Machineers - Episode 1: Tivoli Town
A nice simple game.
Not much story, but that can be a good thing.
The graphics are okay.
The puzzles are quite good, and even though there are only about a half dozen parts they all feel different from one another.
I enjoyed myself and look forward to more chapters, if any are planned.
– Real player with 9.8 hrs in game
Machineers is a fun puzzle game! I really enjoy the vibe of the game and the puzzles are challenging but not so difficult they’re frustrating.
– Real player with 5.5 hrs in game
Sonic the Hedgehog 4 - Episode I
When Sonic 4 launched in 2010, it marked the end to a 16 year drought of new 2D console Sonic games. Promising a return to the Blue Blur’s 16 Bit Roots, SEGA, Sonic Team and Dimps had quite the legacy to live up to. Unfortunately, while the game gets the things right, there are enough glaring flaws to prevent this from being a recommendation.
After the events of Sonic 3 & Knuckles, Sonic sets off to explore new territory alone, meaning no Tails or Knuckles, just like Sonic 1 on the Genesis. However, Dr. Ivo “Eggman” Robotnik survived his last encounter with Sonic and decides to take some of his previous creations, slightly revise them, and eliminate Sonic once and for all as the first part of his new grandiose plan.
– Real player with 25.0 hrs in game
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Sonic 4 plays like a low quality and lifeless mobile game.
And that’s because it is! I’m not going to be blaming my numerous problems with Sonic 4 on that fact, I just find it incredibly funny. Plain and simple, Sonic 4 isn’t good. I think the fact that it’s a game I’ve never seen anyone religiously defend speaks volumes about its quality. I’ve seen people defend Boom, Forces, Shadow the Hedgehog, even 06, but the most I can get out of anyone with Sonic 4 is that they liked it. There’s a good reason Sonic 4 is no one’s favorite Sonic game.
– Real player with 11.4 hrs in game
Survivor Jones
Go Jonesy, go!
– Real player with 36.3 hrs in game
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I died from a snake
I died from an orge orgy
I upgraded my character
I got a bit further
I missed the crocodile when jumping over the river and got a bit wet (…spoiler I died)
Difficulty: 11/10
Replay-ability: Hell yes!!
Fun: I cancelled my Netflix subscription
– Real player with 1.9 hrs in game
The Journey Down: Chapter One
Overall, this is a solid P&C Adventure game, with reasonably logical puzzles once you immerse, and no Guide-Dang-It solutions- it’s possible to work out all the solutions given the information available in the game. That said, there was at least one puzzle that refused several plausible solutions in favor of what seems to me to be a less-plausible (though more amusing) one, and several in which I knew the concept of the solution, but there wasn’t much of an indication about how to actually do that. Plus the traditional complex “solve it because it’s there” puzzle that turns out to massively help your protagonist progress in a somewhat illogical way, but that’s so common in the genre that it might actually be considered a lack if it weren’t present. :-J There is the usual complete refusal by the protagonist to clean up after themselves- I wish more of these games would let us give people their stuff back once it’s not needed any more. Hopefully, there will be uses for the items still in Bwana’s pockets at the end of the chapter, instead of the traditional “lost everything during the cutscene” trope.
– Real player with 6.7 hrs in game
This title really surprised me with how well it was made. I came in having no expectations. I had bought the game as part of a bundle on indiegala, and was only really going to try it out while waiting for another (and much larger in size) game to download, and was frankly blown away right from the start.
You start off in dire straights with your electricity having been shut off because you hadn’t paid your bills for a while. This means you can’t make any money because the pump in your gas station that you own an operate relies on the power to run. However with some cheeky DYI smarts, you’re soon back to normal… If normal means no customers, which… it does.
– Real player with 6.1 hrs in game
Cognition: An Erica Reed Thriller
When I started playing Cognition: An Erica Reed Thriller in 2016 the game’s unusually brutal and violent nature caught me unaware and scared me away (the fact that the pace of the game slowed down after the opening events was also one of the reasons why I stopped playing it). When giving it a second chance more than 2 years later, I was positively disappointed. After having finished it I must say this is the goriest adventure game I have ever seen - many characters ended up getting killed/mutilated by the time the credits started to roll. This unexpectedly serious tone of course has nothing (or at least little) to do with Cognition: An Erica Reed Thriller being a great point and click adventure game, if we can overlook some of its shortcomings (and the base concept of the use of psychic abilities).
– Real player with 30.5 hrs in game
Introduction
When I first encountered Cognition: An Erica Reed Thriller, it was in a bundle -It looked interesting but I put it on the back burner since I was busy with other games. Fast forward a few years, I asked my friends on Steam what game I should play as a break from my usual things, and this title came up. After looking into I realized this seemed like a great idea! I had not played a point-and-click adventure game in a while, the other reviews seemed positive and it was recommended by friends as well. Drawn in by the comic book art style and the opportunity to play a female protagonist I booted the game up and instantly became addicted. This title offers a solid story, good gameplay and hours of fun for any gamer.
– Real player with 26.6 hrs in game