In a strange move, Steam recommended something that was actually interesting to me.
http://store.steampowered.com/app/916040/SFD/
This is a light XCOM-ish dungeon crawl. It is clearly influenced by Into the Breach, be it because of its emphasis on damage done by juggling or being pushed into walls and traps, or the isometric display. Because of its theme and that esthetic choice, it reminded me of the old computer’s Heroquest iterations of the board game, but it’s nothing that annoying.
I had a nice time playing the somewhat hidden demo (on its own store page, uh), but I wasn’t too fond of the obscure RNG approach to hits and misses. The lack of an undo function after movement was also sorely missing.
I’ve had my eye on that one too.
Mark_L
1710
Huh. Thanks for this, Left_Empty!
Rock8man
1711
I’m so far behind in this thread. But I don’t want to skip ahead in case of missing something great. Adding Logistical to my wishlist.
I enjoyed Paratopic a whole bunch.
It’s an elliptical ~40 minute long (there’s some secrets to poke around for though that’ll extend your playtime) horror walking sim using 30 Flights of Loving-style jumpcuts,
The PS1 aesthetic works surprisingly well. Probably because it makes everything look diseased and horrible, which fits hand in glove with the Lynch and Cronenberg influences.
Someone just gifted me a copy of Minion Master on steam, but it doesn’t say how gave it to me. Is that common?
Also, who should I thank?
I got a random copy in my Steam inventory too. Considering how that company absolutely spams their email list with giveaway codes for new minions and DLC, I assume they just gave everybody who owns one of their games a free copy.
Oh. That might makes sense. Well, I might give it a try.
lordkosc
1718
Looks interesting in a janky sorta way.
No, but I’m curious. While you can use RC controllers with it, sadly that doesn’t extend to DJI controllers. Then again it might be a bad idea for my brain to associate playing this game with flying my actual drone. Could get expensive!
Looks quite interesting. Thank you for pointing it out.
rhamorim
1722
Crosscode final release is now out on Steam and GOG!
Sonoftgb
1723
Picked The Commission up today and played just enough to realize I have a lot to learn. I’m having difficulty determining which rackets are most effective in each neighborhood.
JoshoB
1724
Did anybody check out Breathedge? It’s in development, but looks interesting:
Seems to be garnering some good reviews from people who’ve played it so far.
lordkosc
1725
Heard about it but … BUT its Early Access and only has around 20% of the story so far.
The game is in Early Access and has only one story chapter for the moment, designed for 3-6 hours of gameplay, but this is not the end. We plan to make 5 story chapters that will reveal all the twists and turns of the plot, will acquaint the player with all the participants of this totally truthful story and at the same time will be one whole game.
WISHLISTED!
Artifex Mundi released their first developed game in years
An HOG with art to die for, in my case at least.
At 15 bucks, it is above my paygrade for what I am willing to afford for 4 hours of digital relaxation, but I wanted to throw it out there for the other HOG enthusiasts that may have missed it and want to mark it down for later — or the inevitable bundling.
I love that art so much.
Anxious to hear your thoughts after playing The Commission a bit. I’m undecided after watching some Let’s Plays. I don’t mind spreadsheet style games but I can’t really tell whether there is anything interesting to the strategy.
