Tess Elated
Inspired by Minesweeper but unlike anything you’ve tried, Tess Elated is fresh and inspiring.
The vibrant and diverse cast of characters makes the story both interesting and rewarding with plenty of laughs.
With a colorful and fun art style and a joyful soundtrack, the game is sure to keep your interest.
– Real player with 4.0 hrs in game
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“Tess Elated” is nothing new. In fact, it’s a direct copy of “Cavesweeper”. Also it’s NOT a logic puzzle as they claim, because it requires guesswork. A logic puzzle never requires any guessing, only logic. The game has no instructions or a way to skip the long repetitious dialogues between levels. The Medium and Hard modes use three and four colors, so you will spend most of your time guessing, unlike Minesweeper which inspired it. Also, the Achievements are broken.
– Real player with 3.0 hrs in game
King’s Bounty: Armored Princess
This is an old school turn based RPG game.
The storyline isnt going to knock your socks off but the gameplay will. There are many different tactics to win battles even within one class and there are 3 to choose from.
How you build your army often dictates your tactics and vice versa. The locations of items and spells are random so you wont always get the same items or spells available making it a very different game every time you play it.
The only downside to me is once you get deeply immersed and want to get the best score or go for a no loss playthrough then you do have to adopt an element of cheesyness like running past encounters to get access to better items and armies. But the game has already got you by the balls at that point. Enjoy.
– Real player with 299.7 hrs in game
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A worthy sequel to the magnificent strategy.
King’s Bounty: Armored Princess takes what made the first title so good and makes a game, that’s virtually the same, but, at some fronts, as good and, at others- even better than it’s predecessor.
Story. Without spoilers- it’s very good. Not as generic as the Legend’s plotline, but, at that, not as classy.
Dialogue is fucking hilarious. Despite a few incorrect phrases, the conversations are, at times- very (sorry for repeating myself, but it’s the best word) classy and witty, packing an extreme amount of sarcasm and jokes, and some real world references here and there…
– Real player with 150.8 hrs in game
战术狂想1(Chimera of Tactics 1)
Ugly and buggy, 0 effort garbage.
– Real player with 0.8 hrs in game
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King’s Bounty: Crossworlds
I recommend this game because I enjoy playing it. If you liked King’s Bounty: The Legend (KBTL) then you will probably like this game. Although, I am having a little difficulty adjusting to some of the changes. There are some changes that I really like, some that I don’t like that much, and some that I am starting to appreciate as the game progresses.
There are a lot of new units to pick from and that can be hard to because you have a lot of choices, but it is nice that you start with 2 reserve slots automatically. Some tweaks have been made to some of the units and I still haven’t experimented with the Adrenaline system that the orc units now use.
– Real player with 227.3 hrs in game
I regret playing Armored Princess first before realizing Crossworlds is the same game with tons of extra features.
But other than that this is one of the better King’s Bounty games currently out there. Nice balance in difficulty, good pace in progression, and a rather medium length game.
A few complaints:
Some of the islands you explore are really small and so a full exploration is pretty short. It felt like there could’ve been more, such as a few more enemies to fight.
Goblin shamans can use one of their abilities on an opposing unit despite it saying it can only be used on allies. The ability makes it so that between 2 units you selected, the slave unit takes half of the damage the master would’ve taken(not vice versa, it’s a 1 way thing). Because it’s most likely you won’t be using goblin shaman units in this first place, enemies will take advantage of this and cause you to lose massive amounts of units either way because 1) if you don’t attack the master you take a ton of damage from the master itself. 2) if you damage the master unit, you will take a ton of damage to the slave unit.
– Real player with 164.3 hrs in game
King’s Bounty: Dark Side
After 1 official patch (9/2/14) that I’m aware of, this game has very few bugs (compared to KB: WOTN), w/ the caveat that the Mac version seems to be a little behind the PC. I’m expecting a new patch soon, and hopefully the Mac faithful get a better game. Because this game is super fun.
I was mystified to read some reviewers thought it the worst in the series (or maybe the “weakest”). That’s not my impression at all. I think they stepped up their game significantly w/ the writing, quests, and overall sense of humor. Also, for those of you tired of playing the same old standby human and dragon units, this is the game for you. You can of course over time get a significant medley of old favorites, but I would recommend trying to stay close to the thematic choices that fit the 3 PCs: Mage (Vampire) Undead units; Paladin (Demoness) Demon units; Warrior (Orc) well you get the idea. I’ve only played as the Mage, but I suspect I won’t feel differently after playing the next 2 PCs.
– Real player with 399.5 hrs in game
This review is for players that are familiar with the King’s Bounty games and to answer the question “is Dark Side a worthy addition?”. If you’ve not played any of the KB games before I highly recommend you do them in order, they are all excellent.
I’ve just completed this game, it took me 300 hours and I enjoyed every minute of it. However this is the only KB game that had features in it that I didn’t like. Lets start with the beginning, it is absolutely terrible, enough to put you off playing the game. You are given no tutorial (not a problem for veteran players), instead you have to follow a linear path where most of the enemies are too tough to fight, there is no loot to boost you and you can’t refresh your army. Eventually you reach your first garrison. You can now refresh your army but have to defeat 3 tough enemy and then a further 1. Don’t even think about a no loss win, you’ll be lucky if half your troops survive.
– Real player with 300.7 hrs in game
Alina of the Arena
ABOUT
‘Alina of the Arena’ is a roguelite deckbuilding tactics game that combines elements from ‘Slay the Spire’ and ‘Into the Breach’.
Play as a gladiator that must fight for a bloodthirsty crowd to survive. With roguelite deckbuilding and hex-based tactics, players are no longer bound by simple attack and defense. Make use of dodges and knockbacks to stay alive!
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Dynamic Deckbuilding
Pick up dozens of cards, keep the ones you need, and craft a unique deck as you fight your way through randomized levels that present a different challenge each run!
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Hex-based Tactics
Unlike traditional deckbuilders that focus on attack and defense, the tactics element adds a dimension of positioning. Dupe your enemies into attacking each other, or use the terrain to gain an upper hand.
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Dual Equipment System
Carry equipment in both hands to enhance your cards! You can dual wield daggers for extra damage, go with a sword & shield combo for rounded performance, or wreak havoc with a two-handed weapon. Figure out the best combination for each fight!
BasCatball Saturn: Basketball & Cat
I really liked the game, the atmosphere is incredible and the puzzles are very challenging.
– Real player with 2.6 hrs in game
Very fun and unique game. The mechanics, visual and puzzle are great! I like to play basketball and love cats, the buy was easy for me!
– Real player with 1.6 hrs in game
Braveland Wizard
Braveland Wizard is a turn-based strategy game with three difficulty levels, in which you have to manage your units (moves, abilities…), your equipment, spells and skill tree. The game is linear but entertaining with a cartoon style design and a nice background music.
Wizard is the second game of the Braveland trilogy. The three storylines are not related, so you can play them in any order. However, I would recommend to start with the first Braveland , which is better than the second one in my opinion, so you can familiarize with the game system and the different types of units. Plus, you’ll be able to answer some questions in game at some point.
– Real player with 30.1 hrs in game
I found the first Braveland as passable, so given how I love to punish myself, I actually gave part II a shot as well. Unfortunately I think it is even worst than the original. 3/10 (some repeats from my original review since it appears as though they kept the engine and just swapped in some new units)
Pros: nice graphics and pretty easy to pick out, this game reviews well so I won’t elaborate too much here.
Cons:
- The PC price discrimination: Pricing in this game is especially egregious - It is $1 on google/apple store and $7 on Steam. Oh wait, right now it is “on sale” for $3. Wow. Price gouging to the max. DO NOT SUPPORT THIS AS A PC GAMER.
– Real player with 26.3 hrs in game
A Day in the Woods
An innovative and stylish fairytale puzzle game,
thou don’t get fooled by it’s innocent looks -
It can be bloody difficult if you go for perfect score!
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Play this game if:
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You want to help Lil' Red Riding Hood to get to Granny
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You like uniquely designed puzzle maps
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You want to enter a playful and cute world of Sweet Berries, Big Bears and Cute Bunnies
Do not play this game if:
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You are not that into brain work/puzzles
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You are looking for a deeper story
– Real player with 16.1 hrs in game
This is a fun game.
– Real player with 12.7 hrs in game
Blackguards 2
Whoa, mostly negative recent reviews? I don’t get it, I thought Blackguards 1 was underrated, and now this massively so.
Blackguards 2 is dark, all the rogue characters, black humor, and gritty militarism of the origina are here, now with the addition of an insane main character which is funny even though her insanity is played to the darkest levels - click to talk to yourself and you get insane ramblings of the disturbing variety.
Prisoners can be interrogated, let go, or hung, one of them keeps a secret antidote recipe from you, while you’re dying of the poison it cures. You get the option to use thumbscrews… you know, morality is a shifting concept and you very often turn brutal in the role play as well as the battle elements. You don’t get to be Khaleesi, your mercs need pay, and pay is meted out in the form of letting them pillage your new towns. I play some cutesy games, and it sometimes feels like I should re-balance myself by playing one of those after a session on this.
– Real player with 42.1 hrs in game
Rating: fair (6/10)
Introduction
Blackguards 2 is a turn based RPG where by leading a party of multiple members you try to suceed against the raining tyrant which has thrown you, his ex-wife, into the prison.
Gameplay & Story: 6/10
After being biten by Corapia (a certain spider type in Blackguards 2), you start to lose your mind, but while that attain a large amount of knowledge contained in the crypts below Mengbilla, the capital of the southern lands. You start to forge a plan against your ex-hubby which has cowardly betrayed you for unknown reasons. You create a party of the former Blackguard 1 champions of the Nine Hordes, which support you by will or not on your rise to the power. Blackguards 2 is not that much story driven as its first part and feels more like a turn-based strategy with some RPG elements. The story has some interesting parts and the outcome is changed a bit by your decisions through out the game, that also contain achievements, but for the greatest part it feels quite pre-set in terms of your next possible steps.
– Real player with 36.1 hrs in game