Fe charmed me with its graphic styling and the sound of the game. No written or spoken word is needed to experience a somewhat obscure but beautiful story, and that's something that indie games of a smaller format often do beautifully. Accompanied only by pleasant string music and animal sounds, you're in for a thrilling and adventurous journey of exploration to save an animal world. Perhaps every title is not without its flaws, and unfortunately Fe often puts quite a challenge in front of you, which personally doesn't fit well with the overall meditative concept of the game.
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Bridge Constructor: The Walking Dead combined a post-apocalyptic world with logic, tactical planning and the laws of physics in practice. The forty levels will keep players entertained for several long hours, mainly due to their difficulty. It is the high difficulty bar that may soon discourage some players, as well as the need for timing and precision in not only building structures but also planning actions. Even so, this is a fun game at a friendly price, where the characters of The Walking Dead series are a nice change from similarly-themed titles.
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Dorfromantik is an unpretentious affair, where you spend hours, have a good time and suddenly find it's time to get up for work. Each failed attempt will force you to improve, and so the whole concept becomes a sort of endless spiral that you usually can't free yourself from, so addictive is this game. The early access so far only offers a basic mode, which while it won't get tiresome after a while, you'll still be looking forward to some small changes coming in the future. Bottom line, Dorfromantik isn't some big deal that will make you sit on your butt, but on the other hand, it will pull you in with its fun gameplay, unpretentiousness, and most importantly, charming visual style.
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Blue Fire is a cute platformer that deceives with its looks. As soon as you turn the game on, you are chewed up and spat out several times by the relentless demands for precision and perfect timing. At the same time, be prepared for some rather tedious wandering due to the lack of any navigation. Still, it's 10-15 hours of fun that will grab you and just won't let go. The strong inspiration from other games is very noticeable here, without much effort to assert its own style, by which I could tell this is Blue Fire and not a bit of that from Dark Soul and a bit of that from Zelda. Don't count on a heartbreaking story, the game finds a way to grate on your nerves (in a good way).
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Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls is not a bad title and you will definitely enjoy it. Unfortunately, a few flaws like weak negative characters, bosses built on the same principle or unnecessarily frequent challenges will spoil the experience a bit. Despite this, the gameplay is fun and the story engrosses you to the point where you'll simply take on the role of Komar and fight for your life tooth and nail. However, to avoid getting completely lost in the lore, we recommend playing the first episode first or at least watching the anime, which will illuminate the full beginnings that are referenced a lot here.
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Inked is a simple mobile game to make your free time more enjoyable. In addition to beautiful graphics and pleasant background music, it will also offer you a strongly emotional story, at the end of which you may not be able to avoid a little tears. It's just a pity that we didn't get more challenges in the form of harder puzzles or longer game time. You can finish the title in 2-3 hours, which isn't much, but it's quite enough to convey a strong message. No matter what bad things happen to you in life, you just have to move on and not wallow in your pain forever.
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This title surprised me, even exceeded my expectations. The developers of the Russian studio New Game Order have done a really good job despite the smaller number of their team. The Uncertain: Last Quiet Day has its flaws, but they are tolerable given the length of the title. A pearl at the end... this is only the first part of a trilogy, so you won't get any ending. The game cuts you nicely in the most interesting part. Toward the end of 2020, the second part called The Uncertain: Light at the End was released, and we will have to wait a little longer for the finale.
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The game is a crazy psycho ride that is unparalleled at Amanity Design. For Halloween, it's the perfect title to induce fear and a disjointed mental state. Happy Game is definitely not that happy and together with the simple gameplay, eerie atmosphere and properly tuned graphics, it's a hilarious adventure game for lonely dark evenings.
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Black Skylands, meanwhile, is showing off its open world of endless clouds in the Early Access, with danger lurking around every corner. Pull your muscles out of your bag and go liberate the islands, or stay at base and tend to your home. The title brings with it incredible freedom, beautiful visuals, addictive gameplay, a lust to discover more of Aspy's beauty and a curiosity to see what lurks in the dangerous Storm. While the gunfights can be a little cumbersome, and so can the airship steering, it's nothing the developers haven't worked on before the full game's release.
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Pumpkin Jack is an intriguing Halloween one-hander that, even with a low-budget production, showcases incredible quality, fun and an unexpected challenge. From the workshop of one young developer came a great game boasting the mechanics and feel of those old titles from the nineties. The question is whether it will have the same positive resonance with the younger generation, for whom the title may be a little harder. As much as I enjoyed this quest to plunge the world into darkness, I probably won't repeat it again right away, especially due to some technical issues that made the gameplay experience slightly unpleasant. Even so, the negatives listed below are largely due to the fact that only one person worked on the game.
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Shadows: Awakening will definitely excite you and draw you into the game thanks to its fun gameplay. For over twenty hours of fun, you'll enjoy a vibrant open world full of mystery, monsters, legends, challenges, puzzles and treasure. If you can get past the aforementioned shortcomings, I can happily recommend the title. It's a bit disappointing that the game from the Slovak developer lacks Czech/Slovak localization.
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Voxelgram is a relaxing puzzle game where it is not so important to think, but rather to have a good spatial orientation. Once you've figured out the game principle, you're just riding a wave of dice. It's exactly the kind of game where you say to yourself: "I'm just going to do one more level and go to sleep" and then you find out you have to get up in an hour. Too bad it's just the slightly clunky controls that take most of the points off the overall score.
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It's a bit of a shame that despite the fact that this is the second part, the game doesn't have that much impact. Many players see the 2 as more like DLC that only increases the amount of levels you get, and I can't help but agree. If the developers added even the tiniest bit of innovation, be it in regards to the assembly itself or viewing the finished stained glass windows, it would bring a much-needed breath of fresh air to the game overall. Even so, the same applies as with the first part... for us, one of the better logic puzzles you can come across.
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Lightmatter has come up with an interesting idea that definitely has a lot of potential. Even so, it is no match for the king of this genre, Portal, from which it takes perhaps its greatest inspiration. Despite all this, I still have to rate the game very positively, because it offers a lot - nice visuals, imaginative logic puzzles, new game mechanics, challenges and those great cynical comments from an even better dubbed narrator.
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The Samorost 3 is exactly as long as you need it to be. Playable time depends on the player's ability and ranges from about two hours to ten or more if you want to find and collect all the achievements. During this adventurous quest you'll encounter colourful locations, intriguingly playful puzzles and an engaging story in the iconic surreal style we've all come to love so much. Take heart and save the universe!
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Crown Trick is, in a nutshell, a great roguelike title that won't bore you. Whether it's the visual identity, the amount of content, the variety of enemies and environments, or the turn-based combat system that will take some getting used to, this game is definitely a hit for anyone who isn't afraid of a challenge and is looking for exactly the thrill of exploring the unknown.
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GRIME really deserves its place between Metroidvania and Souls games, because it does what is so typical of them so well. The fights are fun and fresh, the bosses are often hard-shelled, the unique enemies will test your reflexes, and the organic, vibrant environment is so beautiful it's scary. The immersive atmosphere of the dangerous locations is complemented by a variety of sounds, and together with the soundtrack, they combine to add just the right amount of darkness. Unfortunately, the overall impression is spoiled by crucial details, but hopefully the developers at Clover Bite will learn from them and help them create better and better titles in the future, because I feel like they bet too much on interesting visuals this time around. In the review it seems more like I'm just bitching about the game, but the opposite is true. GRIME is a good game and I really enjoyed it from start to finish. The gameplay time of fifteen to thirty hours is solid.
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Trials of Fire perfectly balances the quest for survival with the desire to explore and discover the game world. The generic wastelands of Ashen are filled with all sorts of treasures, mysteries and enemies, so there's always something to do. The combat will quickly grab you and you won't want to stop. It's just a shame the slightly confusing initial orientation to the whole system of controls, upgrades and fights will take a while due to the poor beginner tutorial. The map may be visually weak compared to the battlefield environment, but it offers so much that you won't know what to do next.
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ENDER LILIES: Quietus of the Knights is definitely a title worthy of admiration. The overall concept, the graphics, the music, the combat system and the very idea of this gloomy and sad story fit together perfectly to create something unique. We will continue to follow this Dark Souls loli and look forward to the final full game, which has so far got a very good rating. Note to gamers of a weaker nature, swap out your keyboards and mice for some more expendable ones while playing this title.
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The combination of dark fantasy, RPG, turn-based game, card game, strategy and roguelike is in itself a tempting game to play. Although it's still early access, Tainted Grail is very well developed and we hope to see a release date soon. Once you start the title, time suddenly ceases to exist around you and you just enjoy exploring and battling. Suddenly, you are horrified to discover that several hours have passed since launch. Great music and seriously fun gameplay have already made sure that you are completely immersed in this gloomy world and its mysterious story. Tainted Grail should also get a Czech localisation this year, based on the same themes as the computer game. If you're a fan of board games, you won't go wrong with Tainted Grail.
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