Zenith
REVISED AFTER FINISHING GAME
In my original review where I had only played a few hours, I mainly focused the problem with the combat system. I want to give a more complete review of the game after completing it with all achievements.
Initially, combat primarily involves using ranged attacks and depending upon mana regeneration, where the primarily healing is through potions that have long cooldowns. Melee combat requires precise timing to avoid taking damage until you have more advanced weapons and artifacts. However, once you get further into the game and get better armor, combat is less problematic. There are a few challenging bits in the game, but overall the game becomes easier the more you play. By the end you are able to do effective combos of various moves using different weapons and abilities that make it so you don’t take any damage if you are careful.
– Real player with 19.8 hrs in game
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Surprisingly, I didn’t just enjoy the game. I loved it and wish I could play more.
First off, Zenith isn’t exactly an action RPG, but a light hack’n’slash. You can engage in close combat or, if your manna allows, magically attack from a distance. There’s no real level up system, you can just equip better armour and weapons, which in turn boost your stamina, manna, attack and defense. Sarcasm remains unchanged and always at 999! :D There is a kind of a skill tree, where you can boost various aspects. Fortunately you don’t need to make hard decisions, by the end of the game you’ll have all the points to be fully upgraded.
– Real player with 15.3 hrs in game
Active Neurons 2
So you survived your first foray into space cube puzzles, but you want to go even farther? Grab your flash of space milk and fire up those brian cells, because this time, we’re searching far and wide for our remaining neurons. Search Windmills, cannons, choo-choos, speakboxes, and adult candies while going up against new challenges. Spoiler alert:
! The final boss is the world wide web.
The Good:
- Just like the first game, it actually offers a decent amount of challenge.
– Real player with 6.4 hrs in game
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I love sliding games and active neurons is among my favorites with its excellent presentation, cool mechanics and relaxing gameplay, even if it’s on the short and easy side and has some timing elements. the sequel looked similar enough and I was really looking forward to it, didn’t even consider the possibility of it ending up as a disappointment, but sadly that’s what happened.
– Real player with 4.0 hrs in game
Cavyrn
Hello,
I like the game. At the beginning i had some problems with the tutorial because i read it 5 times false. But now the game makes fun and it’s not so easy. When you die you are dead and need to start a new world. Also I like the retro look.
What i wish:
I hope that eventually there will be more languages
A little note where you can read about the mosnters where also cool
Some game modes
Sry for my bad english
– Real player with 0.9 hrs in game
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– Real player with 0.1 hrs in game
GlassSmash 2
Pretty bad
– Real player with 0.3 hrs in game
Written for 1561’s Thoughts - Honest reviews, for busy people.
GlassSmash 2 :: physics puzzles, momentum, destruction :: spin hammers and release to try and destroy glass objects. Feels cheap and doesn’t offer much variability. 4/10
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVCs7JR0TMw
– Real player with 0.1 hrs in game
Luminyte
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Luminyte :: lo-fi prison break, strange creatures, and mysterious notes :: gather keys and escape each room. Use light to drive off monsters. Replay on death. Not for me but seems well made. 6/10
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvZUzTzCqG0
– Real player with 0.2 hrs in game
The Revenant Protocol
You are the Revenant. An ultimate weapon created by the I.C. (Interplanetary Coalition) to act like a countermeasure in chaotic situations across the galaxy.
This time the Revenant is called to decimate mutated creatures in a world afflicted with a disastrous terraforming experiment.
Game Features
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Third Person Shooter mixed with Hack’n Slash: Alternate between your gun and blade choosing how you’ll defeat your enemies.
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Combos and Skills: While using your gun take advantage of your superhuman reflexes and when carrying your sword pick your best melee moveset.
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Amazing Visuals: Explore an environment where an alien jungle struggles against the collumns of a research facility.
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A Mysterious Research: Uncover the secrets behind the experiments that brought the chaos to Taurus 01.
Hidden Caves
Nah, this ain’t fun. The same song ooooover and over and not just in this game, in all of the other versions as well. The same song. The same one. Not to mention it isn’t fun. Not at all. I gave it a chance, I played until I won which was 16 minutes. Don’t waste your time or money, I’ve already done that for you. :)
– Real player with 0.3 hrs in game
A small picture on which you need to find an object displayed in the upper left corner. There’s absolutely no value here; finished it in 4 minutes. What makes this even worse is that your goal is always choosen from a pool of 4 or 5 items. Very repetitive!
– Real player with 0.1 hrs in game
TERRACOTTA
Terracotta features a huge number of unique puzzles that will test your creativity. The mysterious ability to channel your YIN allows you to switch realms, paint with light and form walls, activate ancient mechanisms and influence your surroundings freely in a variety of interesting ways.
You will encounter 9 unique bosses, each representing different traditional values, elements of nature and universal laws connected to the phases of the Qi. Each fight will symbolize a different theme and will require you to craft a distinctive strategy using your set of skills in a creative manner.
You have a distinctive ability to switch between the realms of YIN and YANG:
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YIN represents the ruins of the mausoleum as you’ve found it - where the warriors are just dusty terracotta figures and the walls are dead and empty. It embodies darkness, solitude, tranquility and isolation. It’s the domain of logical thinking, in which you can take your time to devise your strategy as well as prepare and shift your surroundings – channel your energy to create walls, activate mechanisms or summon the power of the elements.
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YANG, on the other hand, represents the afterlife of the Emperor Qin. In this dimension the spirits are fully awakened and ready to protect the tomb with all their might. It’s the realm of light, rush, disorder and life. In this reality you’ll have to focus on your physical skill while executing the strategy you have prepared. You will have to be as swift as the wind, running, dashing and leaping forward to avoid enemy attacks or collect the sources for YIN.
The game works as a pendulum and finds equilibrium through the endless loop of change between both dimensions.
You are an unarmed soldier, awakened by the energy of Tao deep within the ruins of the mausoleum, surrounded by thousands of warriors that consider you a threat. However, your goal is not to defeat any of them; your purpose is simply to restore the equilibrium of energies once broken in the underworld and lift the curse enslaving these valiant souls.
The game is deeply inspired by the aesthetics of traditional Chinese paintings and takes a deep dive into the history of the Qin dynasty, depicting both the great deeds and the obsessions of the Emperor. Immerse yourself in this captivating portrayal of one of the most fascinating pages of Chinese history from the erection of the Great Wall, incredible military victories, to the unification of the language and the burning of books, all set within splendid gardens full of art and accompanied by a gorgeous soundtrack inspired by traditional Chinese instruments.
In the real world, the Terracotta Army wonder of Xi’an is truly astonishing not only because of its magnitude, but because no two warriors are the same. The game captures the same essence, presenting you with 8,000 unique enemies designed separately and hand-drawn in pixel art.
TERRACOTTA is a project funded by Red.es and the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) through the Red.es Program to promote the videogame industry. These grants are co-funded by the Spanish ERDF Pluri-Regional Operative Program (POPE) 2014-2020.
Hack ‘n’ Slash
I am going to cautiously recommend this game for programmers only.
While Hack ‘n’ Slash may appear to play like the old overhead Zelda games, it is a pure puzzle game. Direct attacks are impossible, there is no penalty for dieing, and you don’t need fast reflexes.
I would give it a, perhaps generous, 7/10. I base this on averaging the 5/10 I would give it for non-programmers since they can only play the first half of the game, and 10/10 for programmers who may find it enjoyable.
Quite a bit of programming knowledge is assumed. Almost nothing is explained. At first, all you can do is alter the value of variables. Soon “if” statements and logical operators are introduced. The game spends quite a while at this level of sophistication, and an intelligent person that can read English can get by for the first half of the game.
– Real player with 11.4 hrs in game
Do not buy this game. This is not the programming game you want to buy. It is not worth the money, and it is not currently, by my standards, a finished puzzle game, much less one that teaches any reasonable amount of programming.
It is a beautiful idea for a game, and a very clever title for the idea. But this game does not live up to the beauty of its idea. If you must buy it, wait for the game that purports to teach programming to at least be itself adequately programmed. That is not the game that is available right now.
– Real player with 9.7 hrs in game
Karma - Chapter 1
- DIFFICULTY -
🔲 My 90 year old grandma could play it
🔲 Easy
🔲 Normal
🔲 Hard
☑️ “Dark Souls”
- GRAPHICS -
🔲 “MS Paint”
🔲 Bad
🔲 Meh
🔲 Graphics don’t matter in this game
☑️ Good
🔲 Beautiful
🔲 Masterpiece
- MUSIC -
🔲 Bad
🔲 Not special
🔲 Good
☑️ Beautiful
- STORY -
🔲 This game has no story
🔲 Like playing “Temple Runners” for the story
🔲 It’s there for the people who want it
☑️ Well written
🔲 Epic story
~ VOICE ACTING ~
🔲 No voice acting
🔲 Oblivionly bad
🔲 Acceptable
☑️ Good
– Real player with 5.3 hrs in game
If you are a Dark Souls fan and don’t fear challenge, give this game a try! Difficult combat style, puzzle pieces and intriguing plot. This game has a lot of potential in the future!
– Real player with 1.6 hrs in game