Gaming-Village's Reviews
Killing Floor 3 plays well and thanks to well-designed maps, it offers varied areas to explore. The enemies are detailed and exciting from a gameplay perspective. The bosses can also be a real challenge, especially early on. Unfortunately, however, after 10 rounds it can no longer build the same feeling as in the first matches. The difficulty levels have very large jumps and unfortunately I'm missing some content. Sure, it can't be as big as Killing Floor 2, but it's lacking several small features that I really miss. Nevertheless, I can recommend it to anyone who enjoys shooting wave after wave through hordes of Zeds and loved the predecessors. For everyone else, however, it's also worth checking out once more maps, new classes, and new characters have been added.
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Demon Slayer – Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Hinokami Chronicles 2 is, like its predecessor, an entertaining action title that includes quieter passages and humor as well. The combat is fun, though it may remain a bit too simplistic for some.
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Birdigo is an entertaining word-building roguelike, though its nature means it does present a few linguistic hurdles. It’s fun to piece together words from a collection of letters whilst keeping an eye out for whether another word might be worth more points. For me, the later levels in particular are a bit too difficult, because whilst the modifiers can be very powerful, sometimes they just don’t make up for everything.
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The digital campfire in Chillin’ by the Fire is a well-designed simulator. There are lots of little tricks that affect the fire. However, the increase in difficulty in the final area is significantly greater than between the previous areas.
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By now you've likely gathered that Fallen City Brawl is a fairly average title. Aside from the music, not much stood out positively—or negatively, for that matter. It plays okay, looks okay, but in retrospect, I'd forgotten most of it within three days anyway.
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Kyoto's streets are long and offer an seemingly endless stream of identical stalls. Unfortunately, the number of minigames isn't enough to prevent Kimono Cats from feeling repetitive over its excessive runtime. Additionally, I'm bothered by the artificial limitation of throwing darts. Even the rewards in the form of decoration objects for the village eventually lose their motivation when I receive the same house three times in a row and rarely get anything new. Thus, Kimono Cats is only suitable in small doses.
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In terms of gameplay, the point-and-click adventure felt largely subdued. It aims to be tedious, but only manages this to a limited extent. Instead, the hour-long game eventually gets lost in its plot and leaves questions about its thematic message unanswered. And the magic of the art style, which also appealed to me at the start, quickly fades too.
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Hop ‘n’ Marty is an entertaining retro 3D platformer with around four hours of jumping and collecting fun. The platforming is forgiving without being completely devoid of challenge. The Collectathlon is packed with references without getting lost in them. The camera was a bit stubborn, and diving wasn’t much fun for me, but on the second playthrough I simply skipped the most tedious underwater mission. (Sorry, little monkey!) With Hop ‘n’ Marty, developer Evilkookey Games has created a very charming title.
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Catto’s Post Office is a short delivery adventure. An hour is more than enough to finish the game at a leisurely pace. The story is predictable but cute, just like the various cats. There’s no real challenge to speak of, apart from a bit of fiddling about with objects in the environment – though this is mainly down to the controls. Furthermore, the options for interaction are very limited. Catto’s Post Office is fine as a little game to play in your spare time, but it doesn’t offer much more than that.
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Dear me, I was… is a lightly interactive life story that truly shines through its distinctive art style. While the narrative itself isn't particularly extraordinary, the visuals and music are employed with remarkable effectiveness.
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Dungeons of Hinterberg is a relaxed Zelda-like action-adventure that shines with well-crafted puzzle design and an unconventional game structure offering great freedom in dungeon selection. Those who miss the classic Zelda formula and are inclined toward Social Sim elements—or can at least live with skipping them generously—will undoubtedly find their match here.
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Love on Leave offers light entertainment for some relaxation in between. A transformative experience like possibly for the protagonist, however, it isn't for the player.
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Gaucho and the Grassland's strengths lie in the tangible mythological gaucho world and the great freedom in the tasks for story progression. Minor bugs occasionally diminish the fun, but rarely hold you up for long. Unfortunately, the quests are at times somewhat unclear. There are plenty of customization options for your character, dog, horse, and houses, including furnishings, with new options constantly being unlocked. Genre-typical aspects are abundant, partly even with twists based on the setting, rather than resting on conventions. I enjoyed catching animals with the lasso. For fans of relaxing cozy games, an excursion into the Latin American grassland is worthwhile.
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Livestream 2: Escape from Togaezuka Happy Place certainly knows how to entertain, but it challenges neither your brainpower nor your tolerance for horror much.
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Cave Crave is a solid VR caving simulator. The story is rather functional and, unfortunately, still feels a bit unfinished at this stage, but otherwise it provides a nice backdrop. The crawling mechanics work well for the most part, and the climbing hooks in particular feel substantial. However, there are a few minor bugs, and hand-tracking isn’t always reliable. Furthermore, the scope of the game is rather limited at present, and many of the crawling sections feel rather pointless.
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It gets a lot of the things you love about classic horror games just right and presents them in a visual style that’s rather unusual for the genre.
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Kayak VR: Mirage – Yucatán brings a new boat route just like the previous DLC. Atmospherically a bit darker and somewhat oppressive, the route unfortunately makes a less impressive visual impression than existing ones due to the many cave passages. At the same time, paddling is a bit more demanding because walls are rarely far away. If you already enjoyed the main game and the previous DLC, you can safely grab this one as well.
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Despite everything, I played extensively and will continue to play. I had fun with Death Stranding 2, and still do. But in all that time by the beach, the sand seems to have smoothed out a few too many edges.
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All in all, Jump Over the Age has once again created a superbly written game with a slightly optimised gameplay experience, which, whilst setting new priorities, also feels fresh and brings out new facets of the fantastic sci-fi world of the Sleeper series.
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April Grove builds its woodcutting loop quite effectively, with skill upgrades, increasingly difficult trees to fell, and a gradually expanding movement range. However, the integrated idle mechanics make the grind feel somewhat excessive, as the game does not automate progression enough for its cutting requirements, while at the same time the automatic woodcutting is too slow to fully satisfy active play. In addition, side characters and the surrounding world lose much of their significance over time, fading into the background. As much as I enjoy chopping and collecting wood, the slow progression makes this woodcutting simulation unsuitable for everyone.
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