SOLAS 128
This is a contender for my favourite puzzle game of all time.
I have played literally hundreds of puzzle games, to the point where I am basically burned out on puzzles… so when I saw Solas 128 I thought “uh-huh… lasers, mirrors, yada yada” but boy oh boy was that initial assessment wrong!
This game takes what seem like familiar puzzle elements, adds some brilliant twists and builds a huge sequence of constantly surprising puzzles from them. Time and again it hits you with those “wait but that’s impossible” problems, before delighting you with your own genius a few minutes later. On top of that, the puzzles are all integrated into a single overworld, so that they connect and interact with each other, adding another mind-blowing layer to the experience. It’s a vast intricate clockwork construction of utter perfection.
– Real player with 251.7 hrs in game
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This is an absolute belter of a game. If you’re into puzzle games, you should definitely pick this up.
The “bounce lasers off mirrors” idea may sound derivative, but Solas manages to make it interesting again. The light beams have symbols travelling along them to the beat, and these can interact - if they collide the colours combine and the combined beam changes direction. So sometimes you need to get the symbols to line up, sometimes they need to be out of step so the beams can pass through each other. Combined beams can be separated with splitters - there’s lots going on here, and the game introduces them at just the right rate to keep things interesting.
– Real player with 32.1 hrs in game
Roce’s Journey
Performance problems
– Real player with 4.9 hrs in game
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First impression: free good box pusher (Sokoban) puzzle game.
Press left-arrow on the first screen to switch to English!
The basic mechanic is pushing boxes to their target destination. Then you get flame squares to avoid (or burn up useless boxes), ice cubes to douse fires, stone plinths, rolling rocks, and more, to vary the strategies that are necessary to solve a level. There are 100 levels, all unlocked, rated by difficulty. I’ve tried 17 so far, skipping quite a few to have a look at the new mechanics.
– Real player with 1.5 hrs in game
BACK OF SPACE
Amazing game, i have every achievement in OLDTV, and i still play it, when i found out and saw the trailer for the new game, i was freaking out. I bought the game and i don’t regret it one bit. :) Would recommend this to anyone. btw C Y A N
– Real player with 18.0 hrs in game
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IT’S FINALY OUT GUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUYS
(ahem)
Of course it’s beta, but i REALLY like playing this, and also I got some flashbacks from PlasmaTV
The only question is…
WHERE IS CYAN AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
– Real player with 11.6 hrs in game
Motivational Hero Vol. 2
This game is very challenging and full of features.
– Real player with 2.3 hrs in game
I really liked the psychedelic theme mixed with a change of colors and that crazy drops effect gave a unique identity to the game, but for me the coolest thing is how the theme of each stage relates to the gameplay, sensational game!
– Real player with 1.2 hrs in game
Timothy Leary’s Mind Mirror
I absolutely recommend anyone with even a slight interest in psychotherapy to try this game out, not because it’ll blow your mind or because Leary was some kind of genius, but because it’s a solid example of what I believe to be a therapy-oriented game.
Somewhere between interactive fiction and gestalt therapy (not mention the weird words and “archetypes”), this program is for all I have read basically a reproduction of Leary’s PhD thesis. It might well have been a facebook quiz if it was written two decades later! It’s not particularly avant-garde or exceptionally brilliant as far as I’m concerned, but it’s neat to play through.
– Real player with 0.5 hrs in game
Decide 4 God
Decide 4 God is the final entry of the Abime Series.
One hour.
The woman and her team of investigators had one hour to infiltrate a prison and cause a breakout. Her dearest hope was that, among the prisoners, there would be her brother who disappeared nearly twenty years ago.
She couldn’t shake the feeling that something sinister was waiting for her team.
One hour.
The man had been up for one hour, contemplating his past. Everything changed when breakfast was delivered and a box with clothing was slid through the opening in the door. He was told to put it on if he wanted to escape.
Something felt wrong but the prisoner obeyed. Someone was breaking him out… but why?
It is for the future when none may tread.
Key features:
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The final chapter in the Abime Series. Decide 4 God contains the entire truth behind the events of both Head AS Code and Birth ME Code. Familiar faces return and new faces emerge to complete the unfortunate cast suffering through over a dozen endings due to the misdeeds of Empathy Systems.
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Two sides of the story. You will be able to follow multiple characters as they live out their terrible tale. Side A and Side B have wildly different events making up opposite parts of a whole story.
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Interactions are your choices. The companions you choose to explore with determine what you find, and what you find determines your fate. You can examine rooms alone or with others, and their involvement will change how the story unfolds.
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Knowledge is a powerful curse. Everything you learn in your trip through Complex Twelve becomes a permanent part of your journey. The data transfers across playthroughs, but autosave means your information retention is permanent. Be careful of what you learn, as some of it may not be good for you…
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A linear yet malleable flowchart. The game’s flowchart sorts your available paths and allows you to combine them in various ways to achieve new endings. Can you find your way out of this labyrinth of information and reach a Permanent Ending?
Note: Only 16:9 resolution ratio is fully supported.
Marcella Moon: Curse of the Black Cat
This is certainly the best game in the series so far! It has more gameplay and puzzles than the others. This is the first game to have voice acting, and I think it did well. The story feels a bit more personal than the others, too, since Marcella’s mother and roommate are both present. If you liked the other games in the series, you’ll like this one.
– Real player with 4.7 hrs in game
This was a really cute and enjoyable game! It’s fun to play and quick enough to finish in one afternoon.
The small town setting is very quaint and there’s a nice atmosphere. I really liked the story line. It was well paced and there are some touching emotional elements and (kind of comedic) surprises! The soundtrack especially stood out to me, since it set the mood very well and was very pretty at times. The voice acting quality is also pretty good considering that this is an indie/one person developed game (which is very impressive!).
– Real player with 3.6 hrs in game
You Must
PRO: I was recommended to play this game from Emika Games and I’m really glad I did, I thoroughly enjoyed it! The puzzles are easy enough to figure out, just make sure you check everywhere. Some of the locations for numbers and notes are cleverly hidden. The jump scares are amazing and quite literally had me screaming like a little girl. LOL Overall the story is easy to figure out if you read the notes!
CON: Really my only complaint with the game is the “Bully” outside the building has severe small PP energy. He chases you non-stop and your only hope to get away is to get in the building. You can not hide from him or distract him. I personally think this would add a good and fair element to the game if you could. The ladders would sometimes bug out and not allow the player to climb up them, which is a problem when you’re trying to escape the “Bully”.
– Real player with 2.2 hrs in game
So this game started out slow but quickly picked up speed and became quite enjoyable. The threadbare story isn’t outstanding but I think it’s only there as window dressing. The star of the show here is the sudden scares that lurk around corners and down dark hallways! You Must also has some good puzzles that had me stumped a couple of times and there’s even three possible endings I believe - two of which I managed to get in my two-hour play through. The visuals aren’t anything spectacular but it’s got some good sound design. I didn’t experience any bugs or glitches. For the asking price, I can recommend this one!
– Real player with 1.9 hrs in game
Killer: Infected One of Us
I think this game is too incomplete for it to be released. There is a lot of bugs and things missing. I understand why the release happened, to get content on what needs to be added and such. But there is simple things that this game should have stayed in beta testing. Not only do I see many problems, it is also is a pay to play when in 25 minutes of “playing” I cant even stay in a lobby with friends, nor can I actually stay in a game. I do not know why this game was created based off Among Us and yet there are simple things needed that would just make 10x times better release if they did at least one more month of testing and fixing and adding in little details for friends to actually stick together. I am not saying its a bad game, I just think it should have stayed in the incubator just a little longer.
– Real player with 19.1 hrs in game
Hi, I’m a streamer producing content in Turkey. At the same time, I want to produce content related to this game on my Youtube channel called “Barding Games”. I shot my first video with a team of 6 people and we didn’t have any problems. The scenes, tasks, locations are very creative and beautiful, but when it comes to playing with 12 people, some of us entered the game invisible at the beginning of the game and we could only see them with tiny pixels. No matter what we did, we couldn’t solve the problem. (we closed and opened the game, restarted steam, etc.) Another issue, the difficulty of the missions is too much to be discussed. If you insist on playing the game, you solve the tasks after 6-7 games. However, people who are new to the game and trying to observe never understand the tasks and have difficulty continuing the game. The tasks that we spent minutes to do are endless. Even when the infected person is sluggish, we find it difficult to complete tasks. instant monitored streamer of 3000-4000 in Turkey, I saw they were trying to play in twitch.tv; While watching their past broadcasts, I realized that they could not be patient with the second game. Although the game has great potential, it needs immediate change. Please hear our voices and improve the game. We want to play this game.
– Real player with 14.9 hrs in game
Mad Experiments: Escape Room
We played this for a Coronavirus stay-at-home team event, with 15 people in 3 rooms, and everyone had a great time! It is definitely challenging but generates lots of fun conversation. We ended up using Zoom to talk with each other, and used the Zoom “breakout room” feature to split into the 3 rooms. This worked well; however, things work much easier if you run Zoom on a different machine than the game (Zoom on a phone, for example). Great game! We are looking forward to Chapter 2!
[Update] We had another team event playing through Chapter 2, and it was also great fun! It’s harder than Chapter 1, so don’t feel bad about making more liberal use of the hints . . .
– Real player with 8.8 hrs in game
A pretty good escape room experience, and I’m looking forward to the next chapter (coming out Nov 11!). If you have the cash to burn, I recommend it. After all, it’s cheaper than a real escape room session. Not for people who get extremely nauseated when playing 3d or first person games; I powered through the first chapter and had to take a break before moving on to the second. A friend and I played together and we had different opinions per chapter; she preferred the first, and I preferred the second. The game felt very polished, we did not run into any problems with objects disappearing or falling through the floor, as per older reviews. Mild spoilers/hints to follow.
– Real player with 4.8 hrs in game