After School Murder Club!!
it may look a bit different but let me tell you: this was the most exciting and fun visual novel game I’ve played in a while and it’s 100% worth trying!
and yes, with 9 hours I’ve only got one ending so far (still gotta get the other one’s!) so.. if you take your time with reading the dialogues, you get a lot for a free (!!) game.
ps. Pain(t)-kun still haunts me in my dreams (and I ain’t complaining)
– Real player with 9.7 hrs in game
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I wasn’t sure about this title at first, but I ended up enjoying it in the end.
Apparently this started out as a practice/joke visual novel, and it definitely shows, but it knows what it is: a satirical jab at anime tropes with an overall silly plotline. There are references to popculture and memes throughout. Heck, one of the first things the main character says is “Gotta go fast!”
The artstyle isn’t really anything to write home about. The characters seem to have been made with some kind of anime dress up doll programs, which causes a bit of whiplash when the actually drawn scenes show up thanks to how different they look.
– Real player with 6.8 hrs in game
Pugmire: Treasure of the Sea Dogs
Good story that reminded me of the kind I grew up with when I was a child. Its a cute adventure story, with just enough realism and consequences to make it enjoyable.
“Whose a good dog? Your a good dog arn’t you? Yes you are!”
-would happily be a good dog again!
– Real player with 2.4 hrs in game
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It’s not what I expected. There is no game-play, you are just reading and selecting answers the whole time. It is not entertaining. It just feels like I’m taking a test.
– Real player with 0.1 hrs in game
Fate of the Storm Gods
This is one of the most disappointing Choice of Games I’ve played.
For you to influence various plot pivots, you need very high stats. Not only does this not given you much wriggle room (if you feel a choice the writer has given to boost a stat doesn’t fit with your character); it also assumes you can also understand how each choice will affect which stat (which is often far from clear). All those kills any feeling of agency I felt I had at the most pivotal moments.
And on the less plot-consequential side of things, I was disappointed with the romance options. Apparently, there were very few opportunities to pursue anyone you might be interested, and they competed with other options (ones that often felt more sane in context). In other words, rather have a range of options to resolve of the choice of whether and how to enter a relationship, you had to choose between those triggers and options to learn more about the world. As you need to understand the setting to make choice to affect the plot, that’s a terrible trade-off to make your player make.
– Real player with 287.6 hrs in game
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Fate of the Storm Gods is an interactive novel with a unique setting. Step into the shoes of a Weather Builder as you fight to stop the unbalanced weather anomalies. Pick your gender, your appearance and grab some hiking boots cause you have quite the journey ahead of you.
Plot: Fate of the Storm Gods had such an amazing plot- in theory. The Idea of being a Weather Builder sounded exciting and was an idea that I hadn’t come across prior. Sadly, in reality, it felt like what was being offered was a mismarketed story. Weather Builders felt far more like a form of Elementalists than divine beings that control the weather; yes, you do get to manipulate massive storms and throw around lightning but you also have control over fire and earth, albeit with the help of artifacts but still.
– Real player with 16.8 hrs in game
MapleStory
I have played this game back in 2006 and I had a blast, everything was new to me, the settings, the people running around and killing snails on maple island then slimes and mushrooms in henesys hunting ground. Took many years of breaks in between, back and forth, but when they revamped the game and released big bang is when they started to lose the vast majority of players (slowly).
I know that change is needed for games to progress, but so many changes killed the game.
Pros:
- if you’re a fan of mario style games or platformers and like to see big numbers when you hit monster, then try out this game
– Real player with 928.0 hrs in game
I have around 400 hours on steam but I’ve spent more than 1k hours on the other version. I must say despite the amount of dedication I’ve put into this game, I cannot reccomend it to anyone. The servers are extremely inconsistent, they need maintenance at least every week and no new or interesting content get introduced for many MANY years. Even when they do (5th Job update and lucid), its very underwhelming and sad since I waited 4 years just to receive junk and the frustration of that is what caused me to put an end what was the most time I’ve spent on a game.
– Real player with 485.5 hrs in game
Dragon Age: Origins
Dragon Age is a kind of game that is becoming increasingly rare: a deeply immersive single-player RPG with an interface clearly designed for the PC. It’s easy to sling around the word “immersive” at any game that looks pretty, but DA isn’t messing around - the world of Ferelden shows a unified sense of design and depth that blows even famously vast games like Oblivion out of the water. Coupled with consistently excellent writing and across-the-board quality character design even down to relatively unimportant NPCs, the game truly does feel like it’s reacting to your choices dynamically from the very beginning, and how you play your character can have amazingly subtle effects on the way the story unfolds.
– Real player with 466.3 hrs in game
Still the Best Game in its Franchise…
The first game I ever had on Steam. In fact, this game was the reason I got Steam in the first place. Bought the game upon it’s first day of release and I have been playing on and off over the years. Shame, I played this at least 3-4x the amount of hours it says on my profile offline, and I’ve not lost my interest in the game one-bit.
Rating(s):
Visuals & Graphics: 10/10
- It was very innovative during it’s time. I can remember all the HYPE it received months before release. Considering today’s present standards DA 1 Graphics is already a bit dated, but I will rate it accordingly to the time period it actually got released, and for that time’s standard’s it was one of the TOP.
– Real player with 416.7 hrs in game
Floral Town
Floral Town, the adorable Life Sim with a focus on interesting characters and relationships!
Having just inherited your grandparents cute restaurant, you move to the peaceful place called Floral Town, to manage your grandparents proudest creation.
Develop your restaurant from a failing abandoned building, to the towns number one hotspot brimming with life!
Make the restaurant your own while meeting the 30+ colorful characters that make Floral Town the amazing place it is!
There are over 30 characters with interesting personalities to discover and develop relationships with.
Talk to anyone, befriend anyone, date anyone!
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30+ interesting characters with unique personalities to discover.
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Many unique types of fish to discover and use as fresh ingredients for your restaurant.
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Many unique vegetables and fruits to grow and use as fresh ingredients for your restaurant.
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Interesting restaurant gameplay.
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Squash mini-game.
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Adorable pets!
Journey On
Playing status: 100% achievements
Grindy Achievement(s): Yes (~2 achievement).
Optional Achievement(s): Yes (10 achievements).
Difficult Achievement(s): No.
Guide: Click here
Intro
Journey On is an RPG Maker game that focuses on choice with adjustable difficulty. The difficulty will vary depending on how you limit yourself in using a character’s skill, which will affect a certain part of the game.
– Real player with 14.8 hrs in game
Story
Selena and Shirley must journey to the fallen Kingdom of Askhar to defeat the source of the Darkness, or demons will eventually become too much for their village to handle. While Selena can receive blessings from the Goddess of Light, Shirley is a practitioner of dark magic and is disallowed from entering holy places. However, she can increase her powers by corrupting in soul in the Dark Sanctuary, a place that functions as a sort of shared spiritual world for all dark magic users.
– Real player with 12.7 hrs in game
Keeper of the Day and Night
Really enjoyed reading through this story!
At the time of writing this I’ve only done one play through so im not sure how much variation there is with the choices. But its hooked me enough that I want to go back and find out!
Its worth mentioning that this is a Sequel and saves can be carried over from the first game. Choices in the first game effect things like your species and relationship with characters however you can make these choices as well at the beginning of this game, if you don’t feel like playing through the first one. Though I recommend you do play the first one if only because its just as entertaining.
– Real player with 24.4 hrs in game
Left a Review for the first one and discussed my biases right from the gate ill copy and paste that segment here then talk about this installation of the story as a standalone.
Alright I don’t do reviews often but the ones I have done have been fairly successful if we’re measuring the success of a review by people finding them helpful so I like to think I give pretty suggestive reviews. That being said I will not lie to you here, I feel kind of biased towards not only this game in particular but this general style of game. I will also explain this so those of you who do read this understand where my rose colored glasses come from.
– Real player with 20.8 hrs in game
Scarlet Republics
Scarlet Republics is what would happen if Fire Emblem had a love-child with Divinity and a Joe Abercrombie book. It’s a turn-based tactical RPG set in a fantasy world inspired by the Italian Renaissance and Leonardo da Vinci’s imagination
The game is set in the vibrant and treacherous City-states of Corsano, a fantasy world inspired by the Italian renaissance and Leonardo Da Vinci’s imagination. The game tells a mature fantasy story of vengeance and conquest, with plenty of choice, consequence and wit.
KEY FEATURES
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Turn-Based Tactics - In Scarlet Republics you guide a squad of mercenaries in turn-based combat. The game features 7 unique classes divided over 20 playable characters. It is up to you to pick and mold your squad to suit your playstyle and strategies.
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Get Creative with Squad-Building - We have built the RPG system to match customization with organic, pseudo-random growths with a focus on squad building and gut-wrenching choices for how to grow your characters. Experimenting with different builds and synergies is a key aspect of creating your perfect mercenary company.
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Choice and Consequence - How you progress depends entirely upon your decisions. Large parts of the game, including entire battle-maps and quests, are choice specific and it is impossible to see it all in one playthrough.
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A Living, Breathing World - Inspired by the Mediterranean, the Renaissance and the vineyards and olive groves of Italy and Greece, Corsano is a land of vibrant colors, heady spices, merchant lords, pirates, politics, intrigue and, of course, war.
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Da Vinci and Tango - The game’s art style is inspired by renaissance art and the sketches of the master Leonardo Da Vinci. The soundtrack mixes classical fantasy with inspirations from tango and flamenco for a dramatic sunset vibe.
Super Army of Tentacles 3: The Search for Army of Tentacles 2: Black GOAT of the Woods Edition
THE LOVECRAFT APOCALYPSE IS TOTES ON.
The Old Gods are cold. Calculating. Ever waiting. Ever patient. Slumbering towards that day in which the cosmic apocalypse beckons.
And then somebody just has to pull a Leroy Jenkins and start the fun early.
Perry Hollycraft has been called out of “retirement” (i.e. the death plane known as the Dreamlands) in order to figure out what Old God did what, when, and why. The rest of the pantheon isn’t too happy that the apocalypse has been called early. With Gods fighting among themselves in a bid to take advantage of the situation, and the rules thrown out the window, Perry has more than their work cut out for them. Who do you trust (your party members, probably)? Where do you turn (the available hub areas)? How many endings in this game actually differ from one another (we cut it down from twelve to five, but mileage may vary)? Do your choices matter (it depends on how you define “matter” in the context of a video game)? When will this structure of questions end (now)?
To destroy humanity, they’ll need to save it.
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All the DLC from the non-GOAT Edition! All the Outfits! All the quests!
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The second game in the non-award winning series!
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Broadcast in glorious 1920x1080!
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A brand new, 100% deeper Argument System!
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What’s more revolutionary than a silent protagonist for the first game? How about a COMPLETELY SILENT SEQUEL?!?! LIKE, RIGHT????
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15 party members, ranging from Army 1 party to Army 1 NPCs to newbies!
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More skill options and more attributes!
NOTE: Contains mild language and mature themes such as innuendo, drug use, etc.; nothing TOO explicit.
10% of all sales go towards St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital.