I kinda wish the game was a little more lenient with time so I wouldn't feel so pressured into not wasting any.
Gunpoint is coming to Steam soon, which was already thanks to the Steam Registry, but here you have the official announcement.
Most of you probably already know about this game. You play a freelance spy, your clients hire you to break into high security buildings and steal sensitive data.
Here is a run-down of the different gadgets that will be at your disposal + the Steam announcement:
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I actually think the point of the game is to contrast how interesting people can be if you allow them into your life, versus how little time you have to do that because of the time restrictions that modern life, working and other obligations impose on us. In other words, I think it's making a statement; a powerful, well-realized one at that.
Your Cart Life description was cut short. THIS WILL NOT DO.
Speaking of votes and impressions, and seeing how my weekend will be packed, I decided to get them off the way now, even if it means cutting into my sleep time
Cart Life
Delightfully personal game that uses a vending cart simulation as an excuse to paint a variety of believable, likable, detailed characters with some of the best, most charming dialogue you'll ever read in a videogame. You'll care more about this game's characters after playing for ten minutes than you'll do after dozens of hours in most games. Entirely, 100% free (support-the-author versions with extras also available).
Freedom Planet
The Sonic spiritual sequel that's more playable and fun than most actual 2D Sonic games (to say nothing of their 3D cousins), thanks to a more sensible health system, level design that doesn't consist of a single-high-speed track, and several characters with different abilities. To paraphrase Guild Wars 2's sales pitch, if you love Sonic games you need to check it, and if you don't like them you definitely need to check it. Has a free demo so you have no excuse not to do so.
Intrusion 2
Amazing, beautiful physics-based Contra-like that, again, is better than many of the originals. During the course of the free demo alone, I piloted mecha suits, battled screen-high enemies, sled down a mountain hill, and rode a freaking giant wold while punching holes into enemies with my railgun.
Super House of Dead Ninjas
A roguelike-like with absurdly fast-paced ninja platforming action. The beautiful son of Shinobi and Spelunky, it plays even faster than any of them. Travel down the 250 levels of a tower, armed with your katana and a supply of shuriken that you can reuse if you pick them off walls or dead enemies. Entirely free to play on your browser (with lots of unlockables to boot), but bring XPadder or any similar joy-to-key mapper. The loading screen is a shrink-wrapped SNES box of the game.
Unepic
An addicting mix of Metroidvania and straight RPG. Pretty hilarious in its original Spanish scrit, but there's tons of languages available, including English; they however reportedly kept the traditional Spanish foulmouthedness intact, so you might want to cover your ears... or eyes, I guess. Beautiful 2D visuals, atmospheric lighting and a forebonding soundtrack converge to create an ominous and truly engaging experience. Has a free demo that I've not beaten yet, so it must be quite long.
Waking Mars
An incredibly unique experience in which you "create life, rather than end it" (as the game's own advertising says). Explore Mars and learn about its rich biosphere and how the different Martian animal-plant lifeforms interact with each other, then manipulate them to achieve your goals and keep exploring. Has some pretty amazing character art, which by the way, gets bonus points for having a middle-aged, Asian main character and female, African-American supporting character.
Toma, tell me if any of these are too short or whatever and I'll rework them.
yeah I get the point, my problem with it actually goes back to the bigger issue I have with the game, and that's it having a pretty lousy interface and control scheme, which makes everything all the more painful.
I didnt encounter any bugs with the other character you can play.
I think you talk to her by pressing up or down :/
Yeah, Kairo is pretty special alright. I'm playing through the Steam release (although it's been available from iTunes and http://kairo.lockeddoorpuzzle.com for a while) and it's a fine, carefully made game.
Kairo
Kairo is a place where nothing is left to chance or at least in unintentional way. Every little piece is constructed to deliver a clues to decipher the logic that lies behind the creation of this world and, with one small exception, it never uses text in any form to do so. That's the beauty of it, it tells a rich story not by randomly scattering audiologs in the most absurd way possible like Bioshock for example, but with its architecture, sounds, details peeking out the cracked walls, etc., and of course puzzles. The puzzles serve different purposes, but they're always integral part of the world. From the very beginning, in front of our eyes, they start to put the mechanisms into the motion, transforming the space around to help us reach the conclusion. What's more, they're not there to punish; they're just to test the basic abilities. So it's more of an exploratory kind of game than puzzles, even though they make about half of the time you spend with it.
I really loved it. How it sets up the mood of unknown. How elegant it is the simplicity of controls (no need to use keyboard at all, mouse is enough by default) and the clean unique visuals set it above similar kind of games, not to mention the content it succeeds to deliver - there are a few things left to interpretation, but that makes it even better. The only thing I hated is the secret ending. It's completely unnecessary and it breaks the immersion in my opinion, so if you don't care about achievement - forget about it, just meet the requirements, because they add some perspective to the story, and let it go. Other than that, it's well worth recommendation one of the most fascinating games I played recently.
It's 20% off on Steam right now so grab it while you can.
Source and list of references here.
. Also, why does absolutely everyone and their mother misspell it as "Kestral"? It's "Kestrel"!
And this one is a screenshot from the visual novel part:
Another one:
dang this Lunar Bundle looks good http://www.indieroyale.com/
Back To The Future, Pid, Dungeon Hearts, Cargo Commander + 3 more games to come.
I am a sucker for match 3 so I will buy for Dungeon Hearts
Edit. Just realized Toma posted it a few posts ago
I really want this all of the sudden
