Hide and Shriek
Let me dispel some common criticisms:
-Nobody plays this game anymore
This is a halloween-themed game, so yes, for those of you complaining in June that nobody plays this game, jump in around October and you’ll get plenty of games in.
-No updates
Fuck off, this game was perfect the first time and does not need “updates”, this isn’t League of Legends
-Only one map
See above. Also, this was meant to be picked up one time a year. One map is plenty. I have a feeling the people who complain about there only being one map are the same people who only play Final Destination on Smash.
– Real player with 74.7 hrs in game
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tl;dr version: Is this the kind of game you’ll play for ages and have ranked tournaments with months from now? No. Is it $5 worth of Halloween entertainment for the next month or so? Absolutely!
Hide and Shriek is a very well balanced 1v1 scarematch game where you have to either outscore or outscare (or ideally both) your opponent. The fact that resources are randomly distributed - even the runes you use to craft spells are randomly chosen at the start of the match - means that there’s no one preferred location or ideal loadout you can use. Having to continually scramble about looking for resources and never quite having the right spell components in place keeps it from being too comfortable at any point. (It is admittedly true that sometimes the RNG blesses you with abundant resources of exactly the right kind for your strategy but you can never count on this being true.)
– Real player with 16.5 hrs in game
The Amazing T.K’s Suburban Nightmares
The Amazing T.k’s Suburban Nightmares
Inspired by the horror/slasher pop culture from the 80’s, this multiplayer survival horror pits players against each other in suburban landscapes. Other players aren’t the only danger. A serial killer and plenty of copycat psycopaths that he’s inspired are still terrorizing victims. Players collect the souls of the enemies they kill or find; the person with the most at the end of the match wins. Each map accommodates four players locally and have AI characters with unique weapons and statistics.
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Curious Cases
My friend and I completed this together, both in VR. The graphics are good, the environments are well-designed, and the puzzles are interesting and mostly fair. We encountered a handful of bugs, but nothing game-breaking. Occasionally one of us would pick up an item and it would appear in the other’s hand. Once, we entered a correct code, got the “success” noise, but the door wouldn’t open. Luckily, we were able to reach inside and remove the items through the door anyway.
We were stuck for a long time in the first room on a puzzle that requires a numeric code. We’d just played this developer’s Tales of Escape, which is very similar. In that game, every lock requires exactly 4 digits. It wasn’t until we relented and got a hint that we realized this one needed 5 digits. Also, the code in the hint had two digits transposed.
– Real player with 4.0 hrs in game
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I would say this is a great escape room-like puzzle game with friends, it might be tedious or annoying by yourself.
It’s got some rather interesting puzzles/riddles, and it’s well worth it’s price for what it offers, so I’d recommend it.
As for a VR experience, it’s mediocre at best, but works. That’s my summary of the review, if you want to read a bit more, see below.
One gripe I would have would be the sync between players in your game. You could’ve thrown an object across the room, yet the other player sees you drop it, the other player picks it up, then drops it normally and it falls through the ground for both players, requiring you to reset items. Or, items just wouldn’t be there for one or both of the players, causing you to reset items. You will be doing this often.
– Real player with 3.1 hrs in game
UFO : Brawlers from Beyond
Nice game to play with friends!!!
– Real player with 46.4 hrs in game
At first I wasn’t sure but once I started playing this game it was hard to put down. Definitely one to play with friends. It’s hilarious, technical, and lends itself to a lot of variety so very replayable. If you like Alien, co-op or vs fighting, and you have a good sense of humor, consider picking this game up.
– Real player with 6.5 hrs in game
M.A.R.S.
Those that have played ZMR/Hazard ops before already know what they are getting into,its the same game,just a diffrent version that we havent seen in NA/EU before. The game is old,released first time around 2009 or so,a jankier smaller budget gears of wars. Cover mechanics,perfect reloads,fire from cover,all that jazz.
Dont expect any story from this game,its more of an old school arcade 3rd person shooter,and it can be fun in short bursts when it comes to gameplay itself. You choose a map in a lobby and shoot stuff. Several game modes that come down to 2 types in the end,small mini stories called Ops,and wave based survival.
– Real player with 554.8 hrs in game
Well I’ve been putting off writing a review but every time I come and look, I see that a negative review (from a guy who I see playing all the time) is the one getting all the attention.
It’s ZMR, Hazard Ops, Black Fire, whatever the hell else it’s been called.
BUT
You need to treat it like its a new game, because unlike the previous iterations there is many more systems added like the crafting, and maps dropping materials, and a whole lot of things that are on the way.
This game has one of the most dedicated playerbases ever, there have been people playing for years and years. But there’s a few players you’ll see every day who got burnt from previous versions being shut down, they’ll tell you the game will die soon and it’s pay to win and a whole lot of other things (while playing the game themselves).
– Real player with 503.8 hrs in game
Fly Destroyer
This is the first game that I have ever been #1 in the leaderboards and it only took me 29 minutes. Unfortunately, the game is not fun. It is even a game? You basically swat flies. You start the first 10 rounds with your hands. I found it was more fun to make a fist and pound the flies. Problem? Yeah, no bug juice. No physics. Flies end up with a quick death pose in the air. No fly crushed on the table. No juices flowing. Nothing. The bugs just lay there for the most part. How do you miss? Seriously, they just fall there and then stay there.
– Real player with 0.5 hrs in game
i stared at a wall for an hour, yet it was more interesting than the half an hour i played this game for.
– Real player with 0.5 hrs in game
Contagion
Contagion is a zombie game with a good portion of realism. It uses the source engine and allow us players to create custom maps which I love it so much.
Gamemodes
There are many game modes out there but no tutorial so you are better off by watching the trailer first to get to know about the gamemodes before you get confused will all the new features. For example if you had enough with coop, you can play against other players in a level filled with the walking dead.
Main features
– Real player with 1459.5 hrs in game
Short version:
Pros:
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Great maps with classic zombie locations
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Challenging gameplay
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Great fun with friends
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Rewards planning and coordination
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Resource management
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Still updated
Cons:
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Character models
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Voice acting
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Some modes are boring
“Long” version:
Contagion is a first-person zombie game where you play as a vast number of survivors and must complete objectives throughout a myriad of great maps in order to get to safety. It has been developed and published by Monochrome, Inc.
– Real player with 115.5 hrs in game
Dead Simple 21
I didn’t go in expecting much but this is a real gem. Variation on 21 with special cards, play modes, timer, interactive elements. Awesome solitaire or for challenging your mates. Highly addictive.
If you love your card games or need a fun way to kill idle time (on planes, trains, in bed, etc.), check out Dead Simple 21. It’s addictive. I’m challenging anyone that walks past to have a go at beating my high score. And I learned a new card game!
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– Real player with 1.6 hrs in game
Dead Simple 21 is a blackjack inspired game where you draw cards from a deck and place them into one of four columns trying to hit 21. This game is a fun casual game to play. It features a fantastic art style and theme. This was fun to play, and I recommend giving it a try.
– Real player with 0.8 hrs in game
My Night Job
Cartoon-styled side-scrolling beat’em up game with surprisingly complex and challenging mechanic.
Basically, you’re dropped just outside of some big mansion, filled with respawning monsters and “civilians”, as well as some items you can use as weapons - from umbrellas and chairs to gas baloons and everyone’s favourite - the Chainsaw!
In short, you beat monsters, gather people and led them to rescue (helipads on the edges of the mansion). For each rescue you collect some goodness, like healthkits, guns with ammo etc. After you rescue 100 people, your main goal changing to blow up the mansion, by settling some C4 in the basement. Meanwhile, as you running back and forth through the area, the monsters are growing their numbers, and if they reach some trigger point, they starting to tear the mansion apart - yeah, before you’ll be able to save everyone and leave the place.
– Real player with 10.3 hrs in game
If you think I missed something in my review feel free to tell me
My Night Job
My Night Job is a tribute to the classics of horror and is a nice paying occupation if you somehow live through the job. I will add a TL;DR at the end.
Gameplay
My Night Job is fairly simple as your goal is to save 100 survivors from an abandoned mansion as you are also trying to make sure you do not die and hope that the mansion is not destroyed by its monstrous guests. Do this by using various environmental objects to kill the monsters. This is not an easy game by far and there are tributes to classics all around the mansion. The tributes include the different areas of the mansion and six special survivors you can recuse which give you certain bonuses. An example of one of these is the girl from the ring which you can rescue through one of the televisions within the residence.
– Real player with 10.3 hrs in game
Soccertron
Soccertron is a competitive sports game in which you either play vs. bots or play against (or with) up to 3 other players (locally).
There are 5 different types of rounds (game modes) which have some similarities with real sporst like; Basketball, Volleyball and football (No, I won’t call it ‘soccer’!).
The gameplay is fun and works nicely but a controller is highly recommended.
The main problem with the game is that it’s very minimalistic. There simply isn’t anything to keep you entertained in the long run.
– Real player with 12.1 hrs in game
This seemingly primitive multiplayer entertainment managed to surprise me - it turned out to be a cute singleplayer fun as well! If you remember DOS times you might recall the game ‘Arcade Volleyball’ (1987) which was very popular as a casual time killer. ‘Soccertron’ is obviously a creative developement of that idea - several ‘sports’ added along with modern physics engine and neon graphics. Bots are smart and persistent, tricky situations arise every second and after you get used to character motion (much more sophistiicated than predecessor’s) and controls the emotions flow like a river!
– Real player with 12.1 hrs in game