Nira
Nira is a pixel based RPG which heavily reminds me of the old Holy Grail on the Atari 800 from back in the 80s.
The price is very generous for the content, hard time, and updates to come.
I purchased this game moment it was released as I could not bare to be without Nira once the beta ended.
I had the opportunity to play this game and help with debugging and suggestions along with many others who helped out as well.
The game is quite simple to learn, and very enjoyable. It’s one of those games you start playing then realize the day flew by.
– Real player with 144.8 hrs in game
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I’ve been really enjoying playing Nira, so far, I know it’s early days right now but I find the gameplay engaging and the items satisfying to obtain and use.
It’s very easy to get into; the way that the tools progress leads you nicely through the crafting tree, the combat is simple and rewarding (especially once you have gathered enough resources for projectile weapons), and I enjoy the foraging/farming aspect, it’s nice to see crops that you have gathered, or traded for, grow.
I cannot speak to the multiplayer myself, as I have yet to try it, but I enjoy the single player mode immensely.
– Real player with 28.9 hrs in game
Dinos Reborn
I am Payton, the (last?) survivor of the expedition I do not recall. I woke up in an escape pod in a place I do not know. The creepy sounds around me, mean one thing. I AM NOT ALONE!
Haunted by unanswered questions. The flashes of memories of the spaceship, the crew… and a mystical force keep reappearing in my dreams.
Trapped in a place where the past & future become the present and dinosaurs alive again.
I must evolve my survival skills, explore this unknown planet to solve its mystery, and discover its true nature and the reason for being here.
I must survive!… Payton Out!
Prepare to be surprised. For reasons unknown, some of the dinosaurs in this place are overly aggressive towards you. They are driven by something more than instinct and hunger. You’ll learn the reasons for this behavior if you will live long enough. Predators can hunt day and night. They can fight each other or work together.
Survival of the fittest. In this world, the number of ways you can die and things that can kill you is essentially limitless. Hunger, thirst, fatigue – fail to manage them, and you’re gone. An infected wound that you didn’t take care of in time? Bye-bye! Poison spreading throughout your body? You’d better look for healing herbs and change your diet, or no one will ever hear from you again. All this without even mentioning the huge predators roaming the land. Be vigilant, mask your scent, use camouflage, keep quiet, find a good spot to hide, and maybe, maybe you’ll make it ‘til morning.
You begin on this unknown planet with only your bare hands, sticks, and stones. You need food, water, shelter, fire, medicine, weapons, and many other things if you want to stay alive. The catch – you need to do all of this yourself. Tools will lead you to weapons, weapons to food, food to strength, strength to the ability to build traps, snares, fortifications, shelters, and eventually an entire base. The last will be crucial to your survival, which is your ultimate goal.
You don’t remember who you are or why you are here. The world around you is as dangerous as it is beautiful and mysterious. Exploring vast amounts of the terrain might reveal more wonders and unexpected encounters than you would expect. As you explore, you will come across unknown technology. Some of it will be recognizable to you. Others will be alien. You will find plenty of evidence that people were here, or maybe still are. Look for clues, notes, maps to find hidden places and discover the great secrets of this place, and to find who you are and what is the reason of being here.
You wake up on a beach with rainforests in your sight. It’s up to you to decide which direction to go. There is no invisible wall around here. It takes “just” 25 minutes to run from one end of this place to another. What keeps you from getting further? That is up to you to find out! While exploring vast amounts of terrain, one may encounter things beyond imagination. Before setting off on an adventurous trip, it is worth building a base. Once you have assembled all the tools you need, you can start building it.
The rules of this planet are quite simple. Kill or be killed. Hunt or become prey. Eat or be eaten. Here, even the smallest insect can become the cause of your doom. Simultaneously, you will often encounter creatures that will tolerate or even like you. Discovering who is friend versus foe will be one of the most important tasks ahead of you. Learn how to sneak up on creatures. Analyze their tracks, observe their habits, look for their weak points, and find the best moment to attack. Remember that each animal has a different sense of smell, hearing, and sight. As an experienced hunter, you will be able to hunt at night, but so will the creatures hunting you, so you should be all eyes and ears at all times.
Unlearn what you have learned. The unknown phenomenon can make dinosaurs behave unpredictably and look differently. Even the most hardcore dinosaurs geeks need to be on guard.
Unique survival mechanic never seen before - UNKNOWN
Unique campaign assistance - UNKNOWN
A surprising view of the world - UNKNOWN
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The Island
Beautiful amazing game and although I haven’t really been all that into survival games before, this one caught my eye and I’ve been hooked since. I love it and definitely recommended to those who enjoy games of this kind.
As the story apparently goes, you take the role of a young woman who was sailing in her boat but lost control and crash landed on a beach of an uncharted island. When you come to, you feel thirsty, hungry, and are all but lost in your new surroundings.
The only things you start with are some cookies, a few cans of soda, your trusty survival book, and a knife. After that you’re on your own. Prowling wild animals being your only neighbors, some of which don’t take too kindly to your presence… (they will attack you if they see you). And at that point you either make them your next source of food, or, well… you become theirs.
– Real player with 95.5 hrs in game
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OK, first and foremost, totally worth it for the price. Graphics are excellent. Very playable on Easy. It has a way to go in development, but 5 bucks for a game that you can easily pass 5 hours in is worth it. Crafting system is fun enough, (if it lets you click on the item in the guide book, click it, that’s how you make it. Otherwise just put the appropriate amount of ingredients in your inventory and craft.) Clay in in the inland lakes and rivers. Iron and Sulfur don’t show up in incremental bits, you get nothing until you’ve whacked it a bunch. All of the animals take about the same number of hits, you don’t really need to avoid any of them. Go back to the starting area for soda and crackers, they respawn. There is a wood and stick grind that cold be improved in the mid game. I am interested to see where this goes. Oh, you have to forgive the animal variety on desert island, they wouldn’t all live there but what the hell, they work out to meat and leather.
– Real player with 5.3 hrs in game
Xenociders
After I’ve read a review comparing the game with Turok on nintendo 64, yes I played it too in the 90th, I thought it could be good fun. Indeed my son and I are not disappointed, 10 hours and ongoing says everything. Hunting dinos in VR is definitely topping the 2D gaming from the past, tried the old game again and decided that’s not working for us anymore. However, the scenery is beautiful, love the jungle, the little alien like monsters jumping out of their eggs reminding me much on mini “Aliens”, of course, and add great fun. Somehow one can’t stop playing unless you die. Re-spawning is sometimes tricky, stand still don’t move the headset or you easily hang in the glitch with no way out. Graphics are great but my 1060 GTX has a hard job to do. Not the games fault, just need to upgrade to a better card. That said, if you like great jungle landscape, dinos and aliens, sniper rifles and all kind of weapons which are getting better the more you play, then that’s the game for you. Devs, you have created a fantastic scenery and game, only wished the day and night cycles would be a little longer, both look stunning though.
– Real player with 15.1 hrs in game
This is a quite nice survival adventure VR game. It is early access at the moment but was apparently forced out early by the publisher. It has quite nice atmosphere and gives the feeling of a mid Xbox-360 era game which I feel adds to it, this also makes the load times almost 0. Its a nice 5 hour long game overall.
– Real player with 6.3 hrs in game
Far North
Far North is a sandbox co-op procedural open world survival game with changing seasons.
Set in the deep North your survival depends solely on your ability to thrive.
Build and expand settlements in order to brave through the changing seasons ranging from beautiful summer days to fierce winter nights.
Venture through alluring and treacherous terrain where you explore and harvest resources used for crafting new clothes, tools, structures and more.
Survive the changing seasons
Experience the wilderness with four beautifully crafted seasons and the unique challenges that come with them. Out here you’ll be tracking your Hunger, Thirst, Stamina, and Temperature as you struggle to balance resources with the energy needed to obtain them. Find food, upgrade your settlement, stock up on supplies and craft new clothing. Preparation is key here in order to survive the game-altering seasons. Every decision you make will have a direct impact on your life, so be careful because that decision might just be your last.
Explore the North
Nature is calling, the diverse terrain and its inhabitants are beatiful but dangerous. Utilize all that nature has to offer by harvesting resources wherever you can find them but beware of the wild life and weather. A long journey into the wild can spell the end of you if you don’t come prepared.
Build and expand your settlements
Expand your simple settlement into a beautiful farm! Domesticate animals, grow crops, start an orchard and more! Challenge your architerctural skills by building to survive the elements in style.
Crafting
You will need to scavenge, hunt, forage and craft your way through the wilderness. Find new resources and use them to improve your tools, structures and clothing.
Improve your character
Your character is unique. Go from a beginner to a master of cooking, wood cutting, farming, exploring and much more as you shape your own journey!
Key Features:
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Massive Procedural world
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Game-changing Seasons
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Dynamic Weather
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Co-op
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Exploration
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Cooking
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Farming
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Building
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Crafting
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Skill System
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Harvestable Trees
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Animals
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Domesticate Animals
Badiya: Desert Survival
Only for the EA fans, I will say that.
I personally love these kind of games and have quite a few, but this setting… I just had to have it.
Something absolutely different than other games in the same genre. Those who have played Minecraft (or similar games) know that usually the hardest “world” to survive is the desert. This is all set in the desert, so I think has huge potential of being different and challenging! Also, although at the moment not implemented just yet, there’s going to be sea (and sailing on it), pearl diving, and if I can believe one of the trailers I’d say “Stranded Deep-esque” beaches.
– Real player with 25.2 hrs in game
I reveived a key for free, keep that in mind when reading my review.
This review is for alpha 1.9, I will update as the game progresses. I am giving a thumbs up with the following caveats.
1. The game engine is still unstable, though not terribly so. It seems every NPC encountered increases the chance of crashing so make sure to save before visiting any point of interest (area with npc’s). When the game gets laggy save, quit to the main menu and reload.
2. Unfortunately, related to above, the mechanic to save requires building a lean-to. This is not horrible, you can carry the wood around with you, but I hope the devs read this and implement a temporary quick save function until the engine is more stable.
– Real player with 21.2 hrs in game
Wilderness
So with 4 hours of gameplay, this game has a lot of potential!
As of 2/13/21 it is VERY buggy.. any progress you make in the game is purely for fun and a majority of it will NOT be saved, even items stored in the chest disappear. If you get this game, dont expect a lot right now.
The graphics are pretty great and the idea behind the game is good, i would wait to buy until at least another patch or 2 comes out.
you can play as a human or a wolf or a bear, as of now, the animal side is very unfinished and not really playable. you can run around and explore but thats about it.
– Real player with 4.6 hrs in game
So….. I feel like a lot of early access games are released to soon, this one included. But, since its out and I have played it. I will say I see this being some fun in the future. I know the bugs are frustrating, and I know that at the moment not being able to craft rope makes playing as a human basically unplayable. I was having issues with the bear only being able to eat once. After that the animation wouldn’t even happen. Couldn’t figure out how to sleep exactly so that was out of the question. The wolf seemed was as fun as the bear to run around with but had the same problem with eating. I do not want to give it a “Yes” or “No” at the moment, because there’s not enough info at the moment. Make of that what you will. But I am putting “Yes” due to steam requiring an up or down vote.
– Real player with 3.7 hrs in game
Far Cry® Primal
Very well build and fun to play. This is the first Farcry that did not go ‘Off the Rails’ weird to where I didn’t want to continue. Primal is very consistent and keeps me coming back for more
– Real player with 178.4 hrs in game
I almost never post reviews on games, but I felt I had to post about Primal. Among the FarCry games, Primal is the most relaxing and most balanced. Although it has a shorter story than FC5, it’s more interesting and the way you advance through it is really natural. The graphics is amazing and almost always you forget you play a game. For me, FC Primal has one of the most interesting single player campaigns I ever played in a game.
– Real player with 150.8 hrs in game
INMATE: Survival
Although still being developed for a game that’s still at this stage to be this playable just goes to show that the developer is putting in the effort. On top of that the dev responds fairly quickly when you report bugs, or mention a suggestion, also informing you of any mentions or bugs that are already being worked on for a patch.
Starting with the dislikes, well what bugs in any game aren’t disliked? Personally I can’t say I’ve come across anything that I dislike about the game with it still being the early stages and being worked on.
– Real player with 50.7 hrs in game
This game needs the basics to work first. 2 updates later the same problems are still there even though they have been mentioned in forum and bug reports. We get rivers and animals but the hit boxes for the axe can,t cut a tree down and inventory handling is a joke. This was looking like a good idea but until the devs fix the basic issues that people are telling them, then I would not recommend it to anyone in its current game state.
Now end of May and additional 18 hours played and I can honestly say that it was a big mistake buying this game.Updates come but the fixes don’t.If anything they get worse.
– Real player with 20.4 hrs in game
Into the Midnight
Into the Midnight is a halloween themed co-op multiplayer survival game full of mystey and fantasy. Team up with your friends, build a base, hunt creatures and survive one more day. Gather resources to craft items and structures that prepares you to surprises.