AR-K: The Great Escape
After playing the first 2 episodes I can safely say that this is the best episode so far!!! The developers certainly improved the game quality in both ways: technically and direction-wise. The following points sums up the following:
Pros:
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Gameplay quality much improved from first 2 episodes
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Puzzles more interesting
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Protagonist given more depth in character
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Story development much more natural
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Render quality improved
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This episode is much more bug free than previous 2 episodes
– Real player with 27.8 hrs in game
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It’s great when you come to a game and it’s a lot better than you thought it would be. While I enjoyed ar-k 1 and 2 and I do recommend those games to play first, this for me is a lot better - story, graphics, setting. The writing was very good and if you didn’t want to read everything, you didn’t need to click on that character’s bit of conversation but could come back to it if you wanted. I liked the humour, and it was witty in parts. It is the perfect balance of not just a good story which is vital in an adventure game but also good interactive gameplay.
– Real player with 18.4 hrs in game
The Narrator Is a DICK
Because I voiced the narrator in this game, I am going to attempt to stay as unbiased as possible. Again, ATTEMPT!
The Narrator is a ♥♥♥♥ is your standard difficult platformer that, as quite a few have mentioned, is very similar to games like Kaizo Mario and I Wanna Be The Guy. Right from the very start, I rips a page right out of the I Wanna Be The Guy playbook. With a set of spikes on one side, and a apple that comes down on you like a great god above and ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ destroys you, and every fibre of your being. And in the title, it already tells you what the game is about, and what it has; an ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ narrator.
– Real player with 588.3 hrs in game
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The Narrator is a DICK
From a single playthrough perspective I think most people who have viewed the trailer and perhaps read reviews of “The Narrator is a DICK” before purchasing it will be left satisfied with the game. The game is exactly as the trailer portrays. A challenging unfair platformer with an often lude and sadistic narrator who accompanies your player from start to finish. The comedy and gameplay catered to me perfectly.
Now, I enjoyed my first playthrough enough to play it again.. and again and again until I finally earned all achievements for the game. Having played this game a lot (probably more than I should have) I did notice that this game is not very friendly to the other masochists out there that are willing to torture themselves until they too earn the “HOW?!?” achievement (for those who do not already know, this achievement is unlocked after completing the entire game without dying).
– Real player with 27.3 hrs in game
DEDstress
Oh man oh man. What can I say about this game?
Overall, I would say this is the Dark Souls of horror escape room games, with their well thought out game design and intent. Each checkpoint gets harder and harder, as it becomes more demanding of your attention and memory (and patience too). Every time you die, you will become frustrated, and may be tempted to rage quit, and yet you find yourself wanting to just try it “one more time” to beat this hellish game. But you will become better and better at it (whether it’s avoiding those doll-obsessed zombies or rolling doctors who turn into logs), and ultimately, when you finally finish it, you will feel a deep satisfaction.
– Real player with 12.7 hrs in game
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One of the most, original, challenging and fun games I have played in a long time.
DEDstress is a very fast paced single player game with very high energy. Having to solve puzzles and use my brain while being chased by some crazed nurse is something I have not felt playing anything else. It isn’t horror, but it comes close to a panic attack simulator.
This game has given me heart problems.
69/10 would panic spray again.
–-{Price}—
☐ It’s free!
☑ Worth the price
☐ If u have some spare money left
– Real player with 9.3 hrs in game
Impact Trial: Simulation
Impact Trial: Simulation combines two genres in one: the frenetic action of shoot ‘em up - bullet hells and a story worthy of modern graphics adventures.
Main Features
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Story mode where decisions matter.
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Story worthy of traditional science fiction.
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Combats that will be a challenge with a great variety of enemies.
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Several final bosses.
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Hidden modes when the story ends.
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2D PixelArt aesthetics.
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Original retro soundtrack.
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Steam Achievements.
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Available with keyboard and ControlPad.
Lakeview Cabin Collection
get Naked
grab gasoline
Soak balcony with gasoline
grab matches
get drunk and puke on floor
Killer shows up
He slips on the puke
Light him up like a christmas tree
Get on zipline saying “TALLY-HO LADS!”
land in woodchipper which I forgot to turn off
10/10, would die with my pixels hanging out again
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Okay, let’s get serious. This game is amazing for it’s price. It’s a complex puzzle box from the depths of hell! It’s filled with all kinds of secrets, changing gameplay, gratuitous violence, sex, human sacrafice and amazing atmosphere for something that just uses the pixel graphics!
– Real player with 51.4 hrs in game
I HIGHLY recommend this lovingly-constructed tribute to the ’80s’ most iconic horror films. It has the puzzle-solving feel of old Sierra On-Line adventure games (e.g. King’s Quest and Quest for Glory), in that there are several well-defined obstacles, which can be overcome in a variety of ways, limited mostly–but not entirely–by the player’s creativity.
The “collection” features four full games, each one a tribute to a set of horror films from the ’80s. Respectively, the games pay tribute to the Friday the 13th series; The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and The Hills Have Eyes; Halloween and A Nightmare on Elm Street; and finally Alien and The Thing. The game’s own lore recapitulates some major themes from these films as well, besides that of masked, blade-wielding serial killers: there are twisted family relations, backwoods satanic cults, revenge from beyond the grave, haunted video games, plus references to an in-game “true story” on which the Lakeview Cabin “movies” are based. It’s tempting to say more, but I don’t want to spoil anything!
– Real player with 48.4 hrs in game
TD Worlds
TD Worlds is a dynamic, highly strategical game that challenges your skill. Build an impenetrable defense and get ready to plunge into a new, unknown world to uncover its secrets.
In this bizarre universe, each attempt will be unique in its own way, which provides many hours of fun to play.
Clear three completely different worlds from darkness, spread your influence everywhere.
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unique conditions in each game;
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losing is an important part of game progress. Each defeat reveals something new for you;
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dynamic storytelling: the more you play, the more you learn about the world;
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get random rewards after each level;
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tired of playing? Feel free to leave the game, next time you will continue where you left;
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experiment with different tactics;
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twitch integration - play with your viewers.
I’m Not Jelly
Use the best Nojellian warriors in a war between jelly-like creatures and their plant-like enemies, in battles full of vibrantly colorful violence!
#### DEVELOP YOUR SKILLS
A skill-based roguelite, complete missions in different planets composed of rooms with objectives to complete.
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Use different Nojellian characters, each one with unique attacks, abilities and skills.
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Multiple enemies with powerful champions and deadly bosses to face off.
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Unique perks and skills influence each fight, putting a twist in every action.
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Beware of death, if defeated, the Plantizards will consume the Nojellian body and become stronger.
#### USE DIFFERENT CHARACTERS
The Nojellian Empire created several strategic warbodies to fight each one with a variety of abilities and skills-sets. Take control of a warbody before each mission and master their different combat styles.
#### WIN THE WAR
Face the Plantizards and defeat their army Captain Bosses to take over the dominion of planets. Plantizard come in various forms, from a small sharp theet lettuce to big reptile-plant that performs big chomps .
Select carefully your next objective as the war evolves, after a mission is lost or won a new one is generated based on the results, creating a unique narrative.
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International Space Banana
I just got this because of the minute hour dude. I kept coming back to this like an abused partner. the level with the shifting gravity was particularly brutal. worth it on sale lol.
– Real player with 4.5 hrs in game
honestly just get it for the dialogue alone. This game is great! Yes it can be rage inducing, Yes it will make you want to buy all the banana’s at the super market and blend them out of pure hate. But I still highly recommend it!
– Real player with 3.8 hrs in game
AR-K
I received this game as a part of some bundle I bought way back.
I want to like this game. I wish the development team the best. But unfortunately I cannot recommend it, not even for $8 USD.
There are good, or at least decent, things here. There is some humor, including physical humor, that works. The actual voice lines are mostly fine, and what faults there are there in this audio itself are much more likely on the VA director and/or scriptwriters. Barring one jarring segment of lines I noticed in the 2nd episode where something obviously went wrong in recording or compression or something, but the team decided to use it anyway, which… fits with some of my suspicions about how out-of-time/energy/money they were feeling at the time.
– Real player with 16.5 hrs in game
AR-K may be a study in how to have an okay story, okay graphics and good voice-acting and still come out with a bad game - soo manyy problems.
This title consists of the first two episodes of the game, “Gone with the Sphere” and “The Girl Who Wasn’t There”, and the second feels way better than the first. Still, we see a lot of beginner’s mistakes in the handiwork. Basically every aspect of the game is flawed in some way or another.
Note: Review was rewritten to fit Steam’s transparent character limit.
– Real player with 15.9 hrs in game
Lightmatter
Lightmatter took me 9 hours to complete both endings and while I wasn’t really satisfied with either ending, the journey to get there was a lot of fun. Lightmatter isn’t shy when it shows its love for Portal but it is really heavy on the mechanics from The Talos Principle. Instead of jammers, you’ve got spotlights and instead of connectors you’ve got photon connectors.
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PROS
- great antagonist. Virgil is no Cave Johnson or GlaDos but he is suitably condescending and megalomaniacal. I hated him but in a good way.
– Real player with 16.6 hrs in game
Lightmatter is a first person ‘escape the facility’ exercise that uses light to create pathways through dark places. You play from a 1st person perspective as a journalist who is visiting the company headquarters for a publicity event. Evidently, a system failure has occurred and the building has been evacuated, leaving you behind. The CEO provides guidance and instruction (via an announcement system) to help you exit through 38 chapters. The music and voice overs are engaging and the landscape is your basic industrial complex with lots of moving parts, buttons, levers, etc.
– Real player with 14.6 hrs in game