Tale of the Gallant Jiraiya
ENGLISH:
Brave Rock Games’ last visual novel (more recent release), Jiraiya’s short legend. Since the text had less than 4k words, it is very short to read. 10 minutes top and you’re done. While the price was decreased since its release, I still feel to be expensive for what you get, but it a nice story, with voice acting. There are also easy achievements to get, for the chivos collectors.
FRANÇAIS:
La dernière histoire visuelle (sortie récente) de Brave Rock Games, la courte légende de Jiraiya. Comme le texte à moins de 4 milles mots, c’est du très court. 10 minutes gros max et vous avez terminé. Bien que le prix ait diminué depuis sa sortie, j’ai l’impression que c’est quand même cher, dû à la courte durée de vie, mais c’est une très belle histoire avec des doublages. Il y a aussi des succès faciles à obtenir pour les collectionneurs.
– Real player with 1.1 hrs in game
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Beautiful. Great voice actors. Get to know the real Jiraiya, Tsunade, Orochimaru and some japanese folklore!
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2106071329
– Real player with 1.1 hrs in game
Jennifer Wilde: Unlikely Revolutionaries
At the start of the Jazz Age in Paris in 1921, young French artist Jennifer Chevalier becomes embroiled in death, espionage and revolution which takes her across France, England and Ireland with the ghost of Oscar Wilde. A Point & Click 2D adventure with a unique comic book inventory design.
Jennifer believes the recent death of her father was no ‘accident’. Finding a chained locket in her father’s hotel, she attempts to use her childhood gift for talking to ghosts to call his spirit back. Unwittingly, the ghost recalled is Oscar Wilde, famous Irish playwright, whose secret affair with Jennifer’s father has bound his ghost to the locket. Jennifer and Oscar find themselves following a trail of murder and revolution, through Paris, to London and Ireland, and into conflict with secret government organisations, a British occult spy network, and the Irish Revolutionary Army.
In a thrilling, witty and melancholic adventure. Jennifer and Oscar uncover dark secrets, deal with the loss of shared love and develop a deep friendship along the way.
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As Jennifer discovers clues, she sketches in her book; which the player can study
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Use this knowledge to confront characters, prompt their memories and link clues together
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Take control of Jennifer and Oscar as you interrogate the living and dead to solve puzzles.
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Environmental puzzles will vex your brain, with crafty but logical solutions to be solved.
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Use Jennifer’s artistic skills to trick the Gendarmerie and talk to spirits, while Oscar can use his ghostly powers to sneak invisibly past the SIS, in character-specific solutions.
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The Monster Within
The Monster Within is a deckbuilding game that oozes atmosphere. The art and music are excellent and do a great job of putting you in the setting.
Admittedly, there are a lot of deckbuilders. So, what does this game bring to the deckbuilder genre other than a fantastic theme? First, the cards you can choose to buy are dictated by your health. The lower your health, the more powerful cards you can buy - but, of course, the closer you are to losing. This mechanism feels really good, especially because the rounds go a little longer than most deckbuilders. Which brings up something else different about The Monster Within - The longer rounds allow you to really build your deck around a theme and capitalize on that theme. The third thing that sets this game apart is that the developer is extremely responsive - seriously. Join the discord and have your bugs taken care of pronto.
– Real player with 17.3 hrs in game
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At present i wouldn’t recommend. The progression in the game is based on doing things to unlock stuff (thankfully if you click on the locked stuff, it will tell you what you need to do to unlock it, in theory) sadly in reality, i have beaten the game with the scientist multiple times, it didn’t unlock what it’s supposed to, i beat the game on the blood 1 difficulty again multiple times , again no unlock, so i can’t unlock any more characters, cards or ailments until this is fixed.
What i have played so far has been kind of fun though, so if and or when this gets fixed chances are pretty good i would change my review to recommend.
– Real player with 13.4 hrs in game
Cognition: An Erica Reed Thriller
When I started playing Cognition: An Erica Reed Thriller in 2016 the game’s unusually brutal and violent nature caught me unaware and scared me away (the fact that the pace of the game slowed down after the opening events was also one of the reasons why I stopped playing it). When giving it a second chance more than 2 years later, I was positively disappointed. After having finished it I must say this is the goriest adventure game I have ever seen - many characters ended up getting killed/mutilated by the time the credits started to roll. This unexpectedly serious tone of course has nothing (or at least little) to do with Cognition: An Erica Reed Thriller being a great point and click adventure game, if we can overlook some of its shortcomings (and the base concept of the use of psychic abilities).
– Real player with 30.5 hrs in game
Introduction
When I first encountered Cognition: An Erica Reed Thriller, it was in a bundle -It looked interesting but I put it on the back burner since I was busy with other games. Fast forward a few years, I asked my friends on Steam what game I should play as a break from my usual things, and this title came up. After looking into I realized this seemed like a great idea! I had not played a point-and-click adventure game in a while, the other reviews seemed positive and it was recommended by friends as well. Drawn in by the comic book art style and the opportunity to play a female protagonist I booted the game up and instantly became addicted. This title offers a solid story, good gameplay and hours of fun for any gamer.
– Real player with 26.6 hrs in game
Slumber
This chilling horror game awakens you to a solo mission to escape your own home. It begins as you are startled from a deep slumber, trapped in a ghoulish nightmare until you figure out how to run out the front door.
You feel something lurking in the dark house, and every creaky step, squeaking open door and light switch flicker is unnerving as you anticipate what will come around the corner or come at you down the hall. Search every nook and cranny to find the key to escape the house you’re trapped in before a ghoul snatches your life and you wake from your slumber again. And again.
Fenrir’s Prelude
Good game good design
– Real player with 12.4 hrs in game
You get what you pay for ,_,
– Real player with 10.4 hrs in game
Ghost in the pool
For a short horror VN, the game was pretty decent. I did enjoy reading the story, which was pretty straight forward and to the point for the most part. There were some bits that I was a bit confused by even though I could probably connect the dots (
! specifically talking about the cat…). There are three different endings, which I do like the variety. I also do like the route map and that different choices did slightly change a few things (though the endings themselves do not change). The graphics were great and I loved the sounds.
– Real player with 7.5 hrs in game
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CASCHA games is a solo developer from China working on two visual novels; Ghost in The Pool (GiTP) and in-development Sunset Paradise. GiTP is a joint effort with author and comic illustrator JOEY, to bring the latter’s horror works to life in a new medium. Due to a language barrier, sadly I cannot (though I’m Chinese) read nor check out the comics. However, I was hooked into this game because the title reminded me of a widely debated mystery in my hometown.
– Real player with 4.9 hrs in game
The Darkness II
“I remember the night of my 21st birthday. That was the first time I died.”
Story
🔸The Darkness II starts with a neatly summed up “Previously” cutscene picturing the very beginning of the Darkness and how it came into existence along. A quick recap of the events of the first game narrated by Johnny Powell— One of the important roles in the Darkness’s story. This provides a nice catch up to bring those who are new to the series up to speed.
🔸You play as Jackie Estacado, head of a mob family able to kill with no remorse, while still compassionate and selfless for his friends and “family”. But that’s not what that made Jackie special. He embraced a truly dark power that had him on a tight leash, using his feelings for his deceased beloved, Jenny, to torment and force him into choosing its way. Eventually, he learned to quiet it down for a couple of years.
– Real player with 75.7 hrs in game
Darkness II is the FPS game with controversial visuals, action mechanics and story plot. Definitely not for “everyone’s tastes”. I remember playing it right after the release, and I remember that I was far from satisfied with it back then. So… I let the time wipe out part of my memory, to be able to play this game anew, to make myself a detached and detailed judgment about it. And here it goes.
_Hello, darkness, my old friend. I’ve come to talk with you again.
Because a vision softly creeping, Left its seeds while I was sleeping,_
– Real player with 27.9 hrs in game
RESEARCH and DESTROY
RESEARCH and DESTROY is a TURN-BASED ACTION GAME with local co-op. Take control of three brilliant scientists as you RESEARCH and develop strange new weapons and gadgets to DESTROY the Supernatural hordes that have all but crushed humanity!
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RESEARCH - Gain fresh insight into the Supernatural threat via battlefield vivisections, then develop radical upgrades for each weird weapon and fascinating gadget!
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DESTROY - Plan ahead, then run-and-gun in a combination of turn-based strategy and real-time shooting–every second counts!
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CO-OP - Tailor your scientists’ appearance, then drop in local co-op with friends at any time!
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CAMPAIGN - Adapt your guerrilla science tactics to manage the campaign map and seek the Supernatural source–no two playthroughs are the same!
7Days Origins
Really amazing piece of art, do not undermine it’s simple nature. This game makes you think you know whats going on, then proceeds to shatter your expectations. It takes story telling to another level, truly taking you in a journey of wits. Every single choice you make impacts your outcome, everything you think you know, is wrong. Especially on your second play through. Don’t bother restarting because you messed up your choice.
– Real player with 21.0 hrs in game
Amazing and literally all what I’ve been waiting for! For a while I never thought Buff Studio would really adapt 7Days for PC, but here we are, enjoying this amazing game on HD on Steam.
I still plan on finishing the entire game and reliving every path on the game. The new art is AMAZING and never fails to amaze me. Gosh, I really missed seeing Kirell on the original artstyle. I can’t wait to see what more new things I can find!
I really hope with 7Days on Steam, the game grow on popularity. 7Days really deserves recognition and I would be glad to welcome new fans with open arms. Thanks for creating this awesome game Buff Studio!
– Real player with 12.2 hrs in game