Reactor Tech²
A game about watching number rise. But what is life, if not watching the year count rise and your bank account dwindle?
Now, I’ve just finished my first “complete” playthrough and there are a few things I want to talk about. Let’s start with the most important: most of the negative reviews are old. The UI isn’t perfect but it’s not bad and same with the tutorial. In my entire playtime I’ve only found what I think was a bug once.
The artstyle, music and sound effects are gorgeous.
DO NOT buy this game expecting something similar to a city/base builder. Actually you build very few structures, and spend most of the time upgrading your existing buildings, changing the engineering cells and min-maxing the different configurations.
– Real player with 17.0 hrs in game
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It has the marks of an interesting, fun little game, however…
Be warned:
it’s not really release-ready, regardless what they claim.
The game is full of annoying bugs and overlooked illogical elements, the controls are inconsistent, the whole thing is sorely in need of a UI/UX overview, it’s hard to navigate, hard to sort out what’s what.
Currently expansion is impossible, due to a heating issue.
And in my personal opinion it does not look good.
I’ll persist, maybe it’ll be a good game; currently it’s a beta, that’s not very playable.
– Real player with 13.4 hrs in game
Farmers Co-op: Out of This World
The soils have become infertile for your home world, and you have found new hope on these distant planets with the help of the generous inhabitants living on them. At last, fresh food can be grown/produced again on these beautiful but alien lands.
In Farmers Co-op: Out of This World, your job is to work together as a farming team to produce as much crop/food as possible within the time limit and beam them back home. In a particular order from tillilng, sowing, watering, harvesting to shipping, its co-op farming fun at its best! It won’t be that easy though, environmental hazards, human errors, crop pests and more will be in your way to test the chemistry and collaboration between you and three others.
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Burrowburrow
The Naked-Moledragon has hatched and turned society upside-down! It’s up to you to create a town and build a community with the local animals you’ll meet in your travels through a magical but dangerous wilderness!
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Complete freedom to create your own town – Build your village tile by tile, customize and change the world around you
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Make friends with local animals – Meet different villagers with their own stories and personalities
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Solve problems your way – use elemental forces like water, fire, and ghosts to find creative solutions or cause general chaos
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Spend your days in a living and growing world – Plants, fungi and monsters will all propagate and grow over time leading to a dynamic environment
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Survive the forces of nature – Watch out for wild fires, thorny bushes, explosive berries, sentient fungi, and unspeakable monsters
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Have a unique experience every playthrough – Experience procedurally generated worlds with meaningful gameplay differences every play through
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Herder
I had access to Beta release, it’s a fun unique take on farming, score attack, and tower-defence style games. Easy to pick up and play or sink a few hours into. Great fun!
It’s not a massive sprawling game, but you’ll easily get some hours of playtime in, well worth the $5.
– Real player with 46.1 hrs in game
Full play through w/ all achievements here when it uploads: https://youtu.be/HZTvax6dNbc
First Off Pro tip I didn’t find out until 5 hours into the game if you hit the R key the dog will run the sheep into the starting area and consolidate them The Concept of this game is actually really well executed, but first let me talk about the main thing that ruins the game a good amount for me. My little herder dude likes to target rocks walls trees EVERYTHING so I could be facing forward hit the w and go backwards cause he’s targeting some random object it makes your character herk and jerk around and it’s tragic. The sheep are dumb they literally run TOWARDS the danger instead of away. Whoever made this game has a really good understanding of animals the disease from having too many and the problems that can come from not thinning the herd can cause a huge problem and this mechanic is really well done and makes getting some of the achievements very difficult even on casual mode. The shooting works really well when my dudes not focused on a rock or a wall. The upgrades are super cool I was actually very amused when my sheep went face first into one of the land mines I planted. Definitely recommend this game for the price.
– Real player with 5.4 hrs in game
Cloudscape
Cloudscape is an open-world action adventure survival game!
You play as Kumo, a Cloudling who awakes on an uninhabited island. Explore the island and gather resources to make tools to help you survive and adventure further. Beware! At night, strange monsters will appear, ready to attack! Prepare yourself and keep a fire going to make it through the night. Survive long enough to escape the island and uncover new islands with new places to explore, new faces, and much more!
Build your farm, explore perilous dungeons with mystical bosses, find romance and raise animal companions as you work out how to bridge connections between the world’s fragments!
Features
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Mine, Woodcut, Farm, Fish, Forage and Craft as you explore different islands
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Many inhabitants to meet! Make friends, enemies or even find love
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Fight to survive the night! Craft and uncover new weapons to help defend yourself in the dark.
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Explore a rich world with new exotic locales and unlock many new resources, tools and abilities to help take you further into the world
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Build a house, decorate it, fill it with stuff! Customize your look with different clothing
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Catch bugs, tame and raise animals, learn to cook, dig for buried treasure, solve puzzles and uncover secrets
Farmer Wars
Farmer Wars!
You haven’t known crazy times until you’ve seen what’s going on in Farmer Wars. Welcome to the most tractor-turning, redneck-riling, boomstick-blamming first-person shooter out there. Your neighbors have been getting too big for their britches and it’s time to cut them down to size in a good old-fashioned all-out feud.
Bring Out the Big Guns!
Employ a diverse arsenal of deadly weapons. Something getting on your nerves? Make it go away by pointing your gun at it and pulling the trigger – problem solved! From handguns, to shotguns, to assault rifles, and more! But maybe you fancy a more up-close-and-personal approach? Luckily, your typical agricultural enterprise suffers no shortage of sharp blades and pointy ends that can take a solid chunk out of some trespassing stranger. Knives, hatchets, and an angry mob’s favorite – the pitchfork. Finally, for when you really need to get a point across in your quarrel – nothing says ‘solid argument’ like a missile launcher.
The Economy, Fools!
Country life may have been turned upside-down but when it comes to some rules, it’s still business as usual. Especially if we’re talking about the rules of business. As a farm’s owner you’re still responsible for running it, maintaining it, and making sure it turns a profit among all the havoc. There are fences to build and fields to sow, cause unlike whatever you’re choosing to farm, ammo just doesn’t grow on trees and you need to earn the money for it. The economy is dynamic too, so make sure to check up on the latest market updates while keeping your head down in the hail of bullets. Observe closely and make business-savvy decisions on your next produce.
Wheels of Fury!
The farming implement of today may quickly turn into the war machine of tomorrow. Sure, your combine harvester may have had a hard day’s work, but these are tough times, so it’s time for it to become your mighty steed. Become the owner of different powerful tractors, trucks, harvesters, and other A speeding tractor is no joke, though, so adjust your tactics accordingly and be prepared for any wild ride. Should your visitors be in a hurry to leave in their vehicles, an M79 to the engine oughta convince them to stay a while longer, if not for good.
Atomicrops
Note: Despite my hours I have seen quite a bit of this game already. This is because I played a lot of the Limited Thyme Preview, so I would say that I have to say here is just. Atomicrops: Stardew Meets Gungeon But Falls a Bit ShortSoundtrack…………………………………………………………………………..⭐⭐⭐⭐/☆ (4/5)- This game has an awesome soundtrack that fits into its theme quite nicely. It’s quirky, lively, and a bit silly, which suits the game well. Only complaint is that there’s few songs. Graphics…………………………………………………………………………………⭐⭐⭐/☆☆ (3.5/5)- Good graphics for sure, but not as good as EtGs or Stardews. Boss sprites and character portraits look quite detailed though. Atmosphere/Mood…………………………………………………………………⭐⭐⭐⭐/☆ (4/5)- A cultative combination of the music, bosses, crop animations, and more, the game accomplishes it’s mood quite well. Gameplay……………………………………………………………………………..⭐⭐⭐/☆☆ (3/5)- The game is a bit repetitive, and doesn’t have all the best permanent content. More on that later. Potential Time Investment…………………………………………………………..⭐⭐⭐/☆☆ (3/5)- Due to the lack of permanent content, and an issue with keeping players completely engaged, time invested will likely be a bit shorter than other roguelites. Price……………………………………………………………………………….⭐⭐⭐/☆☆ (3.5/5)- The price is probably a bit too high for this game. It is best to buy it on sale. Lacking of Bugs…………………………………………………………………⭐⭐⭐⭐/☆ (4.5/5)- I have found only one bug playing this game, though it’s hard to say if it’s a bug or an intentional feature. Overall Star Verdict*…………………………………………………………….🌟🌟🌟/☆☆ (25.5/35)- At its core, the game is a lot about management, where two interesting concepts have been combined in a way that is a bit short of being perfect. *Overall Star Verdict is calculated by finding the mean of the seven different categories; that is, adding them all up and dividing them by the amount (7) to calculate the Verdict. Generally, the initial Verdict will be rounded up for the final one.A lot of people want to say that this game is “Stardew meets Gungeon.” In part that is true, but definitely not completely. And not necessarily for the better. This game is a bit short of being a perfect combination of those games. Farming is definitely a major portion of this game, and for the most part it’s not bad. The player has to till the ground, plant the seeds, and water them, simple stuff. But the game takes it a bit further than that. Plants can be fertilized to increase their value. Fertilizer is dropped from enemies, tying in the farming with the combat a bit. In addition, if crops are
! planted in a 2x2 square and fertilized, they will merge into one large crop. These large crops are worth considerable more than their smaller counterparts. This is a fitting mechanic because it encourages players to think about how they arrange their crops, instead of just mindlessly planting them everywhere. The action is a bit short of being up there with the greats. Lots of the time it’s somewhat repetitive, and unfortunately this doesn’t just apply to the farming aspect. There is little enemy variety, and several of the enemies are just enhanced versions of weaker ones. However, some of the enemies that there are have interesting attack patterns, which spice things up a bit. This issue also applies to the seasons as well. There’s four main seasons, and one final season. Each main season lasts three days, and features one boss at the very end. Every night the player will face a siege of mutant animals trying to eat the player’s crops. The difficulty of this siege ramps up nicely as the game progresses, and rarely feels unfair. In fact, at the beginning, it is actually quite easy. Very few enemies appear, and those that do have very little health. In addition, during the first year enemy bullets move insanely slow. But more on that later. Unfortunately, there is only one boss per season, which makes the fights feel a bit less unique. Once the player actually manages through the first four seasons they will go into the
! Nuclear Winter. This season is different from any other. It is entirely at night, and features only a single day. During this the player will be fighting off against the
! Corpse-a-copia, a giant head composed of various fruits and vegetables. This boss fight is actually very unique, because unlike most enemies it cannot be damaged through usual means. Instead, the player must
! farm and harvest crops to damage it.. This boss fight is executed in a way that perfectly combines both the fighting and farming aspects of the game, and is definitely one of the highlights. I mentioned how easy the first year of the game is. While that is still true, that does change later on. After beating the game once in the current year the player will be able to access the next year. There is not much difference between years, other than difficulty. As the years increase so do enemy bullet speeds, enemy attack speeds, enemy health, etc. Think of it as the Summoning Stones from UnderMine. There are some rewards for completing higher years, though they may not be enough to keep players engaged. The only rewards are
! some new characters and bachelors/bachelorettes. The marriage portion of this game isn’t exactly what it might seem like at first. It centers around roses, a rare crop that have a few, valuable uses, including dating. Dating one of the characters really just comes down to what they are offering at the time for the player’s roses. This makes it feel less like a relationship and more like a bartering system. In addition, besides from character portraits, none of the characters are interesting in the slightest. They have very little personality or story of any kind. This game has a beast of a soundtrack. The songs capture the feeling very well in the majority of the scenarios. My personal favorite is the boss theme of Summer. The graphics in this game are good too. Some sprites look a bit flat, especially with character and enemy sprites. This is heavily contradicted by the greatly detailed nature of the crops and boss sprites. There are some features that the game is missing and feels a bit unfinished because of it. Keep in mind these are from what I know and have experienced. First of all, there seems to be no almanac of any sort to keep track of the different crops. This makes it difficult to know which crops are more valuable than others, and as such makes it hard to prioritize which ones to grow. In addition, there’s no way to keep track of all the different items either, unless the player actively sees them or has them on them. Second, the game does not have an on-screen map. There is one in the inventory menu, but it’s quite small and not that helpful. Because of this, it’s easy to get lost at the start of the game. There’s also some areas that are just empty, with nothing in them at all. This is very apparent towards the ends of each biome. There’s also very few achievements in this game, and I don’t really see why that is. Hopefully more will be added in the future. So, for the most part, I do enjoy this game a fair bit. However, if you want to play a true roguelite, go play Enter the Gungeon or UnderMine. If you’re coming here purely for the farming, go play Stardew Valley instead. This game is not the best example of either of those two genres.
– Real player with 267.2 hrs in game
Target Audience: Roguelite fans wanting something a bit different, and want something to put a lot of time in.
Summary:
Atomicrops is one of those games that’s the definition of a solid purchase. You’re not going to feel bad about the 15 dollars spent here as you will get a fun return on investment here, something that you’ll play for hours at a time (hell even with leaving the game on, notice the hours played here). Will the game be something that will revolutionize the genre or will stick with you 10-15 years down the road? Not right now no, I do believe that is possible with tweaks here and there it could be, but it’s a game that has a couple of “yeah, but”s about it that won’t put it in the elite. That definitely doesn’t mean it’s not worth the money.
– Real player with 142.3 hrs in game
Chang’an: The capital of Tang Dynasty
Nice game! The game vividly and accurately, without compromising the fun during game play, reconstruct the great ancient capital of Tang Dynasty, one of the most prosperous, powerful, and open one in the Chinese history.
Personally, I enjoy the unique Fang system, which gives players flexibility to construct each Fang in a distinctive and challenging way. The benefits in authority, gold income, labor, and culture which are generated by poets and paintings are novel and of great fun. Moreover, the completion of each tasks yields different achievements, which makes the city more realistic and true to history. A fun and great game for players who are interested in ancient cities building.
– Real player with 13.7 hrs in game
I like the graphics of the game, but the tutorial is very basic. And there doesn’t seem to be a way to get your income above 50 gold a month. That means it takes centuries to get anywhere with this game All the main buildings cost 5000 each. Do the math and you see it is a slow process. And there’s no real sandbox game. It’s just played in a sandbox. Also, using the wasd to get around is tedious! Maybe it will be a good city builder…someday.
– Real player with 5.2 hrs in game
My Singing Monsters
This game opened my eyes to the greater questions. Why are we here if not just to play My Singing Monsters? If there is any meaning in life I think I’ve found it. When the Fwog proclaims, “Wa wa wa wa wa wa,” I think I understand further why life was granted to us. Our whole purpose, was to create My Singing Monsters, and play it. The only thing we should have done, and the only thing we should be doing, is playing My Singing Monsters. I got choked up when the Maw said “De de, de de de, de de de, de de de, de de de, de de de, de de de, de de de.” It forced me to think, to open my mind to the bigger picture. Friends don’t matter. Nothing matters as much as My Singing Monsters.
– Real player with 207.2 hrs in game
Shortly before My Singing Monsters was released on steam, my life was spiraling out of control. But then one day a friend of mine told me that My Singing monsters was on steam. I couldn’t believe it, it was true, it had just released and it turned my life upside up again. The second I heard the noggin gracefully slap the top of his head repeatedly to the first time I heard the mammot seductively say “Bummm”. I cried tears of joy, Every time I feed my monsters I feel proud and genuinely feel like my monsters care about my well being. I talk to my monsters every night and tell them about my problems. All I talk about is my singing monsters and my friends blocked me on discord because I only talk about My Singing Monsters. Thank you Big Blue Bubble. Thank you for bringing a purpose to my life again.
– Real player with 194.0 hrs in game
SnowRunner
The SpinTires/MudRunner series has finally become a full fledged game. SnowRunner brings map exploration and change to a new level with the ability to improve and repair disaster struck areas. The trucks have a high level of customization and unlocks to make them increasingly capable as you delve into stickier situations. Finally, the map sizes and routes require planning in the late game to ensure you bring the right tools for the job; don’t prematurely lose your load; and make it to the finish line with more than fumes in your tank.
– Real player with 427.2 hrs in game
Snow runner is the much anticipated sequel to Mud runner, the third game in the spintires off road simulation series, and this new installment takes the spintires concept from being a curious toy to a full fledged game. Quite a monumental leap to say the least. I won’t be covering many of the things that stayed the same from mud runner, as I already made a review of it.
It does this mainly by adding a new progression system. Trucks and upgrades are now earned through money, an XP level system, and scavenged from the maps as you play. In some ways, this makes the game into a bit of a metroidvania type of ordeal. There are many areas starting out that you simply cannot reach with your current equipment. And that can be rather frustrating to someone unfamiliar with spintires. Your biggest enemy is yourself if you don’t know what your trucks can and cannot do. Many judgement calls will have to be made. Especially when doing a super heavy haul contract with early game equipment.
– Real player with 315.3 hrs in game