Les Manley in: Search for the King
COPY PROTECTION - Where can I find the ‘Parts Catalogue’? It’s not in the installation folder, only the manual (which does not include it).
– Real player with 0.6 hrs in game
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Victoria Clair and the Mystery Express
A short but charming Professor Layton-esque murder mystery/puzzle game. There is roughly two or three hours of gameplay depending on how long the puzzles take you.
The puzzles are clever and there is a good mix of challenging/simple puzzles.
The dialogue is enjoyable if not a little cheesy at times!
I thoroughly enjoyed the clever deduction system at the end.
I highly recommend giving this game a go, especially as it’s free!
– Real player with 3.9 hrs in game
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A really nice little puzzler.
While the presentation is functional rather than stunning, this doesn’t matter in the slightest. I actually found it quite charming. The focus is on the puzzles. Having said that, the music is great and the story/dialog are both well written and at times quite funny too.
The puzzles come from a wide variety of types, and are all individually implemented very well. Considering that separate code has been written for each, the interface is nicely polished.
Being generally interested in puzzles, I’d come across many of these classics before. But it was still fun to work them out again. And there were still a few which made me think quite a bit to be confident of solving them all first go.
– Real player with 3.1 hrs in game
Hogogeist
I’ve been through about 7 floors so far. It starts off pretty simple to get you used to the game, but they get a little bit harder each time. The puzzles are well thought out and I’m actually a little afraid for them to get harder lol. The game runs extremely smooth, not glitchy at all and is actually a ton of fun. There’s some minor jump scares when you die, but for the most part you are figuring out puzzles. It’s so much fun I decided to do a YT series on this and I can’t wait to finish it. Definitely worth trying out for the price.
– Real player with 2.3 hrs in game
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Later Alligator
(WARNING: Massive amount of spoilers in this review)
About 3 to 4 years ago when I bought Night In The Woods it followed a particular progression. I saw the game advertised on Steam, looked at the page and it slowly caught my attention. I then chucked it into my wishlist and there it stayed for a long time. Finally months later, I caved in and bought it on sale. The game proceeded to become one of my all time favorite modern video games and won my heart minutes into the game.
Later Alligator very much followed that same flow. The art style, the characters, it all looked so obscenely adorable that I knew I needed to try this game. Sure enough, in this fateful autumn sale I fell for it. Starting at 1 AM in the morning (Since what better way to enjoy a goofy vibrant day in Alligator New York City than in the dead of the night) I dived into the game and it wasn’t until 5 AM that I finally made myself put it down. Just minutes into it I immediately fell in love with the art direction and the fluent animation. And Pat. Once you meet Pat, never let go. You’ll learn very quickly in Later Alligator what kind of a world it is. It’s a dark, gritty, grey world full of loving parents, overachieving bodybuilders, people relaxing on the streets, and old folks playing card games. And ghosts. If nothing else to be said about the game let it be known that Alligator New York City needs Alligator Ghostbusters because the entire city is crawling with ghosts. It takes some time getting used to the grey filter on everything. At first I wasn’t sure if I liked it but there’s an odd aesthetic to it. It draws your attention to the already colorful and scaley denizens of the world. However from an gameplay aspect it can get cumbersome, more on that later.
– Real player with 20.8 hrs in game
Early review right now after a quick hour of play.
Later Alligator (and I swear I’m not biased towards this game at all) is a gorgeously 2d-animated, primarily point-and-click, cartoony romp through Alligator New York City. Everyone’s alligators. The gameplay itself is simplistic; unlike normal point-and-click games of this style that you might have come to expect, there’s no picking up items, there’s no real big decision making. It crosses over more with Professor Layton-style gameplay, wandering around the city and picking up little collectibles by clicking on various pieces of the environment.
– Real player with 9.3 hrs in game
AIDA: The Beginning of the Story
Real short but really quite fun. A lot of it is a classic look for specific item in area rather than a puzzle, but regardless, I give it a thumbs up.
– Real player with 2.5 hrs in game
Had to refund the game because multiple puzzles are broken and do not work. The dev never replied to my discussion post. I really wanted to play this one too, but it’s impossible to move forward.
– Real player with 1.1 hrs in game
Methods: The Detective Competition
This game is so charming and wonderful, it’s quickly become one of my favourite games ever! If you like mystery stories and fun characters, I highly recommend you pick it up. And if anything seems interesting, don’t be afraid to try out the demo!
On to the (spoiler free) review! (I’ve never written a review before, so apologies if it reads oddly at all.)
The gist of the story is that, 100 of America’s greatest detectives and 100 of its worst criminals are pit in a battle royale against each other to win a million dollars. (And parole, if they’re a criminal.) You play through the stories of several participants as they advance through the competition, meeting new faces at every turn. The game is split into 100 chapters, and it took me personally about 7.5 hours to play through them all on my first playthrough.
– Real player with 51.6 hrs in game
This is probably one of my top ten games I have ever played, in part because I love solving locked room mysteries so much. I do realize it will not be everyone’s cup of tea, however. Here are (in my opinion) the main downsides of this game: 1. character art is a little lackluster, but you can see that for yourself on the steam page. You do get used to it though, and the character designs do have a lot of personality. 2. The pacing is a little weird. Sometimes you will go through long-ish periods of cutscenes back to back or mysteries back to back. 3. Finally, the ending does leave some loose ends, which could maybe have been intended to pave the way for a sequel (or maybe the game designers just couldn’t decide how to wrap them up, I don’t know). With those downsides out of the way, here are the things I love: 1. mysteries upon mysteries upon mysteries. Both little murder scenes you have to solve and some big over-arching mysteries within the game. 2. The characters are really fun. Both detectives and criminals all have a special method they use to do what they do, and it is very fun to see all of the varieties of detectives and murderers they came up with. You also get to play as different detectives and use their methods of solving mysteries, which is cool. You also get to briefly step into playing as a criminal as well. Again, I’ve never met a game with so many mysteries to solve, so this game was lots of fun for me. To me this game is very worth the $20 it normally costs (so I’d say to definitely get it if it sounds interesting, especially if it goes on sale).
– Real player with 13.0 hrs in game
Bendy and the Ink Machine
I don’t usually revisit my previous reviews; after all, I rarely review episodic titles. With Bendy I am now making an exception as my initial (positive) feedback 2 years ago was made only after the release of chapter 3. The currently available version includes all 5 chapters (hence the name complete edition) and this is the only available edition one can purchase.
Back then I praised the game for its graphics (yellow tone with heavy use of ink) and its story that revolves around a retired employee who gets an invitation from his former employer. Visiting the office building he doesn’t meet anybody, at first, but later on all hell breaks loose and various ink monsters are after him including the titular character.
– Real player with 19.6 hrs in game
Disclaimer: Actual time to beat the game was 4 hours 20 minutes and 3 seconds (yes, seriously, lol). I was busy with other things while playing so I kept pausing and coming back.
I enjoyed Bendy and the Ink Machine very much. I went in preparing for a walking sim horror, but what I got was what felt like Bioshock infused with bits of Amnesia: The Dark Descent, and an alternate reality where Walt Disney’s success took a much darker turn. It was very unique and I would strongly recommend it, especially to those who are into Disney creepy pastas - this game truly feels like a good Disney creepy pasta brought to life, and I love that about it.
– Real player with 13.6 hrs in game
Operation: VICUS
There is only you, the chosen one who rules over the village. You have to find out what the strange notes are about, where do they come from and what do they want to tell you? Besides, with your actions you will strengthen or weaken your relationship with your inhabitants. Make tough decisions that will haunt you longer than you might think. Expand your village to accommodate more inhabitants and explore new things in the laboratory, be it weapons, buildings and much more. However, you’ll have to stay alert, because you’ll be haunted by insidious beasts that would love to destroy your village. So you must train your troops and lead them into battle!
Build your village
With the help of your mines, the ores extracted from there will be processed by your blacksmith and in combination with the wood of the forester, great things can be built, such as new habitable houses, attractions for the inhabitants or yet barracks and defensive guns. With the help of your laboratory you can improve your buildings and make them more robust or you can have new, better buildings researched, which you can then use in your village!
Satisfaction
If you want to work your way forward, it is of great importance to take care of your villagers. You need to monitor their happiness, either the overall happiness of your village or the happiness of the individual citizens. If the villagers are in a bad mood, you need to get to the bottom of it and, if necessary, fix the problems that cause it using the Satisfaction menu or the information provided by the individual citizens. But if you neglect their feelings, you have to expect deterioration in your production and further problems!
Day management
The daily schedule of the villagers is determined by you alone. You can determine the schedule of each citizen: You can make them work longer hours to boost your production, give them more free time or alternatively let them decide what they want to do. However, you must never forget that your actions affect the mood of each citizen, and their moods add up to determine the satisfaction level of your village. So make sure that the inhabitants have nothing to complain about!
Low Poly Artstyle
Dive into the world of the unique Low Poly Artstyle and experience relaxed atmospheres in the morning or mysterious mood in the evening. The interplay between the cartoon-like animations and the beautiful low poly look creates beautiful moments. The music, reminiscent of No Mans Sky in places, creates a great ambience with its style that always fits the situation.
Combat and defense
Upgrade your town with barracks and guns to defend against the invaders! Upgrade your barracks to get better and stronger troops. Decide which strategy you want to follow, fight with weaker but more troops or less but stronger? And better to finish everything in close combat or to finish the enemy from a distance? Or both? You decide and lead your warriors into battle and decide still in battle which targets your troops should attack and how many of your soldiers should pursue this target!
Story
Find out what the strange notes are all about! Make tough decisions and try to understand what this village is all about!
Being Ball
A fun game where you play as a ball
in a cube world trying to find the exit
without falling or bump into traps.
Challenge yourself in hazardous islands
scattered in a gorgeous cube world
with dozens of puzzles to solve,
traps to avoid and mysteries to discover.
Change yourself into a suitable ball and
travers forward through barriers and obstacles,
collect some pickups and keys on the way
to open doors and clear areas.
Try to beat your own high score
by extracting as fast as you can
or go slowly and spectate this beautiful world sights.
To control the ball simply follow this guide:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2668572513
Goto Family’s- ‘‘The Island Murder Case’’
When a game starts off with it’s characters apologizing for the art work, you know you’ve got something special.
For pure yuck value, it’s worth ninety nine cents. If you’re not the type to laugh at Gymkata, skip this game.
Spoilers, but with this game, really who cares?
As someone else pointed out, this is bad writing at it’s best. My two favorite lines: “The toilet seat lid is down. Outside, no one is suspicious”. And of course “She is always touching my most important part”
The game teaches you how to extort the police with sexual allegations. And of course it’s always nice to identify the killer in a game show format.
– Real player with 2.0 hrs in game
You get what you pay for. I speak Japanese and English and the game is poorly written in both languages. The story is a level of cliche that is cringe worthy, the characters are unrealistic and boring, and the entire game reads like a badly written self-insert fanfiction. I don’t mind when games are clearly indie made with bad graphics, but if they are going to be clumsily put together I still require a GOOD STORY. If the story was good and well written then I could forgive the graphics and amateur construction. As it is, the game fell flat. I don’t really know why I expected any better of a game priced at 59 cents lol
– Real player with 0.3 hrs in game