Chuusotsu! 1st Graduation: Time After Time
Review with accompanying gameplay videos on Sinical Network
I recently received this game for free as a curator connect offer for my group Visual novel, JRPG, Anime. This kinetic visual novel from Studio Beast and Fruitbat Factory features a trio of unemployed teenage girls Arue Marisugawa, Koiro Hachisuka and Arara Fujisaki with Arue as the protagonist in this episode.
Arue, Koiro and Arara were ineligible to wear any authorization seal which renders them unable to hold any permanent stable employment and hence became Chuusotsu. Arue plans to take a re-evaluation exam and become a government official after missing a crucial exam during middle school from being hospitalized. To be able to survive in a foreign city on a stipend without having to work, Arue has to participate in an experimental study where she has to stay in Tabula Rasa apartments with Koiro and Arara, achieve sufficient synchronicity among themselves and give an answer to the philosophy of life.
– Real player with 11.4 hrs in game
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Chuusotsu is a cute sci-fi slice of life medium length (by medium I mean between 8-18hs, anything above is already into the longer side) kinetic visual novel with a lot of layers behind the seemingly simplistic front.
You follow the misadventures of Marisugawa Arue as she tries to reform her life as a shut-in, reach her dreams and obviously make some friends along the way. However, things quickly take a turn into the weird and strange but thankfully with a satisfactory conclusion and lead up to the mini sequel.
– Real player with 11.4 hrs in game
Perfect Tides
Perfect Tides is an upcoming point and click adventure game about the agony and anticipation of being a teen. Set in the year 2000, you play as Mara, an internet-obsessed young writer who lives on a so-called island paradise. Following 4 seasons of the year, you experience through Mara the beauty and silence of the island, the turmoil of family life and mainland public school, and an ever-evolving quest for love, friendship and experience.
Featuring:
-Classic 90s-style Point and Click user interface: collect inventory, interact with people and objects, and explore your island home.
-Rich narrative and character-driven story: solve puzzles and watch the plot unfold.
-Move through 45+ beautifully designed rooms, day and night, in 4 seasons of the year.
Successfully Kickstarted in 2018, Perfect Tides is set for a 2021 release.
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Stand By Me
made me forget about my problems
– Real player with 10.7 hrs in game
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Stand by Me is a gem of a game. It’s fun, challenging, and charming as heck. If you like arcadey games with a great soundtrack and addicting mechanics, do not sleep on this one.
– Real player with 7.3 hrs in game
OMNIA
Embark on the world of your subconscious in an adventure aimed at tracing clues of emotions and characteristics that can help decipher your behavior.
The Omnia universe gives you an adventure through the world of consciousness where the player will have to make decisions and carry out activities based on their feelings. During the adventure, you’ll have to collect keys to unlock the next stages by defeating the opponents that appear along the way in the quest to find the key that opens the door to your mind.
Press Any Button
“Columns…a reference to a very old match 3 puzzle game that this game emulates in no way, shape, or form…”
This is much less a game, than it is, a way to unwind and chill, maybe needle out some emotions.
Well, I say that, but, it is only mostly so, because A-Eye, the main interactive persona, the one ‘controlling everything’, does make it harder at some point, and the chill factor drops until one can pass it, and get the apology waffle.
This is mostly a medium of popular references. Olympics, sports, video games, hobbies, academics&trivia, and even a nod or two towards the likes of authors that wrote about humanity’s downward spiral, though no names are directly mentioned, I definitely got some vibes of George Orwell, to name one.
– Real player with 2.7 hrs in game
This is a very simple, 2d game, that in terms of gameplay isn’t extremely exciting but it’s 100% worth just for the story itself. I randomly found this game yesterday and decided to install it, not really expecting much from it. But, the more you “press any button”, the more you get immersed in this story and relate to this cute little character called A-Eye, who, if you are anything like me, you will just want to hug and tell everything is going to be ok, by the time the game is over.
Don’t want to spoil the game too much, but if you have an hour to spare (probably less than that), you should give this game a go. It’s a rollercoaster of emotions.
– Real player with 2.0 hrs in game
Alzheimer’s: Memories
NOTE: This review is part of my steam curator review and is the extended version. Check my steam curator page at https://store.steampowered.com/curator/39607348-Random-Game-Reviews-by-Labprofess/ . Follow appreciated!
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Alzheimer’s: Memories is a game about an old man diagnosed with Alzheimers, who is now trying to remember various aspects of his life such as his friends and family. Follow the “old man” from his perspective of how he views his reality and dreams. See how reality morphs in your mind and experience, the day to day life of a Alzheimer’s patient. I personally don’t know anyone with Alzheimer’s , but I met someone with Dementia of which I understand certain experiences of the game which are very personal to me. It’s interesting to know how reality changes completely for some people, something we as “outsiders” can struggle to understand. This game is a must play if someone you know is struggling with Alzheimer’s or another form of memory loss, but also just to learn about what Alzheimer’s is and how it affects the person who suffers from it.
– Real player with 1.9 hrs in game
Initially I found the game to be a little confusing, as I was used to the typical “fast paced action” of other titles.
However, when I realized this was a somewhat puzzle like game. It all clicked (pun not intended, a lot of clicking in the game).
I had a lot of fun playing the game, even though it’s short. It provides some wholesome moments for you and also can give you insight.
Very nice!
– Real player with 1.1 hrs in game
Jay’s Walkin'
jay walking
– Real player with 0.9 hrs in game
Fantastic game, would recommend, your brain cells will appreciate you playing this game and 100% completing it hahahahaha youre awesome creator guy.
– Real player with 0.7 hrs in game
Joyspring
The game has a beautiful art style, great story and awesome music but the platforming is super difficult but not always in a great way.
Some of the pathways you must navigate down are super narrow and require precise timing but in some places they seem a bit too narrow. There are also spikes sticking out of the walls but they are usually positioned in places that you are likely to dash into or to make you float around and restricting and leeway the game could give you.
The game also can slow down in some levels just a little making some of the timing to be harder to achieve and the game did stop working for a few seconds though it didn’t shut down and was okay afterwards.
– Real player with 8.7 hrs in game
A 2D puzzle like platformer with a twist and an interesting story, A simple yet captivating art style accompanied by soothing music, hard and frustrating at times, but when you manage to pass a level you feel joy as the weight of failing over and over lifts from your shoulders.
I haven’t played this game for a very long time nor have I completed it however that, is how I would describe Joyspring to my friends.
The fact that this game is free is mind blowing. I wish the music, although soothing, had more variation to it, at time I often felt bored due to the lack of submersion, I think that if it did have more exiting music and sound design. It even got to the point where sometime I would play my own music over the game rather that the music that came with the game.
– Real player with 7.9 hrs in game
The prisoner of the Night
Certainly an interesting experience, feels almost like something I would’ve found on the Xbox or PS2, has a nice surrealist art style, solid level design, and although the platforming has a few issues it usually feels tightly controlled. If you like the demo, the full title is absolutely packed with content, definitely worth the asking price. I wouldn’t play this with a controller though, the control scheme is absolutely foul for controllers.
8/10
– Real player with 8.5 hrs in game
I haven’t finished the game yet, but I don’t know how long it is so I’ll give a quick untidy review now (I think I must be halfway through)
-The theme is very charming. The closest thing I could compare it to is a brazilian version of Little Nemo. But beware of the childish look. The game is rather gory so I wouldn’t actually recomend it for children.
The story and ambiance are very poetic. But I have a little problem with the music that is simplistic and repetitive. I discovered there’s a nice song in the credits but the devs didn’t use it in the rest of the game. They should have used some royalty free music to complement the rest of the music that seems to be original production.
– Real player with 1.4 hrs in game
The Hustle
The Hustle is an open-world board game where you can go anywhere - anywhere - to build your fortune from the bottom up.
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Go Left, Go Right, Do Whatever - winners don’t respect board game conventions. Winners cut through the middle of the board and tell Candyland to shove it.
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Meddle with Forces Beyond Your Ken - Every round, players vote to change one rule about the game. Adjust your strategy to succeed, or get left in the dust!
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Don’t call it “Bribery!" - That’s the invisible hand of the free market shoving $100 into your jeans.
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Ruin Real-Life Friendships - Cut the dead weight from your social group in classic board-game style!
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Build a Legacy - Will you be remembered a Miser? A Titan of Industry? A Peasant? Every smart move is another scene in your Oscar-winning biopic, and every dumb move is another shovelful of dirt in your stupid, stupid, anonymous grave.