Recent reviews by Menace123

Not even able to launch the game.

From the Atari launcher, when I launch the game it does nothing.
There is no other way to launch the game and no new fix in view at all at the moment.

I just hope the dev gonna help solve that issue since we are plenty in that case.

The devs seems to have solved it for some users but not for all.

[EDIT] I've found the executable file but it doesn't matter what compatibility I use. I even tried to delete and reinstall the game but it did nothing more.

Mitoza is a very nice and short game played like Doodle God but with a seed.

You choose 1 of 2 interaction each time until you reach an ending.

Since the game has 72 interaction possible, this short game will take a little more than 30 minutes.

The game will showcase all interaction you've done.

Also do not click on the undo/retry button in the menu otherwise your progress will be reset.

A Good casual game with 5+ different world and different gameplay. which can be plaid solo or in cooperative mode.

Each level has 3 stages with different objectives depending of the world or level.

Each regular level stage has a pancake for a little more challenging gameplay.

To finish the stage you need to be together your zombie lover again.

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Family Rating
Everyone
Game style
Puzzle
Rating
Must Play
Gaming level
Casual
Puzzles
243 puzzles
Play time needed (perfect)
About 2 hours
Controls
Mouse
Size
About 125 MB
Worth
Mostly discounted


Pros
Nice music
Very nice graphics, effects and animations
A few puzzles let you think a little more (+)
Most of the final shapes (outlines) have a larger scale (+)
A showcase of all your solved puzzles (+)

Cons
Short game : about 2 hours
Most of the puzzles are easy (-)
Some final shapes (outlines) have a smaller scale (-)
Solved puzzles are only yellow (-)

Wherever you never played Tangram before or you did, you will love this cute puzzle game to relax. If you are looking for a real challenge, move on because most of the puzzles can easily be solved under or around a minute and only several will take some more minutes.



Very nice graphics, effects and animations. The game is really colorful so it's good for your eyes.
http://node2.projectplanet.cn/@steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1132330371
Only one cons is that all solved puzzles come in yellow and it would have been better to stay in that colorful theme. Despite being yellow the solved tangram let you see a nice yellow shape highlighted with some cute ink artwork.
http://node2.projectplanet.cn/@steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1132326395


A few sounds make this game relaxing as well as one ambiant music (menu) and a relaxing music (puzzles).



Wherever you never played Tangram before or you did, the game will have a tutorial. A nice feature that the game introduces is that overlapped pieces are highlighted in grey.
http://node2.projectplanet.cn/@steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1132329654
So in short Tangram is a Chinese puzzle invented some decades ago. Ta ngram mean literally "Seven Boards of Cunning", each piece wasn't randomly selected. Each with their own size and shape. So with only 7 pieces you can make hundreds of different shapes.
Most of the shapes you need to make (outlines) have a larger scale, meaning that you don't need to worry about saving space between adjacent pieces. A few times even if you have solved the puzzle, you need to find which piece is not correctly placed : you just need to move a bit each piece until you finally beat the level.

http://node2.projectplanet.cn/@steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1132328524

And sometimes the shapes you need to make (outlines) have a smaller scale and that time you really need to save every bit of space available to solved the puzzle.
When you've solved puzzles you get a nice showcase at the end.

http://node2.projectplanet.cn/@steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1132277881


Nothing to say, you just have to solve all the puzzles.


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My Family Rating
Mature (16/17+)
Game style
Visual Novel (+) ; Ecchi/Erotic (+) ; Yuri/Lesbian (+)
Rating
Must play
Play time needed (perfect)
About an hour
Controls
Mouse only
Gaming level
Casual
Size
About 215 MB
Worth
between Discounted and Full price


Pros
Very nice graphics (+)
Nice cute story
Music is fine
Ecchi and Yuri
Choices to make with 4 endings
Gallery with unlocked pictures
Save & Skip features


Cons
No real animations only transitions (-)
No voice acting - Text only - No sounds
Music is not good but not bad

Sweet fantasy is a cute and nice Ecchi and Yuri (Erotic and Lesbian) story about a nymph that fell in love with her mistress. The game let you make decisions and has 4 endings as well as several Ecchi / Yuri pictures. A playthough is about half an hour long, and you can skip any part you had done before if you are going for the other endings. So the game will keep you busy for an hour or two. Despites its cons, that's a nice and short visual novel game.


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Family Rating
Everyone(10+)
Game style
Point N’ Click ; Hidden Objects ; Puzzle
Rating
Must Play
Play time needed (perfect)
About 3 hours
Unmissable / backtracking content
Almost (collectibles)
Controls
Mouse
Size
About 1800 MB
Worth
Mostly discounted


Pros
Very nice graphics, effects and animations (a few 3D character models)
Fine cut scenes (+)
Nice story
Very nice voice acting
Nice soundtrack
3 difficulties
Fair amount of HO and puzzles scenes (+)
Nice puzzles and some are quite challenging
Nice puzzles with the inventory system
Some fighting parts
Collectibles to find

Cons
Short game : about 3 hours with no bonus story
Cut scenes not optimized for higher resolutions : blurry (-)
Your diary only contains the few objectives of the game
HO scenes are mostly very easy to finish

With its great story, like a One Thousand and One Nights story, its great graphics, nice puzzles and HO scenes I can only recommend this game. Mostly discounted because you can finish the game before 3 hours.



"Ominous clouds are gathering over Persia. The good-natured king Badiya is mortally ill and the demonic Grand Vizier Zaved holds his subjects in an iron grip, bringing the country to the edge of ruin. To make matters worse, a shadowy disease has appeared out of nowhere, spreading across the land. A young and talented apothecary Tara decides to find the cause of this plague and prevent it from spreading further. A quest full of puzzles and challenges awaits, one that will lead her to the far reaches of kingdom and even beyond it. Luckily for her, Tara won't be alone in this endeavor. She will be assisted by a mysterious acrobat and swordsman Darius, as well as goofy but kind-hearted genie Minu. Will the 3 daredevils succeed in finding the source of an ancient evil and stop the impending doom? Join the quest and lead Tara to victory. "


Very nice graphics, effects and animations. We have a few 3D character models in that game and it looks great. Cut scenes are nice but not optimized for higher resolutions as they tends to be blurry somehow.
http://node2.projectplanet.cn/@steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1067870643


The voice acting is great, as well as the music. Sounds are good too.


Like any Artifex Mundi game, the game have some common features :
3 difficulties
A diary for your objectives
A map mostly used to fast travel (if you are lazy to walk)
A hint feature
An inventory
Collectibles

And some exclusive features :
A talking feature
An apothecary bag (used for crafting potions/medicines)
Shooting / Platforming parts (just click)

The game has 4 gameplay parts :
Puzzle scenes
Hidden Objects (HO) scenes
Items interacting / crafting parts
Fighting magical critters

For the puzzle scenes, you will have mostly the same one as you will find in any other Artifex Mundi game : most of them are so easy to solve and some can be a bit tricky to clear.
http://node2.projectplanet.cn/@steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1067851952
http://node2.projectplanet.cn/@steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1067764992
The HO scenes are relatively easy and several of them are nicely done. You have the regular one where you need to find items according to the text list, the one with the shadow of the objects you need to find, the one where you need to find the same object several times and the story telling one where you need to find symbols. Do not expect a lot of challenge from them as they are a few of text-list HO scenes.
http://node2.projectplanet.cn/@steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1067690932
http://node2.projectplanet.cn/@steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1067744771

Mostly all the Ho scenes except the story one will need you to interact with the scene to find some objects. There is also one nice HO Scene where you need to find cogs with most of them rotating.

The inventory is the second key point of the game as you will acquire many objects to help you in your journey. Some can be used as is and some can be interacted or combined. One of the most interesting thing is that you can find medicine materials/items used to craft medicine with your apothecary bag.
http://node2.projectplanet.cn/@steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1067735443
You have a few parts where you need to shoot at some spots, you just need to click when the crosshair turns to green. You have also a few platforming parts where you just need to click to go forward progressively.

Finally you have a few fighting parts which you can't loose and don't have any time limit. It's a short puzzle divided in 3 short waves. In the first wave you need to find the couple of symbols you don't share with the enemy. In the second you need to reproduce the sequence shown. In the last one you need to light all the symbols, like a light the bulbs puzzle.
http://node2.projectplanet.cn/@steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1067712035


They are easy and add a little challenge to the game. But like any Artifex mundi game : do not use hints and do not skip any puzzle or hidden objects scene.

Several achievements are collectibles related, so it's highly recommended that you follow a guide if you don't want to play the game twice. Mostly because you can't backtrack areas after you've done the last task in each area. Some collectibles can be tricky to find but looks mostly the same : a Persian Palace. It behaves like a morphing item as you can only see it half of the time. In this game there is always one collectible in each area of the game so you don't really need to follow the guide.

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Also be sure to talk to your fellow every time you can as you may miss the talking related achievements.

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My Family Rating
Everyone (10+)
Game style
Puzzle (+)
Rating
Must play
Play time needed (perfect)
About 3 hours
Controls
Keyboard, mouse or controller
Gaming level
between Casual and Gamer
Size
About 32 MB
Worth
Full price


Pros
Nice minimalistic graphics
About 75 puzzles (some quite challenging)
Levels overview (unlock adjacent levels)
5 environments with each a new gameplay mechanism
Undo and restart feature
Nice relaxing music

Cons
Graphics of the levels overview a little bit too minimalistic
Pattern easy to learn (tougher for the advanced levels though)

A snake's tale is a unique Puzzle made on iOS, Android and Computer OS which is inspired in some ways by the original concept of the snake game in 1976. The snake behavior and the eggs concept have been kept. You help a Brown Water Snake to reach the hole of each level to his long journey. (Well if you are a snake specialist you can tell me if that's a Brown Water Snake but it seems to be one.) Several gameplay mechanisms are added to the game : snakes with different behavior, eggs and buttons.

Graphics
Graphics are nice despite they are minimalistic : they look like 3D models. And the 5 worlds as well as the 7 snakes will not let you bored. Only the levels overview is the less attractive part of the game.
http://node2.projectplanet.cn/@steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1062951187

Sounds, Music
Nice music with fine sounds.

Gameplay
You begin with the map with overview of the unlocked levels : only one at the beginning. As long as you clear a puzzle you unlock the adjacent ones. This is a really nice concept as you can skip or play any unlocked level you want. Also the title of each level can provide a precious hint on how to solve it.
To clear a puzzle you need to move the brown water snake to its destination : the black hole. There are no time or "step" limits and you can use the Undo and Restart features whenever you want.
You can move any snake you want in any order, just be sure to not get a snake stuck unless you need to do it. Anyway you can always use the Undo or Restart feature at any time. Also you will encounter mostly 3 unique snakes which make the game tougher.
Adding to that you will encounter some eggs in several levels : the regular one and the black one. As you may think the regular will increase the size of any snake by one tile. I say any because it's not mandatory that your snake eat it as some puzzles requires you to have another snake that eat the egg. And the black eggs are rotten eggs so it will decrease the length of a snake by one tile but if the snake is already small he will die and disappears from the level.
Finally you will encounter some buttons - switches that all need to be pressed in order to open the hole.
The first levels are obvious to clear : they are small, easy and includes a few gameplay mechanisms : including snakes, eggs or buttons.
http://node2.projectplanet.cn/@steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1062980086
The later levels can become a bit tedious as they are medium-sized and sometimes includes several gameplay features.
http://node2.projectplanet.cn/@steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1062991567
Finally after you beat all the regular levels you unlock the final level which includes most of the snakes and gameplay features you have previously seen.
http://node2.projectplanet.cn/@steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1062972034

Achievements
There is only one achievement you get after you beat the game.

http://www.auburn.edu/academic/science_math/res_area/moved_herpetology/snakes%20and%20lizards/legless%20lizards/legless_lizards.htm

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Family Rating
Between Teen (13+) & Mature (17+) (violence & blood)
Game style
Action (+), Shooter (-); Survival (+); Horror (~); Stealth (~); Puzzle (-)
Rating
between Mixed and Good
Play time needed (perfect)
About 2
hours
Playthrough
One.
Environment
Linear levels.
Unmissable / backtracking content
Mostly, you can reload any part of the game
Controls
Keyboard and mouse
Gaming/Achievement level
Mostly broken (refer to the achievements part at the end)
Size
About 5000 MB
Worth
between Full and Discounted price


Pros
Fine cut scenes (prologue and ending)
Fine story
Good graphics and effects
Fine voice line
Several difficulties
Progressive tutorial
You can check your objetive at any time (+)
Several goose bumps (+)
Small inventory feature
A night mode camera to see in the dark
Fighting parts (+)
The developper will try to fix the broken achievements (+)


Cons
Straight forward objectives (-)
Goose bumps are not that effective (-)
Quick time events are mostly hard to do
Combat are laughtable not really polished (-)
All except one achievement are broken (-)

(+) Pros will always had a (-) Cons.

Despite its flaws it's a fine survival horror game if you don't have anything else to play. It would have been a nice/good game if the fighting animations weren't flawed and most of the achievements broken. Hopefully the developers are working on them.


Story
The story itself is still really nice.
"As Dr. Riley McClein, you have to figure out what is real and what is not as you try to uncover the mysterious happenings at the hospital, while also trying to deal with your epileptic attacks that have haunted you all your life. You will need to whatever you can to survive the night and most importantly, keep your sanity."

Graphics
The graphics and effects of the game are really nice. Only the first cute scene is just fine using an artistic filter on pictures. The game has a fair amount of bright and dark areas. Characters models are quite nice, only the fighting and enemies animations are laughable and flawed.

http://node2.projectplanet.cn/@steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=971544064
http://node2.projectplanet.cn/@steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=971544726
http://node2.projectplanet.cn/@steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=971544882

Sounds, Music
Nice ambiant music with a nice voice acting, only the scared voice is laughable. The sounds combined to the goose bumps make them a little more effective.

Gameplay
The game is combining several genres : Action & Shooter, Survival and Horror.
The game features several difficulties if you checked the options and that includes a hardcore difficulty.

The game also features stealth as you can bypass or skip enemies before they spot you or by simple walk past them. Hopefully not all of them react like that.

A puzzle was also added in the second update,easy to solve after you find out how to solve it.

http://node2.projectplanet.cn/@steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=971545492

At the beginning the game is mostly an horror game : you have visions of the past and some scary visions / goose bumps. Shortly the game will be an action, survival, horror game. You begin with a knife and a camera and you will find later another powerful weapon as well as a gun.
You can interact with some objects and inspects some items and many interaction are kinda useless : like checking the inside of any fridge or inpsecting scissors or other stuffs. Hopefully you can also find several items to help you : batteries, medicines which are always highlighted. Also the cursor change when you can interact with something.

The camera will let you see in the dark with its nightmode view.
As said ealier do not expect a good action game : the fighting and enemies animations are laughable and flawed. There are also some QTEs (Quick Time Events) involving spamming a button or pressing a button at the right moment. This last one is kinda very tricky as the cursor move really fast so you mostly can't stop it at the right spot. Hopefully this won't make your life harder so I will pass on that.

Achievements
As said all of the achievements except one are broken. Hopefully the developers are aware of it and are working on it.

http://node2.projectplanet.cn/@steamcommunity.com/app/598440/discussions/0/135513549102604247/


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Family Rating
Teen (minimalistic blood)
Game style
Arcade (~); Platformer (+);
Rating
Must Play
Play time needed (perfect)
About an hour
Levels
2 worlds (30 levels)
Controls
Keyboard or Controller
Gaming/Achievement level
From Casual (+) to Gamer (-)
Size
About 200 MB
Worth
Full or Discounted price


Pros
Nice graphics and effects
Nice music (2)
2 worlds -30 levels
Randomly generated levels
Smooth controls
Many deadly traps per world
Death markers
Leaderboards

Cons
Some parts of the first world are much harder than the second


Mad Dojo is a very nice indie game : nice graphics and effects, nice music, smooth controls... Well everything you need to enjoy the game. The only part is that the game is quite short but hopefully several levels are quite challenging, especially in the first world.


Story

You are a wannabe ninja and you are trained by your sensei with a very tough training including various obstacles and deadly traps. Each day you will train harder and harder to be the ninja you always wanted to be.

Graphics

The game offers great pixel art graphics with several nice effects : a trail following your ninja, some nice sunrays and some nice backgrounds.

Sounds, Music

Sounds are nice and you will hear a distinct music in each world. And of course the music is quite nice.

Gameplay

It's mostly reach the end of the level without dying. Your current time is shown at the top of the screen so the aim is to get to the exit as fast as possible if you want to get in the top of the leaderboards.

The game contains 2 worlds with each 15 levels. Each world has their distinct hazards and traps.
The only annoying thing is that the first world has mostly deadly traps which is less the case of the second world. So your energy bar (health bar) will only help you during the second world.
Hopefully you are well prepared : you can double jump, wall slide and even use kunai/shuriken to help you to reach the exit. The game will also show you your last deaths on the level.

Even if you beat the game you can still enjoy it and play some randomly generated levels which can be much harder than the campaign.

Achievements

Most of them are easy to obtain. Only one or two levels may be tedious to finish as well as beating a procedural level.


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Family Rating
Everyone(10+)
Game style
Point N’ Click ; Hidden Objects ; Puzzle
Rating
between Good and Must Play
Play time needed (perfect)
Less than 3 hours
Unmissable / backtracking content
Almost
Controls
Mouse
Size
About 1200 MB
Worth
Mostly discounted


Pros
Nice graphics & animations
Fine voice acting & cut scenes
Fine soundtrack
3 difficulties
Story & Bonus story
Fair amount of HO and puzzles scenes
Nice puzzles with the inventory system
Collectibles to find

Cons
Cut scenes not optimized for higher resolutions
Your diary only contains the few objectives of the game
Few parts telling the story : beginning / ending mostly + additional story about the past
Short game : about 3 hours (story + bonus story)
HO and Puzzle scenes very easy to finish
Puzzle scenes are the same as any other common Artifex game

Despite its cons, this game is still a fine HO / Puzzle game. Being the sequel of Demon Hunter 2, this third installment can be played independently if you wish. Every Demon Hunter of this sequel shares 2 common things : fighting demons to save the world from darkness and the medallion you almost always have with you.


Story

"Having defeated the Beast from another dimension, Dawn Harlock had hoped to spend the rest of her life in peace. However, circumstances have placed the life of a child at stake and brought her out of retirement to once again solve supernatural riddles and hunt hellish demons. Can the world's foremost paranormal detective muster the courage to follow the dark path and face off against an enemy from beyond? With you as her guide, she stands a chance."

Graphics

Graphics are nice as well as the animations. Only the cut scenes aren't optimized for higher resolutions.

Sounds, Music

Sounds are find and the music is nice.

Story

You will mostly hear the story at the beginning and at the end of the game. There is an additional story you will listen to, while recovering the parts of your medallion : a story from the past.

Gameplay

Like any Artifex Mundi game, the game have some common features :
3 difficulties
A diary for your objectives
A map mostly used to fast travel (if you are lazy to walk)
A game overview, mostly for the achievements
A hint feature
An inventory

The game has 4 gameplay parts :

Puzzle scenes
Hidden Objects (HO) scenes
Items interacting / crafting parts
Fighting demons

For the puzzle scenes, you will have mostly the same one as you will find in any other Artifex Mundi game but most of them are so easy to solve.

The HO scenes are relatively easy and are one of the key point of the game because they are nicely done. You have the regular one where you need to find items according to the text list, the one with the shadow of the objects you need to find, the one where you need to find the same object several times and the story telling one where you need to find symbols.

Only the regular HO scene will have morphing objects, objects that morph to another a short amount of time. Mostly all the Ho scenes except the story one will need you to interact with the scene in order to find some objects.

The inventory is the second key point of the game as you will acquire many objects to help you in your journey. Some can be used as is and some can be interacted or combined. Interacting puzzles are interesting though I didn't know that throwing a glass jar of water would break a spell. And you will also need to craft some stuff according to a recipe or even repair things.

Finally you have a few fighting parts which you can't loose and don't have any time limit. It's a short puzzle where you need to find the unique symbols you don't share with the enemy’s spell.

Achievements

They are easy and add a little challenge to the game. But like any Artifex mundi game : do not use hints and do not skip any puzzle or hidden objects scene.

Several achievements are collectibles related, so it's highly recommended that you follow a guide if you don't want to play the game twice. Mostly because you can't backtrack the first half of the areas of the game after you've reached a cut scene.



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