31st prototype
Though the game was really short, I really appreciated playing it. The story, the puzzles and the art were really great and entertaining. I was invested in it and it was really fun.
The downsides were the wonky translations and the fact that I had a hard time to click into certain places (which was a minor issue) but besides that, it was all good!
– Real player with 0.8 hrs in game
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Neat little game, loved the sketch sytle.
– Real player with 0.8 hrs in game
District Steel
Developer’s Note: If you are new to VR, we suggest playing a few other VR games first, before playing this one!
Check out the free demo!
Sent from an alternate dimension, SenTRI corporation robots are occupying various locations on Earth and are preparing for an all out AI takeover. There is only one person left to put an end to this…
Half human, half machine, you are equipped with a mechanical arm that gives special time bending powers, while in the other hand wielding a selection of deadly weapons. Blast your way through the underground facility, smashing robot skulls and going in guns blazing. Can you reach the Central AI Core? Can Earth still be saved?
District Steel is a full locomotion VR action game, inspired by the FPS classics. Brought to you by two long time gamers, first time developers, we hope you enjoy our game!
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Lawyer Guy: Defender of Justice
It takes some time get used to the controls on keyboard; z is jump, x is shoot, arrow keys move left or right. V is what you press to create a checkpoint; you only get 4 checkpoints, so set them carefully. Overall, the game is fun and challenging for beginners who aren’t familiar with the genre. It’s still in early access, so there’s only one level available at the moment. I look forward to playing the rest when it’s fully released.
– Real player with 10.4 hrs in game
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Disclosure - I am a Cool Playtester for this game (check the credits!)
I like this. It’s my kind of game, a 2D action platformer with a sensible but punishing difficulty curve that teaches you what it wants you to do but also lets you make mistakes. Levels are short and sweet once you understand what they’re asking you to do (about 3 minutes long) and there’s lots of space for optimising your route if you like to go back for better times/scores.
The game isn’t finished yet and there’s a lot of work to do to put all of it together, but the single level at the time of this review (November 2020) is representative of the others. I do believe the developer will finish this eventually, although he will take his time in doing so.
– Real player with 7.8 hrs in game
Zerograve
Visuals are crisp and clear, game design is very intentional. Sense of space in this game is a bit more open that traditional decent clones, and level designs offer unique combat encounter which will always challenge the player while offering opportunities to innovate tactically. If you are not a fan of the neon aesthetic or feel like the graphics are too simplistic, don’t let that dissuade you. Heck of a lot of fun to play with a HOSAS setup.
– Real player with 12.6 hrs in game
Shoot your way through a neon maze filled with hostile drones and battle robot bosses with cool weapons. It’s highly addictive and after each completed stage I was thinking one more! Catchy music too.
– Real player with 8.0 hrs in game
Z
I recommend the original Z, as far as I’m concerned it is the father of COH games, so it must work and the original works VERY WELL. If you have the original Z CD, do yourself a favour and keep it - you wont get a better Z experience.
This piece of junk works well at achieving what Z did and then BREAKS it further: it has numerous ' bugs' or examples of things that are really frustrating I shall try to list them, but the problem is the design of the game as well as it’s workings.
-As an RTS, there are no key bindings other than the mouse buttons
– Real player with 10.8 hrs in game
“If you love something, let it go. If it comes back to you, it’s yours. If it’s run over by a car, you don’t want it.”
~ALF
First of all, what is Z? Well, let’s just say that when I was a kid, we didn’t have Company of Heroes. We had Z. Aside from the fact that Z takes a humorous approach and cutscenes here are some sort of mix between Ninja Turtles, ALF and Starcrash, heavily focused on robots, Z is pretty much it – an early game in Company of Heroes genre. You capture the flags, you produce units and you destroy enemy stronghold (tower) to win the level. Pretty basic, but addicting stuff. And like Company of Heroes, Z always looked good. Even though it was released only one year after legendary Command & Conquer, it looked way, way superior. Vehicles used to leave traces on the ground, your troops used to shoot some fauna for fun (a lot of funny effects included), there were funny animated portraits and heck, there were even destructible landscape elements! In other words, like I said, this game is pretty much Company of Heroes from 90s. In a comedy-oriented settings. And I sure have a lot of good memories about it. I mean, let’s just admit it – it was one of those games that every RTS fan had on his or her computer back in the days. So, what the heck with a thumb down review? Let me explain.
– Real player with 9.6 hrs in game
1 HIT KILL
I died literally 9 times in the first room….
Not for the meek but an awesome soundtrack and atmosphere. Can’t beat the first boss yet, it reminds me of the old Megaman games, but in a 3 point perspective.
Kind of makes me wan to die though, as a Dark Souls, Cuphead, and fan of a challenge, to not be able to get past a little robot spider means developer did it right. Going to make you want to break your computer I think (dont do it though)
I NEED the soundtrack though, really 80’s, can’t wait to hear more.
– Real player with 1.6 hrs in game
Astrozombies
Very fun and complete classic platform experience, with secret unlockeables and all the nice stuff of the good ol' days!
– Real player with 11.9 hrs in game
10/10 very high risk-high reward platformer with some serious influences on its background that range from old horror films to the most classics of 80’s games like Castlevania
– Real player with 1.6 hrs in game
Hard Glide
This is an arcade-style inertial skill-shooter with mouse control only. You have to go through several dozen arenas, collecting orbs, destroying enemies, dodging various obstacles. Power-ups and various modifiers are included!
The game offers to pass the levels as quickly as possible (to get into the online leaderboard), although this is not necessary.
Dasher
Still trying to figure out the controls which are so simple, they are complex…
It seems as if it’s a well made game that is simple to understand with simple controls, yet difficult to master.
More to come…
– Real player with 0.3 hrs in game
Armed Emeth
Fun linear story driven metal max like game with golems instead of tanks.
– Real player with 18.6 hrs in game
This plays a lot like an old SNES RPG called Metal Max Returns, but you have golems instead of tanks. It also has different options for the the golems like the items that grant access to certain skills. Instead of needing a more powerful engine, you need a more powerful core that can handle more energy (“Edea”) but the upgrades you apply come at a cost to the Edea levels (which also serve as your HP), so there’s a limit to how strong you can make your golem depending on the core you put into it.
– Real player with 1.1 hrs in game