A Fox and His Robot
Become a fox and escape the grip of powerful Artificial Intelligences in a 2D action-platformer. A young fox and his robot search for meaning in a beautiful yet dangerous world…
On planet Delta 7, Alpha, one of the last remaining foxes in the universe plans his escape from Bio-Prison-9. Unwittingly aided by an Artificial Intelligence, the duo breaches containment and searches to escape from the bio hazard planet. With every other Artificial Intelligence gunning for his existence, Alpha must use his wit to out-fox robots in an action adventure not too far in our future…
A Fox and His Robot is a 2D action-platformer taking place in a breathtaking world. Jump and dash past robot security and through unforgiving terrain in a masterclass of platforming prowess.
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Master the biomes as you utilize wind, portals, and more to traverse though the world.
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Utilize Alpha’s skills to find alternate roots for speed running over obstacles and dangers.
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Dive into the mystery of Artificial Intelligence as Alpha escapes from planet Delta 7
The creator of the ‘Fox Ridge’ and ‘A Transposition in Time’ franchises brings you a new completing story set in a new world. Joshua Janik is an author, software engineer, and game designer. Whether creating stories through words on a page or in digital worlds, Joshua believes in the power of storytelling to recapture the child like wonder of life, and to explore new fantastical frontiers.
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Epitasis
At this point I cannot recommend this game.. It’s beautiful but very strangely organized. There are also a number of technical problems, which you might or might not encounter. They have brought me to a point where the game is essentially unplayable. Your experience might be different.
Totally mind boggling what many reviewers have said about playing the game in two to four or more hours. I have explored and struggled and experienced many, many unnecessary crashes at the middle stage of the game. Lately whenever I click on a glowing object, the cursor gets stuck. There seem to be two different pointers, one belonging to the mouse, one thrown out by the game. Often in trying to disengage from the stuck point, the game becomes unplayable. Swings from high to low screen resolution and often crashes (“minimizes”) down to the taskbar icon. Generally the position is “saved,” but what saved means is open to debate.
– Real player with 53.7 hrs in game
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Summary: Loved the aesthetics, music, and gameplay, puzzles were trivially easy, don’t get it if you want any challenge.
This is Talos Principle for kiddos. It uses a similar world system as Talos, where you can explore a beautiful world and 2-3 puzzles are contained within each world. Sometimes the puzzles overlap which is cool. The way the game uses colors is really fascinating and advanced, so if you’re after effects and aesthetics, you’ll love the hell out of that aspect of this game. There’s also dynamic weather! This works for the beauty of the game but can make navigating a bit confusing because levels at certain times of day do not look anything like they do at other times of the day. Loved the color and the natural design, simplistic but pretty. The soundtrack is amazing as well, it really added to the whole experience and is one of the better ambient game soundtracks I’ve heard.
– Real player with 5.5 hrs in game
Inua - A Story in Ice and Time
#### A mystical game in Canadian far north
Inua is a mystical narrative adventure spanning several time periods in the Canadian far north.
Follow the story of Taïna, Peter and Simon, three characters separated by more than a century but whose destinies are mysteriously intertwined with Nanurluk, the great polar bear.
10 000 thousand years ago, nanurluk lived peacefully with her cubs? One day, motivated by ambition and their desire to show their superiority, humans attacked her. After a long and dire hunt, Nanurluk was slain ,disturbing the balance between man and nature.
Navigate through time and instill ideas into the minds of characters to bring back harmony to the world.
#### Of time and space
Travel to the Canadian far north, navigate between the ages and interact with the past to change the present. Inua, will have you unravel space-time to solve puzzles and guide the characters. Each level is made up of several scenes that take place in the same location, but at different times. As you move from scene to scene and era to era, you will uncover events from the past. You will be able to breathe new ideas into the characters to help them overcome the obstacles that stand in their way and change the course of history.
#### An epic of historic proportion
The original and supernatural scenario of Inua is based on a very real story: that of the Franklin Expedition, a British mission in the 19th century set to explore the then unknown Arctic. Shipwreck, illness, mutiny: by gathering clues, you can shed light on the tragic destiny of this expedition, whose fate is still largely unknown..
#### Inua - A Story in Ice and Time is :
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A supernatural tale based on incredible historical facts.
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An extraordinary story inspired by Inuit spirituality, based on extensive research with Inuit artists and supervised by an Inuit author
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Original puzzles based on space and time manipulation
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A game conceived by the creators of Bury Me, my Love and Vignettes, adapted from an original story by Nathalie Frassoni and Frédéric Bouvier, under the breathtaking artistic direction of Delphine Fourneau of the Klondike collective
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Waking Mars
Platform games aren’t at the top of my list - mainly because of their limited world, low replayability and (many of them) being highly linear - however, Waking Mars is one of the most enjoyable games I’ve been playing lately, and for me, one of the best platform games to date. Its sci-fi/ Mars setting and artwork caught my attention; but it was the goal of creating and encouraging an ecosystem within the Red Planet that sold me on it.
The story is simple and straightforward, but it is intelligently executed and really intriguing. Character development is little, but just right. There are no enemies, only yourself, the ‘flauna’ and the environment - but you might be surprised at just how much of a threat you can pose to yourself. The goals are laid out before you in a no-nonsense manner: you are exploring, searching, gathering, manipulating, creating, and de-constructing to create, in a more favourable way to the environment’s (and your) needs. There is something to be said for balance, and you learn by trial and error; but don’t worry, there is nothing that you can’t undo - though it may require a measure of patience.
– Real player with 18.5 hrs in game
Hard science fiction is a rare guest in video games. Not having any evil aliens or cool laser-shooting guns isn’t a good premise for dynamic action. Luckily, Waking Mars isn’t actually aiming at cheap thrills or fast-paced shooting, but rather prefers to be a meditative journey and succeeds at it.
The year is 2093, player takes the role of Liang, chinese astronaut, taking part in international planetary mission to Mars, studying life that was discovered in an underground cavern system. If the thought of some green evil aliens pointing their death-ray guns had crossed your mind at this point, shoo it away. Or maybe you’ve thought of some ancient ruins, secure vaults,containing secrets of advanced precursors? You’re wrong again. Life that has been discovered is rather primitive. It is a strange kind of hybrid between plants and animals. It’s called Zoa. Not much is known about these species; you will be the first and only human to make contact with it and observe it in its natural habitat.
– Real player with 13.5 hrs in game
Hyperblade
I am sorry, I reviewed this game negatively in past, this is a fun game. I think my GPU the GTX 1070 was running hot due to the weather or hardware issues. I have played all the maps that would load for me. The last two would not load. I liked this game it is like other racing games but it is different in the way that you have to control a drone. I really like the countdown that is a great feature because it reminds me of old-school racing games, which I loved in the past. It takes some getting used to how to control the drone but after you get a hang of it, flying will become easy. I did not play multiplayer but there is a multiplayer mode that you can race your friends online or in-person locally. I look forward to seeing what the devs add in the future.
– Real player with 2.3 hrs in game
totaly fell in love sith this game its pretty awsome may wanna fix the snow area cause that map is really buggy but other than that was a awsome game guys well done :)
– Real player with 1.2 hrs in game
Imagine Earth
I purchased this game some time ago and have waited a long time to review it, due in part to some issues I had with it, but also because I wanted to be fair, considering that it is an early access game. So with that being said, my review:
So I was flipping through the steam games and I came across this game called “Imagine Earth” in the simulation section, I saw that it had a demo and decided to try it. At the time the demo only had a missions available, a simple interface and not a lot in the way of content… but I was hooked.
– Real player with 41.7 hrs in game
I really like Imagine Earth. It’s a fun, lightweight city building game, where you have to keep track of not only economical, but ecological development as well.
The game has come a long way since its appearance on Steam. I get, that a lot of people compare this to games like Anno, don’t! Anno was made by a company worth billions, this game was made by a small indy team.
And especially in times of heat waves and forest fires in North America and South Europe, never seen floods in Europe and Asia it is good to see, that some people still try to educate about global warning.
– Real player with 29.0 hrs in game
Utawarerumono: Prelude to the Fallen
“I grow old … I grow old …
I shall wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled.”
~T.S. Eliot
I really wonder why they keep re-releasing this game… I mean, OK, PC port makes perfect sense. I’m all in for video game preservation and there’s no better way to save the certain title from being lost in history than releasing it for personal computers. Every single game should be playable on PCs. Just because PCs are the only platform that stays with us no matter what. But seriously, since the very first voiced (and censored) port of this game was released in 2006 (the initial uncensored Windows version came out in 2002), Utawarerumono was released for six different platforms. Six… different… platforms, Carl! It also got both manga and anime adaptations. So, here’s my question again – how in the freakin' world did this game get so much attention? And the answer is… I honestly don’t know.
– Real player with 80.1 hrs in game
TL;DR: Fun game, would recommend, I will get the sequels. Surprisingly fun game play and an enjoyable story, though not as great a story as the reviews I’ve read here make it out to be.
Long Version:
First, the story, since that is the meat of the game, and also what people rave about. The game is very much a visual novel with tactical combat elements included, rather than being the other way around. The story is engaging, there are enough hooks to keep you interested even during the slower areas, things hinting to the player that a larger game is afoot and your (forgotten) past is almost certainly important to these at first seemingly unrelated events. (The primary character has amnesia, partially for story, partially to let you ask world building questions that any normal in-universe person would know, but that we the player are obviously clueless about.) I will say that for the most part I really enjoyed the story, there were a surprising number of moments that really got to me, where I was right there with characters, feeling their moments of happiness or pain, victory or defeat, anger and sorrow. It is for these reasons and the general story arc itself, which kept my interest, that I will pick up and play the next two games in the near future.
– Real player with 55.0 hrs in game
Zombie Dinos from Planet Zeltoid
It’s cheaper than smoking crack!
– Real player with 0.2 hrs in game
Boinihi: The Ki Codex
This is a remarkable game. I’ve played other Black Cube games so was familiar with a part of the back lore. Boinihi took me a little while to embrace. At first, it felt slow and the interface is a bit awkward at times. I kept wandering in a circle. But, the art is interesting (Asian themes), the voice acting easy to listen to, and the music is a beautiful score by Yazorius. Finally, I effected a change and I became totally captivated. Time stood still for me as I worked through each challenge that was presented and it took me more hours than I like to admit to work through it all.
– Real player with 23.7 hrs in game
Another excellent addition to The Black Cube series! This time using a slightly different approach, a hybrid of first person and 3rd person views. A very intriguing story to follow as you discover the mysteries of Boinihi and The K’i Codex. The scifi world is full of beauty and atmosphere with an amazing soundtrack that compliments throughout. Unique cutscenes, fx, and animations help bring life to Boinihi as well as some excellent voice overs. It’s these little details that really help it stand out! And let’s not forget the excellent puzzles which are well integrated and have just the right touch of difficulty, but don’t expect an easy adventure. You will need to think and take notes in order to solve these enigmas. :) Overall, if you are a fan of The Black Cube series and scifi myst-like adventures then you are certainly in for a treat!
– Real player with 17.8 hrs in game
Ash of Legends
I’ve played some of the beta builds and I’ve enjoyed what I’ve played. They have done a lot of work since they’ve released their first(?) demo and the game is polishing up nicely. They have improved upon pretty much every aspect.
The devs seem to be very accepting of criticism and seem to be working hard to release an excellent VR game.
If a tower-defense fps hybrid with grappling hooks sounds like your type of game, then this game might be for you. Keep in mind that they are still working on the game, however.
– Real player with 2.8 hrs in game
It is a super fun game with a lot of potential.
The developer is responsive to feedback and does a great job communicating progress.
I wish this game all the best.
– Real player with 1.0 hrs in game