Days Gone
Finished my first 100% play-through at 110 hours because I took my time, but haven’t done the extra challenges yet with some interesting rewards. With my ancient Intel CPU and mid tier GPU, my game ran fine at Very High settings, with some occasional drops on some specific locations but tolerable, I’d say this port is very well done.
Story wise it’s okay, everything came into conclusion in the end but you’ll have a feeling that it just ended abruptly. Also, the story is much less darker than Last of Us and feels like a cheesy Hollywood movie. There will be a sense of accomplishment and major twists in the end, it felt like I was watching a tv series with some character development with specific characters, there are other interesting characters which they didn’t build up which felt like a lost opportunity.
– Real player with 110.7 hrs in game
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Days Gone Review
After reading and hearing many mixed reviews for Days Gone, I decided to give it a try, as someone who usually enjoys open world gameplay. And suprisingly, I was not disappointed.
Story Synopsis
The story is definitely the strong suit of the game, but it needs a while to pick up the pace and gradually introduce characters. The player takes on the role of Deacon St.John, a member of the Mongrels MC in Farewell, Oregon who at the beginning of a Zombie Apocalypse, tries to flee his hometown with his wife Sarah and club buddy Boozer, while the general population is in total disarray and panicking. He is seperated from his wife after she is being wounded and puts her onto a evacuation helicopter of the NERO organisation and the game fast-forwards to several months later. Deacon and Boozer are now so-called “Drifters”, free-agents that travel between the various outposts of humanity in the region and do jobs for them, like bounty hunting and supply runs.
– Real player with 73.8 hrs in game
Pine
I completed the game and earned all achievements in the game, also created an achievement guide and puzzle vault walkthrough. I believe, that I experienced all the content and so I can share my experiences about this game.
– Real player with 38.5 hrs in game
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I liked almost everything about the game, but I’ll say upfront that the combat is insanely frustrating. Your character is totally unresponsive during every single attack animation, and for a second or so afterwards. You can’t start another attack, you can barely turn as enemies dance around and through you, you can’t heal, you can’t change what you’re doing until that animation is done and you’re back in idle. Enemies seem far more agile than you, and I constantly found myself clicking or pressing buttons to do things in combat only for my character to finish an animation and do nothing. I was constantly getting killed and having to reload. It wasn’t until the very end of the game, with top-tier gear, that I started to feel like combat was bearable.
– Real player with 30.0 hrs in game
Faye/Sleepwalker
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– Real player with 6.7 hrs in game
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I wish more indie games were as ambitious as this, especially indie action games. I want to make something that looks this gorgeous someday, and I mean that.
Action is pretty good, especially the 1v1 boss fights which made the whole game for me. Ran into some small tech issues but nothing the autosave couldn’t fix.
All-in-all, the sort of experience that comes from a team with a lot of heart, and it shows. Really excited to see whatever Phantom Island makes next!
– Real player with 5.3 hrs in game
Assassin’s Creed® Odyssey
Depending on how you entered (or re-entered) the franchise; if you start Odyssey, expecting the same gameplay and theme and enclosed feeling and aesthetic as the original AC games like Brotherhood then you’ll be disappointed.
But if you start Odyssey, expecting an RPG with a leveling system and skill trees and is somewhat unfamiliar (or not that fond) with how the original AC games play out, then you’ll be fine.
Odyssey is ::
BLOATED but CHILL… Which I actually appreciated because I fired up the game when I was exhausted by some fast-paced strategy games.
– Real player with 301.7 hrs in game
A Game for Greek Mythology Fans
This is my first Assassin’s Creed Game, though I’ve watched some gameplay of Assassin’s Creed, so I know a bit about the lore of Assassin’s Creed. To be honest, this game is unlike the other Assassin’s Creed game. Do not play this game if you are expecting it to have the same formula as all the other Assassin’s Creed games before Assassin’s Creed Origins.
This game takes place in an open world Ancient Greece. Only probably less than 5% of the game takes place in the modern world, most of the time the player will be playing as a Spartan Mercenary in Ancient Greece, so even without playing the other Assassin’s Creed games, there is no issue in understanding the storyline. To be honest, it is a great game as a standalone game, so just assume you are not playing an “Assassin’s Creed” game and keep an open mind, then you’ll be able to enjoy it.
– Real player with 208.7 hrs in game
Grow Home
A relaxing and enjoyable adventure to help a little robot complete his mission.
Grow Home is an adventure platformer where you play as a robot called BUD. The planet you come from is in danger and the only way to save it is to harvest the seeds of an alien plant. Well it’s not as easy as it sounds. BUD only has basic equipment, he can’t do much other than climb, and since the plant is on the surface and your ship is a couple of thousand meters up, you’re going to have to work for it. You soon realise the only way to get back up there and collect the seeds is to start growing the plant as high as you can, collecting a few things along the way to help you out.
– Real player with 13.1 hrs in game
So some of you may have notice some Game Grump videos coming out in the Steam Train branch for Grow Home, and after I saw what you could do in the game I wanted to buy it for myself. It most certainly did not disappoint. Everything it allows you to do is satisfying. The 100% crystal upgrade feels very worth the trouble finding every last crystal. The parachuting mechanics are lovely and work exactly like you’d expect. There are a few very subtle annoyances with the controls but that is rather to be expected with a game that prioritizes in procedural animations. For instance, when walking along a vine you’ve created, jumping or jetpacking off of it at too subtle an angle actually doesn’t work, it forces your character B.U.D. to stay directly above the vine to ensure he lands back on it. This is frustrating sometimes if you get a really sturdy feel for how to control your character and want to get off of a vine with a jetpack but do not jump directly off of the side. I’ve even had this strange wind-force push my character to a specific side of my screen when I was jetpacking well above the vine that would try to ensure my landing on it.
– Real player with 11.9 hrs in game
Nimbatus - The Space Drone Constructor
Nimbatus is a great game that ha sucked away my free time.
Tutorial:
The tutorial is not the best, it only tells you the bare minimum in its first section on how to build a mobile craft, and all the other tutorials are basically useless, the only usefull one for the ingame content is the logic section that teaches you how to build a basic ramming style sumo drone even thougb the objective is to create a drone to fly forwards with no context as for why you need to know what this could be used for. ALSO the in the harvesating tutorial the ore does not get harvested correctly, it shrinks into the center unlike chunks being ripped off of the ore in the acutal game.
– Real player with 99.3 hrs in game
This is tough to rate this as not recommended.
The main appeal of this game, for me, was concept of creating completely autonomous spacecraft. And at a glance, it does that very well. I was able to create several different ships that were able to go off alone and solve missions by themselves, and even a ‘factory mothership’ that would replicate a variety of subordinate drones that would do the dirty work for mom. It is pretty satisfying at first, almost like a simulation of 2D electronics with a unique environment to play with.
– Real player with 38.0 hrs in game
All the King’s Men
The King is kidnapped from his bed in the middle of the night without a struggle. The royal militia specifically seeks out Topher’s father for his help, citing suspicious indiscretions in his past. Leaving him with many more questions than answers, and no remaining ties to his home, Topher decides to make his way across the nation on foot to meet up with his father in the capital city and put the pieces of his life together into a full image that makes sense. Along the way, meet allies and enemies alongside Topher on his journey across the land to save his family and, in turn, the Kingdom.
On-Screen Enemy Encounters / Battle System
Never feel like you’re leaving the action of the game with a random encounter! All enemies are on-screen and battles take place right where you found the enemy on the map. The active-battle system keeps fighting dynamic and allows the you to follow the action in real time in order to best strategize your next move.
Complete Control over Stat-Growth
Instead of gaining random, arbitrary stats based on some RNG behind-the-scenes, control your own destiny and customize each play-through with your own personalized leveling board. Every play-through can be different, based on the path you take to improve your party.
Fully Original Soundtrack
A truly dynamic, original soundtrack to fully immerse you within this open world adventure. Every track in the game was created specifically, and exclusively, for All the King’s Men by idea composer, Andrew LiVecchi.
Multiple Difficulties
Choose your fate before the game begins, based on the level of challenge you desire. Standard mode still offers challenging gameplay, but you’ll have access to saving whenever you desire, simply by accessing your menu, inn and item prices will be much more easily accessible, and enemies of all types will present less of a challenge. Professional mode is not for the faint of heart. Your save access will be restricted to the save crystals throughout the map, inn and item prices will be more of a stress on your wallet, and enemy battles will require careful strategy and consideration to win.
Both modes will offer the same access to the main plot of the game and the quests related to that, though some side quests will only be found in Professional Mode.
Flexible Controls
More detailed information about controls still being confirmed.
ArcaniA
I have a mixed feelings about this game. Certainly its Gothic game only by its name (sure there are monsters which look like exactly from Gothic series and they are named the same like the infamous meatbug for an example).
There is not skill system like they have in example Gothic 1 and 2. When you advance level you get 3 points where you can put into your so called skills such as Mettle, Discipline or Vigour skill lines. Each of these raise your stats in a different ways. Example if you put skill points into Precision skill line you raise your ranged power and mana by 1% every point you add (and when you put enough points into the skill lines you receive abilities such as steady hand which smoothers your aiming so it does not shake so much).
– Real player with 64.7 hrs in game
I waited I do not know how many years before playing Arcania. I remember I bought Arcania in the collector’s edition box, but I have never had a powerful enough PC to play it.
Finally, I was able to play it and finish it and I can say that Arcania is one of the worst sequels for a game ever. It is not just a saying, I really mean that. The whole story about the old hero, now possessed by a demon, and the new hero is just the transposition of the “bad” PiranhaBytes that did not join project Arcania and the new developers’ team. New hero, I have bad news for you: you suck.
– Real player with 54.3 hrs in game
Avalom: Ancestral Heroes
Giving a final review update after extensive time and hours playing the game..the old original first earlier impressions will be listed below the latest updated info (this will be long but should help give extensive information to people)..
Latest update after many hours playing through the game and starting more than one character as well (this should help people wondering if the game has longevity and replayability).. - So after much more time with the game I can say without a doubt this game is definitely worth the money and is very cool. The amount of game play here for less than $20 is insane and I have personally not seen any other steam indie game in this genre that is less than $20 with this much content in it. At first the full possibilities are not clear and the game may seem a little sparse because it does not have a triple A budget, but as you play the game more you will see many interesting things open up and see the uniqueness of the game world and variety and depth to the combat and character skills/builds.
– Real player with 95.5 hrs in game
As an indie game developer myself, I believe this game shows a lot of promise. It could use quite a bit of polish in regards to UI and localization but I do enjoy playing the game. As the developer keeps adding new free content I feel it is worth the price being charged for it. The animations could be as little smoother and fluid in some cases.
This is not a AAA game and they are not charging the $60 for a AAA game, so one shouldn’t expect it.
– Real player with 16.7 hrs in game
BELOW
My first impressions when I started playing were all on a strong positive note, I was blown away by things such as beautiful visuals, dark atmosphere, melancholic ambient-drone soundtrack, zero hand holding, the amount of secrets that it has and the list just goes on.. You also have to manage your character’s hunger, thirst, body temperature. When I figured out how to reach the first hidden treasure it was incredibly satisfying! It sort of feels like a mixture between certain Zelda titles and Ico from PS2 combined with dark moody tones. The penalty for dying in this game is done in the most brutal way possible, it definitely adds a lot of stress and tension to it.. I loved it and hated it at the same time. It may feel like each time they diminish all your hours of progress back to zero, but it’s not true. The knowledge is the most important vital part in this game, lack of direction and information is what makes it difficult. Once you get the hang of controls and mechanics, you will only get better and with each new floor that you explore or the lower you descend, it feels like a milestone.
– Real player with 36.4 hrs in game
At first I was wowed like many of you by the art style. The dark and solemn trips to the floors below reminded me of Dark Souls, and because I had never played a Zelda game on the SNES, I was looking forward to the idea of getting a newer idea in an older genre.
The zoomed out nature of the game highlights your weaknesses, and gives the game a romantic look that the lighting plays around with beautifully. The combat feels responsive, deliberate, and consistent. The items in the game that you receive are empowering. The different zones are interesting, harrowing, and constantly spur on the curiosity the game wants of you. And with that exploration, the game rewards you. It really wants to help you.
– Real player with 25.0 hrs in game