Cabin Crew Simulator is a title I recently learned about where you take on the role of, as the name says, a member of a plane’s cabin crew. You start by designing a female crew member, and then you get to work doing various things like delivering drinks and food on flights. There will also be emergency situations to handle decisions on what food and beverages are available and much more. Check out the trailer below and feel free to check it out on Steam.
CONSCRIPT PS5 Review
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to play an old-school Resident Evil title that took place in WW1? Conscript answers that question, and thanks to Team 17 and Catch Weight Studio we have an answer. Huge thank you to them for sending me a copy of this one.
The game takes place in 1916 during what is also known as The Great War. You play the role of a soldier at the battle of Verdun, battling in the trenches to survive. From smacking people with your trusty shovel to blasting them with a shotgun, everything has a gritty survival horror feel to it.
The top-down view, inventory management and even the vague hints about where to go are all present here. The game truly is a throwback to what many consider the glory days of survival horror. Inventory space is at a premium as you trudge around finding keys, ammo, and weapons to fight enemy soldiers who want to kill you.
The money situation is also time-appropriate. You are trading cigarettes for upgrades, new weapons, and anything else you need. This does give it a more realistic feel as even today in the military you can toss a guy some smokes and usually get some good trade value. I once got a candy bar for 3 of them back when I was in the Army.
The game itself functions very well. Unlike the days of the old tank controls shooting enemies is as easy as you would hope. The map at the touch of a button from the very beginning is nice because nothing is worse than being lost for no reason. I also never encountered any sort of cheap kills that I felt were unfair. The game just has a dangerous gritty feel to it, and it will make you earn your wins but through skill.
This game isn’t for everyone however,it is short ( there is a trophy for beating it in under 3 hours) and while the story is nice it won’t be for everyone. The gameplay while fluid is also dated to many. It is a 8/10 title for fans of the genre, I would even call it a must-buy for them. But it is one for the fans and won’t really attract new people. Best wishes and may the gaming gods bring you glory
Let Me Out” Release Date Announced!
Indie developers 4Happy Studio from Indonesia, in partnership with publisher PID Games, are excited to announce the release date for their action-horror mystery game, Let Me Out!
Mark your calendars for August 8th, 2024, when Let Me Out will be available on Steam for 9.99€.
Dive into a gripping tale set in 1960s Indonesia, where you will help Alvin, a 10-year-old indigo child, navigate through a cursed village, brew potions, exorcize demons, and uncover the dark secrets that haunt his past. Join the adventure and unravel the mysteries shrouded in this captivating horror experience.
Available on 8th August on Steam
Play as Alvin, a 10-year-old indigo child, in search of his mother and escape Mata Koetjhing, an ancient Javanese village. Get help from your little sister’s spirit, your pet spider and brew potions to exorcize mysterious creatures.
Let Me Out is a mystery puzzle game set in Indonesia in which you play as Alvin, a 10-year-old indigo child. Find a way to escape an ancient village, uncover the secrets behind its curse with the help of your endearing little sister’s spirit and your pet spider. Find ingredients to brew potions and exorcize the demons populating your journey.
You woke up from a nightmare, but it is far from over. Everyone is gone, from villagers to your own mother. With the help of your sister Jane, you will have to find a way out of your house and discover the origin of a mysterious event unfolding as ghosts appeared out of nowhere in your village.
- Discover Indonesia’s mythology
Explore a cursed village, set in the 60s, filled with demons ready to hunt anybody whose presence disturbs them. Will you succeed in evading them and finding out what happened to your mother?
- Brew potions to exorcize demons
Find ingredients and follow the instructions of your guidebook to make the right potions to exorcize the demons that appeared in your village.
- Solve puzzles with your sister
Alvin always looked over Jane, his sister, and loved her. Since her tragic death at the age of 5, her spirit has accompanied him. Get some help by whistling and your sister will appear, she might have some clues on how to solve puzzles!
- Explore with Poko, your pet spider
Can’t reach a specific object with Alvin? Take control of your pet spider Poko to explore your environment, reach objects and solve puzzles.
Discover the truth behind this curse.
Raiders of Valhalla Steam Early Access Review
Raiders of Valhalla is a new auto-battler roguelike that the folks of Afil Games were kind enough to send me. They also did Primal Survivors Xbox Review so they have a history of making smaller indy roguelike games.
This game is quite simple in every capacity. The story is a simple story of dwarves looking for treasure and fighting their way to Valhalla. The graphics are simple, and the sound is simple. Truthfully I wouldn’t have it any other way.
The controls as you guessed it, are simple. You use your mouse and the right click to get through menus, choose different weapons and armor then send your vikings on their way.
The battles as you guess from the type of game have no real input from you after you start them. They are cute to watch with your little vikings charging at the enemies and getting bounces back.
While the game is simple and unlocks come quick there are a few issues I have. for example the game does crash quite often. There is a sort of skill tree, but that isn’t available yet and I’m not sure how well that will work with the game having permadeath you can’t turn off. I just numbered my games attempt # to keep track because as soon as I died it gets deleted anyway.
The game is however well worth the $13. The amount of fun to be had is there even with these minor issues that will be worked out as early access continues. The game is a good 7/10. Give it a go, and may the gaming gods bring you glory.
The Holy Gosh Darn: The End of the World is Nigh
Take up the golden stopwatch and save Heaven, Hell and Earth from the last day of, well, everything. Yogscast Games and Perfectly Paranormal are excited to announce that this epic new time-travel adventure will be launching on September 05, 2024.
That’s right, with just over a month to wait, players will soon be able to get their hands on this satirical take on time travel, angels, demons, death, and even dialogue. The only game where skipping through cutscenes might actually be a good thing, players can use their time travel powers to manipulate the conversation to their advantage, solve puzzles and bypass any obstacle. After all, there’s only six hours to save Heaven!
A truly laugh-out-loud adventure, The Holy Gosh Darn is set on the same Tuesday as previous titles Manual Samuel and Helheim Hassle – bending the idea of a trilogy into a same day attempt at preventing the apocalypse. Players will meet a host of unique characters, step through the fabric of reality, and meet more than 4,000 dogs. Whether they’re pettable or not, well, players will just have to wait and see.
Head over to Steam to wishlist this hilarious, time-bending adventure today, tomorrow or yesterday!
Roguelike TRPG “Deadlock Station” Revealed, Demo Available Now (PC)
CRITICAL REFLEX and Luxorix Games are thrilled to debut Deadlock Station with an action-packed trailer showcasing the all-new roguelike autobattler tactical RPG. Command your squad, build your base, explore the world and fight aliens in this fully-featured demo experience available on Steam today!
Turn the battlefield to your advantage in this pixelated tactical roguelike with indirect controls. Assemble a unique squad of heroes to destroy the alien invaders with precise strategic planning. Use resources to upgrade your base between each tactical expedition as you seek to uncover the truth about the Event and the mysterious disappearance of humans.
Key Features:
- Strategic Auto Battles: Carefully plan out the attack by positioning your units and queuing unique abilities before each fight.
- Use the Environment to Your Advantage: Lead your heroes into a damage-boosting anomaly, lure enemies into traps, and erect barricades to halt your opposition’s advance!
- Build Your Base: Between expeditions, develop your base to unlock new items, characters, and factions to interact with, from the ruthless Order to the all-knowing Past and Future Society.
- Upgrade Your Squad: Combine weapons, armor, items and mutations to create truly unique fighters, and use resources collected in battle to unlock all-new abilities!
- Mysterious Artifacts: Utilize strange alien artifacts in the heat of combat to gain an advantage and help you win even the most difficult battles.
Download the demo and wishlist Deadlock Station on Steam today. Follow Luxorix on Twitter/X for the latest news and updates from the game.
About Luxorix Games
Luxorix Games is an indie game team who came together by happenstance, and so they continue to work together. They’re currently working on Deadlock Station, a game made in GameMakerStudio2. Learn more at luxorixgames.com or by following Luxorix on Twitter/X. Gamedev unites!
Lost Castle 2 Steam Early Access Review
Lost Castle 2 is a new beat-em-up rogue-lite from Hunter Studios that they were kind enough to send me. As always I like to get that out of the way upfront and let everyone know I appreciate it.
Lost Castle 2 Currently has mixed reviews on Steam, most of which are simply complaining about the lack of couch co-op. I get it because the game is built for co-op, but I find it a bit ridiculous to bash a game based on what’s not in the game when it was never promised to be in it. I pointed this out early because if you loved the first one because of that feature, it isn’t in this one.
The game itself is quite simple and has a nice loop to it. Pick a starting weapon, which you can limit to your favorite three or just get any of them at random. Go kill enemies and pick your path as you go. Then you either finish the run or die which gets you money either way. Then you can spend that money to upgrade your camp and get new items, better character starting stats, and many other things. Then just repeat it.
The game is fun and the combat engaging. Each weapon comes with its own special and charged movies and has different variations to find. Some will shoot out extra fireballs, others will poison the enemy, and much more. The armor is equally diverse with each one offering a different look or abilities.
This is actually my only real complaint. Your look changes with the armor and some of it looks so great id prefer I just looked like that. The ability to set an armor as your default look would be great, We are only in early access so that may very well be an upcoming feature. We will have to wait and see.
I can absolutely say this game is worth picking up. For $15 the replay value and fun alone make this a must-buy. Easily an 8/10 experience. Best wishes and may the gaming gods bring you glory.
Mists of Noyah Xbox Review
Mists of Noyah is a newly released 2D survival game from Pyxeralia and Bbyte Interactive, and as always, I appreciate that they sent me a copy to check out.
The gameplay loop is quite simple, you kill enemies, collect loot, level up, and build new items and objects at the village that acts as your base. You have a button that attacks with your weapon that changes based on one of the five playable characters.
Each character has their own set of strengths and weaknesses. For example, Rhys is a paladin-type character with a long sword and heavy armor. His spells focus on healing as they damage or consecrate the ground to up your defense.
The game sounds nice and looks pretty good, but I do have to note a few issues I ran into while playing. For example, and this was probably my own fault, I accidentally returned to base while fishing. Now while this sounds not so big of a deal it did confuse the game and I would randomly use my fishing rod instead of talking to people or entering buildings. A quick reload and the problem was fixed. Also on returning to the base at a different time, the screen went black but my character was still perfectly able to move around. This again was easily fixed with a reload but it still happened.
The game is great however considering the low cost of about $10. The game is a fun play-through and has plenty of replay value for that price, with the few issues I ran into I can’t in good conscience call it a must-buy, but it is a solid 6/10. Best wishes and may the gaming gods bring you glory.
Uncover the Dark Secrets of a Post-War Divided City as 663 Games Announces Kill the Shadow
Publisher 663 Games and developer Shadowlight Sanctuary have today revealed Kill the Shadow, a suspenseful narrative-driven detective role playing game coming to PC via Steam later in 2024. Brought to life using a combination of highly detailed 3D environments and 2D-pixel art characters, Kill the Shadow transports you to an alternative post-war divided city as you take on the role of Detective Ah’Guang as you investigate a series of murders. Use your eloquence, intelligence and the ability to rewind time (or even violence) to piece together the evidence of the bizarre cases and unravel the shocking secrets lurking behind them. Justice or love? The decision is in your hands.
Kill the Shadow is a suspenseful narrative-driven detective role playing game. Investigate a series of bizarre murders in different areas of the dark water city: the missing Master Ruan at the temple fair, the sudden death of Wangcai, the grudges at the Shipwreck, and the dismembered limbs in the sewers.
Find the lost memories of the city and piece together the truth of its division from ten years ago. Unravel the truth – kill, judge, or even kiss (?) the mastermind behind it all.
Features:
- Hints and Evidence – Freely choose how you enhance your abilities—strength, spirit, charm—and select your own methods to investigate cases—psychological warfare? Bribery? Or simply beating your suspects? Deduction System: Collect, analyze, and connect related clues to create your own unique investigation path
- Seeing the Past – “The Shadow”, a strange creature attached to you that reads memories and reconstructs the traces of the deceased “Don’t worry, Ah’Guang, we’re just using each other. You use me to find the culprit, and I, well, I love tasting those bizarre stories, hahaha!”, says the Shadow.
- The Ways of the World – Meet various characters in the city: the energetic girl with a camera, the elegant Mrs. Ruan, the rumoured goddess who can cast spells, and the elderly fish-selling lady. Discover the stories behind them. Encounter characters like the self-righteous Captain Wang, Lao Citou’s son Xiao Citou, the foul-mouthed Little Rascal, and the deceased Master Ruan. Earn the hearts of your favourite characters by completing certain events!
- Retro and Neon – The combination of 3D environments and 2D pixel art characters creates a unique artistic style with a striking contrast between modern and retro aesthetics. Explore a variety of diverse and freely explorable scenes: the dilapidated steel forest factory, the muddy shipwreck dock built on water, the Zhulong Walled City blending the fictional traditional Ma Island and Imperial culture, and the bustling old city district.
Kill the Shadow will be released for PC via Steam in late 2024. Fans can add the game to their Wishlist now. Join the Kill the Shadow Discord channel for all the latest news.
Cozy Mining Adventure ‘Core Keeper’ Launches Day One on Xbox Game Pass
Pugstorm and Fireshine Games are delighted to announce that Core Keeper, the award-winning mining sandbox adventure game, will be available day one with Xbox Game Pass for console, PC, and cloud when the game launches on Xbox Series X|S and Microsoft Store for Windows PC on August 27th.
With over 2 million units already sold during PC Early Access, Core Keeper is an award-winning mining sandbox adventure where your choices shape an epic journey.
Harvest relics and resources to build your base, craft advanced tools, and discover a dynamically evolving world as a single-player explorer or online with friends. Explore mysterious biomes, level up your skills, encounter the Cavelings and defeat legendary Titans to unveil the power of the Core. Play at your own pace in an enchanting underground sandbox, growing gardens, fishing in mysterious waters, mastering recipes, hatching pets, driving vehicles, and exploring alone or with friends to carve out your own unique adventure.
“We’re so excited to bring Core Keeper to Xbox Game Pass players on day one, and let them jump into the game’s enchanting subterranean world as a solo explorer or online with friends,” said Sarah Hoeksma, Chief Marketing Officer at Fireshine Games. “Core Keeper is a compelling mining adventure that blends base building, fishing and farming with crafting, boss battling and much, much more, and we can’t wait for so many more players to discover the game at launch with Xbox Game Pass.”
Core Keeper is available now on Steam Early Access, and will be available on consoles and PC 1.0 on August 27th. To keep up with the latest info & updates, follow @CoreKeeperGame and join the community on Discord.
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