AshenForest
I adore this game on a variety of levels– from the fast-paced combat to the more methodical RPG-like elements.
With that being said the default controls for gamepads on PC (both Nintendo Pro & XB1) just feel unnatural, and from what I could fing there isn’t a way to remap them in-game. This would be a wonderful improvement to an already wonderful game.
– Real player with 36.6 hrs in game
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A boss rush rogue-lite that has 3 playable characters and a decent amount of replay value. However, the game also features randomised map exploration that may include regular enemies, shops and special events. I managed to finish the easy difficulty within 30 minutes, although I think there are 3 different final bosses. It may not sound like the game has a lot of content, but you have to consider that higher difficulty may require more upgrades before you can tackle it, plus you can replay with different characters. When you die you might earn some points that could be spent on the skill tree with 3 pages.
– Real player with 12.2 hrs in game
Death’s Gambit: Afterlife
The Afterlife expansion has revived this game from mediocre into an amazing experience, and I still cant believe its all for FREE for previous owners of the original:
-The gameplay is smoother
-Build/weapon diversity is wider
-World is larger and features much more exploration and secrets
-Fantastic Musical score
-Old boss revamps and balancing was very welcome, and the all new ones were great too (except for one, screw that bird boi)
-The new endings make the end feel much better than before.
If you’re a fan of metroidvania’s, this one now stands up there with the best ones such as blasphemous and hollow knight. Check it out!
– Real player with 52.2 hrs in game
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I think playing this game 3 times for me is enough. I wanted to see all the endings - I did, I wanted to visit whole map - I did. I wanted to kill all he bosses in heroic mode - well not really, but even if I’m achievements hunter I knew I won’t “kill the game” in speed run without dying so I won’t have 100% here anyway haha. Why I’m writing this like that? Well, I didn’t think I will actually finish this game multiple times, but because you start new game as a NG+ killing bosses again is faster with already upgraded stats and eq so game itself is later faster. Story was very interesting, voice acting on very high level (Hi Matthew Mercer :D ), music is really beautiful and I have weakness for pixel art so of course I love that one too. Game really worth playing!
– Real player with 51.9 hrs in game
Leaper
Classic 2d arcade. Leapen is short and easy game with pixel graphics and 8bit music. There are 8 levels that are almost the same. This game trains your reaction, but there are other games that do it better.
– Real player with 1.6 hrs in game
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A cool game to pass the time. I remembered Geometry dash in terms of the fact that only jumps can be controlled. The game is made in a pixel style, you need to collect all the apples for the door to the next level to appear. There are even very amusing levels in which you need to catch good timing. Quite good
– Real player with 1.5 hrs in game
Blood Moon: The Last Stand
This is a simple but difficult hybrid clicker / wave fighter game. What you see on the store page is essentially what you get. You can move left and right and you click to attack your opponents. If they are within melee range you will attack them with a slash, otherwise you will shoot them. You don’t have to worry about reloading, but you do have to decide who to attack first and which direction to be facing; because you can only attack in the direction you are facing. You have three hits and have a special bar that goes up as you defeat enemies. With that special bar you can choose to heal one health or do massive damage on one enemy. Enemies will come at you from multiple directions and sometimes you have to throw up a shield to avoid damage from a projectile.
– Real player with 1.8 hrs in game
Vzerthos: The Heir of Thunder
This is one of those games you start and are a bit apprehensive about. It’s not a AAA, or a indie studio with 10 veterans, but rather 1 or 2 guys who have made a really nice, diamond in the rough.
Are there bugs, I’ve run across 2 map out-of-bound issues, that I reported and the dev was really responsive. Every time I start it up, I end up playing for a while.
It’s like Zelda meets Diablo. Constant progression, and a good pace of unlocking new abilities and weapons make this a really enjoyable experience. Once you get past your starting equipment you will start to feel more and more powerful, which is nice. It’s also easy to go back and get secrets you may have missed.
– Real player with 8.5 hrs in game
Vzerthos is a hybrid of a mouse-and-keyboard shooter and ARPG. The levels are all hand-crafted instead of randomly generated, and that’s a good thing because the best part of the game is hunting down all the secrets. You have a pretty big arsenal of ranged and melee weapons you unlock and upgrade, and some slightly overpowered skills you can buy with all that money you’ll get finding secrets. Secrets are also the only way to upgrade your HP max and mana max/regen so going back to previous areas to clean them up once you get more abilities is as advisable as it is fun.
– Real player with 7.8 hrs in game