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Play posted:Yeah same. So far the restrictions are too easy to meet, even if you are inefficient with your setup. You do get more money but like you said I always have more than enough money to get the new parts from the shop, which is the only place you can spend money. I totally agree, I think they should either tighten the restrictions so they are harder to meet, or at the very least institute a grading system where S is like, the most efficient possible setup. I do enjoy building space ships in it, and I like the humor in the dialogue sections, but it's definitely a slim game. After playing some more the only the only ones gave me any trouble were the stealth ships where you needed to keep the whole ship on the cloaking field. I think even some optional missions. Like keeping all the weapons pointing forward instead of randomly sticking out, or grouping the passenger sections together. Just little things to make it tougher.
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I saw mention of Cozy Grove earlier and I have put a few hours into it and can confirm, yes it is very Animal Crossing and zero Dont Starve. Its a game that definetly respects your time, and encourages you to come back like tomorrow to do more stuff. Its pretty good overall.
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Palpek posted:It's a pretty cool take on the widely defined "combat match-3" genre so if you enjoyed games like You Must Build a Boat, Puzzle Quest or Might and Magic: Clash of Heroes then it might be right up your alley. Grindstone is specifically a game in the puzzle sub-genre of "games like Dungeon Raid", the classic phone game from like a decade ago that has been made incompatible due to newer versions of iOS and Android. If you liked Dungeon Raid, oh boy, get ready to have a blast. I suppose I should say it isn't 100% a Dungeon Raid clone. Instead of being able to start your turn on any tile, you control a little guy and you have to start the turn where he stands and move him around the board. I thought it was a neat twist though, and the game is big with lots of stuff to do.
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Play posted:Galactic Mining Corp is a nice-looking base-building/mining roguelike. Not sure how it's exactly gonna work but it seems it's a gameplay loop of upgrading your base, exploring the space around you and a little mining minigame where you descend into the planet. Nice art, looks fun, no clue if it will be decent at all. Spent all day playing this. It feels like how LoopHero felt when you started unlocking poo poo everywhere and you just want to keep going till you lose 5 hours. You mine planets initially at a slow speed through rocks, to unlock more upgrades, to upgrade you workers, to upgrade your base and it all in turn affects your mining drill which is the meat of the game digging to the core of asteroids, moons, planets etc to gain resources to keep your upgrades going. You don't die, you don't lose, so i'm not sure how it's classed a roguelite. It's just a casual game that always gives you a sense of progress and goals you can meet for eternity. For the price, it's pretty fun. The drum and bass soundtrack was unexpectedly awesome.
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Philthy posted:Spent all day playing this. It feels like how LoopHero felt when you started unlocking poo poo everywhere and you just want to keep going till you lose 5 hours. You mine planets initially at a slow speed through rocks, to unlock more upgrades, to upgrade you workers, to upgrade your base and it all in turn affects your mining drill which is the meat of the game digging to the core of asteroids, moons, planets etc to gain resources to keep your upgrades going. You don't die, you don't lose, so i'm not sure how it's classed a roguelite. It's just a casual game that always gives you a sense of progress and goals you can meet for eternity. For the price, it's pretty fun. The drum and bass soundtrack was unexpectedly awesome. I think the idea is that since your drill dies every time, leading to persistent upgrades, it VERY loosely classifies as a roguelite. I find that pretty stupid though and almost 100% marketing. Agreed on the soundtrack though, it's good although perhaps could use a few more tracks. New games: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1586880/Essays_on_Empathy/ Essays on Empathy is an intriguing collection of ten short games (that are probably more story than game, but we'll see). Not all of them are new, apparently, but I don't think I've played any of them. I'm assuming it has a more serious, literary vibe than most games. quote:A curated compilation of Deconstructeam's best efforts in seeking new narrative experiences in games. Explore 10 unique, offbeat tales including "De Tres al Cuarto," a brand new short experience exclusive to the compilation about a couple of two-bit comedians trying to make it big. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1364100/Lacuna__A_SciFi_Noir_Adventure/ Lacuna: A Sci Fi Noir Adventure is a dialogue driven point and click (I believe) which also features some real time action sections. I love pixel art and detective games and games set in well-realized worlds so I'm definitely getting this, hope it lives up to all that. quote:A murder. A hack. A bombing. All it takes to plunge the solar system into war – unless you do something about it. Help CDI agent Neil Conrad make a string of increasingly difficult decisions in this modern dialog-driven adventure set in a gorgeous 2D sci-fi noir universe. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1068360/Fearmonium/ Fearmonium is an interesting-looking metroidvania with a focus on phobias, the entire game taking place inside a young boy's mind apparently. Combat actually looks pretty good for a more conceptual game like this. Animation is slightly choppy but it was primarily developed by a single person so for all that the art is a strong suit. I like the idea. quote:Fearmonium is a psychedelic metroidvania where suspense intertwines with humour. Beginning the game as an unpleasant memory, you must progress and become a true phobia by breaking through all boundaries to uncover the most hidden corners of Max's mind.
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Some takes on games that were posted now that I have actually played them:Play posted:Rising Hell is coming out with the full version this week. I've been playing the early access version for a while and it's an awesome game and great time killer. It gets challenging without being too tense, the vertical levels are fun and the way the combat works is also cool, where you don't actually need to press a button to attack if you just move up or down into an enemy at the correct time. The pixel art is incredible and very vibrant with lots of bright colors, exactly what I love in pixel backgrounds, plus the guitar solo-heavy metal soundtrack is awesome. Rising Hell is amazing, I absolutely love it. Don't sleep on this one if you like roguelikes, pixel art, metal soundtracks, and/or challenging 2d action/bosses. quote:https://store.steampowered.com/app/657000/Rising_Hell/ Didn't like this one. It's amusing for a little bit but it's way more empty than you'd expect. You can only interact with certain things in certain ways so I don't think they achieved their sandbox vision. It's temporarily amusing, and probably more fun with a few friends, but overall not compelling and a skip from me Play posted:Mayhem in Single Valley is a pixel/voxel puzzler from a 3/4 overhead view that looks kind of interesting. Didn't like this one either. I'm not a huge fan of the voxel look to begin with, and the first time I wasn't able to find some gasoline anywhere which I needed to solve a puzzle I ended up quitting. Play posted:Tiny Space Academy looks like Kerbal Space Program except for morons like myself. Basically a mobile game in looks but it might be interesting, and I enjoy building rockets. This game is actually way more fun than I thought it would be. Building space ships is fun and harder than you'd think to get everything correct, then when the more complex missions start it is downright hard as gently caress. Not as complex as Kerbal Space Program, and takes place entirely in the 2d realm, but similarly difficult to get your crafts exactly where you want them. A good time waster with a lot more depth than I expected at first. Main complaint is that the menu and controls are bad and don't have enough options for when you are building ships. This game has a poo poo tutorial that doesn't explain anything that you need to know to be successful in the game, which really annoyed me. I love the look and the interesting story background so maybe in the future I can get back into it, but upon first play it really annoyed me how poorly they communicated the mechanics to the player.
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I think this is by design in Mind Scanners. Once you've figured out the mini-games that's pretty much all there is to the game. They never get harder and the game never really mixes them up much the status effects are dull and pointless. Really disappointed with the game. It could have been a lot more. Instead once you unlock the 8 or so mini-games that's pretty much it for the rest of the game, you just have to do more of them It gets really boring when you have to take multiple days to cure a patient by doing the same three tasks 15 times.
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https://store.steampowered.com/app/1167140/Siege_Survival_Gloria_Victis/ Has a demo! quote:A medieval city under siege and a handful of civilians are all that keep the walls from falling. Mixing survival strategy and resource management, build your camp, craft supplies, and scavenge the occupied city to supply the last troops holding back the invaders. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1134100/Frozenheim/ Early access quote:Frozenheim is a serene Norse city builder with elaborate management gameplay and RTS tactical combat. Lead your Viking clan through hardships of the frozen north, season by season, year after year. Build and survive. Set sail, explore and conquer. Win Odin’s favor and secure your place in Valhalla! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1237510/Dr_Livingstone_I_Presume/ Has a demo! quote:A strange letter from a friend sowed seeds of uncertainty. Now you travel around the rooms of Livingstone's house to find out the truth - what happened here after you left? Use logical thinking, puzzle-solving skills, and perceptiveness to delve into the house and unravel the mystery. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1568040/Vacation_Adventures_Park_Ranger_11/ Holy poo poo a HOG from a publisher I didn't know about, gimme gimme! These all look terrible in a way that guarantees I'll enjoy 'em! quote:Help Rangers run Pinecreek Hills & the National Academy Spend a sensational Summer helping the famous Park Rangers run Pinecreek Hills & the National Parks Academy. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1601890/Rescue_Rover_Collection/ quote:Experience the original Rescue Rover 1 & 2, originally created for Softdisk by legendary developers John Carmack and John Romero, together in one package!
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Some thoughts:Play posted:Lacuna: A Sci Fi Noir Adventure is a dialogue driven point and click (I believe) which also features some real time action sections. I love pixel art and detective games and games set in well-realized worlds so I'm definitely getting this, hope it lives up to all that. Really, really good. Didn't want to stop playing this last night, probably played for at least 4 hours. This kind of game lives and dies on its story and this one has a great case at the center of it, and a great setting. I like the permanent saves, you can't go back and change things and it is legitimately possible to end up with a different situation depending on choices/your detective skills. I wouldn't call the detective work difficult but it does require some thought and sometimes calls for you to go back through old conversations and notes to figure out something exactly. Story whisks along at a fast pace, and has a mature (as in complex and political, not smeagol-bait) story with some light sci fi elements. I haven't finished it, so I don't know how long it is, but I hope there is plenty more game left and I'll be sad when it ends. quote:Fearmonium is an interesting-looking metroidvania with a focus on phobias, the entire game taking place inside a young boy's mind apparently. Combat actually looks pretty good for a more conceptual game like this. Animation is slightly choppy but it was primarily developed by a single person so for all that the art is a strong suit. I like the idea. Impressive that this was made by such a small team, or even one person I can't remember. The animation is a bit of an issue, there just aren't tons of frames probably due to lack of resources. Seems like a pretty solid metroidvania though, you get used to it, and the theme of inner turmoil and the development of a bad memory into a phobia is quite interesting actually. Not an easy game, definitely some challenge in this one. Overall it's not great or anything, decent maybe. New games: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1209410/King_of_Seas/ King of Seas looks like a boat RPG where you are a wooden galleon (or its captain, I guess) exploring a procedurally-generated world but which also has quests and stories. Of course there is ship to ship combat, although from what I can tell it is all sailing, there's no first or third person adventuring on the islands. Looks kind of interesting. quote:King of Seas is an Action Role playing game set in a procedural pirate world. An epic adventure awaits you in a fantastic world, dotted with fights, lost islands and treasures. A universe that will keep you anchored as you struggle to become the king of all pirates. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1369520/Strangeland/ A new Wadjet Eye game! Strangeland is a point and click adventure with a really beautiful but strange look, it's well named, and generally these people put out great games. quote:You wake in a surreal carnival, where a woman cries out to you before leaping to her death. Who was she? And who are you? The denizens and devices of Strangeland answer with riddles, puzzles, and warnings of a Dark Thing lurking at the park’s peak. A new adventure from the creators of Primordia.
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If your looking for a really loving good game that is a mix of far cry, last of us, zombies, open world, long story, insane gameplay, daryl simulator, walking dead, walking dead daryl simulator, and most likely other things I can't even think of atm, you got to play Days Gone because it is loving amazing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVGfJkGpyok https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9XlSvnRk3E Oh yea you fight literal hordes of zombies, that have so many numbers they will just run you over. This is a video of one of the first ones in the start of the game and it is very small but would rather not post anything too spoilerly or youtuber explainy aka its just plain gameplay. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6ADzqG3S0Y    You start off very weak in the game until you start to become a murder machine. Oh I guess if you want a plot synopsis, You are literally daryl from the walking dead but not because trademark. You and your brother are out living in the zombie apocalypse. You are sad that your wife is dead from the zombie apocalypse. You will ride your bike around and do daryl things while killing lots of zombies and people. You may even save some people because that is what daryl does. Tenzarin fucked around with this message at 06:19 on May 26, 2021 |
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https://store.steampowered.com/app/1405730/Alchemy_Emporium/quote:Alchemy Emporium is a fantasy management game, where you play as a promising alchemist in a dynamic world with procedurally generated potions. Looks interesting, although I'm waiting for it to get some reviews.
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Ohhhh yeah that is potentially pretty cool, I keep ending up being disappointed in every alchemy game that isn't atelier but maybe this one will be different :praying emoji:
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  https://store.steampowered.com/app/727930/Second_Hand_Frankies_Revenge/ Second Hand: Frankie's Revenge is a single player/co op action/twin stick shooter type thing where you build your own Frankie out of spare parts then use it to fight some aliens. quote:Frankie's Revenge is a 1-4 player co-op action game with badass robots built from household appliances. Players use chainsaws, disco balls, tennis ball launchers and even a time-bending clock to save their world of machines and kick alien robot rear end. https://store.steampowered.com/app/944250/Castle_Flipper/ quote:Castle Flipper is your unique chance to become a medieval royal craftsman. Build your own Kingdom and re-arrange the castle at your own discretion. Breathe a whole new life into the old rooms and maybe one day you will become a King!
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Snooze Cruise posted:Ohhhh yeah that is potentially pretty cool, I keep ending up being disappointed in every alchemy game that isn't atelier but maybe this one will be different :praying emoji: The Only Current Steam Review posted:Lets start with the objective stuff: The game has no video options, no way to put it into window mode or change resolution. Some of the text is not translated and still shows up as what I think is italian. The actual translation is readable, if wonky at times. The search continues...
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https://store.steampowered.com/app/1497950/EARTH_DEFENSE_FORCE_WORLD_BROTHERS/quote:A new EDF adventure begins! Only this time, the action unfolds in a parallel world where the Earth is made of digital blocks. This world has befallen into chaos, as the once peaceful square Earth has been shattered into pieces. Shape aside, it is an Earth nonetheless which needs to be defended. A - a new EDF game but it's lego blocks and for a younger audience? I'm tentatively interested!
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https://store.steampowered.com/app/1421710/Epic_Palace__Knossos/ Epic Palace: Knossos quote:A strategy game based on the latest archaeological knowledge that allows you to immerse yourself in the Bronze Age and the culture of the first European civilization, the Minoans. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1197570/Until_We_Die/ Until We Die is a really cool looking side scrolling 2d base defense game. You might have seen some folks playing it on youtube, it's got a very nice metal slug looking art style, and I've actually really enjoyed these 2d base defense game. quote:Until We Die is a base defense strategy game. Your base is the subway station, it's underground part. You'll have to defend it against all sorts of things, brought in by meteorites. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1233590/Warhammer_Age_of_Sigmar_Storm_Ground/ Warhammer: Age of Sigmar Storm Ground quote:Conquer the Mortal Realms! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1199030/Tainted_Grail_Conquest/ Tainted Grail: Conquest quote:A unique, infinitely replayable, story-driven hybrid between a deck-building Roguelike and an RPG game. Explore the ever-changing maps, fight with deadly enemies, and learn what happened to the cursed island of Avalon. Also there's a big new expansion for Conan: Exiles
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Biomutant https://store.steampowered.com/app/597820/BIOMUTANT/  quote:Biomutant is an open-world, post-apocalyptic Kung-Fu fable RPG, with a unique martial arts styled combat system allowing you to mix melee, shooting and mutant ability action. Biomutant is a AA(?) game that I had my eye on for the last few weeks, it has a really cool colorful aesthetic with a world and characters that are full of life. The character creator looks cool too, your dude looks different based on your stat allocation, big and beefy with lots of strength, big head for big intelligence and uh, well I'm not sure what agility and charisma do but they do something. I haven't actually played it because critical and Steam reviews are mixed. Critical reviews range from mediocre to good with common complaints being poor sound mixing, weightless combat, poor itemization and rewards for exploration. The narrator is also polarizing, with some loving him and others being annoyed. It does look beautiful though and I love the aesthetic, super colorful and varied, cute animal people. At $60, I'm waiting for a sale or at least for improvements. The dev does seem to be looking into some of the issues like the sound mixing which should improve the feel of combat since a lot of people complained that the weapon effects sound meh. There's still a lot of people enjoying it too so I think it'll be worth playing at some point. At the very least, my kid would probably like it since he's a fan of any game where he can run around in 3rd person in fun environments.
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https://store.steampowered.com/app/1096530/Solasta_Crown_of_the_Magister/ Out of EA today. Solasta is a very true to rules D&D 5e game, uses the SRD 5.1 rulset so it doesnt have every class/subclass but what's there is good. It has decent graphics, a meh story, but a really good and fun D&D5e combat system going on. If you like dungeon crawling and tactical combat, you'll like it. its also out on game-pass today.
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Play posted:Also there's a big new expansion for Conan: Exiles What? Where? Give!
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https://www.epicgames.com/store/en-US/p/spelldrifter Spelldrifter is moving from the app store to Epic, it's a combination turn-based strategy/deckbuilder fantasy game. quote:Introducing Spelldrifter, a hybrid tactical role playing game and deck building game that features the best parts of both! Spelldrifter combines the puzzle-like positional tactics of a turn-based RPG battle with the deep customizability and replayability of a collectible card game. The result: a hybrid, wherein players must juggle the resources at their disposal using both time and space. With Spelldrifter’s innovative Tick System, players are challenged to think of card game strategy in a new light. With each character action, the turns interweave on a single timeline. With mastery of the timeline, players gain great advantage in battle and earn the satisfaction of decisive victory. Select your party of heroes, build your decks, and embark on an adventure deep into Starfall as you search for the entrance to the mysterious Labyrinth! Subjunctive posted:What? Where? Give! https://www.conanexiles.com/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/1206200/Conan_Exiles_Isle_of_Siptah/ quote:Isle of Siptah is a massive expansion to the open world survival game Conan Exiles, featuring a vast new island to explore, huge and vile new creatures to slay, new building sets and a host of new features. Fight the elder races in new underground dungeons. Defeat demonic monstrosities that spawn from a storm of pure chaos. Dominate the surge to capture powerful thralls summoned from the mainland. Play fucked around with this message at 20:40 on May 27, 2021 |
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Subjunctive posted:Hmm, I’ve had Siptah since March, I wonder what’s going on there. Huh, it has the release date as today. Maybe since you were already playing the game you were technically in the beta? Either way, I am a little curious about this game. Is it good? What's it all about? I remember a Conan game somewhat recently but I thought it was single player and apparently impossibly hard.
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Sorry, one more. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1075170/Weaving_Tides/ Weaving Tides is a cute-looking and unique indie game with the primary mechanic being an interesting weaving thing which you use to solve puzzles and "defeat" bosses. I've been watching this one for a while and it looks super interesting. quote:Dive into a magical woven world on the back of your own carpet dragon! Explore the textile landscape, solve puzzles, challenge quirky creatures and unravel the great mysteries of a long forgotten past in Weaving Tides!
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StrixNebulosa posted:https://store.steampowered.com/app/1497950/EARTH_DEFENSE_FORCE_WORLD_BROTHERS/ It also has switching between the four classes ala Samurai Warriors, which is a very good fit for EDF I think
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https://store.steampowered.com/app/1263350/The_Company_Man/ The Company Man is a combat-heavy metroidvania inspired by work life, and looks pretty funny with some very amusing enemy models. Gonna check this out. quote:Battle the corporate machine in The Company Man! A 2D action-adventure where you can hit your crazy co-workers with a keyboard and shoot your evil bosses with emails. Survive the struggles of working life and fulfill your lifelong quest to be CEO!
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Vampires Dawn 3 - The Crimson Realmquote:Vampires Dawn 3 is a 2D retro pixel RPG full of vampires, blood and tragic moments! Follow Asgar Serrans bloody path through a world in which humankind only has the sacred crusade to prevent extinction.
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gimme the GOD drat candy posted:the part that stands out is the unusually thorough and helpful mature content warning. huh. Saying that the English language wasn't supported is what stood out to me. You don't see that very often. It does look like a cool game though so hopefully the English is coming as OP said
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Play posted:Tainted Grail: Conquest I've been playing this over the weekend, and I think it's quite good if you like roguelite deckbuilders. There's an overworld you run around in between battles, and a home base you build up, and some quests that persist between sessions -- like someone will ask you to do something and you can complete it over the course of several runs and then that person will join your town and sell you stuff, things like that. There's also a ton of classes that you unlock that all have their own decks (with some shared cards) and play differently. There's the starting class whose gimmick is lasting long enough to get a big special attack, then so far I've unlocked a summoner who summons and activates monsters to block damage and attack for him, an archer class that is all about drawing a ton of low damage zero cost arrow cards, and a sentinel that gets a ton of block and does more damage the longer he can go without taking damage. There's a total of nine classes, so I still have five I haven't seen yet. It's also pretty nice looking for one of these games, instead of just cards battling it out like some of these, there's animated 3D monsters that look cool. If I have any small complaints, its that the classes don't seem all that well balanced -- some seem just straight up better than others -- and the game is really hard starting out since the opening class kind of sucks comparatively. But overall I'm having a good time with it. I did get it for free since I was on the Kickstarter for the board game it's based on, but for $20 ($18 right now on sale), I think it'd be worth it for anyone that likes these kind of games. StarkRavingMad fucked around with this message at 20:12 on May 30, 2021 |
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Do you like The Witness, Antichamber, or Fez? Then maybe, Sensorium is for you! It's a very small puzzle game (between 5 and 7 hours I'd estimate) made essentially as a labor of love inspired by those games and others in the "puzzle island" genre. The premise is that you have one section for each of the five traditional senses. The game's biggest strength in my opinion is that each of the sense sections lasts around exactly how long it should (and always culminates in a puzzle that feels like it tops off that section) Between all of the sections there are also some "logic gate" puzzles that interact with the five senses in different ways. Generally, it's a really nicely crafted little experience, with almost everything you come to expect from the genre including interesting secrets and easter eggs. The game is an indie puzzle game made nearly entirely by one person, so it can be a bit rough around the edges at times, but that's part of the charm. It's closer on the spectrum to the Antichamber side than the Fez or Witness side (which were both very, very highly polished) The person who made it did it in his spare time and released it with little fanfare or marketing. I highly recommend you check it out. Especially right now, when it's just  . I really think it deserves more eyes than it has had on it so this post is essentially me doing my part.One last thing... have a notepad ready, or some easy digital method to very quickly take screenshots and notes. It's not necessary at all times, but it makes things WAY easier. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1307870/Sensorium/
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Superrodan posted:Do you like The Witness, Antichamber, or Fez? Second endorsement here, Sensorium is a great game. It's got the standard "solve all the puzzles related to this mechanic" kind of thing that the Witness has, but it does also have an ur-puzzle that requires you to get out of bounds/mix together multiple senses/solve THAT GOD drat PIANO PUZZLE in order to really "beat" the game. There's a lot going on and it's a lot of fun.
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https://store.steampowered.com/app/1375400/Ghosts_n_Goblins_Resurrection/ Ghost n' Goblins: Resurrection is a remake of two old school Ghosts n' Goblins games, with updated art that looks great but the same punishing difficulty the original was known for. quote:Watch as this nostalgic yet completely reimagined storybook world unravels before your very eyes. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1198590/Stonefly/ Stonefly is an action-adventure game with a unique tiny setting where you battle bugs and mine resources with your mini-mech. Early reviews praise the worldbuilding and art but criticize the artificial grind that's been put in to stretch out the experience. quote:Harness the wind and soar through the wilderness of Stonefly. Brilliant but naïve inventor Annika Stonefly must recover a lost family heirloom using her smarts and strategy. Glide strategically among flora and fauna, confronting hungry bugs, adventures, and memorable characters. Along the way, you'll unravel a heartwarming story of self-discovery, family, legacy, and belonging.
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