Gangster Empire: Vendetta
IN A WORD: MAYBE
IN SHORT:
WHAT TO EXPECT: Crime enterprise simulator. Mature themes. Low budget production. Basic graphics and audio. Simplistic, limited gameplay. Good range of random dynamic events provide core strategy depth. Minimal supplemental gameplay mechanics. Very repetitive. Clicker like tempo. Played on fixed-resolution window. No settings apart from muting audio. Singleplayer only.
ACHIEVEMENTS: NONE.
STATUS: COMPLETE. A FEW BUGS. ONE CTD.
– Real player with 13.7 hrs in game
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Overview
If anyone seeks out REXCurse for an opinion about a gang-themed game (especially a gang-themed game involving management) you know ol' Il Pallino is on the job. With no sort of backstory and a mostly casual experience, Gangster Empire: Vendetta doesn’t have anything in the way of a “vendetta” against anyone or anything. Instead, there’s just turn-based strategy gaming in which the player controls a gang with a maximum of eight people and looks to complete the game by either satisfying requirements for money or reputation. Crimes involve petty theft, violent assaults, hacking, drug dealing, long-term schemes (which can be either violent or non-violent), and good old fashioned legitimate businesses. Sometimes the player may be asked to assign gang members to complete various tasks for outside bosses who provide large amounts of money upon completion and an increase in reputation the player can either hoard in hopes of reaching their overall goal or spend on attacking a rival crime boss who occasionally schemes against the main character’s gang.
– Real player with 8.8 hrs in game
Detective Hank and the Golden Sneeze
A VN mystery solving game with four routes in the main game and 3 in the bonus. I liked the artwork mainly for its simplicity and minimal nature. This is easily a game to play when you want to play a quick game but don’t want to invest too much time in it.
My playthrough is longer since I had to take breaks in between my office work. The story is very simple and looking for clues amidst the conversation becomes easier on your second play through. However, by the time I was on route 3, it did start to become a little too repetitive - thankfully, they have the option to skip the dialogues until the next choice. Be warned though, you may potentially miss out on any different dialogues.
– Real player with 6.2 hrs in game
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This is a wonderfull visual detective novel suitable for younger gamers. The mysteries involve simple things from finding out who stole a cookie to who stole the Golden Sneeze from the museum.
Light hearted and funny mysteries that can be played through in a single evening.
I had a lot of fun playing this with my nephew and watching him solve the mysteries. Made babysitting the kid really enjoyable.
– Real player with 4.8 hrs in game
A Sceptic’s Guide to Magic
Thumbs up! I liked the story about a skeptical scientist learning to cast spells in order to solve a murder. A lot of people won’t bother with this game since it was made with RPG Maker, but I thought the gameplay was okay. You don’t have to worry about grinding up through different levels, because there is no combat. Most of the challenge is in finding ingredients for the spells. Some ingredients weren’t easy to find, but if you get stuck, there’s a walkthrough available.
The achievements are pretty straightforward. You either get them for casting spells or for getting to an ending. There are a few different endings so you have to replay the final encounter a few times to see them all. In a nice touch, the game encourages you to save right before that point, so you don’t have to replay the whole game again just to see the different endings.
– Real player with 12.6 hrs in game
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Author’s note: Every single ending was witnessed at the time the review was written for the sake of providing an informed opinion. (Every single achievement was also earned during that time as well.)
Overview
If the reader noticed this game was made by Pilgrim Adventures (the same amazing developer who brought us the Space Pilgrim Saga) then chances are the reader will be able to infer that A Sceptic’s Guide to Magic is a casual adventure game made with RPGMaker, has lots of interesting characters with detailed backstories, constant flip-flopping between adventures of a primary and secondary main character, and plenty of humor. These conclusions are not far off the mark, save for the humor being less frequent in A Sceptic’s Guide to Magic and the mood dramatically darker compared to Space Pilgrim Academy: Reunion. Set in 1993 in Birmingham, West Midlands (and not Birmingham, Alabama!) forensics investigator Lester Chapman is called to investigate a murder in an abandoned house involving a young man with evidence about that suggests witchcraft was somehow involved in the murder. After apparently hallucinating, Lester is taken off of the case and comes into contact with a young witch named “Fi” who is also interested in the murder, and the two team up with Lester reluctantly becoming a practitioner of magic, and ultimately gaining the ability to investigate the murder with methods that prove otherwise impossible without Fi’s assistance.
– Real player with 11.6 hrs in game
Hitman: Absolution™
best stealth game
– Real player with 43.5 hrs in game
In my opinion the best Hitman in the series.
– Real player with 25.4 hrs in game
MultiTaskMaster
I’m always very wary of purchasing indie games. I find they have an alluring appeal, only to disappoint an hour into the game. Multi-Task Master is one of those games with an alluring appeal that can keep those who like being constantly stimulated or with an ADD brain not only occupied, but satisfied. I absolutely love the level of simplicity mixed in with complexity – if that makes sense.
Multi-Task Master is a game where the player must balance their attention between four screens. All four screens have different activities occurring within them, and are all controlled differently from one another. I absolutely love the fact that the tasks are related. In one task, you might be robbing a bank, while trying to keep the hostages calm, while attempting to take out the suspects, while attempting to catch money falling out of the building. In another task, you might be a boxer doing different training regimes all at one time. Another scenario puts you on a factory assembly line. All the scenarios I’ve encountered so far are pretty neat, engaging, and fun. The gameplay delivery on this one is rock solid, straight forward, and original. There are a lot of different scenarios and challenges to go tackle. Each scenario becomes increasingly more difficult and quicker over time. The player is given a certain amount of lives (to make mistakes). Make one too many, and there goes your effort!
– Real player with 10.6 hrs in game
This is a great game that offers something different to the norm. It is super easy to get the hang of, but the escalating difficulty and switching screens soon make it a real brain twister! There is also humor and stories weaved into the gameplay which adds extra depth. There are a lot of levels to unlock, and each one has a different setting so you never know what you are going to get!
– Real player with 6.7 hrs in game
Detective Simulator
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Become a modern detective in a game that merges a simulation with an adventure. Retaining the absolute freedom of choice and approach to a problem known from simulator games with the narrative and story twists of an adventure.
The cases that will land on your desk vary in difficulty, scope and type. From trailing a cheating spouse to corporate espionage involving multiple suspects and different locations. While each case features a story on its own, the cases or characters are occasionally connected with each other. Solving one case the right way may open up new avenues to pursue in another case.
Each case comes with its own turns, twists and surprises as well as characters trying to help or derail your investigation.
The cases require diffident skill sets and tools. You will need to learn when to be unnoticed and when to take a problem heads-on. When to observe and when to take initiative. There are different approached to each problem or clue and how to pursue them.
It’s PI and spy gadget heaven. There is an incredible amount of gear to aid you in any situation. Tracking, spying, wiretapping, audio monitoring, cameras, hacking tools, finger printing, biometrics, you name it this game has it. Solving cases gets you paid and you can use that money to get better equipment. You can also pick up some gear while working on a case.
High-tech gadgets and surveillance gear is awesome, but sometimes low-tech might do the job just as well or maybe even better. You can use a ton of cool gadgets to get into a place or aid you with shadowing someone, but you can also use a good, old fashioned disguise and skill.
The skills of your character and your own skills play a major role in spotting clues, coming up with avenues of inquires, applying counter-surveillance techniques or simply paying attention and noticing things and behaviors. The tools and gadgets help a lot, but knowing when and how to apply them is as important.
Another important crime solving tool at your disposal is the narrative system that not only covers all situations related to the case, but also your own actions creating a highly immersive environment and aiding your gameplay should you run into problems proceeding in a case.
Final Frame
Inspired by Danganronpa and Ace Attorney series, Final Frame is a murder mystery Visual Novel set in modern Japan.An internet urban legend known as “Black Swan” has circulated in social media.The players are given a series of challenges to complete within thirteen days - each day with increasing difficulty, with the final day requiring the player to perform the most difficult task of them all - taking their very own life.One of the victims of “Black Swan” is said to be from Hitaki Academy, the very school Kurogashi Takaya has recently transferred to. The seemingly ordinary boy with an equally normal hobby of taking photos of his surroundings, save for one difference - Takaya can see his own death reflected in the photos he has taken.Will Takaya be able to escape his incoming death? Follow his story, take photographs and use them to solve murder cases!
FEATURES
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Detective, Mystery & Supernatural
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3 Cases, 2 Endings & 14 Epilogues
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Rated Teen 13+
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Mini Thief
Very fun, spent hours on it already and still keep coming back. For a $3.99 price tag this is much more than I expected. And in early access? This game is my favorite at the moment!
Please don’t listen to the bad reviews complaining about losing items, if you kept everything even after being busted what would be the point or the challenge!?!?
Sometimes I have fun trying to loot and escape with no items navigating houses while setting off multiple alarms. This game is fanastic some bugs still, more so it seems in the multiplayer. But again it’s in early access so you are warned. Right now I am up to the City Bank. A hefty amount of levels for early access, I would be content if this was the cap. But I know we’ll probably see more. Already well worth the money!!
– Real player with 12.3 hrs in game
In this game you will assume the role of a thief that is behind on his rent and resorts to doing what he does best; whilst doing this you will be able to purchase equipment to help advance with each level but be warned that if you get caught, you could lose all of your equipment.
I had a great deal of fun with this game and whilst it might not be a long game, one level in particular had me stuck for at least a couple of hours. There are a total of 12 stages that need to be completed 3 times each in order to progress to the next stage. As you can imagine the final round of each stage is the hardest and my prediction is that stage 11 round 3 (The one that took me the most time) will most likely be the one that determines if you will finish the game or not.
– Real player with 9.4 hrs in game
🧠 OUT OF THE BOX
It really is a shame that this game doesn’t seem to be getting much attention. I think it is quite a hidden gem.
I really like the art style. All the character sprites just ooze personality. The only thing that bothers me a bit is that the idle animations in some cutscenes look a bit exaggerated, with some characters constantly headbanging for no reason. Less animation would have been more here. But I am willing to overlook that minor flaw because I just enjoy the style so much. Also, don’t let the cutesy look fool you. There are some really brutal scenes in this game.
– Real player with 12.1 hrs in game
It’s a good game where you play a bouncer hired by your maffia boss after being released from prison and no one else will give you a job, while all the while trying to stay on the straight and narrow and keep your bills paid. You have to check people coming into the night club for simple stuff to start with (dress code, ID, correct tickets, not under age, not drunk etc) but as things go along, you start getting extra requests and criteria to meet.
There’s a basic storyline. It doesn’t have many ways it can significantly branch from the linear storyline (so far the majority I tried don’t make a lot of difference or cause you to hit dead ends (sometimes literally.) So unless you enjoy the ticket checking side of things, replayability is limited. Checking tickets is fun and challenging for the first round, but does have threshold where it starts to lose its shine. (I kind of wish it was mixed up a bit with more variation.)
– Real player with 12.0 hrs in game
The Flower Collectors
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Is this game a masterpiece? Nope, it is a little detective story about a political (?) murder in Spain after Franco’s death.
A grumpy ex-policeman, bound to a wheelchair after an accident, spends his time rolling around in his little flat (2 rooms, balcony), smoking, watching the neighbours with his binoculars, drawing little pictures, taking pills against his pain… but mostly sleeping and being bored. This flat is his world, and this is where the game takes place. Suddenly a gunshot in the night, and a dead corpse in the middle of the plaza under his flat. A young, terrified girl knocks on the door, breaking into his little world. And so the story begins…
– Real player with 16.8 hrs in game
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Approximate amount of time to 100%: 4h+
Estimated achievement difficulty: 3/10
Minimum number of playthroughs needed: 1, but you might end up with at least one more
Has it been in a bundle: No
Is there a good guide available: Not yet. I tried to write one, but it isn’t easy for this game. I hope somebody else will be able to make a good guide.
– Real player with 10.0 hrs in game