Psycholonials
So the trailers are very honest about the kinds of things this game does that might need content warnings. Guns and blood and mental anguish and stuff. But I also kinda wanna warn people about one other thing this game does because it’s pretty unpleasant. It’s also like my favorite thing this game does so, idk, up to you if you wanna keep reading.
This game fucks with you. The pretentious way to say it would be to call Psycholonials a “challenging piece of art” which I think definitely applies but, you know, jerk off hand motion. I’m not a writer but I’ll try to find better ways to phrase this because… it’s complicated. It keeps doing this thing where it puts you on the defensive by saying something super iffy, but I think after playing the whole thing that I’ve settled on giving Hussie the benefit of the doubt that that’s intentional and making a point. It drops a lot of really big, really red flags but all of them have a more charitable reading that is good actually but requires a lot of unearned good faith reading on your part to see it.
– Real player with 16.9 hrs in game
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Hi, sit down and bear with me. Keep in mind i have never felt the need to write a negative review to a game in my entire life. I am just sad.
This game is simply awful, just incredibly bad. There is nothing to like about anything except the music and SOME of the art. Jokes are bad, it’s just “2020 haha” moments and it’s boring. Seriously, i would never finish this if i played it alone, it’s not interesting. Bear with me, what is there to like about an edgy mental “celebrity” who destroys an entire country just BECAUSE? What’s to like about dumb conversations and just “oh, society is bad and i have the right to act like this because… i don’t know, i guess i can”. A lot of deaths occur simply because, too.
– Real player with 9.6 hrs in game
Robot Labs: Remake
I thought this would be a like a brick bitcoin miner. Is pretty funny and hard. Jump king meets a very scuffed portal ( but good)
– Real player with 6.0 hrs in game
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Very cool hard game!
– Real player with 3.9 hrs in game
The St Christopher’s School Lockdown
It’s awesome! I love it! The ending I got went out with a BANG! It scared the shit outta me lol.
– Real player with 37.1 hrs in game
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****1/2
A classic-style point-and-click adventure with a unique and eye-catching graphic novel art style. The characters are well written, dialogue is believable and well acted, and the environment feels very well lived-in, with a great use of flavour text to maximize humour and character by describing the world through the character’s eyes and personality. The only flaw I can think to mention is a few interface issues that can get annoying but should definitely not stop you from playing this little gem.
– Real player with 23.9 hrs in game
The Cursed Forest
I originally played this game when it was released and posted my thoughts in a review at Just Adventure. It is still accessible even though the site is dormant. At the time, I gave The Cursed Forest high marks.
I just finished replaying the game and my intention was to run through and pick up the achievements I had missed. Instead, I became totally absorbed and played a ‘new game’ all the way through.
The game begins with you receiving a phone call in the middle of the night and rushing off in your car. You are in a hurry and end up crashing in a mysterious forest. Your task is to find your way out. The Cursed Forest has been created in great detail with cabins, swamps, cliffs, lakes, campfires, caves, etc. There is a lot to explore and you quickly find that no people remain in the forest (only their possessions and homes are evident). The story of what happened to them is discovered in dozens of notes that you find along your journey.
– Real player with 15.5 hrs in game
This game has a lot of problems; it is mainly an exploration game, but areas are big and secrets are sparse. Achievements are fine, I didn’t use a walkthrough and found all of them but two on my first playthrough (and the other two I didn’t find accidentally, I almost did). However, if you like exploring, like me, there isn’t enough in this game to keep you invested with exploration, and you’ll end up getting bored. In addition, there is a bug that makes some notes not appear where they should (I’m not even sure why, seems to be a random thing), and you can lose a lot of time searching for them, not realizing it was a bug (if you miss one note on Section 1 and one on Section 4, try restarting the section; also, the last section says there are 9 Sarah letters, but there are only 7, according to developers).
– Real player with 14.2 hrs in game
Warp Frontier
I do not think the puzzles are good, but overall I find this game compelling, both in the story and for the meta-puzzle of ‘what do I have to do differently to get the other achievement’ element. One playthrough takes very roughly seven hours. I was in the beginning of my second playthrough when I started this review. I think it would need at least three playthroughs to get all the achievements. For full disclosure, I’m an immigrant to Australia. If you don’t like our sarcasm, you may not like the presentation and characters.
– Real player with 19.0 hrs in game
edit: more save slots available + skippable travel animations.
warp frontier stars space cop and former drummer vince ‘tin man’ cassini, who kicked some ass back in the day when he wasn’t on the turps or gigging with his band, but still has some juice left in him (the non-alcoholic variety). on his way home for a birthday celebration, his ship gets shot down. after some first aid to the ship he finds the attackers, killed by nothing somehow, then runs into a girl who leads him to something he’s been trying to find for a long time.
– Real player with 9.8 hrs in game
Football Drama
I’m not a football fanatic (freak) however the original and poetic approach to this subject has intrigued me almost immediately. The story is set in a fantasy (imaginary) and magical championship in which the player takes on the role of the coach Rocco Galliano. In order to improve the score of the Calchester Assembled the player will need to make the right choices and can do so only by identifying himself to Galliano’s troubling life.
This is a game of choices and experiences shrouded in an aura of mystery right from the start. The gossip, the simulations and the tone of the matches are hilarious.
– Real player with 10.3 hrs in game
Football Drama
In this game, I reached the final credits extremely quickly. Yoga instead of the first training session for my team and going to the bar to strengthen team spirit looked like a great decision, but something went wrong… Perhaps the owner of the team did not appreciate the subtle trolling in his address, in short I was fired. The second playthrough was more successful but less fun and it uncovered rather serious flaws.
Football Drama consists of 2 major parts – turn-based football matches and choice-based storytelling. There’re a lot of references to real people (you’ll meet several recognizable personalities from the football world and also Pier Paolo Pasolini) and references to clubs/situations and the storytelling part is good enough to entertain and catch your attention. On the other hand turn-based football matches become boring rather fast and almost unaffected by what is happening in story.
– Real player with 5.3 hrs in game
I Can’t Find Me
There was an attempt to kill you. You died, but you didn’t die. You lost your soul, but you didn’t!
You’re in a new Form
See the world from a different perspective and figure out your new you, and what it can do. While what happened to you was not easy, but it allowed you to do things that was not possible before you get killed. You could seem like a weak cursed palm! But every curse comes with a gift, and yours’s came with 5!!
Untangle the Story
Search for your remains, while trying to untangle the story behind your mysterious death. Where you are, Why you are here, Who did that to you, and why you didn’t just go on to the afterlife like anyone else.
Survive the Town
Escape anything tries to kill you (again!). And in this town, there is nobody or nothing wants you alive!
After a successful attempt to kill you, you kinda died, but you really didn’t. Your soul still trapped in a a town that you can’t remember visiting. You’r main and only goal is to find out why you came to this place, and what is this place and where is your body’s remains, and why you didn’t die completely, and who killed you. And above all how to fix all that if it’s not too late. Exploring the town, gathering clues, and connecting the dots, is all what’s going to help you getting the full picture.
TRACHI
TRACHI is an interactive fiction game that plays similar to a visual novel. Upon starting the game, I was impressed by the minimalistic style of the opening and menu. Everything is simplistic yet looks very sharp, and you can immediately tell that a lot of effort was put into this game.
The tale starts off with an inquisition of sorts, and as you converse in this opening sequence the plot begins to unfold. The timeline bounces around as you are spoonfed piecemeal bits of information that slowly come together. I thought the use of this enhanced the storytelling and definitely kept me intrigued. Most of the characters have their own sprite art, and both the pixel and portrait art look top notch.
– Real player with 4.0 hrs in game
Kinetic Novel with some interaction.
I enjoyed the writing a lot (and I disliked writing in most VNs I’ve tried so far).
Canny use of sound-effects gives so much atmosphere. They are proof that the devs have a deep understanding of storytelling.
I stopped playing after midgame because of too many crashes and slowdown. Reason is my old pc, I guess. Should work better if you have a bit more than the minimum specs.
– Real player with 3.9 hrs in game
Object Ward.
Meet Manson Moss, a schizophrenic man who sees everyone with an inanimate object for a head. Due to a certain ‘incident’, he is sentenced to mandatory rehabilitation in one of New York’s most ill-managed psych wards in the year of 1986. He plots his escape, but the eccentric occupants of the Ward can’t let him leave—so they get a little friendly with him instead. Help Manson navigate love, psychosis, and countless misadventures in this dark comedy visual novel, Object Ward.
Features:
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4 male and 2 female love interests
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21 endings with choices that matter
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Horrible puns
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Partial voice acting
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1800x1200 resolution
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Over 30 CGs and a fully original soundtrack!
Characters:
Negative Nancy
Negative Nancy is an social introvert’s wet dream.
Negative Nancy is a modern take on the classic CYOA genre with a modern twist that will humor, amuse, and entertain you.
Negative Nancy is the “No” simulator that you wished was your real life when you worked/work at your retail job that you hate.
Negative Nancy is everything and more.
Negative Nancy…
is the negativity in your life, processed and refined, polished and packaged with care-
so that your life can be
a little more
positive.
– Real player with 24.8 hrs in game
“Nancester, we’re doing a review on your game. Would you like to say a few words about it?”
“No.”
“Come on, Nancester. Tell people why they should play Negative Nancy. Is it for my dashing good looks?”
“No.”
“My charming wit?”
“No.”
“My heroic deeds?”
“No.”
“My spiffy hairdo?”
“No.”
“Nancester, come on. Don’t be such a grump. Should they at least play it?”
“…”
“I’ll take that as not a no!”
– Real player with 11.3 hrs in game