The Price of Freedom
It’s free, it’s short and it’s great.
I only downloaded The Price of Freedom because it was free. I had no idea what I was getting myself into. After a rather straightforward but fun intro, the story takes a turn to reveal something that sohws it is much more than just some run-of-the-mill free VR game. I won’t spoil it for those of you who haven’t played it, but the story gets to some pretty creepy, screwed up and shocking places.
Ultimately it’s only a taster as to what is to come, but already I’m dying to see what comes next, and I’m willing to pay for it if it lives up to this prologue. My only concern is that the next episode maintains the momentum of this one. Personally what I’m hoping for in episode one is:
– Real player with 1.2 hrs in game
Read More: Best Cold War Indie Games.
The Price of Freedom is a great game. You play the game as the character Agent Zero, a female agent, on a mission to kill the mysterious Benjamin Miller. The controls, graphics, atmosphere, voice actors and soundtrack are sublime, making you fully immersed in the game. The game is also story rich and inspired by true events no spoilers, telling a dark and intriguing story that will leave you anticipating the next chapter which the developers plan to release in this episodic series. The gameplay involves solving puzzles which are of medium difficulty, keeping you interested and immersed. The game is flawless and also free to play.
– Real player with 1.1 hrs in game
I.G.I. Origins
Go deep into the origins of the Institute for Global Intelligence, re-imagining a pioneer of the tactical first-person shooter genre, the prequel to 2000’s Project I.G.I.
You are Michael King, codenamed Regent, an ex-SAS soldier, recruited by MI6 for covert, global missions to target an enemy with a world war in their sights. Armed with a sophisticated arsenal to divert, outsmart or wipe-out your adversaries, decide your approach; ghost-like espionage or heavy firefights. Twisted actions raise questions over the true enemy and harden your resolve against a shifting, hostile world.
Read More: Best Cold War Action Games.
The Amazing Shrinking Giraffe
I always thought there is no such thing as perfection, but today I learned something different. The beauty of this game drastically exceeds the human perception, but I, as a Wild Animal myself, have just stared into the pure visage of God. There is no doubt that Paul Bird, the so-called “Developer”, is nothing less than a prophet of the lord. This morning I heard the angels sing the gospel of this prophet, who they claim is just a man, yet his power, creativity and will of imagination is something beyond our world, that even God himself does not dare to question, for otherwise the wrath of the prophet shall sunder him.
– Real player with 2.3 hrs in game
Read More: Best Cold War God Game Games.
My boy Paul whipping another dinger outa the park with his new game. The Amazing Shrinking Giraffe is another classic hit that puts you in a fully explorable universe and with only one quest… kill the snakes, i was genuinely impressed from the complexities of the different universes and this is a must buy for the low price of 4.99 and don’t listen to the two people who voted not recommend because they obviously do not know what they are talking about and don’t recognize this modern artform.
– Real player with 0.9 hrs in game
Martial Law
Martial Law is a game about difficulties that came with Communism in Poland. Game is meant to visualize the realities of Polish families back then, their ways of thinking and understanding the world. The story is shown from the perspective of a man who is abandoned because of his low social status. He tries his best to be there for his daughter despite the difficulties. Game is also meant to be educational. There are many places you can stop to learn more about Polish culture from the communist era.
Martial Law features!
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Many endings!
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Visual Novel
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Learn more about polish culture from the communist era
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Solve family issue
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Get beat up by a “comrade for debating”
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Talk to a grumpy old man!
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Make your kid happy. :)
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Make right choices, or don’t. It’s up to you.
Game originally developed during GameJam Pokamedulski.PL 2021
Möbius Front ‘83
I think this is my first Steam review; I watched a talk from Zach and he said that he takes feedback seriously so I figured, why not?
I love Zachtronics’ coding games, and I also love turn-based wargames, so I was pretty excited for this one. Unfortunately I think they’ve missed the mark this time. There’s a lot to like, but while it has the pleasing simplicity of games like Into the Breach (single-digit numbers for health, damage, range, and speed, grid map, etc.) it lacking some of the elegance.
– Real player with 53.5 hrs in game
Möbius Front 83 is a simple and good game. Yet to finish it, but played enough of it to say what I think.
PROS:
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Great presentation, graphics is aesthetically pleasing, great animations of units – I love how dust animation is used to indicate direction of movement of vehicles.
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Outstanding sound design. Muffled sound of weapon fire and explosion sound like you hear weapons firing in the distance or if, like I imagine it would be to hear sound of weapons firing while you sit in an armoured vehicle.
– Real player with 39.7 hrs in game
Alien Insanity
On the first day God created the dog. God said, “Sit all day by the door of your house and bark at anyone who comes in or walks past. I will give you a life span of twenty years.” The dog said, “That’s too long to be barking. Give me ten years and I’ll give you back the other ten.”
So God agreed.
On the second day God created the monkey. God said, “Entertain people, do monkey tricks and make them laugh. I’ll give you a twenty-year life span.” The monkey said, “Monkey tricks for twenty years? I don’t think so. Dog gave you back ten, so that’s what I’ll do too, okay?”
– Real player with 13.4 hrs in game
A Nostalgic FPS with unique features like Wormholes, Anti-Gravity and Rafts.
Recommended.
– Real player with 11.5 hrs in game
Kosmokrats
I have no words.
This game is truly a hidden gem. I cannot understand how this game has only around 30 reviews.
Sure the gameplay might not be that much, yet it’s still fun, but the story is just so good, I was literally excited to see how things go in diffrent paths, I got all of the 17 endings and almost all of the achievements. Nearly all details are there, even the smallest ones. There’s quite a lot of humour too.
There are so many refrences to pop culture and other games. I still cannot fathom how this game was made by ONE person, with little help from others.
– Real player with 101.2 hrs in game
This is a narrative game revolving around completing drone assemblies of spaceships made out of tetris-like pieces. The central mechanics are serviceable and make for some interesting puzzles and an alternately frustrating and satisfying experience as you try to get pieces to connect by bumping and pulling them.
Whilst that wouldn’t be enough to make a great game by itself, the narrative is the real draw here, running a pastiche of soviet-era space and sci-fi references into the exploration of various characters - and enables you to change how the story turns out as these characters vie for power and try to keep Space Force going in very trying circumstances.
– Real player with 96.3 hrs in game
One Spirit
One Spirit is a coming-of-age visual novel set in an alternate timeline where the Cold War drags on into the 21st century. Exploring various political, cultural and philosophical themes, the game presents an engaging, thought-provoking thriller through the eyes of a group of marginal teenagers, their doubts, struggles and hopes.
In 2003, the Iron Curtain stands tall. The superpowers of the new age wage a silent war through the means of information, economy, culture and proxy. As the Cold War slows to a crawl, the Sysican Republic, a pro-Western satellite state in Eastern Europe, finds itself on the verge of political death as radicalism, conspiracy and war loom overhead.
One Spirit follows Yuri Danilin, an 18-year-old young man disenchanted with life, as he returns to his modest hometown in Nevilyovsk, Eastern Sysica. Having failed in his studies at the capital, he reunites with his sister knowing their time apart has changed both permanently. When news of a known local activist disappearing spread through the town, Yuri soon finds himself at the center of a downward spiral of violence.
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Uncover a deep and engaging story, set in an original world where the Iron Curtain hasn’t fallen, inspired by real events and reflections on them: experience the bleak feel of a war too long fought.
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See the world through the eyes of an alienated youth — casual but complex personalities set in a path of self-discovery and self-affirmation in a world that has robbed them of a future.
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Delve into six different subplots branching from the main story.
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Every subplot has a unique dynamic you engage with by making choices, efforts and sacrifices. Subplots develop a wide variety of topics stemming from Yuri’s fatal years of 2003 and 2004, from the intimacies of friendship to the secrecies of Sysica’s ideological underground.
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Decide carefully how to spend your time in Nevilyovsk: days are a limited resource. Your priorities and preferences will increasingly mark your journey.
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Enjoy high choice responsiveness, as the game’s slightest details react to your smallest choices.
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Explore over 30 different environments to reveal new details, points of view and events.
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Take part in a philosophical journey about human history, society, struggle and life, with roots in contemporary critical theory, psychoanalysis and existentialism, among other similar and dissident traditions.
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Dive into this grey world through a high-quality art style that evokes the melancholic, nostalgic feel of post-socialist Sysica.
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Explore hours upon hours of worldbuilding detail: a unique Slavic theme, a constructed language, a simulated history and a culture imagined from the ground up.
Project Blue Book: Hidden Mysteries
Pros:
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good artwork for scenes, hidden objects, and characters
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interesting storyline and plot
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cutscenes and audio that get the player immersed
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the player is given a “why” to what they are doing, rather than just mindlessly finding objects
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Steam achievements
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good price compared to some other hidden object games (I’m looking at you Artifex Mundi)
Cons:
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minor bugs
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limited options to alter gameplay to player’s wants/needs
Pro/con (player dependent):
- Explicitly hidden object orientated (if focusing on progressing in the game; the minigames are optional)
– Real player with 3.6 hrs in game
Survive-able if you stand tutorial you can’t turn off.
Well I guess it expected for Blue book hidden object.
I was hoping for more. Like animated videos.
Like or dislike: Wait after 1 hour.
Other opinion:
– Real player with 2.0 hrs in game
Degenerate Souls
Stars received: 0.3/10 _ Note: v.5 [0.0 to 1] = personal impressions
[0] Controls & Training & Help
[0.1] Menu & Settings
[0] Sound & Music
[0.1] Graphics
[0.1] Game Design
[0] Game Story
[0] Game Content
[0] Completion time (level/game)?
[0] is it Enjoyable & Fun?
[0] Could it hold a spot in Favorites? (& if the Game can be repeatedly played again)
[0] BONUS point: Multi-Player related
[0] BONUS point: Review for VR
[N] - if Registration is required with providing PII
Game description key-points: GameGuru asset flip
– Real player with 1.0 hrs in game
“Degenerate Souls” is typical Game Guru game - long loading times, default menu (look and music), same HUD.
Gameplay is exactly the same as other games and maybe even worse because of animations and lack of ambient sounds (well, we’re in forest and no bird chirping?)
You get killed pretty easily and it’s easy to avoid being killed, but it’s just more time consuming.
There is no zoom to aim remote enemies - and they can shoot you quite easily… (some of having instakilling weapons).
I don’t feel like there is much to say - it’s just working garbage.
– Real player with 0.1 hrs in game