Smile For Me
What a delightful and unique game! You visit the Habitat - a retreat run by the elusive Dr. Habit and populated with sad people. You are a flower delivery guy and you soon find yourself tasked with cheering up 22 residents. Each sad person has a quest (some simple and some complicated) for you to complete.
The game is divided into 24 hour days but is complicated by a nightly curfew. If you are not back in your room on time, you lose half of the next day. So, time is of the essence.
There is no voice acting and the characters are 2D, place within a 3D environment. The art style, the written dialog, and the original music make this a very interesting adventure.
– Real player with 13.8 hrs in game
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I got this game for my girlfriend recently after she had expressed interest in it. I am now writing this review not long after my birthday ended, where she had gifted me a copy of the game too.
Smile For Me is very much first taste of a game that isn’t an MMO in a very long time. As a big fan of MMOs, I wasn’t sure what to expect when I played this a few hours ago, at the time of writing.
Frankly, I was blown away by the quality here. I was impressed by how cleanly the game runs, and the quality of the gameplay. It is inspired, in my opinion, to use mouse movements to interact with NPCs such as in this game. In a world where selecting a text dialogue option is the established norm' here, Smile For Me, which I will refer to as S4M for the rest of this review, takes a radically different approach to this type of interaction in gaming. One that so many people take for granted.
– Real player with 11.8 hrs in game
Dinner with an Owl
Saw it was an odd game, decided to stream it with some friends for a laugh.
Originally beat the game in nine in-game days and about 20 mins. Decided to fuck around after that point and see what happens… and see what happens we did, the game has quite a few scares an odd behaviors when you start breaking it and doing things at strange times. Quite some spooks and some laughs… and some glitches like the magic phantom knife… game loves calling you out on your bullshit when you start fucking around.
– Real player with 1.3 hrs in game
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I absolutely LOVED this game! It’s a short and sweet point and click game with a wonderful little creepy story. Took me half an hour and 11 in-game days to complete! Not sure if you can do it in any less but it was super fun and I really did like it. The artwork was so lovely and it gave me some Rusty Lake vibes (without the puzzles!)
10/10 enjoyed, highly recommend to anybody that wants a nice little interactive story with some lovely music too!
Big props to the devs & co! Would love to see any more games you come out with!
– Real player with 1.2 hrs in game
Neighbours back From Hell
If you have neighbors? And do you feel? that they are children of Hell … then maybe it’s time to return them to Hell ?!
This game is full of scary humor and fun from the first minutes to the end!
There are no difficult puzzles or big plot! These are just 2 parts of your favorite game in one HD edition that will bring you smiles and positive emotions in difficult times around you!
In the first part:
We are neighbors with a Terrible Person! He chomps at the table and picks his nose! He’s always rude and noisy! He is so terrible that he is ready to take the lollipop from the child and eat it in complete selfish loneliness!
– Real player with 199.4 hrs in game
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Edit: They’ve remastered and released three of the missing levels, so as promised, I’m changing my downvote to an upvote. I’d say the game is definetly worth it. Since my other points about it still stands, I will leave the old review as it is for people who want to know my opinions on the game during its release period. Enjoy!
Even after finishing the game hours ago, I’m still having one of the greatest nostalgia rushes I’ve had in my life. That’s precisely why I want to upvote this game so bad. However with the way it is remastered, I’m afraid that’s not possible.
– Real player with 13.1 hrs in game
Rusty Lake Hotel
This review will explain the differences and similarities in three games in the Rusty Lake series: Rusty Lake Hotel, Rusty Lake: Roots, and Rusty Lake Paradise. Hopefully it will help you pick which one fits your style.
Rusty Lake Hotel is a short point and click escape room style puzzle game with a surreal premise and a charming aesthetic. I love the look of the characters, the puzzles are engaging, and the story is weird and fun. The only thing I didn’t like was trying to get three stars on every meal because there’s no way to go backwards or reset a single puzzle. There were a few cases where the puzzles weren’t obvious (one star involved clicking a thing a number of times with no indication that clicking it more was doing something different), but overall the puzzle design was good and the solutions felt rewarding. There whole game takes maybe a half hour to run through (if you know how to beat it and are just trying to get three stars on everything to get the best ending, and there are only 6 or so levels to get through), so it is very short, but well made.
– Real player with 14.7 hrs in game
Rarely have I been so sure of the power and quality of a small indie game as quickly as I have with “Rusty Lake Hotel”. I’ve played less than an hour and a half so far, so there will likely be more to be said, and this may be uncommonly brief.
The premise of “Rusty Lake Hotel” is you are Mr. Owl, and you have invited 5 creature friends to your hotel for a visit, including a special meal each day. Not to give too much away, but each day there is one less guest to entertain. This is a humorous game, but which also contains some pretty graphic cartoony violence and gore.
– Real player with 8.0 hrs in game
Rusty Lake Paradise
9.5/10
DIFFICULTY
🔲 My 90 year old grandma could play it
🔲 Easy
🔲 Normal
☑️ Significant usage of the brain
🔲 Hard
🔲 Dark Souls
AUDIENCE
🔲 Your Mom probably would enjoy this
🔲 Kids
☑️ Everyone
🔲 Everyone except kids
🔲 Casual players
🔲 Pro players
GRAPHICS
🔲 Graphics dont matter in this game
🔲 MS Paint
🔲 Bad
🔲 Cute
🔲 Decent
🔲 Good
☑️ Beautiful
🔲 Masterpiece
MUSIC
🔲 Bad
🔲 Not special
🔲 Okay
☑️ Good
🔲 Beautiful
VOICE ACTING
– Real player with 8.1 hrs in game
I’ll preface this review by saying I’m a big fan of all the Rusty Lake games - especially the Cube Escape series, which you can play for free online or in your mobile device’s app store. Rusty Lake Pardise is one of three “stand alone” games from the series that cost money. If you aren’t sure if this series is for you, I’d advise you to check out the Cube Escape series first.*
I finished this game (not complete) in one sitting over a weekend. I didn’t use a guide, because I enjoy solving the puzzles myself. The puzzles themselves range from what I would consider easy to ~moderately challenging. Nothing nessisary to play through the storyline is going to be frustrating. There are no instructions for the puzzels, so most of the difficulty comes from the trial-and-error of figuring out what you have to do. The ah-ha moment is rewarding.
– Real player with 7.3 hrs in game
Tiny Room Stories: Town Mystery
Thank you to the developer and Publisher Kiary Games for creating and providing an excellent game for me to think, escape and enjoy.
The escape room/ puzzle adventure is currently my favorite genre and it continues with Tiny Room Stories: Town Mystery. It’s a fresh, excellent and a polished addition that hopefully is only getting started.
Tiny Room Stories: Town Mystery is a simple story where you play as Detective Peter Stone who receives a letter from your father asking for help in the town of Redville. As you arrive the town is completely deserted of all residents and thus will begin the adventure to piece together what has happened. The narrative is small and maybe a few sentences per chapter, until near the end, but is enough to make sense in terms of what you need to do, why and where you need to go next.
– Real player with 38.8 hrs in game
Sleek, satisfying puzzle-centric adventure with rotation mechanics.
The set-up in “Tiny Room Stories” is minimal and straightforward – you’re an unnamed PI following a letter from your father with a request for help. Arriving at a small town to investigate, you find it completely void of all its residents. Or animals. There will be plants, but that’s all you’re getting. Why, how, and where to did everyone vanish are the questions you’ll be trying to answer from now on. Weaving your way from location-to-location and tracking clues that are sprinkled throughout, you’ll uncover a sinister plot that will turn a bit wild by the end.
– Real player with 21.1 hrs in game
Nancy Drew®: Secret of the Scarlet Hand
Not one of my favourites. i' say the characters are better than they are in the average Nancy Drew game and the story itself unfolds really well with some great twists in it, but in the end the setting and the atmosphere were a bit of a let-down. The puzzles were too easy and I never once got that feeling of accomplishment when you crack a difficult challenge. There’s also a lot of studying to do in this one. The puzzles require you to track back and forth through the museum reading the displays and taking plenty of notes which might put some people off. Personally I don’t mind the studying, but you’re pretty much required to have some interest in Mayan culture if you’re going to enjoy this one.
– Real player with 9.2 hrs in game
I’ve heard a wide variety of different opinions concerning Secret of the Scarlet Hand as I’ve made my way through the Nancy Drew series. Some people seem to really enjoy it. Others seem to hate it. Me…I end up leaning more towards the latter. This is not a terrible game by any standards, but I definitely think it’s one of the weakest entries in the entire franchise. I would still recommend it to anyone who enjoys ND games, but it’s definitely one that you don’t need to rush into playing.
There will be Spoilers, you’ve been warned:
– Real player with 9.0 hrs in game
The Almost Gone
Well, this isn’t brilliant, but it is fairly fun and some of the puzzles are quite clever, so it is overall an enjoyable game.
-Positives-
Gameplay: Some of the scene rotations can be a little janky (I use a keyboard and mouse), and it’s not always 100% clear what you’re looking at due to the stylized graphics, but taken as a whole the puzzles are intuitive and straightforward, and absolutely don’t all into “galaxy brain” territory, i.e. it all makes sense, and you’ll feel pretty clever when you finally figure out the solutions.
– Real player with 7.9 hrs in game
Full video review: https://youtu.be/Pal_VDynj0Y
Summarized version below!
I seem to always find myself playing these minimalist puzzle games. Something about the laid-back nature of their gameplay, their light aesthetic, and nice music always keep me on the lookout for new ones. So here we have one that seems to fit all of that and tell an actual story in the process — I had to check it out.
Gameplay:
If you’re familiar with game The Room and its sequels, this game plays very similarly. You’re given this puzzle that involves a bunch of smaller steps to complete and moving around the puzzle will slowly reveal bits and pieces to help you put together a solution. This can be anything from an object that needs to be picked up and placed elsewhere to an electrical panel that needs to be tinkered with to unlock the next area. This is also where the game’s puzzle design shines, as, just like The Room, these seemingly small puzzles add up to something much more and it’s cool to have this sense of progression while playing.
– Real player with 5.9 hrs in game
Angelo and Deemon: One Hell of a Quest
This game had been on my radar for a long time but bad reviews always put me off. I finally saw it on sale for just over €2 and bought it.
The dialogues are a bit simplistic but there are a couple of funny moments. The game flows well, the in-game help is good (no need to look for walkthroughs) and, thanks to the nice voice acting, the two and a half hours or so are worth the full price of the game.
Although the game is short, there is never the impression of seeing something cut or rushed. Everything is very clean, without bugs. Most of the game follows a sharable logic, except for a couple of points where you have to read the mind of the developers. Points that we can solve thanks to the (aforementioned) in-game help.
– Real player with 10.3 hrs in game
Very nice, but somewhat flawed game.
Pros:
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Artwork. It’s top-notch. Splendid characters on splendid backgrounds. Animation is somewhat simplistic, but nice nonetheless.
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Voice acting. Very good for an indie game. Even the Ben’s voice matches the original perfectly.
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Puzzles. Very good. Challenging enough to please a seasoned adventure gamer. Rare find nowadays.
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Plot. It’s OK. Good pace, nice ideas.
Neutral:
- Writing. Some characters and their stories aren’t consistent enough. Some are plain silly.
– Real player with 7.6 hrs in game
Domino House
Fantastic experience! The ambiance, art, and music are wonderful, and the puzzle solving is very rewarding. Those ‘epiphany’ moments when you figure out each puzzle are well worth the time invested looking for hints and clues.
What started out as a “spooky” house you want to escape, slowly turned to a charming place with wonderful character and heart, that I was sad to leave in the end; you develop an attachment to Domino House as you learn it’s secrets and examine all the nooks and crannies in the wonderful artwork searching for clues/hints to the puzzles.
– Real player with 14.1 hrs in game
Yes, it took almost 5hrs maybe to beat this. But it wasn’t that complicated I just kept getting interrupted. You believe me, right? Think most people can complete it in under 3hrs.
This game is fantastic. Yes, I got it for free, but I already want to play it again. Who wants to play point and clicks again? The art is on point, the music is chill and relaxing, the scares and uncomfortable things in the house are just perfect. There was only one puzzle I got annoyed at because the sequence was so long, but everything was incredibly creative. Things blended into the environment seamlessly, and something I saw as easy I know other people struggled with. It’s perfect.
– Real player with 5.9 hrs in game