Blade of Darkness

Blade of Darkness

As it is the case with many other people, Blade of Darkness brings a lot of good memories from my childhood back to me. However, at the time I didn’t understand the game too well, since I was just a child. I remember my cousin explaining to me how to do combos, but after I tried to do them a couple of times, I would just proceed to spam-click the left button. Now, after so many years I finally picked the game up again and, oh, boy, did I have a blast playing through it and beating it at the end! I would say the bosses are quite a challenge, but once you get the hang of the combat, you will have no problem with butchering them. All of the classes are unique and fun to play around with. At first the weapons seem basic, but each and every one of them has its strenghts and weaknesses, depending on the character that’s wielding it. Besides the base damage and defense the weapons and shields have, there are a lot of other different “hidden” stats like range, speed, hitbox radius and so on. And there are so many different places, secret rooms and hidden areas, containing all sorts of goods - food, potions and the best of all - special weapons with unique powers and moves you can perform with them! The enemies have patterns and at first they are a bit difficult to follow, but around the mid-game you are bound to be hacking and slashing body bits left and right. There is nothing more satisfying than dismembering Orcs and leaving their remains in a puddle of blood!

Real player with 26.9 hrs in game


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Плюсы:

  • Расчлененка

  • Много оружия и навыков

  • Отображение урона на герое

  • Противники с хилками (почувствуй себя на месте противников)

  • Френдли фаер с переагром - крутая механика

  • Сохранения в любой момент (советую установить мод на быстрое сохранение)

  • Не очевидные решения загадок для открытия путей, один раз пришлось на ютуб зайти, чтобы узнать, что я мог столб сломать

Минусы:

  • Ужасные хитбоксы, анимация четко проходит по картинке, но урон нет

  • Игра состоит из серо-желтых коридоров, поэтому легко заблудиться

Real player with 16.5 hrs in game

Blade of Darkness on Steam

Swarm Queen

Swarm Queen

So, I discovered the free version of this game on Armor Games/Kongregate, but Adobe Flash is garbage and I wanted a better experience, and I wanted to support the indie developer, so I bought the game here and am beating it again! Very fun, a little crude and simplistic, but it has complexity and challenging difficulty in its own way. Would definitely recommend!

Swarm Queen’s gameplay is pretty straight-forward (though actually quite nuanced); you play, well… a swarm queen! And other swarm queens typically don’t take kindly to you - so you try to murder each other for survival and space. Spawn harvesters, develop eggs, hatch creatures, spew acid, even grow more organs, and take down your enemies… before they can take down you. Each level has its gimmick, and it may take a few tries to figure out how to get through it….. and then you can try it on hard mode :D

Real player with 27.6 hrs in game


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a simple, easy to learn game that is simultaneously challenging. each level is different to the last and consistently requires you to change up your strategy prior and during battle as the enemy adapts in accordance to how you play. this can lead to some pretty lengthy and intense tug of wars that you don’t find very often in other games. although it’s pretty lacking in content once you finish the main levels, there’s some bonus levels that are fun to play, as well as upgrades to give yourself an advantage in battle. definitely recommend for those looking for a good strategy game.

Real player with 24.9 hrs in game

Swarm Queen on Steam

Spell Beats

Spell Beats

Fun game, definetly worth it’s price.

It’s definetly rough around the edges, and it’s pretty hard to pick up in the first hour or something, but the core gameplay loop is something you won’t find anywhere else.

For the developer, I’ll leave you are more detailed commentary with some technical stuff in your discord

Real player with 1.8 hrs in game


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Spell Beats on Steam

Buck Borris in Action

Buck Borris in Action

Great idea of ​​a small 2d survival game.

Real player with 2.0 hrs in game

I liked the graphics and the hits on the enemy, the game is very promising :D

Real player with 1.1 hrs in game

Buck Borris in Action on Steam

Guns and Grapples

Guns and Grapples

I absolutely love this game! It takes a while to master, but I enjoy playing it. 8 hours in and I’m only on world 5 because you can play this game in so many different ways! Great for completionists, speed runners, and casual gamers! I normally can’t play platformers for long before getting bored. But the challenge this game provides keeps me hooked! I highly recommend trying!

Real player with 15.4 hrs in game

A brand new look at the old platformer Genre. 10/10 from me

Real player with 8.2 hrs in game

Guns and Grapples on Steam

Molecoole

Molecoole

Molecoole is an action shooter roguelike, where you get upgrades by attaching different atoms to your character!

Gameplay:

Move through randomly generated levels and build an ever growing Molecoole. Every atom you find in your playthrough is different. You can make better and better combinations as you collect more atoms.

Key features:

  • 70+ different atoms you get randomly through the game

  • 10+ boss levels

  • 4+ biomes that are procedurally generated

  • Tons of combinatons of upgrades

Molecoole on Steam

Trials of Argolis

Trials of Argolis

I’ve done a lot of testing for this game and nearly every time was a joy (bridge boy frustrates me sometimes!! ;-;). Very fluid and smooth first-person combat with challenging bosses and fast paced action. The handpainted artwork lends a really neat aesthetic and overall it looks gorgeous. A great dynamic in play styles despite the rather simple controls and each boss has a particular gimmick to it. Lots of content and deffo worth a buy! ;_; eek

Real player with 12.6 hrs in game

Good concept but mechanics and actual gameplay is not polished and ass

Real player with 3.3 hrs in game

Trials of Argolis on Steam

Daily Espada

Daily Espada

Daily Espada is a small gem, a 2D action with gameplay very dynamic and entertaining.

In the game there are many upgrades and extras such as super attacks, new combos etc.

Very beautiful boss battles, in maximum difficulty becomes truly play difficult, but still VERY fun!

In short, a game that does not cost much, and it provides a solid gameplay and fun!

I recommend it, and it’s a shame to see so few reviews, because the game is worth so much!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v50lPzrezx0

(Below is the Italian full review)

Real player with 5.7 hrs in game

Slashing Brazilian folklore monsters and bosses, saving the world and making your family rich in the wierdest game show ever? Sign me up. The game is short by my accounts. Graphics are dark and unique, but also can lead to some visual confusion. Not greatness, but fun, short, but enjoyable.

FULL REVIEW HERE:

https://youtu.be/qWF_x8ZEOH4

and here:

http://gonewiththewin.com/slicing-brazilian-folklore-daily-espada-reviewed/

Real player with 3.8 hrs in game

Daily Espada on Steam

GLADIUM

GLADIUM


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Gladium is the project of Eirik Wiklund a one man developer studio and yes, the game reminded me of Domina , a strategy game where you took charge of a Ludus, training and preparing Gladiators in a management approach, where the fights were simulated. Both games enjoy the pixel art style and that’s where the comparison should end.

Real player with 14.3 hrs in game

This is quite a difficult game to review tbh. It is a very unforgiving game, some of the bosses you will fight will kill you many times, the part that some people may dislike the most is it’s grind system to be able to defeat the bosses or even try another go at them (you gain blood points to trade for perks and for another chance at a boss if you fail), meaning that if you lose to a boss you will have to play either normal mode or horde mode to try again, making the game VERY repetitive. You will also earn gold to unlock new equipment, which is necessary to try different strategies as you cannot fight all the bosses in the same manner (at least I advise againts it). Ultimately I’m giving it a thumbs up because I had fun the whole 14 hours I played and I even got a little addicted, the theme helped as I really like gladiator style fighting games, but be warned, if you get frustrated easily this may not be for you.

Real player with 13.6 hrs in game

GLADIUM on Steam

Sweet Hero

Sweet Hero

Control a coconut little kiss and slash your sweet enemies.

Think before move!

Sweet hero is a challenging grid-based movement game.

Every enemy have your own pattern, use this in your favor. Some stages are difficult but you respawn fastly. Think of a strategy to win.

Features

  • 70 handcrafted stages.

  • 4 worlds with different enemies on each.

  • Relaxing soundtrack and satisfying sound effects.

  • Fast paced combat

  • Candy themed cute pixel art

Sweet Hero on Steam