Robot Roller-Derby Disco Dodgeball
Easily game of the year. This game has so much more to it than meets the eye. I began playing this game in beta, and it was amazing! It has easy mechanics, easy objectives, and unfathomable entertainment. There are so many things that I love about this game.
First off, unlike most other fps games, it’s balanced. All players are equal, and when you die, there’s no excuses. The other player was either better than you, or was able to use the map and powerups better than you. It’s straight forward hit or miss gameplay. Also, the powerups are balanced. The big balls will help you hit more robots, but they are so much easier to see, and unlike the homing and laser, you can’t hide having the powerup. When you’re holding a ball, it’s always big and noticable. The homing is amazing against bots at long range, but is so much harder to use close up. Also, when you lose it, you’re so used to seeing the tracker that it disorientates you for a moment. Laser is fast and great for ricochets, but it messes up the way you’re used to playing, being the ball has no drop. Jetpack is great for capturing points or swooping in like an eagle, but you can lose vertical momentum, making yourself an easy target. Pogo is good for navigation, but if you fumble, you’re an easy midair target. Super boost is great for hit and runs, but really hurts your finger pressing shift. I find that when you use superboost, you start going in a lap pattern, which makes you a predictable target. You also get disorientated in close combat. The balance in this game makes it such a more entertaining game because you’re just as capable as the rest of your team to achieve the objectives.
– Real player with 176.7 hrs in game
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Flashy Arcade-Style Fun!
An Early Access game that graduated with flying colours.
Let me start this review off by saying I’ve got 97 games on Steam and this is my most played game. If that doesn’t peak your interest, feel free to read on.
Intro:
This game is special. When I say “special” I don’t mean mentally handicapped, I mean it’s genuinely unique and a real diamond in the rough. For the price, this may be the best value you can find on Steam. It may be pretty simple in concept but trust me when I say that this game can entertain for hundreds of hours. Did I mention it’s one of the (very) few games that’s done Early Access right and actually seen a solid release?
– Real player with 175.7 hrs in game
Primal Pursuit
Primal Pursuit is an indie animal racer that supports up to 12 players and is a heap of fun with friends or in one of its offline modes such as the single player tournaments (against bots) or time trials (competing for leaderboard positions). It has an impressive art style with a nice selection of maps and unique animal’s to choose from. Each racer has their own set of abilities and playstyle, not to mention that the roster itself is made up of a pretty interesting, non-generic selection of species.
– Real player with 18.0 hrs in game
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Followed Primal Pursuit through early development and managed to snag a tester key! (Have now Purchased)
I Played this game with my Niece and Nephew, both them and myself had an absolute blast playing this game!
The animal racing style and themes are an awesome spin on the the classic arcade racer, with each animal (A total of 8) having a set of 3 unique and interesting abilities of their own. These abilities each of the animals possess, alongside the diverse range of maps that contain tricky obstacles such as the big boulders thrown from giants and hefty spike traps, really helped make our races more interesting and broke that monotony you’d have in most other games in this genre. My niece was smitten with the ‘chubby walrus,’ and wouldn’t change from him all afternoon.
– Real player with 15.9 hrs in game
Move or Die
I wanted to love this game, and in many ways I did.
The controls are tight and satisfying, the games are typically and appropriately frustrating, but balanced, and the mutators add a great twist to gameplay. Now, the marketing for this game is a bit questionable. While there is an element of chaos to the gameplay, it’s an organized chaos that lends itself more toward fierce competition than wacky party antics, since most of your deaths will be your own fault even amidst the layers of changing rules. Make no mistake: this is a game about gitting gud. What’s more, in the time I’ve owned it I’ve watched the developers steadily iron out nearly every bug or issue I had upon buying this game, and it’s flourished into a strong couch game - that is, if your couch friends have the stamina for it.
– Real player with 128.1 hrs in game
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Move or die is a very fun game, but fails to execute on aspects of gameplay
Move or die is a party game that encourages you to rage, most of the gamemodes involve you having to deal with the other players more than the environment, but this doesnt include all, this game is quite a great idea, and is a very fun quick party game, but I believe the game should still be in early access, and this is for quite a few reasons.
Gameplay
In move or die, you can play matches 5-30 minutes long, with each of these matches you get to choose the game modes that YOU want to play and your oppenents do the same. You then play your match according to the game randomly picking from your collective choices of gamemodes and you playing them in that exact order.
– Real player with 120.3 hrs in game
Vacuum Pilot
the game is a lot of fun
Love it
spaceship makes brzzzz
– Real player with 17.5 hrs in game
This is a nice indie “Easy to learn, hard to master” type of speedrun game :)
– Real player with 4.2 hrs in game
Kings Gauntlet: Chess Revolution
Kings Gauntlet: Chess Revolution is a 1v1 chess-inspired action game where you shoot at your opponent to summon pieces on the board.
Pieces can move as they would in chess, they will try to crush any opposing king or piece that crosses their path.
As the match goes on, stronger pieces will be available for summoning, until the queens bring chaos on the battlefield.
Real Time Battle!
Shooting the enemy king will fill your gauge. When the summon gauge is filled, you can deploy a chess piece on the board!
Place them strategically and quickly dash around the arena to dodge opponent pieces!
Rush for glory!
Crowns will spawn around the arena now and then, gather three of them to use your special ability.
Powerful abilities!
Use your special ability to fire a special bullet that converts every enemy piece on its path, turn the tides in your favor and checkmate your opponent!
Key Features
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Online and local 1v1 multiplayer!
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Unique customization possibilities!
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Multiple characters with unique abilities!
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Strategic and deep gameplay!
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Powerful pickups!
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A unique and fresh take on the oldest game in the world!
Potato Party: Hash It Out
VR needs more games like this!! This has been fun so far – played mostly with online friends, but planning to bring it out at game nights in the near future (seems like it’ll be better in-person actually – there’s a spectator mode if you want to run it on a shared screen).
Hoping for more VR party games like this in the future :)
– Real player with 12.5 hrs in game
Oh this is such a fun game, an awesome party game, particularly ideal in the pandemic because you don’t really need to be in the same room to enjoy it. it’s like charades in VR with a few other added things. It’s got cute characters and ways for people to suggest ideas for the “artist”. I never get over the amazing experience of 3d drawing in VR so naturally I can spend hours on this game. I would love more brushes and colors, I want to draw Mona Lisa in that two minute time :D (there is a Mona Lisa painting hanging on one of the walls too).
– Real player with 3.7 hrs in game
Smackball
Awesome game capable of providing an immense amount of fun for you and your friends! It is easily noticeable that the game was made with love and polished to perfection. This can be seen from the visuals, which are clean but very pleasant, to the mechanics and gameplay, which are perfectly balanced.
What looks like a very simple game, quickly turns into an addictive, fun and competitive experience. The amount of game mode customization is huge. Controls and mechanics are easy to pick up, but try playing with a person who has twice the hours you invested in the game (or more)… Hint, it’s crazy fun to do that.
– Real player with 6.5 hrs in game
Smackball is a competitive two-player game with a simple concept, but a lot of depth in it’s mechanics. While it is easy to learn the basic controls, you will need to master the time management and stamina control if you want to beat your friends. The game has few game modes, and each of them has a unique point that makes them interesting. Personally, I recommend the power ups mode as it has a little bit more tactics in it than the other modes.
– Real player with 6.0 hrs in game
SpeedRunners
First off, I’m gonna say this game is really fun and is worth a buy if you’re gonna play with friends. However, if you’re going solo in this game, you might want to hear what i’m going to say.
What frustrates me as a player is the cancellation of Speedrunners as an ESL sport. This game had so much potential and would have attracted many people kids and adults alike to watch amazing professional gameplay. Though I would understand why this game had ultimately died because of a couple of reasons, one being that it has an identity crisis.
– Real player with 238.3 hrs in game
Introduction
Speedrunners is a brilliant, 2d, sidescrolling, racing game where you race against up to 3 players, locally or online in a battle of speed and wits. I used to dislike this game, until very recently when it was much less buggy and I got to understand the mechanics of the game. It is early-access, but a very good one at that. Continue reading, to learn more.
Gameplay
Your goal in speedunners, is essentially to win the race. However, there aren’t any laps, nor are there any special objectives. Instead, all of you have to do is be so far ahead of the rest of the racers, that they vanish off the screen. The race screen follows the leader, so it is key to stay close to the leader in order to stay alive. Once the opposing racers have hit the bounds of the screen, you as the leader win a round. Winning 3 rounds makes you the overall winner of the race. Sounds fairly easy? Well it would be, if this game didn’t have items or grappling hooks.
– Real player with 35.6 hrs in game
Team Sonic Racing™
This is the most mediocre game I have ever played. It has some very nice parts but severely lacks polish. Overall I think the game is neither very good or bad but I had fun with it so I recommend it.
The game is basically a sequel to Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed except it’s not. It remakes several tracks from that game (and its predecessor) and the way vehicles handle is quite similar with only minor differences (the games are also all made by the same developer studio but not necessarily the same developers). But Team Sonic Racing is not an All-Stars title.
– Real player with 168.2 hrs in game
A fun, albeit flawed kart racer which gets more hate than it deserves.
Pros:
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Good visuals. The karts, the characters, the tracks and the special effects are usually nice to look at.
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Addictive music. It’s modern sonic/crush 40 rock in style and it’s been done surprisingly well. There is plenty of good music to listen to here. The title, Green Light Go, is particularly addictive.
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Smooth gameplay. Everything flows well and driving is easy. Boosting and tricks are what you’ve come to expect in the standard kart formula and it’s no different here, but what is different is the team mechanic. This mechanic allows you to play in interesting ways, giving items or using them, gearing up with high speed/boost or handling for the slingshot boost off your team mates. You can even save team mates which have been shot down by performing skim boosts as well. All of this is just as natural to perform as a boost or trick.
– Real player with 57.9 hrs in game
Vandalhalla
This game has a really interesting premise that I hella wanna try out more of. It can benefit from better implementation of certain things, but it NEEDS singleplayer bot support. (F2P playing against bots was what got me into AFPS games in the first place.) At the moment, whenever you’re not playing with other humans, the only thing available is the parkour mode, and that’s it. (Parkour mode is pretty neat though). IMO, to address playercount, a game like this would benefit from doing a free-to-play model like TOXIKK or does ‘huge-selection-roster’ games like Paladins or League of Legends, where the base gameplay is free, but other supplemental stuff is purchased (e.g. new weapons not on free rotation, visual customization, etc).
– Real player with 1.6 hrs in game
Waited for an hour for matchmaking and didn’t find one. Movement is very bare bones and not fun.
– Real player with 1.0 hrs in game