SUPER BOT
Very cool world, average mechanics.
Game is not difficult.
– Real player with 2.3 hrs in game
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Simple platformer for kids and adults. The game is quite short and it’s easy to finish. If you have children at home, they can play too.
– Real player with 0.8 hrs in game
Ctrl Alt Ego
You are ego, a disembodied consciousness.
You’ve been downloaded to an evacuated retro-tech space dock where a mind-altering virus has infected the consciousness ctrl stream.
Take ctrl of robots and devices to get around; some are friendly, others not so much.
Explore, grow your ego, find and exploit bugs, install and hack disk programs to upgrade your bug, evade or defeat hostiles.
Adopt a strategic, stealthy approach, or don’t.
Solve puzzles to reach locations of interest, or don’t.
Dig deeper into who you are and why you exist, or don’t.
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15 substantial handcrafted immersive environments
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Sneak, cause mayhem, be a ctrl freak or an egomaniac
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Darkly farcical tale about the future of consciousness
Distinct Features
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There is no ‘player death’ in Ctrl Alt Ego. Your invincible, disembodied ego always lives on. If your current host is toast, pick another and carry on:
(Note: there is a traditional save/load facility too, in case you refuse to accept who you are).
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Once you’ve ctrl’d a robot, it is yours to keep. Amass an army and bring it with you:
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Use robots to get around the old fashioned way, or ‘hop’ from one side of an area to another in a near-instant:
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Rogue Bots
Trash
– Real player with 0.1 hrs in game
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DRONE The Game
One hell of a game. Although still a prototype, I think you’ll enjoy the public release. I was a backer for this project and I can say that the money I spent was more than worth it. If you paid mind to the game’s info, you likely saw the 12 backer tiers. I started out at Tier 2 (“Traveler”) when I first heard of the game. When they released the multiplayer demos I couldn’t wait, so I bumped up to Tier 3 (“Explorer”) a few months later. Last year I decided to upgrade to Tier 4 (“Operator”), and as of 2 July 2019 I ended up upgrading to Tier 5 (“Engineer”) because this game really has turned out so well. If you needed proof for how much these guys delivered, here you go.
– Real player with 51.3 hrs in game
This game showed significant promise in its early stages, and the main draw for me was being able to build and fly my own little fighting drones in the editor - with the hope of eventually being able to create land-based units with tank treads or mechanical legs.
However, development on this title unfortunately seems to have slowed to a complete halt: there hasn’t been an update, not even a bugfix, in over a year, and there’s been no word on how development is progressing in about 6 months.
They succeeded in their promise of delivering a functional drone editor, but even then a good portion of its features and place-able parts are unfinished, and at the moment users are restricted to basic cubes which they can cut into other shapes, as opposed to the totally freeform shapes seen in prebuilt designs. There’s also the slight issue of players being able to min-max their builds to obscene effectiveness by just putting a bunch of wings or something.
– Real player with 37.9 hrs in game
MechRunner
Strangely addictive. Fun blast ‘em up.
– Real player with 15.3 hrs in game
Imagine taking a Transformers type game, and then transforming it into an on-rails-shooter! What you’d soon find yourself immersed inside of is the action-packed sci-fi game I’m about to review now, aptly called MechRunner, which was recently developed & published by Spark Plug Games this past year.
Its storyline is admittedly a rather interesting one, in that it based on partially factual events from the past. And it plays out like this: alien technology fell into Russian hands during the Tunguska incident in Siberia which had caused an unexplained massive explosion in the area. But in fact, it was actually a crashed alien spaceship that was found to be the real cause, and soon the Russian KGB were building highly advanced weaponry from this other-wordly technology discovered on subsequent expeditions there in the following years. However, it somehow caused those in charge to go completely mad as a result, and a conquest of Europe soon ensued. But one of the engineers went AWOL from the program and soon created his own super mech to battle head-to-head against theirs, in order to halt the unfolding chaos. Fantastic stuff, and it soon had me excited to give this game a try as I wanted to see how impressive this alien technology really was. Suffice to say, I was not at all disappointed!
– Real player with 8.8 hrs in game
Robot Island
This is a really nice, warm game that lightened my night. I couldn’t explain why, but the general aesthetic, dialogue, and gameplay just put a smile on my face. I would have paid as much as $10 for these 30 minutes of my life. I really hope the developers make more games.
On a more personal note to the makers of Robot Island: Thank you. I needed this. I needed a bit of a wake up call, and a spike of happiness in my life. You help make the quarantine bearable.
– Real player with 3.2 hrs in game
There is one theme in movies, literature, games and all the other types of storytelling media which interests me most - how one person’s words and actions, even very small can influence other people’s life. Some of this influence is light, briefly noticeable, but sometimes it can shape other person’s future.
Robot Island, though a tiny project, is about small talking person into life’s decisions. I’ll be homest and say that I got the best ending for the first try and was somewhat scared to move the plot to worst ending (if there is any, I belive, there is). Graphics is charming and cozy, dialogues are well written, I wholeheartedly enjoyed Nim’s point of view on different things in human life - games, furniture, jewelery… Nim is written as a robot-companion should be - he has his own perception of things and he is also cheerful and exited. A lot of chances to melt your heart!
– Real player with 1.2 hrs in game
Experimental
About:
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Experimental is an old-school 3D platformer where you have to complete levels in order to unlock new levels. Some levels have different unlock requirements like time, score collected or attempts needed. If you fail to unlock a level you can always try again, but you cannot save the game inside a level. Your best attempts are saved so you can always try to improve your results.
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Use various items scattered throughout the levels. Keys are needed to unlock some doors. Score items are sometimes required to unlock new levels. Weapons are sometimes necessary to survive the onslaught of enemies some of which can respawn just like you. Armor can give you an advantage by making you take less damage or sometimes even nullifying the damage done by weak enemies. Explosives can be used to take quick care of large amount of enemies, but be careful as explosions affect everything around. Some objects can be moved or destroyed when they block your path forward. However, be careful when moving heavy objects as they may end up on top of you.
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Not all robots you encounter are enemies. Some robots can help you by throwing items to you that you wouldn’t be able to reach otherwise. You may even try to give these robots some spare weapons and armor and see what happens.
About workshop:
- If you know how to use Blender, 3ds Max or some other 3d modeling software, you can try to make your own custom levels and if you want to, you can share them with other players through workshop. Custom folder contains 2 example levels made in Blender and 3ds Max that show, how levels for Experimental are made.
Robozarro
I’ve beta tested this game and now that it is released I immediately bought it.
TLDR; this game is a ton of fun and I recommend getting it!
Really great gameplay and story; I enjoyed it thoroughly.
Especially the more you unlock the smarter and crazier combos you can do (and quickly switching between combos) to see how you can defeat specific enemies.
Music fits very well to the computers and robotics style, and gameplay is very smooth.
Don’t be afraid to die and try again, there are plenty of check-points and sometimes you first have to die a few times to figure out a strategy to take on the challenge or boss at that point.
– Real player with 14.2 hrs in game
Robozarro is not only a labor of love but is a ton of fun to play. It’s a mix of edge of your seat action and clever puzzle mechanics. The lovely art and animations remind me in many ways to the old school adventure games of Lucas Arts and Sierra era. I would say Robozarro plays like mega man on acid. The boss battles are all super unique and you’ll need to think on your toes to defeat them. This isn’t an easy game, however every death is rewarded once you figure out one of many unique solutions to winning a battle. I highly recommend this game and look forward to seeing more from the Developer!!!
– Real player with 6.4 hrs in game
Starship Survivor
Starship Survivor is a thrilling cooperative first-person shooter set onboard the ISS Genesis Four. You and your team have been sent in to investigate lost communications from the orbiting starship when it becomes apparent that the ships AI systems created by the evil corporation Volkh have gone rogue. It’s down to you and your team to take the fight to the enemy, destroy the Volkh, and reclaim the ship.
It’s just you and your team. Can you survive the onslaught and restore peace?
• Intense Combat
Fight your way through hordes of enemies alone or with a team of up to 4 players. Level up your character and become stronger, faster and more dangerous.
• Ship Management
Repair, upgrade and maintain your ships life support system.
• RPG Gameplay
Aquire energy and upgrades your ships systems. Generate more power and upgrade your characters with a diverse range of upgrades and perks.
• Discover
Find interesting easter eggs, complete objectives and find out more about the ship’s crew.
The Signal From Tölva
I really really like this game.
It’s not without flaws. One or two of the flaws are even pretty large. But the game is still really good.
First, the good:
The game is beautiful. The world is really well-crafted and varied enough that you will almost always have something interesting to look at. In particular, the day/night cycle with its moving shadows and gorgeous night sky is really lovely. Exploring this world is a joy, and you never quite know what you’re going to come across next: Wreckage of giant robots? check. Huge ships? Check. Ancient ruins? Check. It’s all here.
– Real player with 37.7 hrs in game
A moody title screen, something about hacking, and you’re in control of a robot… now what?
Tölva took a while to get into. I was sold on this game through flashy screenshots of lasers and robots… but after a very short while I noticed that the weapons are dull and the enemies behave like… well, robots, but not in a positive sense. The ironically small scale of developer Big Robot meant this game could never be completed without skimping in areas where you’d otherwise see quality and variation. Animations are stale, encounters stay the same through the whole game, new weapons bring simple stat increases that keep pace with the strength of enemy shields. You get stuck on things, you get stuck in things, often it feels as if the ground and your feet are two magnets repelling eachother.
– Real player with 37.3 hrs in game