Against the Wall - Free Alpha (PC)
http://www.againstthewallgame.com/play/
We both wanted to like this one, but it was difficult to use the keyboard controls (and the joypad settings didn't quite work as expected -- to be fair it may have been the perspective/invert axis settings but by that point she was already wanting to go back to an earlier game)
Anyways, loved the concept. It's probably better played with the keyboard to emulate the idea of rock climbing -- carefully choosing your climb point, etc.
Ergon / Logos - Free (PC, Mac)
http://www.molleindustria.org/ergon_logos/ergon_logos.html
Sometimes it's the simplest concepts that work the best.. this one is ingenious in its approach of telling an interactive story. Given the popularity of games like Super Hexagon, how far off are those type games with this concept? Anyways, branching paths in a Choose Your Own Adventure style made it a fun little concept.
Of course, my daughter couldn't keep up with the speed so I didn't get much play time with this one yet.
Experiment12 - Free (PC)
Up to Chapter 3 and I'm.. enjoying it. Not quite sure what to make of it quite yet, but..
Some nostalgia in Chapter 1.. sympathy and empathy for migraine sufferers in Chapter 2..
MTB Freeride - Free (PC)
Spent most of our time playing this one. Didn't care about getting to the bottom yet, as we were having too much fun watching replays.
Paranautical Activity takes the awesome old school FPS action from games like Doom and Quake, and smashes it together with the procedural generation, difficulty, and permadeath of modern "roguelike-likes" like Spelunky and Binding of Isaac. You run around in randomly generated levels blasting monsters with your weapon of choice, picking up loot, and getting powerups that can do anything from increasing the damage you can do, to giving you the ability to flip gravity or even come back from the dead.
No, $9.99. I'm in the US, if that matters
I'm thinking that was a launch price and they never got around to fixing the summary
Megabyte Punch
Just had about 3 hours with the game, and here are some thoughts...
The game is very polished, you can see they have spent a lot of time on it, it runs perfectly fine, you can go to AA x8..
Gameplay
The first hour you spend smiling at the joy of it, but then by level 3, you do start to notice that apart from the change in colour of the background, and the tougher enemies, the gameplay is the same as level one...
I dont necessary think this is a bad point as a lot of games are the same, the difficulty certainly ramps up in level 3 as well..
you are constantly on the look out for new and better gear which is nice as well, but I found it is the enviroment that killed me most (wont spoil with how)
you only get 3 lives per level then it is all start again, which is old school, and can be annoying as the levels are large
Local MP
Can be awfully confusing who is hitting what etc, but I notice there is a paint shop, so this should help with the "chaos" that can go on in a level.
Initial feelings
I like it, is this a lose 6 hour game, I dont think so.... but because you can not continue from checkpoints when you quit, you need a good hour to complete the levels, or you need to do it all again...
is it fun, most definately... and I highly recommend you try the demo, and for £7, it is a bit if a steal
I was very dissapointed that those of us who pre-ordered it were punished by them doing a 20% discount on release day.
EDIT
The Dev just contacted me to apologise for the pre-order mess up and gave me the special edition for free
many thx to the dev...excellent customer service
Here's the full list
That's the game that was #1 on Greenlight after the last batch was approved, wasn't it? I'd never heard of it until then. Doesn't really look like my kind of game, but glad to hear of their success.
Did you try the demo? Has a nice amount of content
Yes it is. Have on it on my iPad