Fight
Plunged into a hostile world where every being is made of ink and manufactured at 3D printers, you must harvest ink to survive. Fight your way down a hand-crafted labyrinthine tower in this hardcore melee combat experience.
Escape
Choose between printing the best gear with your hard-won ink, or using it sparingly to get more chances. Can you escape from the tower or will you run out of ink?
A Hardcore Experience
Dead Ink is designed as a hardcore experience with uncompromising and punishing combat. Running out of ink will result in a game over and starting from scratch.
Features
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Souls-like with a unique 3D-printing core mechanic
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Unravel a nonlinear, hand-crafted vertical environment
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Anticipated 6-10 hour play time with a variety of weapons, enemies and bosses
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Harvest ink from enemies and use it to print your corporeal form, weapons and items
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Choose how to spend your ink — on better gear, making more attempts, or on blueprint upgrades
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Running out of ink is game over
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High School Overdrive
Welcome to the 90s.
Set in the year 1997, far away from the big cities, secluded at the edge of a small town, lies the outcast and misfits engulfed with only dreams to ease their reality of tomorrow.
Rin Helena, taking her mother’s name, is a newly transferred student from a well achieving school to a failing school of a small town. Surrounded with antagonistic air, Rin will have to muster her courage and strength to lift herself up. This is a place that will put her down at the slightest gesture of submission.
What brought her to this place?
Will she find the strength to move forward and fight for a hopeful tomorrow?
Welcome to 1997.
BEAT UP THE BULLIES!
If you see something, You can use it!
Explore and Interact with the School Environment!
PLAY FETCH WITH THE BULLIES!
Many more side activities in High School Overdrive!
The Character Models used in these WIP build are placeholder assets and will be changed in a polished build.
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El Shaddai ASCENSION OF THE METATRON HD Remaster
Full review (including score): https://youtu.be/RejP5rwsb6o
Summarized review below!
It’s not often that we get obscure, decade-old Japanese action games ported over to PC – but it’s definitely a trend I can get behind.
Note: Trimmed review to fit character limit, check video for full version!
Story:
The title – El Shaddai – literally means “God Almighty” and it is also one of the names for the God of Israel. The game itself is inspired by the Book of Enoch and you yourself play as Enoch on a journey to save mankind by preventing the great flood. To do so, you will need to seek out seven fallen angels and enlist the help of Lucifel – and that’s just scraping the surface of the weirdness that goes on here.
– Real player with 12.8 hrs in game
El Shaddai basically means Almighty God and this game has a heavy, but very stylized, theological theme running throughout.
The game is loosely based on apocryphal tales from Judeo-Christian biblical writings, but it’s purely as a backdrop and engine to drive a narrative. There’s no preaching or judgement and the story can be enjoyed by anyone regardless of denomination.You play the part of Enoch, a celestial scribe, (who also happens to be an immortal with ridiculous combat skills) tasked by God to venture to Earth and round up six fallen angels prior to the cleansing of the world by flood.
– Real player with 11.8 hrs in game
Animus: Revenant
Unbalanced, slow and laggy trash.
– Real player with 2.0 hrs in game
Is this a bad game? I dont think so but it feels very rough. I personally would not recommend it based on other big title souls-likes and even smaller titles. It would of course be unfair to compare it to Dark Souls but even compared to the smaller titles I just feel as though it needs more polish.
My concerns are the lack of a proper roll, the lack of keyboard support, some poor telegraphs and bit unfair enemy tracking. Biggest thing is probably ranged enemies can hit you from off screen and you’ll have no idea where they are given the fixed camera.
– Real player with 0.3 hrs in game
Bogatyr
“We sure can have a lot of stuff! We can even have nothing!”
~Mikhail Zhvanetsky
Letande vs. crappy Russian RPGs! Round 999! FIGHT!!! Seriously, though. When it’s about crappy Russian (also, Ukrainian) role-playing games, I’m a freakin' veteran. I’ve played and finished pretty much everything there was – from Заклятие (Spells of Gold) to Талисман (Talisman, an RPG in Slavic setting from 2003, not to be confused with German point-and-click adventure from 1995 and Nomad Games' adaptation of Game Workshop’s tabletop game). To be honest, though, I didn’t expect any new games of the kind. I mean, something like that? It was possible only during the very certain time period. A period, when majority of the Russian people didn’t have access to Internet connection and it was possible to sell pretty much any crap to them for the price of proper products. Games like Орда: Северный Ветер (Horde: Northern Wind) were possible only because there was no YouTube to show people what they’ll actually get for their money. The more accessible Internet became – the less of such games we’ve got. The lest one of the kind I’ve played was, I believe, Ukrainian Заговор Тёмной Башни (Dark Tower Conspiracy, AKA Dungeon Quest) in 2006. After that? All those wannabe developers switched to mobile games. Which are not nearly as fun to suffer through.
– Real player with 11.1 hrs in game
Well, I have no idea who made English translation , but he must be executed.
For rest of the game - world and soundtrack combined are TASTY , pleasure for my eyes and ears for this price. Blood is shameful though, combat - found it funny, but only for 3 hours not more.
7/10 for Indie like that. Trash cause of translation, but good enough for that money and I still understood the story.
– Real player with 2.9 hrs in game
Darkest Valley
CASUAL, CHALLENGING, OR IMPOSSIBLE?
However you want to play, choose your difficulty and hack and slash through 4 story acts. Each playthrough contains pseudo-randomly generated maps, ensuring that every playthrough is different. Hidden challenge bosses, extra magical loot, and comedic stories can be found for those looking!
UNCOVER THE MYSTERY
Journey through a dark fantasy world, as you uncover the strange happenings in the valley. Help your new friends and a town of misfits face off against the looming threat that has followed you from your past.
EMBRACE THE CLASSIC
Darkest Valley is an homage to the many great 2D action RPGs from the last twenty years. The original soundtrack, the visual style, and the story is a meld of our favorite elements from the classic and unforgettable titles in this genre. Relive those experiences in this modern indie creation.
HIGHLY STRATEGIC, POWERFUL BUILDS
Wield customizable weapons and armor with 8 item types and a wide variety of potions. Skills apply weapon hits to enemies with interesting effects, combining with crafted attributes to allow huge customization in the way you attack and defend. Coordinate with your skill tree selections, stat points, and the items you salvage for crafting materials to find the perfect build for your play style.
MANY VERY DIFFERENT WAYS TO PLAY
Choose to be an agile melee fighter, a point and click ranged tank, or a strategic summoner. Build your way across an interconnected skill tree with 5 starting points: Melee, Ranged, Summoning, Defensive, and Passives. Leverage your fast reflexes, careful positioning, or thoughtful planning to defeat the hordes you will encounter.
GROW YOUR POWER WITH MAGICAL SHARDS
There is no grind-based experience system in Darkest Valley. Increase your level and grow your strength by seeking out and finding otherworldly crystals shards that bestow great power upon those who wield them.
FACE MONSTROUS CREATURES
Throughout your journey you will fight against an array of creatures, from at first seemingly harmless slimes to monstrous trees that can walk, to horrors that come from the darkest depths. Dodge traps and find unexpected allies, where danger lurks around every corner.
FAST TRAVEL THROUGH THE MUSHROOM TUNNELS
In Darkest Valley there is little need to backtrack. Each area contains a mysterious enoki-like waypoint that acts as a portal and can be used to instantly teleport you from one area to another. If you die, you can simply teleport back to the latest waypoint and continue on your journey.
MY TIME ALIVE
A valiant effort from Barty Games and by far his best game yet…
Right now at launch it’s a C- in my book but it could be a B+ or even an A… if he makes several pretty simple changes to his game.
SPOILER WARNING (Only watch about 30 minutes of this video if you don’t want to be spoiled of the story and how it all ends)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_iVvnVgDkk&t=82s
Brilliant end game gameplay however and I give Barty HUGE props for his creativity and open mind for the way the game changes things up the last part of this game!
– Real player with 2.0 hrs in game
To be honest the game is a bit too short. Other then that the graphics & the storyline are decent. Need a bit improvement in the hitbox section. By checking other game by Barty Games i can say it is way much improved then the other ones. would love to see the next game in the coming years.
– Real player with 1.4 hrs in game
Cross of the Dutchman
This game caught my attention for several reasons. Firstly, is was an ARPG with controller support, so that meant that I had to give it a chance. I’ve enjoyed gaming for years, but I really do prefer to game with a controller, so that was an absolute plus for me. I was also fascinated by the historical fantasy aspect of this game, so I was pleased to find during gameplay that this concept was maintained throughout with clothing and architecture.
The soundtrack was good, and the graphics were very vivid and colorful. The one thing I have to say about this, though, is that the color saturation seemed a bit off to me. I must have walked past the carrot patch a dozen times during the prologue, because they looked like beets to me, and I noticed that “ruddy” color scheme throughout. I’m unsure if this was intentional, but it was definitely noticeable.
– Real player with 14.1 hrs in game
| Note: This game was provided to me for free for review purposes. |
Overview
Cross of the Dutchman is the second game we see on Steam from Triangle Studios, from the Netherlands. In this game you will control a farmer and help him collect an army of fellow country men and fight off the Saxon invasion. It is a top-down fighting game with minor RPG elements. The game is based on a real story / local legend of Pier Donia, who’s tomb is actually located at a walking distance from the dev’s office building, hence the inspiration for the game.
– Real player with 5.9 hrs in game
Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning
I’m not sure I would call this an upgrade in any way (graphics and gameplay are just like the PS3 version), but it is still the same fun game with a great story.
– Real player with 79.7 hrs in game
Just finished the game today after diving straight into the hardest mode. What a great game. Story is good, combat is some of the most fun I’ve ever had. Lots of content. Loved it!
– Real player with 56.2 hrs in game