The Last Survey
Warmly recommended to whoever enjoys novels.
Warning, game offers close to zero interaction / agency, if a game must have these for you to enjoy it, walk away.
But if you can enjoy this, take it like a “novel++”. The story is intelligent, the writing is evocative yet concise, and art/audio fit perfectly, strengthening immersion into the story.
Hope the author(s) make more games 3.
EDIT oh, seeing my posted review, one last thing to temper expectations: it’s short. Appears as 3+ hours because I had the game paused while running for an errand, but it’s shorter.
– Real player with 3.1 hrs in game
This is a short and no-frills visual novel designed for a single playthrough, drawing attention to a serious and important topic, and it’s pretty good at what it does.
It makes no attempt at being “a real game”. Your options are limited to reading the protagonist’s well-formulated observations, memories, and considerations; watching the mesmerising ways in which the illustrations morph into each other to support the narrative; clicking to continue, and sometimes choosing one out of two lines that impact the outcome.
– Real player with 2.3 hrs in game
Black Hair Girl is Best Girl
insane i love this game
– Real player with 51.7 hrs in game
ꜰᴏʀ ᴍᴇ ᴛᴇɴ ʏᴇᴀʀꜱ ᴡʜᴏ ɪꜱ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘᴇʀꜱᴏɴ ʏᴏᴜ ʟᴏᴠᴇ ɴᴏᴡ, ᴏʀ ᴍᴀʏʙᴇ ɪᴛ ɴᴇᴠᴇʀ ᴄʜᴀɴɢᴇꜱ ʏᴏᴜ ꜱᴛɪʟʟ ʟᴏᴠᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴘᴇʀꜱᴏɴ ʙᴜᴛ, ʙᴇꜰᴏʀᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ʟᴏᴠᴇ ꜱᴏᴍᴇᴏɴᴇ ᴇʟꜱᴇ ᴄᴀɴ ʏᴏᴜ ꜱᴀʏ ʏᴏᴜ ʟᴏᴠᴇ ʏᴏᴜʀꜱᴇʟꜰ, ᴘᴇᴏᴘʟᴇ ᴡʜᴏ ᴀʀᴇ ᴘʀᴇᴄɪᴏᴜꜱ ᴛᴏ ʏᴏᴜ ᴀʀᴇ ᴛʜᴇʏ ꜱᴛɪʟʟ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱᴀᴍᴇ ᴀꜱ ʙᴇꜰᴏʀᴇ ᴏʀ ɴᴏᴡ ʏᴏᴜ ɢᴜʏꜱ ᴀʀᴇ ꜰᴀʀ ᴀᴘᴀʀᴛ ᴡᴀʟᴋɪɴɢ ᴏɴ ᴀ ᴅɪꜰꜰᴇʀᴇɴᴛ ᴘᴀᴛʜ
ʙᴜᴛ, ɢᴀᴛʜᴇʀɪɴɢꜱ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴏꜱᴇ ꜰᴀʀᴇᴡᴇʟʟꜱ ʜᴀꜱ ɪᴛ ᴄʜᴀɴɢᴇᴅ ʏᴏᴜ ꜰᴏʀ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴇᴛᴛᴇʀ ᴏꜰ ᴍᴇ ɴᴏᴡ, ꜰᴏʀ ᴍᴇ ᴛᴇɴ ʏᴇᴀʀꜱ ɪꜰ ɴᴏᴡ ʏᴏᴜ ᴀʀᴇ ʜᴀᴘᴘʏ ᴅᴏ ʏᴏᴜ ꜱᴛɪʟʟ ʀᴇᴍᴇᴍʙᴇʀ ᴍʏꜱᴇʟꜰ ꜰʀᴏᴍ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴅᴀʏ? ᴇᴠᴇɴ ɪꜰ ɪᴛ ʜᴜʀᴛꜱ ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ɪ ᴄʀʏ ʙᴇᴄᴀᴜꜱᴇ ᴏꜰ ɪᴛ ʙᴜᴛ ɢᴇɴᴛʟʏ, ᴘʟᴇᴀꜱᴇ ᴄʜᴀɴɢᴇ ᴍʏ ᴛᴇᴀʀꜱ ʙᴇᴄᴏᴍᴇ ᴀ ᴘʀᴇᴄɪᴏᴜꜱ ᴍᴇᴍᴏʀʏ
– Real player with 22.2 hrs in game
CLOCKWORLD – Aroll’s Legacy
CLOCKWORLD - Aroll’s Legacy is an adventure game that focuses on narration, interactions with unique characters and explores themes of self-determination and finding meaning in a torn world.
First he was driven off his island, now he has to deal with a dead body and a strange voice in his head - Aro seems to be having more than just a bad day.
Venture to the mystical island of Ura and guide him through impactful moral choices, help the enigmatic locals, and discover your own truth as you save the world - or not. It’s all up to you!
In this fantastical adventure, your decisions will pave the way - what kind of story will you experience together?
The clock Is ticking…
Key Features:
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A powerful, personal and nuanced story that aims to stay with the player after the credits have rolled
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Starring Lin Gothoni (Life is Strange: True Colors), Seumas F. Sargent (Spy City, aus Tom of Finland) and Cyrus Nemati (Hades, Pyre)
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Experience a world shattered into pieces with flying, fragmented islands - everything artfully hand drawn!
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An innovative dialog system that creates an unprecedented immersive experience
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Decide whether or not to mess around in the lives of the characters you encounter
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Encounter a civilization of different cultures, with different social systems and political beliefs
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Uncover the rich and mysterious history behind CLOCKWORLD
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Perfect for first-time gamers looking for a suspenseful adventure game
ENCODE
I really enjoy this game, It truly nails the cyberpunk blade runner feel. No other game on steam can match this. People are giving negative reviews like its too dark, my goodness just adjust your gamma. This game has amazing detail for a small studio of only two people. They made another game blade net that was amazing as well, very unique, cyber punk feel game of hide and seek with a twist. People who leave negative reviews with only 0.5 hours of play you guys need to re think what you are doing. I have tried every cyber punk game on steam and this game really gives me that vibe, it is totally worth the low price of 19.99/17.99 its ok to point out bugs and issues but this game deserves a positive review. Look at it like this this game has so much potential but if people keep coming and dropping negative reviews after only 5 minutes of playing the game is going to do bad, and the developer might just give up, but if you play the game give good feedback more people are likely to buy the game and the devs will have more energy and resources to make more content. thank you to the devs for this game, it really enjoy it, thanks for all your hard work
– Real player with 10.3 hrs in game
What I love is that the world within the game seems so much bigger than what you see. Its atmospheric, dystopian Tokyo feel is served by an excellent soundtrack and unique narrative. Driving around was not only an entertaining part of the gameplay, it gave me an opportunity to explore the nooks and crannies of a city I had never really seen the likes of before.
I think the developer deserves kudos for building a universe that is stylistically reminiscient of Blade Runner without being trite, and filling it was sufficiently interesting things to do to capture my attention for a few hours. With some refinement and a little more time to incubate, the game would be a really hefty competitor in the cyberpunk genre. It has solid foundations and delivers on the intrigue of its concept, especially for an indie game. The uphill part of the battle is building a convincing in-game universe, even if it is a little sparse here.
– Real player with 6.2 hrs in game
Lightway Lines
In 2061, the desire for seamless interstellar travel continues to grow.
LIGHTWAY LINES - a modern, specialist airline - is trialing new technology to make space tourism safe and affordable for everyone. But in this moody, atmospheric sci-fi ARPG adventure, Captain Rain could end up paying the price for attempting to make history.
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Explore the Lightway cruiser and unearth what really happened.
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Fast-paced, ARPG-style combat.
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Custom artwork with detailed, interesting environments.
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A hard-hitting & unnerving soundtrack.
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Plenty of collectibles that expand on the story.
LIGHTWAY LINES is set to launch in November 2022.
Orwell: Keeping an Eye On You
Preface
This review is being written before the conclusion of the game in episode five. I’ve played through the first four episodes a couple times exploring different outcomes, however, as episode five is not out yet I’m not able to comment on the totallity of the story.
The Machine
Orwell has a very close Person of Interest vibe. The government of the fictitious country has obtained a Machine, or System, that surveils the populous gathering information however it does not act on the gathered information. The idea of the game is that the system, aptly named Orwell, isn’t able to decern human subtlety, sarcasim, or deciet. As such, the fictious government has outsourced the task of resolving conflicts in the data, and identifying what is relevant and what is not. You as the player take on this role as an outsider to the country, tasked with sifting through the data that Orwell gives you access to inorder to identify person(s) of interest. This is a role somewhat like Person of Interest’s Harold Finch.
– Real player with 14.4 hrs in game
My playtime: 10h (based on steam, 100% achievement; 2.5x playthrough)
Grindy Achievement(s): No.
Optional Achievement(s): Yes (17 achievements).
Difficult Achievement(s): No.
Intro
Orwell: Keeping an Eye On You is a massive information gathering system where you, an investigator, is taking a role in sorting the relevant data and fix conflicting data that the system gathered to assist a crime. The game has story branching that persists over 5 chapters.
– Real player with 10.5 hrs in game
The Epic of Inanna
Captivating stories of voice and very nice graphic.
– Real player with 7.5 hrs in game
So you’ve read the description and now you’re down here in the comments trying to figure out what’s it all about. Click the video above to see some of the gameplay, mechanic and hear my thoughts on the game.
The Epic of Inanna is a visual novel with the occasional FMV thrown in. The voice acting is probably the best part of the game. The graphics, images and music are all pretty much average for what you’d expect for a visual novel.
Note This is like watching a movie. There are no choices to make, no multiple endings to find and probably no replayablity.
– Real player with 0.5 hrs in game
Fostering Apocalypse
(Contains Spoilers, So read at your own risk) Let me start by saying the art style in this game is top tier, the simplicity of the environments is quite beautiful. Not to mention the character sprites are incredibly well done. Now i did encounter a few bugs though which i will get into in a minute. Before that the story should not go unmentioned, it is fantastic for how short it is, really captures the player and makes you feel many emotions, So great work on that! Now about the bugs i encountered. The first one was that when i first entered the Cult Hideout Del was spawned in at the very end of the track. None of the interactable objects spawned in and i could run along the bridge forever. So i had to reload the auto save. The second bug i found was a lot funnier and honestly i liked it lol. At the cult hideout when Barrett was found to be a demon by the old lady, the game for some reason decided to spawn in 2 extra sprites (Another Del and Barrett) So i was standing on the bridge looking at myself and Barrett aha. Overall i really enjoyed this game and now will go try and 100% it. 10/10 Would recommend
– Real player with 4.2 hrs in game
Fostering Apocalypse is short, incredibly sweet, and leaves me wanting more. Incisor Studios does a wonderful job portraying a grungy, post-apocalyptic wasteland. The art style, as well as the pacing, reminds me of a graphic novel.
Knowing that the game would be a short experience, I wasn’t expecting to grow as attached to the characters as I did. From the moment Del and Barrett were introduced, I was hooked. I wanted to know more about both of their lives, and I genuinely cared about getting the best outcome possible.
– Real player with 2.0 hrs in game
Gods of the Twilight
Gods of the Twilight is a multi-season episodic visual novel that places you in a dystopian near-future where old magic is reemerging in a world on the brink of Norse mythology’s apocalypse. Play as two protagonists—one male, one female. Explore government conspiracies and attempt to navigate your social and romantic lives while a decaying future world faces Ragnarök, and ancient truths about you and your companions start to resurface.
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Your choices determine the protagonists' relationships with their companions, and with each other.
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A range of possible endings, for your characters and for the world.
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Choose which romance(s) each protagonist will pursue, or choose none at all!
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An episodic story released over time, where choices carry over between volumes.
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At least 3 volumes, with over 95,000 words (10-15 hours of gameplay) currently planned for the first volume alone.
Both player characters have romance options of multiple genders, including each other! But the romance arcs are completely optional, and you can enjoy the game’s core story and all endings even if you opt to romance no one.
Althea Mishra - A scholarly but sheltered daughter of two high-achieving parents, she’s an intellectual who nonetheless loves dirty jokes.
Farkas Heklason - Under the hardened exterior of a guy who survived rough streets growing up, he’s a scarred introvert whose emotions run very deep.
Sara Grímsdóttir - Sensitivity and strength combined, this mostly soft-spoken girl is just as full of bravery as she is compassion for anyone she encounters.
Hector Koskinen - A shameless dork, he’s involuntarily wealthy thanks to his CEO father, but nonetheless straightforward and honest to a fault.
Lieutenant Cebisa Komani - A duty-driven Icelandic special forces police officer, she’s now an operative for the highly classified international operation dealing with recent supernatural occurrences.
Mikael Pulkkinen - Hector’s valet, who has become more like an older brother to him through the years they’ve spent together. Easily sees through bullshit and has zero tolerance for it.
And more as the story unfolds!
Rouge Patrol
The war between Rouge and Bleue has gone beyond either nation’s capacity to wage it. First they drafted the men and then boys… women were conscripted in turn. Now, with all spent - and surrender unthinkable - the grinding machine of war has turned to girls.
Fourteen years old, Sergeant P.G. Tails has lost everything to Bleue and will stop at nothing to achieve their destruction. But, as she leads her unit into the unending conflict, she begins to realise that the price of revenge may be paid, not by her, but the girls she has come to love. Worse, she carries a secret that puts her in more danger from her friends than her enemies…
Description
Rouge Patrol tells an epic and heartfelt story about friendship, loss, and a young girl’s conflicting drive to avenge what’s been taken while preserving what remains. You will take on the role of Sergeant P.G. Tails and, through a fusion of visual novel and stat-raiser mechanics, explore a branching and perilous narrative.
Each member of Rouge patrol has her own history and interrelationships. But, as their commanding officer, your choices will determine their future. Form friendships with any or all of them, but balance socialisation against the pressures of maintaining your found family’s ability to survive the missions you lead them into.
Featuring:
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Ten main characters and multiple sides, all with over thirty unique poses
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Full HD CGs, backgrounds and sprites
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Separate health, morale and relationship systems that impact characters' appearance and behaviour
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Multiple story branches
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Individual stat management for the whole patrol
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Levels, exp, ability tests, perks and all that good stuff
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Four branching romances
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Tragic friendships!