No worries, at one point there were 3 threads for the game!
Malkael
1890
You like Vanillaware games? You like Muramasa? Then this Chinese Indie Muramasa-like might just interest you.
Gris is a stupidly beautiful game. Some parts were O_O.
It’s also empty as fuck, in terms of interesting gameplay or story.
Gameplay-wise, there is the usual platform/puzzle mechanics, a few moments were ingenious even, but nothing to write home about.
Story wise, it’s even more vacuous? There is no dialogue, text, or explanation for anything, I guess some people will try to ascribe meaning to the few events that occur (she is sad and in a quest because it represents x, the broken woman statue represent her tortured self, the black thing that pursues her is the representation of x!) but it’s all people grasping for straws and trying to bring meaning into just some very artsy very pretty drawings.
I had Bladed Fury on my wishlist. I saw a review that criticized the over-reliance on enemy super armor and boss rushes at the end that gave me some bad memories of similar 2D beat 'em ups.
There’s some small hope they might rebalance it later. And it’s pretty cheap even if you only get an hour of fun out of it. I think I’ll pass for now.
I’ve been watching a few streamers play Gris and I’m definitely taken with it’s beauty but I still have no idea what the game actually is.
@Chappers gifted me Paratopic.
It’s a very small walking simulator. It lasts about 40 minutes, 20 minutes of which are, sadly, fillers featuring three very lengthy car driving sequences where you watch the road for 5 minutes each time, and a gas stand owner which serves tons of semi-exposition for 5 minutes in the middle of the game.
The game itself has got bits of a nice atmosphere early on (in a 40 minutes game!) and a pretty cool sound design. The story isn’t very interesting and quite easy to piece together. There is a jump scare that is very previsible, but otherwise it doesn’t feature many horror elements, implied or shown.
I much preferred Virginia — and better not try to draw any comparison to Brendon Chung’s works.
Nice sound design, still.
This popped up in my discovery queue, and in this miraculous season, it’s something that I both didn’t know about and am actually intrigued by.
@jpinard was talking life simulations earlier this month, and this seems to be one of those. Anybody tried it (or even heard of it)?
jpinard
1896
Ooooooooooooooo! That could be cool!
orald
1897
Rising Lords looks promising. Developed by Argonwood, a new developer in Cologne. Appears to be their first game and wishing them well.
"Rising Lords is a medieval turn-based strategy game with card and board game elements. Send your serfs to fight and die in your name… or let them prosper, and use them to your advantage!
Collect taxes and resources. Dictate rations and field work. Forge weapons, reshape the battlefield, raise armies, and build mighty fortified cities. Help your people become knights, or dump them on a battlefield far away, but be careful: even the most humble peasants will revolt eventually…
In addition to its campaign mode, Rising Lords features robust multiplayer functionality. Play a quick game, or settle in for an evening or more. Play mind games with your friends with Rising Lords’ advanced social interactivity, and let them pay for their insolence in questioning your right to rule!"
Sounds like I need to ask for a wacom tablet for xmas!
Do you have more details? Is that a Command & Colours battle system I can see inside a strategy layer?
As this is on sale, I couldn’t help but pick it up. IS GOOD. The gunplay feels FANTASTIC, movement is fluid, there are a lot of fun abilities via DNA sequencing and powerups, and death never feels angering, as you either get some new DNA out of it, or you just have more fun killing bugs and robots. It’s great.
Ooooh very nice, yeah I had forgotten about that game.
ALSO:
All purchases of the game through Itch.io will also receive a Steam key for the game upon full release.
Also @BrianRubin you seemed to like this:
Dis gif! So good!
Oh yes, one of the best exploration-focused space games since Starflight.
Damn…if I hadn’t been watching of Supergiant’s new game (Hades) already, and you told me this was it, I’d have believed you.
lordkosc
1906
Saw this mentioned over on ResetERA:
Also might be worth checking out:
orald
1907
Burden of Command has a Steam page and I’ve wish listed it.
Really hoping the developer can pull this off. It looks promising.
@lordkosc how do you embed those Steam images/links to the game?
