Tower Hunter: Erza’s Trial
A good game with broken mechanics.
Mostly simple, kill hordes of enemies and move forward. The game doesn’t really help with any direction on things that can be done, it’s mostly up to us which means a player can probably go through the entire game without knowing some very basics mechanics that can be done. There is hardly anything in the game to read or explore more on, sometimes even the minuscule help it offers will be hard to understand. One simply has to hope they understood the message it conveys.
– Real player with 47.7 hrs in game
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### ”A potential rogue-like metroidvania where the death is learning…“
Tower Hunter: Erza’s Trial is a mixture of metroidvania and rogue-like element developed by indie IceSea Team of two people. It adapts into side-scrolling game with the influence of soul-like mainstream. Yet still have some flaws and require polishing during Early Access (currently 3 playerable levels). It’s risk-reward fun for people who seek a challenge.
Story and Presentation
Set in the hybrid fantasy world with some modern tech elements, the world design is clean, well-produced texture, and colorful. You play as a young maiden named “Erza”who specialize in close combat and ice spells. She has to prove herself by conquering mysterious tower to prove hunter’s license and get rid of wedding plan. The story is simple and straightforward, but what lies on the top of tower is quite intriguing. You spend most of time chatting with Devil companion between the levels as I hope they develop relationship through the story.
– Real player with 42.6 hrs in game
Xenon Valkyrie
I got Ending C (a bad one) and, after 22 hours, that’s good enough for me. I had originally thought I could put this in my “cleared” pile much sooner, but it turned out to be a bigger hurdle than I’d anticipated. And while I do genuinely enjoy the presentation and the tunes are great, the gameplay loop itself is not particularly varied or engaging. Luck also plays an annoyingly large role in determining a good run, as while you can use a VERY slowly accumulated currency to unlock powerful new weapons, it’s entirely up to chance whether those weapons will randomly turn up in a chest during a run. You might just find the same weapon you have equipped! There are also enemies who can catch you off-guard and ruin a run quickly, such as a jumping skull that explodes when it touches you, or a robot that fires explosive bullets that might send his body flying right into you.
– Real player with 21.8 hrs in game
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UPDATE! The dev has been listening to player feedback, and has pretty much fixed, repaired, optimized almost everythign we asked for!
Better sword attack range?
check
Hp in the levels themselves?
check
cheaper shops?
check.
And hes’s not done, this game is shaping up to be very very VERY good now.
check the review date for negative reviews, they mjight not be aware this dev is a hard worker!@
I was eagerly anticipating this game, at it’s current state. it’s alright. But I feel it needs a few things to make it really good and fun to play as well.
– Real player with 10.8 hrs in game
The Portal Dimension - Bizarre Huntseeker
「Run, Jump, Attack, Dash !」
“The portal Dimension” is a fast-paced 2D scrolling action game.
The variety of mysterious dimensional armies has released several bizarre creatures to attack the innocence from various worlds. The bunch of people, who suffered by those creatures have formed an investigation team to deal with the current situation ( Just to get rid off them anyway).
The characteristic of game
You can select one of the characters from the investigation team and start searching throughout the mysterious dimensional armies. ( Just to get rid off them anyway).
Every character has their own abilities, the way of attack, the sub-weapons and its retinue, etc to raise the excitement of playing.
The selection of numerous game modes
Rogue-lite Mode
Fighting through the stages/worlds randomly! You can experience the uncertainty for the incoming unknown stages in order to have some opportunity in meeting some surprises.
Classic Mode
It is a typical classic stages/worlds, which the bizarre creatures and armies are there for you.
Challenge Mode
It is for the advanced players. The stages/worlds will not be easy at all … but just to get rid off them anyway.
Special Mode will appear in some of the worlds for you to explore.
Classic Mode, Challenge Mode, Special Mode score system and saving function are still developing, haven’t released yet, but coming soon.
So, stay tuned to our news.
The story continues while the progress of the investigation team is moving on…
Is the investigation team really focusing on the investigation? Are they looking for something in the dimension?
What do those mysterious armies want?
The bizarre creatures seem can speak our languages……and they are trying to tell us something?
Our stage opened Rogue-lite for now only, and it does not contain stories.
Controller Support:
**#### Keyboard Configuration
Keyboard
← : Left Move
→ : Right Move
↑ : Entering to a stage
Q : Hold the button to adjust the viewer screen
D : Basic Attack, hold the button to attack constantly
S : Jump
A : Hold the button to accelerate
Enter: Main Menu option selected and press Enter button before entering next menu.
ESC: If you are in the selecting world room or in the selecting mode room, press ESC you can go back to “Main Menu”.
Wall Sliding: Jump to the wall, and then hold the key of “←” or “→” with the same direction as the wall, then the character will slide the wall slowly.
Wall climbing: Constantly press “Jump” button while sliding on the wall.
Joystick Support: PS4 DUALSHOCK 4 Controller
Direction Button ← : Left Move
Direction Button → : Right Move
Direction Button ↑ : Entering to a stage
L2 Button : Hold the button to adjust the viewer screen
Square Button : Basic Attack, hold the button to attack constantly
Cross Button : Jump
L1 Button : Hold the button to accelerate
Options Button : In Main Menu what you selected before pressing the Options button and then entering the next menu.
Share Button : If you are in the selecting world room or in the selecting mode room, press Share Button you can go back to “Main Menu”.
Joystick Support: XBox 360, XBox One Controller
Direction Button ← : Left Move
Direction Button → : Right Move
Direction Button ↑ : Entering to a stage
LT Button : Hold the button to adjust the viewer screen
Cross Button : Basic Attack, hold the button to attack constantly
A Button : Jump
LB Button : Hold the button to accelerate
Start Button : In Main Menu what you selected before pressing the Start button and then entering the next menu.
Back Button : If you are in the selecting world room or in the selecting mode room, press Back Button you can go back to “Main Menu”.
Actually, you can use a lot of different joysticks but must need the same as PS 4 or XBox One button position.
In our “Main Menu”, our “Option” button hasn’t finished yet, so it can’t be used.
Be caution here:
If you are playing in the stage room, you can’t leave because we are still developing our “Menu”.
We’ll soon keep updating more of new moves and abilities, which will lead to the change of key configuration, please refer to the updated information for more details.
And of course, our game will be updated every one to two weeks.
Please, stay tuned to our game content updates.**
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Metal Unit
Metal Unit is a fun little Side scrolling game with rouge-like elements. You’ll probably find similarities if you’ve played games like Dead Cells.
The progression is quite slow, since you’re running around with epic items around chapter 3 but your character is still weak as fuck. The rate at which you gain your Secondary Currency (CC Gems) is sluggish. You get a bunch for dying and you lose all your items and reset the chapter but you’re only going to get about 8-12. Which gets you maybe one or two skill investments like health, resistances etc. Which is fine in the beginning but it fails to scale how far you’re into the game. Chests are fairly common now which is a nice change and you can also buy one from a Random NPC if he spawns. Not as slow progress as it used to be but it’s imporving.
– Real player with 27.4 hrs in game
Metal Unit is a surprisingly accessible roguelite 2D side scrolling platformer released in 2021, that has a large amount of enemy types, excellent selection of weapons, tight control scheme, substantial crafting system and a plot that quickly becomes quite dark the further you progress. The price is good for what you get and I highly recommend picking it up.
Story
Humanity has been decimated and is stuck in the middle between a war amongst the monstrous creatures coming up from the middle of the earth and the aliens invading from space. You play as Joanna, the amnesic pilot of Metal Unit 11 who is out to discover why her sister defected from humanity to work for the aliens. While the story arc is only over 5 chapters it twists a fair bit but can’t really be described in more detail otherwise the plot hooks will be spoiled. At the end there are just as much questions that are left unanswered, even when collecting all the manual fragments to piece the background story together. A lot of the NPC’s responses to the character make a lot more sense the further you get into the game.
– Real player with 23.5 hrs in game
Ghost 1.0
Game Overview
Ghost 1.0 is an indie metroidvania that is set on a sci-fi world where robots and machinery are becoming a trend to humanity, whatever the purpose for them may be.
You play as “Ghost”, a digital ghost who performs mercenary work and was hired by two genius hackers in their attempt to uncover the secrets behind the success of the Nakamura Corporation with their robots. Your mission is to infiltrate the Nakamura Space Station and steal their Artificial Intelligence algorithms.
– Real player with 50.8 hrs in game
Ghost 1.0 is one of the best modern Metroidvanias you can buy and definitely sits alongside Axiom Verge as a standout of the recently quite crowded genre. Unlike Axiom Verge however which follows the formula to the letter Ghost 1.0 finds its own way and throughout the course of the game constantly throws in surprises and breaks conventions that really make it stand out.
The premise of Ghost 1.0 sees 2 hackers hire a mysterious agent (you) in order to infiltrate the Nakamura Space station in order to learn its secrets. Ghost is an agent capable of taking on the form of an electronic ghost and taking over Androids at will allowing you to control your main android body or a number of other androids around the station and it is this mechanic that really shines through as the game’s unique selling point.
– Real player with 46.5 hrs in game
Tower of Guardian
Tower of Guardian is an 2D fantasy platformer RPG. It tells about the adventures of a young woman named Liszt Arc. Once upon a time , Listz Arc as princess of light wizard , the princess from Aluria Kingdom, want to search her friend from a mysterious tower called “Tower of Darkness” which is possessed with darkness that makes eternal rain and caused calamity in Aluria Kingdom , but she never knows what inside it.
Key Features:
EMBRACE THE SKILLS
Make your way through the game to find a new various skills !
TOKOYO: The Tower of Perpetuity
Very good daily run roguelite tower climber. The lack of a primary attack and reliance on a single slow-recharge bomb makes the entire thing feel a lot more like a danmaku game than a platformer. Characters are pretty diverse and have completely different styles of bomb attack which leads to needing to play them in completely different ways. Using the foxgirl you need to hold back and allow the missiles to home, while the maid boy (cute) needs to get very close and whack into enemies. Powerups being random and tied to player corpses makes each run feel just unique enough to make you change up your playstyle, but the powerups are weak enough that succeeding in a run still feels like a test of skill instead of luck.
– Real player with 24.6 hrs in game
even though it’s in early access game you can still enjoy what the game offers! the gameplay is very fun even without a “normal attack” as you journey through the tower you learn you use your skill better and find better items to assist you.
the graphics are amazing and the pixel art style just has a unique charm that just makes everything so cute! the game reminds me of older arcade games I used to play
the game easily worth $10 and can offer tons of fun.
the social features are very fun and I hope that they get expanded on more!
– Real player with 16.9 hrs in game
Sand Witch Adventures
Sand Witch Adventures is a roguelike game with bullet-hell elements.
Cursed lands full of undead are fraught with wealth and knowledge for the young
witches. She decides to definitely go on this adventure, despite
no matter what. Sandstorms, icy deserts, dense forests, red lands - all these
locations will become more and more difficult to overcome.
Features:
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The system of pumping from race to race.
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Several unique biomes.
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Random generation of levels.
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Several types of enemies and their attacks.
Ready to travel with a young witch? Then go ahead!
奥术行者 Arcane walker
the game is introduced
Arcane walker is a game with high playability. The game adopts the game playing mechanism of innovative roguelike. Players have different experience at the beginning of each game,
In this game, players only need to play over and over again, each game is a different experience
Characteristic function
In the game, players need to play an arcane wizard to fight against all kinds of enemies. At the beginning of each game, players will master more than 50 kinds of magic
Against all kinds of enemies, each kind of magic needs players to find in the game
Project Dark Sky
Maya wakes up in the least expected place, at the least expected time…and remembers nothing. She meets people who advise her, but their intentions seem to be different and contradictory. Whom to believe? Whose side should she be on? Is there only one and correct answer? All this seems to have something to do with the space station and the experiment called Project Dark Sky.
Game Features in Early Access:
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first chapter of the story
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Side-scrolling action
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2D controls
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combo-based fighting system
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exploration of world with the replayability of a rogue-lite
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more YOU fight more skills YOU have
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Secret rooms
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Overcome fearsome enemies in a hostile environment - one type of enemys
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11 levels
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3 combos
‘Project dark sky’ is metroidvania with some side-scrolling beat ‘em up game elements about searching for an answer to the question of what is true and what is not. Our protagonist wakes up in some room with no memory of who she is and how she got there. The characters she meet are trying to answer these questions.