Aeon’s End
If you want to try out Aeons End, or really prefer to play games digitally, it’s pretty good but brief. If you have all the physical base sets, expansions, and so forth, I don’t think you’ll be getting rid of them anytime soon for this (unlike, say, how Sentinels of the Multiverse is so good on digital that I’ll never play the physical edition again).
I won’t comment on game play and such, but there’s a decent tutorial that goes over most concepts (while letting players discover the synergies of the game themselves). There’s also currently no multiplayer for those who demand it (I suspect it’s in the works though), nor AI players either; one player controls all the mages' actions (although you could potentially do “pass and play” gaming). It’s a non-issue to me, but a determining factor for others.
– Real player with 86.2 hrs in game
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My Biases: I backed this on kickstarter not because I have played the physical game but because I really like the developer and the game seemed to be very fun if their streams were any indication. I really enjoy the game from what I have done so far.
Aeon’s end is a cooperative deck builder game where up to 4 mages try to beat back monsters that seek to destroy humanity. The game is an uphill battle but certainly winnable. There are many ways to approach the battles and lots of variability depending on the mages and supply cards you use.
– Real player with 70.1 hrs in game
Dead Hearts
You can listen to OST on Gamejolt page!
In Dead Hearts you play the role of Zero, Nekojin living in a village in the mountains. One night the village is invaded by elite knights of the neighboring empire, Araynia. You, your sister and childhood friend, are the only ones to emerge from this event. After a successful escape, you are forced to survive in the wilderness and wander for a long time to a prosperous city to join the gendarmerie and take revenge.
Dead Hearts is an RPG with dynamic action, battles happen in real time with a view from above. Earn levels, items, silver, companions, new skills and better equipment to face increasingly powerful opponents. There are many different quests in the game to move the story forward… or to help a settler from the surrounding village with his problem of rats. The game has several endings, and some romance with some of the characters, as well as the dynamic character of the main character, which changes depending on the choices made or events in the game world.
The continent on which the action takes place was divided into 2 parts: Western and Eastern.
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The western part is mainly desert, and is mostly inhabited by elves.
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The eastern part is more diverse, both in nature and in the races living there.
In the west there are nations:
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Theocracy of Elfrand
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Dishan Empire
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Satsuran Kingdom
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United Commonwealth of Continental Nations
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Chetiak
In the east there are nations:
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Principality of Ywjilthar
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Araynia Empire
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Chetian Federation
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Vrignian Monarchy
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Polonian Republic
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Abria
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Wiederescian Republic
In the game world there are four, uncovered, humanoid races:
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Humans
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Elves
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Nekojin
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Angels
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The Grim Ending
Excellent story and setting, definitely a must for point and click adventurers!
– Real player with 5.8 hrs in game
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really like the mood of it. i love that small studios like you guys make games like that. keep it up and cant wait for more to come!
btw the music when you pull out the scythe made my day lol.
– Real player with 2.3 hrs in game
BloodType
BloodType is a “Type’em Up,” word-based, wave survival game. You must form words from randomly generated word scrambles to defeat your opponents. Test your vocabulary knowledge through 30 different stages all while under the pressure of advancing enemies.
Night in Riverager
The developer mentions that there are some mild fantasy violence and also includes topics such as murder and torture; there is none of that in the game.
It’s also rather short, about 10-12 minutes where you talk to your mom and then you leave to fetch her some medicine since she has some sort of illness. When you leave your home, you venture northward to access a bridge to go to your uncle’s home.
You don’t make it. It ends, to me, abruptly. I don’t mind it being short, but I would like to have a bit more closure. At least let me get the medicine…
– Real player with 2.1 hrs in game
DISCLAIMER: This is a full review, and NOT a first impressions review
Night in Riverager is a game developed by Two Star Games and published by V Publishing
The game offers some nice graphics and a really beautiful aesthetic, although some ugly glitches here and there, it is pleasant all the same
The game does suffer with some repetitiveness at certain areas of the game but a fun game nonetheless
Night in Riverager overall, however, is a fun game to play, yet sometimes repetitive and it does get boring if being played for a long time, but is a really good horror game to play in short bursts!
– Real player with 1.0 hrs in game
Fleshport
Absolutely amazing game! I loved every second of it. The game play is smooth and fun, and the characters as well as the story are very beautifully written. I highly recommend giving this game a try!
– Real player with 19.7 hrs in game
Finishing Fleshport took me about 9 hours, but I’m very slow and check every detail twice. This game had me hooked from beginning to end. Even with the small RPG Maker window size, I had the feeling that I was traversing through some supernatural landscape with its own people and customs. The characters are both unsettling and charming.
The design in some parts of the game are confusing, with doors that are hard to notice and details that are easy to miss. There was one puzzle in particular I could only figure out after interacting with every object and smooshing my face against every wall. There are also some bugs, especially with the chase mechanics, but nothing game-breaking. I fully recommend this weird, weird game.
– Real player with 13.9 hrs in game
SELINI
SELINI is an emotional 3D single player adventure full of colors, sounds and dreams, played in a side scrolling fashion.
PUZZLES
Time management, memory challenges, observation, resources management and gravity mastering are some of the skills needed to proceed with the story.
Other than that, You can always:
-Collect crystals to unlock doors
-Collect energy for your space-home
-Push and drag objects to access new areas
-Use levers to control abandoned machinery
-Manipulate gravity
-Transform the world
NOSTALGIA
Composed in a retro-futuristic setting, the discrete but penetrating music plays an enormous role for the cocktails of emotions that each area has to offer.
An old radio that plays a forgotten tune of a distant time, or a VHS tape that reveals a hint if the protagonist’s obscure past.
MADE IN GREECE
Search for collectible items in white houses with blue windows or drive an old fishing boat on calm waters, from one fallen little port to another.
SELINI is a game being developed in Greece and inspired by Greece.
My Beautiful Paper Smile
My Beautiful Paper Smile is so simple and yet so good. The controls are quite simple, but this does not make the game any easier. You need to put quite a good effort to pass all the challenges and try several times to be successful.
I really enjoyed the fact you have to collect some tokens during the game to have a bit more of content to the story, but also that it is not mandatory to find them to continue playing the game. This is something that actually makes me want to play again and again so I can collect them all
! , especially the incredibly well-hidden tokens.
– Real player with 10.8 hrs in game
My Beautiful Paper Smile is such an amazing game.
I love the story line and character models, as well as the gameplay mechanics. Needing light in darkness isn’t new, but calling light “life” and making the darkness itself envelop you is a really nice twist on things. Makes it new again.
The secrets are so rewarding, and they reveal about what actually goes on in the facility. The Sleeping, Smiling, and Puppet rooms are (without spilling the beans), without a doubt, some of my favorite portions of the game. They speak so loudly about what they do as soon as you see them. Some of them are long, letting you soak the message in, while others are short. It only shows you a couple seconds, but the message is so blunt you don’t need any more time to observe it to get it.
– Real player with 7.3 hrs in game
Oroborus: Planes Of The Dead
Planes Of The Dead is a different take on the ARPG genre.
More information will be revealed as the game progresses!
Note
This game is still very early in development! At the moment I am a solo developer and working on this game is a long term project. You can follow the game’s progress in my devlogs
/DrHippo
The Insignia Project
A very good indie Horror game. Go try it!
– Real player with 10.3 hrs in game
Bro… Just Play It. You know you want to…. It’s fun. It’s Scary.
– Real player with 6.8 hrs in game