The Chronicles of Quiver Dick
You had my attention with the crazy name, but when I saw myself on that store page screenshot I was sold!
(Haha, so in all seriousness, anyone reading this will probably assume I have a biased opinion, considering the developers decided to toss me in their game. Fuck that though! I’m gonna be honest as fuck!)
First off, let me say this is a very short game. Shorter than ‘MaP’ (Metal as Phuk) but that’s kind of the point. It’s a quick and comfy adventure. Flooded with dialogue that eminates some (sweet, sweet) low-brow humour. Sometimes it’s great, and sometimes it falls flat; which leaves you waiting to move on to the next joke. It’s kind of like SNL in a way.
– Real player with 7.3 hrs in game
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UPDATE: I have changed my review to negative, which is unfortunate. The developer has been proven to be a deplorable human being, and one that cannot be trusted. Do not support them. The game was fun, sure, but I’m not supporting this person anymore.
I, too, hope they cast a substantially less racist version of Mel Gibson in the movie about MY life. Guess I’ll have to settle for an awesome cameo in this game. (Seriously!)
And, while I have a cameo, I won’t let it affect my review of the game. I played and beat this in a single setting (took about 3 hours) and laughed so hard my throat still hurts. The game’s humor is crass, and in your face often, but it never feels overstated, nor does it seem ham-fisted. The pacing is well done throughout, and when a joke seems like it might be wearing out its welcome, it ends.
– Real player with 4.0 hrs in game
Ann
My man RongRong, I was already a fan of your animations since the Payday 2 one, long ago.
When I heard you made a game, let alone a 2D horror, holy crap I came running.
I loved what you did here. Even if i didn’t know you beforehand, i’d have appreciated the effort you put on everything. The animated cutscenes, the art, everything.
The undertale-like music at the end too haha.
The only things I didn’t exactly like was, first, the escape moments. I think they were too harsh at some point, took me two days to finish the game because i was tired after so many constant restarts.
– Real player with 16.0 hrs in game
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I see, where the inspiration comes from, and this game is a good attempt towards that direction.
So, this is a horror RPG on paper, but it’s very light for that. (Also a short one, compared to others.) It has some chase scenes and a few jumpscares, but it doesn’t have the (dark) atmosphere to call it horror. (The music is sometimes interesting for a horror game.)
It’s an escape story, so don’t expect a deep story or lore now! But it’s probably an early attempt, so it’s okay. That is also the reason, why the goal of the story doesn’t feel strong or deep.
– Real player with 4.4 hrs in game
Mary Skelter: Nightmares
mary skelter: nightmares is a first person dungeon crawler jrpg that takes place inside of the jail, an enormous living organism that appeared out of nowhere one day and swallowed an entire city, mimicking it in the proccess. players assume the role of jack, a boy in his late teens who, after being rescued from one of the cells of the jail with his childhood friend alice, joins the dawn, a mysterious organization that aims to escape the jail.
jack, however, cannot fight the marchens, the monsters that inhabit the jail; the only ones capable of doing so are girls called blood maidens, who possess mysteryous super powers (and, like jack, are based on characters from fairy tales). alice, needless to say, is a blood maiden, as is red riding hood, the girl that rescues them at the beginning of the game; the other ones are: snow white, sleeping beauty, cinderella, rapunzel, gretel, kaguya, thumbelina and hameln.
– Real player with 209.0 hrs in game
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Ayt so since I’m very close to 100% in this game I guess now is the best time to leave a review. If you were looking for a number rating It’s a 9/10 for me :)
Gameplay:
This game is a First Person Dungeon Crawling RPG. Unique things in this game include the ability to “de level” your charcters to be able to switch builds also gaining bonus skill points by doing so (or if you devolve enough you can build characters with every skill they can learn)
Each character has their own job lines that locks them into a certain range of flexibility but how you use the classes are generally up to you since you can just add skills from other jobs in the line to your current class. This kind of makes each character have their own “role” that dosent feel too restrictive at the same time. There are 10 playable characters and 5 job lines so when you get all of them you may double down on a certain job line.
– Real player with 143.6 hrs in game
Quiver Dick’s Terrible Tale For Terrible Parents To Read To Their Equally Terrible Children
When I first saw the preview for Quiver Dick’s (hehehehh well played steam…) Terrible Tale For Terrible Parents to Read To Their Equally Terrible Children, I knew I needed to play it. This game has dark humour, hilarity, a thirsty fairy, awesome music and is dripping in both in-your-face smut and innuendos.
This game is so well put together with incredible art throughout and has the capability of three different possible endings. There are easter eggs as well as nods to music, film and video games throughout with the game clearly being self aware.
– Real player with 2.7 hrs in game
First off, if you read the title you already know what kind of game this going to be, and if you already know what kind of game this is going to be your expectations will be high…this game does not disappoint. Off the rip in the opening credits I was enjoying a Monty Python feel (which for me is always a belly laugh kinda experience). The names in the game, the dialogue, the situations encountered..everything about this game felt like it was directly tailored to my idea of humor. The game in and of itself is well made, crisp, and nostalgic in its craft. The laughs will come a plenty and it actually has replay value (which for me as a completionist is awesome). Highly recommend this game for streamers who want to have a good time with their chat and go on a comedy filled journey that will have a lot of “lol’s” “wtf’s” and “LMFAO’S”. Well done Crankagegames…well done.
– Real player with 2.4 hrs in game
Savior of the Abyss
TL;DR - Cute anime girl runaround the research facility to survive the nightmare and creature.
If you have spare money and time to kill then not a bad choice to try it.
Translation a bit off right now so it make story hard to understanding.
Overall the game itself not that bad pretty straight forward with multiple ending. The puzzle isn’t hard but the hint is make the player confused sometime. Horror in this game combine with sound is quite good.
– Real player with 3.5 hrs in game
”A Nod to Lovecraft Horror Experience and Question of Morality”
Savior of the Abyss (SotA) is indie horror adventure game developed by small Korean team. You play as a young girl named Stella; suddenly wake up in some kind of underground facility which is now full of corpses and bloody massacre. Guiding Stella to escape the nightmare and avoid unknown threats is the ultimate goal of this game.
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As you progress through the level and learning story from notes and events. SotA heavily takes inspiration from Lovecraftian / eldritch horror represented in RPG maker style and anime character sprite. The mixture between Lovecraft element, paranormal, and splatterpunk horror is well executed that sometimes catch me off guard or punish your curiosity. It’s an unforgiving experience, but intriguing by its settings, lore, and ethical that shift between horror and thriller with multiple endings.
– Real player with 3.4 hrs in game
Happy Bones
Happy Bones is like a beautiful fever dream that continued to surprise me and simultaneously disgust me all the way through.
You won’t forget this game for sure, I’ve never played anything quite like it!
– Real player with 19.3 hrs in game
the game was great and i loved the horror elements:)
– Real player with 6.4 hrs in game
Skautfold: Knight’s End
Knights End - The final part of the Skautfold Series is finally here!
Yet again bringing a new style of game play this one features A Timeline based Rpg system while incorporating The Guard System from previous games, The Result fast paced unique combat which like usual takes a while to learn but as soon as perfected Is really fun to play.
Lots of different types of enemies keep it interesting with bosses featuring different mechanics which put a spin on what you’re normally used to.
Now The game is in early access but Is patched extremely frequently and the Dev welcomes feedback and Fixes bugs as soon as they’re reported.
– Real player with 4.1 hrs in game
Good so far. Interesting spin on a sort of time-based turn based battle system. Very moody atmosphere, very detailed enemies, and lots of different kinds. Fun sort of metroidvania element to world navigation.
Developer puts out patches very quickly.
– Real player with 1.4 hrs in game
R-Naught
Is very cash money
so im not usually a fan of 2d rpg games but i used know the person who made this game for he was a substitute at my school that every liked so i made an exception. This game isnt half bad, it is a great indie game with good sound tracks and great game-play. if i were to criticize it on one thing it would be that 1:its a bit difficult to go to full screen, at least for me. and 2: its is a bit pricey ps: i have not finished the game.
– Real player with 0.6 hrs in game
Cthulhu Mythos RPG -The Sleeping Girl of the Miasma Sea-
Fun game with a lot of detail to it. Multiple endings, choices having an impact on dialogue and story, the “New Game+” feature (Levels carry over when you die), customizable protagonist and you can choose what party members you have! I like the old, retro-style graphics and the characters are interesting and likable. I really enjoyed the sanity mechanic, even if it got annoying sometimes (I especially liked it when they had a BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN). I always got shivers down my spine later on in the game. I played this before and after Sweet Home for the NES and still prefer this over that. The character’s overworld sprites are a tad odd cuz they look like they’re lying on their backs, but other than that, it was a very enjoyable and interesting experience! (The music is pretty jamming too! Especially in the last area of the game)
– Real player with 16.5 hrs in game
Nice, a bit shorter than I thought it’d be with all the stuff you see at first, but it’s a really nice game that mixes 8 bit visual style and music with some Dragon Quest like abilities and combat (which actually flows really well), some inventory management (this may be a bit irritating for some, but it’s doable) and a really creepy overall feeling without any cheap jump-scares everywhere.
If you like Corpse Party, or any RPG-Maker Japanese horror game, you’ll like this too.
– Real player with 16.3 hrs in game
Fading Hearts
Before Fading Hearts i’ve played TONS of Visual Novels and Dating Sims. I knew nothing about Fading Hearts before I decided to pick it up not knowing what to expect. From the main store page it seemed interesting enough for the $10 I paid for it. I have to say, I was quite dissapointed to be frank.
First I’m going to go over what I liked about the game. The gameplay was really interesting and fun, definitely felt more closer towards a Dating sim. You get stats you can raise by doing various activities throughout the day and the stats (usually) have some effect on the game, such as how much money you get and beating certain monsters in the forest. There is a combat system, though not very in-depth, was entertaining for the first few times. And the game strongly encourages and is ment to be played with multiple playthroughs for all the endings, even including some cute dialouge at the end of each playthrough that provide hints on what to do on your next one.
– Real player with 15.9 hrs in game
This is a spoiler-free review.
This is a type of game that seems to have people that either really like it or just straight-up hate it. There’s also a lot of curious people that want to know if the game is worth getting, so rather than just tell you “Oh yeah, I like this!” I’m going to list all of the various things a person may like or dislike about the game.
First of all, this is NOT a visual novel. This is a simulation game mixed with RPG elements. A visual novel is a game in which you only point and click to get story to continue. This is NOT that kind of game. It becomes a simulation game when there are stats to alter and daily choices to be made. It infuriates me that so many people called this a visual novel, when it’s obviously a simulation game. Since you can go into a turn-based battle with HP & MP, level up, use a sword or magic, that’s the part that’s RPG-like. Although, I definitely wouldn’t call this an RPG, since the battling is definitely not the focus of the game. In fact, you don’t have to step foot in a battle if you don’t want to. You can progress the story without participating in battle.
– Real player with 13.3 hrs in game