Quadrilateral Cowboy
Quadrilateral Cowboy is a story about having those youthful, exciting, and often dangerous experiences with a really tight-knit group of friends as you journey through life together, and then growing old to reflect fondly on those memories.
It is all very beautiful to experience.
Half the game is a story that unfolds, and the other half is puzzle solving. The tale is quite moving, and the puzzles are very reasonably difficult, and quite rewarding. If you know Chung’s work, you know what to expect as far as the ‘experience’ or flavor. Otherwise, here is a test to gauge if you will like this game. If two of the three apply to you, then I highly recommend you buy it:
– Real player with 9.8 hrs in game
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The game has some great ideas and nice attention to detail, but I felt like it never came together.
A lot of mechanics get introduced and then forgotten. New mechanics replace the old ones instead of building on them. There’s hardly any increase in complexity as you go along.
All the levels are simple and focused on 1 to 2 of the avialable mechanics. The rest is either not used at all or simply taken away from the player, sometimes for 1 mission and other times forever.
Because of all this, the game became way too easy later on. Instead of having puzzles to solve, you just go through the motions. Click this, click that, go here, go there. Some timer here and there. No challenge whatsoever. Not to mention you can ‘cheat’ your way though a lot of the levels.
– Real player with 6.8 hrs in game
Riskers
It does a great job of mixing modern top down action with the beloved GTA athstetic. I got it for 3$CND and it was completely worth the purchase. The ‘levels’ where you assault building interiors are well designed and enjoyable to fight through, the shooting mechanic feels great and is much tighter than the original GTA, london missions or GTA 2.
On the down side the driving/car systems feel a bit stripped down, including the cops and the city itself. While the game has side missions and a city to drive around in with a few things to find overall the game feels more linear than it’s inspiration and the map is lacking unique set peices and details (no jumpable bridges, trains, car vendors on the docks ect.) It’s not really fair to compare this to a game as influectial as GTA but they kind of force us to and sadly in every way but the gunplay it’s missing so many of the tiny nuances & details that made GTA a classic so keep that in mind if you are fans of the original games scope, you won’t find the same living city or sandbox options in this game.
– Real player with 7.6 hrs in game
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OVERVIEW
Riskers is the debut Steam title from developers ShotX Studio.
In Riskers you play Rick Paradis, an ex-con trying to turn his life around, working with his brother, John, as a garbage man in Stiltton City. Doing your rounds one day Rick finds a briefcase full of money in a bin and, being the pillar of the community that he is, keeps it for himself. Two days later he comes home to find his apartment door open, John shot dead on the floor, the briefcase gone, and a group of armed goons waiting for him.
– Real player with 6.8 hrs in game
Midnight Girl
Midnight Girl is a 2D point-and-click adventure game for mobile, PC and console.
The game takes place in France in the mid-Sixties. The story, mood, and style of the game are inspired by the city of Paris, Belgian comics and Sixties cinema.
The late teen tomboy Monique lives as a cat burglar in Paris. After a heist gone wrong, she ends up in jail where she meets an enigmatic prisoner. They escape prison together, and agree to venture on a spectacular heist for a precious diamond. Thus begins a quest that takes our heroes through a catholic monastery, a Parisian metro station and the Catacombs.
The game focuses on story and atmosphere. The gameplay mixes elements of stealth, discovery and puzzle solving.
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TRACHI
TRACHI is an interactive fiction game that plays similar to a visual novel. Upon starting the game, I was impressed by the minimalistic style of the opening and menu. Everything is simplistic yet looks very sharp, and you can immediately tell that a lot of effort was put into this game.
The tale starts off with an inquisition of sorts, and as you converse in this opening sequence the plot begins to unfold. The timeline bounces around as you are spoonfed piecemeal bits of information that slowly come together. I thought the use of this enhanced the storytelling and definitely kept me intrigued. Most of the characters have their own sprite art, and both the pixel and portrait art look top notch.
– Real player with 4.0 hrs in game
Kinetic Novel with some interaction.
I enjoyed the writing a lot (and I disliked writing in most VNs I’ve tried so far).
Canny use of sound-effects gives so much atmosphere. They are proof that the devs have a deep understanding of storytelling.
I stopped playing after midgame because of too many crashes and slowdown. Reason is my old pc, I guess. Should work better if you have a bit more than the minimum specs.
– Real player with 3.9 hrs in game
SLUDGE LIFE
✔️Cat with TWO buttholes
✔️Can backflip
✔️Can fart
✔️Can smoke some with Ciggy
✔️You live in a shipping container
✔️You can climb on everything and return to monke
✔️Easy winner of best OST of 2021
✔️Can change whether you want to sit or stand to pee on the fly
✔️Game says “G-G-G-G-GOAST” every time you tag something
✔️Can get high and astral project
✔️Can spit in the bossman’s food, urinate all over his bathroom floor, and steal his diamonds
✔️Weirdos everywhere to talk to
✔️Sick merch on the website (Ciggy ashtray is sold out tho smh)
– Real player with 8.2 hrs in game
Short game sure, but honestly one of the best 4 hours ive spent playing a game.
This game is both incredibly charming and weird af at the same time. Its one of the most unique games ive ever played, period. Soundtrack is awesome too. Every single character is cool as hell to talk to, its just small one liners but still enjoyable. You play as a graffiti tagger and you just go around tagging spots to make a name for yourself, its simple but its almost like a platformer/puzzle game at times. Tons of little secrets to find and weird ass characters to talk to.
– Real player with 4.4 hrs in game
Thief of Thieves
Миллионы приходят, уходят, не в них счастье. Самым важным на свете всегда будут люди в этой комнате, вот здесь, сейчас.
Скромная, непримечательная и очень неоднозначная Thief of Thieves - это прежде всего необычный эксперимент с фильмами про ограбления, только в видеоигровом жанре. Ты когда-нибудь пересматривал Друзей Оушена, Западню или Вора 1981 года, думая о том, как было бы здорово самому в таком поучавствовать? Что ж, хотя и крошечный, но шанс у тебя появился. Ты можешь познакомиться с Силией, той еще отпетой воровкой, поучавствовать в паре тройке хорошо (или не очень) спланированных ограблений, натворить пару интрижек, попутаться в хитросплетениях мастерства мародерства, немного побыть выдающимся планировщиком или же дерзким импровизатором, словом, прощупать все неординарности профессии вора.
– Real player with 32.0 hrs in game
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Approximate amount of time to 100%: 12-14 hours
Estimated achievement difficulty: 4/10
Minimum number of playthroughs needed: There is chapter selection, you will have to replay most of the chapters for different outcomes
Has it been in a bundle: No
Is there a good guide available: Yes, there is an amazing one here
– Real player with 14.1 hrs in game
FBI Agent Simulator
CITY OF CRIMES
Enter the city of sin and corruption and find your way around it. Stroll down the grey streets, trying not to get lost in this this sad, concrete town, and be prepared to be called into the field office. Murders, thefts, kidnapping, drug businesses, mafia and organized crime – all of these cases are your daily bread, but it’s high time they were no more.
Are you ready to face the ugly truth and deal with the consequences?
WHO ARE YOU?
What kind of agent do you want to be? In this game you will be able to choose your approach and follow your instincts. Should you put the arm on the suspect or pretend to befriend him? Or maybe let him loose, only to follow him and make an ambush? It’s up to you, but remember – time is of the essence and the lives of the people hang entirely on your success… or failure.
So, are you going to be a good cop, or a bad cop after all?
INVESTIGATE
As soon as you receive the call – pack all the high-tech stuff and examine the crime scene. Who could do it better than an FBI agent, right? Especially since you are well-prepared and own a bag full of specialized tools that will allow you to look for the finger prints, test the blood samples, hack into the devices or instantly look through the police records. Gather all the evidence from the crime scene and take them to the lab!
SOLVE THE PUZZLE
After running through the evidence, you have to try to find a pattern. Maybe it’s about the look of the victims? Or the location of the crime scenes? Or the suspect’s background? The reason behind the murder is different each time and solving the puzzle requires both analytical thinking and perceptivity. Use the old-school, cork board mind map and look for the similarities. The more evidence you have, the easier the task will be!
INTERVIEW
If you have enough data, it’s time to narrow down the list of the suspects and set up some interviews. Prepare yourself and don’t lose your nerve. The culprit may want to put you off your stroke! Decide on the right approach and choose the dialogue options that will allow you to find out more about the crime and define whether the person sitting across the table is guilty or not. You may use the polygraph to help you out!
FIND AND ACCUSSE
Having found the culprit? Great! All you have to do now is to arrest them and put them behind bars. Let’s just hope that you have done everything right! It would be such a shame to frame someone… However, even if you manage to choose the right person, you cannot rest on your laurels. As soon as one criminal lands in jail, the other one just starts doing atrocious things. The job of the FBI agent is never done… So you’d better brace yourself and brew some coffee!
PREVENT AND REACT
Try to prevent the crimes from happening by using the information provided by the counterintelligence and infiltrators, but be prepared for the worse. And when it happens - solve the puzzle and find the criminal by connecting all the dots. Interview, accuse and put them in jail to make sure, that they never hurt anyone again.
Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days
Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days - A misunderstood masterpiece
Dog Days, Follows the perspective of self medicated, schizophrenic, psychopath James Seth Lynch (or Lynch for short) and ex-mercenary Adam Kane Marcus (or Kane for short) and their attempt at a ‘Last Job’ so they can finally settle down and get out of the game for good. Lynch has been working for a criminal businessman who goes by the name Glazer, since the events of the previous game. Glazer has a big arms deal planned that will pay enough to put Lynch into retirement. To aid the deal Lynch calls Kane knowing his expertise will more than help if things go south.
– Real player with 176.2 hrs in game
IN A WORD: WORTHWHILE
IN SHORT:
WHAT TO EXPECT:
One or two player FPS. Violent adult themes. Great crime-based setting. Brutal story. Graphically visceral, lots of blood and gore. Satisfying gameplay but very taxing on hardest difficulty. Fun multiplayer but low player-base. MP modes require a minimum number of players.
ACHIEVEMENTS: A mixed bag. Story ones cant be missed. Some require MP play.
STATUS: COMPLETE.
WHEN TO BUY: ON SALE. DLC rarely on sale.
– Real player with 109.9 hrs in game
Kane and Lynch: Dead Men™
Played this and Dog Days back when they originally released on XBox 360, starting in 2007. This is a fantastic couch co-op and a fun single player experience too! I don’t understand the criticism levied at these games, as 7/10 isn’t a terrible score; it is slightly above average. People, I am assuming post 2000 birthday “havers”, are the ones I see doing this.
1. The cover system is janky, it does it automatically. Guess what?! This was a cool mechanic at the time and pushed the envelope.
2. The story is almost so violent it is comical. Not true, it is gritty and this story was well written and I would watch a movie of it….OH WAIT, we all have!! John Wick. Think about the story, and even GTAV with Michael and Trevor’s relationship. They broke ground in this game.
– Real player with 24.4 hrs in game
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TL;DR: Kane & Lynch: Dead Men is a cover-based Shooter in a mostly urban setting.
The story follows the ex-mercenary Kane, who wants to save his family from death, which technically isn’t anything you haven’t seen a million times before, although the narrative shows a fair share of potential.
Sadly, it is presented so badly that it has no way of really telling the player anything.
The game mechanics work (not great, but they work), but fail to bring anything new or exciting to the table. Standard cover-shooter stuff.
– Real player with 10.4 hrs in game
Anarchy: Wolf’s law
Really good start, but needs a lot more input and very soon. Silenced rounds ripping into flesh - together with all round realistic sounds accompanied by eerie tunes. Excellent graphics, sound range of weapon upgrades and silencers but something like the M203 in addition, would be even better!!!! An LMG is already in place but could also do with something like an ACOG Scope. Or how about the GLOCK G44 which also uses 5.56mm rounds, which you could then twin with other 5.56mm rifles?
Really good start, but needs something else to happen, apart from pirates suddenly appearing in front of you and they have taken over the business without firing a shot????
– Real player with 63.2 hrs in game
Disclaimer: This review will focus on ‘Single-Player’
Describing this game in one sentence would be: An extremely generic version of Tarkov.
There is only one map and on that map there are 7 “strong-holds” in the city, which you have to capture them, which is essentially how you will make the most money. Looting is suppose to be an important aspect of the game, but honestly, capturing the strong-holds, gives you an abundance of money, where looting simply becomes obsolete.
Speaking about obsolete looting. Once you’ve manage to capture all of the 7 strong-holds, well now my friends, you have the pleasure of continuing to “defend” them, because why yes, the AI can take them back. You will constantly, and I mean constantly get notified about one of your strong-holds being raided or taken over by the AI. Which essentially means, you don’t really have any time for looting, because while you’re looting, the AI could be taking one of your strong-holds.
– Real player with 9.7 hrs in game