Robo’s World: The Zarnok Fortress
Robo’s World: The Zarnok Fortress is yet another low quality retro pixel platformer infesting Steam. In this one, you play a robot or something, but it’s hard to tell because the controls don’t work properly. I couldn’t even use the menu to see if I could get fullscreen going. Could it be because I had a HOTAS plugged in and it assumed it was a gamepad? Irrelevant, because that kind of laziness from the developers isn’t acceptable.
If you can’t get the basics right, you don’t get a thumbs up in your reviews.
– Real player with 8.4 hrs in game
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Great gameplay, challenging but rewarding. Love the retro platform style, and the sound to accompany it is fantastic. The adventure itself is open-ended, leading to all sorts of paths through the world as you progress towards the ship’s core. I would definitely recommend picking this game up and seeing for yourself. Tons of fun!
– Real player with 6.5 hrs in game
WOMG Lite version
Very cool game, I like how you start to get your BOTs to help you and they both have different programmable functions. Also I found the ability to save the functions very useful so that you can just select them when you need them.
All the visuals are very nice, very pretty. And the father-daughter interaction is comical.
Overall I think this is a great game and I hope the full version becomes available soon!
– Real player with 7.8 hrs in game
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I had problem with saving my game, i make videos about this game on youtube with Indonesian languange
but i cant continue playing with this problem, i like this game but sadly cant continue more like this so i drop my video link for proof
– Real player with 5.4 hrs in game
CHIP: Rescuer of Kittens
Explore The Universe in a shiny new spaceship. Travel from planet to planet, fight against an evil Dr.Meowcraft and robots, save the kidnapped kittens! CHIP is a 2D Metroidvania platformer in retro-style where you are a space rescuer of kittens. Run, jump, climb, and shoot your way through high-tech cities, mysterious rocks, and majestic forest.
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Robot Wants It All
I love the Robot Wants games, been playing them probably since 2010. This version is definitely worth the money, since it gives you all of the previous games, plus all kinds of new modes and powerups, achievements and all else. The monies system is really well implemented, the gameplay is smooth and the graphics are nostalgic as hell. It even comes with the much sought-after Robot Wants JIG! (Now renamed Robot Wants Y, for some reason)
But what I don’t like… is the new game: Robot Wants Justice! I was expecting it to be a continuation off of the previous games, in that you have a space blaster, collect powerups and blast the baddies to get the reward. But it doesn’t have that. Now to be fair, I haven’t finished RWJ Classic mode yet, only Easy mode (since that’s the default one you’re given before earning the monies to purchase Classic mode), but this new game is such a vast departure. Gone is the gun. Gone is the powerups system, at least in regards to how it was previously. I don’t like the new game. I’ll finish it, and probably go for 100% completion here, but I can really only recommend buying this for the older games and everything that comes with them, not the new one. 8/10
– Real player with 46.4 hrs in game
In summary, if you liked the original flash games, go get this one, it’s not just a collection of the four games, but there’s a whole lot more content and replayability to it.
I used to play the original flash games, so I had to buy this one. Besides the four original games, this adds both easy and remixed versions of the original levels, along with various toggleable game modifiers (like different robot chassis, respawning enemies, hardcore mode, or something purely visual). You start with the easy mode of the first game (Robot Wants Kitty), and by defeating enemies and generally doing well you earn “Moneys” with which you can unlock other modes, games, or modifiers.
– Real player with 36.2 hrs in game
Smelted Kin
cool idea ruined by some bafflingly awful decisions. Some of the big ones for me are the levels are littered with randomly spawning explosives that seem to exist solely to steal a huge chunk of health, as well as the spawner doors that can only be destroyed waiting for the drone to slowly chip away at it while the physical door that should be in the background is capable of absorbing your shots which can lead to you getting awkwardly boxed in at times.
This game hates you and wants you to lose, with the ease of death you also lose money for permanent upgrades with seems counter-productive where failure should lead to being able to save up for upgrades and ammo to help players suffering constant death instead of draining them so thoroughly to the point of feeling like there’s no chance to ever progress. This feeling is compounded by how much of a guessing game everything feels like, with the map being almost completely useless not marking any landmarks except for a handful of specific doors, not even elevators are marked. I’m only in the second area and feel utterly stumped by only having one clue and having to guess where I can and can’t go while the constant threat of a cheap death is always around the corner, there is falling damage and I have frequently seemingly just fell through invisible pits to my death or had to make a leap of faith due to not being able to see what’s below me.
– Real player with 5.3 hrs in game
With no reviews I knew I was gambling when buying this, but with the refund option available it isn’t too much of a risk really unlike the time when I bought red goblin cursed forest.
Unfortunately, this game is just too unintuitive. The controls in particular are atrocious with both gamepad and keyboard controls being an unworkable disaster. This should have used a mouse for aiming and indeed many of the keyboard bindings seem geared towards this style of gameplay but the mouse isn’t used at all outside the main screen. Oh and that reminds me, you can’t properly change keyboard binds once you’ve started playing, you have to quit to the menu and change there. Again, a disaster. The maker of this game seems to be aware of how unintuitive the game is because there are actually written messages indicating what is hidden beyond reach when you reach your typical metroidvania barrier.
– Real player with 0.5 hrs in game
A.R.E.S. Extinction Agenda EX
I LOVE THIS GAME. I have so much to say and I can’t even share all of it or my review will become even longer than it already is. Anyway, on to the review:
Characters: Okay, so my favorite characters here are the playable characters Ares and Tarus. (I love their character designs; I want to draw fan art of them someday.) There wasn’t much official artwork for the original version of this game, so in regard to the re-design for both Ares and Tarus for A.R.E.S. Extinction Agenda EX, I think they both look more awesome here in the dialogue scenes. Both are combat androids but have very different personalities, which makes things interesting when playing through either campaign. Ares really behaves like a robot in dialogue scenes, like saying the word “Query” before asking a question, and making precise calculations of probabilities to the hundredth of a percentage. I think it’s cute; I love that robot-y stuff! I wasn’t sure about Tarus at first, but one third through Ares' story, I grew fond of Tarus after observing how mysterious and stoic he can be. He’s so cool. I had to start playing his campaign immediately after finishing Ares' story. And I ship them, but that’s just me. (Yes I know they are androids, but still, I just do.) And I can really see this as an anime. Oh, if only! But for now, that is what fan fiction is for…
– Real player with 25.9 hrs in game
Not a bad game, especially for the price, but it’s definitely got some iffy parts to it and some bits that reek of a lack of comprehension of what the term “difficulty” means.
There’s a bit of engrish translation errors, but nothing too bad - they’re pretty rare and it’s easy to understand what’s being said.
Most of my issues have more to do with things like foreground objects that can kill you but which look like part of the background and your weapons pass through making it seem like it’s safe until you run into the hazard. Leaps of faith into bottomless pits, spotty controls, forced maneuvering in one section with both the top and bottom of the screen locked down but no indication this is the case on top, and other such design choices which led to a consistent feeling that any time I’ve died, it wasn’t my fault nor in my control to prevent because I couldn’t have known it was a problem until it was too late.
– Real player with 11.1 hrs in game
Neon Fusion
I didn’t want to write a negative review because it’s counterintuitive for a game in early access, but with the developer deleting my threads with crash reports, hiding technical problems, and being misleading on what content is available in this version, I have to speak out because I can’t tolerate this behavior (on a side note, I strongly considered refunding the game and I didn’t). To start from the top, I reported 1 crash which happened to me repeatedly (I had a crash report to prove it), I also experienced a glitch where the map shows 2 different rooms in the same location, which I assume is causing a softlock because I can’t seem to access the content that is supposedly in the game. So I did the only logical thing in my situation, I ask the developer directly if a technical problem that I reported was preventing me from exploring the game. Here is what I don’t understand, the developer could just say that glitches are unrelated to progress, but he dodged the question several times and vaguely said that content will be available (we not talking about the roadmap, we talking about content that he listed as already available).
– Real player with 2.6 hrs in game
Fun game. A rather cute take on the metroidvania/2d platform genre. I like the mechanic of having limited shots (gun auto refils with the meter shown under your lifebar), and the ability to boost your jump while shooting. It is in early access, but the Dev mentioned that another update is coming very soon.
– Real player with 0.1 hrs in game
Null & Peta -Invasion of the Queen Bug-
PROS
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has Steam Achievement
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great Soundtracks
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nice Characters design
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voice acting with full of cheer and spirit
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the gameplay quite simple
CONS
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No Steam Cloud, your saved progress will never store to Cloud. (I REALLY HATE THIS SENSATION)
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there was some lacking in few keys.
ADDITIONAL NOTE
game with a decent crazy comedy Anime story and surprisingly good animation, art, and voic eacting. for storyline really different from Anime version which Peta, Null’s older Sister got an accident where she jarred in the crash with Truck. Null decide to revive her older Sister and final result is not as expected to her mind. you can see the Anime version with buying the DLC here
– Real player with 80.0 hrs in game
The story of the game is the continuation of the anime. Since the key items in the game are from the anime, and the game pretty much assumes that you already know Null and Peta, it is highly recommended that you watch the anime before playing the game.
Just like the anime, the game is mostly lighthearted in tone with some absurd and unexpectedly heartwarming or tear-jerking moments. I think that the story could have been made better by explaining
! who Kaki (the beach girl in the episode 6) was or what had happened to Null and Peta’s parents who are mysteriously absent both in the game and the anime, which would certainly have enhanced the emotional side of the story, though I am content to see the origin of the bugs explained and learn more about Null and Peta sisters.
– Real player with 11.8 hrs in game
Robot Exploration Squad
I really enjoy Metroidvania games and this one is a good “bite-size” (3-5hrs) one.
+Good size map.
+Colorful sprite graphics.
+Good music.
+Lots of powerups (15 i think?)
+Its just fun and a good “quick” metroidvania game, about 4 hours or so.
+60fps gameplay.
+Nice world map design, like SOtN style with zoom in/out, save points, teleporters marked.
-Slightly stiff controls but not terrible. Although you are a robot so…
-Fast travel spots are in odd areas and there aren’t enough of them.
– Real player with 8.4 hrs in game
This made little to no sense to me. Combat’s alright, level design is all over the place. Story is passable. It’s not particularly exciting, or even in the top 10 of Metroidvania’s. But you know what, I enjoyed it. It’s surprisingly charming, and if you can get past a lot of the missing Quality of Life features that you’d probably expect it’s an enjoyable game.
– Real player with 7.9 hrs in game
孙悟空大战机器金刚 / Sun Wukong VS Robot
Sun Wukong vs Robot is a little short for a metroidvania (2-3 hours), but it was enjoyable while it lasted. I thought that animation was very adorable, and the game has nice pixel art - almost looks like a NES game. In terms of gameplay, it has all of the traditional metroidvania features like hidden power-ups, cell-based map and 4 bosses that can be done in different order. Some of the active abilities that you can get: double/triple jump, dash, laser cannon, a projectile attack, force field, and flame pod. Additionally, there are several passive upgrades that are hidden around the area. The game is relatively intuitive when it comes to controls, hitboxes, and navigation. I enjoyed all of the boss fights, although the game is somewhat easy (a fair difficulty I should say). It even has a very gloomy soundtrack, which I thought was pretty funny, some of the boss songs are nice though.
– Real player with 3.7 hrs in game
This is the best game ever to come out of China. Unfortunately, that isn’t saying much since this is also the only decent chinese game I’ve ever found on steam. It earns a recommendation for those willing to install and use sharpKeys and it is best compared to Dr Atominus, another short & cheap metroidvania. It does however also feature skill gating instead of ability gating, thereby making this game one of the very few metroidvanias to successfully pull this of and making the game comparable to Hollow Knight.
– Real player with 3.3 hrs in game