Altered Destiny
(Foreword: You may ignore my playtime; I played the crap out of this upon original release. Now I’m just having a bit of fun running around the world.)
Altered Destiny is an adventure game where the player controls the character with the arrow keys and types commands with the keyboard.
There are two specific issues I want to address with this review, which could affect your decision to purchase Altered Destiny:
1. This is the inferior MS-DOS version, and not the Amiga version, which has significantly better graphics. I realise there used to be some commercial rights issues with running Amiga games via emulators. However, Amiga Forever provides a solution for selling Amiga games on PC running through emulators. Publishers like this one should look into it.
– Real player with 1.3 hrs in game
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Dracula Frames
It’s a really good sliding puzzle that in addition to solving the puzzle, you can also explore the scenarios to find hidden items. The pictures are beatiful!
– Real player with 2.2 hrs in game
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Dracula Frames: Review
I showed up for the vampire and stayed for the puzzles. Bram Stoker would approve. He might even be stoked cough Moving on… ^, ,^
Dracula Frames was quite enjoyable, relaxing even. Well, except for when I did fairly poorly on a puzzle or two. Then I had to check my frustration. It was my own blunders, the puzzles just take a little patience and perseverance.
The art was wonderful, and the game is satisfying to complete. I did finish all 9 achievements. But I confess that the secret would have eluded me without help from the community guide. Shout out to Jamkolero. I did some of it on my own but I sincerely doubt I would have completed all the steps without help. You can wrap up the game in under 2 hours if you do not run into too much trouble with the slide puzzles. There are some 3x3 and 4x3 puzzles, I believe the largest is about 5x4.
– Real player with 1.5 hrs in game
Samorost 1
Cute, imaginative, relaxed and beautiful!
A playthrough takes 30 minutes max.
Spacemold!
A gnome, living on a tiny globe consisting of a woodish/industrial/moldish hybrid substance drifting in space sees a similar object on a collision course with his home! So he travels with his rocket to said object, trying to alter its course!
Free and remastered!
Originally released in 2003, Samorost 1 makes his entry to Steam now eighteen years later. It preludes the it’s two successors, Samorost 2&3.
– Real player with 0.7 hrs in game
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This is not a dream, Samorost 1 remastered, in a really masterful way! One precious little gem saved from the doom of Flash, with beautifully refreshed graphics, improved animation and crispy sound, and all come for free! Hats off for Amanita Studio for saving Samorost 1, a game that has a special place in my heart.
Some elements I really love about Samorost 1:
- The microscopic scenery, which reminds you of a summer day trip to the forest after a rain. I think the later games never had this charm totally the same.
– Real player with 0.4 hrs in game
The Lot
Take an atmospheric journey in a fresh, critically acclaimed format of a hand-drawn point-and-click comic-book. When a freeloading owner of a blue Mustang drives through without paying for the ticket, Harry Hunter, freelance parking attendant, ventures inside the lot to Make. Him. Pay. ™.
Just like our other interactive comics, upon finishing the game you can print out your entire adventure path in the form of an actual 30-50 page comic book. In response to (very positive! :) ) player feedback on previous games, this adventure includes multiple paths, endings and side-quests spanning thousands of lines of dialog tightly packed in a 2 hour narrative.
Gameplay
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every interaction in the game world (such as talking, picking up items, using objects etc.) creates a new comic panel, furthering the story
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hundreds of unique hand-drawn (and hand-scanned!) content rich panels for all the various combinations
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improved replay value with multiple endings, sidequests, achievements and many different ways to solve the game mysteries
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when the player ends the game, he is given the option to print out his gameplay in a comic book format
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a new game+ option with a developer commentary track when you finish the 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
Catie in MeowmeowLand
Catie in MeowmeowLand is a beautiful traditional point-and-click adventure game set in a bizarre world of cats and ludicrous characters.
As Catie follows a strange white cat in her garden she suddenly finds herself in a mysterious world of MeowmeowLand, where she has to undergo a journey to find her way back home. Your task is to help Catie get there!
Features
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MeowmeowLand is a bizarre world where you find the most unexpected characters in even more unpredictable situations
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As you help Catie solve all kinds of original puzzles, be ready to face absurdly comical situations
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Play through over 24 beautiful 2D hand-drawn sceneries, see more than 100 funny characters and more than 2 hours of charmingly crafted 2D animations
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Listen to original recorded comical voices of all characters and composed music
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Instead of reading traditional dull text boxes all characters communicate through comic bubbles filled with amusing line art
Supported using public funding by Slovak Arts Council
Still Ridge - A Supernatural Adventure Game
Every town has its secrets.
Omar Fletcher is a therapist who can travel through the dreams of his patients. When he witnesses a ritualistic murder in his own dreams Omar is compelled to travel to the town of Still Ridge, West Virginia to stop what he witnessed. But within this idyllic mountain town Omar finds that the waking world and nightmare unite and outsiders aren’t welcome.
A supernatural point-and-click adventure
Guide Omar with a traditional point-and-click interface inspired by the classics of the genre.
Investigate the secrets of Still Ridge
Interact with a cast of eccentric characters in a Southern Gothic setting.
Solve puzzles in nightmarish realms
Navigate the dreams and nightmare’s of Still Ridge’s citizens with puzzles shaped by their personality and trauma.
Retro 3D graphics
Utilizing the power of a custom rendering pipeline, Still Ridge features cutting edge graphics and effects from the year 1996.
Strong Bad’s Cool Game for Attractive People: Season 1
Homestar Runner.com has been quiet for a long time but you can relive the everyday life of strong bad, homestar runner and all the other characters in this easy point and click adventure game.
If you were a big fan of Monkey Island, Sam and Max or Day of the Tentacle, You’ll well understand the gameplay and creative thinking required for this adventure. Your HUD is simple too, You have your inventory of strange random objects that you pick up along the way, There is some collectables along the way for those who wanna get that 100% completion rating of the game. And just your mouse pointer which helps you choose where to walk, and what to intereact with.
– Real player with 5.9 hrs in game
As I have now actually completed all five episodes of Strong Bad’s Cool Game for Attractive People: Season 1, I can give the game a proper review instead of just saying that it’s a cool game for attractive people, even though, you know, it kind of is.
First of all, we’ll get this out of the way: Unless you are a fan of the Homestar Runner universe, there is a probability that you won’t enjoy this game. It makes endless references and jokes related to the series that you wouldn’t understand unless you’ve seen some of the episodes in question. That isn’t to say that you shouldn’t buy it just because you might not understand some of the jokes though, either way this game is extremely funny and the humour is very dry, as you would expect from a game where you’re controling Strong Bad.
– Real player with 4.6 hrs in game
Dropsy
An astonishingly beautiful game.
I love this game, from the demented character designs, to the awesome jazz soundtrack, and the unique open world adventure game concept. The four playable characters (dropsy, his dog, the bird, and the mouse), are all really cool, and interesting companions, each with their own character specific abilities.
So many of the gameplay mechanics are unique, and surprisingly enough they’re implemented in a way that close to perfect. Some specific examples of said mechanics are the interesting non verbal clues the characters give you, as well as the different character, and team specific puzzles available.
– Real player with 29.3 hrs in game
If you’re a fan of point and click adventure games Dropsy is a must have! I would highly recommend this colorful hugventure to anyone who is a fan of the genre.
At a frist glance this game may look quite strange with an even stranger protagonist, but over time Dropsy the clown will grow on you, and you’ll find that despite his looks he’s just a lovable person that wants nothing more but to help. The more I played, the more I found a place in my heart for the misunderstood clown. It’s the kind of game that really teaches that looks can be deceiving, and really follows an overall theme of acceptence of others no matter what walk of life they come from, as Dropsy wanders about trying to hug as many people as possible.
– Real player with 16.0 hrs in game
Hapland Trilogy
Light the torches, open the portal and become Grand Saviour of Hapland.
Hapland is a series of three difficult point-and-click puzzles that were originally released as Flash games in 2005-2006. In each one you have to find a way to open the portal by enlisting the help of the people who live in the world, while not getting them eaten by monsters or blown up by landmines.
Hapland, Hapland 2 and Hapland 3 have all been remastered in HD with beautiful 60FPS animation. Each game has also been enhanced with extra secrets to discover.