CARSTEROIDS
One of those true hidden gems on Steam, which absolutely deserves more attention.
– Real player with 42.0 hrs in game
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Update: The developer has updated to game to address some of my concerns. That is very cool. ‘Easy Mode’ has been added, which is still very hard.
RE: Unapproachable Controls: Slight turns are now possible, and a fun drifting mechanic has been implemented. This is a big help.
RE: Powerups and road hazards look similar. Helpful icons have been added over power ups that help differentiate them from hazaards.
RE: Death walls. The walls of the arena electrocute you, and cause damage to your car. A front end collision with a wall is basically a death sentence. This is still a frustrating way to end a match.
– Real player with 2.8 hrs in game
Dark Future: Blood Red States
TL;DR :
Overall, it’s a decent game with great visuals and works well as a “play for a couple hours at a sitting” arcade game. If you pay attention to the developing story, it gets a lot more interesting. Take the time to read everything; it’s worth it, and begs you to stick around for the next chapter. Some of the mission types are a little ugly and grinding, some are great, but in general it’s more fun than not.
Full Review:
I have about 28 hours of playtime during the Beta weekend in addition to the hours playing the release version, so this review takes some of that into account as well.
– Real player with 59.8 hrs in game
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Based on a board game from the 80s, Dark Future: Blood Red States is a tactical car combat strategy game set in the near future in an American wasteland ruled by a number of warring factions with armoured cars with big guns. The game consists of multiple seasons, with each season seeing you assume a new role fighting for or against these factions. With each season, you have a choice of missions to undertake, be it Escort missions, where you have to escort a vehicle a certain distance, or to just kill as many opponents as you can.
– Real player with 53.6 hrs in game
Wave Break
A fun and unique take on THPS style game.
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Be warned that the game has a very steep learning curve, especially if you’ve never played a THPS game before. If you have, you should feel mostly at home, but the game does offer unique twists and differences in gameplay that you will need to get used to and master.
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There is a lack of tutorial apart from the very basics, and there is a lot of vital information that the game doesn’t tell you apart from the occasional tip during the loading screens.
– Real player with 8.2 hrs in game
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TLDR: This game is a lot fun playing solo or splitscreen with friends, especially for fans of THPS looking for something new and different!
Let’s get one thing out of the way, this is not a 1-1 recreation of a THPS game, and it isn’t trying to be. The controls are familiar if you’ve played those games, but a bit looser (Byproduct of riding a boat rather than a skateboard) and there are some differences like initiating automatics (this game’s manuals) or reverts that while easy to get a hold of will require some conscious effort to not rely on muscle memory for at first if you’re a veteran of that series. However, outside of its clear influences, this game has a style all its own! The visuals are fun and colorful which are a nice contrast to the more muted color pallets of other games of this type. The characters are animated well and the written dialogue doesn’t take itself all that seriously adding some charm to it. If you are a fan of Synthwave music this soundtrack is heaven, pairing very well with the art direction making it very easy to get into a relaxed flow with the mix of chill and upbeat tracks. I’ve had fun with the campaign maps I’ve played so far and am looking forward to the rest. The single player will have you completing more traditional goals like high scores, collecting letters, landing specific tricks and even collecting secret tapes, but there are also a handful of “story missions” for each level that have you completing tasks that showcase some of the more unique gameplay features in this game like the slow motion shooting while you complete various Miami Vice influenced objectives based around running product and encountering undercover cops. From my brief experience with the park creator, I have high hopes for what the community adds to this game over time through Steam Workshop content as there appears to be a wide variety of options and I can see multiple people collaborating on a park in a session together being a lot of fun! Multiplayer has been a chaotic blast and having a deathmatch option adds some nice variety to the standard time attack and free skate modes. I would however like to see more game modes from both skating and shooter games added in the future for example graffiti, HORSE, capture the flag, king of the hill, etc. Overall I would say if you are on the fence about this game based on what you’ve seen so far, I can confidently say it is exactly what it advertises itself to be and the quality is there so please do yourself a favor and give it a shot!
– Real player with 7.8 hrs in game
Space Mavericks
Get a spaceship, travel through galaxies and fight battles for your freedom!
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Still under development, Space Mavericks is a multiplayer artillery action game that is recreating the classic artillery style of aiming and shooting by adjusting the angle and power. However, the game is adding a few unique features to the genre:
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Unlike most artillery games, Space Mavericks is played in Real-Time;
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The game is set in space, and shots are affected by planets' gravity forces as they travel to reach the target;
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Projectiles cause damage and can destroy planets and stars;
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A variety of commanders and spaceships that have different kinds of attributes, shots, and special moves;
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A diversity of multiplayer modes prepared with ranking systems for the competitive scenario;
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An adventure mode with a rich story and giant bosses;
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Fast, fun, and addictive.
Aim and Move
As with any classic artillery game, you can aim, shoot and move by adjusting the weapon’s angle and power. Be aware that gravity forces will interfere with your movement and shots!
Trajectory Projection
To help you deal with gravity interference, have the spaceship AI simulate the shot’s trajectory. An excellent strategy to check where you’re aiming to and avoid generating heat for nothing.
Heat
Heat dissipation is one of the most significant challenges in space, and that’s no different in Space Mavericks. Moving, defending and shooting will generate heat, so use it wisely.
Special Shots
Every Commander has their own unique shots, skills and special powers. Learn their abilities and specials to dominate battles against your enemies.
Choose a Commander that suits your Maverick style on battles. Each of them have unique powers and spaceship abilities. Level them up for unique skins!
We’re creating new Commanders in a regular basis, together with new abilities, spaceships and powers to give to them. What kind of power do you seek? Share your opinion with us.
Check out the Commanders we have so far:
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Prophet DX7: A versatile commander that can shoot multiple projectiles at once;
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Goliath: A natural leader that can take a lot of damage to conquer his enemies;
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Salomea: Damage over time and great Heat control;
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Locus: A solo sniper with serious damage and teleport powers;
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Zurr: Combines her unique ability to avoid gravity on the shots or to create massive explosions.
The Universe is so vast, filled with infinite alien species and mysterious technology. Each Commander has their unique spaceship with different attributes, abilities and ultimate powers.
Fight with style! Besides unique powers, you can unlock new fabulous spaceship skins.
You can use your skills to face off other Mavericks from all over the Universe! You’ll be able to create battlegrounds for up to 8 players and customize them with different settings.
Free-for-all Matches, for those who are lone wolves and fight for themselves.
Team Matches, for those who enjoy some team spirit and more elaborate tactics.
You’ll be able to enjoy a friendly match to hone your skills against other players. Think you’re a true Maverick? Join the ranked battles and see how far you can blast your way up the leaderboard.
You’ll be competing for rewards, experience and resources. Victory will only come for those who use Commanders wisely!
Astrodogs
TL;DR : Never played a StarFox game, but this goofy, chill little dog game makes me want to.
What is this funny little dog shooty game?
Astrodogs is a 3D, forward moving, on-rails shooter with enough charm to change your attitude for the entire day. The game revolves around 8 or so small stages with unique aesthetics, designs, music, enemies and bosses. (My personal favourites are Barkstille and Barkadia.)
I’ve never played something like this before, is it difficult?
At first, yes. But if you keep at it, you’ll learn the levels, you’ll learn the 5 techniques you need to know (4 different “special” attacks and a bullet-time mechanic). The bosses all have a gimmick to them which at first, is SUPER annoying, because you’ll be tanking damage and dealing none, but you’ll figure it out and feel like even Einstein is no match for your superior intellect.
– Real player with 8.6 hrs in game
As a die hard fan of Star-Fox. There hasnt been any games to come out that capture the on rails space shooting magic. This game does! I love the levels, music, controls and overall humour. A real treat!
– Real player with 8.2 hrs in game
Disassembly 3D
TL;DR Yes
Pros:
-The disassembly is very relaxing.
-The destruction is absolutely worth the long process of taking the thing apart, especially with the big builds, like the skyscraper or elevator.
-The disassembly is fairly realistic, if not for some minor details.
-New updates are constantly coming out for this game, adding new content and fixing bugs.
Cons:
-After disassembling most of an item, you are usually left with a few parts left and then have to look all over to find those last missing pieces.
– Real player with 28.2 hrs in game
It’s not a bad game, it’s actually fun to play. But there are three reasons while I choose to not recommend the game:
1- Bugs: The game has many bugs that can make a stage unbeatable unless you restart that stage. As a complitionist person, this was just too annoying to handle.
2- The bigger the object, the less details it’ll have. Like the Tank, Train, Towers and the Titanic. They were fun but they aren’t like the beginning stages where everything was much more detailed.
3- There will always be that 1 or more pieces that needs to be disassembled and you don’t know where the hell it is. It’s either bugged (like what I said in point 1) or it’s somewhere between the cluster of parts you just made and now good luck finding that last piece. The game should have had an indicator on the last few pieces that needs to be disassembled and where they are because looking for them is not fun at all.
– Real player with 22.1 hrs in game
Titan Attacks!
Absolutely glorious remaster of the classic Space Invaders game. Innovative, advanced, and scores of fun to be had.
When aliens living on Titan, Saturn’s moon, decide to attack, they lay waste to Earth’s military forces. Well most of it. You are the last remaining Tank Commander on Earth, and you are one bad mofo. Battle your way across Earth to stop the invasion, and then you take it to the skies as you hit the Titans' outpost on the Moon, and obliterate it. Next stop, the Titans' Martian colony. They wiped out all the little green men also and need to pay. After Mars, you find yourself on Saturn, and the enemy forces are strong. But not as strong as when you reach Titan itself, taking on the nest of the alien scourge to nearly end our way of life… and the poor Martians.
– Real player with 33.9 hrs in game
Titan Attacks! is a retro, arcade, 2-D shooter where the nameless Commander fends off the Titan invasion with his trusty pixelated tank.
The game commences on Earth then progresses to new zones. Zone progression occurs when its boss is defeated. There are a total of five zones, each containing twenty levels, with their own unique design. Once all five have been defeated, it loops back to Earth, albeit with a slightly higher difficulty.
The game mechanics are fairly straightforward; aim & kill. Fortunately, that doesn’t do Titan Attacks! the justice it deserves. The mechanics conspire in such a way to exude a simple & fun experience. There are a number of boosts & improvements that can be purchased between levels to mitigate your success. For example, there are powerful area-of-effect bombs, weapon add-ons, additional shielding & more. Currency is derived from killing enemies & also capturing them. Capturing enemies adds a unique dimension to some situations, as doing so can be lethally dangerous, but extremely profitable. The Titans have a wide arsenal of ships & weapons that change in function & attitude from zone to zone, which can easily lead to your undoing if not cautious. There are bonus rounds that gauge your accuracy & reward you accordingly so keep nimble. These rounds occur between levels, after every seventh level.
– Real player with 19.3 hrs in game
Pitched Battle
Pitched Battle;
If you are reading here, you are a warrior. Welcome to the war you’ve been looking for.
Our Online Tank Game, our Online Tank Game features 3D graphics locations and realistic tank looks. Our game consists of 2 modes.
Mode 1: Team Deathmatch, It is a battle mode consisting of 4 teams of 3 people. Each team represents a country. Countries include U.S.A, RUSSIA, CHINA, TURKEY. We have 2 special bullets in our map. There are 2 types of special bullets and protection shields in our map.
In our online system, there is a money making system in proportion to the number of tanks you hit.
In the update, our new model tanks will come and you will be able to buy them with the money you have saved.
Mode 2: Flag War, Flag between 2 different countries pass as the war. Our map consists of a Desert environment. Realistic models are used. This is also on our map
There are 2 types of special shells.
Our game can be played online and offline. To make you feel completely in a war. Both music and models, very well designed
Our game is under development. Please be involved in this process. Comment on the shortcomings and regulations.