BoomXR

BoomXR

‘BoomXR’ is yet another boxing style rhythm game of the likes we have already seen lots of times before. Only this time you will be fighting invisible ninjas with punches of the corresponding colour to your fists in time with the music. The good news is the 5 tracks on offer are not terrible and the beat mapping seems to be mostly OK. You can even use your own music, but of course, the beat mapping will be terrible.

I get that £3.99 is a small price, but I just don’t think this game offers even enough content at that small price. Using the Oculus Rift I also found the punching hands off-angle and the gameplay far too frantic to be called fun. There are a few different game modes, but they are mostly all the same. It is not something I am willing to recommend just yet, but with a few improvements (especially to the learning difficulty) I could see that opinion changing.

Real player with 0.6 hrs in game


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BoomXR is a Free to Play VR Beat Boxing game. It worked on my HTC Vive system, looked ok, played ok, sounded ok. You have five default tracks included and you can add your own mp3s by making a folder in your music folder, then place them there. There is a tutorial video that you can watch of what you should strive for in the boxing training. You have options to make the game harder. Nice lobby, and you can change the color scheme. The ninjas was a nice touch, and you can turn off the ninjas. This game was paid product at one time, now it is free to play.

Real player with 0.4 hrs in game

BoomXR on Steam

6 Feet Behind

6 Feet Behind

Make monsters clash with each others to win. Cool arcade gameplay with horror aesthetics and 4 distinct campaign (game-modes). But sadly it’s gets old fast.

Real player with 0.6 hrs in game


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6 Feet Behind on Steam

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Its very fun with friends. While yes im friends with the developer I must say its a great time with a lot of fun and even some glitches that cause more fun with friends.

Real player with 4.8 hrs in game


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Its good very good awooga hot mama

Real player with 0.5 hrs in game

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Appetite for Detestation

Appetite for Detestation

Great Game, Loved how much fun i had!

Real player with 130.1 hrs in game

https://youtu.be/jaP9H9kh1JM

So you’ve read the description and now you’re down here in the comments trying to figure out what’s it all about. Click the video above to see some of the gameplay, mechanic and hear my thoughts on the game.

Appetite for Detestation is a 3D beat’em up set in the Victorian era where you get to play as the monster reeking havoc on the citizens in order to satiate your blood thirst. After reading that description I am sure you are, like I was, hype to jump into the game and get to slaying. Well, let’s talk about the positives of the game first. The music is probably the best part of the game. It’s eerie, inviting and sets the mood for a monster of the time. The environments are also well designed; plenty of destructive pieces and platforming to be had in each level.

Real player with 0.4 hrs in game

Appetite for Detestation on Steam

CYNOROID GAIDEN

CYNOROID GAIDEN

This is a hidden gem. I highly recommend this. Especially for players who are into games like Broforce or Butcher.

5/5

Real player with 2.8 hrs in game

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The Short of it: A fun throwback to NES era 8-bit run and gun action, but with a modern control feel that makes gameplay fast and responsive. Feels like a side-scrolling Doom in a good way; fast and dynamic play style.

Reminds me of: If you like games like Metal Slug and/or enjoy retro inspired indie titles, there’s a good chance you’ll like Cynoroid Gaiden. Also obviously reminds me of the original Cynoroid, which this is a general improvement of (still check it out if you enjoy Gaiden).

Real player with 2.3 hrs in game

CYNOROID GAIDEN on Steam

Dawn of Light

Dawn of Light

Other players posted that mouse issue was resolved. I returned to try the game out again. I will switch my review to recommend while I try the rest of the game.

Original post:

I really wanted to play this but… Mouse only looks left and right.

Loaded Quake 2 to test. Worked fine…

Real player with 0.9 hrs in game

This is a fairly short, but fun game. Perhaps the two critiques that might help people are: First, is that you have to tap twice on save game before it does anything, and then a 3rd to actually type a name in, before you can even start the game. This should only have been 1 tap. The second tip is that the game defaults to a Azerty keyboard. You will want to go to options and change it over to QWERTY if you want to use the standard WASD movement controls.

Real player with 0.8 hrs in game

Dawn of Light on Steam

AEON BLOOD

AEON BLOOD

take a Beat em' Up

now give it souls jank

now make that souls jank janky souls jank

now you winning the war on fun with the new Beat em' Up-shaped souls

play the game and blow your stick right off with that brand new jank explosion

Real player with 1.6 hrs in game

It’s sort of like Streets of Rage, I think. Never played that game, but I’m familiar with it’s type: a sort of 2.5D brawler where you shuffle along a mostly 2D plane, but can slowly shift axis. Your attacks mostly only hit along the same axis, though there’s some wiggle room, thankfully. Animations are good, mostly, but combat can start to feel pretty tedious at times, especially since you can’t run from encounters at all, so if you’re struggling to beat a mid-boss, as I was, you have to fight every enemy leading up to them over and over again. Get’s pretty grating. Furthermore, because a lot of evasion depends on positioning, and the basic movement is really slow, it can get quite hard to evade when there are a lot of enemies on screen. You have a spear twirl that can clear out people right next to you, but if it doesn’t connect, you’re basically certain to get counter-attacked in the brief window you’re locked in after the spin. And if you get knocked down with enemies nearby, you’d be better off just laying there because you’re likely to get utterly crushed the second you stand before given any chance to defend yourself. Just a bit of a grind. Not the worst game, but not really something I can get into.

Real player with 0.7 hrs in game

AEON BLOOD on Steam

Retro Classix: Night Slashers

Retro Classix: Night Slashers

The game itself is amazing, but I can’t recommend this port. I did one full playthrough, and suffered near constant flickering and stuttering, as well as random slowdown. Plus it’s the censored version with the green blood and all that.

Hopefully we get a patch to resolve these issues, but as it stands… it’s a monstrosity.

Real player with 12.8 hrs in game

This is a fun beat ‘em up. It will definitely be a part of my Halloween fun this year.

I played it through entirely and didn’t have any problems at all. However, it seems like lots of people do. I’d suggest trying the nslasher.zip file in MAME 2003 or Final Burn Neo. They worked fine for me in them too.

Real player with 0.9 hrs in game

Retro Classix: Night Slashers on Steam

Astro Knight

Astro Knight

You are a carefree astronaut with a sword, the Astro Knight. But because of you, your fellow astronauts came to an untimely demise. As you grapple with your loss, you find yourself in a dream world full of monsters. You must wield your sword and your special abilities to combat waves of foes. But after each stage you must give something up. Can you let go?

Astro Knight was made as part of the inaugural Hackubator class, a game accelerator program where we are split into teams of 5 and tasked with making a game in 3 months. Our team, House Rogue, embodies the values of competence and candor with a sizable helping of rebelliousness embodied by our mantra “Go left”.

Astro Knight on Steam

Kusan : City of Wolves

Kusan : City of Wolves

About the game

In ‘Kusan: The City of Wolves’, you become a veteran sentenced to death and backstreet solver with only combat prosthetic remaining instead of your left arm. While setting up a office with a promiscuous partner who loved only one woman, you meet a girl with the secret of a combat prosthetic of yours and gets caught up in former boss’s coup plan. The girl asks for protection from you, the enemy of her parents. Save the girl against the plan of former comrades who shared life and death.

You’re in the back alley of a corrupt port city in the east asia, the near future, infested with enemies who are crazy about money and drugs. The light in the heavy darkness may be a gun shot at you. If you become an expert in combat prothetic, dagger, and weaponry beyond numerous battles and deaths, you can get more power. Bring down your enemies before your shell hits the floor.

Protect the girl. Confront the will of your fallen comrades. You are faster and stronger than any beast in this city. You are faster and stronger than any beast in this city.

Kusan : City of Wolves on Steam