Panda in the clouds
Awesome game, the puzzles are greate! And the art is so cute!
– Real player with 3.5 hrs in game
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Great puzzles, I had brain cramps with the tornados.
Plus, it’s cute :3
– Real player with 2.7 hrs in game
Der Geisterturm / The Ghost Tower
Der Geisterturm is a game i could only describe as “hostile”.
It’s a grid-based, first person dungeon crawler not unlike say, Warhammer 40k’s Space Hulk, except you’re piloting a mecha - and i don’t mean the “protagonist” kinda mecha. You’re essentially stomping around in the kinda grunt suit that gets oneshot by the Gundam 5 seconds into a battle setpiece. You know, a Zaku I basically.
Now, while nothing in the game will actually oneshot you, what this means is that combat is often going to be an extremely risky endeavor, as to even have the slightest chance of survival you’re going to have to learn to:
– Real player with 16.9 hrs in game
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The spin-off sequel to the mecha dungeon crawler Das Geistersciff. Der Geisterturm improves on every aspect of the original title. Like the original game, an emphasis is placed on moving with purpose instead of slowly farming experience for levels. The player must manage limited resources such as ammo and the overall durability of your Robotic Combat Suit through the use of repair stations scattered around the tower. The player also has to worry about the health of the suit’s pilot as durability decreases, putting a heavier emphasis on avoiding enemies and damage whenever possible.
– Real player with 16.9 hrs in game
Changes
Got this game the first week it was out, and I’m really enjoying it so far!
If I had to describe it succinctly, I would say “challenging and relaxing at the same time”, which is difficult to pull off!
The music combined with the surreal visuals give it a serene and engrossing quality, yet the puzzles are very challenging so it feels really satisfying to solve them! This game is good for being able to just block out the outside world and get lost in this colony of living cells and solving the puzzles to set everything right!
– Real player with 2.9 hrs in game
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disclosure: i did some pre-release playtesting on this game, and i know the developers personally
i should note that i haven’t finished this game at time of review (there’s lots more here than what i’ve played), but i want to call some attention to this game as it could really use more eyes
as the description states, the game is inspired by Conway’s Game of Life, something i wasn’t familiar with before being introduced to this game, and introducing a player piece to that system produces a lot of curious results. solving puzzles inside of these rules creates a kind of science, where the player learns to use specific techniques for movement, destruction, and creation to solve the problem. it feels like trying to control chaos, and even the smallest mistake can often result in your attempt literally blowing up in front of you
– Real player with 2.5 hrs in game
Rob Riches
One of the best puzzle games I’ve played.
Very high quality and offers decent challenge.
– Real player with 14.9 hrs in game
Game plays super smooth and has very interesting and fun puzzles. Definitely recommend it to anyone that loves puzzle games and games with a similar theme, it’s a lot of fun
– Real player with 11.7 hrs in game
Whispers of Ancient Stone
This short puzzle game gradually reveals the story of a crumbling ruin through block placement and letter substitution stages. Rebuild the structure to decipher the whispers of ancient stone!
Perseverance Mission - Astronaut Charlie
I like it very much. This game is awesome. It might be difficult at first. If you play for a while, it will challenge you a lot. Thank you for creating a good puzzle game.
– Real player with 6.9 hrs in game
Another tile sliding puzzle with a cat. This one has a sci-fi theme and spacey music. You can only really see it’s a cat on the title screen, otherwise it’s just a small mars rover that goes along the path. It gets a bit tedious towards the end when there is only one tile to spare but that’s pretty standard for tile sliders. Nice for an evening with a puzzle and some bright warm colored mars environments.
– Real player with 2.9 hrs in game
Drawngeon: Dungeons of Ink and Paper
Drawngeon is a traditional dungeon crawler, which is equivalent of a first-person roguelite with 90-degree turns. It takes anywhere from 2 to 5 hours to finish without prior knowledge, but it has some replay value through different characters and achievement hunting. Can I just say that I absolutely love the UI in this game, you can actually point&click in a first-person view and move things into your inventory, also works when you need to drop or give items to the quest giver. You could play with a controller, but I find it a little difficult, so I just played with the keyboard instead. The game has pretty nice settings, including a camera lock and key binding. For the most part it’s a very creative game with fun gameplay, although it falls apart toward the end due to poor balancing and lack of coherent progression.
– Real player with 11.0 hrs in game
Glorious solo-protagonist reincarnation of ancient “Eye Of The Beholder”, only if it was made by a non-DnD fan, in 2018. (and that’a actually how it was)
Unique drawn art style, droning ambience and atmosphere. Creepy twist in the end. No real ending, but probably the only thing that got me qualitatively scared for half a minute. Not an ARG or meta-game, but just a well-executed mind trick.
Not without its flaws, like eventual off-screen teleports or holes in the floor polygons, but maybe that will get patched out eventually. For a game made by 2 self-funded people, pretty impressive.
– Real player with 7.0 hrs in game
Legend of Grimrock 2
Legends of Grimrock 2 is a Dungeon Crawler with real-time combat, lots of riddles and secrets, magic and potions, all wrapped up in gorgeous graphics. I’ve just replayed it after a couple of years and it is still fantastic, the best dungeon crawler out there.
Highly recommended!
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77 secrets, 11 buried treasures, 17 “epic items” to find in 34 different areas
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Lots of different enemies with various attack types and weaknesses
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The game looks fantastic, the enemies and the different areas are very unique and memorable
– Real player with 157.9 hrs in game
Legend of Grimrock 2 is one of those games that improves upon the prequel in (almost!) every way, and I can’t do anything but whole-heartedly recommend it – Even for people who haven’t played the first. As it stands right now, there are several problems, but I’ll address what I liked about the game first.
The combat is just as fun as the first game, though now with arguably more strategy involved as most enemies are keen to your side-stepping ways and will have methods to counter them. Most enemies can now be countered by simply walking backward, as they lack lunging attacks save for a few smarter enemies, but at least that involves knowing the area and not simply moving into a 4x4 grid and keeping combat in that small, controlled area. Some enemies can still be conquered with that strategy, but they are few and far between.
– Real player with 80.9 hrs in game
Conglomerate 451
Hey guys,
TLDR: If you like dungeon crawlers, especially futuristic (ala Starcrawlers) there is a good chance you will like this game too.
Conglomerate 451 is set in and under (water) a cyberpunk style city. Actually my favourite map is the ‘entry’ cityscape. I love the look and the rain/water effects are pretty nice. Would liked to have had missions based in an offshoot of the outdoor area but currently all missions are enclosed. After the tutorial mission you can skip this part and head straight to the mission, which i do not recommend as buffs and map hacks and shopping can be done in the city and can make the mission itself more rewarding and easier.
– Real player with 114.7 hrs in game
*** this Review has been updated after the developer addressed some of the issues. It’s good to see that they are listening to feedback and including suggestions in their process****
This game. . . First off, I haven’t played as much as it shows. I leave games on overnight etc. so. . . I’ve played a little over four hours. . . too long to get my money back and just long enough for this game’s deep flaws to become unbearable for me. I can’t recommend this game to picky gamers. Here’s how it broke down for me:
– Real player with 83.1 hrs in game
Dark Crypt
Dark Crypt is a wonderfully spooky puzzle game which not only is it a great addition for your collection, but also great to chill and play around Halloween. Enjoy a turn based adventure through a crypt full of the undead to stop a slumbering evil from rising to power.
Every few levels or so introduces a new mechanic which so far as I’ve played, adds to the fun. The turn based movement and undo system means you can take all the chances and time you need to get through a level, but you can also skip levels if needed. The puzzles can be challenging but it feels good figuring out how to proceed and reaching that next level. To top it all off, the game has great atmospheric audio and music which blends well and compliments the visual tone of the game. If you’re looking for a cheap and interesting puzzle game to play, then give Dark Crypt a go.
– Real player with 9.8 hrs in game
Damn, this is a smart game!
Reminds me somewhat of the Lara Croft GO-Game, and also Hitman GO (whereas the latter was more Quantity than Quality) … DARK CRYPT brings a Roguelike-Aesthetic to the table, but at it’s heart it’s still a Puzzler: it eases you into it’s mechanics, every new obstacle has an introductory level, and then it combines them all together into a mindbending turn-based Stealth-Conundrum, where you have to navigate a spooky Dungeon and time your steps with the patterns of various Traps and Fiends, always having to think one step ahead.
– Real player with 7.1 hrs in game