Murder On The Island
This game is reviewed for [url]TentacleBunny's Cozy Cottage [/url] who generously offered the steam-key for [i]Murder on the Island[/i] that was provided to the Curator
Background
This is the first Visual Novel by the renamed Forever Young Games which previously released Global Soccer Manager simulations under the same name. It is written by Márk Kovács as an experimental foray into this genre and it’s purely a Kinetic visual novel where an holiday island owner interviews the remaining 13 holiday-makers after 1 is discovered murdered on the 1st day of a week’s stay on the Island.
– Real player with 2.5 hrs in game
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Murder on The Island is pretty much a Detective Kinetic Novel were you try to find the Murderer. Sadly you can only try to solve it by reading the Story. You dont get any Choices or get to decide on who did it in the end. Nevertheless just for the Case and the Infos you get while playing i found it quite interesting. It took me axactly 1 hour and 40 minutes to complete which would have been faster but you have to wait for the text to completely pop up and you cant set it to instantly.
So just the Story is quite good, however there are also a lot of things I didnt like about it. The Art is just average and the Translation has a few Grammer mistakes that are pretty obvious. The Game also feels laggy as it is completely in 30fps and the Menu is very minimal. You also dont get a Skip feature or any of the other feature you normally expect of a VN.
– Real player with 1.8 hrs in game
Rain City
Very good game
– Real player with 9.7 hrs in game
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Rain City has about 3 hours of content and a nice aesthetic for such a low price, but there are some problems with puzzle logic and interface. I noticed that ‘Cotton Game’ is not listed as the developer, so I wonder if they were involved with this project on the creative level - I would expect more polish from them if they were. Overall, the puzzles are very similar to the previous games, and they can be somewhat challenging if not a little heavy on the moon logic. I also had a few problems with the atmosphere when it comes to the soundtrack. In my opinion, there are too many rooms that don’t have any music, that being said, I think most of the songs are enjoyable. While I understand that devs were trying to use the silence strategically, it was just too much and made the game feel empty. Additionally, the game is a bit glitchy, but I only had to reset the game one time when my character got stuck in the animation. Some of the interface problems are more frequent, there are all kinds of issues involving pixel hunting.
– Real player with 5.3 hrs in game
Singularity
I certainly liked this experience. It’s a walking simulator thing in the night in a cool particle foreset with pensive ambient music. The music builds up and I like it. I like the particle trees too and all that made out of dots. I just don’t understand the point of it, maybe I should have been thinking more about all the objects I found in the woods.
! Something about AI or the future, hell I don’t know. https://youtu.be/yToVvvWXRBc
– Real player with 0.6 hrs in game
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Singularity is a free VR experience about Virtual Reality Art piece, exploring the Law of accelerating returns and the development of A.I. It worked on my HTC Vive, looked ok, played ok, sounded ok. You walk down a path and collect data object as you find them. Teleport is the VR movement mode and you use gaze to collect the objects. Take around 15 minutes to finish.
Try this short walking experience through the data forest.
– Real player with 0.2 hrs in game
Tail Trail
اكملت اللعبة وكانت رائعة صراحة
ملاحظات :
التحكم كان صعب في البداية
حسيت انني محكوم باللعبة زيادة عن اللزوم (ما اقدر اتجول واستكشف الماب براحتي) ـ
تمنيت لو اقدر استخدم السيارة (تحمست دور في الماب بالسيارة) ـ
– Real player with 3.4 hrs in game
لعبت تقريبا ساعتين ونص وما استطعت اكمل اكثر من كذا وهذي بعض الاسباب الي واجهتني :
1-التوقف المستمر اثناء المشاهد :
كل ما تمر جملة في المشهد لازم تضغط على الماوس عشان تروح للجملة الي بعدها وتتكرر
بالاضافة ان المشاهد جدا طويلة
2- الحوارات مملة بدون اصوات او مؤثرات صوتية
3- التحكم بالماوس غير مريح واتعبني لو تم اسبداله او وضع خيارات لتغيير التحكم بأزرار الكيبورد يكون شي ايجابي
4- صراحة الاشياء الي ذكرتها تهون قدام الشي هذا وهوا قلتش الخريطة
لما افتح الخريطة عشان اتجه لمكان ما في المهمة اشوف اللاعب برى الخريطة ما استفدت من الخريطة اي حاجة المهمة الي تخلصها في دقيقة قعدت يمكن خمس دقايق من كثر ما اني اضييع في الطريق بسبب اني ما اقدر اشوف نفسي في الخريطة
– Real player with 2.9 hrs in game
Desolate Roads
I really wish Steam had a mixed button for reviews. This game has a really nice environment (although specific locations are really poorly done…) The monster mechanic is alright. Scares and story are really bad though. Puzzles are also quite lackluster.
Overall I can’t really recommend this one unless it goes free to play someday. Sorry Dev.
– Real player with 1.5 hrs in game
Very neat small experience in the same vein of other short horror games like Paratopic, Anatomy or Marginalia.
What makes Desolate Roads interesting and sets it apart from those titles is that it is less a walking simulator and more a super condensed version of a traditional survival horror game. You have a space to explore with different locations, light backtracking, inventory management, puzzles and also a persistent enemy force that you have to deal with.
It is a very short and focused experience but very effective and a worthy entry to that category of cool short horror games.
– Real player with 1.4 hrs in game
Mystery Hotel - Hidden Object Detective Game
This one is mostly on par with the other games made by Crisp App Studio. It’s a bit on the short side, you definitely want to get all accomplishments completed on every level to get you monies worth. Best to wait for a sale.
It’s a shame you can’t scroll through the high scores and it’d be nice to see more than 3 scores at once.
The English is improving.
– Real player with 4.8 hrs in game
Your arrival at the Hotel associated with a mysterious murder and only you can get to the bottom of the truth.
This game is about solving the “Hotel Noir” riddles, so I recommend it to all who loves to collect puzzles, match clues and search differences.
Pretty interesting and detailed locations, animations, music - all of this makes playing experience even more breathtaking!
– Real player with 4.4 hrs in game
青鳥樂園 Blue Bird Land EP.1 上篇
EA Horror puzzle AVG + unique music/art + intriguing puzzles = A dark Alice in Wonderland vibe. About 4 hours long. The puzzles can be challenging but has hints if needed. Collect all the bad endings.
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– Real player with 3.3 hrs in game
Arabian Treasures: Midnight Match
Explore this Arabian themed match 3 puzzle adventure! Begin this hand crafted world as a poor traveler who desires to seek treasures beyond your wildest expectations. Complete match 3 puzzles and gain gold to build up your own treasure room full of exciting riches.
Explore tons of scenery elements specially designed to enhance your experience through 100 levels of challenging game play puzzles. Earn star rewards for your expert skills during the time limited mode or play a relaxed version of the game and take as much time as you need. Use the bonuses you will acquire to help solve the more challenging puzzles.
This game was designed for PC and contains no in-app purchases.
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Create your own treasure room full of riches you can purchase with gold.
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Select between Timed or Relaxing game modes.
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100 Levels uniquely designed for a wide variety of game play.
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High quality custom art and design throughout the game.
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Supports languages in English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Portuguese and Dutch.
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Fast and responsive game play designed for PC’s and runs great on lower end hardware.
Heart of Moon : The Mask of Seasons
Wasn’t what I was expecting, but it’s not too bad and can be addicting. Works on Triple Screen.
– Real player with 21.8 hrs in game
A fairly standard match-3 game, but with nice music and really good graphics in the cut scenes where you get to find things. I think it’s good for younger players as well as those looking for an easy time waster. The rewards are nice, and come frequently enough to be satisfying.
– Real player with 18.0 hrs in game
BROK the InvestiGator - Prologue
(Disclaimer: I was involved in this game as a voice actor, though not for anything in this demo. I’ve not been pressured to write a positive review, however, and went into this game blind. My thoughts are my own.)
TL:DR? It’s fresh. It’s fun. It’s free. Go play it.
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I was really pleasantly surprised by this game. When you work on projects within the indie game world, you always hope that they turn out great. From everything this demo showcases, Brok has the moxie and charm to be something special.
– Real player with 19.2 hrs in game
Completed on Hardcore difficulty with a wired Xbox 360 controller. (Also my first ever review; apologies for the formatting)
The best way to describe my experience with this demo is that it’s a game I never knew I wanted. I found BROK mainly because I was bored but also because Steam related it to Disco Elysium, so I was inclined to try it. After my first few playthroughs, these were aspects of the game that stuck to me most.
Gameplay and Features
The voice acting is phenomenal. Casting is on point, especially Brok’s voice actor (Bryan J Olson) who makes Brok a very charming individual with his animated delivery.
– Real player with 14.3 hrs in game