Gunsmith
So I left this review simmering for far too long - and I have been admittedly fraudulent in not giving an update. However, I will say that I’m glad I waited as long as I did, because there is literally not enough good things to say. Am I writing a review for a completed game? Absolutely not. However, I’m reviewing a game that at its current state is 100% playable and enjoyable.
I’ll begin by correcting the claims from my prior review - the economy is now stable and effective, the gameplay is devoid of all major bugs, with the minor ones being easily self correctable with no negative impact to the progression. For an assembly style game, the aesthetic feels great, the engine is not taxing on the computer, and the overall assembly process feels great with plenty of room for individual optimization and creativity.
– Real player with 242.2 hrs in game
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As much as I’ve played this game, after all said and done, I just wish it had more content to keep you invested, but it is in Alpha and this is one to keep an eye on if you like this style of game as the developers release patches and content consistently. I thoroughly enjoyed playing this game for the first 20 hours or so but it became extremely repetitive once you optimized certain production lines and did all the research possible.
The bones of this are good, the graphics are great, and there’s something extremely satisfying about tweaking a manufacturing line until it’s optimized, then further adding other producting lines and having certain machines do the work of both lines so you can eliminate waste (i.e, having 2 lines use the same sewer/zipper, etc.
– Real player with 183.1 hrs in game
Siege Survival: Gloria Victis
I first heard of this game during the Steam Game Festival back in February and I spent maybe 2 dozen hours trying out the demo before getting the full game.
Siege Survival is heavily inspired from This War of Mine, and incorporates many of the same looting and resource management aspects, such as base-building, scavenging the city at night, trying to keep your people alive until the end of a war, and more.
I think Siege Survival handles some aspects very well, even better than TWoM, such as:
– Real player with 100.4 hrs in game
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I really tried to like this game, I did, really. I think the hours speak how much I tried. I gave up a few times on the hardcore mode because while I didn’t mind a challenge, I didn’t feel like doing the siege again, but harder.
I understand, and it wasn’t a bad idea to try to mix This War of Mine and Medieval siege. But the problem is, well, you kind of lost the point of T.W.M. when you tried this. That war is shit, and stupid, especially as a civilian that has no horse in the race. When you’re the focus of the siege, forced to pick a side, and it’s so binary who’s right/wrong, the message is lost. It’s a typical story of “us vs. bad men” and that’s where you dropped the ball. The events are binary right/wrong as well, pick the obviously right/morally good choices and your rewards are a mood boost plus a benefit. Versus a mood debuff plus a benefit. Closest to “conflicted” I get to a decision is the rat event where you either go for the food that can make ~12 meals and get lightly scratched or don’t. You never talk to an Ismir raider to ask them why they’re raiding us, what they hope to get out of it, and what they say to justify it all. You meet one, but he’s too wounded to talk philosophy or reason which admittingly did amuse me when I thought of trying so with a notebook and pencil in my hands.
– Real player with 50.4 hrs in game
Whisky Bottler
Aqua vitae – the water of life. This is how the Irish monks would call whisky in the olden days. Today it’s a huge international business, and thanks to Whisky Bottler, you’ll be able to learn its secrets. Find out everything about whisky and become the most renowned producer of this extraordinary liquor. Deliver the best specially selected alcohols. Search for unique old types of whisky, or make your money on young and cheap liquor. Discover and blend unusual aromas. Establish and develop your own distillery. Find your own way to succeed in the world of whisky.
The following challenges await you:
1. Create your own blended whisky – visit distilleries and choose the best barrels. Blend them together properly to obtain unique tastes and aromas.
2. Find a unique single malt whisky for your clients – find the best barrel, selected to suite your client’s taste.
3. Design bottles and labels – an exceptional whisky requires exceptional packaging. Select an appropriate bottle, design a label and create a unique whisky brand.
4. Extract the secrets of the barrels – purchase barrels at auctions, blend whisky, add finishing to the liquors in order to obtain the best aromas. Remember the Angels’ Share.
5. Plan marketing campaigns – create advertisements for the press, television and the internet. Advertise your products at events and whisky festivals.
6. Build your own distillery – invest your earnings in your own distillery. Purchase the necessary equipment, employ the most skilled specialists and start the production of your own whisky.
The game will be designed in cooperation with a renowned whisky bottler, so it will resemble real mechanisms functioning in the world of whisky. Find out if you can be successful in the world of luxurious liquors!
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I Fetch Rocks
The year is 2150. You’ve successfully landed a job working for one of the many mining facilities stationed in the asteroid belt between Jupiter and Mars. Using a company issued Asteroid Hauler, your job is to search for mineral rich asteroids and tow them back to the primary mining facility for further processing.
Be warned, this trivial sounding job will push you to your creative engineering limits. The asteroid belt is extremely dangerous, radiation and cosmic rays will continuously degrade the components of your ship. Over the course of your employment you will need to become intimately familiar with how all ship systems operate and fit together so that you can rearrange, rewire and reprogram them as they fail around you. You’ll need to get creative to survive and get your payload back to the primary mining facility.
Mushroom Challenge
I picked a mushroom and gained magical powers that let me fly around with my basket like Thors hammer. I was looking forward to using my new fly ability to get an epic highscore. I reached the end of the map and then fell off.
10/10 would take the mushroom challenge again
– Real player with 33.1 hrs in game
I have been looking forward to this game for a really, really long time. I love the concept.
I realize it’s in EA, so hopefully these issues will be fixed, but currently there is just no reason for me to recommend anyone play this game. There are no forums to give feedback, so the feedback is in a review instead.
The map in this game is so basically painful. There is one rock pasted over and over. I think… 4 different trees? Painful. Where are the fallen trees? Where are some clearings? Where are the different sized, color and texture of rocks that can be used as trail markers? What about a line of telephone poles or something?
– Real player with 2.6 hrs in game
Safari Park Ranger
Safari Park Ranger is a game in which you will play as the protector of a national park in Africa! Take care of animals, fight poachers, organize Safari trips and develop the park. Are you ready?
TAKE CARE OF ANIMALS
Your task is to take care of the health and good condition of the animals in the park. Remember that they are wild animals - handle them very carefully, keep a safe distance. Perform veterinary activities - treat fractures, cuts, use medication and keep the animals in the best possible condition for your care. Who knows, maybe you will save one of the endangered species? Wouldn’t that be a great achievement ?!
DISCOVER AN AFRICAN OPEN WORLD
Africa is an amazing place that will welcome you with its rich flora and fauna. Explore the open world at will. But be sure to be on your guard! Some wild animals do not tolerate intruders on their territory.
RESCUE POACHERS VICTIMS
Poachers are a plague that must be eradicated! People without conscience who will do anything for profit. Fight them with all available methods! Save animals that fall prey to poachers. Remove the snares and any dangers they leave behind. Install photo traps to catch the perpetrators red-handed, don’t let them destroy the park or hurt its inhabitants.
ORGANIZE SAFARI EXPEDITIONS
Who wouldn’t like to admire giraffes, elephants or lions in their natural habitat? Organize safari tours for tourists visiting the park. This will allow you to earn some money that will be useful for protecting the park, its inhabitants and for developing the business.
DEVELOP YOUR PARK
Develop the park. Expand its business, expand the headquarters to create the best place for your students to live. Make your park known all over the world!
What We Pretend To Be
Cheap, relaxing and really nice soundtrack.
This is the kind of game you buy if you have some money to spare, and you’re in need of a casual relaxation game. There is no point to the game, and it’s really really short, but honestly, I think it was worth the small fee. I love the graphic style, and the lighting is god-tier, but the texturing is kinda off-putting in some areas, with glitching clouds and the ground clipping with the grass. There’s not much to the story, but that’s not really the appeal of the game, so I wouldn’t leave much criticism there.
– Real player with 3.3 hrs in game
Very short game play, not much story. Mindless wheat farming, once the builder dies you can’t make any more improvements to your town.
– Real player with 1.8 hrs in game
A-Train: All Aboard! Tourism
[h1][b]Game Overview : [/b][/h1]In the world of A-Train, people gather around stations, gradually developing the surrounding town. What kind of railroad will you create? How will you develop the town? All these choices and more are yours to make.
[h1][b]Nyanco's Review : [/b][/h1][b]Japanese Style + Tourism SimCity + Transport Tycoon [/b]
[h1][b][1] Intro [/b][/h1]A-Train: All Aboard! Tourism was developed by ARTDINK and published by Degica. A-Train is a business management simulation game where you take on the role of a president of a railroad company to develop towns with an urban, tourism friendly setting. What is this game and what’s in it? Let's take a look at it with Nyanco-chan!
– Real player with 11.3 hrs in game
It really is the best version of the A-train. In addition to all the complexity of the A-train PC Classic (previous to this one), kept in this one, the tour/tourist mechanic was added. Besides, it has better information presentation than the previous one as well, and graphically it’s very nice, with an excellent mix of 2d (isometric) and 3d vision. The only downside is with the control (mouse and keyboard), It takes a little getting used to and could be a little better. If you already know the series or like simulators it is worth the full price. Note: Currently it is not possible to change the settings directly from the menu, it is necessary to enter a scenario. In the first tutorial scenario, you have to go a little further to enable the function, If you want to change soon, It is recommended to enter another scenario without being tutorial, to change directly.
– Real player with 6.8 hrs in game
Deichgraf
Whow I had to swap out of the game to write a review!
I love it! Very unfinished but already superb :)
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OMG i cant stop playing! What a great combination of city building and physics! Playing with sand and water never gets old 3
- update *
wow they now have a dutch translation :) :) all dutch kids should play this game for history lessons in school :) :)
– Real player with 6.3 hrs in game
OH NO, OUR DIKES! THEY’RE BROKEN!
– Real player with 2.8 hrs in game
Above the Fold
Full Disclosure- I got my key at no cost, from the developer, to playtest the game, from Alpha 4 on.
This in no way affects my review of the game. If it sucked, I would be brutally honest about it. I call then like I see them.
Okay, that said, up there ^^^…
I don’t really tend to enjoy manangement sim games, I usually find them too simple, shallow, or just plain uninteresting.
This game is different. It may be because I have been inside, watching it evolve (and will continue to do so through Early Access, and beyond…), but this game has depth. The subject matter, a paper print newspaper from the 1980’s- (when I was a teen and young adult) is very relatable for me. The game is still in development, but it already very rich with details that hold your interest, tension that makes you hustle and make snap decisions, humor that pops up and relieves some of the tension, in a very silly way, and more challenge than I expected. I like challenge.
– Real player with 65.0 hrs in game
Its very early and developed by one person with a budget smaller then my allowance during all 4 years of high school combined. That probably isn’t true though.
Anyway, this game is a gem, and will be a gem in the future.
Yes, turn your music off asap or adjust using your systems audio mixer, that is a bit of feedback that can be acted on.
At the core this game is charming, you have a deadline you need to meet, an owner that can get angry with you, but also praise you. I imagine it is as similar to managing a news paper in the late 90’s was, and a news website today is. This is after all a simulation.
– Real player with 47.8 hrs in game