SPOOKWARE
Absolutely adored this game.
There were a few minigames that I either had difficultly figuring out what I was doing wrong (and still to some degree don’t know what I was doing incorrectly) or the controls right when you start a new one. They aren’t always clear cut, at least to me, on what you were supposed to do. However, that’s something that’s easy to overlook as you can retry them over and over; through that point in the story by restarting that minigame marathon or talking to the person again and given another chance.
– Real player with 8.5 hrs in game
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Average ice cream fan
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Typical milk enjoyer
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– Real player with 8.2 hrs in game
Heartbeat: Regret
I would not recommend this game as a horror game. I feel like it has a lot of potential as a horror game but due to the frustration of movement. The game losses any sort of suspense and is replaced by frustration. Some people have mentioned that the lack of a tutorial was an added challenge; I didn’t find this to be true for myself. However I did find a lot of difficultly reading the text. As well as finding the tempo for the movement difficult especially at slower tempos.
The text being hard to read is not a huge problem as the text is read out loud and I got used to it over time. Though for people that are better at spelling than me I’m sure this is even less of an issue if it is an issue at all. Though for the issue of movement the tempo is very hard to find. I died severely times just trying to move around the areas and spent a bunch of time sitting in one spot just waiting for the heartbeat to go down. This made it very frustrating when most of my time is either spent sitting around waiting to be able to move without dying or trying to get back to a point that was right before I got killed just to march into death again. For as long as it takes to move around the areas you just lose anything that makes it scary. Honestly the most scary thing about it was how I was about to pick up my keyboard and chuck it across the room in frustration.
– Real player with 1.2 hrs in game
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An extremely unique idea! Never thought I would have typing horror and rythm in the same game! I love it! A little bit of trouble with instructions and knowing what to a couple times, but the incredible sound design makes up for it. I’ll be playing this for a while I can already tell
– Real player with 1.1 hrs in game
LightBreak
Description
LightBreak is an art-focused, narrative-driven musical game. Discover the story of Ava, a young traveler who has undertaken numerous adventures and now wishes to return home to recount her tales to her mother. Ava, however, has lost her voice, and due to her mother’s blindness, she cannot rely on visual storytelling. Ava’s one form of communication with her mother is the powerful musical instrument she wields.
The game features a unique gameplay, blending puzzle elements and music to create a dynamic music creation environment. In LightBreak, you control the Magical instrument that Ava is playing - to help her connect with her emotions and communicate her journey to her mother.
Main Features
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A Novel Approach to Audio-driven Game Design
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Interactive audio design by an award-winning composer
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Storytelling game with themes of repair, family, communication, and good vs evil
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Visual representations of Ava’s adventures
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Stunning hand-drawn art
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3D modeling and animation
Gameplay
LightBreak’s main objective is to help Ava play the correct notes on her musical instrument so that she can describe her tales and reconnect with Mother after many years of separation.
The Gameplay is a novel narrative-driven fusion of Audio and puzzle elements. Each face of the magical instrument represents a “track” on the bigger mix. sometimes, your Instrument is out of tune, and you need to tune it to play the music correctly. Eventually, players will enter flow as they essentially create music by fixing up each track of the music. When they find the correct tune, the environment changes drastically as the instrument will render the music and show the visual representation of Ava’s memories connected to that song.
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PYTHIAN
I wish I could write something positive and I really would like to support this app, but to do so I must be honest.
I joined the event short before it started. I saw some people on the plaza walking around and throwing fireballs. When it started and I entered the boat (first stage) I was all alone. It was looking like there were many people, but they were all just bots. (They had no names, were not reacting to anything…)
I restarted the program many times, read about these problems in the Stream discusssion forum, where others reported the same problem - nothing helped. I really wasn’t in the mood to try enjoying the event all alone and just wanted to fix that problem. At 20:55 I finally gave up.
– Real player with 4.0 hrs in game
Pythian offers a much needed escape in these event deprived times. The throwback events are what you would expect from a showcase of a recorded festival. They are more of a VR cinema than convey the feeling being there.
Then there are the (at the time of this review one) special live Events.
Those are specially designed as a VR festival event expierience and are nicely crafted with different maps for each dj set. Each set has something to discover and has nice light design like you would expect in a realworld event.
– Real player with 3.9 hrs in game
SIT DOWN, PLEASE
Game is a 1 out of 10 for the sheer fact it’s broken Video here (once it uploads) w/ time stamps to dialogue outside of the ending you can’t reach and the crashes: https://youtu.be/R_UDuAQKmQE
Disclaimer Unlike the other reviewers so far I actually played the full game (that you can play BEFORE making my review)
The first part of the game has the most redundant mechanic and takes sooooooooo long literally like 5-6 minutes a person to max the juice and you’re literally just managing 2 things. The story is really hard to follow the grammar is a bit off and you’re thrust into the world told A B and C and the story doesn’t really give you enough information about the world to draw you in and feel involved in the plot to be honest. I did enjoy the flashback with the grandpa that was probably the highlight of the game and story. (the story is probably the best part of the game by far). THE WORST PART IS you get all the way to the end and the heart crashes your game. I literally tried so many different ways to beat it the mechanic for even playing the ending is terribly hard because your chain move and your single light up move are on the same key and with the BACK TO BACK TO BACK COMBOS it’s almost impossible to get them without erasing your moves plus the heart heals when you make a mistake, so imagine my surprise when the game crashes after I FINALLY brought him to probably his last phase. Hopefully the crash situation will get fixed for future players. The game would have been a 6 out of 10 if it worked the story was interesting even though it’s not told particularly well told and it tries to do some neat things but the first part of the game drags because of redundancy.
– Real player with 8.5 hrs in game
I wasn’t expecting a game like this at first, but it drew me in pretty much immediately. The story is really intriguing and well done, so are the characters and the ending was a nice twist. But the spearhead of this game is the atmosphere, the mood that transmits is really powerful, giving me different emotions, from distress to sadness. In a word: dark.
The only flaw, if you’re looking for a game with fast-paced gameplay, fun and dynamic, this game is not for you. In fact, it’s a bit repetitive, but once you understand that the gameplay is functional to the narrative, a simple device to tell a story, it’s something you can live with easily. In addition, there is also a fast game mode that shortens the timing and does not make you lose anything in terms of plot, a mode that I sincerely recommend to anyone who wants to approach the story giving up a little immersiveness. Basically, a game that you do not see every day and that I fully recommend.
– Real player with 3.8 hrs in game
Against Ether
A fantasy RPG with music based battles?!
Dive into a wonderful universe with strange creatures, ancient legends, and… magic!
You’ll play as a boy looking for his past who wants to help a young girl to change the fate of the world.
Take control of your team to solve puzzles.
And be ready to defeat terrible enemies with music based battles.
Music is not just a simple background. The rhythm will be your ally and you will have to work together to win your fights!
Ready? :)
Human Origin
What is this game? It’s you watching and listening to a guy ramble on and on incoherently about subjects.
How to get achievements? Just load up the game and minimize. Chill out on the web for a couple of hours while achievements slowly roll in.
– Real player with 2.2 hrs in game
I dont even know, what the purpose of this game is but seems funny :D mol
– Real player with 0.3 hrs in game
DISHARMONY
Set in a world inspired by music, DISHARMONY takes you through an adventure filled with smiles, tears, and maybe a few scares along the way. Expect to see various towns and cities, quirky characters, mind-bending puzzles, and plenty of cats.
DISHARMONY allows the player to explore the dreams of some of the game’s characters. Can you help them overcome their nightmares…?
Going through these optional sequences will teach you more about the characters and their personalities, as well as allow you to uncover the deeper secrets hidden in the game’s world.
The game’s battle system is a mix of classic turn-based combat borrowed from old JRPGs and gameplay typically found in rhythm games. Defeat your enemies with the power of music!
DISHARMONY may be a fairly serious game at times, but it also has a lot of goofy and lighthearted humour. Did someone say “puns”…?
No…?
Oh.
Well, there’s loads of them.
The game features an aesthetic inspired by classic games from the 80s/90s, as well as segments featuring hand-drawn art, frame-by-frame animation, and claymation. There are loads of secrets and easter eggs to find, as well as references to various bands and musical artists. The game also features an original soundtrack!
The game’s world features elements of both fantasy and science fiction.
WARNING:
This game features flashing imagery that may cause discomfort or trigger seizures for people with photosensitive epilepsy.
It also features dark and potentially disturbing imagery.
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The story of Unsweet unfolds in the fairy-tale world of living sweets, where the protagonist who has lost his memory goes in search of his own past in an addictive adventure full of friendship, hardship, palace plots and secret experiments. In his journey, the main character will meet unimaginably strong opponents, deadly traps, cunning riddles and insurmountable obstacles.
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You have to go around miles of sweet land studying their history
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One of the few cinematic platformers on the market
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Levels will be teeming with chocolate coins, for which you can buy new skins, cheats and much more …
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Malicious enemies will stand in the way of an unarmed hero
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Do quests and get bonuses for them
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Battles with bosses at Kojima level or even higher
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Worked plot, characters and character design
Soundtrack
The dynamic soundtrack will make you more than fully experience the sometimes creepy Unsweet atmosphere. Each musical theme is written with a thrill to what is happening on the screen. Each melody will complement the already living characters with their own theme.
In Her Eyes
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Fantasy AVG + artistic characters and music + deckbuilding integrated = Summoned by a girl from another world to prevent an assassination that will happen in 30 days. AVG is a VN with a lot of choices.
– Real player with 2.3 hrs in game
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In Her Eyes is a visual novel / card game with interesting gameplay but a not-so-great translation. It’s understandable, but at times the dialogue becomes rather clunky. The rhythm aspect is fun. 6/10
https://onefivesixone.com/reviews/in-her-eyes-2020-review/
– Real player with 2.2 hrs in game