ASMR LIGHTness - Light painting 💡
A great little puzzler to stimulate your mind. If you’re a fan of Hidden Object Games you may have come across this type of puzzle before as you try to untangle a series of nodes connected by stretchy bands with no crossovers allowed.
Gentle music and soothing lightning make for a nice peaceful game. I enjoyed solving a puzzle or three at the end of the day to unwind. You’re rated one to three stars on completion based on, finishing the puzzle, the fewest number of moves, and then on the smoothest execution/speed.
– Real player with 4.9 hrs in game
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loved it nice to do when ya dont wanna really play anything to strenuous loved the music and sounds to it to :)
– Real player with 1.3 hrs in game
City Game Studio: a tycoon about game dev
City Game Studio
I joined the open beta for City Game Studio a little while ago. Ever since I have seen it grow substantially. The game has been improved so much in a short amount of time and I can only see it getting better and better from here on out. The developer is very active and takes all the feedback and criticism he gets very seriously. Many of my own suggestions have already made it into the game and whenever an issue arises he is quick to fix it.
The game takes place in a city where you can rent, buy and even build your own studios and exhibitor centers. When your company is doing good you obviously want to expand and get even larger teams working on even bigger titles. The result of that can be very satisfying.
– Real player with 198.3 hrs in game
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Overview
First off, on advice from this author’s attorney Frankie “Fine Print” Lymann, copycat games are not a crime. (See Data East USA v. Epyx for proof that copycats do not constitute copyright infringement.) Remember Game Dev Tycoon? Take the awesomeness of the aforementioned game, add interior decorating, an outside world where buildings can be rented, bought, and even constructed, and then add in some nice new ideas (along with a bad idea) and you have City Game Studio. In case the reader doesn’t know, the game is a management sim in which the player starts a game company starting in the year of the player’s choosing, and goes from rags to riches through developing and publishing video games.
– Real player with 43.6 hrs in game
Sidewords
At this point, I’ve lost track of how long ago I got this game and how long I’ve played it. I mean, yes, Steam tells me a number of hours, but that’s been spread out over almost every day for the last… two years? Maybe more? I’ve actually lost count.
The reason for that is, this game is a great way to wind down at the end of the day, by way of a clever idea for the kind of puzzle that wouldn’t be out of place in a newspaper– and I mean that as a compliment.
If you want to chill with some intelligent word-puzzles, then I can only sing this game’s praises.
– Real player with 140.2 hrs in game
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The in-game puzzles themselves take about 8-10 hours to completely exhaust. The themed sets are great, and I would definitely love to see more of them added in. There’s nothing extremely difficult, the hardest puzzles take about 10 minutes to put together. Right now, the puzzles are designed to be relaxing, but it’d be cool to have additional optional goals like using as few words as possible. That way, there’s incentive to play older puzzles.
The dailies are fun, and with 3 different board sizes everyday, it makes sure anyone can go into this game anytime and always have something new.
– Real player with 74.8 hrs in game
Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition
Quick Review
Although I consider Fallout New Vegas to be superior in most if not all ways to Fallout 3, I still prefer it over the “better version” due to a simple yet enjoyable story, plenty of content, entertaining stories and very impressive and depressing locations, filled with death, despair and also teddy bears in compromising positions. Beware of the insane number of bugs (even in the GOTY edition) and crashes due to Bethesda being Bethesda.
- Played only Vanilla, with mods the experience can be drastically improved -
– Real player with 68.2 hrs in game
❤ Audience ❤
☑ Beginner
☑ Casual
☑ Hardcore
☼ Graphics ☼
☐ Bad
☑ Alright
☐ Good
☐ Beautiful
☐ Fantastic
♬ Music ♬
☐ Bad
☐ Alright
☑ Good
☐ Beautiful
☐ Fantastic
☠ Difficulty ☠
☑ Easy
☐ Average
☐ Challenging
☐ Hard
☐ Brutal
§ Bugs §
☐ Bugs make the game almost unplayable
☐ Lots of bugs
☑ Few bugs
☐ Insignificant or contains humorous glitches
☐ None encountered during normal gameplay
☯ Story ☯
☐ There is none
☐ Bad
☐ Alright
☐ Good
☑ Fantastic
⚔ Gameplay ⚔
☐ Frustrating
☐ Repetitive
☐ Boring
– Real player with 45.0 hrs in game
Atom Zombie Smasher
Atom Zombie Smasher is a super little indie strategy game. The basic premise is that you take on the guise of a commander holding back the zombie hordes from overruning your city.
It works on two levels; first is the strategy where a map of the city districts is where you see the progress of zombie infestations and plan your next mission. You can choose which military assets you take with you from: infantry, snipers, mines, demolitions, barricades, gas attracting teams or artillery. Once you initiate the mission, the game changes to a tactical sub-game where you place your units on the map to best protect the civilians you are trying to extract from the map, while avoiding collateral damage. To many dead civilians and you fail.
– Real player with 43.3 hrs in game
There’s alot to be said about Atom Zombie Smasher. the game is an amazing mix of challenging gameplay and challenges.
Atom zombie smasher does not hesitate to put you smack dab into action, your first challenge becomes to rescue some civilians from an impending zombie invasion which sets the tone for the rest of the game.
As you progress in the game you’re provided with varying mercenaries that randomly get picked for missions. Some examples of mercenaries are for example ranger teams, snipers and dynamite teams. Each map will provide a different challenge which requires alot of tactical thinking and planning.
– Real player with 28.3 hrs in game
Imperiums: Greek Wars
So, I have been playing this game for about near 40 hours at the time of this review.
Imperiums, focus' on the Greek Wars time era. And the developers do a very good job in portraying accurate history, in my opinion. The game keeps trying to ‘curb’ you back toward history. However; you can fight against that, and go your own way. However it requires more effort or ‘elbow grease’ to get there. Basically, to ‘go against’ history; the game feels harder! Usually. Usually when trying to go against history. I really like this aspect of the game.
– Real player with 323.7 hrs in game
As a strategy game Imperiums is one of a kind. Designed from scratched with pen and paper by a passionate developer and now released as the second entry in a hopefully long lasting series of strategy games.
Over the years the game is shaped and finetuned by the help of a small, but very dedicated playerbase who can discuss with the developer in forums on Steam and Discord.
Hundreds of players already mentioned their complains and wishes for the game and the developer keeps a list with urgent must have features and nice to have features for the future.
– Real player with 158.9 hrs in game
Orbi Universo
It’s Democracy meets Civilization.
Still a work-in-progress, and from a part-time indie dev, but what you see here shows promise.
If you’re a Civ/Paradox/Democracy fan, it’s an easy recommendation.
If you’re not too sure about it, grab it on sale, or wait until they finish all the ages that make the core gameplay.
Pros:
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Less intimidating upfront than Democracy, you start from humble begginings.
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You can start at any place in the globe
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Many different paths to take your civilization through
– Real player with 81.2 hrs in game
This game is unique. Maybe not much replayability, but there definitely is some. In the bronze age I had a shining civilization, the entire Iron Age was a time of unparalleled ascension, but I quickly over expanded and then the disruption caused by the immense amount of minorities quickly destroyed my stability. I kept undermining the power of the clergy in order to stop them from toppling my republic, which caused the number of heathens and heretics to rise to such a point as to ruin my stability even further. There was this entire collapse scenario very reminiscent of the fall of the Roman Republic, culminating in a coup d’etat by the military which led to a quickly fragmenting military dictatorship that saw a snowball of decline that just kept rolling and rolling.
– Real player with 36.9 hrs in game
Winter Resort Simulator 2
While I see some people complaining about some features of the game and I agree they need to be changed, I still have to give this game a positive review. One big plus is that the devs and modding community is very active and they do seem to be listening to the community and making changes. If you join their discord they are very helpful and supportive. One big gripe I have is that only one in game map is included and is the only one where you actually make money, not only that but if you build new lifts you have to go into the LUA files to add them to the economic system. It would be nicer if there were in game editors. Now I would not get the game yet, wait for a sale or until some of the major bugs and optimization is done. I still think they should have kept it all in season one and added everything else as dlcs.
– Real player with 211.7 hrs in game
this game has many bugs. it snows inside buildings, the level of management over finances is extremely limited. the game is called winter resort simulator, but its focus is on ropeways, incomplete snowmaking and grooming. there is nothing else to simulate which is disappointing. the way to edit maps or trails, creating new trails is absurdly over complciated in which it requires you to edit the coding into a save game file. and if you mess it up… there goes your save game poof unplayable. i want to love this game so much, but i honestly feel as this is a beta version as it is not complete nor does it give the impression of being finished.
– Real player with 104.0 hrs in game
Bridge! 2
Good game, great support team. I certainly like Bridge! 2.
I bought this one and hope to see Bridge! 3 with way better phisics than this one.
I didn’t notice any diference in graphics and phisics between 1st one and 2nd one.
Let’s just compare by zise - this one 0.5Gb. I would like to see 4Gb game which goes in more powerfull PCs.
And i’m ready to shell out 5 times more for good Bridge! 3.
– Real player with 16.9 hrs in game
This would be a great game . . . if you could finish it. Unfortunately there’s a bug partway through the medium difficulty session that prevents completion of that level and there’s no way to skip it. Equally unfortunately, the developer (who promised to fix it five years ago) took his money and ran. If you see a game by Toxtronyx or by Martin Beyer, my advice is: DON’T buy it
– Real player with 7.5 hrs in game
Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword
This is my favorite game since it came out, and my favorite version of Civ (I know Civ 1 through 5)
I won’t go into what Civ is specifically about. You should know.
Nor will I compare to other Civ games. It has been done.
This versions' depth is impressive, and the playability is… at least a few lifetimes.
Graphics are normal, but totally irrelevant!
The 4X strategy design and many (but not too many) balanced options make it something that will always be enjoyable.
Spock will still read your Scientific discoveries out loud! :P
– Real player with 1974.8 hrs in game
I’ll start by saying that this is not a game for casuals, if you want to have a game that is incredibly compelling and complex and rewarding to learn, this is your game. While Civ 3 remains a complete mystery to me, I can say I have played all the others, and this one is by far the best I’ve played. You might say “what about Civ 5?”, but I highly prefer it to Civ 5 for several reasons (unit stacking Figure out how to use collateral damage people, tech/espionage/culture slider, much more micromanagable empire, better system for unit and city maintenance, far superior espionage system, more interesting promotion dynamics with military units, unrestricted leaders, non gimmicky leader traits, non gimmicky religions, far superior map options, way less annoying barbarians, way less buggy multiplayer, etc etc etc…)
– Real player with 1765.2 hrs in game