Magnificent Ships: Volume 1
Nice Experience, Would Love a Snap-Turn
Played on Oculus Rift CV1 with Touch controllers. I don’t have a particular interest in ships or maritime history, so I was reluctant to pick this up. Since I like casual VR experiences, and all the reviews are positive, I thought I’d give this one a try. I purchased a bundle (Volumes 1 and 2). The wave effects and time of day changes are excellent. I wouldn’t mind a little more resolution on some of the ship textures, but they still look good. I have really enjoyed watching the sunrise and sunset from several of the ships. I also had fun playing with the model ships in the park.
– Real player with 5.9 hrs in game
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From the same people who brought you “VROOM: GALLEON”, this is essentially just a detailed 3D model of various ships with some added effects. Spending $10 on it might be a bit much since there’s no game here, but each ship is pretty well modeled (on the exterior anyway) and you can even go below the water level to get a look at the hull, rudder and propellers/screws.
You get 6 ships to choose from: a 16th century pirate ship (much like VROOM: Galleon), an Oil Tanker, a Navy Submarine, Iowa class battleship, a Zumwalt class Destroyer, and the Queen Mary 1. Some of the textures could use some work, but overall it’s still pretty neat.
– Real player with 2.1 hrs in game
Escape The Tank
For someone’s first game this is genuinely very good! Simplistic platforming and puzzles, some enemies with good pathfinding that pose as good obstacles, and an easy to understand premise: Escape the tank. Since its his first game its incredibly low budget quality, which is to be expected, but its still very good.
Note to the developer:
Things you might wanna look into when you remake this
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Complete overhaul of the ui, its pretty messy at the moment.
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Some different enemies other than the manta ray. It serves its purpose, but it starts to get annoying to see the same toothy-mouthed enemy coming at you. Maybe some piranhas or sharks? The lionfish could also have some other variants such as a pufferfish.
– Real player with 1.2 hrs in game
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Awesome early access game, cant wait to see it fully finished. Cool concept from an up and coming game developer; who actively takes on feedback from users.
– Real player with 0.1 hrs in game
Submorse
All I need now is a telegraph Morse key gaming mouse…
Submorse is a very good game to casually learn Morse code. It’s pretty addictive too once you start doing the time trials. Walking around in the sub is a nice touch for atmosphere. There’s a basketball and goal to mess around with. There is also a radio you can choose various songs on, although I would suggest you turn off the radio (and turn off success audio) before you try to do Morse code. You will find 3 interactive monitors in the sub. The monitor closest to the basketball goal is the one you do Morse code on. You will also see the internet high scores of the Submorse time trials on one of the other monitors in the sub once you’ve completed a time trial. Another monitor will let you adjust the game settings.
– Real player with 5.3 hrs in game
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Full article with images and formatting: https://thelastreturn.medium.com/submorse-ac118236a82a
TLDR:
If you want to learn morse code, or really just want to challenge yourself and pick up some cool knowledge along the way, then this game is definitely for you. Even people who might not be interested in morse code, will have a great time playing this game. I know I definitely did.
The only thing I personally felt that was missing from this game was more content. Though it certainly didn’t take away from the fun experience I had with the game.
– Real player with 4.7 hrs in game
Magnificent Ships: Volume 2
it good and it fun
– Real player with 9.2 hrs in game
Similar Experience to Volume 1- I Liked It, but I Still Want a Snap-Turn
I just posted my review below verbatim from what I wrote for volume 1. Essentially, I felt that the pluses and minus are the same.
Played on Oculus Rift CV1 with Touch controllers. I don’t have a particular interest in ships or maritime history, so I was reluctant to pick this up. Since I like casual VR experiences, and all the reviews are positive, I thought I’d give this one a try. I purchased a bundle (Volumes 1 and 2). The wave effects and time of day changes are excellent. I wouldn’t mind a little more resolution on some of the ship textures, but they still look good. I have enjoyed watching the sunrise and sunset from several of the ships. I also had fun playing with the model ships in the park.
– Real player with 3.4 hrs in game
Aquarium Designer
English version below.
Wie houdt er niet van om naar een mooi ingericht aquarium te kijken? Aquarium Designer geeft de mogelijkheid op een eenvoudige manier zelf een bak samen te stellen. Diverse formaten aquaria zijn voorhanden en een groot aantal vissoorten. Daarnaast natuurlijk ook planten en materialen als stenen en stukken hout, waarvan de grootte kan worden aangepast. Ook allerlei decoraties ontbreken niet.
Het spel kan op 2 manieren gespeeld worden. De eenvoudige manier, waarbij je alles wat je leuk vindt in een bak stopt, of de ‘echte wereld’ manier, waarbij temperatuur en pH waardes van water, planten en vissen overeen moeten komen. Start je zo’n bak, dan moeten de vissen ook dagelijks gevoerd worden. En je zult zien hoe snel alg verschijnt op het glas!
– Real player with 20.1 hrs in game
I’d give this game a 5/10 in its current form.
It’s an ok base game, but a lot of things could improve, and make the experience feel more immersive.
For me, I feel these improvements would help immerse players and further creativity.
-MORE PLANTS
-MORE FISH
-MORE DECORATIONS
-MORE WOOD
-CUSTOM TANK DIMENSIONS
For some reason these areas feel really lacking, the detail on the current inventory is great but it needs expansion to give the player more tools and options. Hopefully more content is planned in future updates.
– Real player with 15.7 hrs in game
Beans or Bones
Beans or Bones is a fun 2-player online co-op pirate game for having a good time with your best buddy. Stranded on a cannibal island you are lucky: Improved seamanship has led to fewer and fewer shipping accidents in recent years - a major food source for the cannibals. So you are offered a deal: find Brownie George on a remote island, and get his relish recipe to make beans more tasty than your bones. So you go on a quest with your fellow pirate buddy, fly with birds, paddle in barrels, and use your bubble shooter to fight sharks.
Key Features:
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For fans of fun pirate games
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Focus on fun little game mechanics like flying a bird, or making sharks fly with your bubble shooter
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No-one is seriously harmed or killed - no blood, just blood orange juice
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A short game that lasts about an hour.
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A family project made by a non-vegetarian solo developer and his 3 non-vegetarian sons.
Pearls of the Oceans
Love to see small studios making a solid first entry into the world.
Fun game, tight controls, please fix the leaderboard scores so I can show the world how to clean the oceans!
– Real player with 0.2 hrs in game
Coral Quest
Very simplistic game that was obviously designed for phones. A 3rd person runner game where you move your fish on a 3x3 grid collecting shiny objects while avoiding obstacles. Cosmetics are unlocked along the way while you also accumulate currency that can be used to purchase additional characters or accessories.
A cups-and-balls game is presented between levels to win additional currency, as well as almost depressing facts about plastic pollution.
There is some variety in the level design with new environments and obstacles, but it does start to feel like a grind pretty quickly. A nice game to play while listening to music or a podcast.
– Real player with 7.3 hrs in game
Game is simple but cute. Young children will probably enjoy the game and the ability to change what fish they are.
– Real player with 5.1 hrs in game
Sea Bubble
Very wholesome game with nice aesthetics.
The kind of game you play at a couch party with some friends, controller and keyboard needed, haven’t tried playing with 2 controllers tho(and dunno if you can).
– Real player with 24.6 hrs in game
At first I was a little sceptic, watching the trailer only gave me questions about purchasing this game or not, does this kind of game really fit me? But I went to the steam page and I saw that the game wasn’t really expensive, so why not to try it? I downloaded and tried it with my roomate, and you know? It made our afternoon. This game may not have top-notch graphics or be as complex as Rocket League, but is fun to play with a friend, is that kind of game that is better when you play with someone physically and joke about it, or play with some friends a friday night before going outside.
– Real player with 1.4 hrs in game
TARAKAN - Mystery Point & Click Adventure
Sorry to say I was disappointed with this game.
If you’re seriously into math you may love it.
I prefer the type of escape room where you find clues and solve problems.
This game turned into all numbers with no clues at all.
You either know the math required or, like me, you’re out.
– Real player with 8.8 hrs in game
This is a very short puzzle game, I took 4 hours but a chunk of that was me leaving the game running whilst I went off for a coffee or some other task. The graphics are basic 2D, the navigation point and click and the game is simplicity itself, find something that needs unlocking and then find a key or code. The puzzles vary from solutions staring you in the face to having to get a pen and paper out and do some calculations. It isn’t very strenuous but does provide for a diverting few hours. Is it worth the price? Just about. I suspect this style of game works better on the Android platform.
– Real player with 4.3 hrs in game