Remember that posting lists of good games absolutely drives them up the wall, so keep doing it, okay?https://store.steampowered.com/sale/nextfestPrevious Thread:>>733776307
Tried out What Awaits, Aleksey, I enjoyed it. It took some inspiration from Papers Please but it's focused on using the tools as a investigation kind of thing.Just be warned, there is a time limit in the day though you don't seem to get punished for it since new evidence gets added the next day. First mystery isn't too hard to solve though.
Nights of Nil would be better if it was a regular "give orders to npcs" type of settlement builder game instead of always having to control at least one. I get that it's supposed to be the gimmick of the game but it drags it down since the combat is way too shallow and there's nothing to do while your wokers do their things and you don't have a proper way to look what they're doing without constantly switching playable characters.
Here's all the good Survival Horror and Detective Games so far:Parasite MutantCode 9Brian Lefebvre and the Vow of HateConnected ClueHeavy Metal Death CanThe posthumous investigationVultures Scavengers of DeathWhat Awaits AlekseyIvayami Cradle of Fog - No one is talking about this one, what gives? Now that Dolltown has failed, it's our new Silent Hill standard bearer.SideEye HighAngel's Devil Tail 2304 SecondsThe Last Wizard: Goblin DetectiveHollow Stories: LockdownOn Air: Taxi Detective CasebookBig Hollow 1982 Survival Horror and actual detective braingamess are the only genres that matter. Well, and anime I suppose.
I'm a pretty simple guy. I see a game that claims to be inspired by Disco Elysium, and I put it on the ignore list immediately.
I think I found this logic game in one of these threads and I really liked ithttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3848440/Mimic_Sleuth/
>>733837021Feels like a minigame part of a bigger game
>>733836501Who's them?
>>733836501agdg rtannies killed the hype
>>733836727There is also:https://store.steampowered.com/app/1595390/Castle_Dornstein/https://store.steampowered.com/app/3942880/Rose_Academy_Demo/https://store.steampowered.com/app/3756940/The_Ratline/https://store.steampowered.com/app/3406690/Puzzle_Spy_International/https://store.steampowered.com/app/4280150/A_Study_in_Blue/https://store.steampowered.com/app/4312100/Thomas_Ireham_in_Crimson_Spotlight_Demo/https://store.steampowered.com/app/4074040/Vivian_Wade_Danger_Down_The_Aisle/https://store.steampowered.com/app/4159130/New_Folder/
>>733837080The lurkers
Come on now
I want to like BOOST VECTOR EX but I can't get a feel of how to control my character to not fall off the map or block myself on the wall.https://store.steampowered.com/app/3832030/BOOST_VECTOR_EX/>>733836727I think Ivayami needs more polish or some changes because crawling through bushes is really slow. Also I hate how most of roads are blocked by cars etc. though I hope full game will have less of them.>>733836870Made me chuckle
>>733837141
Rogueslop recommendations?
>>733837193no one laughs at your unfunny 9gag trash, meanwhile
Any good horrors? Preferably old school style.
>>733837190Every other street being randomly blocked is lore accurate to Silent Hill. That's fine. I expect ripoffs to be ripping things off.
>>733837190boost vector ex is everything i would like in a game except for good movement and controlswhich unfortunately is murder for this specific game typeshit like neon white or haste are sort of similar and feel much better to play
>>733837294https://store.steampowered.com/app/2949120/No_Vacation_for_an_Executioner/
>>733836727>Brian Lefebvre
so many lighthouse keeper games. maybe I should list them all, as a joke. they're never good. god damn. remember that one where you had to run but the camera was from the monster's POV as it chased you? that one sucked too.https://store.steampowered.com/app/3005700/The_last_keeper/
>>733837221Play EvoluthSimple but with SOUL™
Man Firestarters is my fucking jam but I get serious eye strain after playing it for only 10 minutes.Is this what being over 30 feels like?
>>733837080The non-gamers.
>>733837351I haven't played Silent Hill though I understand why it is made that way now.>>733837464True, I want to like this game but movement is little weird to me. Game wants you to go fast but at the same time you can easily fall off the map because you went too fast, drifting slows you down much and I still do not understand how exactly boosting works. Maybe it is just something I need to get feel of? I don't know
>>733836501Karate rogue seems fun but im bad at rouge and roguelites, i fold im like 3 encounters
>>733837703do not play cicadamata then you'll have a seizureI know I did
>>733837935Interestingly enough, Cicadamata did not give me nearly as much eye strain. I think it's down to the fact that the majority of the background is already very bright, while in Firestarters it's a brown arena, so it's much more bright-dark veriation heavy than Cicadamata.
>>733802552>>733803078Update from previous threadThe goddamn asian programmers did it again, they did not use "culture invariant" option when dealing with semicolons and shit, resulting in instant crash in Mecha Force.If you have this problem, just swap your regional data setting to Burger, and it works.SheeshHad to persuade Robo Girl's Dream to fix this in his own demo last time. Why all westerners and even jeets get that, but east asian devs do not?
man, has the discovery queue always sucked? I used it specifically for the Next Fest, almost 2000 titles, and I barely managed to get about 50 games the amount of shit I skipped simply because of AI thumbnails was insane
RE9 on suicide watch. no demo. $95 price point. capcom trying it's hardest to keep it from leaking that it sucks.
>>733836727>>733837149I also found this game:https://store.steampowered.com/app/3929680/Mysteries_of_Old_Tokyo_Demo/I haven't yet had occasion to play it but it looks interesting.
>>733838092Do not educate idiots on the proper way to locate next fest demos. Let them keep wasting their time and seething.
>>733838184>RE9 on suicide watch. no demo.I was actually looking forward to a AAA game in the fest
A Salt and Sanctuary-like? Now I've seen everything.https://store.steampowered.com/app/1996090/Vapor_World_Over_The_Mind/
>>733837260Do you have a monopoly on repeating tripe endlessly, or something?
>>733838538>Salt and Sanctuary-like>characters don't look like turtles
>>733838631It's the oldest trick in the book. Replace everything with anime and sell 10x more copies.
>thought Replaced looked neat from trailers>waited patiently for years>finally got a demo, looks, sounds and feels amazing>they forgot to make interesting gameplay
Did this have a demo and got pulled or did I imagine that? https://store.steampowered.com/app/4012150/BREKEKEKEX/
>>733837221https://store.steampowered.com/app/2680670/Wardrum/
>>733838278AAA games are sort of garbage. Most people will agree with this, around here. But very few people do anything about it. I spend all my time in the indie realm these days. And maybe they suck, sometimes, but I don't expect them to be some perfect paragon anyway. Taking Resident Evil's new price point as an example, for $95, I could acquire ten indie games at ten dollars a piece, if they even cost that much. I could probably get 20 if I really tried min-maxing.All AAA games theoretically have over indies is the ability to theoretically create very immersive worlds that solo developers don't have time to. But they tend to fail at that. Graphics have plateaued and indies are closing the gap immensely. Take Fear the Timeloop, for example. I'm sure some autist could point out all the graphical differences between it and RE2remake. But it's close enough that it doesn't really matter much.
>>733839246Sword Hero is making an attempt at the immersive world thing like AAA devs used to make. Who knows? Maybe he'll succeed now that he's almost got his $400,000 which is way more than he expected to get. I didn't bother to fund because it was clear he didn't really need any extra money. I only go with kickstarters that have some doubt about success. No use risking money when it's a done deal anyway.It has a demo btw.
>>733839246Tormented Souls 2, Kalyskah, Vampire Syndicate: gangs of Moonfall, etc.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4040680/foreverhappytown/Managed to convince a friend to play it with me and it was actually not bad for a co-op game, playing solo is way more difficult. It's fun grapple-hooking an enemy and swinging around them to find an opening to their weak points.Kind of janky though, the lobby system doesn't seem to work if you set a password, and there's weird oddities with the UI in general. Might keep an eye on it
I enjoyed Esoteric Ebb and Zero Parades, the latter has a bigger budget for sure but so far Ebb feels more like Disco Elysium plus the D&D stuff might be interesting at higher levels
>>733837701>demo ended just after I got together a build that would have been dealing 50+ damage turn 1
>1 hit kill on the boss's third phase sends you 10 minutes back to phase 1how retro
>>733839913you should just give up
>>733839951It's okay satan
Ohh didn't realise it was next fest alreadyAny big hitters I should check in priority before delving in the shit mines?
>>733840089People here are having a good time with Cicadamata, it's not my thing though, might be yours if you like FPS/platformers along the vein of Neon White.
>>733840089panic floor, surprisingly good platformer for a /v/ anon
>>733840089have you considered reading the threads before opening your mouth?
Maid Mech. A very simplistic autobattler about these tacticool combat dolls. Not much to say about it. The fonts are hard to read. 2/5https://store.steampowered.com/app/3923530/Maid_Mech_Demo/
>>733840306Nope, waiting on you to summarize it.
>>733840750That's fine. There's games for men who just like to watch.
I dropped so many games within 4 minutes, lol.Total hype loss on ultraframe ultra, tutorial map is ass, it's so easy to bounce and crash against ceilings. L2 for gas!!!! and the stupid on foot stuff, probably trying to do a small stupid singleplayer campaign.Favorites so far:https://store.steampowered.com/app/3848440/Mimic_Sleuth/>casual puzzle gamehttps://store.steampowered.com/app/2411200/Underkeep>beautiful pixel art dungeon crawlhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3819690/Nox_Mortalis_Demo/>kingsfield + gothic
>>733840089play any game that anons bothered to record because they at least have gameplay
>CALX3d action/adventure platformer with a minimalist art style and a seemingly heavy emphasis on exploration and discovery. Rough around the edges in a few places but I liked it a lot and will def keep an eye on it.>Town of ZozLooks gorgeous but I found it way too tedious. The farming aspects might be cool but by the time I got that far I was pretty over it. Imagine wanting to play Stardew, but you can't do any farming till you've cleared the 1st section of the mines.>Deep Dish Dungeon.Cool level design, puzzles, atmosphere and aesthetics, but I was utterly dumbfounded at how little focus the cooking aspect actually seems to have. Was bitterly disappointed that I couldn't harvest defeated enemies for ingredients - I had thought that was the whole hook of the game. >Airframe UltraI really wanted to like this but just hated how floaty everything felt, not for me.>PeregrinoIsometric survival crafting/horror. Similar vibes to Darkwood. Balancing and progression could use work, but may be a demo-specific issue. Could be cool.>Deadhaus SonataNo
>>733840952>Deep Dish Dungeon.I found it impossible to play solo since you have such limited inventory. Combat and mechanics are super basic too. I agree on the harvesting, super odd since it's obviously based on dungeon meshi
I am once again asking for the best non-H games with panty shots. We've had a couple this fest so far but it's been very lacking.
>>733840207This makes my speedrun clitty wet
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4079460/UnderDog_Demo/>Prees nameAI assets galore, MTL translation, chinese singleplayer game asks for network permission
>>733841303There's hand holding and then there's this
>start Magical Princess for shits and giggles>actually insanely high qualityDamn I can see this game popping off. Fully voice acted, very detailed learning system, high budget art assets and by the end of the demo the story actually started to turn dark. Just the fact that you can turn the daughter evil sold me.https://store.steampowered.com/app/4109100/Magical_Princess_Demo/
>>733841087Second this pantie lover.
>>733840719It would be better with any explanation of game mechanicsOr coherent game modeor sound
Vampire Survivors - "We're gonna make you wish back to the days when Diablo was the worst ARPG"
>>733836501>play Far Far West>runs at 80FPS on minimum settings at 50% rendering and uses up 80% of CPU>try to play Windrose>CPU is literally too old and the game tries to do something that the CPU does not supportAt this rate only a hundred people in the world will be able to run an Unreal Engine 6 game.
>have like 40+ games on my wishlist from current and past Next Fest's>well over half of their release dates are labeled "Coming Soon" or "To Be Announced", not even 2026the wait is painful
Safety shorts again...
Hmm
>>733841823>it gets a release date>it's just early fagcess
>>733841416This bread doesn't look healthy.
I want to thank all anons who have recommended Outcore last thread, it was great adventure.>>733841823>half of games I have wishlisted are coming out this yearFeels good
>>733841885Is that the action RPG with a fox girl who got turned into a LoL-inspired k-pop sword girl mid-development?
>>733841471this isn't a part of next fest. there's no playable demo
Any games where you send guys out to fight but you don't actually control them? Sort of like My Life as a King or Dungeon Village.
>>733841117kys
Holy sh*t it's Little Nemo>No it isn't a Hollow Knight clone, it was on the NES
>>733839210>QTEsI want to play a turn based game to not have my pathetic reflexes challenged okay?
>>733841416Are there visible changes if you make her fat or fit?
>>733842526I have my eyes on Give Me A Weapon, but until dev improves QoL it's going to be pretty cumbersome to play.
feels like there are a lot of french games this round
>>733842526You mean autobattlers/autochess? That's pretty common.
>>733842925Haven't noticed any direct changes to body, apart from different costume options, but she does visibly age as the story progresses.You can even get unique stuff from nighttime underground traders who only accept shekels as money what did they mean by this
>>733841117Live
>>733841823I'm at the point I wish Steam let you have multiple lists, separate "shit I want to buy" from "shit I want to watch"
>>733841649>when Diablo was the worst ARPG???
>>733841416No salehttps://steamcommunity.com/app/3562120/discussions/0/598524136506005340/https://steamcommunity.com/app/3562120/discussions/0/598524136506006792/
>>733843457Damn yurikeks won this time.
>found footage games are now using "early youtube" aesthetic instead of "VHS".uh oh. this is not good bros. I am legally required to freak the fuck out over everything.
>>733842358>>733841471Is this even on steam? 極超音速レーシング and Hypersonic Racer gives no hits
>Minesweeper rogueliteeeeeeeeeeehhhhhhhhhhhhhh
"It's Mario for people who smoke to get high" - Soulja Boy re Little Nemo
>>733843446Oh yeah it does seem in bad taste to dunk on Diablo after enjoying Darkhaven in the fest
>>733841087i too would like to know.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3305340/Gary_Goat_RPG_Legend_of_the_Jewel_Seeds_Demo/
>>733841416The true crime is that none of your teachers are love interests.
>>733843661It's not, the game's still a WIP from the looks of it. Don't know what the hell the other guy posted it for.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyIYDMF92Co
for the cicadamata troons what is this supposed to be referencing? I feel like I saw this somewhere but can't figure out what it is
>>733841087>>733841510>>733843843https://store.steampowered.com/app/4106270/Ecrazeus_Castle/I hope you like collecting dozens of very tiny 2D power-up icons in floating castles and very janky gameplay that makes no sense until you master it (or find a life-drain sword +8).
>>733844531I'll play stupid and answer earnestly
>>733843441there's a follow button for shit you want to watch. you'll see updates in the news tab.
>>733844564Incomprehensible jank you say?Sign me up
>>733844619kek holy shitthanks. it's been like 16 years since I last cared or thought about spongebob. thanks
>>733844301looks dope though so I'm happy he shared it
>>733844564I'll repost this
>>733844887>>733844564>also giant bouncing tiddiesThis is what gamers want and need.
>>733845032gamers want FLAT
CICADAMATA passed the good sountrack testmy mom passed by while I was playing the demo and she being a huge fan of DnB/jungle or whatever this music style is called she said the music was fire (in the way old people try to imitate the youth)
>>733845195Is it on fleek though?
>>733845195Your mother's pretty damn cool.
OBS won't let me record Little Nemo. Is this a creepypasta?
>>733844697Good luck. The tutorial spear is only good for dashes so don't use it as your primary weapon.BELIEVE IN YOURSELF AND GET OUT THERE
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4036130/Mecha_Force/play mecha games
>>733845647Just need some polishing. Add various costumes and it will be pretty decent.
>MOTHERSHIPhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/1818290/MOTHERSHIP/Baited by the trailer, none of the planet exploration is implemented in the demo. The interstellar travel is pretty cool, the game takes the characters age into consideration when traveling several light years, but it seems like a linear story game rather than a sim.
My recshttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3404260/Dead_as_Discohttps://store.steampowered.com/app/2788210/DEEP_STATEhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3639060/DELIVERY_MUST_COMPLETEhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3564490/Hell_Expresshttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3183480/HYPERFUNKhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/1363940/Tenjutsuhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/2724650/The_Bustling_Worldhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3164230/THE_IRONY
>>733846067dead as disco is from a previous next fest (it was kino)
>>733844705I am happy with this interaction that you were being earnest :)
>WarhoundsIts literally nuXCOM but in Africa kekExcept instead of killing aliens you kill niggers by a truckloadPotentially based
>>733846250Did you try Terrinoth yet? I would like someone's opinion on what's the best XCOM-like in the Fest.
>>733845685I will now play mecha games.
Any:> generic platformer with metroidvania tag slapped on #485s?
>>733846413NahThanks for deets on another turnbased tactics demo. I will check it out.
>>733846067>https://store.steampowered.com/app/3564490/Hell_ExpressIt has no demo retard
>>733846642np
Are there any giga stand outs so far? I'm talking things that you guys might genuinely think could get somewhat mainstream popularity? I've skimmed the threads and it's looked grim.Only stand out visually/gameplay wise to me seems like CICADAMATA I guess.
>>733845685I did play that and it was alpha kusoge.
>>733846724Denshattack has been making waves
Nothing too crazy from what I've played so far,>Denshattack>CALX>ArmatusThese caught my eye. Denshattack is the most engaging. CALX is gorgeous but a bit awkward, still would give it more of a chance later. Armatus is phenomenal but I've hardly played any roguelike shooters - doesn't seem like it does anything "new" as far as the genre goes.Also tried Airframe Ultra and what in the QWOP are they fucking doing here. Dreadful shit.
>>733846724Darkhaven. I didn't like it but apparently people are really excited for click'n'slashing and digging holes in the same game.
>>733845685I'm playing AC6 and planning to play 4-5 after that, tyvm
>>733846724People here loved Deep Snow Delivery a lot and personally I fell for King of the Dwarves.
>>733846724Croak I can see doing well, it's fun and not so hard that it'll filter people. Plus it looks really nice.
>>733847381i tried this for a bit and it seems fine. i like the idea of spontaneous events that can spawn and alter the terrain, but i don't get how the digging and building connects to the combat
>>733845685I think this would feel a lot better if the dash wasn't instantaneous, it feels very odd with how chunky the mech otherwise controlslike if it continuously built up velocity as you hold the dash button and skate around VOTOMS style
I fucking hate when games that were in the discovery queue during the press preview don't have a demo when the next fest starts. Out of 4 games I had on watch only cicadamata came out, but nothing about chromadi or ashen oz or clap de trap
>>733846724The Eternal Life Of Goldman seemed primed to be the winner of this next fest, that is until actual gamers got their hands on the demo and realized it wasn't a platformer/metroidvania but a shitty VN instead
>Bobo BayStraight up SA2 chao garden ripoff as a full game. Scavenging for money/fruit's kind of boring, consisting of just a few tiny random islands with fruit and boxes to open (Though the full game seems to promise this gets expanded with new areas and more stuff to do). Competitions are also really tough, I kept getting high level stuff when all I have are babies, I only won 3 times for the entire demo. Also releases pretty soon. wishlisted, I need more of this and SEGA seemingly despises chao.>ProlegomenaLooks like an interesting fourth wall breaking game but clearly not designed for linux so I can't do shit. Try it yourself.>DenshattackKino. onrails Skate but on a train with MGR-tier absurdity going on. wishlisted>Sushi Derbypet racing game where you buy and train living sushi. Sorta fun, but you're expected to constantly rotate sushi because they have "freshness" which lowers stats every day. Needing to constantly rotate means there isn't much depth in terms of building your pet>airframe ultrarace+brawler where you race to an arena, beat the shit out of eachother, then hop back on the bikes and repeat until someone reaches the point limit. Really fun but I suck at it. Also needs an offline mode>Sakura ArmsPlayed this a lot on TTS with friends and it's great seeing this get its own release, it's adapted really well. The demo's online only but there seems to be offline modes locked on the main menu, including the tutorial. Indeed, you're gonna have to go read the rulebook first to play this one. Weird choice.>MightyreaPlayed this last week and the camera sucked and controlled like shit. This week they fixed that and now it's actually rather fun though I feel like I'm retardedly buttonmashing 1/2 the time. Wishlisted.>Boost Vector EX.On foot racing where you go FAST AS FUCK. Really fun. Apparently used to be a ROBLOX game that's now breaking out of that hellhole.
>>733847897Holy fucking YAPPING lmao
>>733847897What the fuck
>>733847682The terraforming was cool for the necropolis. I found a dungeon by digging under the earth but it was at a very low layer. Imagine if you could dig as deep as Terraria.
>>733847897do jews really?
>>733848063Or maybe No Man's Sky would be a more realistic goal lol
>>733836727why doesnt my recommended show me this stuff, it keeps showing me wannabe FOTM coop games, shitty simulators and random ass porn games
my sushi is fresher than yours
>>733846724>I'm talking things that you guys might genuinely think could get somewhat mainstream popularity?Why would I give a shit about that?
>>733848474there is a subset of trannies whose sole goal is not to play videogames but to be among the first people to have discovered a hidden gemthose people along with the agdg tranny clique have ruined the steam next fest threads since february 2024, once you notice their posting style you can never unnotice itpeople aren't here to share games with anons anymore, they just want to be le blogger, dump their screenshots, videos and collages after playing a demo and never interact. soulless drones
>>733846724You won't find any of that here. even the most popular games in these threads never go anywhere past extremely niche tastes.
>>733836501How's Warshift 1?
Starship Troopers Ultimate Bug War was pretty fun. Felt like a multiplayer game but singleplayer, if that makes sense.
any cool co-op games?
>>733848639>TRANNIES TRANNIES TRANNIES TRANNIES TRANNIES TRANNIES TRANNIES
>>733845125Very sex, but very risky with the tranny colors
>>733847723Agree, the dash really feels too instantaneous, takes some getting used to when dashing on flying things when the rest of the movement feels fair.
>>733848639>two years of losing to imaginary enemies in your headRough.
Are there any good team games? I have yet to try Deep Dish Dungeon and Mama sleeping angels.
>>733848461finding the hidden gems takes a bit more than just looking at what a computer algorithm shows you. Especially when it's sorted by popularity. Unpopular games are basically invisible to normies.
>>733840863>good western style art somehow>its cuck shitMonkeys paw in full display
>>733837576>I do not like this festival, Charlie>It's smug aura mocks me
>>733841416Fuck this games, they just make me wish i was married with a family>>733843457Even better, i dont want incest shit
Posted this right at the end of the last thread.Guys who dump lists please add at least a little about the game beyond the fucking namea: operation eventide - a true indie vn that has soul and fun art, dark vn about magic girl killed and brought back as robotb: sakura arms - fun 1v1 card game based on a board game ghost roomate - surprinsgly charming and hot vnc. ace strategy - very bland, felt super rough around the edges, deckbuilders already crowdedd. soul trigger - combat takes way too long, and 'card based' doesnt feel goo here ashes of sigularity - too much stuff is going on, way too many resources and buildings happening at once, very bad ui glitches toopreledomena - didn't hook me, typical 'meta' story
>>733847381>DarkhavenLOL
>>733837190Cool so it's not just me sucking at boost vectorIt feels like you're supposed to manage boost carefully like f-zero? But then you need to burn a ton to hit hyperspeed, and you can't keep that up forever and drifts/lunges don't do nearly enough to keep you close to top speed while you build up gauge again. Maybe you're supposed to have good routing to collect crystals faster?
>>733848735Far Far West if your PC can handle it (UE5 game).Scott Pilgrim EX if you don't hate the IP.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2022640/CALX/Oninions?
tried playing a demo of a VN but realized I'm now too ADHD for VNs, wut do
>>733849648Play a short onehttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3928010/retrospect/
>>733849540Too bad Diablo doesn't have a "get gud" mentality in the fanbase because they all suck
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1663850/REPLACED/Can someone explain gameplay to me
>>733849738The eyes on the characters are freaking me out
Please say nothing but the name of the game. Your opinions are worthless to me anyway. I will test the game personally and make my determination of quality unassisted.
>>733849570I don't know how to manage boost because my boost gauge is empty all the time until I start boosting, then it feels like I have it forever and then I slow down to normal speed or I fall off the map. I have no fucking idea if I am just retarded or what
>>733850002see it's faggots like this that ruin everythingthey weren't vocal before and they thrive on the attention
>>733850002https://store.steampowered.com/app/4368600/MineSweeperR/
Maryhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3500550/Schrdingers_Call_Episode_1_Demo/VN with little mystery solving elements. Great artstyle, music and presentation. You play as Mary>>733850178>minesweeper rogueliteEnd this all
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3646460/Devil_Spire_Falls/I need more games like this shit.Maximum autism and freedom to just break the game to my will.I've tried a few games this next fest and they are all somehow jankier than this solo brazlian's retard project.
>>733845685Does this have a VR mode? It feels like it should but it's not listed anywhere
>>733846413>Did you try Terrinoth yet?NTA but i did.Combat is alright, loot is boring, dialogues and characters are atrocious.
I was just getting interested in Junkster and then the demo ends right after the tutorial and before you really get to do anything interesting. Oh well, I can already tell that finding every cog in each stage is going to be a pain in the ass when there are this many of them.
>>733850008Pretty much my experience, especially after trying the second character who's whole gimmick is being floatier but her boost lets her change directions on a dime. All that floating just sails you right over, which I get that's where you're supposed to use her unique boost to turn but I keep fuckin it up
>>733849817batman arkham/sleeping dogssuch a shame. replaced looked kino on every front but gameplay is the most mid shit ever designed
>find this game on twatter>download demo>gameplay is alright but it looks like a gacha game>check forums>surprisingly it's not a gacha game>it's a NFT game (characters, pets, ingame currency, everything is a NFT wtf)This kind of shit should be just as illegal as these two brats.
>>733850610I believe they dumped the VR idea, there's a few youtube shorts on their channel with VR interactions years ago. I feel it would be a lot better for them to focus on making a game that feels good instead, and then MAYBE add VR stuff.
>>733851460>just as illegal as those bratswell, they ARE illegal, since they got censored, so you're not wrong. Worthless game.
>>733851460What is the difference between gacha and NFT?This is a legit question. Both sound like money sucking shit models for games.
>>733851460Being NFT shit is bad enough but they also censored it.
>>733851548>gachaPay $5 to play anime slot machine with a promise that you will get something after spending $500 (you still need to pay up to $4500 to unlock the character's full potential).>NFTPay $5000 to unlock the character and you will own it forever because you also get a magic code that can be used anywhere to unlock your character (this code only works in this specific game).tl;dr gambling vs fraud
>>733851835These sound like the same thing.Wastes of time and money.
>>733851392>batman arkham/sleeping dogsdoubt
Any good cunnyges?
>>733836727>Parasite Mutant>Heavy Metal Death CanAlready on my log>Code 9>Connected Clue>The posthumous investigation>Vultures Scavengers of Death>Angel's Devil Tail 2>On Air: Taxi Detective Casebook>Big Hollow 1982Downloaded!>Ivayami Cradle of Fog - No one is talking about this one, what gives?I don't like horror games, simple asAppreciate the list broski, there were some interesting looking games for me.>>733837149>Rose AcademyNot available in my country. Cool.>Puzzle Spy>Crimson Spotlight>New FolderLoaded!>>733838193Looks cool
>>733851460NFTs are still a thing? lol
Good shit>Starship Troopers: Ultimate Bug WarBoomshoot that's loyal to the source material. Dialogue is a bit too cheesy and the voice actress is bad, but that's it for shit bits>Horror Scenarios: The Redwood EstateAmazingly, despite the name, it's decent. Top down horror where you have a vision cone is always going to be effectively creepy
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2900870/Yuma_Nest/i like it
>>733851293I don't really understand boosting into any direction because character boosts straight forward or change direction a little instead of going whenever I want, though that might be just me being a shitter
>>733846413Interesting elemental interaction and combat.Millennial quips got old in 2020.More of a RPG that TBT but alright mix of both.Feels like something in Mutant Zero territory.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4248060huh
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4152490/is this Metal Strand like?
>>733854554looks like auto chess instead of sex with cute kemono
700 sales and sad post on plebbit inc.
>>733853207Well I always see Mutant Zero in best games like Xcom lists so
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2539850/Nightscape/
Can't tell if the game's hard or if I just suck. Very stylish thoughhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3832030/BOOST_VECTOR_EX/
>>733855698SOOOOONIC HEROESi don't want to go fast anymo boss
This look interesting but I bet it runs like shit:https://store.steampowered.com/app/3892370/Distant_Shore_BRETAGNE/
>>733855559For me its opposite since it lacks the key aspect of Xcum, the geoscape, to properly pace combat and difficulty scaling.The longer you play MZD, the less ambushes become instrumental and more alpha striking with pure DPS becomes.But that is a personal preference.I can tell the gamestyle has fans, since that company made like 5 games with the same gameplay but different settings.
>>733855874Try it and tell us
Shootan bros, how do we feel about Paperhead?
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3985330/BURNED_HORIZONS/Xcom but you are Ukrainian SPECIAL Forces defending country from Mutto... russian invasion. You and your squad has 0 training and you are being forced to learn OG XCOM style.Rough as all fuck with barely any features, clearly project just started.The game gives extra focus on soldier psyhe, so my mission went like this:>walk into town>suddenly bushes shoot Black Guy>rest of squad develop PTSD instantly and shit pants>rusians spend entire turns running like headless chicken, avoiding all bullets and killing 2 next>last guy developed every mental illness in the book but eventually rolled out adrenal surge 4 times in row giving him extra action points>proceeds to Rambo all ziggers>dies from headshot from sudden reinforcements in shed0/10 no more funds for Zelynsky
>>733841416Are we making coke bread?
>>733856515>ai on the first screenshotNot even touching it.
>>733846067Almost all of these look interesting, but none have a demo so go fuck yourself for getting my hopes up
>>733856795I have other ideas
>>733851601Apparently this is to pass iphone censors and they're reversing the change on PC. They said on Steam forums they'll push out a patch soonNot beating the NFT allegations though.
>>733853206It's camera based. Point the camera where you want to go rather than using the movement keys
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4235520/Future_Knight_Demo/The camera tracking needs work and I had a bug where my disembodied head got stuck in the wall, forcing me to restart, but it could be good so long as there's stage and enemy variety. Pretty good style if you don't mind the mix of Spanish and Japanese. Think I want checkpoints even though the stages are short
>>733853169>MapleStory Simulator got a demo and a release date>Ragnarok Online Simulator (Memora Wanderer) has no demo and no release datelife just isn't fair
>>733857438Lack of checkpoints gets really annoying when you swap to twomore to collect one of those triangle things, get surprised by a random enemy and die in one fucking hit, yeahVery charming though.
>trying the mailroom demo>"if you're playing this at work press ctrl+b for boss mode">press it>game turns into pic related
Vampire Crawlers is actually pretty fun.I think I'll pirate it once it releases.
Gone through almost everything that looked interesting to me. This is the first next fest where there hasn't been even a single game that wowed me or made me really excited for it.
>>733855698Yeah I couldn't get into it. Nice visuals, nice soundtrack, nice asses, but actually playing it feels like I'm trying to steer a cannonball.
>>733847897Nah, it absolutely is a platformer. Usual /v/ lying/exaggeration at play here. Anyone going into it for a vn is getting filtered by the gameplay.
>>733857973lmao wtf>>733858384I thought it was too simple, Underkeep was cool though
Here's my rhythm game list>https://store.steampowered.com/app/3988570/MUSYNXRETURN/Musynx Return. incredibly basic 4-5 key game. I don't know why you would want to play this over Stepmania, which is free.>https://store.steampowered.com/app/4076710/GRIDbeat_Demo/The idea is neat but the dialogue is cringe and I just can't into synthwave, but that's a me issue. I feel like I'd like it a lot if the music were more to my taste and if it wasn't so obviously Westoid.>https://store.steampowered.com/app/3971950/In_Falsus/Pure kino. I've seen people complain about the control scheme and difficulty on the Steam forum, and to those I can only say: git gud. Not every game is for everyone.>https://store.steampowered.com/app/3859210/Rhythm_Animal_Caf/Super cute but completely broken for me. My inputs worked in the offset calibration but that's the only place where that was the case. Unplayable, looking at the Steam Forums, I'm not the only one with those problems.
>>733857430I see I see. I feel retarded that I haven't thought about that
>>733859119Underkeep is very simple as well but it has a lot of charm while VC juts tries to emulate the same dopamine spikes of doing run VS.Underkeep was already on my wishlist either way.
Annihilated is a VN that tries too hard to be a game and gives a subpar experience. Still progressed all four routes to the end of the demo anyway. Also not a fan of how ambiguous the sexes are for the characters.
>>733850008god i wish noa was my wife
>>733857973That's very funny
>>733851460Did you have to create some sort of account? Do you know if it uses some kind of invasive malware anticheat like basically every PC gacha does?
>>733859472I discovered it though these threads, it's very nice. Simple as you said, but so well made. I'm fairly certain the sprites are AI but whatever
How do you guys like INTI CREATES' new game?https://store.steampowered.com/app/3882650/Kingdoms_Return_TimeEating_Fruit_and_the_Ancient_Monster/
>>733859829>Also not a fan of how ambiguous the sexes are for the charactersThat's a first complaint for this one. I get that it is more of a VN than a game, but there's like one character I'd understand your complaint about gender.
>>733860221I tried it and the combat just felt way too stiff and shallow. I remember the summon night swordcraft story games doing similar gameplay but feeling way better.Cute girls though, I like the promo material for the game
>>733860221painfully mediocre
>>733860258Hero has the typical shota look, fine. The priest looks like a girl. The warrior obviously looks like a girl. I'm waiting for them to say "no actually the mage is a dude too"
>>733860221I was disappointed. I stopped playing after 15min because got bored of pressing X all the time to kill enemies.
>>733860314>>733860336>>733860540Bummer. I guess there will always be a few misses
>>733860407Are you sure it's not just a case of MTL defaulting to "he" for everything?
>>733859372I only figured it out because the mechanic strongly reminded me of Sonic Riders ZG's gravity control, which worked the same way
>>733860687Could easily be, but I don't speak nihongo.
>>733858947the game part of the 90 minutes demo is 10 minutes long
>>733860258NTA but I also felt like the characters' genders were vaguely ambiguous, especially since the translation is rough as shit and regularly seemed to mix up even first/third-person pronouns so I can't necessarily trust its usage of "he" to refer to most of themI'm pretty Mage is supposed to be a girl and the other three are dudes, but I don't feel like I can be 100% sure about that
>>733841303>>733841350looking kino. based ai devs kek anti-ai jihadis seethings
>>733860687nta but IIRC they refer to the mage as she and the warrior (technically dude whose spirit is in a doll now) as it.
>>733841303All chinese games are malware. Always has been true, always will be true.
Strange that I haven't seen anyone talk about Our Metal Bowl on /v/https://store.steampowered.com/app/4176180/Our_Metal_Bowl_Demo/this with denshattack are my DOTYs thus far
>>733859829>>733860258My guess is just the usual bad MTL and zero proofreading. Maybe things are less confusing in the other translations.I just assumed the Warrior was a dude (because he talks about his ex-fiancée and quickly decided to monetize his curse), Priest was a dude (he has that "guy that strangles (you) for shits and giggles in otome games" look), Mage was a girl (because I'm not gay), the Hero was a girl (too retarded and too cute to be a dude), Solo Leveling Man was a dude (because the joke is too obvious), the Twins were boy and girl and the Witch was a girl (she is the Warrior's ex-fiancée).
>>733859119>>733859472>>733860068>UnderkeepThis ending completely blindsided me, not gonna lie.
>>733861003Why lie about something anyone can easily play for free?
>>733861736Forgot pic
>>733861512Huh, the store page left me with more questions, I'm intrigued.
>>733847897Disco Elysium was the worst thing to happen to gaming
>>733861512Interesting. Reminds me of NanoApostle and Bittersweet Birthday, sort of.
>>733855462I can't believe retards still do this on steam
I think Cursed Words is the best Balatro clone I've played.
I'm so tired of indie pixelshit.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4448310/DrClone_Demo/Non-survival crafting game, you invent things for customers. Polished but it seems like the sandbox end of things could be better; you can test out inventions on NPCs outside of the garage, but the appeal is just to watch the ragdoll physics
>>733860407>The priest looks like a girl.The priest was very obviously a guy the entire time, you're retarded.>The warrior obviously looks like a girl.The warrior is a guy who got his soul put into a female doll body.
>>733862808>The priest was very obviously a guy the entire timeYeah, there is no way he could be mistaken for a woman.
>>733845195Can you hook us up with your mom?
For those who don't know: You can blacklist up to 10 tags, making it much easier to look through every game displayed during this festival. It's easier to look through everything in time when it's 2000+ games instead of 3000+ games on your list.To do this, go to Home > Account > Store Preferences and scroll down to Store Content Preferences and you'll see it in there.
>>733863705>dark fantasybut why
>>733863768He doesn't have LGBT filtered. That's your answer.
>>733863705>fag shit not filteredyou're not wanted here
>>733863705Sadly, I can't filter out chinese slop because Steam refuses to have it be a tag.
>>733863768Notice that horror is also blacklisted.
>>733848735romestead and windrose
>>7338637682dark4him
>>733863970horror is kinda warranted since it's almost entirely kusoges aimed at streamers.
anti-recommending new folder and human.exe fucking pathetic levels of effort in those
>>733856515looks cool, but not going to bother with it unless they add option to play as ru AND remove female soldiers
>>733863705Only 10? I'm sure I could come up with 30 if I tried.
>>733858947>>733861003>>733861758I decided to take a look at the "real" numbers like an (lazy) autist and based on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaRrbSPKzSQ>~55 minutes of gameplay>~30 minutes of dialogues (and a bit of walking'n'jumping between NPC A and NPC B)It's not THAT bad but some "walking and talking" moments are quite long (that webm is ~10 minutes long).
>>733864435I don't have that big an issue with it as the game clearly is structured with a "cooldown" between levels as you have a hub, shop, and home base that presumably grows in features and the dialog is mostly placed before you go anywhere or at the end of levels/sequences.
>>733839246Graphics plateaued solely in the realm of textures and polygons. There's a lot else around they can use that they refuse to do because AAA is almost guaranteed the safest slop there is. Some exceptions exist but they're few and far between. The new Resident Evil is not one of them.For an example of other areas AAA could work on, what hasn't begun to plateau is animation, but the amount of games that put a serious level of effort into that is ridiculously low. The one area where AAA can effortlessly clobber indies and you get nothing but indies humiliating AAAs - there are literally veteran animators that went indie. It's insane.
>>733840207>a /v/ anon/agdg/ list? I always try to support anons as my own dreams of devving have stagnated and feel hopeless
Based Christian game Besmirch
>>733849114>>good western style art>those nosesHow'd you not see the red flag?
>>733864723>there are literally veteran animators that went indieGood. You have someone like Edmund McMillen who rejected AAA when they knocked at his door a decade ago
>>733849361>not even as an option*hits pipe*
>>733855698One of the few where I actually felt an improvement on KB+M. Fun game, I want more games with intense movement.
>>733855462>>733862257I don't understand the expectations they have.
>>733863705I have AI on my filters and I'm still stuck poring through adding the tag manually when retards push AI thumbnails.
>>733842925Do any of these Princess maker-style games do this? At best I've only ever seen the weight stat and the girl make a remark that certain clothes don't fit once she passes some threshold, but without any actual change to her model
>>733861807I killed the shroom. I made a promise and I intend to keep it. What kind of mercenary changes his contract on a whim?
>>733864308what was the key for the folder anyway? Your answer will determine if I think the game's puzzles are clever and worthwhile or not.You can also tell me if you found a way into the attic or the basement in Brian Lefevber investigations. You don't need to tell me how, just if you did it.
>>733859829Personally the game was a lot of fun for me because I prefer it when JRPGs remain focused on the battles and character interactions. I'm not a fan of the English translation of the title because it doesn't tell you anything about what it actually is and doesn't play to the weebs at all. "The Hero's Party Was Annihilated" would be both a more accurate translation and tip off the isekai fans. >>733861637The hero acting so retarded was partially explained in gay priest's route. His was a trip after doing the other three. Personally I lean towards male hero after all said and done but at first I thought hero might be a girl too. Also>not doing canon mage yuri with RubyCringe alert!
I love games that explain things, like:>The game where a character creator screen makes a lot of sense because you are literally an alien invading earth so you "choose" what skinsuit disguise you wear.>The game where you are trapped in one of those elaborate escape room games but you have no movement limits, unlike all the units you command. This is because you're a real human and no one can tell you to stop walking around but everyone else is a hologram and they can have strict movement limits.>The fixed camera angle game explained by a telepathic blind girl who has a thaumaturgy connection with her teddy bear's eyes so that's why you can only see yourself from a 3rd person perspective(you can actually roam around where you can't see yourself if you feel like it, but you'll just get lost).Any demos like That?
>>733865760The first key was in the diary where she talked about her cat, the second key fell out of a 2spooky jpg.>Brian Lefevber investigationsHaven't tried that one yet
>>733864723Placid Plastic Deck A Quiet Quest just did this, too. It's been a long time since a game took my breath away, but I guess you can do it by lowering my expectations back to simpler times, then surprising me when you surpass them. They went to the trouble of FMV cutscenes in the GBC ripoff game and it was cool every time it happened. Like the tournament entry scene being full 3D. Maybe it worked because when I actually played GBC games, you'd never get a scene like that, so it was a bit surprising.
>>733866264I don't find QTE being the soul component of the gameplay to be compelling.
Speaking of FMV, have you tried the game from the devs of Home Safety Hotline, called Forbidden Solitaire?https://store.steampowered.com/app/3414580/Forbidden_Solitaire/
>>733866643>not liking sovlI spit on you. It's more effort than autoclicking anyway. That said the breakage mechanic has potential and I hope to see more play with it.
>>733866539NTA but I agree, everytime I saw 3d segment I was going "woooow" in my mind. It's a shame that it was short but I still enjoyed it>>733866835I watched Manly's playthrough. Have they updated the demo or is it still the old one?
>>733863378Yes, he's very obviously male at that point.
>>733866643There isn't much to work with when you're doing a JRPG with two party members. Will have to wait full release to see if the twist is worth the gimmick.
>>733837021I played this just now. Making mistakes with the ruleset should be punishing you in some way or smoothbrains can just bruteforce it like what I did. Also it wasn't clear to me what it means if a chest has material "iron, gold". I wasn't sure if that means they can be either iron or gold, or they need both. Had trouble finding the final boss chest for that reason. And before that I think material never mattered in my run at least.Anyway overall I liked it
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2640950/Scott_Pilgrim_EX/Never played the first SP game but this is fun, better-feeling River City Ransom experience than Girls. Though the sprint takes getting used to
>>733861201There's an error where the mage calls herself a human at one point.
>>733840207The bomb gimmick sucks so much ass, why add that? It makes levels feel so slow and repetitive. And somehow is harder to stream on discord and my controller dpad doesn't work. Good job anon, you fucked it.
>Armatus trailer has a nigger less than 5 seconds inThanks for being honest but can we get a game set in France that has French people in it for once?
>>733867115They didn't shit up the story like the tv series right? Turned that shit off at the first episode
>>733867115That sun looks fucking pissed
>>733867341if it's french then everyone should be a nigger.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3609320/Bombun/Do I need to say it?
>>733866351oh shit. I don't know if I was being dumb or not, or the game was. I was clicking the down arrow, but it wasn't scrolling down. You have to hold and drag.Anyway there's too many of these computer detective games to keep up with. Heaven does not respond and the cd-rom one and desktop explorer.
>>733867405I don't know much about Scott Pilgrim but I assume "Metal Pilgrim captures Scott's band members and instruments, now Scott needs to save them with the help of his girlfriend, Mucle McDude and a horny lesbian with a masterworks bastard sword" won't mess with the series' established lore that much.
Any good raceism games? Or are all the devs spooked by forza?
Garbage is OVER, bros. Next Fest just ended it permanently.
>>733868048I love them but they need to be longer. The ones I'm talking about were less than 20 minutes long combined.
>Not gaming on Gobliins 6https://store.steampowered.com/app/4293620/GOBLiiNS6/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4179690/Moomintroll_Winters_Warmth_Demo/Anyone here grow up with Moomins?
>>733867115>played the first one with my brother when it came out>game starts getting harder but we keep up>get all the way to the forest>only then realize you can upgrade your stats and not just skills>entire time we were fucking playing without any stat upgrades
Best AI game you found so far?
Hyperdimensional interface was vaguely clever but it didn't take me long to figure out I could rattle her cage.I actually am unsure how you would even program something like that, it seems a bit too far "out of the box" but I'm not a programmer so maybe it's not as difficult as it seems. Anyway, I got frustrated shortly after that because she kept asking me to do it again but everytime I did she'd just repeat the previous phrase as if I'd done it for the first time.
>>733868935tits way too small like come on they could at least bust the buildings aislop fucking sucks
>>733869220I respect your opinion and I understand where you're coming from, your upbringing has really stunted you emotionally.
>Starship Troopers: Ultimate Bug War!It was barely ok, not many monsters to kill, most difficulty come from lack of ammo and big monsters instead of hordes, the gunplay was nothing to write about and the ai of your allies suck, they stay close to explosives and block your view. pretty meh.>UnderkeepIs am eye of the beholder comedy edition, the joke was fun.>Circuit StanceIs like a mobage, those bakcpack kind of games? but better and without adds. I think is good but it really irritates me that nothing explains the stats or what you are doing. not an issue because in a minutes you can figure it out but it still sucks.>Jump BunnyIs a simple highscore game about jumping on top of enemies, the double jump only works after stomping someone and you need some pression because the spire is strange. nothing to say about it.>RadCity: A Post-Apocalyptic AdventureToo short, didn't kill a zombie and only slowly walk around. A nothing demo.>Forehead ChipI wasn't satisfied, maybe with some upgrades is better or maybe it's not my cup of tea. Sometimes feels like a hassle. I personally never liked the go pick up your ammo kind of things.>Dread WeaveIs an interesting idea, an extraction shooter where you loot your surroundings while fighting monsters from another world which you end up if you die and have to escape. Most issues are technical because this game lags like shit, has more motion blur than a 2000's walking multitude video and sometimes things spawn without sense like a flying crate. Maybe good if they polish it...yeah right.>BesmirchIt was good, is a little bit like Faith, Darkwood and Rune Factory, to give an idea of how it feels. The atmosphere feels opressive and although the demo was easy, maybe the full game will be harder. it doesn't have much for now for the demo beside a boss fight and doing not much around town. Is promising.
>>733869061Right after she tells you to do it again she also tells you to do it for longer, you need to keep shaking for like 10 seconds straight to progressBut also that's basically the entire demo, she gives you a bit of ominous dialogue afterwards and that's it, as is it feels like it just exists to get people interested because big titty anime girl
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4228390/Curse_Chapter_Dawnthief/Decent
>Goblin town has 0 reviewsGobdev2..>>733869696extremely shovel knight sprites. I bet its the same artist, he has been doing side gigs since his company is incompetent.
>>733869332Not a real genned response, try again.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3676940/Hubert_Demo/
>>733869782How do I find artists to do side gigs? Is it really as simple as sliding into their emails asking?
>>733837464>>733837743Cornering is mostly done with drift+boost to maintain speed, normal turning is more for picking up crystals/charge pads. On top of that the track splits constantly and depending on which you pick you could shave seconds off your lap.
>>733869980can you pay full price? otherwise you better hope your game looks like it's Peak 2.
>>733869980no, you gotta at least triple jump. sliding's too basic
Downloaded a bunch of job simulators.>Farm to TableWay too simplistic and repetetive.>Retail HellNeatly done but I hate the way challenge is done. It annoys me.>Retro RewindPlane boring. Cheers to them for at least having unique assets, all these run-a-store games usually have ugly clashing unity store assets while this one actually has charm. Still boring.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4147930/Flash_Knight_Nymphelia/censored schoolgirl porn game but there's obviously a patch
After so many next fests i feel like i am getting less patient for this. If there is no fucking gameplay in your demo 5-8 mins in i am uninstalling. I am not interested in your epic exposition dump if i don't even know if i want to play your game.
It's not bad I guess. But I'm still waiting for the Penelope Pendrick and the art of the Pricedrop, and if I was going to buy a Nancy Drew Ripoff, I'd start with that one.
>play futuristic/cyberpunk game>all have the same song>ton ton ton - ton ton ton>bee bee-bee bee bee---bebebeeeeeeWhy is there no punk in cyberpunk?
>>733870372If you want to talk about your feelings, join a woman's book club. This is for gamers, who are men, who play games. We don't sit here and whine about how playing games is too hard? Okay? Because it's not hard. It's fucking easy. You are such a fuck up. May as well change genders at this point.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2057760/Esoteric_Ebb/I need to remind myself to finish Disco Elysium one day. Or not.Anyway, i like this one.
Wow, this game actually has audio problems like one character was too far from the microphone so all his lines are quieter. Anyway, from what I could hear, you're a detective at the premiere of your play but they're calling it a movie for some reason, but you get shot and killed, or the actor playing you does, which doesn't make any sense because you obviously survived the events the play/film was based on, so this was unscripted. That's probably what the mystery is.Whatever. tentative wishlist, see how the game looks when it's done.
This shit is so satisfyinghttps://store.steampowered.com/app/4224500/Pupple_Pop/
>>733872153you are actually retarded, sad
>https://store.steampowered.com/app/4284580/CoinPit/You've got one of them coin machine thingies where you toss coins in and hope you get more coins out, fun for like 5 minutes but I feel like it's poorly thought out and the physics are too janky, if the one thing your game does is simulate coin physics I expect it to do that well at least>https://store.steampowered.com/app/3646460/Devil_Spire_Falls/Randomly generated world rpg tanking some inspirations form morrowind (or at least it feels to me like it is). Too rough for me but it's endearing that it tries.>https://store.steampowered.com/app/4043990/The_Mailroom_Demo/You sort mail in hell, was ok, except the movement which is shit but you don't move around a ton I guess, but it was very simplistic and the creepy guy that delivers new mail to me didn't wanna give me more for some reason so I stopped playing.>https://store.steampowered.com/app/2938240/Outbound_Demo/One of those games that tries so hard to be comfy it restricts you so much it becomes profoundly uncomfy, but it let me make a custom license plate so I give it some points for that
>>733872153That Scratchy Scratch game had me siting there for over and hour scratching scratch cards>this is going kinda slow>starts getting a bit faster>but we'll see how the prestige goes>loadsamoney
>>733870637Time is a currency and I hate beggars
>>733870637Still not playing your walking sim sis.
>>733870587Look at the uproar Cyberpunk got.
>>733872272There was something about outbound that gave me red flags. Shame, because I'd love a roadtrip game in theory.
>it's all rogue clicker gameslopDead artform.
if you like games that are fucked up, then play thishttps://store.steampowered.com/app/4307640/Tooned_Out_Duo_Dippin_Demo/https://store.steampowered.com/app/3726830/Interstellar_Holy_Spirit/
>>733844564Dang doesn't launch on proton, known issue.
>>733872425Cornucopia has a scratch card system, you get cards and you can win various prizes. Money, seeds, but there's special cards too. "Rain Tomorrow" card. "Double Jump for 24 hours" card. Stuff like that. don't play minigames, play full games.
>>733872425This here? I'll play it thankshttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3948120/Scritchy_Scratchy/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4198650/bitCycle/?from the pics it looked to be either the most boring simplistic game ever, or some misunderstood genius developer who just can't into graphics. It's the first option.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4353960/___a_Demo/Rail shooter people might enjoy this more than I did, seems pretty high effort. Horror themed but it's more trippy than scary.
Clussy
>>733870129https://store.steampowered.com/app/3638700/inKONBINI_Prologue_Demo/Play this
>>733873336>roguelite
>>733868124Last two characters sound new. Must be a unique story. Which concerns me
>>733873537go read this
>>733873650Am I supposed to know what this is about?
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4274830/Dreamera_Figment_of_Dreams/cute little point and click game. Was neat, but the demo is quite short.
>>733873880No, you're too proud of your ignorance.
>>733841471I used to love that concept of impossibly fast racing from that one Playstation 1 game I forgot the name of.But nowadays I only want physics and attention to details.
Is this door just bugged?
>>733836727>the posthumous investigationI played it on a next fest like 2 years ago, what's this one doing here?
>>733874598The bus that couldn't slow down simulator.
Hark the ghoul was pretty good
>>733874598At this point I just want driving games that have an actual learning curve to them rather than being the 1 millionth iteration of mario kart/need for speed/wipeout.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4167780/The_Day_I_Became_a_Bird_Demo/>tfw too intelligent to not waste my time playing Next Fest demosBite-sized demo but it seems charming enough, I don't mind small story-driven games like this because it tries to somewhat be fun with simple mechanics
anyone tried "World without time" yet?
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4394400/Mad_Scientist_Simulator__Society_of_World_Destruction_Demo/Premium slop time
Vampire Crawlers mogs both StS and Balatro
>>733848793>LEAVE THE HECKIN TRANZFOLX ALOOOOOOOOONE
>>733874427
>>733873650Time to never make whatever game this is because he got paid already.
>Cavernhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/2650780/Cavern/unorthodox real time dungeon crawler with cute 3D graphics reminiscent of Little Big Adventure 2. I couldn't get the item swap menu to work, so I got stuck after a couple of levels A bit too much dialogue in the intro Funky
>>733875867I wondered if it was more from that guy, but it doesn't look like it
can we kill whoever's """curating""" the genre displays?
>>733846067>DELIVERY MUST COMPLETEWhat the fuck is that publisher?
>>733877932BASED?
>>733873437dis dude thought annulus was good lolit was chink shit, and I love chinese games btw, but that one was sheet
>>733875867Reminds me of road redemption
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4144590/Brew__Dash/Loli witch on a minecart
>Valkyrie Sagahttps://store.steampowered.com/app/2663150/Valkyrie_Saga/Cute platformer, felt like playing an old N64 game. I normally don't play 3D platformers but this was just cozy and interesting enough for me, especially after you get the slam + super jump
I don't know why this happened or how to get rid of itAnyways I've been trying to go through the action tag since day 1 and I keep getting bored because literally 2/3 games is just a survivors clone
ok So heres what ive played so far.Guns and Nuns. Kinda tarded.Hark the Ghoul. Fuckin good shit. Fantasy system/bioshock vibes.Luna Abyss. Seems good less sure of it but its an FPS bullet hell kinda thing.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1171980/Neverlooted_Dungeon/Pretty cool game, but the Self-Aware™ humor is kinda dumb (no VAs saying "WOW THAT JUST HAPPENED", just very dumb item names and potion dispensers). The demo is fairly long despite being just one level (beat it in 40 minutes but I missed a lot of secrets) Some cool features:>physics-based puzzles/traps/boxes-waiting-to-be-stacked>exploration tools, like a crossbow that shoots arrows with ropes>kick button>you can sneak around and avoid combat if you want (no sneak damage bonus as far as I can tell, you either avoid combat or you don't)>after dying, you have to find your corpse to recover your loot so it's important to leave some basic equipment near the camp (spawn point)>almost anything can be used as a weapon if you are desperate
>>733874746No one cares, tranny
Name your tummy games
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3955070/Urok_Demo/Neither terrible nor amazing and at the same time not exactly mid. A very ok game.Roguelite mode is optional
>>733877932least schizophrenic ace combat fan
>Esoteric EbbDick-Ass Rogue seems fun, pickpocketing items off NPCs seems like it would be really useful
I expected Cicadamata to be troonslop but it turned out to be pure kino instead. Big recommend. https://store.steampowered.com/app/4257090/CICADAMATA_Demo_Disc/
>>733880869Yeah but have you considered the way of charisma-maxing and impressing baddies?
this plot did not grab me. I was not grabbed by the plot. the narrative hook. where was it?
>>733881224I went DEX/CHA mostly. I just like the idea of looting peoples weapons right off them. I now have 20 DEX, but there are a few spots I could have used STR already. Iffy on playing this too much, might wait for full release and do another build
>>733881463I didn't think the story was great, but it wasn't outright bad either. Just told in a really amateur fashion and lacking a hook like you said. The actual gameplay was neat tho.
At this point there are so many games I only click the ones with cute girls in the cover art.
Quite enjoyed Dungeons of Dusk. Dungeon crawler with a boomer shooter theme.https://store.steampowered.com/app/4176460/Dungeons_of_DUSK/
Playing Deep Snow Delivery, is this the end of the demo? There doesn't seem to be a sleep option
>>733882771you don't need to sleep, but there is the clock right beside the X.The dev will tell you when the demo ends
>>733875527I couldn't get over how shallow and easy it is, once you figure out comboing and how to path, there's not much that's a real challenge or offers tactical gameplay
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3358170/Dodo_Duckie/duck
>Enjoy a demo but notice a bug/performance issue>no in-game report tool, check steam discussions>pic related>uninstall
Just purchased Hitman Blood Money and Hitman Contracts because they are dirt cheap, and I've always been told these are the ones to play. I hope anyone could tell me:1) Which order to play these two in?2) Are they best played with controller or mouse and keyboard?3) Any shit I need to confifgure or unofficial patches to make them run on modern hardware or are they all good?
>>733880375Played this some next fests ago and had it on my wishlist since.Felt kinda the same about the humour, but I don't find it too bad for the most part. But yeah, the physics and grabbing random shit as a weapon made it fun. And as you said, it's full of secrets.One video I remember seeing somewhere was sticking a broom or something through the holes of a gate to flip the lever on the other side, that's just cool.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1442520/Akatori/Cute girl with stick
>>733868935slopkino
>>733884360I liked how the demo shows different parts of the game instead of just the tutorial and the first level.
Just finished playing the demo of My Fav Chill Streamer Dies a Million Times. I liked it as a time travel murder mystery thing of sorts despite not being a fan of VTubers and I'm happy it showed the danger of sending photos to people you don't know. /pol/ has demonstrated time and again that A LOT can be figured out from a single photo.https://store.steampowered.com/app/3507880/My_Fav_Chill_Streamer_Dies_a_Million_Times100/On a side note, the X account for the fictional VTuber got suspended.https://x.com/arai_alagna
>>733884360cheers, this looks neat, I'll have to try it tomorrow
>>733884684Dev statement on the suspension:"Thank you very much for your continued support of "My Fav Chill Streamer Dies a Million Times"We have confirmed that the official X character account (@arai_alagna) for this work has been suspended due to a decision by the platform.This account was the official account used for the purpose of disseminating the latest game information, campaign announcements, and promotions. We are currently filing an objection to have the suspension lifted.We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience or concern this may cause to all our followers.The latest information will be announced as needed through our community Steam News and other channels.We will provide an update once there is any progress, and we kindly ask for your understanding."https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/3507880/view/494969252845979671?l=english
Thoughts on desnhattack?The game itself is fun but the faux anime characters are annoying.
>>733885263He was probably blowing up someone's DMs
>>733868643As a Swede from the 80s, Moomin and Sailor Moon were my first anime. Is this good?
>>733884684lmfao is this oyaku
>>733886053Like a real menhera
>>733841416I don't think Princess Maker games are ever going to be that popular.
>>733872153This is key chain jingling subhuman tier shit, please reevaluate your time motherfucker
>Body type selection instead of sex/gender>Dropdown shows male/female instead of A/B or 1/2???
>>733872570>Tooned_Out_Duo_Dippin_Demo/I was hoping the trailer was ironic. It's way worse. Incredibly bad. I have a few QUALITY game tips™ toohttps://store.steampowered.com/app/4191860/Escape_from_the_Black_Monolith/https://store.steampowered.com/app/4145970/KLITTER/https://store.steampowered.com/app/4007890/SetunaLegend_of_Hamburger_2/please don't subject yourself to these
>>733872741I saw this and hoped it played like some kind of elaborate pac man puzzler. I guess I was right for ignoring it.
>>733886779What's the issue? The male and female body type?
>>733886779Someone's not getting his Blackrock bux
>>733886779kek. well, they got the important part. much better than the other way around. there is indeed a male "bodytype" and a female "bodytype", afterall.
>>733874598>I used to love that concept of impossibly fast racing from that one Playstation 1 game I forgot the name of.Wipeout? It's still the coolest futuristic racer EXO rally was dope though, but really hard.
>>733883435Wrong thread? Contracts is better than BM, so play BM first. It's still awesome. KB+M. Patches? Can't remember
>>733886946Yeah technically nothing wrong was said. It just looks weird 'cuz modern times and all that.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3405090/Super_Beast_World/Gotta go fast with big tits (you can also play with the other two girls).The level design of the first stage is fairly simple but the second stage have that "upper path if you git gud, lower path if you don't" level design of Sonic games.I actually suck at this type of game (the second level is busting my balls) but if you are a fan of it give this game a try, it's pretty fun.
>>733888080ongezellig
>>733855462Tried the demo for 1 minute before uninstalling because the movement felt clunky. The trailer made it seem it was more involved gameplay-wise also >>733888080Looks great, thanks for sharing. Reminds me of panic floor
>>733888080Sonic the boobhog?
>>733888080>gotta go fast>no momentum conservationwill wait for porn of Mary at least
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3929680/Mysteries_of_Old_Tokyo_Demo/Kino
>>733841471Game name quick
>>733869696Thank you for making this webm, the trailer and steam page didn't make the game appealing to me
>>733888080ok tried sonic the tittyhog...I had fun. fuck you.
Colony sim on a train with economy elements and fantasy racesUI is programmer tier but the game itself is incredibly prettythe demo content is also not that deephttps://store.steampowered.com/app/4080930/Steel_Artery_Train_City_Builder_Demo/
>>733839389The kickstarter for this just closed. I put 60 towards it. First kickstarter I ever supported. This game has most things I've ever wanted in a game.
>>733883280Isn't this just... Super Paper Mario without the writing?
>>733890260Yeah that looks dumb as fuck.But 4chan is full of the kind of autistics that like factorio so it'll likely be a big hit here.
>>733849593looks great. loved sable
>>733877109driving a chopper in halo 3
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2712700/Abduct_Em/Fun concept for a Survivors clone, but the UFO movement doesn't feel very good and the destructibility could be amplified
>>733886602Nekone you fucking idiot
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3609320/Bombun/3D platformer inspired by the N64's Bomberman games.The bunny girl is cute (you can buy new outfits for her) and I like her abilities but the game is a bit too easy (the trailer shows some new traps and enemies in later stages, at least). I wish the game had a bit more "visual flair" (more level variety than just floating metal boxes in the sky, maybe a world map or a level select screen) but overall it's a decent demo.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3804370/The_Piper_of_Dawn/More VN than farming sim. Cool vibes, cute girls, interesting story. Not a whole lot of gameplay.
>>733886873yeah I expected puzzle elements too from the screenshots, but it doesn't have any. You just move around the map deactivating 2-3 nodes. While doing that you perpetually lose health, which the hearts refill. There's just so many of those that you are never in danger of running out. And then you get roguelike upgrades, which you don't even notice, because failure is already borderline impossible.
>>733846724Windrose will probably get some "mainstream" attention
CHA cucks bow to the STR goblin hater
>>733849817>>733852374it's Limbo with Bamham combat in a 2D plane stapled on top
>>733894613That game looked like DEI slop
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3986690/Ariana_and_the_Elder_Codex/Alright mvania. Absolutely unreasonable boss at the end.
I don't see what other people see in Deep Snow Delivery. I like both Death Stranding and Euro Truck Sim but this made me fall asleep.
>>733895812It's tranime.
Played the minesweeper "roguelite" for 5hrs... TLDR is that while interesting at first, it doesn't seem like it has staying power. https://store.steampowered.com/app/4368600/MineSweeperR/How it works is that instead of a timer, you have a step/click counter. Since number mines >>> number of steps, you can't just solve normally and have to rely on Skills, obtained randomly, the roguelike aspect. But even that is not enough to clear because you'll be dealing with both the Minesweeper RNG and the random Skill RNG, hence there is a meta-progression currency and shop, the "lite" part. The meta-progression shop allows you to buy Fuses/chances that allow you to continue to after clicking a mine, increased currency gain, perks and most importantly, basic features such as SAFE INITIAL CLICK and double-clicking. Safe initial click being locked behind the meta is a bit crazy since it means your game can end on the first click if you don't pick it up.These all sound nice on paper but what really happens is that the game goes from unfairly unclearable to trivial once you invest in the meta shop. Once you obtain all the bad luck protection perks and currency gain boosts, the game is pretty much solved.
>>733896272The game description makes it sound like there would be a lot of build variety to play around with but honestly a lot of the Skills are useless, like there's absolutely no reason to use 4,5,6,7,8 as skill triggers when they rarely occur compared to 1 and 2s. Neither is there any reason to create skills that activate on clicking a mine when doing that kills you. Of the skills that allow you to open multiple tiles at once, you really only need the lightning (random tile) and pickaxe (random adjacent). The rest of the skills are directional while these skills will always work as long as there is an empty tile. With the increased Gold and XP meta boosts, fishing these two skills is very possible in a run.The only interesting thing is that you may want to do is to chain 2>1 and maybe even 3>1 like in this pic. This setup causes opening 1, 2 and 3 tiles to automatically uncover 8 other safe tiles and the effect will cascade if those happen to be 1, 2 or 3 too. The game is almost solving itself at this point.
I wonder how many of these will be giga delayed because of slay the spire 2. Mewgenics already kinda stole half the thunder of the show.
>>733895812and I hate kojima games and any type of simulators, yet I love deep snow delivery.
Somebody must've just linked this in a thread because I don't think it's actually part of the Fest (also the full game launched like a week or two ago) but BrebeMan is fucking EXCELLENT so whoever linked that in a group of demos is based and I thank you. Literally added it to cart the moment I finished the demo.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3092360/Super_Alloy_Crush/Megaman but after the first level it turns into a roguelite and I suspect stays a roguelite and also really easy so kinda just a button masher
>>733897156I was a bit confused, but I think the roguelite/endless is just a different mode. When I chose the gun dude for a second go I had the option to choose either level or endless.
What was the game that one anon made that was like Wordle but not? I forgot the name and can't find it again.
>>733897456jargon
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4102700/GAL_VS_VILLAGE/Weird little nip-made boomer shooter, you're a gyaru(?) doing cleanup in a demon-overrun village. Surprisingly enjoyable, even with the slightly weird balancing; while your cleaver instakills enemies and gives you very brief invulnerability, enemy projectiles are also super fast. The shotgun is real nice though. Not sure what's up with the vocaloid music in the menu and arena but it's fine I guess. Gonna wishlist this, it's a strangely charming game
>>733897620thanks
>>733859367>>https://store.steampowered.com/app/4076710/GRIDbeat_Demo/>The idea is neat but the dialogue is cringe and I just can't into synthwave, but that's a me issue. I feel like I'd like it a lot if the music were more to my taste and if it wasn't so obviously Westoid.I like the music but yeah the western pastel cyberpunk aesthetics are ass. What really killed it though is the obnoxious fucking tutorial bot that won't shut the fuck up and let you play the game and keeps interrupting you to reiterate things the tutorial already explained to you.
>>733869782>Goblin town has 0 reviewsI could've made a separate demo steam page but it was annoying and according to the steam algo analysis guys it doesn't actually affect your visibility. I suppose for feedback it could've been useful, or encouraged more people to check it out if it was positive.Oh well, wishlist count is doing pretty decent so far. Nothing explosive but I'm not disappointed at least.
>>733897708This dev's got a couple other good similar FPS already out, their MO just seems to be low-poly corridor shooters with a pixel anime girl in the corner.
>>733873437How was Galaxyz Neo? I like Hi-Score Girl but I'm not really a tower defense fan, did that guy do any writing or just the character designs?
>>733898086The store page says he did the story as well. I don't know if that's just the greater plot or all the smaller bits though.
>>733866959
>>733840952I worked on Town of Zoz, it's fucking shit manand the farming is barely used desu
>>733898749guess you should have done a better job, then.
>>733898828the director is fucking retarded, the whole game is about his childhood traumas he didn't let anyone make it decent
>>733847478>King of the Dwarvesoh shit is this a 3d Hammerting?
Don't think i've seen this one mentioned yet. A SHMUP game where you have to actively chase the bullet instead of dodging it. There are some bullshit type of bullet you still have to dodge though to give the game a challenge, i guess. There are 3 playables 1 dude, 2 females. The dude is discount Jotaro and star platinum duo and is either too overtuned or the rest of playables are undertuned. There are story but it's kind of whatever ESL weebs babble tier, in case the illustration didn't give it away already. I like it though, it oozes SOVL.Demo has 4 story stages and a 3 minute (?) score attack mode. Tried the score attack mode but haven't managed to progress past the ratatouille ass looking motherfucker bullshit gimmick yet.>https://store.steampowered.com/app/4086510/Brave_Rounds/
>>733898948Sad if true. The game has some interesting ideas, and I liked the spirit abilities in combat, but the demo didn't go far enough for me to see if the farming and bartering systems could be interesting in a full game. I thought it had potential if it could iron out the roughness, but if the devs don't have any hope for it I guess the game is squandered. Hope you have a better experience making your next game anon.> the whole game is about his childhood traumasSo the kid's dad being grumpy is the main conflict? Damn that sounds like a boring thing to stretch for the whole game.
Found one that I mostly liked, but it has a bit too much down time. Like pinball with too much gravity and not enough bounce. It feels a bit like the skill part is kinda too random but there's potential. Try it if you like pinballhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/4287730/Fractaloid_Attacks/
>>733900130Just played this earlier. Hard Mode feels like the training wheels come off since there's way more of the purple bullets but I do agree the dude is way better due to his special being so active and his option being so easy to position. I wish the witch was better, I like her most.Also what the fuck was up with the opening cutscene? Dude chokes his wife to death and plans to kill his son and brother because they saw it because...he's bad with money? Then the actual shmup is silly bullshit with goblins and skellies that doesn't mention that at all.
got done playing Back To Drive Demo, had it a few CTD but looks promising. But why did he make turning the bolts mouse wheel? also there not enough parts to complete engine (and you can't install spark plugs)
Tried a fairly interesting but minimalist game card Card Coder. Basically all cards have four components and some can be swapped with different specifiers/effects/triggers, etc. Seems like an easy game until you get to the final boss of the demo, who spammed slime cards.What I really liked is how they handled the metaprogression. You get to decide what to add into the pool, and you can disable things already in the pool from appearing on the next run, right from the main menu. No watering down a run with bad pieces. Very cool.Probably will pick up the game.https://store.steampowered.com/app/3730380/Card_Coder_Demo/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3812700/CORINNE/
>no everything is crab posthttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3526710/Everything_is_Crab_The_Animal_Evolution_Roguelite/it gives you a .gif of your little guy at the end of a run>wahh wahh rogueshitshut up
