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Remember, you can always find me over on Steam, during the odd hours of the morning.
Now that the glorious Steam Summer Sale is over, and I've has some time to actually play (some of) the games that made their way into my library (thanks to friends and devs alike), I'd like to tell you about Axiom Verge, by Thomas Happ.
I grew up with Metroid. Exploration, occasional glitches, interesting enemies, and an amazing soundtrack all converged to create an atmosphere that had me exploring every nook of the map, testing things, and racking up dozens (if not, hundreds) of hours of gameplay.
Axiom Verge recreates that atmosphere on a level I've not seen from other "Metroid-like" games. Even at full price, this gem is definitely worth every penny. Here's some gameplay of my time exploring and making it up to the first boss (or miniboss, I can't tell yet).
I love good side-scrolling RPGs - from the hectic ones where guns and enemies are flying all over the screen, to the more casual ones that let me take in the artwork and the music, with some fun mechanics thrown in.
Dragon, by Games With Dragons In, definitely falls into the latter category, and was a perfect way to wind down after a stressful week of power outages, bad weather, and deadlines.
The premise is clever enough: The King has kidnapped Dragon's girlfriend, and now Dragon must travel through the land, taking on minions of the kingdom, wizards, and other contraptions in order to save his one true love (and take the occasional smoke break). There are power-ups throughout the game to enhance your flight ability (dragons have wings) and different breath weapons (because you are a dragon, after all).
The artwork is what made me eager to play this game before it was released - it's has a very hand-crafted feel, done in the style of crayon drawings, and the corners of the screen are turned like pages in the book, as you go through the narrative (which is very entertaining, and has the ability to laugh at gaming tropes without pulling you out of the overall experience).
I love games, but I'm terrible at playing them
In short, if you loved the pacing of some of the 16-bit era platformers, with a unique aesthetic and a soundtrack that completes the gameplay and pacing perfectly, then you should get this game. The game is pretty straight forward and forgiving about letting you try to do things, and which paths to take on the screen, but for $5.99 (USD) on Steam I can't think of a better way to spend you gaming money.
Also, this is a very independent production, with a quality that surpasses a LOT of the "retro-looking, procedurally-generated" stuff we're hit with on a weekly basis. Dragon is a really fun game that doesn't try to be anything more than it presents: A fun side-scrolling RPG (Dragon has stats, and you can level up) with a fun, hand-crafted look, and plenty of places to soak in the look and sounds of the game while enjoying whatever vices you prefer while rescuing your true love from a wicked king.
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Everyone
is always looking for deals on games, but no one can be expected to
wait for the big winter and summer sales to get game keys. G2A is not
only a great place to get popular game titles on a deep discount, but
it's also a great way for people to earn money from both selling
keys, as well as referring customers from you web site, game
streaming channel, blog, or anyplace that gets you a lot of
traffic!
G2A Goldmine is an innovative profit generator. It is fully integrated
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Earn money when other people buy games!
A
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If you wish to look for them they can be easily found in “My
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At
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Rollers of the Realm is a new RPG by way of pinball game from Phantom Compass, and published by Atlus Games. Each party member (you collect them as you go through the storyline) has its own unique abilities (rogue, healer, knight, dog, etc.) and you can buy upgrades for them (armor, weapons, spells, etc.) as you gain gold. The layouts of the tables have optional quests, should you choose to do them) and you absolutely need to pay attention to some of the flipper setups in order to get your characters into some hard to reach places. So far it's really fun, and the trades off between keyboard and controller on the fly - which brings me to the next part: You'll want to play this with a keyboard. Things like finessing the ball (the K and S keys) and swapping characters (the space bar) are not automatically mapped to a controller (in this case, a basic X360 controller). But that little thing shouldn't deter you from picking it up. Yeah, a lot of people are probably going to nitpick on the voice acting (it's not Oscar material by any means, but it's also not venturing into Baten Kaitos or Arc Rise Fantasia territory, either), but for the concept of of an RPG played out via pinball, it's definitely worth picking up. Rollers of the Realm is available on Steam.
Yesterday, I had a chance to play a few hours of Whisper of a Rose, the latest release from RosePortalGames. While many people seem to shy away from RPGMaker games, Whisper of a Rose starts of with a deep story. Society has pretty much prioritized science and technology, which has marginalized a lot of people.
The story centers around Melrose - a young student who deals with the verbal abuse of her peers at school, and who deals with an abusive relationship with her parents that often goes beyond the verbal. Melrose - perhaps to cope with her reality - has an extremely vivid imagination (what would have been called a "fantasy prone personality" not but a decade ago), and often finds herself lost in her daydreams, which seem all too real.
Melrose eventually happens upon a gadget called the iDream, which will allow her to escape - if only temporarily (in theory) - into her world of dreams , where she is a powerful warrior. In her dream world, Melrose is greeted by her Godmother (who looks surprisingly similar to the Fairy Godmother in Disney's version of Cinderella), who informs her of the desperate state of the Dream World, and what Melrose must do to save it. Of course, that interaction is cut short when her Godmother is attacked by an evil entity that manifests itself as a clown (what better archetype for a dreamworld antagonist?), and Melrose finds herself alone, save for the beings and creatures she must rally to take back the only haven in her mind that allows her peace from the outside world.
I don't hate RPGMaker games. They are great for people who want to revisit the great 16-bit era of the 1990s. However, what sets Whisper of a Rose apart from other RPGMaker games is that the assets in the game are not taken from stock. Everything has a wonderful hand-drawn feel to it, and the inhabitants of the game are much more fully animated than in other games of this kind. Combat it satisfying, and complete with special skills, magic, and summons.
Unless the game really deviates from its initial presentation, Whisper of a Rose guarantees 25+ hours of gameplay (if you skip over all of the side quests and optional material), and I highly recommend it. You can get whisper of a rose directly from roseportalgames.com (with a free 1 hour demo), or you can get it on Steam, where it comes complete with achievements and trading cards.
Lords of Xulima is a new indie game
from Numantian Games, which embraces the classic gameplay style of
Baldur's Gate, with a little bit of Wizardry-esque turn-based combat.
The premise of the game game is that you are the one chosen by the
gods to restore balance to the world.
Lords of Xulima has the isometric view
we've come to enjoy from the genre. Combat is easy to grasp, you can
harvest things for crafting, and there is an in-game journal to keep
track of your quests (and there is a LOT to do in the game).The voice acting is great, there's crafting, and you can save the game pretty much anywhere (which is great for people who have real-world responsibilities and can't devote hours upon hours to each gaming session). You also have to keep track of the food your party is carrying - which I think is a neat mechanic for games of this nature.
In the past few months alone, we've
seen fantastic RPGs like Divinity: Original Sin and Wasteland 2 hit
the market, along with revamped classics like Icewind Dale and the
Baldur's Gate franchise. In a world of first-person shooters and
sidecrollers (both of which I enjoy wholeheartedly), it's great to
see some developers keeping the classic RPG genre alive and fresh
with games like Lords of Xulima. Do yourselves a favor and check it
out today!
