The Chameleon
Ok, I liked this game, might even speedrun it, but I have to give it a negative review because it’s exactly as I feared: it’s just the demo but double length.
For the price point it just ends too soon and feels like it doesn’t explore its concept enough. Also considering this was in the haunted ps1 disc this year, if you’re reading this, you’ve probably played the demo, which means you’ve experienced the best this game really has to offer already and you don’t need to buy it. You get the blink power in that demo and then it ends soon after.
– Real player with 4.5 hrs in game
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Really fun stealth game!
As a massive Splinter Cell (Chaos Theory) fan, this scratched that itch.
It’s super cheap, but it is rather short (beat it in a little over 3hours), however I think with the price, and just how fun and well designed The Chameleon is, it was definitely worth the price. I think I might even feel like replaying this at some point.
Liked the story, if there ever were a DLC expansion, or just a sequel, I’d buy it.
The atmosphere, visual style, modern effects complementing the retro style, just feels great. There’s neat dynamic lighting, a cool dithering effect on high pixelation, lots of moody coloured lighting, details all around, notes to read to enhance the setting, charming humorous touches.
– Real player with 3.5 hrs in game
Sol Dorado Heist
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Sol Dorado Heist
Developer: Megalixir Games
Publisher: Megalixir Games
Pros:
1. The characters are pretty unique, each having a distinct personality. This helps make them memorable in the long run.
2. The premise is definitely interesting.
3. The music is cool, it helps give in the mystery feel with a bit of some intense tracks for big moments.
Cons:
1. Stories that use a protagonist who has amnesia can work if it’s written properly. In Sol Dorado Heist, it just lacks proper context and clues to justify anything. Some small flashbacks here and there relating to small sections, but in the end it just ends up being spoon fed to the protagonist.
– Real player with 4.6 hrs in game
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Sol Dorado Heist is a short mystery story about a woman named Alex Thorn and her struggle with her recent amnesia. With only a single memory of what appears to be her and someone else robbing a casino, she sets out to try and track down the notorious thief, Silent Ace, for answers before the police find them.
The plot for this title isn’t a completely original idea. Amnesia is used in quite a few novels (and other things). To get the most out of it, you’d have to back it up with good writing and interesting twists. Sadly, I don’t feel like Sol Dorado Heist managed to do that.
– Real player with 4.0 hrs in game
Seven Days
So… Seven Days, or Seven Days With You: The Most Precious Memory in Our Lives… sigh … It’s all too bittersweet…
A friend of Shuuichi’s gives him a cursed Blu-ray disc and asks him to watch it and see if it’s actually cursed. Well, as it turns out, an evil girl ghost comes out and tries to possess him, only to be exorcised by his childhood friend Murasaki. It’s then that the ghost turns into a normal looking girl named Chiyako, who in turn reveals that she had died and that there are souls of six other girls in her who had also previously died. But a ghost can only remain in the mortal realm for 49 days, give or take a few. So it’s decided that these seven girls will divide the time they have left between themselves, leaving everyone a week to do what they want with the small bit of life that was left to them before they disappear for good.
– Real player with 48.0 hrs in game
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A mysterious adventure well-worth embarking on.
Synopsis
Seven Days tells the tale of Shuuichi Kanzaki, a young man who, thanks to his rather peculiarly resourceful classmate, Masaru Kinokuniya, stumbles upon a cursed video. The man of reason he sees himself as, Shuuichi takes his friend’s “dare” and decides to watch the video, only to realize shortly later, to his own bewilderment, that he was not quite exactly being bamboozled. Out spawns a creature from an otherworldly plane of existence and assaults the protagonist. The bleak situation comes into speculative resolve by a Shinto priestess, and his good childhood friend, Murasaki Sairenji, as she attempts to exorcise the begrudged spirit, the result of which is far from the expected one. Both Shuuichi and Murasaki have to deal with a body which, although now bereft of former hostility, still serves as a vessel to souls of seven girls whose lives ended far too prematurely and who as such harbour profound grievances against the world that has abandoned them. Will Shuuichi be able to grant them their postmortem wishes and the ends they desire?
– Real player with 45.4 hrs in game
Ruthless Water
Was a kawaii chatroom, changed to parkour overnight. ┌╏ º □ º ╏┐
– Real player with 0.8 hrs in game
1. This game’s thumbnail is clickbait
2. optimization is doodoo fart
3. Slender man can walk through walls
– Real player with 0.2 hrs in game
Midnight Girl
Midnight Girl is a 2D point-and-click adventure game for mobile, PC and console.
The game takes place in France in the mid-Sixties. The story, mood, and style of the game are inspired by the city of Paris, Belgian comics and Sixties cinema.
The late teen tomboy Monique lives as a cat burglar in Paris. After a heist gone wrong, she ends up in jail where she meets an enigmatic prisoner. They escape prison together, and agree to venture on a spectacular heist for a precious diamond. Thus begins a quest that takes our heroes through a catholic monastery, a Parisian metro station and the Catacombs.
The game focuses on story and atmosphere. The gameplay mixes elements of stealth, discovery and puzzle solving.
Otti: house keeper
This is a funny game with puzzles (sometimes too hard to solve it from the first try). Some levels can be completed very quickly, but before passing some I had to think carefully. In some places, you need to act fast enough. Nice puzzle for a few nights, also can be a great family game.
10/10 screaming thieves :D
– Real player with 1.6 hrs in game
A very creative puzzle game. Defend treasures from thieves by strategically placing traps around the house and scare them away. Each thief has its own phobia but some thieves aren’t scared easily!
– Real player with 1.1 hrs in game
Master Magistrate
Master Magistrate surprised me a lot. In a very positive way. When I purchased this visual novel I imagined how it was going to be having already played similar games. But it was very well written and when the whole plot came together it blew my mind. Didn’t expect what happened. The story is very good and entertaining, the art is beautiful and both the music and character voices complement the game.
The main story is divided in 4 cases/chapters. There is also a bonus chapter and it’s called Fanservice [for that reason, lol]. It can be found in the chapter selection at the menu. It’s short and can be played in any order because it doesn’t relate in any way to the main story and no important information is presented. Each one of the 4 cases consist of novel/investigation/trial parts. Case 4 is the only chapter with story choices that lead either to the True Ending or the Alternate Ending. The adult patch add 2 scenes to the Alternate Ending. That’s the only adult content available in the main story.
– Real player with 84.8 hrs in game
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Full game has been released, and with it a very meaty free patch that adds like 10+ hours of additional story and 5 character routes (plus a ton of R18 content…):
http://www.irodori-soft.com/steampatch.html
The game completely works without it, but the added epilogue and additional routes add a lot to the gameplay. Plus it’s free!
Disclosure: I helped test a pre-release version of this game. I did this outside of Steam so my play time is not accurate.
– Real player with 62.7 hrs in game
SLUDGE LIFE
✔️Cat with TWO buttholes
✔️Can backflip
✔️Can fart
✔️Can smoke some with Ciggy
✔️You live in a shipping container
✔️You can climb on everything and return to monke
✔️Easy winner of best OST of 2021
✔️Can change whether you want to sit or stand to pee on the fly
✔️Game says “G-G-G-G-GOAST” every time you tag something
✔️Can get high and astral project
✔️Can spit in the bossman’s food, urinate all over his bathroom floor, and steal his diamonds
✔️Weirdos everywhere to talk to
✔️Sick merch on the website (Ciggy ashtray is sold out tho smh)
– Real player with 8.2 hrs in game
Short game sure, but honestly one of the best 4 hours ive spent playing a game.
This game is both incredibly charming and weird af at the same time. Its one of the most unique games ive ever played, period. Soundtrack is awesome too. Every single character is cool as hell to talk to, its just small one liners but still enjoyable. You play as a graffiti tagger and you just go around tagging spots to make a name for yourself, its simple but its almost like a platformer/puzzle game at times. Tons of little secrets to find and weird ass characters to talk to.
– Real player with 4.4 hrs in game