Silicon City
I really enjoy this game! The perfect amount of challenge while still being great fun and just a little bit mindless since I play to relax and not to create more work for myself. I look forward to the next evolution of this game!
– Real player with 26.8 hrs in game
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Very nice take on SimCity-style games. I especially enjoy the graphs of various metrics, and ability to really drill down into each silizen’s life. I am excited for continued development and look forward to how this game will evolve!
From a playability standpoint - on my laptop (8gb ram, i7 (4 cores @ 2.20GHz)) at lowest settings, the game plays reasonably when going on the 1x speed. Either of the faster speed options causes the game to become very choppy. Even when using 1980’s top-down style it seems to be quite slow (perhaps because that’s just a different camera angle?). Increasing simulation speed also seems to mess with the power grid distribution: when my network is not super-saturated with electricity, running at a faster simulation speed makes parts of my city run out of power. But if I turn it back down to 1x and wait a bit of time, all of the buildings will come back online.
– Real player with 17.6 hrs in game
Final DOOM
Even though is old, it is so much fun!
The game was released year 1996 (According to Steam) which is a great reason to the pixelated, Psyche-3D graphics.
However, because the game is old also comes with positive sides. For example:
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Lossless gameplay
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Nostalgia
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(Pretty) Simple game controls.
Lossless gameplay:
Means that the game has nothing that breaks the gameplay at any point. You press “New Game”, then you’re already in the game. Nothing in the middle at all. And that’s how the game is all the way until the end (Because then you’ve finished it).
– Real player with 74.7 hrs in game
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Since Final Doom contains two separate megawads (each with 32 levels) I’ll review each separately below. Also, I’ve written this review with the assumption that the reader is an experienced DOOMer who is very skilled. If you are new to the original Doom games then you’re in the wrong place, Final Doom is not for you. Go play The Ultimate Doom and DOOM II: Hell on Earth, then once you can comfortably beat those on the Ultra-Violence difficulty you’re ready to move on to Final Doom.
The Plutonia Experiment
– Real player with 34.5 hrs in game
Wolfenstein 3D
Note: I strongly encourage following this guide to setup the ECWolf source port, which allows for full resolution support, including widescreen, automapping, and normal strafing controls. Additional mods can be introduced at that point, if desired.
An OG FPS classic, players should be warned that playing the vanilla game without a source port in the modern era is a harrowing experience with wonky controls and increasingly labyrinthine levels which are brutal to navigate due to there being no in game map. Basically, the vanilla experience has not aged well. However, if you run this with a source port like ECWolf you can enjoy it in all its glory and fully appreciate how much of a masterpiece of the genre it truly is.
– Real player with 13.6 hrs in game
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I did not expect to love Wolfenstein 3D. I expected a game with nightmarish mazes full of hitscan enemies. And I was right. However, I was wrong when I thought that I would not like playing through it. It took me many hours of playing the game to actually understand why I enjoy it and don’t find it grossly outdated, despite its age.
Wolfenstein 3D game loop is straightforward: find the exit from a maze, find keys to access it, shoot anyone standing on your way. Manage your health and ammo to stay alive and be able to fight. After you have completed the first level, you have seen the whole game. There are six chapters, each containing nine levels and one secret level. In the end of every chapter, there is a boss.
– Real player with 12.7 hrs in game
Brutal Fate
Brutal Fate is a fast-paced ultra-violent retro first-person shooter inspired by 80’s and 90’s sci-fi movies. As a marine from the Global Order Alliance sent to Callisto to take over the local corporate government, you find yourself surrounded by legions of demonic alien invaders and you must fight for your survival.
It blends the best features of classic shooters such as non-linear level design, a huge arsenal and large enemy variety with some modern aspects, making it a unique mix that does not try to hang on nostalgia, but be something of it’s own.
This game is a finely crafted first-person experience designed to be the most satisfying and detailed possible. Enemies that can be dismembered and exploded into pieces, destroyable environments including lamps, cars and even trees. All many details that makes you really feel like you are in a real living world.
Do you want to know more?
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This game features a huge arsenal of weapons that may require the use of all your keyboard numbers to scroll through. We got battle rifles, shotguns, grenade launchers, smart missiles, laser rifles, you name it.
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Immerse yourself in a 3 episode campaign, with branching patches, multiple endings, and a story full of twists.
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Fight an entire circus of monstrosities, carnivorous demons, zombie-like cultists, shuffling supernatural incomprehensible abominations from beyond, and corporate henchmen that want to make sure you won’t leave this haunted colony alive after seeing everything you just did. Just like in classic fps style, each enemy type acts like a piece of chess made to compensate the weakness of another. Gib them into delicious meat pieces, burn them to ashes, almost every enemy features locational damage and dozens of death animations, including different deaths for different weapons used.
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Explore huge non-linear levels, look for secrets to find special rare alternative ammo types for your weapons, health and armor upgrades, and much more. No “procedural generated levels”, no faux-retro arena level design, just handcrafted levels by someone with over 10 years of experience in classic game level design. Get the feeling of exploring believable highly interactive locations, fight enemies in many different scenarios, scripted or not, pick them alone or in small groups and sometimes try to come up with a strategy to fight up to 50 enemies at once.
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Command your fellow marines out of this hell. Your character’s rank as a Staff Sergeant isn’t only for show. Find any survivors of this disastrous operation and they will follow you. They have an acceptable AI that will actually follow your commands, won’t block your movement, and will kill enemies for you. Magnificent, isn’t it?
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Mod it until it breaks. Running on the highly reliable GZDoom engine, this game is extremely easy to be modified. You can make mods, add custom weapons, enemies, levels, and entire new user-made campaigns.
Plot
In the end of the 21th century, after a catastrophic nuclear war followed by a famine that wiped out half of Earth, the remaining governments united their military under the same banner in a vow to prevent another disaster, and so the Global Order Alliance was born.
Later the G.O.A. united with corporations in an effort to terraform and colonize other planets in the solar system, by using a method that allowed artificial black holes to be created at the center of the planets to imitate Earth’s gravity. 60 years later when the terraforming of Mars and Jupiter’s moons were completed and mass migration started, the corporations betrayed the Terran governments and decided to declare independency and not use their newfound resources to help Earth get back on it’s feet. Their moto was “We terraformed these planets and now everything on them belongs to us. If you want these resources, come and take it."
Betrayed and left for dead, the peoples from all around the world vowed to invade the colonies and take back what belongs to Earth. The armies of the G.O.A. which were once considered heroes and peacekeepers of mankind, became a violent, fanatic, imperialistic military legion. They launched military campaigns against Mars and Io that lasted for decades. Now the year is 2297 and the people of Callisto started rebelling against the corporate rule due to recent strange phenomena caused by the planet’s artificial black hole, all the interplanetary communications are shut down by the regime, and the G.O.A. sees this as a perfect opportunity to invade the planet and “liberate” it with the local population’s support. The corporate conglomerates warns that the situation in Callisto is “complicated” and warns Earth to stay away from it.
You are part of a special international battalion of the Space Division of the G.O.A. Marine Corps sent to intermediate the situation. After a four month journey, you arrive at the planet with orders to destroy the corporate government forces and secure their industrial facilities. Drone scans shows literally hundreds of thousands of dead bodies littering the streets, apparently they genocided the local populace which saves you from the work of having to watch your targets… Your orders are clear: Descend into the planet with companies of battle-hardened Marines, combat androids, tanks, mechs, gunships and orbital artillery, and eliminate any colonial military forces you may find. They are considered dangerous irregular war criminals and you have no legal requirement to grant them any human rights, engage on contact. All weapons are clear… Exterminate with extreme prejudice, just the way the Marines likes to operate.
The Marines quickly find out that something is wrong. The planet is dead. Non-combatants and colonial guard alike were slaughtered, women and children included. No signs that a war happened here, some bodies defiled in unspeakable macabre religious rituals.
You realize that what killed these people weren’t humans, it weren’t using guns, and it’s still here. An unfathomable evil from beyond lurks these dead streets, its hungry eyes are gazing upon you. Do you have what it takes to survive?
DOOM II
What I liked:
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Amazing modding community
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Fast paced, pick up and play with secrets for those that search
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Gameplay that may seem simple, but offer great challenge and variety that feels badass too
What You Need to Know:
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Like Doom, this game needs to be modded to play for anyone that is used to mouse and keyboard controls. Otherwise aiming with keyboard and no looking around will turn you off from the game.
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With mods like project brutality,brutal doom, doom 64, brutal “insert old fps game” mods are all really great and offer tons of variety and fun, along with tons of maps and you can never run short of mods to play
– Real player with 80.5 hrs in game
Should YOU play DooM 2?
First off you’re expected to be a 90s guy.
-You’re expected to be a filthy masochist. You’re punished for things that aren’t really your fault.
-You’re expected to not have learned controls of such a game. VERY SIMPLE CONTROLS
-You’re expected to be playing your first fps game ever and be amazed by everything.
-You’re expected to like the 90s aesthetic, so American exaggerations over realism.
-You’re expected to replay this. The second play through is more fun than the first.
– Real player with 32.1 hrs in game
TravelRacer
This game is the testament for Human Endurance. How much are time are you willing to listen to the same annoying song for 2-3 hours. Knowing you get 2nd place you have to restart the entire race which each race can last up to 5-20 minutes. You’d probably be saying, “Oh how bad could it be.” Believe me, this is the worst 2.2 hours I have spent in my entire life. They should give this game to the military for mental endurance training.
– Real player with 2.5 hrs in game
This game is the testament for Human Endurance. How much are time are you willing to listen to the same annoying song for 2-3 hours. Knowing you get 2nd place you have to restart the entire race which each race can last up to 5-20 minutes. You’d probably be saying, “Oh how bad could it be.” Believe me, this is the worst 0.5 hour I have spent in my entire life. They should give this game to the military for mental endurance training.
– Real player with 0.5 hrs in game
Carmine Impact
Formerly known as Project Crimson, before our friend Destin made this game!
Carmine Impact is a new, fast-paced arena shooter by HarpNet Studios! Carmine brings you the best of an era gone by, with a modern twist (and cute anime girls)!
Such features include:
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Anime girls! (soon!)
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Multiplayer!
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A full map editor, on the fly!
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Lots of unimplemented features! (haha.)
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SPEED
Note: we’re too dumb to make macOS or Linux builds at the moment, so only Windows builds for now. Sorry!
Proudly powered by Cardboard, based on the fantastic Cube 2 engine!
Drift Stage
Drift Stage is a drift-focused arcade racer with intuitive mechanics and fluid high-speed action.
Features
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Loaded Roster of Exotic Cars - Explore an array of vehicles ranging from JDM tuners to Italian sports cars to find the car with the style and handling to match your taste and driving style.
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Tracks in Beautiful and Unique Locales - Race through blue-sky sunny beaches, neon-infused urban highways, and more unique and beautiful locales.
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Online and Split-Screen Multiplayer Drifting - Tear up the asphalt with friends in online and split-screen multiplayer.
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Rocking Original Music - A large original soundtrack from the softshred virtuoso Hugh Myrone that will make you want to crank your car radio.
Open Wheel Manager
Came back to the game there hoping it would be better. Still same issues. Crashes randomly(can’t even finish 1 lap of a race), doesn’t give an error code or anything. Shame, great concept.
EDIT - Was crashing because of a mod I was using I think. I recommend the game, modding it is quite fun too
– Real player with 97.7 hrs in game
The game is still being developed but it is already entertaining. Using Motorsport Manager to make a direct comparison:
What OWM does better:
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Engaged developer who is dedicated to improving core product as opposed to shelling out DLC and shitty mobile apps.
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Open communication with community. It’s very easy to get in contact and very quick responses.
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Mod support is being better prioritized and supported (tracks will be moddable).
What Motorsport Manager does better:
- Graphics and racing simulation model are superior
– Real player with 46.1 hrs in game
Tanks: The Crusades
This is the greatest Game ever released. The graphics quality and scaling is flawless and there are no glitches. The game is still officially supported by the dev and gets regular updates. Can’t wait for official world wide multiplayer. Better than any other Tank game I’ve ever played.
– Real player with 29.2 hrs in game
I got some ideas.
1.Add fog.
2.Add more generation options like:
-how large the world should be. Large, mendium, small.
-what type of blocks should be generated.(this is hard to code it ngl).
3.Multiplayer options:
-bullet travel speed
-mine explosion time
-tank speed
And i hope for some bugfixes. I found one, when you teleport and mine is planted close to teleport, mine explodes too early and dealing no dmg to tank.
I hope you will read this and please don’t feel offended.
Sorry for bad english.
– Real player with 4.6 hrs in game