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2023
It's alright for a mobile game. I started this because my husband really wanted someone to play it with. It's fun if you enjoy monster hunter games, as the gameplay is somewhat similar, as similar as it can be, while being a mobile game.
2014
I really enjoyed the story told in this goofy Lego way and there was a lot of great moments. Sadly the story is not finished, as it only includes the stories from The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey and The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies is not included in the story and most likely never will be, which is sad, as I believe it would have been amazing told in Lego form.
Gameplay wise it is your average Lego game. Sadly there was some reoccurring bugs that almost made the 100% completion impossible, but I managed to go around them. There were crashes occasionally and other things that were a bit annoying, but otherwise the game was very enjoyable.
If you enjoy Lego games I do recommend this one, it's goofy and fun, and definitely a well made Lego game, despite all the small bugs. Very fun.
Gameplay wise it is your average Lego game. Sadly there was some reoccurring bugs that almost made the 100% completion impossible, but I managed to go around them. There were crashes occasionally and other things that were a bit annoying, but otherwise the game was very enjoyable.
If you enjoy Lego games I do recommend this one, it's goofy and fun, and definitely a well made Lego game, despite all the small bugs. Very fun.
💗 This game was gifted to Indie Therapy for review.
It's your average build and management game, though it takes some inspiration from timberborn I assume. You play as a colony of penguins, who are trying to survive the global warming and the ice melting around them, and you are tasked to build and, well, survive.
United Penguin Kingdom: Huddle Up is the free prologue version of the upcoming full game, and you are able to experience a full year in this very fun prologue. It's a very well made prologue and a game in general, I enjoyed it a lot. Made me want to get the full game, so I guess it was successful in it's job?
Since it's free, I will very much recommend everyone to try it out and see if the full game might be up your alley! The prologue only took me around 1 hour to complete, so it isn't that long.
It's your average build and management game, though it takes some inspiration from timberborn I assume. You play as a colony of penguins, who are trying to survive the global warming and the ice melting around them, and you are tasked to build and, well, survive.
United Penguin Kingdom: Huddle Up is the free prologue version of the upcoming full game, and you are able to experience a full year in this very fun prologue. It's a very well made prologue and a game in general, I enjoyed it a lot. Made me want to get the full game, so I guess it was successful in it's job?
Since it's free, I will very much recommend everyone to try it out and see if the full game might be up your alley! The prologue only took me around 1 hour to complete, so it isn't that long.
2020
This game is a story about an ordinary Japanese family spending time at home during a rainy season. The family was supposed to go and visit an amusement park, but the weather turned for the worse and the young boy you play as has to figure out what to do while staying inside.
You get to explore the house and find different daydreams and talk to the family. It was a really nice little game, though it was very short to play. The sounds of the rain outside is quite nostalgic for some reason and the lovely atmosphere is very nice.
It's a very nice little game worth checking out.
You get to explore the house and find different daydreams and talk to the family. It was a really nice little game, though it was very short to play. The sounds of the rain outside is quite nostalgic for some reason and the lovely atmosphere is very nice.
It's a very nice little game worth checking out.
2020
A very short puzzle game where you are a mouse named Otto trying to escape a rundown looking testing chamber. To escape the lab, Otto must look through the mirrors to see a parallel universe and reveal hidden paths.
The puzzles were fairly easy and didn't take too much thought. The artstyle was a very cool pixel style and the soundtrack was very fitting and gave an eerie atmosphere to the game.
I was kinda sad that it was such a short game as I was really enjoying it, it would have been very interesting if the journey continued forward from the lab. Either way the game was fun and I would highly recommend.
The puzzles were fairly easy and didn't take too much thought. The artstyle was a very cool pixel style and the soundtrack was very fitting and gave an eerie atmosphere to the game.
I was kinda sad that it was such a short game as I was really enjoying it, it would have been very interesting if the journey continued forward from the lab. Either way the game was fun and I would highly recommend.
2022
I won this game through SteamGifts.
As a vow to his dying Sensei, the young samurai Hiroki is sworn to protect his town and the people he loves against all threats. Faced with tragedy and bound to duty, the lone samurai must voyage beyond life and death to confront himself and decide his path forward.
The story was compelling and interesting, with beautiful monochromatic artstyle and frustrating combat, the game offers a pretty okay-ish experience. I really did want to enjoy it more honestly, but the combat and the fact that there was multiple endings that didn't really differ in any other way other than ONE choice right at the end of chapter 6 and the ending scene with the final boss, it was an experience I wished I could have gone through faster.
I managed to play through the game once on ronin difficulty while getting the no hit boss achievements, and a second run with the kensei difficulty. I save scummed for one of the endings to avoid the need to run through the game again, since I didn't really see a need for it. My favorite ending was probably the love route, and it really was heartwarming at the end.
I honestly think people who can manage through the combat will really enjoy the game, but I don't think it's worth almost 20€, so if you do decide to get it, get it at a big sale for sure or a bundle. That being said, I do think it's worth a recommendation from me anyway.
As a vow to his dying Sensei, the young samurai Hiroki is sworn to protect his town and the people he loves against all threats. Faced with tragedy and bound to duty, the lone samurai must voyage beyond life and death to confront himself and decide his path forward.
The story was compelling and interesting, with beautiful monochromatic artstyle and frustrating combat, the game offers a pretty okay-ish experience. I really did want to enjoy it more honestly, but the combat and the fact that there was multiple endings that didn't really differ in any other way other than ONE choice right at the end of chapter 6 and the ending scene with the final boss, it was an experience I wished I could have gone through faster.
I managed to play through the game once on ronin difficulty while getting the no hit boss achievements, and a second run with the kensei difficulty. I save scummed for one of the endings to avoid the need to run through the game again, since I didn't really see a need for it. My favorite ending was probably the love route, and it really was heartwarming at the end.
I honestly think people who can manage through the combat will really enjoy the game, but I don't think it's worth almost 20€, so if you do decide to get it, get it at a big sale for sure or a bundle. That being said, I do think it's worth a recommendation from me anyway.
2023
It's a game that tries to be deep and philosophical, but for me it was mostly sleep and headache inducing.
Everything is way too white and bright, the chromatic aberration and motion blur are absolutely horrid and the character moves quite slowly.
They tried to implement a good stamina gauge when you try to carry the rock you get tired after awhile, but that really makes the game much more annoying, as it happens way too often and doesn't really make sense when the rock doesn't even seem heavy and feels more like a foam block rather than stone.
I got this game from a friend, so I didn't spend my own money on it, but I would definitely not recommend this game. 10€ is way too much for this game, and it's just isn't entertaining.
Everything is way too white and bright, the chromatic aberration and motion blur are absolutely horrid and the character moves quite slowly.
They tried to implement a good stamina gauge when you try to carry the rock you get tired after awhile, but that really makes the game much more annoying, as it happens way too often and doesn't really make sense when the rock doesn't even seem heavy and feels more like a foam block rather than stone.
I got this game from a friend, so I didn't spend my own money on it, but I would definitely not recommend this game. 10€ is way too much for this game, and it's just isn't entertaining.
2014
It's the sims. You make characters, and control them. Make them fall in love, get married, eventually divorced, they get a juice problem and then they drown in the pool, because you closed it in with walls. All in a days work. Recommended.
2011
Are you ready for a wacky adventure of birds, love and seeds galore!? Then jump in to the interesting story of Hatoful Boyfriend. It's a game where you are the main character, a human student enrolled into the prestigious St. PigeoNation’s Institute, a school for talented birds. You get to meet a lot of cool different birds and the story unravels in ways you wouldn't have believed!
It's definitely an experience that you don't want to miss. It doesn't seem to take itself too seriously, but once the story starts to unfold, some pretty serious themes will be revealed as well. My favorite characters were definitely Okosan and Anghel Higure, as they were not only wacky in personality, but brought so much interesting twists to the game itself.
I wasn't really fan of the soundtrack and it felt a little too repetitive and annoying, so I muted the game after a few endings I had achieved, but it didn't really take away from the experience too much.
The game is definitely a recommendation from me to those of you who enjoy visual novels and intriguing wacky stories and chraracters.
It's definitely an experience that you don't want to miss. It doesn't seem to take itself too seriously, but once the story starts to unfold, some pretty serious themes will be revealed as well. My favorite characters were definitely Okosan and Anghel Higure, as they were not only wacky in personality, but brought so much interesting twists to the game itself.
I wasn't really fan of the soundtrack and it felt a little too repetitive and annoying, so I muted the game after a few endings I had achieved, but it didn't really take away from the experience too much.
The game is definitely a recommendation from me to those of you who enjoy visual novels and intriguing wacky stories and chraracters.
2023
💜This game was gifted to Catizens Curations for review.
Where Cats is a hidden object game where your goal is to find the 100 hidden cats in the artwork. They did try to be a good hidden object game, but sadly this game really fell flat pretty fast. You get an achievement for every cat found, which is not only very annoying when you have achievement notifications on, but also makes achievements pointless in the first place.
The actual gameplay took me a whopping 5 minutes to find all the cats, so it's definitely a fast game to complete. I would even call it too fast, and due to the fact that it takes so little and there is so many achievements, it reminds me of those achievement farming games.
I want to say I enjoyed it, but I really didn't. There are a lot of different hidden object games out there with cats and other animals that I would recommend pretty much any of the other ones over this one. I don't mean to sound too harsh, but that's the truth.
Where Cats is a hidden object game where your goal is to find the 100 hidden cats in the artwork. They did try to be a good hidden object game, but sadly this game really fell flat pretty fast. You get an achievement for every cat found, which is not only very annoying when you have achievement notifications on, but also makes achievements pointless in the first place.
The actual gameplay took me a whopping 5 minutes to find all the cats, so it's definitely a fast game to complete. I would even call it too fast, and due to the fact that it takes so little and there is so many achievements, it reminds me of those achievement farming games.
I want to say I enjoyed it, but I really didn't. There are a lot of different hidden object games out there with cats and other animals that I would recommend pretty much any of the other ones over this one. I don't mean to sound too harsh, but that's the truth.
💙This game was gifted to F.U.R. - Furries Under Review for review.
You join Emme the dog as she battles block invaders in her little spaceship in this puzzle brickbreaker game. You must defeat all kinds of unpredictable blocks across hundreds of levels, before they close in on the sweet little puppy at the bottom of the screen.
The artstyle and over all feel of the game is great and very retro. The main character, Emme, is a cute little anthropomorphic dog in a spaceship. Don't you dare loose the game or she'll die and make horrible dying noises that still haunt my dreams! But for reals though, the sounds the main character makes when you loose a level is very sad and gripped at my heartstrings quite often.
I think the game would have benefited from having WAY less levels though, as they get a little repetitive and annoying towards the end. Though take my words with a grain of salt, as I am not a huge fan of brickbreaker type of games. I was pulling hairs a lot while trying to get the par achievements and if there were less levels it would have been more enjoyable for sure.
Eitherway, the game is great fun for those who enjoy the genre and there is great potential in this game. It's definitely worth it for the cheap price it is sold at.
You join Emme the dog as she battles block invaders in her little spaceship in this puzzle brickbreaker game. You must defeat all kinds of unpredictable blocks across hundreds of levels, before they close in on the sweet little puppy at the bottom of the screen.
The artstyle and over all feel of the game is great and very retro. The main character, Emme, is a cute little anthropomorphic dog in a spaceship. Don't you dare loose the game or she'll die and make horrible dying noises that still haunt my dreams! But for reals though, the sounds the main character makes when you loose a level is very sad and gripped at my heartstrings quite often.
I think the game would have benefited from having WAY less levels though, as they get a little repetitive and annoying towards the end. Though take my words with a grain of salt, as I am not a huge fan of brickbreaker type of games. I was pulling hairs a lot while trying to get the par achievements and if there were less levels it would have been more enjoyable for sure.
Eitherway, the game is great fun for those who enjoy the genre and there is great potential in this game. It's definitely worth it for the cheap price it is sold at.
Definitely one of my favorite card games out there. Gwent is such an iconic cardgame, even inside the Witcher 3 game, but on it's own it really is an absolute fantastic game. I was really lucky to be able to get one of the more rarer achievements as my final one when I played with a friend. Definitely going to still continue playing this from time to time though.
2023
💙This game was gifted to F.U.R. - Furries Under Review for review.
Hibernation Day was a short little experience where you play as a young opossum trying to enjoy Hibernation Day with his family, but your parents are fighting and your sister is being moody. You do simple tasks in the game to get your family back on track with enjoying the final day before the long sleep begins for winter.
It's a really short game, I completed the game in 15 minutes and a few minutes extra for the last two achievements, as one of them requires you to start the game again and other requires you to do a different choice with the trashcan.
The artstyle is super pretty and cute, and I definitely think it's a worthy little game to play for free! I hope the developer will make more cute games like this one in the future!
Hibernation Day was a short little experience where you play as a young opossum trying to enjoy Hibernation Day with his family, but your parents are fighting and your sister is being moody. You do simple tasks in the game to get your family back on track with enjoying the final day before the long sleep begins for winter.
It's a really short game, I completed the game in 15 minutes and a few minutes extra for the last two achievements, as one of them requires you to start the game again and other requires you to do a different choice with the trashcan.
The artstyle is super pretty and cute, and I definitely think it's a worthy little game to play for free! I hope the developer will make more cute games like this one in the future!
2019
When everyone is trapped in a time loop without their knowledge or consent, only the few chosen ones, The Remembrants, who know the truth, can spread the information.
Alt-Frequencies is an audio focused story game where you are put in control of listening to the radio. You need to go through the channels and find information to record and share forward. The twist is that the time loop happens every once in awhile and will make you listen to the content multiple times.
It's a such a fun and unique concept of a game, and I enjoyed it a lot. There is definitely a lot of repeating and you need to find the right things to record to share forward to get through to the next chapter. There is a few choices along the way that will shape the outcome of certain things, and there is also a few different endings you can get. The achievements weren't too difficult to do and even if some require multiple runs of certain chapters it was easy to do with chapter select from the main menu.
I definitely had a blast playing through this game and can highly recommend it to anyone who enjoys a little bit of mystery.
Alt-Frequencies is an audio focused story game where you are put in control of listening to the radio. You need to go through the channels and find information to record and share forward. The twist is that the time loop happens every once in awhile and will make you listen to the content multiple times.
It's a such a fun and unique concept of a game, and I enjoyed it a lot. There is definitely a lot of repeating and you need to find the right things to record to share forward to get through to the next chapter. There is a few choices along the way that will shape the outcome of certain things, and there is also a few different endings you can get. The achievements weren't too difficult to do and even if some require multiple runs of certain chapters it was easy to do with chapter select from the main menu.
I definitely had a blast playing through this game and can highly recommend it to anyone who enjoys a little bit of mystery.
2023
💜This game was gifted to Catizens Curations for review.
Nukearts Studio has once again delivered an amazing success of a game in their series of hidden cat games. Like it's predecessors, Hidden Cats in Rome delivers an impressive array of details in it's artworks, with cats hidden in places one wouldn't know to look for at first, but when you focus on the search you will enjoy the hunt. You start with a monochromatic illustration and it gets colored as you find more and more cats until the last one is found and the final awesome artwork is revealed in all of its beautiful color.
You get to play through two different modes of the main game, normal and advanced, while unlocking bonus kitten levels! There is also a new bonus level called Nerd Arena, which is unlocked by doing all of the bonus kitten levels.
Normal mode has 120 cats in fixed positions and 5 hints available, though I suggest playing through it without using hints as that is required for an achievement. In Advanced mode there is 200 cats in semi-random positions and 12 Special cats that unlock Bonus Levels and give hints when found, and also 20 different city people to find that also give hints when found, though as with normal mode, using no hints grants an achievement so I recommend going without them.
Bonus Kitten levels are unlocked with finding the 12 special cats in Advanced mode and they have you searching for smaller cats that are more trickier to find, with a few hidden under clothing and backpacks ruffling in with animation for easier finding. The new bonus level, Nerd Arena, has you searching for kittens as well as people and it is clearly meant for as a test of your hidden object finding skills!
In this iteration of the series there is more than 970 hidden objects to be found in total, and the developers certainly outdid themselves from the previous games for sure.
The game is relaxing and addictive like all the games in the series and I would highly recommend this game wholeheartedly, not just on sale, but even with full price as it is not only cheap, but supports the developers to make more of these amazing hidden cat games! Try it out!
Nukearts Studio has once again delivered an amazing success of a game in their series of hidden cat games. Like it's predecessors, Hidden Cats in Rome delivers an impressive array of details in it's artworks, with cats hidden in places one wouldn't know to look for at first, but when you focus on the search you will enjoy the hunt. You start with a monochromatic illustration and it gets colored as you find more and more cats until the last one is found and the final awesome artwork is revealed in all of its beautiful color.
You get to play through two different modes of the main game, normal and advanced, while unlocking bonus kitten levels! There is also a new bonus level called Nerd Arena, which is unlocked by doing all of the bonus kitten levels.
Normal mode has 120 cats in fixed positions and 5 hints available, though I suggest playing through it without using hints as that is required for an achievement. In Advanced mode there is 200 cats in semi-random positions and 12 Special cats that unlock Bonus Levels and give hints when found, and also 20 different city people to find that also give hints when found, though as with normal mode, using no hints grants an achievement so I recommend going without them.
Bonus Kitten levels are unlocked with finding the 12 special cats in Advanced mode and they have you searching for smaller cats that are more trickier to find, with a few hidden under clothing and backpacks ruffling in with animation for easier finding. The new bonus level, Nerd Arena, has you searching for kittens as well as people and it is clearly meant for as a test of your hidden object finding skills!
In this iteration of the series there is more than 970 hidden objects to be found in total, and the developers certainly outdid themselves from the previous games for sure.
The game is relaxing and addictive like all the games in the series and I would highly recommend this game wholeheartedly, not just on sale, but even with full price as it is not only cheap, but supports the developers to make more of these amazing hidden cat games! Try it out!