Danger Scavenger
Cautiously Recommend–Feels Very Much Unfinished
Stumbled upon this a few days back, wishlisted it and bought it today on a whim really digging the music and look the game has. Sometimes you strike out, sometimes you hit paydirt. This is paydirt, a diamond in the rough that after time can be awesome.
It’s VERY rough around the edges and definitely could use lots more polish but it’s highly addictive and the fun factor is very strong if you can get past the many nuances that hold this game back from being amazing.
– Real player with 17.2 hrs in game
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I’ve written a fairly neutral preview for this game on Gamer Escape, which you can find here: https://gamerescape.com/2020/06/29/preview-danger-scavenger/ . At that time, the game had just switched from being official release to Early Access to address the user feedback based on the mixed steam reivew score (At Gamer Escape we do not do scored reviews for Early Access games)
Within days, the devs for this game have already gone to work with their stated goal: Make the game more appealing to both the twin-stick shooter fans and the roguelike fans whom both had issues with how these mechanics were combined. They have added “Arcade Mode”, which removes the roguelike permadeath mechanics, but also in this mode, each character starts from a different tower, so you get more of a distinct experience with each character in this mode. While it kind of comes off as just a lowered difficulty setting, it does open the game up to a lot of people who find the punishing nature of the roguelike style more frustrating than fun.
– Real player with 14.2 hrs in game
Tape to Tape
The addictive gameplay loop of a Roguelike campaign in a Hockey game? Start with a below-average team and progressively improve it with the choices you make during each successive runs. Unlock new players, buy and upgrade equipment, discover new storylines. Stay tuned, updates are coming shortly with more details!
Gameplay
Tape to Tape combines the fast-paced gameplay of 90s hockey games with the gameplay enhancements of modern games, combining the best from arcade and sim-like games. Modern hockey games are focused on emulating real hockey games. The games are centered around puck possession and slower gameplay. Tape to Tape is much faster with more emphasis on speed and counter-attacks while staying true to the sport of hockey.
On offense, the players’ can easily skate across the ice thanks to the skaters’ high acceleration and maximum speed. With the tap of a button, the player can pass the puck successively for high-speed counter-attacks.
On defense, the speed-burst mechanic allows players to always be in the middle of the action and deliver crushing body checks anywhere on the ice.
The game features hand-drawn 2D player sprites and animations within a 3D environment. The game is visually different from everything else on the market. 2D animation allows the game to have much more personality in its design and animations!
We can’t wait to show more of the game!
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The Crackpet Show
Are you ready to get famous? If so, grab your gun and join the most violent TV show in the history of violent TV shows! Participants will have to shoot, smash and rip through hundreds of enemies on their way to victory!
Don’t be discouraged by THE GIANT F*ING BOSSES that are more than capable of turning your innards outwards – just grab the best perks and weapons along the way. Make your gun spew molten lava all over the floor, turn yourself into a berserker, and let your bullets bounce between enemies! All these things stack, so you have every opportunity to turn your furry warrior into a raging death machine.
You’ll still die, though. That’s just how life is, even for those who wield a rail gun. But who cares about death when your audience loves YOU? Unlike real life, here you can make good use of the likes you receive.
Use your new-found fame to help upgrade every item and every perk to deal even more damage when you head out again. Oh, don’t worry about getting bored: every episode of the show is randomized so you’ll never have the same run twice in-a-row.
And, when you are completely done with show business, invite your friends and party-up with co-op mode with up to four players! Play smart and synergize with the team or bash their teeth in when they will try to steal your power-ups: every dirty trick in the book is valid, and every strategy works as long as you are having fun.
So, are you ready to sign the contract?
Rogue-lite Shoot’em-up
There are tons of enemies, dozens of weapons, lots of perks and items, randomized drop and map layouts, as well as carnivorous bosses for you to test your ability to beat the game with in-game items
The most bizarre TV Show
It’s cute. It’s colorful. It’s everything you love about old-school gore cartoons. This is your only opportunity to make a pink rabbit into a harbinger of death. Do not miss it!
Play solo or co-op
Play the game solo or get your friends to play with you, create elaborate tactics or mess around and try to steal your friend’s items and power-ups. The goal is to have fun and get famous, not to sit down crunching numbers. Though it’s also a thing if you are into it.
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Crawl
One of the best local multiplayer games ever made. My friends and I have played this almost every week without fail since launch - it’s that damn good. When we meet new people who claim they’re into games, we vet them on this and see if they have fun or can appreciate the depth of game mechanics. We love this game because there’s nothing like sitting shoulder to shoulder with a pal and howling with rage at a stolen kill, laughter at a horde of slimes causing a human to suddenly play a Shmup, or roars of hype when a close bossfight comes down to the wire. My short recommendation for this game is BUY IT. But now let’s get to why you should.
– Real player with 95.5 hrs in game
Oh man. Where do I begin with this game? There’s so much done right about this game that it’s very quickly becoming one of my favourite rougelikes. Let’s just dive right into the dungeon and start chopping off the pros and cons of this insanely unique and fast-paced competitive Gauntlet-inspired roguelike.
Pros:
+Fast paced couch competition. The game is super quick to pick up and just as wasy to learn, utilizing only the movement directions and two buttons.
+Most unique idea for a rogulike in a long time. The fact that AI or other friends control your ENTIRE JOURNEY is so fresh and innovative that I honestly can’t think of a game to compare it to.
– Real player with 23.2 hrs in game
Fury Unleashed
I don’t do a lot of reviews, but I felt compelled to a proper one because this game is really, really fun.
Action/platformer/roguelite/RPG
First of all, I’m on the wrong side of 45 and still gaming strong, but it presents a quandry: I love “old school” games, but - I am too old and can’t game as well as I used too. The secondary problem I run into is “loving the idea” of old school games but after the novelty of pixilated graphics wears off, I can’t see them as anything but ugly. Fury Unleashed effectively beat the hell out of those problems. It has an AMAZING amount of customization of difficulty allowing for old people like myself to really enjoy it as well as the crazy kids hat love games being 25 viagra hard. The graphics are really sharp and not extravagant, in short it’s pretty and runs butter smooth. It really seems like they thought of everything up to and including a pet peeve of mine where games that use the Steam Workshop make you download the workshop stuff outside of the game, but this integrates it into the character select screen so you literally see the cosmetics you can dl from the workshop and simply select it in-game.
– Real player with 159.4 hrs in game
TL;DR 10/10 Xom howls with laughter!
What would the product be if you mixed together the creativity of Comix Zone, the unrelenting action of Metal Slug, and the audacity of action flicks from the 80’s? Probably this. Fury Unleashed is the first game I want to review, and rightly so.
To begin with, the Hero starts off with one SMG, one choppy blade, grenades, and boots of stomping. Throughout the course of the story, you get all the silly loot you could want and more. Freezing shrapnel grenades? Got ‘em. Rocket launcher with poison warheads? Sure! Unholy blade? No problem. Triple jump boots? Go wild! In addition to this arsenal of fun, the enemies you face are varied and challenging in distinctive ways. In fact, the same deadly shenanigans you pull on them can just as easily apply to you. This is most noticeable in the second comic book, where enemy soldiers can (and will) use the same weapons you do.
– Real player with 44.1 hrs in game
Guns N' Boxes
Great fun game! One of the best recent party games, if you love getting together with friends, eating pizza and killing each other with hotdogs this game is for you! Plenty of weapons, great character design and animations.
10/10 would kill al my friends with an exploding banana cluster again
– Real player with 8.7 hrs in game
I cannot wait till more ppl get this and there will be like “level creation”, a few more mods. Its like a bomberman/rogue-ish game with great pixel graphics. Variety with weather and level generation.
Keep this up guys and I cant wait till more ppl start playing it! :D
– Real player with 4.5 hrs in game
Rogue Heroes: Ruins of Tasos
I’ve played a bit of the free demo, liked it, and played a bit more of the game, and I Like it!
And I recorded my progress with Rogue Heroes: Ruins of Tasos, please watch if you prefer a more audio/visual format, or just want to get a Feel for the controls and Gameplay:
It Feels Good. 👍
Note: The video starts off in the demo, but that is fine, because progress unlocked in the demo is kept going into the main game! OMG!
Such an incredible feature that I hope other games emulate.
– Real player with 103.8 hrs in game
Overview:
I’m on the fence about “Rogue Heroes: Ruins of Tasos.” We bought it to play online co-op. For that, it’s… OK. It’s fun to play. But, it just feels like co-op was added as an afterthought. If you’re more interested in the social experience of playing a casual co-op game, it’ll be fine. But, if you want to really focus on the game with some friends, you might want to think about it. Single-player presents even more of a poser: you lose some of the fun, social aspect. But, you also lose some of the co-op specific game problems. After 37.8 hours of gameplay (having finished the main/side questlines and working on the last four “grinding” Achievements), I’ll lean slightly negative and Not Recommend it. But, it’s close.
– Real player with 49.2 hrs in game
Wizard of Legend
I like this game a lot!
I’ve always been very intrigued by games with wizards, magic, and lots of fun spells, and many games contain things like that, but lately I haven’t been much interested with many games, and feel bored while playing them.
This combines my love for spells and fun magic with fast-paced, hard dungeon crawler, and it’s extremely fun to play!
One of my favorite parts of the game is to save up for an arcana, (the game’s name for spells) then test out it’s effectiveness, special effects, best way of using it, etc. in a dungeon!
– Real player with 144.8 hrs in game
A lot of fun for the price, wish it had offline single player though.
– Real player with 119.6 hrs in game
Zoms & Guns
Zoms & Guns is a pixel roguelike game that takes place in the small charming town brimming with museums, multi-coloured houses, enticing boutiques and cozy cafés. The town is home to very warm and friendly people. Life takes a turn on a cold winter night, suddenly an evil darkness takes over the neighbourhood. A deadly silence takes over and the residents go missing one by one. An aggressive dangerous group walk the town and destroy everything on their way. An unknown epidemic is happening and people of the city are becoming aggressive and evil. Your mission is to discover the secret of the town and save your people. You are one of the few healthy one remaining. If you don’t help the town, death will take over. Your task is to quickly search the town for the most suitable weapons and fight the unknown enemy. There are many challenges and unsolved mysteries that you must find an answer for in order to succeed. With no one on your side, there is danger in every corner. You must avoid the unknown or fight it. Choose your moves wisely.
- Features
conversation
Other survivors can play a crucial role in your success. Talk to them, trust them and use their knowledge. They might have some experiences that can be really helpful. Don’t miss any opportunity to gather information about the events that took a place in the recent days.
Explore
In order to survive you have to look everywhere for food, equipments and guns. Anything that can protect you from your enemies is helpful , the smallest equipment might change if you will survive or not; therefore don’t hesitate to search the whole area.
Guns
You can’t defeat your enemies if you don’t choose the right gun. Throughout the game you will come across different guns such as Assault Rifles , Shotguns, Machine guns or SMGs. For instance if you are facing the high number of enemies at once, Machine guns will be your best bet. Be smart and chose the right gun to defend yourself.
Tactical trucks
Throughout the game you will need to relocate and go through different part of the city either because you want to face your enemy or you are looking for a safe shelter. Using the fast and safe vehicle such as abandoned armour truck or ATVs can guarantee your survival.
Environment
You will experience a diverse environment in the game. You will face the enemy in different part of the city , there will be battles in the city centre, gas station, a small hotel, an abounded barn outside the city or even the lake. You can also hide inside the buildings , there are many great equipment that can be found by searching the hospital, church, gun shops or even the residential buildings. Nobody will prevent you to enter these places.
Legend of Dungeon
Not Quite Legendary
Legend of Dungeon = Roguelite-lite + Commodore 64 + Rainbow Vomit
This game reminds me of action games back on the ol' Commodore 64. I make this reference even though I know it will plainly sail straight over the heads of most of you youngsters, making me feel like the aging and increasingly irrelevant gaming hipster that I am. sigh
Uh, anyway. The premise of this game is very Rogue. IE - Journey to the bottom of the randomly generated dungeon to collect the frazzledazzled THING and return for ultimate glory. Unlike Rogue, it is very light on the RPG mechanics. You collect glowing experience orbs from fallen enemies and gain levels which translates into direct health and damage increases. There is no stat or skill management whatsoever.
– Real player with 33.5 hrs in game
Legend of Dungeon is a permadeath roguelike dungeon-crawler game. Every time you play, it is a different dungeon. It is never the same dungeon unless you input the same seed. The objective of this game, you need to navigate your way down to level 26 to grab a treasure and bring it back to level 0 to complete the game. You will come across a variety of monster mobs and 7 different bosses to kill. Once you grab a treasure at level 26, heading back to level 0, you’ll find difficult mobs existing at all levels. This is identical to Impossible mode except it is not that way at start. The difficulty of this game is relatively easy (considering my guide) but there is Impossible mode where you’ll deal with potential powerful monster mobs right away starting Level 1 instead of deep in the dungeon.
– Real player with 30.8 hrs in game