AT SUNDOWN: Shots in the Dark
Disclaimer: I played this game a lot during the PC beta (free invite from devs), and just got it for my Switch today (paid myself). On to the review…
Ok so you’ll definitely have fun playing this game with your friends/family, it’s really simple to pick up and have fun with different weapons. If you like Towerfall or Gang Beasts this is similar but with more variety/replayability. You’ll want to own some controllers if you want to play local through steam.
But this game really gets good once you get past the intial learning and get into the M I N D G A M E S. I love playing a unpredictable mix of stealth and speed. Your opponent gets scared that you are sneaking right next to them so they shoot blindly giving away their position. Then when they drop their guard, you rush right at them.
– Real player with 13.5 hrs in game
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Played the demo of this game at WTFox 2 in 2016, and I loved it. I waited years for it to finally come out, and when it did I bought it immediately. I think the game in its current state is fun, but it’s hard to recommend a game like this with a nonexistent playerbase. Fun for some living room multiplayer, but not much else
– Real player with 11.4 hrs in game
Neckbeards: Basement Arena
Easy to get in to, but hard to master. Fun and fast-paced, especially so with the local co-op!
I haven’t seen anything quite like this on Steam before. A blend of challenging gameplay, creative level/enemy design, a variety of awesome characters to choose from. Not to mention the daunting task of 100 levels to conquer.
I’m not great at the game yet but I am slowly improving, fighting each cleverly designed boss as I go along.
I look forward to continuing to best the basements!
– Real player with 67.4 hrs in game
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I’m so ZZWized right now. This is one of the best games I ever played. The music and the memes just come pouring through your screen like butter dripping off of a hot tub. Very cozy game and fun to play.
– Real player with 1.0 hrs in game
Sun Warriors
SUN WARRIORS is a frantic, hardcore, cooperative, twin stick shooter. The Moon Goddess, Aysel, is invading our world with a horde of creatures from the dark. As a son of the Sun God Naol, use the power of light to blast all enemies and stop the corruption that is invading our land.
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Free game!
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Frantic twin stick shooter action.
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Play alone or with friends.
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Local & online Co-Op.
Sun Warriors is a student showcase project from ESAT Valencia.
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Cymatically Muffed
The good:
Lots of fast fun frenetic action, plenty of game modes.
Audio track is decent.
Good menus, extensive controls and customization.
Responsive, capable developer.
The bad:
Hard to see some items, visual style is lacking and can make things unclear sometimes.
– Real player with 9.0 hrs in game
I’ve played the local multiplayer several times with friends and have had a great time playing. The variety of game types and settings provide a lot of options for replayability. I can’t wait to play the campaign once it is released, especially since it can be played coop. Cymatically Muffed is reminiscent of older classics while still providing new and exciting mechanics of it’s own. Do yourself a favor and check it out.
– Real player with 7.1 hrs in game
Fragmental
At $15 I was on the fence for a while about this game. I’m glad I finally just bought it. I knew seconds into the game it was exactly what I was hoping it would be.
It’s like a Tron-inspired dual-stick shooter with a glitchy 80s/VHS look and feel to it.
It’s multiplayer only at this point. I do hope they add bots eventually, but even if that never happens I’ll be happy with the purchase. They could even do a “campaign” with single-player or coop fighting from level to level versus bots.
Great variety of weapons, interesting power-ups and level design. The controls are perfect. It gets a bit hectic when the arena is spinning, sections of the floor are moving, the walls are closing in, and random red balls of death are raining down on you from above. Rounds rarely last 20 seconds. Most are around 5 seconds or less.
– Real player with 11.9 hrs in game
I think the game is great for the price. Gameplay is smooth, graphics are nice. The only thing up for improvement might be control over the length of the game. I can’t wait to see the online multi-player mode develop for this. Excellent early access game for couch gaming.
– Real player with 6.7 hrs in game
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
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
TANKNAROK
Its a pretty good multiplayer party game.
The game has fairly simple controls and easy to pick up, its very fast paced and chaotic, with lots of visual effects, environemntal hazards and a wide variety of mostly randomly spawned weapons and gadgets. One round mostly lasts less than a minute, while an entire game lasts around five minutes. It makes it perfect for when you have a little bit of time to kill and a few friends around.
The only real cons with this game are its lack of single player features and a bit of wonkiness with the online multiplayer. However, neither of these are big issues, since this game works best with the local multiplayer. So, if you have some friends who want to play this with you, id definitely recommend it.
– Real player with 26.2 hrs in game
Developer posted about this game on social media. Took a quick look at the discount and video and purchased immediately. Got to play with my son tonight and we had a blast. Reminds us of the quick map changes and random weapons we loved in stick fight from another developer. This game is well polished and very fun to play. Just need more people to buy and enjoy the game so I can have more of you to play online with! I highly recommend this game especially if you have a setup to allow couch co-op.
– Real player with 5.8 hrs in game
Zombusters
Nice and fresh style. It reminds me to some games I played when I was young! Recommended!
– Real player with 0.1 hrs in game
Aperion Cyberstorm
Aperion Cyberstorm is a great fast paced shooting game that should not be overlooked. When I first started the game, I admit I was not expecting much at all, seems like a generic space game. Even though that is kind of the case, Aperion Cyberstorm is filled crazy bullet mayhem to keep to occupied for hours to come. It’s not perfect by any means. It can feel repetitive at times, but if your looking for a new game buy, you should definitely check this out!
– Real player with 0.8 hrs in game
Wish I could play this, but controller support is just broken, refunded.
– Real player with 0.1 hrs in game
Geometry Wars™ 3: Dimensions Evolved
This game is a very good use of $15, and you should purchase it. You should absolutely not hesitate to buy it at sale prices. If you are looking to play “Geometry Wars 2, but better,” you should continue reading.
There’s a lot of people who played Geometry Wars 2 on the XBox. Some of my most fond memories of my last year of undergrad were spent in front of a TV trading the controller off with a friend of mine, making him curse my name for making sure that all of “his” high scores were actually mine. Undeniably, a rerelease of Geometry Wars is going to attempt to play off of that nostalgia.
– Real player with 121.3 hrs in game
For those of you that are looking for a quick answer whether you should purchase this game or not, I give you, “Yes, you should buy this game, at $14.99 it is worth every cent and it is insanely good!” and I’ve also added an overview in the code box below. For everyone one else, you are in for an Aficionado treat.
After 6 long years, the moment I thought never possible is here, as ‘Lucid Games’ releases to us the next chapter of intense arcade action with Geometry Wars 3: Dimensions. This is the epitome of “arcade” gaming, the reason why kids everywhere stood around a cabinet, converted their lunch money into quarters and pumped them into a machine to top each other’s score. If you ever wondered what a “Twin Stick” game is, this is the perfect definition.
– Real player with 45.4 hrs in game