Quarantine Run
Quarantine Run unlike other endless runners is a cinematic narrative game with multiplayer (1v1) which captures social commentary of a relevant topic today in society through the use of the “Pandemi Radio” which is a broadcast for each map played during your run informing you of new information found during the pandemic for an engaging run through 4 different playable maps as well as a 5th map for multiplayer.
CONTROLS
Move Left and Right: Arrow or Swipe with mouse
Jump: Space bar or swipe up with mouse
Roll: Down Arrow or swipe down with mouse
Free Run Left and right : A and D
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QUICK FACTS
The multiplayer mode for Quarantine Run is currently in beta mode.
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The Eternal Castle [REMASTERED]
Read my full review at https://www.vgr.com/eternal-castle-remastered-pc-game-review
In the indie game scene, a lot of games take inspiration from the games of the past. Typically this comes in the form of tributes to oldschool consoles like the NES, SNES and Mega Drive. But it’s not often you see games that pay homage to the graphics of old IBM PC’s. The Eternal Castle, a supposed remake of a lost 1987 PC game, is such a game. And much in the vein of the game MURI, it acts as a tribute to old school PC games from the late 80’s and early 90’s. In this review we’ll be taking a look at this game and also discuss its legitimacy as a remaster. So strap in, it’s time to explore the CGA glory of The Eternal Castle.
– Real player with 12.5 hrs in game
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The Eternal Castle is a tribute to the cinematic platformers from the past, such as Prince of Persia or Another World . This genre does not get a lot of representation these days, so I want to support developers that make games for a limited audience. Let’s be honest, this game is made for people with nostalgia for those clunky platformers. I really enjoy the gameplay because it’s very faithful, and any subjective criticism that I have does not take away anything from its artistry (which is something really special). As far as I know, the original game that is being remastered was “lost”, but I do know that this remaster imitates animation cycle from Prince of Persia . I wish the developers would give the credit for the sources of inspiration, instead of just claiming that it’s a remaster of a classic masterpiece that nobody played. But let’s make something very clear, this game combines the features from several titles, and could not exists in its current form if it wasn’t for them.
– Real player with 9.3 hrs in game
The Great C
This short adventure cinematic is well-made, though it has some of that “indie” charm to remind that it has been made by a small team of enthusiasts, rather than a heavy-hitter like ILMxLab. Most of the characters' animations are motion-captured performances, though there are plenty of character movements that are stilted and robotic, which were obviously manually-animated. The characters are cartoony, but expressive. And don’t let the character designs fool you… this story is not for young children.
– Real player with 0.8 hrs in game
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Not quite long enough to be called a movie and not quite short enough as the Google spotlight shorts. At 38 minutes long it’s almost as long as an episode of most series.
The story is good and the actors are quite believable. Graphically it looks a lot like Telltale (rip) games. Which kinda makes me sad that I’ll never see that studio dive into VR.
VR cinematic experiences are quite new and there is a lot of experimentation involved. Some of it really works, like the building case scene, where trying to follow both characters creates tension, or the final confrontation, where the scale of C really can be appreciated. Some of it doesn’t, like suddenly you feel like an ant watching giants and the next moment a giant watching ants. But that cam be expected in such a new medium.
– Real player with 0.8 hrs in game
Two Guys One Cabin
The story is pretty ridiculous in a “so bad it"s funny” sort of way, but the gameplay pretty much kills any of the lol vibes you might have from playing through the ridiculous 60-second cutscenes that lead to the next mind-numbing battle.
Combat is just outrageously bland, you just run in a circle (don’t touch the fog, that’s instant death lulz) and spray and pray. No aiming, no other weapons, grenades, anything to break the humdrum of doing the same thing again and again and again. The bosses just walk after you very slowly, so to defeat them you have to…yup, run in a circle and spray and pray. As silly as the story is, I can’t continue to force myself to run around the same two houses with my AK47 anymore. Thumbs down.
– Real player with 2.1 hrs in game
Well.. I can’t say that effort wasn’t put into this game, but it’s probably the most awkward and incest disgusting game I’ve ever witnessed. It’s just weird and the actual gameplay where you shoot alien and solider assets is absolutely terrible. The only intrigue for me was the story but even that is terrible too.
Perhaps this game is so bad… it’s good? I dunno. I can’t say it’s good either. Just different.. and it’s awkward AF. And the gameplay like I said.. it is absolutely terrible.
– Real player with 1.0 hrs in game
They Are Coming!
The zombie virus emerged during World War II and it’s up to you to make it spread around the world by controlling your horde of zombies in past, present, and future scenarios.
With simple controls, lots of action, and strategy, resolve the conflicts of each scenario and continue advancing in this story that can lead to the end of the world as we know it.
As you progress, unlock new special powers and face increasingly challenging enemies and environments. Try to beat your performance record at every stage and reach the top of the leaderboards.
DEATH STRANDING
Um dos meus jogos favoritos!
Death Stranding é um jogo realmente especial, não há nada parecido com ele. Obviamente não é perfeito, mas as qualidades são tão grandes, que quase fazem esquecer os problemas.
O gameplay não vai agradar todo mundo, especialmente quem só gosta de jogos de alta ação, mas eu amei. Achei muito divertido e satisfatório ficar andando pelo mundo com um monte de tralha nas costas, enquanto tentava superar os obstáculos do terreno.
Se engana quem pensa que esse jogo é só andar. Há uma grande abundância de sistemas e mecânicas que deixam a experiência mais interessante. Você tem que gerenciar bem sua carga, manter o balanço do personagem, saber quais equipamentos levar, quais rotas tomar, se deve levar um veículo,, e o que fazer diante de certas adversidades.
– Real player with 228.2 hrs in game
I just can’t do a simple summary of the good and bad things in this game, so it’s going to be a messy, lengthy account of my impressions.
I had never played a Kojima game before, nor did I follow Death Stranding release, and I didn’t know what to really expect. All I had, from just enough previews to not spoil myself, was the impression of a contemplative game with quite an intriguing sci-fi background to it, which was enough for me.
Honestly, I was confused for the first hour and a half, not knowing what the point of the game was, struggling to grasp its concepts and the “why” of everything, wasn’t sure if I would ask for a refund, but my curiosity kept me going. A good book usually involves the reader constantly wondering “and then what happened?”. In retrospect, that’s a feeling I quickly got, and I was hooked to the story (and the gameplay) until the end.
– Real player with 202.7 hrs in game
BEAUTIFUL DESOLATION
For those of you who might be considering buying this as a Fallout-like game set in a post-apoc South Africa..don’t. While it may appear otherwise at first its entirely a point and click adventure game that while fun has little in common with Fallout. Combat is limited to a handful of incidents, always involves some sort of proxy, and outside of a single instance is purely optional. Something that can be missed if your not careful along with the bits it unlocks.
Now for the unpleasant bit.
! I really wanted to like this game, I really did. I found the setting charming, its NPCs well rounded, and the story had me hooked…right up until the literal last minutes of the game. When you finally talk with Darius after realizing (something I suspected since the start) that you were playing out a pre-written prophecy jotted down by an entity who does not see time as a straight line.
– Real player with 22.2 hrs in game
Wakanda place is this?
Move aside Afrofuturism, District 9, Black Panther, Elysium, Chappie and all you other African takes on sci-fi, because one thing’s for sure… I can easily tell you that I’ve never seen anything quite like the world of Beautiful Desolation.
If you are South African like me, then you must already know that you’re gonna experience it in a slightly different way to the rest of the world and may get a kick out of various elements that feel familiar to home. Beautiful Desolation is without a doubt, a whole new bag of Simba chips. It launches you into a future so far ahead that the South Africa you might know (and the people who lived there) are completely unrecognisable. The more this story of crazy futures and prophecies unfolds, the more interesting it becomes.
– Real player with 22.1 hrs in game
Retrograde
its a new game but is a ton of fun. very simple yet enjoyable style with fast play and a variety of weapons and features. very promising for a first time game
– Real player with 6.4 hrs in game
Skitt
I want to first of all thank the developer for offering me a free evaluation key to his first game title here on Steam so that I could provide this review.
Unfortunately, that’s about all the thanks I can give this developer. I certainly can’t thank him for cobbling together a bunch of ultra cheap Unity store assets into the massive mess of a game he presents to the Steam store here. It’s a nightmare and asking a nickel for this game would be asking way too much for it.
Take a look for yourself in my First Impressions Review video HERE:
– Real player with 0.4 hrs in game
Plasticity
‘‘There is no such thing as ‘away’. When we throw anything away it must go somewhere’’ - Annie Leonard
Plasticity is a bold project by students of the USC games program that beautifully expresses, both visually & in the story being told, of the harmful, unseen after-effects of plastic upon the oceans, environment and the unknown health effects too.
What I enjoyed most about this project is that throughout the gaming experience, you are shown environments showcasing what can be considered an extreme example when seeing the garbage bags, litter and plastic everywhere but consider how realistic that image would be if the garbage was never collected and taken away to be discarded?
– Real player with 4.7 hrs in game
This is one of those situations where I wish there was an in-between rating. Because I’m not totally confident in giving this a thumbs up, however, being a free game made by students, a thumbs down feels too harsh. So I guess read this review and a couple others before deciding. By the end of the day though, this game is FREE, so there really isn’t much to complain about.
The positives of this game are that the message is good and the graphics are pretty. I liked the art style quite a bit and the story was touching. The music was very nice. The message is a good message, however, slightly misguided (I’ll talk about that later). The game itself is pretty short, only taking me maybe 20 minutes to finish my first play-through.
– Real player with 1.1 hrs in game