Helheim Hassle
Hello, new hyperfixation! You are just what I needed to get through everything else, my ray of light in this time of darkness!
That might sound overdramatic, but in all seriousness this game is excellent. To be honest I was a bit worried that the world of Manual Samuel might have been ditched, so finding out that this takes place in the same universe was a relief! I’d been pretty attached to MS’s characters back when I was into it, and it would seem that Helheim Hassle is continuing Perfectly Paranormal’s trend of introducing characters you can really feel for!
– Real player with 338.5 hrs in game
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Honestly, I too would want to escape Valhalla if I was forced to be on an Esports team.
The creators of Manuel Samuel is back with another game! And just with how Manuel Samuel was a unique adventure will humor surrounding Samuel’s unfortunate situation, so is Helheim Hassle. And fun fact, Helheim Hassle and Manuel Samuel takes place in the same universe and even on the same day.
Helheim Hassle brings us to a young teenage Viking named Bjorn Hammerparty who isn’t like his Viking brethren. Unlike everyone else, he is a pacifist. He doesn’t want to go out fighting so he makes sure he doesn’t get into a situation where he has to and he sure doesn’t want to go to Valhalla. However, during a battle that is sure to wipe out his whole village, Bjorn gets into a fatal accident while he was running to his hideout. The sketchy bridge he was crossing may have made him fall straight onto a bear. Once Bjorn comes to, he’s a ghost and his body is limbless. Before moving on, Bjorn attaches his limbs back on his body and talks to Modgunn to be granted passage into Helheim. However, his cowardly fall to his death was counted as him heroically killing a bear without a weapon and is brought into Valhalla by the Allfather.
– Real player with 36.2 hrs in game
SHUT IN
Really captures the feeling of depression without being too… for lack of a better word, depressing? The game is still funny and doesn’t take itself too seriously. Somehow it’s very entertaining to be told how you’re an idiot and you’ve died horribly.
But then there’s also a really creepy atmosphere, very nice sound design, a solid sense of dread, and some very satisfying puzzles.
Really enjoyable, and I feel very smug for finding the secret ending!
Still not got that rocket launcher though…
– Real player with 11.7 hrs in game
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I had so much fun with this game. Which is a weird thing to say considering it spent a lot of time all-too-accurately evoking the scathing self-deprecation and casual self-sabotage that comes with depression. Did it make me think about the times real-life-me had not wanted to get out of bed, and said mean things to the reflection in the mirror? Yes. Did it let me wave a spatula off a staircase and caress a questionable pile of black goo? Also yes.
Sometimes — especially in 2020 — there’s not much to do about the pitfalls of depression except to laugh and keep going. This game knows that, and in a rather tongue-in-cheek way, nudges us to remember. It’s a fun, satisfying little puzzle that rewards trial and error, persistence, and (if you’re going for the secret ending) the occasional madcap experiment. But most importantly, it tells us: Don’t worry. Try again tomorrow.
– Real player with 4.8 hrs in game
The Hustle
The Hustle is an open-world board game where you can go anywhere - anywhere - to build your fortune from the bottom up.
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Go Left, Go Right, Do Whatever - winners don’t respect board game conventions. Winners cut through the middle of the board and tell Candyland to shove it.
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Meddle with Forces Beyond Your Ken - Every round, players vote to change one rule about the game. Adjust your strategy to succeed, or get left in the dust!
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Don’t call it “Bribery!" - That’s the invisible hand of the free market shoving $100 into your jeans.
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Ruin Real-Life Friendships - Cut the dead weight from your social group in classic board-game style!
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Build a Legacy - Will you be remembered a Miser? A Titan of Industry? A Peasant? Every smart move is another scene in your Oscar-winning biopic, and every dumb move is another shovelful of dirt in your stupid, stupid, anonymous grave.
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Savior of Light
I definitely am hooked! The Story is beautiful. I love turn-based RPG games, so it fits quite the criteria. Savior of Light reminds me much of the old Final Fantasy and Legend of Zelda games. The music used for the game is also top tier!
– Real player with 24.6 hrs in game
It’s very reminiscent of the first Final Fantasy game to me, which is pretty nostalgic.
Considering this is a free demo experience serving as a prologue to the entire story there is quite a bit of content to enjoy.
Savior of Light has that classic FF style of gameplay and combat mechanics.
Balanced throughout the story line to pose a challenge without requiring too much grinding.
Story, characters and the world are fun to explore. And the music might be actually my favourite part. I can’t wait for this to continue. ^^
– Real player with 15.9 hrs in game
Zenith
REVISED AFTER FINISHING GAME
In my original review where I had only played a few hours, I mainly focused the problem with the combat system. I want to give a more complete review of the game after completing it with all achievements.
Initially, combat primarily involves using ranged attacks and depending upon mana regeneration, where the primarily healing is through potions that have long cooldowns. Melee combat requires precise timing to avoid taking damage until you have more advanced weapons and artifacts. However, once you get further into the game and get better armor, combat is less problematic. There are a few challenging bits in the game, but overall the game becomes easier the more you play. By the end you are able to do effective combos of various moves using different weapons and abilities that make it so you don’t take any damage if you are careful.
– Real player with 19.8 hrs in game
Surprisingly, I didn’t just enjoy the game. I loved it and wish I could play more.
First off, Zenith isn’t exactly an action RPG, but a light hack’n’slash. You can engage in close combat or, if your manna allows, magically attack from a distance. There’s no real level up system, you can just equip better armour and weapons, which in turn boost your stamina, manna, attack and defense. Sarcasm remains unchanged and always at 999! :D There is a kind of a skill tree, where you can boost various aspects. Fortunately you don’t need to make hard decisions, by the end of the game you’ll have all the points to be fully upgraded.
– Real player with 15.3 hrs in game
Pull Stay
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Old-school Beat ‘em up brawler as the core mechanic. You can learn a new move by smacking each enemy type accordingly.
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Silly and funny Traps: Baked fish missile, Toothpaste turret, Watermelon bazooka… and much more! Over 15 types of gadgets are ready to be unlocked by you!
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Break neighbors’ houses to collect resources. Use them to set traps or build a new room.
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You can have Susumu make power-up items for you. But be careful! When he’s goofing off, give him some loving punishment.
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Young jobless guy who is avoiding social interactions and shutting himself inside his room all day.
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In Japan, people like him are called Hikikomori(shut-in), which has become a big social problem.
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Enemies are trying to reach out to Susumu because they are worried about him, or want to mock him, or just to see him in the wild…
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When enemies reach Susumu, the game is over. I cannot explain what exactly will happen there, but I can relate to Susumu so badly because I’m also a Hikikomori. I’m making this game solo just trying to reflect my own situation with this game…
Big NEON Tower VS Tiny Square
I love the arcade aesthetic of this game, and its very much like the original on coolmathgames.com, the only problem is, when i close the app it doesn’t register as closed and i have to shut down steam if i want to play it again. edit: the bug i mentioned is fixed
– Real player with 81.2 hrs in game
Challenging but fun platformer game. Sooooo relieved there are checkpoints throughout to save my progress! Never thought being laughed at by Security boxes could feel so…personal haha :(. Love the neon theme and music, feels like the 80s.
– Real player with 11.7 hrs in game
Healing Spree
之前我是万万没想到没想到警察和劫匪打架，死了一地的医生
– Real player with 9.5 hrs in game
Very good game so far, we already enjoy it with my gf. Control is pretty ok, we have some small issues with targeting the items but ok nothing serious. We already finished first chapter, all good, great game so far, a little hard too. But pretty good. will do a review when we finished all the chapters :-D nice game ;-)
– Real player with 8.1 hrs in game
Manual Samuel - Anniversary Edition
I would like to recommend this game, really, but the final act totally ruins the experience, bringing everything to a grinding halt for what is otherwise a humor and story driven game.
It’s got fair-to-ok humor, lots of jokes that reminded me of the old Diskworld games, especially with the narrator interactions. However the humor is clearly targeting men, as the jokes are mostly physical humor, denigration and toilet laughs. Samuel literally pisses all over himself, and repeatedly vomits as a function of the game, which often comes across as lazy humor.
– Real player with 11.9 hrs in game
What is Manual Samuel ?
For a game that started pretty well with a funny sense of humor and a nice personality, its a huge shame it felt so hard on its face, Manual Samuel presents itself as a overconfident indie game but everything is just so pretentious and kinda mediocre towards the end, in fact after the initial moments the game started losing momentum, for a game that presented itself as something refreshing and well-done early to become something so boring and uninsteresting so fast was a huge shame, lets talk about why below.
– Real player with 10.0 hrs in game
Psycho Bathroom
This is a 2D hack-and-slash action game where you assume the role of a ninja-like toothbrush. In the bathroom you reside in, the toilet lid is broken, causing plumes of aerosol to shoot up in the air whenever the toilet is flushed. All sort of might-be-infectious matters floats among them, threatening everything in the bathroom. You, as a toothbrush, must exercise your agility to avoid hit and at the same time annihilate the threat.
Be a hygienic toothbrush to keep your master clean. In turn, your healthy master will work hard to earn money for you to level up and unlock new abilities. Remember not to spend all the money on your own stuff. Your ultimate mission is to buy a new toilet lid to stop the chaos once and for all.
Game Features
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Tight control allows you to move around and strike swiftly.
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Enemies and bosses with different ai movements and attack patterns. Observe, plan, dodge and attack accordingly.
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See the consequences you cause to your master after every battle. Feel bad, happy or indifferent, your choice.
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Buy equipment. Improve your stats!
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Unlock new abilities. e.g. dash, double jump and special chain attack(coming soon).
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Unlimited levels with increasing difficulty.
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Dumbfounding ending cutscene. Work your way up to see it.
