First Contact
I enjoy the game! very cool story
If you live radio you will love this game :)
– Real player with 44.4 hrs in game
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It’s a fun game where you play as a scientist and search for patterns in radio waves. When you decipher the patterns you learn how to send messages back to the aliens.
I really liked the language images the aliens use for communicating. u need to decide which word is correct for every image.
So far, the story is amazing! very unique and fun, u get to meet intresting aliens :)
I learned a lot about radio siganl and astronomy, Some of the puzzles are very hard.
Recommended 9/10
– Real player with 12.4 hrs in game
The VII Enigma
DYSTOPIAN CONSPIRACY, TIME-TRAVEL & REBELLION
The VII Enigma is a sci-fi mystery visual novel set in the shadows of futuristic dystopian conspiracy. Head down the rabbit hole and uncover the mysteries of a man set against the world, as the player must navigate the path to the true ending and overcome the tyranny of time itself.
SYNOPSIS:
In the year 2060, Dr Elijah Shaw awakens in a state of confusion, the only clue to his past a mysterious orb clutched in his hand. After being hauled in for interrogation by an agent of the totalitarian ruling faction known as ‘The Bureau’; Elijah is rescued by a small band of rebel fighters. Join Elijah and the rebels as they seek to untangle the web of deceit behind ‘The Bureau’s control and to discover the secrets of Elijah’s past.
Can you overcome the tyranny of time itself? Will you crack ‘The VII Enigma’?
FEATURES:
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Sci-fi and time-travel elements integrated with action, psychological themes, plot twists and impacting character moments.
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Dynamic kinetic action sequences.
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A broad cast of complex characters set in an intricate world.
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Bad endings, normal endings, and one ‘true’ ending; all reached based upon your choices.
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Over 30+ songs on the soundtrack, written and recorded by composer ‘Caleb Coles’.
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Over 250+ background images sporting a diverse amount of scenes and locations; alongside detailed character designs by head artist Garbiel Weisz.
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Utilizes the third-person limited perspective along with side-imaging, the combination a first for the visual novel medium, to give a larger world feel.
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15-25 hours worth of gameplay with full 1080 HD for all assets and visuals.
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A unique in-game encyclopaedia called ‘The Enigma Files’, to help you piece together the clues.
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A truly stunning ending, where all the threads of mystery come together.
WISHLIST NOW!
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Pictures of Life
An amusing puzzle game that really made me think. You have to line up pictures in a way that makes sense and some of the sequences are pretty difficult.
– Real player with 6.9 hrs in game
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june 13, 2020 edit: difficulty settings have been removed, hints now happen by pressing ‘h’ instead of waiting 2/3/5 minutes.
pictures of life is basically a 1st-person picture-based trivia game. you’re in a room, have to take pictures out of a closet, put them on the wall and figure out what connects them, then re-arrange them in the correct order. pressing the big button on the desk verifies your answer and if it’s correct, you can move on to the next puzzle. you can guess as many times as you want, except in the annoying final chapter, which drops you back in the menu after every incorrect one.
– Real player with 4.7 hrs in game
K37-D
Need a puzzling game to play, but you don’t have time for a large scale, AAA title? This game is for you. The puzzles in this title will get your brain working, requiring you to sift through clues in emails and files as well as deciphering codes left by the inhabitants of this abandoned station. You’ll have to carefully manage your time and resources between crafting items to keep your life support stable, and fending off alien intruders.
Pros:
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Good, satisfying puzzles
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Pixelated visuals and simple geometry are a nice change from the realism of today’s games
– Real player with 3.2 hrs in game
This is an interesting game. It started off a bit flat, seemed like straight out time/resource management. You split your time between telling drones to go auto-gather resources, rushing around to build stuff, and then occasionally going outside to shoot bugs before they get inside and cause problems.
But there’s a surprising amount of logs and emails and info you can look through, and the offscreen support character makes her own little comments on what you’re reading.
All while mutant alien bugs eat through the walls to come get you.
– Real player with 2.7 hrs in game
You VS Drugs
YOU TAKE ON THE ROLE OF REAL-LIFE AGENTS WHO EXIST IN YOUR BRAIN, WHERE YOUR OWN WIT CAN RISE TO REVERT A WORLDWIDE DEVASTATION. THE ENEMY CAN ENSLAVE ANYONE, ANYWHERE. BY EMBARKING ON AN ADVENTURE THAT WILL DEFY YOUR IMAGINATION, YOU WILL DISCOVER HOW DRUG ADDICTION THREATENS HUMANITY. BY WATCHING REAL NEUROLOGICAL EVENTS, YOU WILL BE EMPOWERED TO BETTER PROTECT YOURSELF, AND THE PEOPLE YOU LOVE —IF YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES!
Inspiration & theme: “In 1960, only 4 million Americans had ever tried drugs” (2.2% of people). “By creating the Bureau of Narcotics & Dangerous Drugs in 1968, the U.S. set the basis of an official national/international war on drugs” (Drug Enforcement Administration Museum).
50 years later, the National Survey on Drug Use & Health (2019) showed that 164.8 million Americans aged 12 or older (60.1% of people) were past month substance users. Even worse, “children are already abusing drugs at age 12 or 13 (…), including tobacco, alcohol, inhalants, marijuana, prescription drugs such as sleeping pills & anti-anxiety medicines” (National Institute on Drug Abuse -NIDA-, 2020). And now, the United Nations’ 2021 World Drug Report states that “pandemic effects ramp up drug risk, as youth underestimate cannabis dangers”. So, what now? NIDA (2020) states that “Increased understanding of the basics of addiction will empower people to make informed choices in their own lives”. But if science took +100 years to unravel how drugs change the brain and produce addiction, how can regular kids & adults learn such complex topics to foresee the hidden dangers of trying drugs?
‘You VS Drugs’ is the first brain-based video game saga in the world designed to prevent drug addiction by empowering people with real knowledge, so they can make better choices in their own lives!
Design & gameplay: It’s a chibi cartoon-style 3D graphic design of characters & settings which give players a sense of action and fun at first glance. Friends & foes, level challenges, sounds, structures & objects are designed for players —that can play alone/with a partner— to explore, have fun, get surprised, fight, and make decisions that test the knowledge players acquire while watching how their brain works, and how drugs mess up with people’s lives. All relevant situations are inspired in real events of the working brain.
Game mechanics (and link to the learning experience):
• Incorrect responses to Path questions lead to situations that diminish energy levels.
• Correct responses to Path questions earn players points. Enough points allow the discovery of a special feature in the camp’s hospital.
• Your choices sometimes affect other AI teammates’ energy levels.
• To complete the first half of a level you need to take care of your fellow(s).
• Once a level is completed, the subsequent level is unlocked.
• Before a new level starts, weapon improvements or new skills can be learned at the camp’s gym.
Choices That Matter: And The Sun Went Out
Incredible, a definite must play if you enjoy CYOA books and games. While not literally every choice you make is going to change the course of the narrative, they hel immerse the player into the main character’s role, this paired with the intresting story and characters, and the intriguing mysteries make for an amazing experience if you like this kind of game
– Real player with 16.1 hrs in game
I’m just starting arc 5 i think and wow has it been a cool ride so far. i googled it and apparently on any given play through you only read 150,000 of a total 600,000 words which leads me to believe that these choices that seem like they really change whats going on, really do. Which also inspires anxiety but hey that’s all in the fun of making serious choices. so far solid 8/10 8.5 because canada eh
– Real player with 6.6 hrs in game
Machinika Museum
A sci-fi adventure that scratches the Myst itch, if only for a short time.
Inspired by the classic game Myst, Littlefield Studio’s attention to detail keeps this short game grounded yet engaging. The puzzles are enjoyable, and the well-crafted narrative builds towards a solid mystery that never feels rushed or out of place. Although Machinika Museum offers a brief experience, it is a satisfying and reasonably-priced one.
Game Universe
The game is set in the future, and the player takes on the role of a researcher in a museum. The narrative takes place during one shift of work and unfolds over seven chapters. The researcher has received a shipment of alien technology to investigate from the field, and each chapter basically consists of solving puzzles to open a container with a machine in it, and then solving puzzles to examine and get the piece of machinery working. Hopefully by the end the player is able to put all of the pieces of the machine together and solve the mystery.
– Real player with 5.4 hrs in game
I Really enjoyed this game. The puzzles are ‘basically’ given to you one at a time so you won’t be looking all over the place for this or that and that VERY ANNOYING backtracking is eliminated completely,
Thank You Developers!
The graphics are fine and render without a hitch. I found one little bug but it is SO small it isn’t even worth mentioning….I just left the game and started again and it always Remembers where you left off so you don’t have to Remember to save, etc.
The inventory and movement was a ‘little’ quirky but you will SOON be able to navigate through the game easily.
– Real player with 4.2 hrs in game
Scar of the Doll 人形の傷跡
Fantastic little gem of a game.
Highly recommended especially for the cheap price.
If youre into visual-novels then you’ll be right at home.
It may not be the most visually appealing or cutting edge but its great story and atmosphere alone makes up that. Though, its not a very long game at all.
I should mention that the story is a sort of mystery, psychological-horror.
Its also a really old game. Feels and sounds old-school. Nostalgia points.
– Real player with 6.6 hrs in game
How do I put this?, I was kind of dissapointed, cause i’ve played this game about 3 years ago on the Ipad. So I thought this version was going to be an improved remake version, but its mostly the same. Sure its better than the Ipad, but not by much. Also I remember specifically that I was totally confused with the plot when I played it on the Ipad, but the story seems to be much more clearer in this version.
My guess is either this has a better translation or a chunk of the plot got cut or changed in the Appstore version for whatever reason (I can’t remember it’s been 3 years).
– Real player with 6.1 hrs in game
Veritas
I have to agree with several reviewers. Way way to buggy to waste your money. Lost all progress several times. Also the response time to back out from a scene just gets longer and longer as you progress through the game. I just gave up after spending 8 hours over the past week. I like the mechanics and the puzzles but it just wasn’t worth the aggravation and I don’t see how I could have ever progressed to the end anyway. Sorry Glitch Games. Come out with some serious bug fix work and I’d consider trying it again. Right now I’m out $12.99.
– Real player with 18.3 hrs in game
I overall enjoyed the game. Although for me it glitches three fourths of the way in the game and I lost all the steam saves etc (this was fixed) so I had to play till that point with a walk through. I enjoyed the puzzles which are not unfair except for one which is definitely on the evil side of things.. story was ok but I didn’t like
! the abrupt ending
! . Overall recommended for the classic point and click puzzle/adventure game fans that are not really interested in the story and in just for the puzzles.
– Real player with 15.2 hrs in game
Family Mysteries 2: Echoes of Tomorrow
The voice actor playing our hero is terrible. He sounded as though he might actually be a janitor from Germany who was working at the Artifex offices when the original voice actor quit in disgust over the obvious theft of the Terminator storyline for this game. So Artifex frantically searched for someone to fill in for him and they wound up begging Hans the Janitor to do the voice of the inventor turned foolish lover turned emotionless wreck who gets arrested or locked up easily 35 times in this game. Terrible choice. At one point, his wife is put into a trance where her face is covered in lines and our hero screams, “Tina, no!” but it comes out as, “Teeenerrrrr norrrrrrrwwwwrrrrrr.” It was so incredibly godawful. I was ashamed and embarrassed for Hans. He was totally out of his element. He should have been at home with a blanket over his legs and a stein in his hands instead of pretending to play a much younger inventor of A.I. watches.
– Real player with 22.2 hrs in game
This was an entertaining game, with an unusual sci-fi flavour. While still a bit more linear than I’d like for a premium game, I enjoyed the HO scenes, which were an interesting and often challenging blend of sci-fi (or electronic) and regular objects.
Pros:
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the art and music is consistently good and suits the theme very well
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the story isn’t especially novel, but it’s generally well-executed
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the main character was interesting, and you can get his comments on various items and animals in the game (he has a quirky sense of humour at times)
– Real player with 8.5 hrs in game