Fearmonium
Review for English Speakers
To begin with I would like to mention that the previous game from this developer was a real revelation for me. I didn’t expect anything special, and yet Catmaze sunk into my soul and was beaten several times. Therefore, when Redblack Spade announced the beginning of the development of a new game and said that it would be a Metroidvania again, I followed the news and expected something unusual and interesting. And when I was finally lucky enough to play it, I wasn’t disappointed.
– Real player with 78.9 hrs in game
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Teenager Max isn’t having a very good life right now. He’s facing bullies at school, his grandfather recently passed away, and this brings his mother and the abusive step-father back into his life. That’s enough to leave anyone unstable already, but Max also happens to visit a fair, and have an unpleasant encounter with a clown. The memory of this encounter lands in his unconscious mind, and sets off to become more than just a memory- to become a phobia.
“Fearmonium” is a pretty typical Metroidvania: explore the beautifully hand-drawn interconnected levels, bash enemies with your clown hammer, defeat various bosses to gain extra traversal abilities, go to places you couldn’t before. All of these core elements are done well-enough, so what makes the game stand out and be worth the attention?
– Real player with 31.8 hrs in game
Rascal’s Escape
“Caution: High risk of wanderlust!"
Join Squirrel and Bear on their adventurous journey through Europe.
Alone or in co-op with your favorite travel companion!
Rascal escaped! Work together to follow Rascal’s traces. But don’t worry, while traveling, you can take your time to explore each country, learn foreign languages, eat lots of delicious local food, climb famous sights, engage in traditional festivals, collect souvenirs, capture pictures and make dozens of local animal friends along the way.
Satisfy your wanderlust from the comfort of your living room - alone or together with your favorite travel companion!
Discover Europe’s true treasure, its cultural diversity, and catch Rascal!
What are you waiting for?
Grab your luggage!
Key Features:
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Satisfy your Wanderlust
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Take your time to explore Europe’s cultural diversity
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Meet more than 60 friendly local animals
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Bounce around, climb and jump with Squirrel
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Get muddy with Bear push and stomp away leaves, dirt, and snow
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Collect souvenirs, delicious food, and fashionable outfits
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Receive recycled clothes collecting trash
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Learn counting and greeting in 10 European languages
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Enjoy cooperative play for two, together with friends and family
Gameplay
In single-player mode you can play Squirrel and Bear.
In local co-op or split-screen mode, each player navigates one character.
Combine Squirrel with Bear for the ultimate team experience and
reach secret places with Squirrels super jump.
Squirrel can:
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climb trees and buildings
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jump on platforms and obstacles
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carry small objects
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activate levers
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collect souvenirs
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talk to animals
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recycle trash
Bear can:
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push obstacles
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stomp to uncover hidden objects
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carry big objects
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flip levers
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collect souvenirs
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talk to animals
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recycle trash
Follow Rascal’s traces on Badgergram.
Good thing Rascal shares their journey through Europe.
Enjoying amazing food, listen to Europe’s foreign languages,
collecting souvenirs, and capturing famous sights.
Rascal’s Escape is a Jump & Travel adventure game.
Catmaze
Okay, Catmaze, Catmaze. Pretty hard to write about the game. It is a Metroidvania by all means. However, there are really two distinct types of Metroidvanias out there and this is pretty important. Long story short:
- If you like exploring and finding secrets then by all means give the game a go. It took me 11 hours to 100% it but I am a pretty seasoned player and I bet it will be like 13-15 for an usual player. The secrets were not something to write home about but the overall exploration and level layout are pretty solid. The movement is very enjoyable although most of the jumps are very precise (and that comes, again, from a seasoned player)
– Real player with 25.5 hrs in game
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Catmaze is a very true and accurately labeled metroidvania-style platformer that simply fits the genre much better than many I have seen with the same label. I like a lot about it after playing through my single bad ending, which I will get into in a bit, but without any spoilage, as far as I can say from what I have played, it is really a great game. There are some flaws, and some things I dislike about it as well. I’ll get into both momentarily, but I do wish to mention once more that this was a really nice, almost reminiscent experience. I cannot really say why, but it reminded me a bit of something from another time, in a nice sort of way.
– Real player with 21.4 hrs in game
I Am Jesus Christ: Prologue
Go back in time over 2,000 years and follow the same path as Jesus Christ, from his baptism to the resurrection. Inspired by the New Testament stories, ‘I Am Jesus Christ’ is a simulation like no other.
Are you prepared to fight with Satan in the desert, cure the sick and help the needy? Perform over 30 iconic miracles from the feeding of the 5,000 and healing lepers to the calming of the sea and giving sight to the blind.
Recharge the Holy Spirit’s power through prayer as brand new concepts work in conjunction with timeless tales. ‘I Am Jesus Christ’ is inspired by the New Testament and hopes to spread the Gospel uniquely and engagingly.
Journey through over 10 hours of gameplay across the desert, water and mountains in full version of “I Am Jesus Christ”. All culminating in the famous story of Christ’s crucifixion and resurrection.
Key features:
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Experience Christ’s life first-hand from his birth through to the crucifixion and resurrection
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Explore accurate recreations of significant locations in the Holy Land including Jerusalem and the Galilee
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Perform over 30 amazing miracles including the feeding of the 5,000 and walking on water
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Receive the power of the Holy Spirit, and increase its power through prayer
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Interact with over 60 characters, including Christ’s disciples. Recreate essential events including The Last Supper
La Porte des Fauconniers : Guerre Médiévale
Although there are only the foundations laid, we can already foresee the potential and the challenge that the game can bring, the strategy and the good use of the types of units as well as the formations is essential to succeed in winning battles, but the progression of the character and his units obviously brings a significant plus that will make your life much easier in case of difficulty.
If you liked Mount & Blade or Conqueror’s Blade there is a good chance that you like La Porte des Fauconniers.
– Real player with 54.0 hrs in game
Interesting, needs a bit of work but I like what I am seeing.
– Real player with 0.1 hrs in game
Child Arms
Inspired by the popular Punch-Out!! and the obscure Neo Geo series Crossed Swords, the arcade-style Child Arms is a game in which you can fight all foes to reach each character’s personalized ending, or you can duke it out in online or local battles. You can also play mini-games and even alter characters' appearances and behaviours in the color and AI editors.
Child Arms takes place in a 16th century unlike our own, wherein humankind remains youthful far longer, and have accordingly shaped their world differently from ours. As a player, you can select one of 8 fighters from varied backgrounds as they explore their previously-undiscovered world, rising to the challenge of combatants along the way.
Features
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Large and beautiful 2D hand-drawn sprites and backdrops
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Arcade ladder with individual endings for all characters
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Versus mode for both online and local play modes
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Training modes including practice, tutorials, and character-specific information
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Various mini-games
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User-friendly editors for custom color palettes and AI opponents
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Keyboard and gamepad support
DvG: Conquering Giants
Outstanding! Great VR game for families and my “twentysomething” kids enjoyed it. We had a blast playing through the campaign and story. Strong game and loved the challenge levels for added entertainment. Loved the graphics and various lush environments.
– Real player with 27.5 hrs in game
Yes it is a very amazing game.
– Real player with 15.7 hrs in game
The Legend of Tianding
As a Taiwanese, I can’t recommend The Legend of Tianding enough.
A 2D platformer beat’em up game, the platform stages & the combat system are the core aspect of the game. The combat system is responsive & flows very well, with a weapon-stealing mechanic that allows you to steal the weapon of virtually every normal enemy unit (tho the weapons are of limited use.) As you progress through the stage, you also learn special kung fu moves that complement your arsenal of skills. These special moves are not only useful in combat, but are often essential in traversing the platform stages as well, especially for the optional treasure part of the game. The grappling mechanic (using the same waist scarf you use to steal weapons) takes a bit of getting use to, but once perfected it is a lot of fun to play with as well.
– Real player with 20.8 hrs in game
Played on the harder difficulty. A very solid 2D sidescrolling beatemup with a unique cultural presentation (Taiwanese folklore), superb art-style, great music/sound design and voiceover. The story while pretty straightforward overall, it does have a couple really nice twists, and I especially love the narrator’s style.
Overall The levels are edging on dragging over a bit longer than they should be (IMHO), but the jumping puzzles are good and varied enough to keep it flowing.
Combat-wise it feels really good to use the combos, just-dodges and projectile-deflections - the iconic weapon stealing move can be chained together with almost every move you make (and the enemy weapons are really useful at times) thus making this combat experience somewhat different from other great 2D side-beat’mups that came before it.
– Real player with 16.0 hrs in game
For Sparta
PROS:
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A decent variety of enemies. There are about 3-4 different skins for each monster, but they each have varying attacks and behaviours to keep things interesting.
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A large selection of craftable perks to potentially obtain.
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The controls handle well. Dodging and attacking feels responsive and enjoyable.
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Action-packed generally speaking. Enemies spawn in waves throughout a day, but if you take too long, the next wave will spawn in to keep you on your toes.
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Satisfying and appropriate sound effects.
– Real player with 15.8 hrs in game
Great little arcade game. It’s difficult and has a lot of random elements that can make it anywhere from challenging to near impossible, but with games being so fast/short and the ability to restart in a couple of seconds it’s not normally frustrating.
If you like old school keyboard bashing this is for you.
– Real player with 6.5 hrs in game
Highly Likely
This is one of the most tedious, poorly crafted, boring, pointless games I’ve ever played.
The art is phenomenal. The developers' interactions with folks on the internet is disappointing. It’s buggy and slow and repetitive.
There are no puzzles, there’s barely a story, there is no skill involved, it’s poorly translated, it’s a little sexist, and the characters' motivations are all over the map. There’s literally a segment in this game where you need to cross a river, so you hold the joystick to the left for over a minute while he slowly turns a crank. This happens multiple times. The most engaging moment of the whole thing is a long and laborious multi-part fetch quest.
– Real player with 4.6 hrs in game
Highly Likely is a short and light-hearted point-and-click game that is set in a rural Ukraine and follows a man named Mikola as he tries to get himself out of an enormous debt that he owes to the bank. He finds himself a new business opportunity, one that is risky and could land him in trouble with the law, but he knows that he’s got no other choice. This is the basic story premise that is very relatable and could happen to just about anyone.
– Real player with 4.5 hrs in game