Cold War
Criminally underrated game. Although the story is quite linear, I can’t remember any other game I played which actually leaves that much freedom in terms of how to solve the given tasks. I’ve heard you can even play it as a straight shooter, but the actual fun to be had is with trying out the many different gadgets, most of which are actually useful once you figure out how they work. It’s quite satisfying to come up with a new tactical approach and see that it works out - or doesn’t, having you learn and try better next time. Note that the x-ray camera has a very powerful discharge shooting feature (needs batteries) which can help you out when you’re otherwise out of ideas - I didn’t realise that until later in the game.
– Real player with 40.0 hrs in game
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Played on Pacifist/Hard difficulties, went for minimalist knock outs(21 knock outs without the non-stealth missions as I stopped counting them.)
My rating:5/10(went down from 7/10 after the last parts of the game, still would suggest as discounted price is low.)
May include spoilers:
Game starts with having to knock out people to progress but it still didn’t ruin stealth. There were some escort levels but they weren’t annoying as I expected. The part you end up controlling another character game inactivates pacifist mode which means you can kill people at will but you can still stealth those levels UNTIL there’s a run&gun part which was the stealth killing part of this game although it wasn’t a long level so I could take that. And in the ending phase of this game npcies hunt you and you have no choice but KO most of them as they’re just running at you was annoying even later the game asks you to eliminate group of soldiers which finally proved me stealth part is completely over and I started using non-lethal rubber bullets I even didn’t wanna finish the game but I knew there wasn’t much left so. This ending parts takes the same place that you have been there for the third time or more which means there weren’t much effort put in level design. You face the bad boss 2 times but his guards onto you so you go until you have a sight with the target to end the game by using all of your equipment possible, then what? There will be many soldiers outside waiting for me and i only have couple of rubber rounds. I realized that the target is on my sight so i just shot one guy and he ran onto me so i can shoot him and finish the game.
– Real player with 19.6 hrs in game
Alekhine’s Gun
Alekhine. One of the greatest chess champions. Not only for his timeline but for the whole history of known chess players. He was eager for finding smart, precise moves, he was rather an attacking side even in his defensive schemes. So, it is actually a cool name for a Hitman-like spy operative, who’s supposed to very selective and cautious in his covert work of dispatching enemies and revealing their secret plans.
However, when we’re talking about this specific title, Alekhine’s Gun, we’re actually putting ourselves in quite a strange stalemate position. To be brief, it is the “enjoy the good part and suffer a lot of shortcomings as well” - type of game. 40% rating on Metacritic should warn you as well - even if it’s underestimated, Alekhine’s Gun is definitely not for everyone’s tastes.
– Real player with 37.1 hrs in game
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If your a fan of Death to Spies games like i am this is the third entry to the series as the devs had to work indie as their publishing license expired so they had to Crowdfund & Kickstarter their work but it didn’t go well so Maximum Games published and helped them complete it. You still play as Semyon Strogov with some familiar gear such as Chloroform and throwing knives but you have less weapons and equipment then before with less space to bring items for the next mission so choose well. Depending on how you perform you will earn points to buy new weapons, equipment and upgrades for your guns to use in the coming missions. There’s a new Instincts mode that gives you awareness of where the enemy is looking at and who finds you suspicious but also is a meter that tells you if you can knock someone out instead of spotting people unlike before so you have to regain that meter by doing objectives if you want an alternative to Chloroform. The overall gameplay is mostly similar with different objectives and different disguises but you can’t go prone stance anymore, crouch sneaking only effects noise and you can’t ride vehicles anymore either then the overall map is much smaller less complex linear even at times making some areas rather difficult cause of how cramp it us but you can back to wall to hide as well as surprise attack from plus performing “accidents” is easier then before at varied locals with missions getting more progressively complex as you reach the final mission. This time its not just historical missions but there is an actual story now compared to before with the biggest weakness is that it doesn’t use in-game cutscenes unlike before instead using pre-rendered art stills but still gives a great thriller spy story. Graphics are better then before and help with the immersion and believability despite the level size. The soundtrack is alright like games before it though at times the audio doesn’t sound as good or as clear. Overall not bad but it could’ve been more despite that for what the game is its a decent entry to the series that you can buy on sale if you want to know how Smeyon Strogiv’s story ends or need another social stealth game alternative.
– Real player with 19.7 hrs in game
Kriophobia
The Cold is Just the Beginning
A science expedition was sent to Zhokhov Island to study recent occurrences of magnetic anomalies in the region. Amongst them was Anna, a young geophysicist, along with her mentor and a small military crew. As her group investigates the cause of the anomalies on the island, a sequence of disastrous events unroll trapping them in an unknown underground military complex, under the extreme cold of the Russian climate. Now, Anna desperately tries to survive and find a way out, but something down there disturbingly draws her deeper, and that unknown haunting place bizarrely welcomes her more and more…
Kriophobia is a survival horror in third person, inspired by the old-school games of the same genre. Immerse yourself in a Cold and Inhuman World of Mad Obsession, Extremist Patriotism and Disturbing Relationships, presented with a Unique Art-Style that mixes comics and painting.
FEATURES
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Immersive psychological horror storyline that explores a twisted and abandoned world
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Hidden Past Secrets to be found, inspired by real events from Russia’s Darkest Times
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Cold, Obscure and Terrifying scenarios to be Explored
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Evasive Combat centered on fleeing and hiding from gruesome abominations.
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Survival with Limited Resources against Freezing Temperatures in a hostile place
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Dark Visual Style that blends Comics and Painting in a unique way
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Fully Illustrated Game World displayed with modern Static Cameras
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An Exclusive Russian-Inspired soundtrack
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The Bureau: XCOM Declassified
The Bureau: XCOM Declassified was not well received by mainstream reviewers, but I personally enjoyed it a lot. Overall, it feels like a stripped down version of Mass Effect, but the combat stands out above other cover shooters. The game has a lot of flaws, but I encountered no bugs in the core game. The Hangar 6 DLC, however, would freeze briefly every few seconds and rendered the game nearly unplayable.
The Bureau’s combat puts you in control of William Carter, a rather generic protagonist with a gravelly voice. Conversations in the game are carried out with a radial menu lifted directly from Mass Effect. The dialogue isn’t terribly interesting, and some of the characters facial animations appeared to not actually be finished. Their mouths move with odd robotic motions, and their eyes look eerily dead. Carter himself, and some of the other core characters have much better, albeit repetitive animations. The story is forgettable overall, but moves the game on well enough. It doesn’t come anywhere close to the likes of Mass Effect though, and the fact that the developers chose to base their game design so heavily on Mass Effect is unfortunate given the weak story. Even still, the combat made the experience worthwhile.
– Real player with 54.6 hrs in game
“The Bureau: XCOM Declassified”. There are three major aspects of the game to talk about.
For one, this game was created for XCOM fans, with an extra layer of associations from the 60’s era. The player will see all the major events of an alien invasion on Earth, from the first contact to the last repel battle, which, by all standards, will unfold on an alien ship, from where the entire invasion is organized. Keen on the setting, the player will be able to examine in detail the sequential construction of the XCOM base, go over all its iconic locations, from the headquarters and medical unit to laboratories and workshops. The player will take part in the capture of aliens and in their interrogations (without vivisection). He will have to defend the base from a full-scale attack in one moment… All in the third-view perspective. If this is not a quality fan-service, then what else? Unfortunately, not all XCOM fans appreciated the change of genre from strategy to shooter, but for me personally, the Bureau in this aspect is a very successful project.
– Real player with 44.9 hrs in game
RescueTeam
RESCUE TEAM
Single Player
You must fight your way to an enemy territory and return with the objectives alive .
One of them dies , its game over .
You will start with a basic weapon in a safe house close to the area the agents are located .
By exploring you can find ways to buy better weapons or collect coins .
Next time you play try to beat your score and make more kills.
Multi Player
A Team Deathmatch game in 3 open world maps (It can be updated with more maps).
3 round with 20 mins in each round.
Only one sniper and rocket luncher in every round ,
After the match ends the team with the most kills wins and the host is choosing for the next round in the same map or another map or just quit the multiplayer .
In the lobby you will have a text chat system where you can communicate with the others as you choose team and player .
Through the game (when in gameplay) you will have a voice chat and the text chat will be unavailable.
You can play without a mic connected but you will not have the option to talk with others.
The maximum players in every mach is 16 and must be at least 2 . Dont play with only 1 player , if you want to do this , do it at your own risk.
You can use portals to fast travel through the map.
#### UPDATED VERSION 1,1
Some changes in multiplayer menus
2 new multiplayer maps has been added
next updates will be “closed” maps
AMID THE LINES
Game’s a giant asset flip. It’s like a first draft of a highschool project.
And It’s not remotely finished at that. One of the last levels don’t even load.
The story and dialog were clearly writen by a young child.
Do not buy.
– Real player with 1.5 hrs in game
Very amateur game that ended up breaking on the 5th level. Could no longer use skills in combat which made the stage and the rest of the game unfinishable. Restarting the level or the game did not remedy this. Getting to that point was not enjoyable. The combat was fun at first but after the first few levels you have seen all there is to it. It was that janky fun combat like Enter the Matrix.
Every time you finish a level you are kicked back to the main menu and have to select the next one. The story is told through text that pops up at exclamation points located in the stages. There are no cutscenes. Hardly any interaction with the levels. Some levels are just a single room with a single NPC to talk to. The dialog is bad with sentences that don’t start with capitalized words.
– Real player with 1.5 hrs in game
ARMA: Cold War Assault
It is the last mission… We’ve beaten the Russians off to the end of the island, and now it’s time to apprehend the mastermind behind it all… General Guba.
Me and my spec ops team of eight finish our briefing: to find and capture General Guba alive before he makes his escape off the island. As we make for Guba’s headquarters in our M113 Armored Personnel Carrier, we see a friendly machine gun jeep, probably forming into the friendly assault that will schedule a little while later. As we drive further to our objective, I spot a dirt trail along the mountain path. We follow it to find two ruskies guarding an abandoned outpost with a Mil Mi-24 “Hind” attack chopper hiding in the back. The gunner of the M113 takes out the two in quick bursts and I tell my men to board the Hind. “Out of fuel” 3 in my squad tells me. I find a fuel truck hiding behind a wall and refuel the Hind. As we start the chopper me and my men get ready for what comes next…
– Real player with 597.0 hrs in game
This is the game that got me into PC gaming over a decade ago.
I still remember the very first time I played it. This masterpiece felt like a true war simulator back then, since there were not many games like this. It was really realistic in terms of difficulty.
● Really immersive campaign. Multiple characters, each having their set of skills on the battlefield. The cutscenes in this game are so good and long. It actually feels like watching a movie of Cold War.Campaign is also quite lenghty, variety of missions, never a mission indentical to another.
– Real player with 95.7 hrs in game
METAL GEAR SOLID V: GROUND ZEROES
Barebones explanation about this game. This is not a demo!
In the eve of Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, I’ll be reviewing Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes because some people still don’t seem to get it at this point (short version at the bottom of the review).
First of all, I’ve played most of the MGS games before this and I love them to death, so my opinion may be a bit biased.
Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes is a prologue to Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, like way back when there was a pretty short and limited Gran Turismo 5 Prologue but was still sold as a full game. That’s not the case with GZ.
– Real player with 38.6 hrs in game
“You’ve already seen the “Overwhelmingly Positive” user reviews, haven’t you? Why are you here, then? Why do you continue to scroll through them while your memory betrays you? You enjoy reading reviews, that’s why.”
I’ll get straight to the point. This review’s main goal is to address common misconceptions.
Amount of Content:
Ground Zeroes offers 7 missions: one main story, four side missions with different objectives, two extra side missions that are aimed at the fans of the series. Each mission has two difficulty settings (hard unlocks after beating normal), secret collectibles/objectives and unlockable trials (challenges). Throughout all missions you’ll be dealing with only one location: Camp Omega, which is a fairly large facility. Each mission has it’s own time of day.
– Real player with 31.7 hrs in game
Cyclotronica
Supraland
– Real player with 0.2 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
