Combat Chess
I cant believe this is even on steam. This is an old game i played when i was like 9 years old. I am so happy i found it and for 5 bucks on steam.
Its just a really fun animated chess :) Good for nostalgia.
– Real player with 0.4 hrs in game
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A knock-off of Battle Chess for all intents and purposes. Cheaper, though. Worth a try.
– Real player with 0.1 hrs in game
Demonblood
This is a game where you fight a large number of different demons and other creatures. You can play singleplayer or with your friends. Also there is a little story which you can explore. You can use up to 200 items in this game consisting of around 100 weapons.
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Lunacid
Lunacid is a first person dungeon crawler inspired by old FROMSOFT games like Shadow Tower and King’s Field.
Long ago a great beast arose from the sea and covered the earth in a poison fog. Now those deemed undesirable are thrown into a great well, which has become a pit of chaos and disease. You awaken in a moonlit subterranean world, having been thrown into the Great Well for crimes unknown. The only way out is to go further down and confront the sleeping old one below. On the way there will be many creatures and secrets to discover.
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Goldenjar Fall
Can’t wait to see this game in finished form. The early access dazzled me with amazing level design, the enemies look great and the boss fight at the end was really fun and challenging. Can’t wait to see what comes next.
– Real player with 1.6 hrs in game
A fast paced hack and slash with beautiful levels and a creepy atmosphere that left me wanting more. Will look forward to full release!
– Real player with 1.3 hrs in game
Axilon: Legend of Artifacts - Prologue
Ok, so after playing through this three times i think some words can be said.
At first do not expect a game in an early state. It feels more like a Techdemo with a rough concept and if you judge it with this fact in mind, you get something quite enjoyable for a half an hour.
Overall you have three levels, each different with setting and the graphic is quite nice.
The combat system can be frustrating cause it feels clonky, same with the overall movement but if you can get behind the flaws and check how to avoid damage (the shield depressed me, just step back and attack after enemys swingy swings) it is ok and playable.
– Real player with 6.7 hrs in game
Buckle up it’s going to be long review.
First of I have been following this developer group - AzDimension for a while and right of the gate I wanna say - guys focus on one game, your team is small already and it shows in quality of games.
Now for the Axilon. I played game in English and Azerbaijani versions.
Positives
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Actually nice for what is essentially basic demo MVP (Minimum Viable Product)
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Graphics are pretty looking but cave seems huge downgrade except for rocks inside
– Real player with 1.4 hrs in game
Battal Gazi: Stone of Yada
The Stone of Yada which gives enormous power to its possessors has broken into four pieces. Kill every enemy in front of you, capture Yada Guards, and bring these pieces together one by one to obtain that power.
Epic Boss Fights
To bring Stone of Yada together, you should kill the bosses who possess the pieces of it. Every piece you captured brings new skills to you.
Different Combat Styles
You can build your character the way you want by using the experience points you gained by killing enemies. Fight as fast as samurai or hit as strong as a knight, the choice is yours.
Exploration
Explore every corner of the map to find secret items like hidden armors giving unique bonuses. Every armor has cons and pros letting you build your character the way you want.
Burn The Witch
Something about this concept appealed to me, and I took a gamble despite not really liking PvP games.
This is launch day, and there’s a lack of immediate players. I feel like Burn the Witch has been priced out of impulse buy range, and especially out of “buy a copy for a friend” range which would have benefited it hugely.
After a while I found a lobby with two other players, and it was a fun ten minute diversion. I’m not sure if the sense of paranoia causes people to just attack on sight, or if they just didn’t understand the objective. The game doesn’t seem to work well with small groups, since killing at random is a 50/50 chance of a win anyway.
– Real player with 0.6 hrs in game
DR4X
The Game
DR4X is a fast paced dark fantasy turn based strategy game with horror elements In a world with many…dimensions to uncover!
The game has simple, fun, fast paced, dynamic gameplay where each type of faction uses different resources and completely unique playstyles.
Play in an evolving world, filling up with horrors and monsters if you don’t try to stop their spread, unique events and so on.
It also has a very reactive world map and an in depth skirmish creator. With multiple possible win conditions to choose from based on your skirmish choices.
Research powerful stacking technologies to dominate your enemies, or let the other factions and even the nearby gremlin horde learn how to cause more trouble for you with their own technologies.
Do you want to fight other empires? Or perhaps just defeat the monsters infesting the realm. Or maybe even be the monsters infesting the realm! It is your choice!
Dwarves: build and survive
of course, the game is still raw and there is little content, but I will be happy to wait for updates and new content
– Real player with 0.9 hrs in game
King Arthur: Knight’s Tale
What can I say. As far as EA go (I have played extensively BG3 164.4 hrs, and Solasta 64hrs EA), that this is well worth the money for what it gives you as a taster. 77,4 hours played? Sure feels a hell of a load more than that.
The rolling cinematic is amazing, gripping and you want to skip past it just to get to starting the game, but it’s so freaking amazing. When can they make a movie out of it? Hah
The story is Mordred (you) went on a rampage across Avalon destroying and corrupting everything he could, raising a huge evil army and eventually coming face to face with the legend that is King Arthur. After an epic battle, Arthur manages to lance you in one, but being the badass Mordred is, he pulls himself across the lance in order to deal a killing blow to Arthur. Game over for the both.
– Real player with 129.7 hrs in game
In general, fun game, if a little slight atmo. Assuming it gets discounted from the price of the full game when it comes out, £27 is a little steep but not too bad for what you get. I ended up playing 24 hours to complete the game (with crashes and restarts cos I couldn’t pause & save).
PROS:
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There’s just enough tactical nuance in the fights to keep it interesting.
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Skill tree is nice - an interesting set of options and a clever way of setting them out.
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Rune system as weapon/armour upgrades is also nice. I like the way that you often have to do trade-offs (eg. do I accept less overall damage to get +2 Bleed, which will stack with Mordred’s Bleed skill).
– Real player with 24.0 hrs in game