Atlas Rogues
I was a big fan of Atlas Reactor and plugged in almost 2000 hours into it having only played it between 2016 and 2019. I have nothing but fond memories of grouping up with my friends and if not achieving a consistent streak of victories, we always at least experienced some epic moments and mostly respectful and respectable opponents we could congratulate in the general chat after a match. The world, mechanics, and the vibe was so unique and I couldn’t get enough of it.
And then the servers were shutdown and I was left feeling a huge void in my gaming life not having a team based game to play with others. Nothing against Overwatch or Awesomenauts, as I played those to fill the void for a year, but they could never compare to this brilliant and unique experience. All of mid 2019 and mid 2020, I was wishing and hoping Atlas Reactor could somehow come back. Maybe Gamigo could give the former Trions staff another chance to revitalize the game with new content and a paid for model to afford the servers required to run it. Or maybe a group of dedicated fans can make a spiritual successor with similar mechanics but with a whole new set of characters in a brand new world.
– Real player with 433.0 hrs in game
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Atlas Rogues, like most rogueish games of its kind, aims to have a solid mix of RNG, strategy, and skill all bundled together to create an experience that can prove reliably challenging while allowing to new flavours to spark up throughout each and every run as you unlock new characters, new abilities, and new questlines throughout your gameplay. It should be noted, that those seeking the time limited phase by phase PVP chess like arena experience of Atlas Reactor will likely not find it here as this game sits in a different genre using the same universe.
– Real player with 90.7 hrs in game
BroodStar
This game is so much fun and so addictive and reminds me of some of my favourite arcade games growing up. It does not get boring and repetitive even having to restart after you die as the levels are never exactly the same as what you just did and because you can buy upgrades to your ship as you play those levels, they change each time and they are some surprises you do not expect. Another great feature is getting points that you can allocate to certain areas of your ship eg: weapons, shields, speed and you don’t those points when you have to restart a game. You also have the option to reset where you’ve allocated them so you can redo the skill tree if you mistakenly allocate some or change everything completely if you want to experiment with what suits your type of play style. I can’t recommend this game highly enough.
– Real player with 39.6 hrs in game
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I’m from Buenos Aires, and I say kill ‘em all!
Disclaimer:
The main developer of the game is a good friend of mine and I’ve played many iterations of it over the years, so to say that I’m biased would be a bit of an understatement. As a result however, I like to believe that this also leaves me in a position where I have a good understanding of how the game will continue to evolve as it is being worked on.
That being said, as is customary let’s start with the pros as of today:
- The controls are responsive and buttery smooth.
– Real player with 36.6 hrs in game
Cavity Busters
Cavity Busters is a rogue like in the vein of Isaac or Gungeon.
While it’s still in early access, it has a decent amount of content.
The amount of enemy and boss and mini boss you’ll encounter is good enough for now. Not that while there is multiple bosses on floor 1 and 2 (out of 6), it isn’t the case afterwards. An after taste of what might be coming down the road in term of enemy variety.
The amount of items (be it relics or diseases) is in a good spot with more being added with the first few patches. The best thing about them being that very few are just stat increase, instead you get interesting effects. This game tries it’s own take on the bad relics you can find in games like blazing beaks. While the relics are just positive effects, the disease come with both pro and cons. You can remove the cons by spending some ressources at a specific NPC (health and mint) leaving you only with the benefit. You can leave them behind at the cost of increasing the difficulty in a good number of ways. I personally find this dynamic great.
– Real player with 36.6 hrs in game
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Short explanations :
Great roguelite, with a good variety of items and good ideas. If you liked Isaac, you will probably like it. Accessible for everyone on normal difficulty without being a SHMUP wizard. The hard mode isn’t a joke.
More datailed explanations :
Cavity Busters is roguelite which came as a really nice surprise.
The game has a good number of floors. It isn’t too long. You find it tooshort ? Just dig doors to add new rooms to any floor.
Then come various ennemies and upgrades. Maybe bosses lacks of variety. But after trying a bit of hard mode, I won’t complain. The few bosses I reached on hard had enough shooting patterns and as a none shmup player : I don’t want more bosses anymore.
– Real player with 16.9 hrs in game
DESERT KILL
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Desert Kill is a voxel/cartoonish roguelike where you can see the rainy blood. 😂
The game has simple mechanics but still it’s fun play it, but still early access with a lot of work for do, for example the aim of this game it’s kinda off, hard to hit the targets.
The graphics are ok but the visuals and the explosions with rainy blood make you say… woah nice job ! Also there are really good details of the game like the corpses become first squeletons and later dissapear.
– Real player with 1.0 hrs in game
Featured in my Lost on Steam New Episode!
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I started a new short segment called “Lost on Steam” which features games that have few reviews for one reason or another. Definitely not necessarily negative, just games that slipped by people.
This is one of the featured games this week!
Desert Kill is honestly a fun roguelite. It has varied missions and weapons and each of your plays will be a little different. There are heroes, perks and weapons to unlock as you play and the combat keeps you on your toes with a bullet-hell ish design. You’ll need to stay frosty on your dodge button if you want to get through all of the areas.
– Real player with 0.5 hrs in game
Lux mina
In this unique roguelite platformer, you can create an individual playstyle by enhancing your loadout and combining many different runes.
Kill enemies and improve your loadout to master the dungeon!
Gather runes to improve combat skills
In Lux mina, 20 different runes are giving you abilities and increasing your stats. Your loadout can include 4 runes. There are active and passive runes, available in four tiers.
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Active runes give abilities and new attacks
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Passive runes increase or boost stats
Runes can be dropped by slain enemies, found in treasure chests, or bought with orbs at the seller at the end of each stage.
Your loadout is the key to master the dungeon!
Push through different stages
Each stage is randomly generated and has its own biome, so you are always discovering new surroundings. That is why two runs will never be alike.
Fight a variety of enemies
Out in the dungeon are twelve completely different types of enemies waiting for you to be slain and looted. Each fight drops orbs or runes to enhance your loadout.
Earn upgrades to boost your stats permanently
Each run gives you credits to unlock new skins for your character and to increase your base stats. Therefore, you can dive deeper into the dungeon with every run!
Society’s Paradigms
story
The Golden God is soon to be left out of his prison. The blood moon rises as the believers pray for salvation…
World generation
No other playthrough is the same as the previous one, so you have to discover new possibilities to finish your job
Choices matter
Side with the ruling party to restore the order of a crumbling world or lead a new movement governed by your own ideas and beliefs.
Obtain different outcomes in certain situations depending on your own actions
Fast-Paced Combat
Immersive hack and slash combat and satisfying combos
Skills
Discover new skills depending on how you play the game, so you can make each run unique
The Song of the Fae
Only 10 minutes in, but the charm and music are top tier. If the “deck building chess-like” mechanics have depth to match the initial presentation, this game will be as solid and comparable to monoliths of the genre such as Into the Breach.
– Real player with 0.3 hrs in game
Time Break Chronicles
Greetings one and All,
For those interested in this game here is my review on it.
Time Break Chronicles plays like an old school rpg game. Those who have played older rpgs would enjoy it but it’s not your typically rpg. Those fans of Final Fantasy VII or VII New Threat mods or Final Fantasy VI Brave New world would find great enjoyment in the challenges of this game. Most fights are about thinking. The balance of the game is rather well done despite how many characters you can choose from. As writing this review we are at 48 characters available. My highest loop on my best save is loop 20. This game is about planning stuff out. Learning enemies and bosses strategy and how they react to certain attacks.
– Real player with 194.0 hrs in game
Excellent game even in early access
It’s basically a JRPG meets rogue lite. You’re stuck in an endless dimensional loop and travel from node to node towards the end boss. Think Slay the spire map layout except horizontal instead of vertical. Entering a node drains stamina from each character in your party and lower stamina equals lower character stats
Your main character Claire is stuck in an endless loop in a strange dimension. From her own little pocket in this dimension, she travels the map, rescuing characters to strengthen her party while fighting a nefarious cult. There are 24 characters at present with more to come. While there is some overlap between characters, each offers unique abilities and you’re free to form your party in any way you like with the only requirement being that Claire is present. Claire has 3 forms, tank, dps and healer and while she is not as good in each role as more specialized characters, her jack of all trades and her ability to switch form at will even during combat, makes her very valuable
– Real player with 114.1 hrs in game
WizardPunk
Had a good time, reminded me of Custom Robo quite a bit which I loved as a kid. I didn’t play with anybody, because it’s not online multi, which kinda sucks. But the single player had a lot to do. The guilds are a bit awkward to get through, but playing with a full build on day 6 was pretty sweet, lots of things to think about, pretty complex. Looking forward to future patches!
– Real player with 3.4 hrs in game
Fast, fun, satisfying fighting game that incorporates a nice blend of different character progression elements. It’s quick to learn but difficult to master and there’s plenty to experiment with. I’m partial to Ignissa but Vito is a close runner up. Looking forward to future updates!
– Real player with 2.2 hrs in game
Baby Goat Billy
Surprisingly good!
currently in second dungeon but im enjoying the fights. Nice, neat, polished little game with fun card battles.
If you are into this kinds of games definitely give it a try.
– Real player with 8.9 hrs in game
I really love BABY GOAT BILLY!!!!
+Fun and straightforward deckbuilding RPG!
+Roguelite mechanics that work surprisingly well!
+Baby Goat Billy is a mascot to boot with and root for!
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– Real player with 5.3 hrs in game