Nine to Five
So… i played over 100 hours and i think i’m legally allowed to tell you what i feel about this game.
First off. The current update is 2.0.0 and is still Early Access.
That said i think we can all assume that the game features that are currently here are pretty limited.
On it’s on that’s not a bad thing because there is alot that can happen.
Aside of that there’s also alot of positive and some negative aspects currently in the game.
Positives:
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Unique 3v3v3 gameplay like no other game
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Objectives that vary from game to game
– Real player with 317.4 hrs in game
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TL:DR The game has a lot of potential but it’s biggest current issue is the server lag that leads to the game never feeling smooth to play. The 3v3v3 mode is quite fun but it might not matter as you end up playing against a co-ordinated team of 3 players who have been playing the game since release and you don’t even have a scope on your gun.
I initially worried that the 3v3v3 style would lead to one team always getting bullied by the other teams, but this in reality is not the case and the mode is actually quite refreshing and fun. The current two maps offer nice contrast, with one being much bigger taking place in a city landscape, where snipers reign supreme and the other one enjoys a combination of close range combat with some aspects of long distance. While there are distinct classes to choose from, there really isn’t much variety between them as you need to grind a LOT to get the components and attachments for your chosen weapon to make in any shape or form better than the default.
– Real player with 92.2 hrs in game
Bionic Battle Mutants
Warning: Based on single player content only.
Game runs fine under Windows 10, not a single bug apart from texture layer issue on one level (very minor thing).
Enjoyed the campaign (around 12 to 17 hours), the few problems inherent to isometric view and line of sight/visibility in this type of games are pretty well delt with here:
Wall transparency/visible line of sight/visible covers are all one icon away during battles.
The AP system, a few attack options and consumables are what you get to work with, clear and enough options for a few different layouts.
– Real player with 19.9 hrs in game
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BBM is an interesting take on turn-based combat with a small squad of warriors. I like the graphics style and the customization options. The game is not too deep or complicated, and is good fom some relaxed tactics for a couple of hours.
You team members can die in a fight, and reviving costs quite some resources, so it pays off to play carefully and avoid getting hit or charged, since most enemies are tough melee fighters
Good thing is you can replay missions to collect some more loot for the next upgrade.
– Real player with 16.6 hrs in game
Metroplex Zero
In 2280, Eurasica is ruled by cutthroat hyper-capitalist megacorporations. Only you can thwart ZantoCorp’s attempts to reestablish a dark tyranny. Metroplex Zero brings a new take on roguelike deckbuilding with it’s party-based RPG-style combat.
Visit powerful locations
To resist capitalistic tyranny, you’ll need to power up. Choose your route carefully, different locations give different benefits; upgrade your champion, recruit powerful units, upgrade cards, gain passive bonuses or duplicate any card in your deck.
Strategize to fit your playstyle
With five heroes to choose from, each has its own unique and surprising gameplay. Before each battle, scout your enemies and pick the ideal 36 cards to take on your foes. You are never forced to bring any card you don’t like into battle. During your run you will be able to acquire new cards, equipment, and augments. You can get special surgical implants, level up your heroes, and manipulate corporations into giving you very nice shopping discounts.
No playthrough is ever the same
You’ll never play the same deck twice!
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Over 250 different cards, allowing for a blend of various playstyles and builds
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Over 70 unique game-changing augments
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5 heroes each with very different gameplay
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Level up your heroes multiple times in every run
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Choose your own level up perks every time you gain enough XP
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More than 20 unique random events
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Over 30 different enemies
cyberpunkdreams
“The notion that nature can be calculated inevitably leads to the conclusion that humans too can be reduced to basic mechanical parts…”
So, we’re here now. This is a really neat game that’s flourished over the years.
I’m going to start this by saying I’m on the writing staff, but I’ve been testing the game much longer than I’ve had my hands in it and so far my contributions are somewhat limited. My work on this is a recent development so, yeah. Now, I’ve been testing one version or another of this game off and on since 2016 through its alpha, really knuckling down with its steam beta. But since we’re here now, lets get on with this and actually talk about the game.
– Real player with 4815.4 hrs in game
The approach to how Action points are managed in universe is farsical.
Not only does it make no sense in the story or how the game world operates
There is certain actions that can be done for free but to reverse them costs action points
Action points you need to pay real money for or wait 10 minutes a pop for.
So say you put a goodie bag of Drugs together, 200 pills for 0 Action points, say you want to get some of those back, because you just got an event where you can give soemone 20 of those drugs for another dialogue option.
– Real player with 857.4 hrs in game
Zone of Lacryma
Quick but sweet SHMUP with a simple but engaging leveling system in which your Score is your Experience to level up and get bonus stats such as bullet speed or recharge rate.
Took me around 3h to beat with a lot of retries on the last few missions, but there was absolutely no filler, no stages where I actually knew what was going to happen, it was exclusively good content from start to finish.
Might be a bit overpriced for the time you’ll likely spend on it but it’s really fun to replay as levels have are many separate parallel paths to complete.
– Real player with 8.6 hrs in game
It’s a nice little shmup.
I love upgrading and having the choice to invest and change my playstyle, it has that. That’s nice.
I like the graphics, the color pallete isnt a rainbow mumbo-jumbo like most titles of this genre and the pixel-art is from the better part of pixel-art, not from the lazy-ugly-Undertale group.
The soundtrack is there, nothing special, it fits the industrial-space theme of the game.
It has some bugs, but they arent gamebreaking nor do they destroy the playthrough.
Dev is friendly, gib him some monies. Have fun.
– Real player with 3.7 hrs in game
JYDGE
This game is very similar to old 90’s classic “Tapa Kaikki” (Kill All) that was a game series from “Error Free” team, idea based from “Cyber Dogs” game, and to generate discussion about violance in PC games.
Some of the reviewers wrote that game requires to replay missions with a different challenges after passing them. I was very turn away from that idea, as one of the things I like least is to repeat the maps but with new difficulties. So I reserved by purchase for long time because that, and it was a mistake. As it is true that you need to replay the missions, but it is nothing you would assume. As it is done correctly, pleasing way.
– Real player with 36.4 hrs in game
A simple, awesome game
Disclamer : This game is a top-tilted-down shooter but one of the items you can equip in the game transforms it to a pure Top-Down shooter, and you get it really early in the game :p
first, lets do a quick overview of the game, guiving scores :
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Gameplay : Awesome
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Playability : Extra wide, from beginner to pro player
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Resources : Amazing !
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Graphics : Simple and accurate
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Story and arts : Wonderful
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Conclusion : Inifite value for the price
– Real player with 34.8 hrs in game
Project G.A.E.A.
The gods greed left the world in ruins.
Experience Shawn’s epic quest to appease the river Styx and enable passage to the dead.
Project G.A.E.A. is an action-adventure RPG set in a post-apocalyptic greek world. Join Shawn on his adventure to explore islands and ancient temples to uncover the source of the gods power. Collect their artifacts and help restore order to the world. Use their powers to defeat foul creatures left in their wake.
STROLL
STROLL is a top-down dungeon crawler, set in a dystopian world. From your safe haven you will rebuild society-one stroll at a time. Explore fallen cities, deserted suburbs and eerie forests, as you look for other survivors, materials for crafting or maybe a shiny new gun.
As We Know It
I saw this tagged as “sci-fi” but I don’t know if it should be categorized as that. It’s a post-apocalyptic story, but the science/technology in it isn’t fictional at all. Anyway, it’s got Mad Max: Fury Road vibes, but takes place within a setting similar to that District 13 underground city from The Hunger Games. The implication is that climate change eventually impacted the livelihood of humankind, and for some, the answer was to move into underground city shelters.
Good Stuff
- Racial diversity. More than half of all the characters are not white.
– Real player with 20.6 hrs in game
I played Pinewood Island first and had high expectations for this one! I bought it during a sale since I couldn’t bring myself to buy it at full price!
Long story, short? I really enjoyed this game! Customization of your character was simple but I felt it added to the immersion of the game! The plot is phenomenal and I wanted to know more and more about the world we’re in! As of writing this i’ve gotten 2 out of 30 endings; 30 endings?! That’s insane but it shows how much thought went into this!
– Real player with 10.1 hrs in game
Cyber City Escape
Been looking for a shooter/action rogue-type game recently & this one had a cool promo video, so I decided to give it a shot. So far, there are some kinks to work out but it’s a pretty fun game. I’m not sure how many levels there will be when all’s said and done, but the difficulty definitely increases with each level…just ran into the turrets I saw from the promo video on my latest run & they got me good. You can shoot em & shut them down for a bit though. There is also AI respawning which can make things more challenging but also good for the credits.
– Real player with 6.0 hrs in game
Good game but you need to improve the UI and fix the game for different aspect ratios, mine is 16:10 and I have to play in windowed mode
– Real player with 1.3 hrs in game