Insect Adventure
Insect Adventure 8/10 Stars (Steam Only ATM)
This is a Metroid-style MV, even though at first glance, I assumed it would be closer to an HK-style MV considering the bug theme (which they poke fun at in the game). Most of the familiar themes from Super Metroid are all here, although the Dev does have a few tricks up his sleeve. In fact, once I started playing it, I thought this was going to practically be a straight-up reskin like an AM2R type game with bug skin. Luckily I was wrong.
We get the usual mobility upgrades (Relics), consumables (which can be purchased or mined), and upgrades for our health & strength. Plus, some stuff not found in Super Metroid.
– Real player with 15.5 hrs in game
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Pretty good little Metroidvania, took me about 4-5 hours for the first ~75% run. It’s indy af, hitboxes are jank, you can stuck in the floor, it borrows a lot of ideas from more polished and popular games, but it feels like it’s own thing and really fun to play. There is a lot of power ups, options for travel and secrets, exploring the world really feels rewarding.
And there is also a second character and 4 difficulty modes.
Give this game a chance, it’s a must for MV fans.
– Real player with 15.5 hrs in game
Cheeky Princess
Visual novel, fantasy, comedy, romance
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Story
Princess Ida is a proud student of the Royal Academy of Heroes but her father returned from the war and decided to arrange his daughter’s personal life. How will his gamble turn out?
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Features
✧ Cheeky female protagonist
✧ Three characters for a romantic relationship
✧ Beautiful artwork
✧ Multiple endings
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Warp Soldier
In a retro, monochrome fantasy landscape, the white sage Jericho has employed you to stop the local warlock from reviving an ancient evil. Is it up to you, the Warp Soldier, to put an end to his dark ritual. With your vast movepool, unadulterated ferocity, a few movement gimmicks, and tiny peglegs, do you have what it takes to end the warlock’s army before they put an end to you?
EXPLORE A VAST, RETRO, INTERCONNECTED WORLD
While the land lacks in color, the world the Warp Soldier must trek features several ecosystems, all authentically scored with the chippiest of tunes. Backtracking is rewarded but seldom feels like a chore with the powers the player will come across.
A MURDEROUS, ENCAPTIVATING CAST
Not only is the cast of cannon fodder charming and varied, but many of the bigger baddies you come across will have character arcs of their own. Whether the warlock’s headliner henchmen become your bitter rivals or eventual allies will depend on how you express yourself during combat. If tasteful violence versus fierce foes isn’t your forte, there are some NPCs scattered about who may be able to help you with a sidequest or two.
COMBO CANVAS - SHOUNEN STYLE
While your sword and swift kicks are already devastating on their own, your ability to teleport next to foes you’ve tagged with warp-strikes lets you extend your melee combos and air-juggles like only an anime protagonist can!
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Isekai: Reincarnation in a New World
Just finish the game and loved it. Other than bugs like how we can’t go in the power castle I haven’t seen any other bugs it’s fun if you give it a chance. oh the Reincarnation Requirements after 3rd Gen i can’t see it for some reason. I found another bug where I can’t reincarnate as a wolf.
– Real player with 10.3 hrs in game
There has been a patch since my review that will likely invalidate it. However I haven’t had time to go through and try the game again. I will still leave this here for comparison to the current game and see what’s changed and what still needs polish/refinement
Only reason I currently recommend the game is because I’m a sucker for monster MC and can see some potential here.
However, that’s all it has going for it, and it barely even does that, let’s break down what the game has.
Pros:
Reincarnation system- unique from other rpgs I’ve played, offers the promise of different playstyles and advancement.
– Real player with 3.5 hrs in game
The Court Of Wanderers
The Court Of Wanderers is a logic focused, non-linear puzzle game set in an enchanted estate where you never know what you will find behind the next door. Due to its mechanics driven design, there are lots of puzzles and surprising interactions to discover. Explore, think, struggle, and be amazed as the impossible becomes possible before your eyes.
Features
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Tightly designed and fair puzzles
Learn the rules of The Court, and discover how puzzle mechanics combine and interact in surprising ways. The numerous puzzles are novel and quick to solve, if you know how…
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Challenging yet accessible
No feats of timing, quick reactions or dexterity are required, just insight, and unlimited undo and reset a mistake is easily reverted. The game offers plenty of challenging conundrums, but due to its non-linear nature you can always explore somewhere else, and return later with a fresh perspective (or not at all).
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An impossible and mysterious world
Discover and rediscover a world that appears and disappears as doors open and close. Make your way through shifting corridors, secret chambers and hidden passages. Will you be able to tease open the doors closed?
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Non-linear story
Learn about The Court and its residents through strange memories and philosophical encounters, as you wander through a world that might defy understanding.
Gryphon Knight Epic: Definitive Edition
Gryphon Knight Epic: Definitive Edition:
After having defeated the enormous dragon that destroyed the all the crops and the army of the kingdom of Valiantskies, and of course, having saved the Princess, the leader of a group of eight heroes, Sir Oliver, fell deeply in love with the Princess as they stared into each other’s eyes for the first time. In the meantime, the other party members were already at the defeated Dragon’s Lair, taking possession of his gold, and most importantly, of seven powerful magic weapons! By the time Sir Oliver arrived at the Lair, there was plenty of gold for him to scoop away, along with an amulet, but no more special weapons. Years have passed, and Sir Oliver is now married to the Princess and has a child, but life is now kind of boring, his only outing being with his amazing Gryphon Aquila to gather food for supper. Until one day . . . he comes face to face with his own spectre, which is his total opposite and swears to destroy him, all thanks the Amulet he found years prior in the Dragon’s Lair.
*– [Real player with 14.2 hrs in game](http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198003030375)*
Classic arcade shoot 'em up (shmup) with polished pixel graphics, metroidvania-lite depth, upgrade systems, and a clear megaman influence; rock paper scissors style weapon acquisition between bosses – minus the punishing difficulty.
It's a breath of fresh air in an otherwise saturated roguewhatever/massive metroidvania market. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy a lot of roguelite/likes and love metroidvanias, but sometimes you just want a burger, not a six course meal. The game is still challenging; you'll probably die at least a few times even if you're a bullet-hell junky (which this game also is not).
*– [Real player with 9.9 hrs in game](http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198002563765)*
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## Project Grove: Prologue
If you’re a fan of atmospheric science-fantasy worlds and steampunk, you’ll be delighted about the optics of Project Grove! You play as 64 year old Edric Tate (cool to have an older protagonist for a change, btw) who explores a new region together with his little helper robot L-P1N. The two engage in playful banter, which is delivered a bit wooden at times, but entertaining in general.
The **gameplay** is fun, it consists mostly of walking around, exploring and platforming at this point. The progression of difficulty is good in the prologue, although the last few meters are a bit difficult, platforming-wise. You’ll also need patience to figure out some of the puzzles. But the game isn’t super hard, perfectly doable even for somebody who isn’t very familiar with this type of game.
*– [Real player with 6.2 hrs in game](http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198118507999)*
PROJECT GROVE: PROLOGUE is an adventure puzzle game. Where you will go and explore the Forest of Dacrima as legendary alchemist Edric Tate along with your plucky robot companion L-P1N. The goal is to Brew potions allowing you to solve puzzles to help you in your search for a cure to STOP The Great Rot.
What I loved about this game is a few things
1) The Graphics were nice, and the atmosphere felt somewhat alive with the whales and weird
jumping spiky balls.
2) It had Keyboard and mouse as well as Controller options and the controls were smooth and easy to use which is awesome.
*– [Real player with 1.7 hrs in game](http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198104832754)*
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## Die With Glory — Point and Click Adventure Game
**Give me glorious death or give me beer.**
There are always games and shows where a character searches for that perfect enemy to defeat. Trying to stay alive enough to do their mission. This is a different situation for Die With Glory. You play as Sigurd, an old Viking warrior, looking for a battle that will give him a glorious death and a ticket to Valhalla. It also helps your love is a valkyrie willing to bring you back when Valhalla rejects you.
Interestingly this is set up as storytime, each section of Hack and Slash Tavern is a new area you can play. As Sigurd remembers the event, you decide what happens to others before going in. Each area has it's own puzzles and tasks you have to do. This is honestly easy as wandering through the level, but some are more difficult to get through. By the end of the level you would be weapon ready for your opponent.
*– [Real player with 7.2 hrs in game](http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198280371208)*
Die With Glory
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Welcome to Die With Glory, Join our protagonist Sigurd: A veteran viking warrior who has never been defeated in battle on his journey to find glorious death and enter the majestic halls of Valhalla. Along with his spiritual companion, Ragnar the flying skull, they travel Midgard in search of an opponent worthy enough to kill him in battle so he may end his days gloriously and rest eternally in Valhalla.
Die With Glory
Released in May 2017 by Developer Castle. Die With Glory is a humorous point and click adventure game. You will travel across the lands of Midgard on a quest for a glorious death that has eluded him for all his years on the battlefield. You will be aided by many characters and fight many foe on your journey. There’s a lovely graphic art style and mellow soundtrack to enjoy as you traverse through battle after battle.
*– [Real player with 6.5 hrs in game](http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197977112201)*
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## The Isle of Elanor
The Isle of Elanor is an open-ended role playing game. It features real-time combat, a strong focus on player choice, and a High Fantasy narrative. The game borrows mechanics from **Dwarf Fortress**, **Divinity: Original Sin 2**, **Stardew Valley** and the **Witcher Series**.
You wash ashore on The Isle of Elanor, the last bastion of humanity remaining in the world. You retain only fragments of your memory – your origins are a mystery. The people of the isle are puzzled by your inexplicable arrival.
The situation on the island is grim: many people are poor, destitute, and in some cases close to starving. There's social strife and division. You're given a small plot of land. Can you help humanity survive?
* At the highest difficulty level, the game is meant to be challenging. If you're not careful, you will starve.
* Select skills and attributes to determine your build: a **tank**, **melee fighter**, or a **ranged attacker**? Or choose a build that doesn't specialize in combat.
* The Isle of Elanor is a game about player **choice**. What type of home to build? Who to befriend or who to make an enemy of?
* Set in an imaginary period of the Earth's past, it's a world that borrows elements from both Midgard and Middle Earth. The peoples of Middle Earth (humans, elves, dwarves, orcs, etc) appear in the game.
* Complex combat mechanics featuring single-handed (quick) and two-handed (long-range) basic attacks, skills (magic), and the use of a shield.
* Build workshops near your home and hire townspeople. This is more than a farming, fishing, and mining game. In fact, your home isn't necessarily a farm. You can create an industrial center where you manufacture pottery, or craft weapons and armor.
* Hire townspeople to perform the mundane tasks of watering and harvesting your crops.
* Become a part of the community. Give food, items, and jobs to needy townspeople. Watch the townspeople prosper, or decline, along with the home you build. You will face the consequences of your actions.
* Deep branching dialog options. Learn about the people and the history of the island.
* Features a realistic geology model. Stone occurs in sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic layers. Some types of stone, ore, and jewels are available to mine only in certain layers.
* Just a few of the types of stone: Bauxite, Cobalite, Granite, Gypsum, and Olivine. When you craft an item out of stone, the item retains the properties (color, weight, value) from the stone. The same mechanic applies to items crafted from wood.
* Factional alliances. The non-player characters on the island are grouped into factions. Most NPCs have families. Your relationship with one family member affects your relationship with the other family members. There are multiple towns in the game which also form factions.
* The Isle of Elanor can be played as a management game, akin to Dwarf Fortress, where you juggle the complexity of managing your employees and selecting Industries to specialize in.
* The townspeople of the island change over the course of game. Their appearance, happiness, needs, and skills evolve as the island changes. The townspeople have crafting skill levels that improve over time. Townspeople change their clothing based on the seasons and their financial wellbeing.
* The pricing of items in the game changes over time. There is a supply and demand mechanic. The more that you sell of an item, the less it is worth.
* Features an extensive main plot line that occurs over three chapters, all recorded in your journal.
* The guiding principle behind the quest system is **consequences**. Quests result in small changes here and there to show how the world is changed – for better or worse.
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## Heaven's Rising
"Heaven's Rising" is an open-world action RPG. Its actions unfold at the time of the decline of the Christian faith when she began to be considered noble persons only as a way of governing the people. You play as one of the angels of the "Aspida" group - a special unit of the Heavenly Host, which is engaged in protecting the universe from the confusion of the Expanses. You and your brothers and sisters were sent to the human world to find out the reasons for the massive appearance of demons and put an end to it. In the course of your investigation, you will encounter a wide variety of people, from a simple artisan to a noble young aristocrat, where any of your actions will have consequences. Explore a world full of dangerous ruins, deep forests, and places are forgotten by the Father.
#### KEY FEATURES
**PLAY AS AN EXPERIENCED DEMON FIGHTER**
You completed the Great War of the Expanses, where you fought against demons and titans. During the elimination of the consequences of this war, you showed yourself as an incredibly talented demon hunter, which is why you became one of the first members of the Aspid group. For thousands of years, your task has been to protect the universe from the penetration of beings from other Spaces.
* Send demons and sinners where they belong. Do not spare your enemies, for this can entail consequences.
* Help people, because the stories of the old hunter by the fireplace are not always pure fiction.
* Do human work. The world lives its own life and people are ready to pay for the solution of their problems to anyone who can help them. The money earned, in turn, will help you quickly get hold of better equipment.
**EXPLORE THE OPEN WORLD**
The world around does not stand still but lives its own life.
* Often, turning off the road, you can find something curious that can serve as the beginning of a whole story.
* For thousands of years of life, you have learned a lesson - there is no pure good or evil. Make decisions that you yourself feel are right and accept their consequences.
* The Universe is a much more subtle matter than a person can imagine. It is lucky that you are not, because angels are able to fully feel any changes in the world around them, which can lead you to new places that are invisible at first sight.
**CHOOSE YOUR WAY**
Perhaps during your adventure, you will change your outlook on the world and want to change your life. Become a hero of Heaven, solving the riddle of the appearance of demons, go to the side of Hell and help former enemies, or leave everything and live your own life away from this endless war. What to do is up to you.
* Develop your character according to your preferences - use exclusively the capabilities of Heaven or Hell, or correctly combine both elements.
* Play the selected type. You yourself choose who to be, and not by discovering new abilities and moving sliders, but by deed. All your actions will affect the state of mind, which will directly affect the possible development of the character and the attitude of brothers and sisters towards him.
* Get to know the world of people better. Over the centuries of work in the "Aspida" group, you thought that you knew human nature, but the new mission requires you to stay in the world of people much longer, which will allow you to open them from a new side.
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