Ballista Legend
Ballista Legend is an action puzzler in the style of the classic Zuma game. It is beautiful and initial play is smooth and seamless. However it seems to have a few bugs that result in the game becoming unplayable after level 3 of chapter 1 for me. I am unsure if this is due to the version of the game I received or to some fault on the part of my computer. It would also be nice if the patterns on the balls distinguished them from each other in addition to the colors as the game is not entirely colorblind accessible. I will admit that despite the flaws I am eagerly awaiting the next time I am able to play.
– Real player with 0.9 hrs in game
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A fun and well priced casual game.
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– Real player with 0.5 hrs in game
Mahjong: Magic Chips
Laziest mobile port possible.
– Real player with 0.6 hrs in game
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Mahjong: Magic Chips is a port of a mobile mahjong game to PC, complete with in-app purchases and artificial game limiting through timers and lives. 3/10
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-cnzwLgo3w
– Real player with 0.1 hrs in game
Journey
this game, is absolutely incredible. i cannot explain it. on my first journey my friend showed me where all of the cape things were, all of the pictures on the walls, everything. they saved me from the dragons in more ways than one, even after i flew right into the back of one of them, my friend came back and showed me a safer way to get through. they showed me how to speedrun the 4th or 5th level by spamming bing bongs and flying up, this is the only game ive ever felt compelled to write a review for. i thought we messed up when we froze, heartbreaking stuff. 10/10 will bing-bong with a stranger on the internet again
– Real player with 80.9 hrs in game
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I met small fren, then I met many small fren, then met some bigger fren, then some not fren. In the end though i met A true friend in struggle. We helped each other. This game made me feel more bonded to anyone then any other game I have ever played. 10/10, 100/100. I cried myself to sleep. I got into this thinking, “Probably just an over-hyped game.” When I first started walking I noticed that the sound quality on the walking wasn’t good. Not of that mattered in the end, because art isn’t perfect, but for goodness sake’s if this game dose not come close to it.
– Real player with 12.9 hrs in game
Riven: The Sequel to MYST
Riven is a sequel to Myst, an old school click adventure game that revolves solving intricate puzzles and exploring surreal worlds created from linking books.
First off let me tell you that Riven is not revised for modern hardware, as such, some feature set is very archaic. The save menu operates like a word document save menu. The resolution is stuck at a piddly 640x480 resolution, this makes playing the game on modern monitors an absolutely awful visual experience. To makes matter worst, the game cannot be set to windowed mode without some major .exe hex coding voodoo. That set aside, the game is still worth playing. After all with the limitation of Riven’s game engine, which is essentially one huge powerpoint slide, it’s not too strange that the game is limited in resolution. The game is a little over 3 gigabytes and it’s 33% of 1080p. Keep in mind that this game was created in 1997, which equates to a 5 CD game. Had this game release at 1080p, it would’ve been around 15 CD’s. Have fun switching and keeping track of that many disk while playing!
– Real player with 105.9 hrs in game
First of all, I recommend you beat this game WITHOUT looking up a walkthough, I will explain later in the review.
This is one of my favorite games of all time. This is one of the best (and one of the only) examples of a puzzle game done right. sure there are other puzzle games out there that are great like The Witness and… uh… well The Witness doesn’t even count because that is a more logic puzzle game and I consider that a different sub-genre. I honestly can’t find a good comparison to this game other than Myst 1 (and even that has major differences).
– Real player with 32.5 hrs in game
Sunny Smiles
Sunny Smiles is a third person platformer that is unfinished in every aspect. It plays like someone’s first attempt at making a game who pieced together assets with different art styles as well as combining gameplay elements from various game making tutorials that don’t work together. The controls are awkward and require moving with WASD, firing with “2”, jumping with spacebar, and using the mouse only to navigate menus and close annoying popup messages.
It also has some RPG elements thrown in such as spells, manna, and inventory. However, there is only a few spells and only the default spell seems to do anything so it would have been better off just being left out of the game. The same goes for the player avatar being a generic emoji with eyelashes.
– Real player with 0.7 hrs in game
– Real player with 0.6 hrs in game
Rainbow Hills
Rainbow Hills is a true old school platformer inspired by the classics of the 80s. It focuses on a tight controls, smart level design, and a good retro game feel!
Main Features
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Pure retro-style platforming.
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Simple 2 button gameplay mechanics that can be used in creative ways!
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Bubble-centric gameplay that rewards skill.
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Ton of collectibles, power-ups and secrets!
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Super cute and colorful art style in the vein of the classic cutesy platformers.
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Speedrunning-friendly level design.
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Fun and unique boss battles.
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Original retro soundtrack by Michael Adels.
Rainbow Hills might look like a children’s game, but it’s a challenging old school platformer. Anyone can play it but it has gameplay depth for gamers and speedrunners too. Beating it requires practice and skill. Rainbow Hills tells a story of a small brave octopus that faces a colorful world of full of cute and quirky creatures. He can go on by running and jumping, by using power-ups, and more often than not, bubbles. With bubbles he can trap enemies, reach high platforms, collect power-ups, light up dark places, and even manipulate the environment. Mastering the art of bubbles allows players to interact with the game world in many interesting and creative ways.
The Dig®
I grew up with point and click adventures, which gives you an idea where I am coming from. I have played The Dig in 2016 for the first time, so nobody should assume that I am blinded by nostalgia. Okay, here is what I think: The Dig is one of the best adventures that I have ever played. I loved it to pieces! My favourite titles are: Day of the Tentacle, Loom and Grim Fandango. I think The Dig is up there.
I do NOT like Sam and Max and Monkey Island, because they have too much moon logic for my taste.
– Real player with 15.8 hrs in game
A fun, beautiful, different and must-have point and click adventure game for every retro gamer. This is the kind of game that I think would do really well as a remake. Not everyone has heard of it. It’s setting is very alien, and it has Spielberg’s name attached to it. How could this NOT be a successful remake?! On to the review! …..
ATMOSPHERE:
One thing that Dig focuses on, which a lot of P&C adventures didn’t at the time, is atmosphere. You feel like your’e in a very confusing and mystifying alien world. There are some tablets, writings, art and such that you find that are not explained completely, adding mystery to the world. Also, that sense of being alone is very felt, despite the fact that you have a couple of teammates that you occassionally run into. The music fits nicely and there’s even a sense of danger with each new area. Admittedly, towards the end of the game there is quite a bit of back tracking and story which pulls you out of this.
– Real player with 14.4 hrs in game
Halo: The Master Chief Collection
I’ve played all the various Halos since ~2002, and have 3000+ hours on MCC. Despite all that, I can’t recommend it. Here’s why:
The Good
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The ports of the games are reasonably solid. The games look great in 4k. Several longstanding H1 graphics bugs have been fixed. MCC is now the best-looking versions of any of the legacy Halos.
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There is online co-op for all games - something that H1 & H2C historically lacked. However, H2 co-op can be very buggy. The others work well.
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The achievements are varied, mostly fun, with some good challenging achievements also.
– Real player with 3946.3 hrs in game
Worth A Buy. HOWEVER…
This is one of the best value purchases you would ever find. MCC is a steal even with no discount.
For 40$ you get 5 masterpieces… and Halo 4.
…MCC is packed with content. So if you’re wondering if it’s worth a buy, the answer is a resounding yes.
That said, as per 343i’s MO, this release has many hiccups that hold it back from being definitively great.
These issues are inconsequential to some, but I’ll list some of them and why I think they matter.
I was dreaming of the entire Halo franchise coming to PC ever since I played CE. Till finally MCC’s PC port was announced in 2019.
– Real player with 442.3 hrs in game
Holiday Bonus GOLD
Around 22 hours of no-frills uber-casual Match 3 gaming. You basically clear the board as fast as you can, and it’s very unlikely you will get stuck with no available moves - it only happened to me once. I kind of wish that matches over 3 gave you obvious benefits, because the special tile drops seemed pretty random, and it would have provided incentive to make larger matches. Despite the simple, low pressure game-play, getting into the matching groove was good, and the holiday theme and seasonal music were enjoyable. Extremely wholesome. This is the perfect timekiller for coffee breaks at work, or something to play with your family in the room when you can’t afford to devote intense concentration to gameplay. Looking forward to trying the others in the series.
– Real player with 21.9 hrs in game
In this winter game we swap all sorts of Holiday items to play a relaxing Match-3 game. While you play, the music and sound effects will accompany you quiet nicely to ensure that you have a pleasant game play. There are also beautiful backgrounds you can stare at and enjoy.
Overall, there are 55 Regular and 55 Golden Levels, so you can complete the Christmas Tree. You also unlock background gallery as well!
So this game is based on luck. As in you don’t make Match-4+ or Match-5+ for power ups. They just randomly come up. There are also mysterious “?” bags with a random power up upon a mouse click.
– Real player with 20.1 hrs in game
reky
Very challenging, but fun! Minimal in its conception with use of color to contribute interest. Unique use of cubes in ways to motivate one to seek the solution, but forgiving in its offerings of undo the previous move or restart the puzzle. Refreshingly creative!!
– Real player with 50.0 hrs in game
Beyondthosehills, one indie games development studio which comes from Greece, it have two works-Reky and The Minims(This review only according to Reky). As a puzzle game, it accomplished the mission which the ability of solving conundrums from players is leveling up with the difficulty of it.
The diversity of gameplay make more possibility
From the most simplest way that only need to move one cube on the specified site to create a path through the shift and the cooperation of two types of colors, then the changing of cubes which have many colors, the difficulty of it is increasing slowly, from one to ten. No obvious up and down display on the difficulty, the whole difficulty carve is a little uneven, but the tendency is steady. The design of levels includes many ways, such as going to the end with rising and downing cubes or crossing many black portals to escape. Not only can get fun with exploring the right path by myself step by step, but also can experience the double difficulty from the adjustment of colors and blocks under by the same frame.
– Real player with 24.9 hrs in game