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SteamFest Feb 22 ended now , so here i am with some of my impression of the ones i tried
Demos Batch 1 :
Turbo Overkill
Extra frenetic boomer shooter with love for chainsaws and chainsaw legs, super satisfying feel of the gameplay , might probably need work on UI
oh and that music
Scathe
This one dissapointed me quire a bit , the description promises bullethell FPS , but it currently was felt super janky and slow. Liked the levels and art direction , but everything else needs a lot of work
The Last Oricru
promising little soulsike with coop ,GUI is dreadfull but despite that the game was definitely fun ,which i didnt really expect from the footages i saw of it before. (it had local corwdwfunding under different name )... It quirte surprised me how solid the gameplay and world design was so potential is definitely there
Fata Deum
Black and whiteish game just without the monster, looks great , but the onboarding at the moment is dreadfull ... pain to get through tutorial , but the game itself seem to be quite primising if a big different that its spiritual predecessor
Neon White
Absolute blast ... speedrunning parkour FPS with cards Greal levels, solid gameplay and overall just fun.
Conan Chop Chop
Not really sure what to think og this one ... expected soming kinda different i guess
feels like discount Issac with chibi conan skin on top tring to be Castle Crashers
Pharaoh: A New Era
Great looking remaster of the original Pharaoh that doesnt seem to bw fixing its old problems but rather focus to just bringing it back ... so might need to add a bit more QoL stuff before launch
Tombstar
Pretty standard Gungeon-ish twinstrick rogluelike with fantastic Space Western setting
Card Shark
Card Shark is a deception game about playing opponents rather than playing cards.
Definitely quite unique experience fun interesting concepts with charming artstyle. Could be quite amazing upon actual release if it keeps the momentum demo has throughout whole game
demo had some buggy controls at some point
Ixion
Simply said Frostunky game but set in a spacestation traveling in solar system There's more stuff to keep an eye on compared to frostpunk, like resources, so a bit more demanding. The demo only seems to scratch the surface.
Extremely promising title
Kao the Kangaroo (2022)
Basically what Kao always has been , discount Crash with all that comes with it ... i would maybe say it seems to be better polished than original games.... but still as mediocre as the old ones with iffy camera.
Tinykin
Lovely 3d platformer with pikmin inspired elements set in a abandoned house
inhabited bytiny bug people
super fun, you got soap skateboard
TrailOut
its kinda like discount FlatOut 2 (but not really in bad way) ... just with more envirnoment destruction and supercringy story on top. Needs bit more audio feedback
Definitely fun for people whol liked OG flatouts (much much better than the abominations 3 and 4)
Chains of Fury
boomer shooter, with comic book looks n fun gameplyyand 2d enemies and shit in 3d.
Killing your enemies by kicking the doors FTW,
Nobody – The Turnaround
Chinese Debt repaing survival sim , its like pretty dark , mostl resource/time management with minogames as a job . Could be quite cool
Hero's Hour
basically indie take on HoMM formula but just with battles being realtime, the battle itself works different way than i expected (its more of an autobattler with small involvments) but overall great fun and super addicting
BlackTail
This one surprised me quite a lot ... action adventure taking on slavic myths. Tonally and naratively reminded me lot of Hellblade, gameplaywise its more of a survival with lots of bow combat.
Super solid production values for indie title, definitely intruiged for the full game.
Adapt
Its kinda similar to the the creatures stage of Spore, but not as arcadey as that was. (in one of my tests i starved out cause i picked carnicourous mouth and tried to eat herbs )
There is lot of promise (the creature creator is already great , just needs to improve the UX) in it but atm it feels super clunky to play , but i guess it makes sense as its Early Alpha which explains the terrible performance, Might be one to look for (especially for the fans of spore ) , but has long road ahead
Overall from this batch:
Demos Batch 1 :
Turbo Overkill
Extra frenetic boomer shooter with love for chainsaws and chainsaw legs, super satisfying feel of the gameplay , might probably need work on UI
oh and that music
Scathe
This one dissapointed me quire a bit , the description promises bullethell FPS , but it currently was felt super janky and slow. Liked the levels and art direction , but everything else needs a lot of work
The Last Oricru
promising little soulsike with coop ,GUI is dreadfull but despite that the game was definitely fun ,which i didnt really expect from the footages i saw of it before. (it had local corwdwfunding under different name )... It quirte surprised me how solid the gameplay and world design was so potential is definitely there
Fata Deum
Black and whiteish game just without the monster, looks great , but the onboarding at the moment is dreadfull ... pain to get through tutorial , but the game itself seem to be quite primising if a big different that its spiritual predecessor
Neon White
Absolute blast ... speedrunning parkour FPS with cards Greal levels, solid gameplay and overall just fun.
Conan Chop Chop
Not really sure what to think og this one ... expected soming kinda different i guess
feels like discount Issac with chibi conan skin on top tring to be Castle Crashers
Pharaoh: A New Era
Great looking remaster of the original Pharaoh that doesnt seem to bw fixing its old problems but rather focus to just bringing it back ... so might need to add a bit more QoL stuff before launch
Tombstar
Pretty standard Gungeon-ish twinstrick rogluelike with fantastic Space Western setting
Card Shark
Card Shark is a deception game about playing opponents rather than playing cards.
Definitely quite unique experience fun interesting concepts with charming artstyle. Could be quite amazing upon actual release if it keeps the momentum demo has throughout whole game
demo had some buggy controls at some point
Ixion
Simply said Frostunky game but set in a spacestation traveling in solar system There's more stuff to keep an eye on compared to frostpunk, like resources, so a bit more demanding. The demo only seems to scratch the surface.
Extremely promising title
Kao the Kangaroo (2022)
Basically what Kao always has been , discount Crash with all that comes with it ... i would maybe say it seems to be better polished than original games.... but still as mediocre as the old ones with iffy camera.
Tinykin
Lovely 3d platformer with pikmin inspired elements set in a abandoned house
inhabited bytiny bug people
super fun, you got soap skateboard
TrailOut
its kinda like discount FlatOut 2 (but not really in bad way) ... just with more envirnoment destruction and supercringy story on top. Needs bit more audio feedback
Definitely fun for people whol liked OG flatouts (much much better than the abominations 3 and 4)
Chains of Fury
boomer shooter, with comic book looks n fun gameplyyand 2d enemies and shit in 3d.
Killing your enemies by kicking the doors FTW,
Nobody – The Turnaround
Chinese Debt repaing survival sim , its like pretty dark , mostl resource/time management with minogames as a job . Could be quite cool
Hero's Hour
basically indie take on HoMM formula but just with battles being realtime, the battle itself works different way than i expected (its more of an autobattler with small involvments) but overall great fun and super addicting
BlackTail
This one surprised me quite a lot ... action adventure taking on slavic myths. Tonally and naratively reminded me lot of Hellblade, gameplaywise its more of a survival with lots of bow combat.
Super solid production values for indie title, definitely intruiged for the full game.
Adapt
Its kinda similar to the the creatures stage of Spore, but not as arcadey as that was. (in one of my tests i starved out cause i picked carnicourous mouth and tried to eat herbs )
There is lot of promise (the creature creator is already great , just needs to improve the UX) in it but atm it feels super clunky to play , but i guess it makes sense as its Early Alpha which explains the terrible performance, Might be one to look for (especially for the fans of spore ) , but has long road ahead
Overall from this batch:
- Highlights: Hero's Hour, Black Tail, Ixion, Turbo Overkill and Neon White
- Unexpected Positive Surprises: Nobody – The Turnaround, Tinykin and TrailOut
- Dissapointments: Conan Chop Chop and Scathe
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