Lucky Thirteen
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= Mixed Feelings
Update number unknown + 14, about a bit of horror.
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The Padre ⌛ ~5 hours | ✪ N/A | ☑ Beaten |
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The Padre is an early acess horror adventure that immediatelly caught my attention. I was able to play it, courtesy of none other than CowOfDarkness, and I enjoyed it a lot! It was a pleasant surprise to see that the game has none of those annoying things that other indie "horror" games always do - there are no pitch-black rooms here, no shitty flashlights that are constantly running out of batteries, no cheap jumpscares... Just an honest-to-goodness spooky experience, accompanied by the Padre's gruffy remarks. They really nailed the atmoshpere, too.
The game's in early access though, so while it's perfectly playable and mostly bug-free, there are some minor annoyances (somewhat clumsy controls, camera occasionally getting stuck at a fixed angle, things like that).
The game's in early access though, so while it's perfectly playable and mostly bug-free, there are some minor annoyances (somewhat clumsy controls, camera occasionally getting stuck at a fixed angle, things like that).
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Friday the 13th: Killer Puzzle ⌛ ~10 hours | ✪ 47/60 | ☑ Beaten |
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Friday the 13: Killer Puzzle is a delightfully over-the-top sliding puzzle that was released on 13th of April (which was friday, because of course it was friday). Made by the developers of equally awesome Slayaway Camp, you just know we're in for a real treat!
The game puts you in the role of Jason Voorhees and sends you on a quest to chop, slice and slash your way through many levels, under the guidance of Jason's loving mother. The base game containing 8 different scenarios is free, so go right ahead and immerse yourself in this murder marathon ;)
The game puts you in the role of Jason Voorhees and sends you on a quest to chop, slice and slash your way through many levels, under the guidance of Jason's loving mother. The base game containing 8 different scenarios is free, so go right ahead and immerse yourself in this murder marathon ;)
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Bulb Boy ⌛ ~2 hours | ✪ 12/12 | ☑ Completed |
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Planet RIX-13 ⌛ ~2 hours | ✪ 17/17 | ☑ Completed |
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One Eyed Kutkh ⌛ ~1 hour | ✪ 8/8 | ☑ Completed |
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Three short point & click adventures, all of them enjoyable to play and quite easy to 100%.
Bulb Boy has a horror vibe to it, you play as a little lightbulb in a scary world inhabited by other lightbulbs, zombie plants, murderous plush rabbits and your lovely moth dog.
Planet RIX-13 is kind of a sci-fi adventure about a lonely astronaut stuck on an alien planet, where he finds abandoned labs left by a team of researchers who were stationed there. Something is clearly amiss!
And finally, One Eyed Kutkh is a bit confusing artistic adventure about an alien whose spaceship broke and he crashlanded on a mysterious planet. A lot of the reviews complained that it feels very slow, but the pacing was just fine in my opinion.
Bulb Boy has a horror vibe to it, you play as a little lightbulb in a scary world inhabited by other lightbulbs, zombie plants, murderous plush rabbits and your lovely moth dog.
Planet RIX-13 is kind of a sci-fi adventure about a lonely astronaut stuck on an alien planet, where he finds abandoned labs left by a team of researchers who were stationed there. Something is clearly amiss!
And finally, One Eyed Kutkh is a bit confusing artistic adventure about an alien whose spaceship broke and he crashlanded on a mysterious planet. A lot of the reviews complained that it feels very slow, but the pacing was just fine in my opinion.
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Mercury: Cascade into Madness ⌛ ~15 hours | ✪ 54/58 | ☑ Beaten |
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Mercury: Cascade into Madness is another RPGMaker game made by Astronomic Games, a studio with several very good RPGMaker titles under its belt.
The game seems to be set in the same universe as City of Chains; you play as the vigilante Michelle (alias Mercury) who made it her quest to destroy the gang that harmed her some time ago, hopefully saving the city in the process. Once again, you are able to influence the outcome of the game with your actions - maybe you'll leave a trail of corpses in your wake, or maybe you'll go out of your way to be a pacifist, harming as few people as possible?
If you played some of Astronomic Games' other RPGs, you know what to expect. If you haven't, I suggest you give them a try, they're really good (especially City of Chains and Atonement 1 & 2) ;)
The game seems to be set in the same universe as City of Chains; you play as the vigilante Michelle (alias Mercury) who made it her quest to destroy the gang that harmed her some time ago, hopefully saving the city in the process. Once again, you are able to influence the outcome of the game with your actions - maybe you'll leave a trail of corpses in your wake, or maybe you'll go out of your way to be a pacifist, harming as few people as possible?
If you played some of Astronomic Games' other RPGs, you know what to expect. If you haven't, I suggest you give them a try, they're really good (especially City of Chains and Atonement 1 & 2) ;)
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Swordbreaker The Game ⌛ ~5 hours | ✪ 67/67 | ☑ Completed |
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Swordbreaker is a mildly amusing chose-your-own-adventure visual novel, following a nameless adventurer on his quest to steal a priceless diamond located in a castle full of monsters and traps.
It's... deadly. You will die a lot and that may be a bother at first, but luckily the stuff isn't randomized so once you learn which choices lead to death, you'll most likely have a fun time exploring all the different scenes within the castle. The game has three different endings, depending on your playstyle (you can be deemed a coward if you run away from fights a lot, a killer if you murder the hell out of everyone or a "human" if you tend to be friendly and helpful). The Killer ending is by far the best one, in my opinion - certainly the most badass one! I was a little disappointed that I couldn't become the Lord Necromancer's evil minion, though ;D
One thing to keep in mind if you decide to play the game (which you might want to, it's really fun) - it will probably start in russian. Don't be put off by that, just skip the intro and switch to english, the intro will play again when you next start the game and the translations are pretty decent for the most part ;)
It's... deadly. You will die a lot and that may be a bother at first, but luckily the stuff isn't randomized so once you learn which choices lead to death, you'll most likely have a fun time exploring all the different scenes within the castle. The game has three different endings, depending on your playstyle (you can be deemed a coward if you run away from fights a lot, a killer if you murder the hell out of everyone or a "human" if you tend to be friendly and helpful). The Killer ending is by far the best one, in my opinion - certainly the most badass one! I was a little disappointed that I couldn't become the Lord Necromancer's evil minion, though ;D
One thing to keep in mind if you decide to play the game (which you might want to, it's really fun) - it will probably start in russian. Don't be put off by that, just skip the intro and switch to english, the intro will play again when you next start the game and the translations are pretty decent for the most part ;)
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The Warlock of Firetop Mountain ⌛ ~35 hours | ✪ 49/60 | ☑ Beaten |
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Warlock of Firetop Mountain is a gamebook with animated, grid-based combat. It's awesome, but I'd say it suffers from having such a wide selection of figurines (=characters) to play with. You see, there are 15(!) of them in the base game, three more if you decide to buy the DLC, and playing through it for the 10th, 11th, 12th... time really stops being fun.
There are also some achievements that are currently unobtainable (and will most likely stay that way), so that's another downside of an otherwise great game. Takes a special kind of genius to implement achievs for stuff that doesn't even exist in the game O.o
There are also some achievements that are currently unobtainable (and will most likely stay that way), so that's another downside of an otherwise great game. Takes a special kind of genius to implement achievs for stuff that doesn't even exist in the game O.o
= Liked = Disliked = Mixed Feelings
LinustheBold
I’m also enjoying Friday the 13th - may toss the devs some cash and buy some of the further levels, on the basis of a job well done. I do suck at the Murder Marathons, though.
Lucky Thirteen
Me too, will be buying the paid levels. The devs really deserve it in my opinion :) And me too, I got to 28 kills in Murder Marathon twice due to blind luck, I doubt I’ll get anymore than that, hah :D
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Thank you :) Happy to hear you like the .gif, I think it’s lovely, too :D