Legend of Hand
An overlooked masterpiece.
The short(ish) review:
A story about a martial artist looking for a lost grandmaster. A point’n’click adventure that seamlessly blends tongue-in-cheekness with a rare sense of sincerety, and where everything feels nostalgically familiar and fresh at the same time. Glancing at the screenshots you might think this is some kind of a small-scale jokey experiment, when actually it’s a rock solid labour of love that took three years to make and takes hours to finish. Just play it. Seriously, don’t even watch the trailer, as it gives away certain nice moments. I was constantly surprised and delighted by the storytelling, the graphics, the animations, the unexpected minigames. Yes, there are minigames, and also a turn-based combat system. No, they don’t detract from the traditional adventure experience, but rather contribute to the strange and wonderful overall feel.
– Real player with 17.2 hrs in game
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It’s a fun and quirky point and click game, which is suprisingly long, and full of side gameplay elements to explore. Don’t let the bizzare appearance deceive you - there is a lot of a good content hidden beneath.
The characters in the game are memorable with their own quirks, while their dialogues are enjoyable to read. The further you get, the story gets more interesting, and turns more fantasy-like (like a Chinase fairy-tale of some sort), and I found myself immersed at the fourth island. There is a twist in it too, but I would let you to judge that one.
– Real player with 17.2 hrs in game
Shenmue I & II
[SHENMUE I]
Shenmue is a strange, gently plodding beast of a game that we’ll never see the likes of again. Even when Shenmue 3 comes out, it will likely focus on different things, different aspects of gameplay. Shenmue is currently gaming’s one and only kung-fu small town life simulator, and that’s commendable.
This makes the fourth time in my life I’ve finished Shenmue 1 and every time I’ve played it I’ve seen different scenes, talked to people and discovered what to do next in different ways. I’ve gotten different toys out of the capsule machines and won different prizes in the lucky-dip draws in the stores. The plot of Shenmue is the same every time, the way you work through that plot is different and organic.
– Real player with 89.2 hrs in game
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Shenmue. It was a great game that preceded many other open-world titles. It is still the game with that much immersion from the open-world as you can get in 2021, if we’re not talking about visual details. Every person there, every single NPC has a unique appearance, behavior pattern, and biography defining his/her actions. Additionally, every person involved in fights has his own set of moves. How’s that for starters? For a game released in 2001? Even more, Shenmue is still the great tale of adventures and martial arts.
– Real player with 73.3 hrs in game
Shenmue III
Ah, Shenmue 3, how I have longed for the light of your presence to shine upon thee…
Heads up to those who peruse this review: I’m a HUGE shenmue fan. I backed this game on kickstarter and have played the game twice on Sony PlayStation 4.
Let’s forget all of the nonsense associated with Deep Silver and the Epic Game Store exclusivity. How is THE GAME?
A mixed bag.
Let’s start with the graphical presentation. Shenmue 1&2 were AAA games back in the day; the most expensive games every produced up until that time. Shenmue 3 is a AA game; as such you cannot go into this expecting the latest cutting edge graphics.
– Real player with 110.8 hrs in game
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Before starting my review, I’d like to point out that we really need a mixed review option on Steam. I hope Gaben will hear our prayers one day. Anyway, as most of you know, Shenmue III is the highest funded Kickstarter game and it is definitely one of the longest awaited one. How long was it… 20 years? I’m not a loyal Shenmue fan, I didn’t wait 20 years for it, in fact, first time I’ve played Shenmue was a few months ago but I was aware of its significance and contributions to the video game culture of course. I also didn’t contributed anything to its Kickstarter campaign but putting myself in one of the loyal fans' place, I’d be extremely disappointed by this game. Especially after waiting nearly 20 years for it. Although I have no doubt that Yu Suzuki and YS Net did their best to bring a solid title to the fans, they’ve made a grave mistake by striking a deal with Deep Silver. 1 year Epic Store exclusivity was straight up disrespectful towards the people who contributed to Kickstarter campaign. Hopefully, they will learn from their mistakes with Shenmue IV. Anyway, let’s take a look at the redeeming qualities first…
– Real player with 108.7 hrs in game
Kisaragi no Hougyoku
The premise of this game is the most forced romance plot I’ve ever seen. Ever.
The translation is atrocious, there are rampant errors in the script, there’s very little use of visuals to aid the writing, there are no choices to be made, and the music is primitive.
The fact that the game is glitched and sticks you in an infinite loop where you can’t advance is actually a blessing. Even though this is an indie game created on a small budget, it’s still inexcusably bad.
– Real player with 5.7 hrs in game
侠客风云传(Tale of Wuxia)
What a gem of an RPG this game has been. It single-handely puts most modern-day RPGs to shame. Turn-based, multiple endings, multiple paths, choices and consequences, fantastic combat, wonderful music, many secrets, reasonably good story, memorable characters, you name it.
The whole theme of the game runs loosely on Jin Yong’s Wuxia novels. Most of the martial skills you learn are either of Jin Yong’s established skills in his novels or game dev invented or other irrelevant powerful moves known to martial arts history like the Wu Ying Jiao or Ru Lai Shen Zhang. A good refreshment over the usual Western fantasy RPGs.
– Real player with 128.3 hrs in game
Bought the game last week, played over 100 hours.
The game is rough around the edges, I really can’t deny that. Before I bought it, I was scrolling through all the reviews, almost didnt pick it up based on some issues I read.
Were there any bugs?
Yeah, some. I wasn’t really affected by them to the extent some others had, but they did pop up every once in a while, nothing major though.
User Friendly?
Not really. Honestly, you’ll get the hang of the general systems in place, but the game doesn’t hold your hand in the slightest. There are some very good wikis though, great work to those who made them, really helped. I played the first playthrough without one, but really needed them for subsequent playthroughs. If you want certain endings or romances, you’re going to have to follow them. Also, the UI could use some work.
– Real player with 106.5 hrs in game
侠客风云传前传(Tale of Wuxia:The Pre-Sequel)
Prequel to the Tale of Wuxia, stories in this installment evolve around the 1st & 2nd disciples of the XiaoYao Sect, depicting what events have transpired leading up to the conflicts in Tale of Wuxia. Now let’s talk a bit about the Unity Engine this game is based on: It’s free, versatile, vast cross-platform support, saves a great deal of money in development. IMO they’ve created a very good base model with this game that has a lot of potentials and I wish they’d keep exploring it, polish it & expand it to create more Wuxia games.
– Real player with 373.2 hrs in game
I hate this game as much as i love it sometimes this is the best game I’ve found where it feels you have progress every battle and should try and do every sidequest because it makes your party stronger in some way it doesn’t live up to it’s full potential in many ways which saddens me as I am in love with its concepts and execution.
The battles in this game are excellent as a turn based game with lots of conditions happening in battle like counter and crits having full access to increase your power with each one. Every single boss feels unique and you have knowledge of most of the hidden conditions of the boss I’ve only found myself caught unprepared by immunities for select few bosses that don’t display them. This feels like a good “I mostly care about my main character” kind of game giving all the best things to him so he’s the strongest.
– Real player with 237.3 hrs in game
Absolver
There’s something about it. the fighting style and technique is well done. I like the soundtracks the most. Looking at the ruins you feel like a part of it.
– Real player with 379.4 hrs in game
Its not always about victory.
Its about the mets baby, cmon baby love the mets. Lets get a home run, love the mets.
– Real player with 52.7 hrs in game
The Wind Road 紫塞秋风
Playing this game made me understand the inner secrets of Qi Gong, so i opened my own practice and i ride to work on a silver cloud.
Joke aside, the combat system is heavy on this stuff, you have the different styles of move sets, but also an inner Qi style that acts like a general buff/debuff and can also be leveled and changed. In combat you can suffer “internal injuries of Qi” that can be yin or yang and must be treated with the correct medicine or meditation with the correct inner Qi.
Autumn Wind in the Purple Pass (translated as Wind Road) is a good quality action-rpg with some rough edges that could be deal breakers for some players so i’ll start with that.
– Real player with 29.1 hrs in game
I will put it as “thumb in the middle with a bit up” as encouragement.
Yes, the game has plenty of problems atm. I feel like the game still hasn’t tutorial me enough especially the special mechanics such as counter and block. Sometimes during the fight my chains combo forced me to go out of the fighting parameter and I forced to brake my combo or straight-up fail me. In gang-up situations, you barely survive it cuz everyone will just gang up on you (which is realistic but frustrating af). I would love it if dev can add a lock-on target function.
– Real player with 20.6 hrs in game
Ninja: Rise of a Hero
My love! I miss you so much! The sneaky Dracula kidnapped you on the eve of our wedding… All my life I’ve trained for this moment! And was not ready for it…
I can endure any pain and take any blows without moaning!
I can imitate the sounds of any animals and birds!
I cleverly climb trees and swim in the water like a fish!
I am impeccable in Ninjato and the art of throwing shuriken!
I can see perfectly in the dark!
And I could not see the enemy in the daylight…
Save Daddy Trump
A fun and interesting third person game. Here you save your beloved daddy from sinister magical creatures. The graphics in this game are pretty good, especially for such a penny. The game has 11 levels, where you need to collect money to free your father) If you are in doubt about the purchase, then here’s my advice - for your money, it is wonderful)
– Real player with 6.9 hrs in game
Stars received: 1.4/10 _ Note: v.5 [0.0 to 1] = personal impressions
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Game description key-points: collect 6 bucks items to open a door on each level
– Real player with 4.7 hrs in game