Ankh - Anniversary Edition
Ankh is a fun romp of a point and click adventure game, a bit challenging, a lot tongue in cheek, and a tad 4th wall breaking. The song and dance about girls and hair is hysterical.
Game: Assil manages to get a death curse and now he must break it. Follow his adventure from breaking out of his house (He is grounded), dealing with a man eating crocodile, goofy palace guards, looney market merchants (and a very talkative slave), rescuing a damsel with attitude (Thara), some palace intrigue (and the pharoah’s daughter), a missing caravan leader, and finally the underworld and Osiris, the Lord of the Underworld.
– Real player with 14.0 hrs in game
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Really fun old-school point and click game. And by “old-school” I mean it is appaently a remaster of the original game released in 2005.
Yep. It is a 12 year old game. So don’t expect it to run well on a PCMasterRace Windows 10 Beast rig with a 21:9 or 4k multiple monitor set up.
It runs great on a Windows 7 toaster. Which actualy surprised me, being that it was developed for Windows 2000, Windows XP. I did not need to set Win 7 to XP compatibility, but newer rigs than my 6 year old one may need to run the game in XP compatibility mode. The game does not have settings to adjust like modern, next-gen games. Because the game was developed in the early 2000’s. When most computers were so similar, they were not needed. So, stop complaining if you can’t get it to run well on your $6000 Beast Rig. The game was made to play on Legacy machines.
– Real player with 7.1 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
Nightmare Frames
Alan Goldberg’s luck is about to change. He’s a frustrated slasher films scriptwriter in the Hollywood of 1985, and Helen Westmore, an eccentric millionaire, will grant him any wish if he can find out about the whereabouts of the last, unpublished work of genius horror director Edward Keller, considered to be the scariest film of all time.
Alan will find his way amongst B-films production companies, VFX workshops, religious cults, and a small haunted town called Serena, the dark reputation of which began when Keller was last seen there.
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Point & click adventure game solely based on inventory puzzles.
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An investigative thriller that gets darker as you progress into the story. From ambient horror to more intense one.
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More than 60 playable locations, and half a hundred characters to interact with.
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Original soundtrack by synthwave musician Heclysma.
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In Joe’s Diner you’ll be able to listen to SYNTHWAVE FM, where DJ Karen Johnson broadcasts licensed tracks by Heclysma, Decade Defector, Vincenzo Salvia and Self Delusion.
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By the author of award-winning Urban Witch Story and Billy Masters Was Right.
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IT TAKES THE BALL
Holy fucking shit this game is amazing. I LOVE my ball has been eaten by dogThe ball let the dog eat studios
– Real player with 0.5 hrs in game
AMAZING GAME!!! I think that my ball being eaten by dog is best!
– Real player with 0.2 hrs in game
AR-K
I received this game as a part of some bundle I bought way back.
I want to like this game. I wish the development team the best. But unfortunately I cannot recommend it, not even for $8 USD.
There are good, or at least decent, things here. There is some humor, including physical humor, that works. The actual voice lines are mostly fine, and what faults there are there in this audio itself are much more likely on the VA director and/or scriptwriters. Barring one jarring segment of lines I noticed in the 2nd episode where something obviously went wrong in recording or compression or something, but the team decided to use it anyway, which… fits with some of my suspicions about how out-of-time/energy/money they were feeling at the time.
– Real player with 16.5 hrs in game
AR-K may be a study in how to have an okay story, okay graphics and good voice-acting and still come out with a bad game - soo manyy problems.
This title consists of the first two episodes of the game, “Gone with the Sphere” and “The Girl Who Wasn’t There”, and the second feels way better than the first. Still, we see a lot of beginner’s mistakes in the handiwork. Basically every aspect of the game is flawed in some way or another.
Note: Review was rewritten to fit Steam’s transparent character limit.
– Real player with 15.9 hrs in game
Nelly Cootalot: The Fowl Fleet
I’ve LP’d the previous installment , Kickstarted the sequel, and was rather looking forward to this. Let’s break down my impressions, from least important to the most:
Graphics: I kinda miss the original hand-drawn look. It had a unique charm to it that the smoother and less unique 3d models lack.
Voicework: Quite good all around. Except from some British TV guy – apparently everyone were so excited to have him on that they forgot to check whether his voice fits the character.
– Real player with 13.0 hrs in game
As I have been following the game’s author’s main work for a while, (which I would highly recommend to most people on the planet) I finally brought myself to buying the game during a sale. The drawing style is simple, but atmospheric, the voice-acting is mostly superb and the few birds one gets to see up close are truly adorable. The highlight of the game definitely are the song-bits, which are completely insane and oddly catchy. Bought it during a sale and thought it was quite sweet. Especially for a game both written and animated by someone who, as far as I understand, only dabbles in game-development.
– Real player with 10.3 hrs in game
Night in Riverager
The developer mentions that there are some mild fantasy violence and also includes topics such as murder and torture; there is none of that in the game.
It’s also rather short, about 10-12 minutes where you talk to your mom and then you leave to fetch her some medicine since she has some sort of illness. When you leave your home, you venture northward to access a bridge to go to your uncle’s home.
You don’t make it. It ends, to me, abruptly. I don’t mind it being short, but I would like to have a bit more closure. At least let me get the medicine…
– Real player with 2.1 hrs in game
DISCLAIMER: This is a full review, and NOT a first impressions review
Night in Riverager is a game developed by Two Star Games and published by V Publishing
The game offers some nice graphics and a really beautiful aesthetic, although some ugly glitches here and there, it is pleasant all the same
The game does suffer with some repetitiveness at certain areas of the game but a fun game nonetheless
Night in Riverager overall, however, is a fun game to play, yet sometimes repetitive and it does get boring if being played for a long time, but is a really good horror game to play in short bursts!
– Real player with 1.0 hrs in game
NightCry
I tried, I really really tried to like this game, but NightCry makes it SO hard. It’s like it purposefully punishes you for playing, believing frustrating and clunky game mechanics make a good horror game. Well, let me tell you guys something…it doesn’t, and it didn’t back in the mid-90’s either. The premise, PS2 era graphics, nonsensical storyline, god awful voice acting, and ridiculous dialogue are all superbly nostalgic, but having to drag myself through its gameplay to experience the rare moment of comedic genius is not worth the payoff.
– Real player with 27.7 hrs in game
After playing around 12 hours of the game, getting all but two endings (got the best ending), and seeing a majority of the content, I’d say I’m ready to give my opinion of this game.
I came into this wanting a new Clock Tower game. Not in the likes of some odd magical girl fantasy or weird fetish horror like Haunting Ground/Demento. No, I wanted to relive the experience I had being chased and tormented by a sinister creature wielding a giant pair of scissors. And this game delivers in that aspect.
– Real player with 20.6 hrs in game
The Black Grimoire: Cursebreaker
The Black Grimoire: Cursebreaker is a medieval adventure RPG that recreates the ‘oldschool’ atmosphere of adventure games of the past. Journey through a sprawling open world, converse with its inhabitants and progress the story of Rothar Aercrest – the cursed lord to the remote lands of Imberthale. Increase your power by advancing your skill levels and acquiring powerful items, unlocking special attacks and spells which will aid your way in defeating the worst monsters that lurk in the remote corners of the world.
As a core feature Cursebreaker aims to serve you with a satisfying story as you journey through the lands of Imberthale. Tired of ‘epic tales’ of ‘world ending proportions’, Cursebreaker instead offers stories of human pettiness, revenge and greed - all the good stuff. But we promise, it’s all delivered in a non-depressing, approachable manner.
In Cursebreaker you play as Lord Rothar Aercrest, ruler of the remote lands of Imberthale. Or at least he used to be…
One fateful day Rothar’s path crosses that of a wizard, Gabrius, who appears to be both tremendously powerful and frightfully malicious. Consequently Rothar soon finds himself caught within a mortal feud between two powerful wielders of magic, all the while bound by a curse he desperately needs to break away from.
If Lord Rothar is to know peace again, Gabrius must surely die. That might not prove to be such a simple task, however. After all, what is death to the master of the Black Grimoire besides a mere nuisance?
In Cursebreaker there’s no loading a save from a previous point in a playthrough. This means the few choices you are presented with tend to be permanent and can’t be taken back. However, it doesn’t mean that dying in combat is entirely without consequence.
You will “resurrect” in certain locations of the world, inconveniently away from where you died, potentially having lost some of the valuables you may have been carrying. But don’t worry, the game is not designed so you would die a lot and it offers plenty of potions and other tools to protect against death.
Character progression in Cursebreaker is tied to the various skills you can advance. Every interaction in game tends to give experience in some skill area and gaining higher skill levels will unlock appropriate interactions and abilities. While fighting enemies in close combat, for example, you might expect your weapon mastery and defense skills to increase. As they do, you can unlock new defensive & offensive moves as well as the ability to wield more sophisticated weapons and armor.
The spellbook offers an interesting variety of both combat and non-combat utility. Finding and learning new spells may prove a challenge in itself, and casting more demanding spells will require preparation, such as gathering specific ingredients. Feel free to create your own playstyle by using any combination of ranged and melee weapons and spells!
Chopping trees will not only give you crafting materials but also increases your skill in woodsmanship, which may give you access to hidden areas in the wild and help you fight beasts. Similarly, you can advance alchemy by finding and picking special herbs and crafting simple potions, but you will also be able to make bombs and poisons and more.
Our intent is that every skill should provide something unique and be worthwhile to practice. Advancing these skills may also unlock additional options when interacting with objects and NPCs in game. Other available skills currently in game include archery, sorcery, smithing, carpentry, mining, cooking and tailoring.
We aim to provide what we call social multiplayer in Cursebreaker; this means you will be able to see your friends and other adventurers online in some areas of the game, but the interactions you can have with them will be limited only to social functions. You’ll be able to chat with them and inspect the equipment they’re wearing, but you won’t be able to trade with them or otherwise engage in gameplay-related activities with them. This would be an option you can toggle on and off as you prefer.
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The Dream Machine: Chapter 1 & 2
This is a review of the full game
Artstyle
Unusual, intricate, sometimes strangely beautiful, sometimes downright weird (towards the end). The main protagonist is stop-motion animated clay, the backgrounds are all handcrafted from a variety of materials. It takes some getting used to but it really grew on me.
The music and sounds are very well done and enhance the atmosphere of the game. There’s no voice acting, you have to read the dialogue which sometimes is a bit tedious but on the whole is well written and not too long.
– Real player with 27.6 hrs in game
Just add this to the list of things that prove that video games are art.
This game has some of the most intriguing, gorgeous, adorable (and in many instances disgusting) designs ever contructed. The art style is like if the film “Mirror Mask” were made into a game. And the plot is just as gorgeous and surreal. “The Dream Machine” is like the ultimate indie game.
You play as Victor Neff, a self-proclaimed “handsome” man, who has just moved into a strange new flat with his pregnant wife, but things get strange very quickly when your wife notices the landlord acting really weird. I will not spoil any of the plot. It is a game you must see to believe, but if you can believe it, there is in fact a Dream Machine in the game.
– Real player with 25.8 hrs in game