Cepheus Protocol Anthology Season 1
Cepheus Protocol: Anthology is a linear prose, visual novel.
Experience the outbreak of the Pangu Virus from multiple perspectives as the brave heroes of the Center for Epidemic Research and Control battle tirelessly to stop the spread of a cataclysmic alien virus that has mutated innocent people into monstrous creatures of unimaginable power with a single-minded goal spread.
Told from various perspectives of the outbreak, before and during, discover how the Pangu Virus was discovered, what led to the creation of the C.E.R.C., how the virus came to American shores, and who is Patient Zero. As the outbreak spreads, millions of innocent lives hang in the balance. Every day, the virus becomes more virulent as it progresses to its true nature.
Faced with a threat it was never meant to fight will the heroes of the C.E.R.C. be strong enough to save not just a city but prevent the extinction of the human race? See for yourself in this eye-catching visual novel that allows you to explore Cepheus Protocol"s frightening events like never before.
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Walkerman
-The game has a some nice backgrounds and overall the art is good but the backgrounds get used over and over and over. The same can be said about the characters, you get the odd flip left and right but the amount of actual unique art is very limited.
-The sound/music is alright, nothing to right home about, but the blaring “Walkerman” headbanger outro after each act… fml.
-The game/narrative is a blatant rip off of The Witcher, I am actually surprised that the developer hasn’t had a legal injunction filed against him, maybe there is just enough changed for it not to be considered intellectual property theft… If you have never played the Witcher, do yourself a a favour and run and grab it and stay clear of this.
– Real player with 12.8 hrs in game
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I am a big fan of a well written story a a choice centered story where the choices you make have a real effect and this game very much delivered on that for me. It’s a shame it hasn’t gotten more attention really.
+Pros
-The music is very enjoyable for the most part, the main theme was a bit jarring at first but it grew on me in a campy way.
- The main character seems to have a lot of depth to him and has an actual personality in him, rather than many games like this where the main character is as much of a blank slate as possible.
– Real player with 8.0 hrs in game
The Walking Dead: A New Frontier
I’m writing this review mostly to provide an alternative perspective to other negative reviews. Not that they are wrong, but I think that when approaching a narrative game like this it is important to recognise that other views are possible.
My overall impression at this stage (up to episode 4) is that this game is still very much in the same league as its two predecessors. This is because I feel that the plot, characters and decisions are all engaging and interesting. If you approach the story and the new characters with an open mind, and don’t expect it to be another instalment of “The Adventures of Clementine”, then I think it’s fairly easy to become invested in the decisions which you need to make. I certainly didn’t find it any easier to make most of the major decisions in this game than either of the others. All of them made me think about the impact that they would have on what would happen and how others would perceive me.
– Real player with 21.6 hrs in game
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Lee, Clementine, Kenny, Luke, Jane, Duck, Omid, AJ, Christa…
The ghosts of the past meet again
Where do I even start ?
I absolutely love the game and preordered it a long time ago, as I did with every season of The Walking Dead since I discovered what a beautiful masterpiece the first part was.
The story is as gripping and thrilling as ever - the characters are believeable and alive, you genuinly attach to them and feel towards them ; whether it’s love, sympathy, pity or hate. The choices are moving and unbelievably important irrelevant. The music is top notch, the world, the ever present feeling is danger, the constant threat and worrying about psychological state, food, ammo, dangers both from the outisde and from the inside. All those things make you contemplate on the whole point of living in a world like this, and answer one, crucial question ;
– Real player with 13.5 hrs in game
Blues and Bullets
Game is dead like a beached whale.
My personal experience is probably a lot like most people on here. When a sale season hits, you go out a buy a crap-tonne of anything and everything that has had a price reduction on your wishlist. Like a hungry vacuum cleaner sucking up your wallet, purse, handbag, life savings, superannuation and assorted licorices, you just buy buy buy! without really looking at the forums or the latest info or even if the game is finished yet.
Which brings me to my point. This game wasn’t finished, and never will be.
– Real player with 8.7 hrs in game
I do not really review episodic titles without having all episodes at hand with a complete walkthrough. With Blues and Bullets I did an exception as the title with its heavy noir atmosphere kept calling me. “A Crowd of Monsters” made an interesting and enjoyable game and I’m sure we’ll hear more about them in the future.
In the center of the game we have Eliot Ness who is based on the real Eliot Ness - an agent who enforced the Prohibition in the early 20th century and was famous for being part of the so-called Untouchables, a group tasked with getting Chicago rid of its corruption and - most notably - putting Al Capone behind bars. Here, the story is fictionalised - Eliot has already retired when he gets a visit from one of Capone’s henchmen. The kingpin wants to bury the hatchet and offers the agent a job most unexpected: finding his granddaughter as Sofia Capone was kidnapped.
– Real player with 6.2 hrs in game
Trap welcome to Beryl Part 1
Dear Developer,
I have played Parts 1-3. All I have to say is this: hurry up. But don’t hurry, because I want Part 4 to be as good as the rest. But still, you know, hurry up.
Guys, this is a great little gem. Yes, the first part is literally a half hour and it’s free. Part 2+3 bundled together are 1.99 AND IT’S WORTH IT. If you are a lover of horror, we need to support this developer. Imagine the film 1408 mixed with elements of Silent Hill and then add tropes of all the good horror movies worth mentioning thrown in.
– Real player with 5.8 hrs in game
Every so often a game just hits that spot. Mine is deformed and nestled in an inoperable area so that’s a tall order, but TRAP manages it and is very much worth your time.
You play as a generic dude traveling to one of those European cities whose major industry is providing spooky shadows and a skiiing experience without the benefit of modern medical care. Your brother is missing and he picked an ideal location to disappear: a town with an impossibly evil-looking hotel at the center of multiple disappearances that somehow still baffles what passes for the local authorities. I should mention right now part 1 is free and lasts about 20 minutes. Just buy the DLC. Two bucks for a four-hour game with some great puzzles and scares is an excellent investment.
– Real player with 4.4 hrs in game
SiN Episodes: Emergence
After rushing 24 hours total with this. I´m done. I´ve played all the maps(story i mean), fanmade, Sin 1 Source maps, EVERYTHING. (those all i could find and download). I examined every place in all maps totally. So the fun would not end.
Positive things about this game:
-AI, so much better than in any other source game, enemies can get wounded, and can´t move, just noticed that in last map i played, they kick things at you, shoots exploding barrels (and maybe kick them towards you after that), they can melee better, using head example, they throw your grenades back to you(i think, i´m not sure about this one) and they can get health from healthstations example. So it´s more challangening to fight them.
– Real player with 24.4 hrs in game
A wise woman once said “born to stink, forced to smell”. In an age where the games industry was still finding its footing, smaller studios that once battled the giants for a foothold in the mainstream had to resort to workflows and content delivery methods that were less than conventional in an attempt to secure funding. Ritual Entertainment, one such company, found themselves in this precise predicament after their generally unrewarded work on SiN and Counter-Strike left them seeking a new source of income.
– Real player with 12.3 hrs in game
Batman: The Enemy Within - The Telltale Series
Batman: The Enemy Within is the second season of Telltale’s version of my favourite DC superhero. Obviously this game is mostly focused on story, so I’ll start with my overall recommendation, and then you can skip my detailed analysis if you want to avoid spoilers.
This is an essential must play for any fan of Batman. The story is fantastic, Telltale back to their absolute best form. Voice acting is outstanding throughout the whole cast, headlined by Troy Baker as Batman/Bruce Wayne. I advise playing season 1 first, because some decisions carry forward, which can impact the appearance of some characters, and their relationship with Bruce. It took me 9 hours to finish Enemy Within, which is longer than Telltale’s other recent games, and I think you can justify buying the game for full price or a small discount.
– Real player with 18.0 hrs in game
Gotham’s Finest
By now almost everybody knows who Batman is and most of the details surrounding him (parents‘ death, enemies and villains, Batman‘s codex etc.). So you would probably think “why should I play another Batman game? Will it be the same old story I already know?“. In case of Batman - Enemy Within you would be nicely surprised because many things are just not as you are used them to be. And this is good because it makes the story much more interesting than still playing the same song over and over again.
– Real player with 17.2 hrs in game
Dragon and Weed: Origins - Prologue
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– Real player with 1.1 hrs in game
This is my opinion just for the PROLOGUE based on what I experienced and what I feel after finished watching.
I received the Chapter 1 for free from the developer giveaway itself but I haven’t watching it yet.
PROS
–Artstyle.
I like the type of the simple character and environment drawing artstyle.
–Dialogue/story.
For me at least, the story is good to listen. I’m quite curious to know next chapter.
CONS
–I think this game is buggy, sometimes after finished cutscene especially the pink purple galaxy with stars, it keep repeating after I click to the next cutscene, I heard the voice, but the image is stuck and repeat on the galaxy scene with no subtitles for more than 6 times. In other case, if I press spacebar which is pause and menu, and after return to play, the cutscene and the commentator also repeat himself spoke again from previous dialogue.
– Real player with 0.7 hrs in game
The Walking Dead
TellTale’s gem. Too bad the company was shut down mid production of Season 4. Anyway, I 100% recommend this series to all. Pro tip, buy the definitive edition to access all seasons in 1 big game. It’s the biggest bang for your buck :)
– Real player with 1745.2 hrs in game
Bloody solid game best way to start a off a great game.
– Real player with 45.6 hrs in game
Batman - The Telltale Series
I have some friends and people-I-know who like to judge me. All these judgement comes from their inability to accept that people can be different and their tastes can vary, it highly depends on what kinda person you are, your lifestyle and your education.
Telltale Games are always a reason for discussions and some weird talks like “what do you exactly call a game in there?” and every time I hear it I start to get mad. Truth be told, I never understood why people like to judge the genres they don’t like and people who play them, ‘cause it’s never been a big problem for me. If I don’t like the game or genre, I just don’t play it, easy as that.
– Real player with 67.9 hrs in game
By now, Batman is a well known character who’s had probably the largest exposure among comic book characters. Across the years there have been many interpretations of the character, some focusing on the hero, others on the darker aspects of his personallity and most of them on his growth. They’ve all been done to death. How does Telltale’s Batman fare? Do you need to know his character to enjoy this game? Is this a cashgrab or is there some worth to it, something that make the game shine ? Telltale’s catalogue is formed of both kinds. Batman season 1 is an interesting one. It starts as the former and ends as the latter. Before I go on with the narrative and technical details, I’ll get something out of the way: If you intend to play it on a low-tier device, better stay away! The engine of the game served as a prototype and therefore not many things could be fixed. To this day, the framerate can drop to the half of your display, there’s some stuttering in few moments on high-end machines, but it’s much worse on lower-ends. With that out, here’s the actual review:
– Real player with 35.3 hrs in game