Jet Set Radio

Jet Set Radio

Have you ever wanted to be a rollar-blading punk, rollin' around the city tagging walls, and stickin' it to the man?

No? Maaaan fuck you get out of here yes you have. This game is known far across the land for it’s kickin' soundtrack, beats so thick you could bounce a coin off ‘em. Also, it’s so old GBA could run it, so don’t sweat the specs. Only worry is the keyboard controls suck harder than your EX girlfriend, so grab an Xbox 360 controller and get going.

Now the objective of the game is simple, roll around the city, tag some walls, and keep away from the fuzz. However, this is all done to the sweet sonic sound that will be oozing out of the audio device of your choosing. It also helps that this game has graphically dated better than you could ever dream of. (Oh snap son.) You might get one Jet rank on your first playthrough. Might. If you wanna get Jet on every mission you must first study the anicent urban staking gurus.

Real player with 48.9 hrs in game


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“Who are you! What’s your name? Super Brothers!”

Jet Set Radio is one of those games you most likely saw a demo of at a Target or Best Buy back in the early 2000s but never really got to play because you were too cool for a Dreamcast. Luckily, this PC port exists. This game is the perfect mix of skating and graffiti with a soundtrack to match and graphics that are considerably better than those of today’s games. The added danger of being tackled by street guards, being shot at by a crazed police captain, having missiles fired from helicopters, and run over by motorcycle riding police makes it more fun

Real player with 47.6 hrs in game

Jet Set Radio on Steam

Tilesweeper

Tilesweeper

Tilesweeper

…is a logic puzzle game. Remove all the tiles from the level, one by one, flagging and avoiding those armed with a bomb.

⚙ Game Description & Mechanics ⚙

As any clone of Minesweeper, you’re presented with a tile board, here represented by a dungeon, balcony or other location. The objective of the game is to either correctly flag every tile armed with a mine, or clear out all the tiles that aren’t - either will result in a success, just as long as no mine is detonated.

Real player with 56.9 hrs in game


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It is hard to be too critical of this as it does what it does well enough. It is a nicer looking version of Minesweeper. I could stop there but I have to point out this is one of those games that 10 hours playing it (which is what it took to get to the easy 39/60 achievements) feels like 100 in a more compulsive game. Most of the remaining achievements are for “grinds” - the worst is to break 1 million tiles. In 10 hours I have broken 25k. Sheesh.

Still, we all loved Minesweeper. This is just….more. And more.

Real player with 42.6 hrs in game

Tilesweeper on Steam

Devil May Cry® 3 Special Edition

Devil May Cry® 3 Special Edition

Most of the negative reviews here are because of technical issues that are solvable on most systems. Fullscreen works by pressing ALT+Enter (maybe not while in the menu or title screen or cutscene, but ingame), widescreen support is available via a hack. On some systems, the resolution may be limited to 640x480 or 800x600, but that is not the normal behaviour. You should get the highest 4:3 resolution closest to your native resolution without a patch. XBox controllers are not officially supported because this game uses directinput for controller support, which is the predecessor to xinput. If you have one of the recent Logitech gamepads (F310 for example), you can choose between directinput and xinput via a hardware switch on the controller, then map the controller keys correctly (setup controller) and the game works out of the box. If you have to use an xbox compatible controller, you have to fiddle around to get the trigger keys working. This is because the trigger keys are analog and on the same axis on the xbox compatible controllers, but are two seperate digital keys on the older standard. Please note that this game was developed before the xbox compatible controllers had been invented! It would have been nice of Capcom to have this version revamped like they did for PS3 and XBox, but they have not. It is not optimized for the PC and it is an old game, but I still think it is awesome.

Real player with 132.3 hrs in game


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Want to play DMC3? Get this mod: http://www.nexusmods.com/devilmaycry3/mods/1/ ?

It is to DMC3SE what DSfix is to Dark Souls. It fixes the performance, controller and sound issues, making the PC version as solid as its console counterparts.

Not only that, the mod has options for on-the-fly style-switching, weapon-switching for all weapons, Doppelganger and Quicksilver styles for Vergil, Air Hike for every weapon, graphical options, etc. DMC3 now has more moves and twice the number of weapons available at a time than DMC4.

Real player with 34.7 hrs in game

Devil May Cry® 3 Special Edition on Steam

Dark Gravity

Dark Gravity

Shoot, destroy, collect, craft and destroy even more! “Dark Gravity” is a fast-paced, low poly vertical shoot’em up game that features non-linear campaign mode with lots of enemies and bosses. Craft new weapons, upgrade your fighter and build an ultimate aerial war machine!

After the fifth world war, there was peace in the world. For over a decade, the Grand Alliance has been leading humanity towards a better tomorrow by stifling all dangers in the bud. For some time, however, there is suspicion of a new threat that cannot be ignored.

As a member of SAF forces, your mission is to take over the Shielton base, captured by unknown rebels. No one knows who they are and what they want. What’s worse, even IMC forces couldn’t drive them away from the base because of their advanced weaponry. Weaponry out of this world. But… are those rebels the main threat? Isn’t there anything bigger behind all this? No time for questions! You must stop them at all costs!

Gameplay mechanics are very simple - destroy all enemies and try to avoid every bullet… well, at least those which can be avoided. Your special maneuver allows you to dodge normal projectiles. Even if you get hit, you will only lose one extra weapon! However, watch out for powerful bosses! They can thorn you into pieces with their ultimate unavoidable attacks!

The story mode can be completed in a few various ways. Military operations are carried out on several fronts simultaneously. It’s up to you which path you will choose. From battles high in the sky, through military bases, underground factories, collapsed mines and abandoned laboratories, to secret Arctic research facilities and the interiors of unknown civilization artifacts - you must go through all of this several times to accomplish all missions.

Every difficulty level is different. Improving your skills and fighter will help you out at facing hard and insane mode bosses, as they don’t appear at easier levels. Enemy’s layouts will change as well as their shooting patterns. At higher difficulties, you will also meet enemies that you have not met before.

Collecting drop parts and blueprints throughout the missions will allow you to unlock and craft new fighters, weapons, and upgrades. However, remember that only playing at the highest levels of difficulty will allow you to achieve a pinnacle of technology. Uncover the crafting tree and develop unique power-ups!

Dark Gravity on Steam

Lost Horizon

Lost Horizon

This is a real hidden gem of a traditional point and click adventure. On seeing the title screen it becomes obvious how much care has gone into every aspect of this game.

The plot and cinematic style of Lost Horizon are a homage to adventure films of an ‘Indiana Jones’ type. It’s all about a reluctant hero saving the world from Nazis who are after powerful mystical secrets and has everything you’d expect: biplane fights, secret mystical locations all over the world, ridiculous car chases and cutscenes of implausible fights on Nazi trucks. Oh, of course, the spunky irritating sidekick/love interest - I suppose nothing’s perfect.

Real player with 39.4 hrs in game

This game was great. Pure and simple.

This is my first review, so i’ll keep it short(ish).

I struggle to find anything wrong with this game, but if I were to point at one thing it would be that some of the cinema-scenes were a bit long. Sometimes it felt as if you were watching the game rather than playing it.

That said I really enjoyed this. The puzzles were good (and I have played alot of point and click) and they did not feel to repetitive. They were also challenging but not over hard. Every time I got stuck I just had to rethink the situation, and usually the solution would present itself. I’m not proud to say this but I have a tendensy to use walkthroughs whenever I get stuck for too long. I only did that once here and that turned out to be a puzzle that used color. I’m colorblind so that does’nt really count….

Real player with 30.8 hrs in game

Lost Horizon on Steam

Devil May Cry HD Collection

Devil May Cry HD Collection

“I should have been the one to fill your dark soul with LIIIIIIGHT!!!!”

Amazing trilogy, older Action/Hack and Slash games can sometimes feel very clunky and slow in comparison to more recent games however these games hold their own and were definitely revolutionary to the genre for their time.

DMC was very enjoyable, a very solid introduction into the games. The puzzles and boss fights can be quite challenging even if you are playing on standard difficulty or even if this is your first DMC experience (like myself). Exploring the castle was very interesting as every area felt new and different without reprinting the same textures for different areas of the map which is what you tend to see in a lot of the older PS2 Games.

Real player with 94.1 hrs in game

2 amazing games with fun story and gameplay… except for dmc3’s mission 18…. and dmc2

Real player with 56.5 hrs in game

Devil May Cry HD Collection on Steam

Choco Pixel 4

Choco Pixel 4

Almost identical to Choco Pixel, Choco Pixel 2 and Choco Pixel 3, except for a couple of new ideas.

Minimalist puzzle game with 50 levels. From level 1 to 30, it is pretty straightforward, but then, some of the levels are very challenging. And as far as I am concerned, I really like this mix between easy and difficult levels, I enjoyed playing this game.

One of the main issues was that, sometimes, after working out a solution for a difficult part of a level, you have to be careful and think about how to get out of this part of the level. If you make a mistake, you will be stuck with no way of getting out, so you will have to restart the level, and try to remember how you solved the difficult part, which is not always easy …

Real player with 2.0 hrs in game

Choco Pixel 4 is a “template flip”, that is to say, it’s a “game” that has been produced by copying a game template or using a game construction kit, and changing a few things. In this case it’s a copy of a basic game template that’s a lazy pixel style ripoff of pathing games like Sokoban. You have a little car, you can move in any of four cardinal directions, but you can’t stop halfway once you’ve set off on each move. Solving each puzzle relies on moving the car in the right sequence to align with the exit and leave.

Real player with 0.1 hrs in game

Choco Pixel 4 on Steam

Lost Horizon 2

Lost Horizon 2

The original Lost Horizon was a very good game. It was about a guy looking for a missing friend in Tibet. The Third Reich have been gathering artifacts there and the guy gets mixed up in it all. It had a good story, interesting characters, good puzzles, some action sequences and a great sense of adventure. It was made by the people behind Secret Files: Tunguska but it’s a much better game than that one. The game isn’t a masterpiece but has a good, solid story and holds your attention like a good book. A sequel was something I’m sure many were delighted to have.

Real player with 15.2 hrs in game

After playing the first Lost Horizon game I expected more from the sequel. But I’m afraid Lost Horizon 2 didn’t improve on the lacks original had, actually it was a significant downgrade in every aspect. Game is much shorter, storytelling is awkward and gameplay puzzles are mostly generic.

Never the less if you are huge fan of original Lost Horizon I recommend Lost Horizon 2. It has some issues but main story is not extremely bad and game is rather short.

There are few new gameplay mechanics incorporated. Apparently controller support was implemented so in few cases player need to use controller (or a mouse) to physically move objects on the scene. This feels very out of place and I don’t know why it was implemented. There is also one-screen simple minigames and quicktime event sequence (just once if I remember correctly!) as additional game mechanics added to the gameplay.

Real player with 8.2 hrs in game

Lost Horizon 2 on Steam

Choco Pixel 5

Choco Pixel 5

Almost identical to Choco Pixel, Choco Pixel 2, Choco Pixel 3 and Choco Pixel 4, except for a couple of new ideas.

Minimalist puzzle game with 50 levels. From level 1 to 30, it is pretty straightforward, but then, some of the levels are very challenging. And as far as I am concerned, I really like this mix between easy and difficult levels, I enjoyed playing this game.

One of the main issues was that, sometimes, after working out a solution for a difficult part of a level, you have to be careful and think about how to get out of this part of the level. If you make a mistake, you will be stuck with no way of getting out, so you will have to restart the level, and try to remember how you solved the difficult part, which is not always easy …

Real player with 2.3 hrs in game

Whack.

Real player with 0.1 hrs in game

Choco Pixel 5 on Steam

Chocolate makes you happy: Valentine’s Day

Chocolate makes you happy: Valentine’s Day

is not recommended to buy.

Real player with 28.4 hrs in game

Levels design well made

Real player with 0.9 hrs in game

Chocolate makes you happy: Valentine's Day on Steam