It's that time of the year, where we download an irresponsible amount of demosExplore upcoming releases, discuss/rate what you try, wishlist the games you like, give some recommendations, and most importantly: Have fun.https://store.steampowered.com/sale/nextfestPrevious Thread >>733983476
Why do unreal engine games look like this
just hand over the anime wife games thankson that note, what kind of game would you say you're looking for as you wade through this swamp? what game do you wish exists in here?
will my demos be taken away after march 2nd? i didn't play any yet because i'm grindan another game
>>734066010incompetent devs both engine and game
An anon recommended me this and I wanted to enjoy it so badly however the controls are garbage (sprint should really be a double tap the stick and not a button hold, the jumping also feels sluggish and bad) and its hard to tell whats going on with all the random events (most of them are just there to put more bullshit on the screen), enemies that blend into the background throwing their active hitbox bodies towards you, the fucking tomatos with the giant hitboxes that force you to bounce up usually into enemies or spikes, etc. They don't seem to be accepting steam reviews on the demo either which is unfortunate.
You can safely avoid anything that has a pedosky link in the description. You already know its garbage.
>>734065798This was pretty good
name 1ONEUNOOДИHEINgood gameexactly,u cant
>>734066534it's Dive or die
>>734066556Hark the ghoul.Parasite mutant.
>>734066664so, as I said...
>>734066102Most of them. If one disappears then you can just crack it by yourself.>>734066556Lobotomy CorporationAstlibra RevisionBlack SoulsCrossCodeDungeon Munchiesof the Devil999Mirage FeathersPatapontoo lazy to name all other good games
Finally a fun blobber that doesn't look like gaudy indecipherable garbage.
>Hark the Ghoul>default FOV of 65What the frick
>>734067050have nothing to do with the fest retard
>Roguelite Deckbuilder>Free Gacha>Game banner so generic it feels like a lazy bitcoin minerHow in the fuck do you make this good of a hack and slash battlemage game and then use the WORST words and visuals to market it?It upsets me at how this thing's player count is inversely proportional to its quality. And it's probably because of how it looks like shovelware at first glance.
I wanna like HYPNOSYNC so much but the dev is too much of a rhythm game autist that even basic mode beyond the first couple of songs is really hard. 4 directions + 8 keys is too much for new players. The hypnosis fetish visuals are pretty great though and I hope it actually goes somewhere with that. Here’s to hoping it becomes a proper game someday.
>>734060552Don't believe there has been any updates.I definitely got lucky at a couple points on that attempt but that was a solid half hour of attempts at least.
I can scarcely believe I'm actually looking forward to an Unreal Engine open world survivalcraft. These devs seem to actually have an idea of what makes a game fun. Not only are the visuals nice and cute, but the movements and gathering and general gameplay are also very smooth and decently satisfying. So many survivalcrafts fail at basic shit like making resource gathering painful and unfun, but these fellas have a good thing going.They made these semen demons and then made them 6 feet tall instead of letting them be gobbos. I don't understand but I'm willing to forgive, since the models are quite cute anyway.
>>734065798what the fuck killed the hype
Someone finally made a Morrowind that's fun to actually PLAY instead of talking about. It also feels like it's better at being Morrowind than Morrowind itself, in that it feels a lot more alien and mysterious compared to the infinite brown swamp with big mushrooms. Doesn't have the same grit to it though, unfortunately. Very safe and sterile.On the topic of safe and sterile, it's a shame the lead dev is a low IQ spineless faggot, but given how fantastic the demo is to play and look at I'm still willing to entertain the possibility of the full game also ending up good.
>>734067802I'm a complete shitter and I enjoyed hypnosync
>>734068248Several factors:- Brazilians that not only flood the board with press preview threads, they actively take pride in ruining the next fest for most of the board, which is a natural byproduct of their brown brown animal nature.- AI is rapidly gaining traction. During one of the first nextfests I gave a chance to one of the few AI games on it because it just had AI-gened skill images and everything else was hand-crafted, including all the actual sprites. That was about the maximum extend of sloppery you could expect back then and even then it was considered a sin worthy of the capital punishment. Now AI got so "good" that a chink/brazilian can tell it to make the whole fucking thing for him and then shit it out onto the nextfest page in the hopes that some 9 year old will download it and mine enough bitcoins for Chang/Pablo to retire.
>>734068602>AI is rapidly gaining tractionwell that shouldn't be possible. You've been calling it slop several times a day. There's no way that strategy could fail.
Why is Voidling Unbound a looter shooter and why is there only 1 starter mon
>Developers are finally telling AI trolls to shove their complaints up their ass.You love to see it.
I played about 20 demos. Only ones I came away impressed by were,1) Hozy. Really nice style and feels nice to play. I won't play it again though.2) Replaced. Promising, interesting story. Reminds me of Inside and The Final Station.3) John Carpenter's Toxic Commando. Really enjoyed it which wasn't surprising since I'm a big fan of WWZ and other co-op shooters.
>>734067304I don't like the artstyle mishmash
>>734069152>looter shooterNo idea.>only 1 starter monProbably something something demo scope limitations.Looking at the kind of shit they're planning to do I find it forgiving. Down the line you'll be able to splice and crossbreed and genetically engineer shit to a frighteningly versatile degree, so I assume it's all mid-late game loaded instead of giving a fuck about your throwaway starter.>>734069026I don't understand the purpose of this post.
>>734068376I found it less fun to play than morrowind, it just doesn't feel satisfying if that makes sense. I like the style the world is going for, but like you said there's a lack of grit that makes it feel more like an amusement park, and the writing isn't bad but is just very bland
I am not doing another mission with the turkey
>>734069608I liked the gameplay and the visuals, primarily. Cool creature designs, cool environment designs, weapons felt good (used to be dogshit in older demo versions), etc. The setting has no grit but it feels a lot more genuinely alien and strange.Calling it an amusement park is a fair criticism, I suppose, all of my positive impressions come from it being a fairly curated experience with limited scope, so they could totally fuck it up a thousand different ways when they just let you loose on the world in the full game, but after the progress that was done since the initial version of the demo where weapons were dogshit and the world was boring and the creatures were more generic, I'm at least willing to give it a chance.>>734069487Does look like shit in the screenshot, but those portraits are actually outdated. The ones I saw while playing were definitely different from the ones they show in promotional material and seemed more internally consistent between each other. Not gonna pretend like I properly analyzed them all though, but I felt like I was a proper part of the world during my gamplay. I can tell they use SOME royalty free shit, like the music, but I don't know if or how far that extends towards the assets.
>>734069957You get someone else relatively soon into the demo, don't recall how many exactly. The way they seem to be structuring this game it definitely seems like the kind to get better the longer you play rather than the other way around as it usually is.
>>734066534I really enjoyed it, although the first tentacle monsters you encounter are extremely overtuned, if they spot you then you are basically dead
>>734065798Nextfest over tomorrow, post your fucking favourite(s) NOWHard mode: You cannot post something that someone else has already replied with
>>734069957the fire turkey with exploding shots goes hard though
>>734070359Can I post something I already replied with?>SoulceryGreat hack and slashery battlemage shit. Recommend it the most because it didn't get any attention whatsoever.>HighreachOnly survivalcraft in years that I'm okay with, and it's not because of the sexy tallgobbos, it actually plays nice.>AlchemickalA fantastic high tension action game by one of our fellow /v/ermin.>SoulquestAwful generic name but beautiful and engaging spectacle fighter. Dialog is slightly cringe, but I have some faith still because the setup for the main character is she lost her ass kicker husband and tries to get revenge using her swanky magic sword that basically does most of the work for her and is clearly slowly corrupting her. No girlbossing.
>>734067304I liked it, the way the movement animates gave me slight motion sickness after a while though
>>734070742Speaking of which.Very high effort spectacle fighter despite how generic the name and the banner look. The combos are fun to execute and aren't very tolerant of blind button mashing. Peculiar story setup, but the demo doesn't do it justice.
>>734070742If you haven't played this one - play it. Right now if you can. It's an action roguelite that feels almost like a fantasy Synthetik. The sheer chaos and mayhem between the swarms of enemies, your short lifespan, and the constant juggling of elemental chemicals is just mwah, fantastic.
>>734070359here are my wishlists, the green ones Im most likely getting on release, ex sanguis is kinda bad but I have hope the devs turn it around because I liked othercide alot far far west is by far the best game in the fest the gameplay is top tier, you can zoom around the map like its fucking quake and its extremely polished for a next fest demo and the soundtrack is already a bangerhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gX5XZZvAyo4also missing in the pic because I already had them wishlisted before, wanderburg and fogpiercer, both pretty good
>>734070863Doesn't seem to be having an effect on me but I can tell why it would on someone else. It does feel like every so slightly wobbly perspective and distance wise sometimes.Unrelated, but now that I launched the game I might as well show off the current portraits.
>>734065798I never played a megamen game before and l liked this one a lot, l literally got addicted>>734066412That's a shame anon, l played it expecting a better crosscode(which was made by the same dev) and l really enjoyed, the only downside for me is the high temperature, which force me to play it a 30 fps>>734071158I really want to try this far far west
>>734065798 (OP)I never played a megamen game before and l liked this one a lot, l literally got addicted>>734071158I really want to try this far far west
>>734071158>Far Far WestIs this online only? Or can I play this offline too? I saw the EULA with the anticheat faggotry and was wondering if I should bother at all.
Burden Street StationIt's Where They Cremate The Roadkill but without the RPGOf course I like the RPG tho
Dolls Nest is very good, BUT horribly optimized.But still, points for zettai ryouiki with mech legs
Meme references in any media these days hurts me like a cognitohazard https://store.steampowered.com/app/3220050/Big_Beautiful_Women_Giantess_Dating_Action/It looks nice for a faux pc-98 game, only real gripe is that I hope that the full game has more size difference CGs, I'm mostly respecting it because of it being a "Writer's blatant fetish" VN.
>>734070359>Goblin NestManagement sim. Demon lady brings back goblins from extinction to wreck havoc on humies. Raid areas for stuff mainly women to rape and breed but also resources and blueprints. Demo had 4 breeding stalls and 2 pleasure stalls (oral and titjob). You can choose what clothes to leave on them so for me I made the breeding stalls show bare feet. I can't remember the exact specifics of every breeding stall off the top of my head but one was doggy and one was missionary, and they had some options for where to put their arms in the stall, say behind their back in doggy, under their breasts in titjob. There are also birthing and milking stalls. They get raped, they get pregnant then give birth then get milked. They birth a limited number of babies, you can sell them after but I threw a few shaman in pleasure stalls. The mask wins me over compared to nun and villager.Different types of women give different goblin babies but I only saw two in the demo. Villager, nun, and shaman, with shaman and nun birthing the same unit. There is one hero type (minotaur girl with big tits) in the demo. She could birth more gobbos and be milkable without getting pregnant but they were 1 star and I needed a lot of 3 star units to even capture her so I just left her in a display stall fucking useless whore.
>>734070359>>734071158forgot one game, its not on my wishlist because I instantly bought it kekinsider trading very fun, great soundtrack and extremely addicting>>734071402>>734071317if you try it just a tip, as long as you stay airborne you carry and stack your momentum so by chaining dashes, jumps and abilities you can go extremely fast, much faster than the horse>>734071427its online only or atleast the demo is but you can create a private session if you want to play alone
>>734070359Deep Snow Delivery is my favorite of what I played. There were others I liked, but I won't be listing them so others can :)
>>734071973All you millions of demo hoarders keeping your secret demo stash away from my eyes. You will regret not telling me, or I'm not Mark Zuckerberg.
>>734070359https://store.steampowered.com/app/2638080/Annihilated/The concept of having to escort a broken, defeated Hero's party back through a dungeon is very unique, and the artstyle really tickles my fancy. A lot depends on how the dev can take this to later stages but the start is very promising
>>734066556Jackie Chan
Truke now let's do something that will make this world worse
>>734066102Some disappear right after the event, some stick around for a bit longer, some never get taken down and may even get updates. Each dev has his own strategy when it comes to demos.
>>734068376>>734069608I just can't stand big glowing mushrooms and crystals in starter caves. You just know the lore will be lazy trite shit. So fucking gaudy, makes it feel like disneyland.
>>734070359Vampire Crawlers. I'm half-expecting them to just shadow-drop it once NextFest ends.
>>734068602Your medications should be taken in due time.
>>734071960Try Space Warlord Organ Trading Simulator if you like stock based games, but that one is a lot more hectic
>>734070742>Alchemickal>A fantastic high tension action game by one of our fellow /v/ermin.lol no way, I've been the only one to post about it previously AND the guy who posted lists of anons games several times, yet I missed that this too was an anons game. It's pretty slick, but the color scheme alone will make people gloss over it.
>>734072669oh yeah I remember that oneI think I played it on a fest a few years ago
>>734058320jargonwasteland bitespoke all toads
>>734070275You can sprint away from them and they stop following you after a little bit but yeah i almost killed 2 divers becuse of them
>>734065798These type of games aren't really my cup of tea but this was good, i hope you get a full party later in the game.
>>734070359'Shifting Sands' and 'Give Me A Weapon' seemed interesting to me. Honestly they weren't that good, but their devs seem responsive to criticism so they might make them work yet.
Whirlight is confirmed as demo removal. Play now or play never.
>>734073221I'm getting Doom/Wolfenstein RPG vibes, which were both solo games. More just became a game of exploring every nook and cranny to keep up the armor/ammo.
>>734070742>>734072764dev here, thank you for a-playing my game
So the goal of the game is to turn Goodboy into an atheist school shooter. I can respect it.>>734073746I'll just emulate it later.
CICADAMATA is so good.
Tried a bunch of incrementals, but these three are the only ones that I found interesting.https://store.steampowered.com/app/4089360/Dwarf_Eats_Mountain_Demo/https://store.steampowered.com/app/4194800/Starvester/https://store.steampowered.com/app/3907940/MMO_98/
>>734074230Cuckadamata
>>734074230Do indie devs really think making their game look like utter shit makes it appealing? Why the fuck does it have a shadow mask on everything but the UI if it's trying to simulate a shitty TV?
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3110760/Alabaster_Dawn/fun little top down action adventure. Only played the prologue cause I wanna get through some other demos, but I had a pretty good time with it.
hmmm
>>734074562This is one is great, same dev from crosscode
>>734074968>same dev as crosscodeimmediately added to ignore list
I'll play all these games... and buy NONE OF THEM AHAHAHAHAHAH
give me STEALTH games
>>734075776well you're doing better than most of /b/ by playing a game
>>734075825
>>734075825Spy Drops Gaiden
>>734067304>funIt was extremely bland.
>>734071158I wish that multiplayer sloppers would tag their posts with "I play online slop"
>>734074240Man, I would love a version of MMO 98 that's focused on the actual MMO building, rather than just managing creation of MMOs/servers.Eg. Slowly adding new assets, enemies, quests, areas, etc, and watching your AI players run amuck them.
Ohh Lydia is Goodboy's older brother. Truly ebin twist.Cheesed to meet you
These are anon games from this festhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3464670/Dead_Watch/https://store.steampowered.com/app/3019490/I_Wont_Let_You_Level_Up_In_My_Goblin_Town/https://store.steampowered.com/app/4006600/Plinkomancy/https://store.steampowered.com/app/4152460/Surface_Breaker/https://store.steampowered.com/app/1971670/Panic_Floor/https://store.steampowered.com/app/3818000/Guns_and_Nuns_Storming_Hell/https://store.steampowered.com/app/4276660/Yomifuda_Kanji_Survivors/https://store.steampowered.com/app/1846980/Skeletons/https://store.steampowered.com/app/3609320/Bombun/https://store.steampowered.com/app/4289020/Monstergirl_Hunters/ > https://erodungeons.itch.io/ero-huntershttps://store.steampowered.com/app/4146170/Relapse/https://store.steampowered.com/app/3131340/Lelu/https://store.steampowered.com/app/3894520/Keines_Expanding_Class/
>>734076540I haven't actually tried it because it's not my kinda shit but there was this demo that sounds exactly like what you're describinghttps://store.steampowered.com/app/2365790/Lets_Build_a_Dungeon/
>>734067651Question was about good games, not good demos. Checkmate
>>734072625>Your medications should be taken in due time.
Name my band
>>734072764>but the color scheme alone will make people gloss over it.Ye, brown is disgusting, I myself almost glanced over.>>734073905Maybe make the guy's coat snow white or purple or something?
>>734070359https://store.steampowered.com/app/1971670/Panic_Floor/https://store.steampowered.com/app/3910680/INARI/https://store.steampowered.com/app/2090390/Schrdingers_Call/https://store.steampowered.com/app/4380660/Prolegomena_To_a_Hyperdimensional_Interface_That_Will_Be_Able_to_Manifest_From_ThreeMinute_Interchanges_Experimental_Demo/https://store.steampowered.com/app/3963700/Inquisitor_Shepherd_Demo/
Any good loot games?
>>734071048My retard ass forgot the screenshot.>>734075825Do LethalCompanyLikes count as stealth games?
>>734076216I think it was fun.
>>734078153that's by some anon
I found the sloppiest dungeon crawler.https://store.steampowered.com/app/4161910/BaseStar/>Save humanity from AI overlords by exploring the depths of BASEDSTAR where every cutscene and voice acting are AI slop.Not going to be surprised to learn that AI coded this game too.It's really hard to tell what's supposed to be interactable and what's not. Important quest items are way too small.Enemy AI can't handle square dancing.That secret wall inside a VR game was bullshit.Absolute piece of junk, finished the demo in one sitting.>>734077881The Diggas
>>734076834Where's Alchemickal, you heathen?
>>734077881Max's Girlfriend.In honor of that soulsucking harpy who obliterated our friend circle.
>>734078152Do LethalCompanyLikes count as loot games?
are there any good sims like games coming out? im playing bustin out and really like it. but theres nothing quite like it that i can find
>>734078436I haven't played Lethal Company.
>>734078152Lots of loot to find in Neverlooted Dungeons.
>>734078301It's right here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3107030/Alchemickal/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i--JiIaL19gthis fennec dog thing is adorable af, but i dont "feel" the combat, anyone else?
Anons, you disappointed me. There's enough demos with a male protagonist. It's just you, only you who don't want to play as a male. I don't understand why so many talks about saving game industry and how bad people shit in your games, when it's you who don't want to play games without shit. You happily eat wokeslop, girlbosses, femboys, gayshit and completely ignore games without it. You are not chuds like everyone trying to see them in you. You consumers of shitty games which killing game industry.
>>734075825>>734078689Fuck it, just check it and see if you're into it.https://store.steampowered.com/app/4113160/Begraved/
As a crawler bro I feel weird about this fest.>Deep Dish DungeonWas expecting to like it and ended up disliking it.>Dverghold Was expecting to dislike it and ended up liking it.>UnderkeepNot sure what to think. Demo was too short to form a strong opinion but was charming enough to leave a good impression.
>>734076216I enjoyed it, and I'm not one for blobbers typically. This kind of "generic" fantasy is more interesting to me than most current takes on fantasy.Also the writing is fun.
>>734078875This is like, what, 5 nextfest since the first time they first put it out? What the fuck are they doing?
A tactical korean RPG with full voice acting. I surprisingly enjoyed it, especially the hero girl that talks in a cute voice.https://store.steampowered.com/app/3936730/STARDUST_Wish_of_Witch/
>>734079560>Anons, you disappointed me. There's enough demos with a male protagonist. It's just you, only you who don't want to play as a male. I don't understand why so many talks about saving game industry and how bad people shit in your games, when it's you who don't want to play games without shit. You happily eat wokeslop, girlbosses, femboys, gayshit and completely ignore games without it. You are not chuds like everyone trying to see them in you. You consumers of shitty games which killing game industry.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1717730/LUCID/very very slow start, but seems like a pretty good and mechanically dense platformer (the last video on the steam page should really be the trailer)
This game's movement system makes it so that if you're standing on a tile with an item, that item becomes omnipresent
>>734078153>Roguelite>Action roguelike
>>734080232Actually a good idea for a sprites based game.
>>734079956The character animation on this is phenomenal, there's more for the main girl in cutscenes alone than most SRPGs have for a unit in combat. The actual gameplay is very standard but I think it's good enough to stay for the charm.
>>734079665>Dverghold>Dungeon Synth ostDeserves points just for this alone.
>>734080502Yeah it's funky as fuck in motion and I can see how it makes people motion sick, but I like it
Most deckbuilders suck but are there any deck builders or any roguelites this next fest that are actually good? Bonus points for anime tits
>>734079665Detachment CrewATB Turn Based Dungeon Crawler. You collect food for upgrades but the food is permanently lost if you die so I imagine the game can get stuck
>>734066534Game?
>>734079764The game is complete, but they are beta testing it to fix bugs and other issues.
>>734080850Titanium Court's pretty interesting if you're down for what it's doing (Civ + Match 3 + Point & Click with an abstract presentation).
>>734080850Deckbuilders and roguelites? I'll post both.Some decent ones I played of varying qualityhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3355940/Card_Coderhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3100370/Black_Jackethttps://store.steampowered.com/app/1668970/Primarchhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3784030/RACCOIN_Coin_Pusher_Roguelikehttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3526710/Everything_is_Crab_The_Animal_Evolution_Roguelitehttps://store.steampowered.com/app/2967670/Cupiclawhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3265700/Vampire_Crawlers_The_Turbo_Wildcard_from_Vampire_Survivorshttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3057670/Plutohttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3521010/Grid_Gladiatorshttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3493400/BLOODLETTERThis is more of a tower defensehttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3046020/Age_of_EnchantmentGive it a look, but I was less enthused about themhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3157320/Quickcasthttps://store.steampowered.com/app/2659600/Ammossum
>>734078153Kinda feels like it wastes the concept of mixing elements. Should have been more magicka-like imo, from what I can tell you just use it to counter elemental types and heal yourself
>Atomcrafthttps://store.steampowered.com/app/2803490/Atomcraft/Pretty elaborate falling sands crafting game. Has the entire periodical table and multiple interactions for each element. Pixel density is very low though.
>>734080975>>734066581
>>734081104Sounds cool>>734081218Thanks for list, is this reduced from all the trash?
>>734075129Why?
>>734068020I gave it a try because green women with big fat knife-ears sets my dick of fire, unfortunately this game also tried to set my PC on fire.I'm not a big fan of survivalcraft games either but I liked the idea of airships, floating islands and a harem of green women but I think I will wait for the full release (in 2064 or something).>made them 6 feet tall instead of letting them be gobbosHuman-gobbo breeding and its consequences have been a disaster for the goblin race.
>>734066664Can we stop pretending that hark the ghoul is good? It's like textbook definition of slop and butt ugly to boot
>>734081331Sandustry guy better hurry the fuck up before he gets cucked
>>734081534Yes, but my taste is dubious
>>734068248Devs by releasing dogshit? First fest in a while where i can't find any demos to give a shit about
>>734070359https://store.steampowered.com/app/3971950/In_Falsus/Super good rythm game. Forbidden difficulty is insane. https://store.steampowered.com/app/3936730/STARDUST_Wish_of_Witch/Really well animated pixel art, great VA work. Decent tactical jrpg card based combat. You don't get to control the characters between fights in the demo so it has a decent tempo.https://store.steampowered.com/app/3817250/CICADAMATA/holy shit this is one of the best combo of first person platforming/speed running I've seen so far, rivals the AVENGE MYSELF demo from last year they totally cribbed on the marathon art style though, especially with that gunhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3568960/Valerie/Endearing momentum based 2D platformer with great feel, music and abilities. Very cute and wholesome. Nice animation. Even seems to have decent writing. Art is pretty basic though. https://store.steampowered.com/app/3188510/Project_SEVER/Really cool fantasy submarine simulator. You're helping the pilot operate the systems, computers and controls of a fantasy miniature submarine. Old soviet theme, computers keep rebooting and glitching. Very well thought out. https://store.steampowered.com/app/3913370/Nebula_Veil/A bit more simple and less involved than SEVER but still cool. The ship AI sounded like an effeminate guy doing a robot voice rather than using a filter lolA more tactile game since you get to directly pilot this ship per default. The ship controls in SEVER are hard as hell to use. Still, seems decent. I flew around looking for the frequencies in the black box before moving on to more demos. 1/2
>>734081556Tranny devs never made a single good game and never will
>>734070359>>734081816https://store.steampowered.com/app/2522120/Airframe_Ultra/Neat physics based racer/area fighter with Akira themed world. Very chaotic and unfair, in a fun way. Stays on wishlist. https://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. https://store.steampowered.com/app/3571870/Darkhaven/Excellent feel to this Diablo clone, you can tell it's made by the OG's. Stays on wishlist. https://store.steampowered.com/app/2411200/Underkeep/Very cool blobber, simple but beautiful. Nice UI. https://store.steampowered.com/app/4131730/VHOLUME/Very fun FPS speed running. Minimalist compared to CICADAMATA". I don't understand how the leaders get sub 1 min scores. https://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 jumphttps://store.steampowered.com/app/4111040/Grgoire_Lefbvre_Investigations__The_Vow_of_Hate/Really nice detective story based on a novel. Great voice work and writing. Others have already mentioned: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1971670/Panic_Floor/Anons game, very tricky platformer. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1148130/Divinum/Starts simple but with a terrific feel. Slowly builds and give you more abilities. But the fluid dash, lunge and parries are the meat and potatoes. A 2D nu-GoW X Astlibra mix maybe? I have a bunch more honorary mentions but whatever 2/2
>>734077917>Ye, brown is disgusting, I myself almost glanced over.+ the high contrast elemental colors with bloom out the ass, makes it look gaudy
>>734081909Is he a tranny?
>>734081079>should be in the very next monthsSee you at the summer Next Fest!
>>734078301you need to shill it harder
>>734070359https://store.steampowered.com/app/3562120/Magical_Princess/Princess maker bros, we're back
>>734078875Physics based dungeon crawling seems kinda neat.>>734079654Ehh I guess I'll see if some friends are up for trying it out.
>>734080883incredibly annoying game
Emery HeartsVoxel cube lego roblox role playing minecraft buzzword video toy entertainment game/ out of ten>>734082156weeee 2 more nextfests in 2026 still and then 3 next year forever
>>734080232when you're turning around, it's four dudes shuffling around, so it makes sense that you'd end up at a different vantage point from it that's my head cannon anyway
Is it just me or does Replaced have a delay when it comes to jumping? I can't get past taht fucking running away from the train section because I can find the right time to jump, dipshit just stumbles on a crate and then gets show when he climbs the derelict train
>>734081104but all elements are shallow and easy? that's at least my take after five minutes
>>734082339buzzworder detected; opinion rejected.
>>734081648Sandustry is a lot more structured and polished, but Atomcraft has cooler simulations
>>734082480It has a delay when it comes to being goodYou have to press Exit game before that happens LMAOOOO
>>734078875>blur and 12 fpsIs it fucking ue5
Tried this game because I myself have had the thought that "Man a disco elysium style fantasy game would be cool" but holy fuck does this shit swing and miss the mark so bad. Themes in this game are a fucking mess; It's like they wanted a fantasy setting but were too afraid of it being too much of a fantasy setting so they added in a bunch of modern shit for no reason. There are bicycles and printing presses, news-stands and lightposts and way too much modern shit crammed into it for no reason. At one point you talk to a demon about the stock market. It's like they were afraid of being not enough like disco elysium, so they smashed all this shit in to hit an imaginary checklist. The main character is basically retarded, which makes no sense because he's supposed to be some kind of high-ranking cleric in a government body that's basically the FBI. He's pathetic, can't do anything himself, and constantly fucks everything up like a retarded child. Even in combat it's you floundering around while your companion does all of the actual work, because god forbid you do anything cool or on your own.The game also has some pointless election going on that you have absolutely no reason to get involved with, yet everyone bothers you about it. Maybe it makes more sense later in the game, but at the start it really seems pointless.It has so much potential to be good, but the writing is just way too stupid for me. The main character is way too pathetic. I know you're a bumbling oaf in Disco but it's because the MC is an alcoholic who is also slowly going insane due to becoming psychically active. In this you're a cleric that's part of a much more powerful organization, not just some low ranking cop sent into a shithole. 2/10 Good idea but terrible execution. Won't be buying it. Thank you for reading my blog.
>>734082497"Another demo rejected" - edgy guy from SMT3
>>734081218>Plutowild artstyle. just ok gameplay
All right, after scrolling through thousands of demos and trying the few dozen that caught my interest, my verdict is:Best demo: My Fav Chill Streamer Dies a Million Timeshttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3507880/My_Fav_Chill_Streamer_Dies_a_Million_Times100/I'm not even a fan of VTubers and yet I still enjoyed this time traveling murder mystery game. The demo itself is rock solid. I encountered no issues whatsoever, not even technical problems on Linux.Most potential: Voice of Naturehttps://store.steampowered.com/app/4256650/Voice_of_Nature_Demo/A Harvest Moon knock-off with an isekai spin but something quite refreshing is that it's a hetero entry in a genre now taken over by LGBT and I feel inclined to buy it just for that 'cuz such bravery deserves a reward. As for the demo, it has some flaws but the dev has said they are working on them. English is not their first language but questionable English is preferable to a English "localization" so I'll overlook that part.Game I most wanted to play that wouldn't load: Engramhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3928930/Engram/This one looks interesting as an AI driven adventure game but it wouldn't load.
>>734082876I saw black people and hit the ignore button
Unrelated to the Steam Fest but I see the South Park game are on sale, are they worth it?Currently rewatching SP as I haven't in like a decade, kinda tempted to buy them but I don't know
>>734083457>Voice of NatureWow, and Indonesian game. I'll try the first two out. I also think you are dumb.
Thought Jenny the Witch was alright. Store page said it would be short but cheap, so hopefully it doesn't get bogged down, if it can keep the demos feeling it could be a solid buy.
>>734082876The writers have the perpetual modern writer problem, they can't let their audience believe the world is serious. Something has to be ironic or make a quip every two minutes or his twatter clique will laugh at him for being a tryhard nerd >not just some low ranking cop sent into a shithole.Aren't you a detective? Haven't played it
>>734084237Why does "Jenny" look like a robot dude in a dress?
>>734082876My impression exactly, and the planescape torment-esque opening got me kind of excited, after the worries raised by the modern slang in the character creation screen, but then it's exactly what you said, plus wayyy too much text that's not particularly engaging (the books...)The other DE-like, Zero Parades, managed to get me hooked and left me wanting for more but this one I started skipping most of the text after talking to the mortician, skipped all the dialogue after the dwarves and alt F4'd at the goblin queen
>>734084068I agree with you about me being dumb here because if I navigated the store better I could've gotten this done two days ago instead of having so little time remaining.While I'm at it I'll give an honorable mention to Donutal. It's a friendly game that does a great job at addressing immigration by basically having the player play as a member of the Men in Black. The demo however ends a little too soon because you don't get to see the outcome of your choices on the last stage of the demo.https://store.steampowered.com/app/3971730/Donutal/
Had a blast with these ones
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4160300/The_Artisan_of_Glimmith_Demo/Anon was right, it's really neat puzzle game.>>734084636One of those game where i don't care much about MC's personal story but i very much enjoy the worldbuilding.I wanna see more aliens with their own little(or not so little) stories and learn more about the earth's current state.
>>734084454it's for the modern audience
Toxic commando is dogshit. Even worse than back4blood
>>734083996Stick of Truth is pretty solid if you don't mind Paper Mario style RPG mechanics.
>>734083996I liked stick of truth way better than fractured but whole, mainly because of the combat presentation. In sick of truth when someone casts fireball they light a firecracker, in fractured but whole when a character does a super speed punch they just do a super speed punch. It completely lost the charm of kids playing a pretend game.
Did you Forehead Chip any Holdouts, /v/?I'm shilling the game unironically as a favor, if you have people willing to play try the multiplayer mode
>>734084454I assume because the whole game has that chunky cel-shaded look
>>734085462this looks nice i'll try it tomorrow
No Vacation for an Executioner - 7/10, needs better animations imo, but very atmospheric.Truckful - it's alright, it's like Mudrunner Llite.Ritter and Rotwein - 10/10, would ritter again.METAL EDEN - fun fps, 9/10.Replaced - 8/10This is a pretty good nextfest overall.
Played a few games over the weekend, picrel are the ones I really liked. It has been a while since I wishlisted from the event.>>734083996I really liked the first one, feels like old South Park. Play it on hard. Never bothered with the second one.
like a what
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4465690/hopefully this scratches the itch for scifi PKD paranoia
I'm finding more promising titles...>Dungeons of DUSKdoomrl first person, really nicely done although a lot slower of a game. Not that many interesting options in the demo but there seems to be more to unlock. >閃攻機人アスラ - ASURA THE STRIKER -Competent space harrier clone with a melee button for punching bosses. Cool. >BOOST VECTOR EXReally well presented sprinting racer. Great tracks, music and feel. Drifting was hard to get used to, had to read the forum for tips. The hair could be animated more, looks static. Apparently a ported custom Roblox game lol
>>734087606>ASURA THE STRIKERI'm fairly sure this one was released a year ago.
Any tycoon style game demos? I'm still forever waiting on that one guy to release his Car Park game that has RCT1 style visuals to it.
>>734082876>built for non combat>loses in non combat>the giant world bones piercing through the rings of the world and the walls that speak and the dead gods isn't fantasy enough for him because um bicycleStick to game of thrones bud
>>734088014seething shitsco elysium fag
>>734070359A week isn't enough time there's just too much shit that I'll never be able to play and that won't come out until a few years. Romestead is actually a good Stardew-like
>>734084454because it is a robot. or a mech suit? something like that. she's got tits in the cutscenes so its all good
>>734088235I accept your concession.
>>734069186I'm honestly surprised it took this long before the devs finally started telling them to fuck off
>>734087276
>>734084237I thought it sucked loYou just hold shoot and erase everything, the balance is shockingly bad>>734082225unironically the guy spamming it and "le coomer screenshot" rather than any actual gameplay makes me not want to try it coomers never have taste
>>734087276Is this by the shovel knight devs? Seems almost identical aesthetically
I downlaoded>The LooplerA balatro-esque game but not much depth to it it's more just numbers go up. Terrible balancing but oddly addictive. The only decent balatro clone I've played>Vampire CrawlersIt's mindless but still enough of a twist on the genre that I'll consider playing it>Soda Powered PenguinPretty good momentum+precision platformer hybrid. Controls were really intuitive>Let's build a dungeondidn't get around to playing it yet but it looks fun
>>734066412>>734071317What? Dash'n'drops has nothing to do with cross code at all.Its a sequel to something else drops, which was in an old next fest and kind of sucked. Starring the girl you turn into when you attack in dashSpeaking of, the way you change character then back on every attack is jarring
>>734085356>>734085457>>734086587Thanks anons
>>734066556Pac-Man?
>>734087801uhh yeah you're rightI wonder how it got into my "to play" list nevermind, it's decent
Retro Rewind was comfyhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3858710/Retro_Rewind__Video_Store_Simulator_Demo/
>>734066412>>734088950Dash'n'Drops was a self-imposed challenge by the Decline's Drops dev to concept and finish a game in 3 months and it feels it. Decline's Drops is great though, I'd recommend that instead and hope Dash gets refined with time.
>>734069186kek based
Giant's Heart actually is a King's Field roguelite
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3983000/Parasite_Mutant/Parasite Eve featuring A2 from Nier TomatoesThis is chinese level of blatant ripoff
>>734089046if only the humans didn't look so damn goofy
>>734089552The town was called Zhongdao or something and I was like wait a minute this isn't by the Parasite Eve creators
Psychic Kung Fu Masterhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3313720/Psychic_Kung_Fu_Master/Sword Wanderer-like , which means "cultivator let loose on the world RPG">learn random skills , harvest everything to rise skills, bully random people for money good>your shifu is a lolibaba that kills niggers>you can rise her relationship statYou had my curiosity but now you have my wishlist
a: 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 vnannhilated - has soul, has some potential, just needs a little more groundingc. ace strategy - very bland, felt super rough around the edges, deckbuilders already crowded big beautiful women. wasnt a fan of the art style, the guys writing is actually super aware/otaku. despite liking the fetish, felt tacked ond. 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' storywitchs apoc - a deck builder that is super rough and barely translated. the theme seemed interesting but couldnt even play demorise of cones - should have known based on title, super basic and uninspired tower defense
Play dead watch
>>734089823>look into the dev>his oldest youtube video has him speaking in HewbrewI shan't.
>>734089823I did earlier, way too lolsorandumb for me
>>734074240Based
My favourite demos this time around were>PanthalassaCool aquatic point-and-click about a marine exploration robot exploring a weird underwater base. Felt kind of like a trippy 90s edutainment game.>Piper of DawnI wasn't expecting to get so invested in the story of a chinese alchemy eldritch horror farmville clone. Some translation issues and small glitches aside it felt very pleasant to play.
>>734089823Shalom
>>734070359https://store.steampowered.com/app/3733710/FIRESTARTERS/ridiculously impressed by the gameplay, really want to try it when it comes outhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/2680280/PAPERHEAD/surprisingly fun movement. looking forwatd to what it does furtherhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/4083770/Nakara/nice little 3d sonic-ish game where you get to fuck the monsters that chase youhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/2616540/Croak/something about this feels so confident and realized that i feel like it's going to be an instant classic. incredible movementhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/4200970/Operation_Eventide/very charming, made by a person who has a very open mechabare fetish. incredibly gayhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/4102700/GAL_VS_VILLAGE/surprisingly fun. i thought it was cutehttps://store.steampowered.com/app/4106270/Ecrazeus_Castle/i'm not sure if i liked this or not but it's so weird that i feel like it's at least worth checking out. EXTREMELY odd-feeling but might get better if you get used to it?still going through a few
>>734090732>>ridiculously impressed by the gameplay, really want to try it when it comes outwhy? its a pretty basic fpswas very confused when i got a "blue plate special" bonus for hitting an enemy. the game doesn't seem coomery otherwise. completely out of place.
>>734074240What about "You Know the Drill"
>>734069186what kind of gigaschizo uses bold text in a reddit post
Anybody played this? Diablo Musou could be fun but for some reason I get the impression that this will either run like dogshit or put something on my PC I don't want.https://store.steampowered.com/app/3950650/The_Awakener_Battle_Tendency_Demo/
>>734088014You can keep your retarded coffeeshop fantasy if you want it but I actually have tastes.
>>734080242It's good and fun and it's all I care about. Name 5 recent games you've played and I'm sure I'll find more slop than I would in my roguelites.
Do fightin robots really need jiggle physics?https://store.steampowered.com/app/3092360/Super_Alloy_Crush/
>>734078102Actually I change my mind about Inquisitor Shepherd. I thought it would be of the Devil or Psycho-Sleuth of this fest but it doesn't reach that quality. My gripes with it are:-most of clues are irrelevant in a demo-game repeats some obvious stuff too many times because sometimes your MC decides to do summary of what you just investigated-game sells itself as you being fresh inquisitor going to investigate the village in signs of heresy which was apparently detected in there with hints of narrative that some cult killed your parents and I thought we would slowly uncover the cases which would be related to that one cult but so far it feels like it focuses too much on MC story and the cult. I understand that's what devs want to focus on a story but I still felt disappointed-demo ends "mid-trial" and with big cliffhanger -weirdly enough it is quite buggy for a VN. I tried to repeat one section just to see how other choices change dialogue or if they matter but I couldn't progress past one point because puzzle would give me error no matter what I did. Overall got 4 errors which one was locking me out of playing the game.Overall I think it has potential but I am not hopeful
cicadamata is sick as hell god damn
gave cat detective a go, alt f4d 10 minutes in because it's controller or keyboard only, no mouse
>>734082269Legit suprisingly high quality game, I hope that they do not shy away from a potential darker storyline they've hinted at in the demo
>>734082480Replaced has a delay when it comes to every single fucking thing. Game looks gorgeous but it needs to run at double speed because it's unbearably slow right now.
>>734089823demo was alright, though it didn't feel like the tone and gameplay gimmick would do well when stretched to a full game
>>734088387Press preview is an extra week before official start date.
A city builder, but on a train.
>>734082480I spent years waiting for this game cause I thought it looked nice and it's shitty bamham
Unironically too many good looking games this time. I've barely made any progress at all just in the action tag. Usually I just scroll past 2000 V sav clones
Since this is the last full day of the fest, might as well post my simple tier-list of what I did play.>Best of Festhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3729530/Knitewings/https://store.steampowered.com/app/3983000/Parasite_Mutant/https://store.steampowered.com/app/3092360/Super_Alloy_Crush/>Really, really liked thesehttps://store.steampowered.com/app/4053760/5/https://store.steampowered.com/app/4249320/Evoluth/https://store.steampowered.com/app/3894520/Keines_Expanding_Class/https://store.steampowered.com/app/4297450/Magical_Girl_Final_Pink_Star/https://store.steampowered.com/app/3551190/The_Last_Salvage_Squad/https://store.steampowered.com/app/2393870/Whispers_of_the_Luminaries/https://store.steampowered.com/app/4084630/_/>Liked, but with some reservations/need to see morehttps://store.steampowered.com/app/4164140/Break_Shoot/https://store.steampowered.com/app/3863840/Dreamy_Golden_Snow/https://store.steampowered.com/app/4207690/Dungeon_Bomber/https://store.steampowered.com/app/4102700/GAL_VS_VILLAGE/https://store.steampowered.com/app/3759130/Island_of_Ruin/https://store.steampowered.com/app/4036130/Mecha_Force/https://store.steampowered.com/app/1971670/Panic_Floor/ mostly just trying to understand why dev has a jewsky accounthttps://store.steampowered.com/app/4055020/TOMOHIGARA/https://store.steampowered.com/app/4285110/Tunnel_Escape_Fates_Entwined/https://store.steampowered.com/app/4019180/ULTRA0/>Unsurehttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3986690/Ariana_and_the_Elder_Codex/https://store.steampowered.com/app/3963670/Inquisitor_Shepherd/https://store.steampowered.com/app/3077640/MIGHTREYA/https://store.steampowered.com/app/3507880/My_Fav_Chill_Streamer_Dies_a_Million_Times100/https://store.steampowered.com/app/3358590/Prolegomena_To_a_Hyperdimensional_Interface_That_Will_Be_Able_to_Manifest_From_ThreeMinute_Interchanges/https://store.steampowered.com/app/4017820/The_Angels_Devil_Tail__One_More_Question_2/
>>734093601On the more negative side>a fucking mess, bad, but I kind of liked them anywayshttps://store.steampowered.com/app/4205060/DopePie_Survivors_3D/https://store.steampowered.com/app/4101200/Eggrolls_Shoot/https://store.steampowered.com/app/4007890/SetunaLegend_of_Hamburger_2/>Wanted to like/had some good about them, but sadly just weren't enjoyablehttps://store.steampowered.com/app/4214140/BioMech_Vendetta/https://store.steampowered.com/app/4236680/_Schools_Out/https://store.steampowered.com/app/2090390/Schrdingers_Call/https://store.steampowered.com/app/4112640/Shattered_Realm_Rebirth/https://store.steampowered.com/app/3714430/SURANGAMA/https://store.steampowered.com/app/4089440/_/>k no this is just ass or doesnt workhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/4123590/iKun_Go_Go_Go/https://store.steampowered.com/app/3728280/Kisaragi/https://store.steampowered.com/app/4237900/Point_Zero_Victoria/>Inti's Worst Game since Umbra Claw Awardhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3882650/Kingdoms_Return_TimeEating_Fruit_and_the_Ancient_Monster/>Most Insulting Demake-of-An-Incredible-Game Awardhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3417530/Panzer_Dragoon_Zwei_Remake/
LIST POSTING TIME>Day 1 buy:https://store.steampowered.com/app/1971670/Panic_Floor/https://store.steampowered.com/app/3910680/INARI/https://store.steampowered.com/app/2090390/Schrdingers_Call/https://store.steampowered.com/app/4380660/Prolegomena_To_a_Hyperdimensional_Interface_That_Will_Be_Able_to_Manifest_From_ThreeMinute_Interchanges_Experimental_Demo/>Wishlistedhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/4019180/ULTRA0/https://store.steampowered.com/app/3976570/Guns_and_Nuns_Storming_Hell_Demo/https://store.steampowered.com/app/3019490/I_Wont_Let_You_Level_Up_In_My_Goblin_Townhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3282500/SweetsDevil/https://store.steampowered.com/app/3973130/MonaThe_Endless_Journey_Demo/https://store.steampowered.com/app/3551190/The_Last_Salvage_Squad/https://store.steampowered.com/app/4200970/Operation_Eventide/https://store.steampowered.com/app/4109100/Magical_Princess_Demo/https://store.steampowered.com/app/4326150/Dead_Watch_Demo/https://store.steampowered.com/app/3832030/BOOST_VECTOR_EX/https://store.steampowered.com/app/4029740/Puppergeist/https://store.steampowered.com/app/3281970/Deep_Snow_Delivery/https://store.steampowered.com/app/3568960/Valerie/https://store.steampowered.com/app/3866140/Void_of_Lilly/https://store.steampowered.com/app/4271060/Cat_Island_Petrichor_Demo/
>>734093714>Most Insulting Demake-of-An-Incredible-Game AwardI'm still shocked by just how bad it was. This level of shit takes effort
Very pleasent pause menuAriana btw
>>734093805>Good/decent but not my typehttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3024120/Eletta/https://store.steampowered.com/app/3107530/Danchi_Days/https://store.steampowered.com/app/1148130/Divinum/https://store.steampowered.com/app/4330530/TrailRail_Demo/https://store.steampowered.com/app/3878840/Have_You_Seen_This_Cat/https://store.steampowered.com/app/3988710/Nightmare_Circus_Demo/https://store.steampowered.com/app/3220050/Big_Beautiful_Women_Giantess_Dating_Action/https://store.steampowered.com/app/4249320/Evoluth/https://store.steampowered.com/app/3878840/Have_You_Seen_This_Cat/https://store.steampowered.com/app/4253670/STARDUST_Wish_of_Witch_Demo/https://store.steampowered.com/app/3945740/Data_Fantasy_Demo/https://store.steampowered.com/app/3540930/Eletta_Demo/https://store.steampowered.com/app/3967210/The_seven_days_i_spent_with_you_Demo/https://store.steampowered.com/app/4234670/Parasite_Mutant_Demo/https://store.steampowered.com/app/3337980/Ivayami__Cradle_of_Fog/https://store.steampowered.com/app/3962990/Solateria_Demo/https://store.steampowered.com/app/3857430/Interdimensional_Vending_Machine/https://store.steampowered.com/app/3986690/Ariana_and_the_Elder_Codex/Over 40 demos played, overall not a bad fest, could be better>>734093714It's a shame Kingdoms Return is shit
>>734089823I'm not helping the dev pay taxes to bibi, sorryDemo was OK though
>>734093959Fucked up, isn't it? Shame on SEGA for not just porting/remastering the original, or even remaking it internally.>>734094014Yep. Sucks that we have to wait for Inti to shit this out before we can potentially move on to an interesting new game.
>>734091051>blue plate specialQrd?
>>734090732>GAL_VS_VILLAGE/>surprisingly fun. i thought it was cuteAgree. Melee saved it
>>734094135Indeed. They can't release two disappointing games in a row! Right?
>>734094146Get a load of this SHAZBOT
>still haven't found that gem that clicks for merip
>>734068376Unbelievably awful character design.
>>734093959>>734094217The original is fine now after patching and it's already a step up from last time they demo'd it, you're such cry babies
>>734094481>you're a crybaby for finding what I like boringget a grip m8.
>>734094146Blowjob and rimjob at the same time. Explicitly sexual, yet in a game that in no other way is.Very confusing. Maybe its meant to be funny in the way sayingdick is?
>>734092368YES.
>>734094481
>see fest>NEW STARSHIP TROOPERS BOOMER SHOOTER>WOW>TRY THE DEMO>PROTAG IS A FEMALE AND SIDEKICK IS A NIGGER WOMEN it's so fucking tiring. They lost my money. It's too late to pander to DEI in holy 2020+6. Fucking retarded ass nigger devs
The festival is almost over...
>>734080850https://store.steampowered.com/app/4305000/Soulcery_Deck_of_Shadows_Demo/This is KIND OF a deckbuilder but it's mostly a hack and slash.>>734081256There's actually also a bit of debuff and buff management but it's not felt well at the start cause the dev foolishly decided to lock some of the element combos behind items to not overload newbies.>>734081583I thought it was just my shitty rig. It ran butter smooth when I nuked the graphics settings thoughever.>>734082225I gave it due praise multiple times.>>734088803>unironically the guy spamming it and "le coomer screenshot" rather than any actual gameplay makes me not want to try it>coomers never have tasteThat's just you being extremely trans. I only talked about gameplay when I mentioned it, and I only shared the titty screenshot because I have no desire to record all the gameplay only for you to not look at it anyway because of how trans you are.
Alright, finally done with everything I installed. Here's where I'm at:>Phenomenal, will buyDenshattackBrebeMan>Excellent, Wishlisted and will buy at some pointAUDIOMECHMIGHTREYABlast CatsDungeon BomberULTRA0>Great, Wishlisted and will buy if cheap or on saleSaint Slayer: Spear of SacrilegeBellagarth's QuestGunboat GodPragmataMega Kaiju Boom BallBrave Rounds>Great but not my usual thing, Wishlisted but it's probably only on saleFIRESTARTERSCICADAMATAdown...SouthTitanium Court>Solid demos, Wishlisted just to see what people think after launchScott Pilgrim EXRIG RiotRUIN: Beast CityGALAXYZ neoSoulQuestStardust: Wish of WitchBreak ShootKnitewingsDash'n'DropsJenny The WitchAirframe Ultra>They're okay, didn't Wishlist, if you love the genre you'll probably like themCurse Chapter: DawnthiefDogfight DarlingsDAMON & BABYEcrazeus Castle>Not good, didn't wishlistPD Zwei Remake (Best ad for Saturn emulation I've ever seen)Kingdom's Return (Could possibly be the worst game Inti's ever made)OBEY THE INSECT GOD>Would be just okay even if it didn't just ignore my inputs for multiple seconds at a timeFuture KnightI wrote notes on all of them but posting them all would just flood the thread. Honestly I must have a good eye since there were only four demos I grabbed that I thought were bad and one of them I knew was going to be bad going in (Zwei remake)
>>734094146>>734094630If it occurs when getting a kill with a projectile weapon while the target is midair then it's a tribes reference.
play forehead chip before the festival endsi am no longer asking
>>734081816What is that gif from? It looks kind of familiar for some reason, but wait is failing me.
>>734092132It was fun but barebones and janky. I stopped playing after an enemy attack got me stuck inside of the ground so I didn't get far. I had a few bad stutters when large groups died but the game was far from unplayable because of it.
>>734089046Gave it a try and it was indeed comfy. One thing I didn't like was that the randomized elements of the movie titles/subjects could have been done slightly more masterfully. Some of the box art looks like doggy doo doo, and not in an immersive way.
I'm convinced, the Vampire Survivors blobber game is 100% legit and worth a wishlist. Few things to clean up and streamline but the core foundation is absolutely there
I feel like playing more Isaac instead of playing any more demos...
Could have saved me a lot of annoyance if they let me filter out chinese devs.
SOVLhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3979330/nophenia/
I would play this game as it reminds me of stardew valley mining, but I abhor "beat the clock" mechanicshttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3803180/Voidloop
>>734072103I feel like I've seen this premise before in a manga...
>>734082051They're krauts last I checked.
>>734098075You'd be hard pressed to come up with a fantasy premise that hasn't gotten an LN or a manga at this point.
>>734096604Starship Girl Yamamoto Yohko. There's a 6 episode ova series and a 26 episode tv series, not sure which one the gif is from but it's the tv series I think
>>734097328I dunno I felt like my input as the player contributed nothing, you just click all the cards and that's it
>>734098161Thanks lad.
All I've learned from recent NextFest's is 90% of indie games that have an artist, have an artist who don't know what a fucking proper aesthetic is, and just go for 'retro' filters or ironically intentionally crunchy graphics instead.
>>734098075I remember a oneshot where it is revealed the heroes died and the sole survivor is a wizard who reanimates their bodies so she can bring them home. Good art.
>>734098229Haha no way
>>734094826Yeah the protag is female because it's Dizzy Flores from the movie you uncultured retard.
>>734098235Yuusha Goikkou no Kaerimichire-read it recently. its still very good
>>734097328>>734098193The dungeon crawling is purely visual. There is nothing in common with Vampire Crawlers and blobbers other than first person view and grid movement. Indeed you just click cards. The combos are incredibly simple and there's almost no thought required while playing.
Good:Divium:Satisfying combat, no fluff. Okay;Everything is crab:Decent mindless numbers go up kind of game. Actual game would need a lot to make me want to buy it though.SoulQuest:Prettier than div, plays worse Mighty Reya:Bad camera, very basic combat, suprisingly somehow a step down from assault spy in terms of how it felt to play the character even if its better in basically every other aspectAriana:Neat but you can just spam fireball and water repeatedly to stunlock basically everything. System is fundamentally broken.Blood Vial: Splatoon 2 lets playKingdoms Return: 2d sidescroller mixed with town builder, both are very simple, but its okayBad:RuneomiconYou just fill in shapes. No, the giant busty lady doesn't make it good, those are a dime a dozen now.Blade of Wiz:Its a hadies cloneI don't like HydeezAwakener battle tendies:Tiny moveset, wants me to grind the demo to play anyone else or use the blatant coomer skin, fps nearly died on using the not-musou v a large crowdThis is actually a remake or sequel or something of a nearly identical game. Was hoping they made it good this time.Grime 2: Its just kind of boring and boss fights are still parryslopVamp Crawlers:boring as fuck, you just count to 3Seth: Ran like assPlatyguard:Mobile gameGalactic Vault:Bad ai, 1 weapon, no real appealDon't lose aggro:Fails at the core fantasy since you can't lose aggro once you get it at all
>>734098893>that webm
>>734098229There's too many hack artists in the world and it seems that hacks are who also end up teaching art because the good ones make a living off their art or starve trying. Add that to art for games being this subset that needs a lot of special considerations that normal artists don't need to bother with and you get this fucking mess of 90% of games looking like total ass. Even the ones that technically have quality art often look like ass because there's no direction or aesthetic sense to it.
>>734098874>The combos are incredibly simple and there's almost no thought required while playing.sooo...just like VS then?
>>734099064I'm reminded of indie games where the character models look good, but then the choice of engine or lighting model obliterates it.
>>734099775In VS movement is still part of the play. It's not exactly a complex game but it's in my opinion quite a bit more complex than VC.
>>734098229One of the reasons it's not difficult to look at thousands of demos and still have time to play all the demos you want in time is because so many games are so darn ugly. Visuals matter especially when there are so many games that actually look good.
I liked: Aethus; survival mining crafting game, enjoyed the base building Jitter; 2d space game with a focus on attaching modules to your starter ship. Deep Snow Delivery; Snow runner + Death Stranding - deliver packages in hostile environment with physics I'm focusing on space/sci-fi games.
after 1000 games checked out these past few days these three are the only ones worth actually buying (assuming less then $20) when they come out I scrolled through this thread and you are all retarded. Don't bother posting anymore, I have disregarded all the posts that are useless.
>>734100398Or you get a conceptually cool game like Airframe Ultra, but the graphics fucking work against it with zero options to turn the bs off.
Oh and Aesos, loved the idea of building ships according to clined required specifications, but the ship designer is a bit clunky.
>>734098632>Yeah the protag is female because it's Dizzy Flores from the movie you uncultured retard.>witness the legend return in full, high-quality FMV and meet new Federation hero, Major Samantha Dietz>new Federation hero, Major Samantha Dietz>Major Samantha Dietzdishonest gigantic faggot, you didn't even tried the demo and IT SHOWS. KILL YOURSELF
>>734101017Go play the demo, NOW. Then wishlist it after. Not asking anymore, chud.
>>734069186I went and looked at my cat food and it has multiple shapes. These AI people are retarded
>>734094826The game has bigger problem than female protag.
>>734069186went and looked at the game and yeah its touched up ai
11k wishlists yay
>>734101723who cares, you fucking freak? Will it ever get through you thick skull that we don't want to fucking hear it?
>>734101351we call that sovl around here buddy
>>734102123Then say its AI, its that simple. Mentally ill Ai trannies keep trying to interact with normal people and freak out when they get a push back. A zoo was made for you, stay in your zoo
Any isometric RPGs?
>>734102272It would be soul if they didn't disappear entirely as you try to approach them, but they're a complete facade.
I WILL NOW PLAY YOUR DEMO HOLY
>>734102431>roguelikeI sleep.
>>734102582>>734102431Gachashit?
>>734102736NFTshit
Amygala: Prelude was alright. A pretty good total conversion Half-Life 2 mod that's Resident Evil inspired. Can't bring myself to care too much about it though since at the end of it they say that Valve stopped talking to them about licensing the engine, so it'll probably get cancelled.
Impress me with webms
>>734102894looks gay
>look up demo's steam forums to see if people like it>there's no panty shotswtf?
My favourite demo, unironic GOTY, Geoff put this at the end of the show please:https://store.steampowered.com/app/4302110/CHASM_SHIFT/My other favourite stuffhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/2616540/Croak/https://store.steampowered.com/app/2736370/Helix_Descent_N_Ascent/https://store.steampowered.com/app/1148130/Divinum/https://store.steampowered.com/app/3308200/Tombwater/https://store.steampowered.com/app/3131340/Lelu/https://store.steampowered.com/app/4304800/SlashOut_Fantasy_Dueling/https://store.steampowered.com/app/3388080/Crack_In_The_Dark/Ended up being a pretty good Nextfest for me.
>>734103686What's the nipplenese say?
>>734103925He wants panties too. As expected.
This game feels like its playing itself. It has the most generic braindead platforming with barebones attack dodge parry combat. It looks visually nice and the gun finsher is cool but thats about the only good parts I got out of it. Wasnt hype for this and still left disappointedhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/1663850/REPLACED/
>>734097328Its not a blobber since theres no party members
>>734104261based nip
>>734074562This is going to be game of the decade. The demo is like crack. I can't wait until it comes out. The Next Fest version of Esoteric Ebb was great. That is another GOTY contender. Can't wait for it either.That Luna Something FPS was pretty dope too.
God damn I wish Airframe Ultra had a singleplayer element to it cause everything is up my alley but the PvP is very clunky at times.
>>734104881I wish there was a racing only mode. There's jank there but I'd be willing to practice enough to overcome it. But the fighting parts are just too much for me.
>>734104286Ye quite a shame, used to like the trailers this got years ago. It's just more boring arkham with boring platforming
I'm not a big fan of Balatroslop but Bingo Betty has some pizzazz.https://store.steampowered.com/app/4045170/Bingo_Betty/
Since Next Fest is coming to a close how do you feel about this one. were you able to finish all of the demos you downloaded in time? Did you find a lot of games that caught your interest or were most of them not good? What game from this fest are you looking forward to releasing. Also would you prefer Steam did Next Fest Twice a year (June and October) or have it stay the same(February, June and October)? Either way I hope everyone enjoyed themselves.
>>734105329I found a lot of decent games, but I feel like I had to comb through more slop than usual now that AI is more commonplace.
>>734105329need more next fests. I think there should be one for every season. Fall Winter Spring and Summer.4 is probably the max though you can't have too many
>>734105380Well, you have another option, you could just stop acting like a fucking freak.
>>734105038>Unload an entire SMG mag in someone's face using a sword>Die from two sword swings>Pretty much highlighted why using a controller was griefing to meI'm literally on a pvp break, so I was a bit sadden by that element, I like how it tells you in giant fonts to use a controller, but its way easier to control everything and your character with mouse and keyboard.>>734105329I liked it, it prevented me getting depressed from the sheer slop of live service games right now and made me realize that games can be fun. Not a big fan of recent AI slop creeping around the corner though.
>>734105450Calm down Claude.
bros check this out, I can see games made with AI, and I can just, not throw a tantrum about it. It's amazing. My psyche is just so advanced. I can prove it. Show me any AI game and I won't make seven hundred posts about it.
Nextfest always reminds me how much devs suck at tutorials.
>>734070359https://store.steampowered.com/app/3774440/TOHOTOPIA/Found this one randomly, I dont think anyone talked about it. It's 2hu civilization and it's pretty goode. I didnt get how to properly play it until my second game where I realized I had to also focus on leveling your hero to get another hero slot to deploy. You can deploy about 3 different heros maximum after leveling them up. I mainly played as remilia's egypt faction using sakuya which leveled up from clearing up fog from exploring the map herself. Then I got china which did a lot of damage by just walking around and flandre last, though the game ended before I could use her last upgrade which let you 3 more copies of her. The game is pretty quick in that it ends in about an hour compared to civ games on a 4 player map. There's a lot more civilizations other than the 3 you get, which you fight against and im looking forward to see the updates for more mechanics as it's pretty simple so far. It seems best to just focus on conquest but there's also other ways to win like having 100 gold, or find 4 pillar barriers of the map and build a wonder which I'm not sure if it's properly working.https://store.steampowered.com/app/3127770/ACE_Strategy_Mecha_Nova/My favorite cardslop so far, the grid system is pretty fun as you summon drones which gives buffs in which ever direction pointed to. If you chain them together, you can pass down all the buffs to each other with the last getting all of it. If you beat one of the mini bosses you also get a very strong mech summon with 3 choices of passive/skill that lets you have an edge over what your fighting against. You also have to be smart with positioning as if the mech summon dies you dont get to summon them again until the next battle. Though most attacks will target the front row unless stated, so the normal drones(basically infinite unless the card says removed from deck) can cover a lot of damage from squishy targets.
Whining incessantly is traditionally the best way to get people on your side. People love whiners so much. When your wife tells you to do the dishes 500 times, it makes you love doing dishes and love your wife. Hearing the same thing over and over again is music to people's ears.
>>734105923continuing from word limithttps://store.steampowered.com/app/4335250/Rainbow_Legends_Demo/Other cardslop im looking forward to. You flip up tiles with cards and try to have the most tiles to deal damage, or you can also hit their core with cards for damage. Most of the normal battles are too easy but some of the elite battles are really hard, especially for the pink faction as she focuses more on deployables. The deployables dont feel strong enough compared to the blue mage character where you can just easily paint the map for advantage. I think they just need too many protection cards which ends up with you not able to paint the map effectively. There's a million other characters locked for the game so definitely looking up to when they make the game available.https://store.steampowered.com/app/3668060/Down_with_the_Ship_Demo/Backpack battles in space. I love how the game focuses more on items/weapons using resources to work. Getting bag space, or hull space in this game is pretty easy however going over every 20 tiles will increase the time required to activate stuff. Some hulls can be finnicky where certain parts cannot be connected, same with some weapons where it needs to be placed at the edge of a hull. Had a run where I deleted the enemy with a big ass bombs and guns, effortlessly deleting about 18+ enemies in endless before getting deleted from better builds. However it does feel a bit too samey in the demo where characters are extremely limited to 3 and play almost the same with focus on weapons.
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>>734105923>>734106312slopworder. Opinion discarded.
>>734105329Surprisingly way better variety at least for meTons of weebshit too to look forward to
I suppose that if I found zero good games during the festival, I may consider it a failure, but I'd probably take a more reasonable stance of understanding I don't have to like everything I see.Nevertheless, it's irrelevant, because I've never even had a festival where I didn't find at least ten games I enjoyed.
>>734106312>>734106481more wordslop for your eyeshttps://store.steampowered.com/app/2900870/Yuma_Nest/Single player maple story without nexon forcing down shitty microtransactions and decisions on you. If you still like mindlessly grinding this is what you should get, its releasing on early access later on the 12. The start is pretty simple as you dont get much moves or skills other than simple slashing, dodging and shooting your slingshot when it charges. You get to place a machine on 1 map where it automatically spawns enemies and also collects loot+exp from the entire map. You can also place down traps to kill them to passively get exp while off that map or help you kill mobs faster if youre actively grinding there. I found navigating the map a bit hard to get to a specific area and the world map doesnt really help at all as there's more than 2 portals on some maps.https://store.steampowered.com/app/4113050/Wabisabi_SushiDerby/Umamusume but your horses can get eaten in a race. You lose your racer but get money instead and exp to raise better sushi. In races the customers will randomly order a certain type of sushi and if it gets targeted you have to use the speedboost to escape. The speedboost is basically infinite but takes time to charge so there is some action you can do instead of just watching. You also can get random skill on your sushi from training, with them being random stuff like ink splash or a big explosion which stuns everyone except you. All of these skills are up to you when to use them in a race. Your sushi also dont last long, just about 4 days so it's better for them to get eaten at the end as they lose stats each day.
It's very unusual for people with the most technologically advanced hobby to be this vehemently against new technology.
>>734066010this game was bizarrevariable vo volume / quality / accuracy to subtitles, difficulty didn't really seem to matter, your guy goes between saying "oh no, that's for bogatyrs.." and "of course, i'm a bogatyr!" but not in a self doubting way
Airframe Ultra is probably my best of the fest, amazing game compared to the first beta
>>734107573Same desu. I had tried it sometime last year and didn't click, this time it did.Some of the best sense of speed and control when it's going well. Even how fast you shift your weight on the speeder makes a massive difference in control.The physics based movement both on and off vehicle has a significant initial skill check but an even higher skill ceiling on a level way surpassing rainworld's.This and ExoRally will have me satisfied for a long time in terms of scifi vehicle racing.
>>734067671>assume you're exaggerating>try it out>hey this is pretty good>go to start another run>3 extremely distinct gameplay styleswell goddamn, wishlisted.also found an animation cancel with the basic slash and spammed it through the run, never even used the absorb.
>>734067671>>734108408this looks like a better wizard of legend sequel than the shitty one already released
>>734108076It took watching a youtube tutorial and muting the music for me to get into it. What were they thinking with that soundtrack, anyway? It's dogshit.Also I'm really not sure about the visual filter making it so difficult to see into the distance in a racing game.
>>734107093Stop vagueposting retard
Gambonanza is probably the most interesting "what if ____ was a roguelike" I've played after Balatro came out
>>734110052Most of my complaints at this point are either visual noise and balance/respawn issues.But hopefully both of those can be improved.
>>734110267he's obviously trying to deepthroat AI usage in game development because he's painfully brownliterally no one interested in the hobby should want more low-quality garbage being churned out, and they certainly don't give a shit how ~efficiently~ it can be done if the time savings doesn't benefit the player in any way such as reduced costs.If a technology doesn't offer improvements to the play experience, it's worthless to the hobby. there is no further discussion to be had
>>734110674Racism is a common refuge of the anti-intellectual.
>>734110674Its probably a bot friendo
>>734074562Played the demo during the last next fest. It wasn't featured then, but the devs released the actual demo just before the las fest in October. The demo is definitely overkill in terms of selling the game to the player. I was already on board after the prologue section, after that the devs added another bossfight and a dungeon preview (which I skipped despite wishlisting the game)
Have you guys ever played a demo that was TOO much game and when the actual game came out you didnt buy because you basicly played the game already?
>>734112147i'm not dumb enough to let that happen
>>734112147Most of the roguelikes tbdesu. I basically get all the appeal out of them and don't really feel like ever wanting the full experience.
>>734112365Yeah, I remember playing a game called "he is coming" (rogue lite) which was great but the demo was essentially the full game The opposite of a game I played this time around called steel artery which was annoying as fuck how little game was in the demo but it made me want MORE. I think there is an art to it for sure
>>734112147I tried the Minesweeper roguelite and I'm pretty sure I had a build that could "solve" the game, even the future harder levels. Not buying because I'd rather play normal minesweeper instead.
Didn't get much done this time unfortunately, due to personal schedule, also AMD drivers might be causing crashes at launch on Unity games on the bottom.
>>734113517>don't want to give them money>german gameKek. Double kek if you're german yourself.
any strategy games?
>>734114021Do Civ clones count? If so, Tohotopia
>>734113517Interesting how people's choice of demos vary. Only three of these did I get around to trying, despite playing quite a few. Labyrinth Trailblazer failed to grab me.
>>734076834>>734073007
>>734100852That hangar bay reminds me of Robocraft...
>>734074562trans game
>>734105329It was alright actually, of all the demos I've tried I got the usual proportions of good/okay/shit ones I get on Next fests. Maybe I'm just consistent with selecting them. Shit like Ecrazeus Castle is why I keep coming back, wouldn't find or check something like that otherwise.
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>>734112976Fuck I was just about to say lmao
>>734105329Still didn't finish them all.I hope to finish my thoughts on next thread.
Most people just can't handle playing demos. It's too much for them. I call those people losers. It's pathetic. It'd be like someone screwing up watching television. All you have to do is sit there. But you still managed to find a way.
Heres somethingWhich demo convinced you to REMOVE a game from your wishlist?
>>734105329I liked this one, got quite a haul of good games like during most of fests, though I don't think any demo made me feel like some demos from previous fests like Mirage Feathers, Psycho-Sleuth or Theta and Paralldoxes Worldlines did. They are almost reaching that level but not quite. I started during press review so I managed to play all 40-50 demos that I found interesting in peace. Games I am looking forward are those >>734078102.I would prefer it they made 4 fests per year, more time to check out demos.I did, I hope you have enjoyed too!
>>734118208Mightyreya sadly.
>>734118208Kingdom's Return: Time-Eating Fruit and the Ancient MonsterIts like it was made by Intis interns and not a team that makes combat platformers for two decades
>>734118208MightreyaPerformance sucks and I feel like I am mashing buttons most of the timeKingdom's Return: Time-Eating Fruit and the Ancient MonsterThis game simply sucks. Combat is too simple, town building is too simple. A shame because it looked quite good.Spot ZeroI thought it would be normal action game that looks like a gacha but apparently it is nft game which is even worse than normal gacha.
>>734105329Actually I played a bunch of demos way before the fest and didn't pick up many from the actual event. Their quality and polish were all over the place, but it was an entertaining ride. Deep Snow Delivery won me over. I think three fests a year is enough.
>AAA games are not automatically getting the top spot this time.Uh oh. All their marketing can't even unseat stuff like Burgling Gnomes or Raccoin. That's called a Bellweather. Interest in $100 games is dwindling. Give me that cheaper stuff that is more fun anyway.
>>734112147Many demos have way too much replay value that I ended up playing a lot and never bought. Five Nations was an exception - a very generous demo with a ton of content that offered a lot more on purchase.
Chromadi was fun. Always having to step on the white color to clean yourself before switching makes it very hectic later onhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3569990/Chromadi/
I like more arcadey FPS games but I don't get the appeal of The Last Salvage but I see people wishlisting it. Is the game gonna have more than just arena fights? Like the one weapon limit seems kinda crazy to me but I'm assuming there's going to be stages where more weapons drop or something but I dunno.
>>734118208Goldman.
>>734093105Yeah, I figured I was just bad at combat but there is a delay there too, damn thing is so clunky for no reason
>>734119914Let me guess.Too jewish?
I called it a night with playin demos and got my list.DAY 1/AMAZING>Titanium Court https://store.steampowered.com/app/2364580/Titanium_Court/Probably one of the best strategy games ive played in a while with a good amount of depth to its mechanics, writing can be a miss sometimes but its still a absolute blast.>Lost Wiki Kozlovaka https://store.steampowered.com/app/4018950/Lost_Wiki_Kozlovka/For a demo that only lasts 15 minutes it hooked me with its detective mechanics and it does not hold your hand after the two tutorial puzzles. Gonna definitely pick upWish-listed/Great>Last Gas Station>Retro RewindTwo really good store sims, First one is more story centric and the second is just good and comfy>Denshattack>Scriptorium:Master of ManuscriptsA goofy art game where you really have to work with limitations in a good way>Blast CatsIf you like WarioWorld level design and neat movement mechanics get this one, it does a lot of its own thing well even if the first boss is a bit bullshit>ElevatorMay get on sale/Good>Scritchy Scratchy>Bobo BayIf you REALLY want a Chao Garden game here ya go>Beyond Words>Eternal Afternoon>Antivirus Survivor 2003>Wasteland BitesProbably will pass on/OK>Simpliplanes2>Weather Dragger>A Stupid Game About Pouring Drinks for the PTA>PLUTO>MMO98BAD>Deadline Delivery>Rewind99Its Retro Rewind but dogshit>Project Liminal 2>Port AuthorityA shame cause i like Mini Metro but there is too much going on for it all to click together
>>734119967Not Jewish enough I was confused why he didn't just bomb his enemies into oblivion and perform genital mutilation on his grandchildren.
>>734114021Quality strategy games were mostly showcased during the PvP fest.
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>>734105329I'd rate it a solid 8. Found some really good hidden gems, I think my total wishlist count is around 9. Still WAAAAAAAAY too many Open World Survival Crafting / Co-op party games
>>734118208Tamara. Based on early screenshots and footage I thought it was turn-based tactics similar to Incubation/Gorky17, but it was actually a survival shooter with fixed camera and a maze of a level.
>>734118208Deep Dish DungeonI wanted coop Arx Fatalis but this shit is lame in every aspect - combat, atmosphere, physics.
>made me soiface, DAY 1 BUYhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3910680/INARI/https://store.steampowered.com/app/1971670/Panic_Floor/ (/v/)https://store.steampowered.com/app/3817250/CICADAMATA/https://store.steampowered.com/app/2616540/Croak/https://store.steampowered.com/app/3464670/Dead_Watch/ (/v/)https://store.steampowered.com/app/3131340/Lelu/ (/v/)https://store.steampowered.com/app/4178210/Video_Editor/>Wishlisted, will check full gamehttps://store.steampowered.com/app/2524850/Denshattack/ (when they add jap voices)https://store.steampowered.com/app/3568960/Valerie/https://store.steampowered.com/app/3358590/Prolegomena_To_a_Hyperdimensional_Interface_That_Will_Be_Able_to_Manifest_From_ThreeMinute_Interchanges/https://store.steampowered.com/app/4302110/CHASM_SHIFT/https://store.steampowered.com/app/4146650/MUPO/https://store.steampowered.com/app/4029740/Puppergeist/https://store.steampowered.com/app/3281970/Deep_Snow_Delivery/https://store.steampowered.com/app/4019180/ULTRA0/https://store.steampowered.com/app/3739300/Cat_Squeeze/https://store.steampowered.com/app/3971950/In_Falsus/https://store.steampowered.com/app/2090390/Schrdingers_Call/https://store.steampowered.com/app/3569990/Chromadi/https://store.steampowered.com/app/3963670/Inquisitor_Shepherd/https://store.steampowered.com/app/3077640/MIGHTREYA/https://store.steampowered.com/app/4109040/FamCram/>Fun as demohttps://store.steampowered.com/app/1042320/FAR_FROM_DEAD/https://store.steampowered.com/app/3875180/Pinfall/https://store.steampowered.com/app/2472090/Xenogen/https://store.steampowered.com/app/4113050/Wabisabi_SushiDerby/https://store.steampowered.com/app/3878840/Have_You_Seen_This_Cat/https://store.steampowered.com/app/2925520/AOKAKI/https://store.steampowered.com/app/3971670/On_Your_Notebook/https://store.steampowered.com/app/4146170/Relapse/ (/v/ game)https://store.steampowered.com/app/4210630/https://store.steampowered.com/app/3551190/The_Last_Salvage_Squad/
>>734105329It started out shit but it ended up ramping up to one of the better Next Fests for me
>download The Eternal Life of Goldman>it asks me sacrifice my firstborn to Moloch in order to proceed
>>734120692not enough space for it but add gunboat god to wishlistedhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/2511210/Gunboat_God/and bombun (/v/ game) in fun demohttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3609320/Bombun/hyper typer 2000 in made me soifacehttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3125430/HyperTyper_2000/
>>734120692What the fuck deadwatch is an anon gami guess i should have expected it from ameriloli
>>734120763Obligatory
KINOhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/2928190/There_is_NO_PLAN_B/
>>734120970What the fuck is this game and why so much text
>>734120692oh yeah forgot to mention VIOLA toohttps://store.steampowered.com/app/4133050/VIOLA/also wishlisted
>>734120692Good list, similar to what I have liked through this fest
>>734093601The pastel colors don't give it away?
>>734097328It's the VS dev, they have a mastery of the bing bing wahoo so I have no doubt it'll sell.
>>734094826Those are characters from the original movie you retard. I'm expecting other characters show up in different levels when it comes out.
>>734066534didnt enjoy it. did nothing new nor interesting.
My favorite:https://store.steampowered.com/app/3848440/Mimic_Sleuth/>casual puzzle gamehttps://store.steampowered.com/app/2411200/Underkeep>beautiful art dungeon crawlhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3819690/Nox_Mortalis_Demo/>kingsfield + gothic>haven't tested yet but looks good>brebeman>https://store.steampowered.com/app/3856480/Soulcery_Deck_of_Shadows>pixel's new gamehttps://store.steampowered.com/app/4145380/Avemary_Rocket_Captain_Patchwork/
Good haul this time brosFeels great abd see you fags next festActually seeing /v/ talk about vidya nonstep is always kino
nooo people caught on on how to gain points in the last level of cicadamata it was the easiest level to get top 10
>>734101017Trannies don't get that the original was like 90% posturing and 10% function. All the women in armor were just lumps of flesh wrapped around vaginas made to look like soldiers, much like that girl with two moms from a US military ad.Regardless of whether they're originals or not, women are useless soldiers and playing as them ruins immersion unless it's some funky fantasy land where most of the work is done for the woman by magic, like >>734098893Vasquez in Alien 2 was shit. Ripley in Alien 2 was shit. Show me one retard who though it was cool to duct tape a flamethrower and an assault rifle together and I bet you a bent shekel that he'll suffocate to death in 3 minutes if you tell him to hold his mouth shut. Older movies with girlbosses were shit, we just weren't as aware of it at that time, most of us weren't even born back then, and those that were had bad tastes and an environment that has been propagandizing false ideals on us for no less than a century at least.
>>734105329I feel quite good. Found some earnestly high effort games that I'm looking forward to.
>>734108408That cancel makes me giggle uncontrollably.>>734108757Actually pretty much. It's much more deep than WoL as well, makes a far better use of the card mechanic. That second WoL was supposedly not even made by the original devs. No idea what they were thinking.
>>734110674The technology itself is useful, it's just that if you let it make a whole game for you - you end up with garbage that nobody plays. And if you use a little bit of it to supplement an area you can't cover as a solo dev despite having a rock solid game otherwise, you'll get piled on by screeching transgenders who want to virtue signal to artists.On one side there are browns, on the other side there are trannies. Never thought I'd actually unironically be thinking about both sides being bad in the current political climate.
Well looks like I'm out of time, for posterity and myself when I archive dive my own posts in 4 years:To Buy Day 1 on a launch sale:https://store.steampowered.com/app/2702260/Map_Map__A_Game_About_Mapshttps://store.steampowered.com/app/2299940/The_Button_Effecthttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3817250/CICADAMATAhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3509230/GambonanzaLikely will get on their first 50% off sale:https://store.steampowered.com/app/4054100/Sokogramhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/2111550/Schrodingers_Cat_Burglarhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/4123600/Alisas_Incident_Reporthttps://store.steampowered.com/app/2638080/Annihilatedhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/1171980/Neverlooted_Dungeonhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/2697670/Petal_Crash_2https://store.steampowered.com/app/3609320/Bombunhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3281970/Deep_Snow_Deliveryhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3066680/Solar_Voltagehttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3019490/I_Wont_Let_You_Level_Up_In_My_Goblin_TownMarginal games next post
>>734105329My ratio of games I liked/games I downloaded is probably the highest it's ever been, but that's because I was a lot more selective with what I grabbed. Still, a pretty good fest as far as I'm concerned, not one of the best but not one of the worst.
>list list list list list slopI do not care post gameplay
>>734066010The trailer with the dancing was pretty soulful tho
Will likely sit on my wishlist until in a big game bundle with other marginal games:https://store.steampowered.com/app/4191190/quadranthttps://store.steampowered.com/app/4272360/Trapped_on_the_FlipSidehttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3172760/The_Wide_Open_Sky_is_Running_out_of_Catfishhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3181890/Cat_Island_Petrichorhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/2840470/SimplePlanes_2https://store.steampowered.com/app/4302110/CHASM_SHIFThttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3288210/Super_Meat_Boy_3Dhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/1442520/Akatorihttps://store.steampowered.com/app/1748110/Town_of_Zozhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/2535950/Battlestar_Galactica_Scattered_Hopeshttps://store.steampowered.com/app/2529960/Alpha_Nomoshttps://store.steampowered.com/app/2348250/13Z_The_Zodiac_Trialshttps://store.steampowered.com/app/4113050/Wabisabi_SushiDerbyhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/4179190/Devour_the_Elixirhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3275050/Ex_Sanguishttps://store.steampowered.com/app/4259040/SISTER_LACEhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/4109040/FamCramhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3125430/HyperTyper_2000https://store.steampowered.com/app/4061490/Imperfect_Smilehttps://store.steampowered.com/app/2321780/Starship_Troopers_Ultimate_Bug_Warhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/4164140/Break_Shoothttps://store.steampowered.com/app/1675860/Junksterhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3832030/BOOST_VECTOR_EXhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/4266970/Function_SUEhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/4228390/Curse_Chapter_DawnthiefOverall GREAT fest, 80% of these games would have been in my day one or first sale buy 2 fests ago, the bar keeps going up, great time to be a gamer.
Ok everyone, what is your FINAL RATING of the Festival OUT OF TEN?For me it's 9/10
>>7341230319/10save for a few trashy insulting demos (eternal life of goldman, tomorrowness) it was a great next fest
>>734100752it's all fine if a dev wants to include retro post-fx but holy fucking shit if you can't turn that shit off
>>734119840>Hue-menGlad to see some Brazilian representation
>>734105329>how do you feel about this oneWas good>were you able to finish all of the demos you downloaded in time?Not even close, I hope they don't remove the demos>Did you find a lot of games that caught your interest or were most of them not good?I didn't find any "not good" games, just "not good enough".>What game from this fest are you looking forward to releasing.Gunboat God, Panic Floor, Hero's Party was Annihilated>Also would you prefer Steam did Next Fest Twice a year (June and October) or have it stay the same(February, June and October)?I would prefer if the fest lasted 2 weeks instead of 1
>>734120336I hope the final game will have more kemono characters
>>734123390even with the press preview threads extending the duration of the next fest to two weeks and a half I feel like it wasn't enough time for me to properly explore each demo
>>734105329I didn't go through quite all of the list but from what I looked through I didn't find many demos this time around. Maybe in part I just wasn't feeling it but somehow not a lot caught my eye.Fests three times a year makes sense for the developers. It's such a big part of your road to release that it would suck if there were only 2 a year. Like imagine having to wait for months just to be able to do a fest before your launch because you just weren't ready for the last one.
Anyone playing Hark the Ghoul. Cool game (too easy imo) but I'm having some trouble with this jumpYou can use the gust spell with a jump to get up there and I've done so twice, but now for the life of me I can't get back up here. This is the only way forward I've foundI really don't understand what I'm doing wrong. I'm just short every time
>>734105329>were you able to finish all of the demos you downloaded in time?I've downloaded a bit more than a hundred games and played them the whole week, just to realize I still have 70 left.>Did you find a lot of games that caught your interest or were most of them not good?At first look they are all mediocre, but somehow I already added a dozen of them in the wishlist. They still mediocre, don't know why I added them. They are just a bit more than mediocre. They are could be good, at least if a miracle happens. >What game from this fest are you looking forward to releasing.Previous fests had a few games which I was hyped about at the download stage. This fest is completely mediocre, I didn't spot a single game which I wanted to play first. I just keep playing demos in alphabetic order. >Also would you prefer Steam did Next Fest Twice a yearEvery festival I download about a hundred games. It's a lot for a single week. If Next Fest were be twice a year, that would be two hundred games for one week. So fucking impossible to check them all. But of course there will be more good games, not just mediocre. Especially now, when AIslop games have flooded Steam and with each Next Fest there will be more and more of them. It would be better if Next Fest stayed the same.
Solid NextFest, some very original titles. I've noticed a massive absence of soulslike games compared to previous ones.
>>734108408>hah>hah>hah>...>ATATATATATATATATATATATAATA
>>734112147https://store.steampowered.com/app/2263250/A_Song_Of_Sunlight/To be fair I think the first episode ended up being free, but I think I've played enough that I don't want to spend money for future episodes
>>734113517>one fenix downhaven't even played the demo yet but I'm rooting for them
>>734113517the inti creates game is putrid dogshit, took off my wishlist immediately after playing the demo
>>734118353same
>>734123474disgustingly troon-coded
>>734125784the PC game industry has ALWAYS revolved around trans rights. ALL the games were in trans colors. get over it, chud.
>>734114021Try Battleplan and Sherman Commander
>>734103810>click tombwater link >this is the stream
>>734123031I rate it 8 out of 10 bears
>>7341230318/10No big stuff like Menace last timeBut a lot of wishlists anyway
>>734125784kys troon
Any games with the same aesthetic as HYPNOSYNC?
>>734077881literally me
I wasn't expecting to like Damon and Baby but the gameplay was competent enough and the art style sold me on it. I liked seeing I-no and Ragna again too, I hope there are more cameos in the full game.
>>734069186You really love to see it. This game in particular needs to flop. btw the dev deleted the thread because people in the comments were shitting on him
famcram is literally woke propaganda
I'm not sure what I'm missing but I didn't find Alchemikal as good as everyone here is saying
>dont like a demo>go to discussion>it's 100% dev dick gulpingwhat the fuck ? can't people handle even a tiny bit of critique ?
>>734118208Crystalfall. It's a Path of Exile clone that happened to be way more boring than i expected.Bane: Dawn of the Lost. Looks really cool but the actual game is whatever and apparently there is no way to reset your demo progress and start with a fresh party from scratch.
>>734118208>>734131590Almost forgot, this stoneshard clone toohttps://store.steampowered.com/app/4032780/Chronia_The_Rotcore_Prologue/This prologue is really damn slow.
>>734118208No Vacation for an Executioner, it plays like ass.Ariana and the Elder Codex, it's not terrible but I was tired of it by the end of the demo.Spot Zero, didn't know it was NFT shit, my dick has never been so disappointed.
>>734118208Replaced, just felt boring as hell and I know I won't be buying it.
>>734120336I'm impressed
>>734090524>PanthalassaCute point n click adventure. Very simple and maybe a bit pretentious but has charm. Baiting fish doesn't seem that interesting, I wonder if it's just a side activity in the starter area? Nice music. I gave it 27 minutes.
>>734069186>so what if we're using AI. we're not embarrassed>steam page doesn't have AI disclosures.why are AI bros such cowards? if it's such a non-issue why not advertise it.
>>734092368>>734093601>Super_Alloy_Crush/combat feels braindead, didn't take a single point of damageshame since it feels decent and has cute sprites
>>7340691867 years of development and hype to fuck it up last minute.also only 13 reviews. I know that's above average nowadays but damn
I spent way too much time on gloomveil. And yet I only found 9 out of 10 awakening flowers. I feel like I must have missed something obvious.
>Warshift 2>impressive (actual)action RTS/TPS combo I have not seen for a while>looks great>controls ok>MANY features and upgrades for your command tank/mech>you can even make a massive sky battleship that destroys everything around itbut>uninspired campaign that is just glorified botmatch>fighting AI feels more like playing Quake than strategySad, almost wishlisted it after playing tutorial but the actual gameplay is too spastic
I almost didn't notice there was a demo for a new Amanita Designs game! Phonopolis, apparently a sort of dystopia where music is banned and people are brainwashed and made to work through loudspeakers. Seems a little more story-focused than most of their recent stuff, closer to Machinarium than, say, Creaks, but with narration and everything.
The hours are running out. What demo do I try I next? Picture related. In return I'll shill Boost Vector Ex. It's basically F-Zero GX on legs, starring anime women. It does have some physics jank with some collisions, but broadly speaking the game flows and controls really well and the game really manages to sell the speed. Drifting and boosting is very satisfying in this game. Also. That People of Note game is actually a pretty decent RPG. It's a shame that the explorable region/section you got to explore in the demo was extremely linear and simple. Which perhaps doesn't bode super well for the full game. But the combat was solid and slightly above average. The puzzles were also decent. It's a real shame that the random mook NPCs and half the enemies look extremely lackluster though, because the 2D art is on the opposite end, stellar. Kind of sad to step into the town and see real stylish and expressive 2D portrait art, represented by the most basic, faceless, minimally textured, basic 3D models. At the very least the player 3D models and boss models look a lot better. The game might not be nothing too outstanding, but it really excels at marrying its theme with its gameplay. I haven't really played another RPG that goes all in on music like this aside form say, the Ar Tonelico games (those are masterpieces unlike this game though). But my hopes for People of Note is that the characters get more Songstone slots, allowing for lots of customization across the entire party. And for other regions of the game to be a bit more interesting. But the game is actually kind of solid.
Winners of the fest?
>>734136679GladiMaker
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3624140/Wanderburg/Liked this enough to wishlist, roguelike where your castle wanders the land devouring resources, defeating soldiers, and other castles to get improvements and grow.
>>734136679Marathon Server Slam has the most players. For some reason it's considered a participant of the fest.
>>734136270>dystopia where music is bannedI think this is the third demo with that settingI guess it's about time for all the hi-fi rush inspiration to come through.
>>7341230316/10Pretty weak, but better than the last one at least
>>734093601>mostly just trying to understand why dev has a jewsky accountthere were ~4k demos this fest and you can't see how anon tries to get as much exposure as he can? shying away from nutwitter for fear of association with faggots isn't the move. mostly 4chan-tards see it as a shithole, for the general population it's just another social media site gotta get out there
>>734112147I didn't put in much time myself but sultan's game seemed pretty vast even for a demo
anything with cute animals going on adventure?
>>734067304I liked the demo, the game needs way more portraits though and if it isn't only 10 hours long probably more skills.
>>734125552For a FF6 ripoff it appears very well polished in the sea of SNES era JRPG knockoffs. The demo is appropriately paced with playable segments that serve as a hands-on tutorial for in-combat and out-of-combat mechanics without being a 1000 word manual, and the story doesn't vomit exposition at you, so you can clear it within 15-30 minutes without feeling like it drags on.Only real gripe at the moment is that it mixes HD portraits/UI with pixel spritework.
>>734082339I liked it until meeting those poison spitting snakes and especially the arena.
>>734118208CralonIt was too janky even for me.
>>734125374Section episode came out already, it's also free.I don't think he will be charging for it at all.
>>734082339>Emery HeartsI got bored running around for five minutes with nothing happening>>734095317>>734070742>>734067671>SoulceryAI roguelite, you could just mash buttons to win any encounter
>>7341230317/10, did not find a "holy shit I MUST play this" game but found a lot of potentially good ones
>>734123031Honestly liked it a lot. Way more good stuff in it than usual. Or maybe Steam's algo has just gotten better. Good out of ten.
just completed the Moomintroll demo. Cozy.there's like .. 4 moomintroll games now, wtf?
>>734136551Calx isn't really worth playing. If there's a future demo then maybe. Visually it's nice but not so nice that you gotta play it to see it.
>>734127923Thought it was fun but holy fuck do parts of it feel like generic asset store features. Some of the items look like they came out of a mobile game and the music came off more like generic filler put in while they make the actual soundtrack
>>734141432Moomin has been having a resurgence now that millenials who grew up on it are playing/watching it with their kidsIt was pretty fucked up that the squirrel just fucking dies at the start
>>734141432There's a bunch, the issue is that most are hot garbageThere's a Moonmin game for Nintendo DS that I've be wanting to translate but the original devs did some retarded ass shit in the game making the process of translation harder.Sad!
>>734121017Actually not that bad. Not level of of the Devil or Psycho-Sleuth but that ending got me hooked. I hope next episode will be harder though because this case was pretty easy.
After renovating my tag blacklist and clicking ignore on games that failed to interest me, the number of games I see from the top 50 is zero. Are my tastes that incredibly refined or have I become so incredibly jaded?
>>734135853>Warshift 2>hundreds of troops spamming attacks everywherewhy would I even consider taking control of one unit? what difference could it make?
>>734143495probably a mix of both
>>734121017>>734143427I barely caught this one a day ago, scary I would've missed potential gook mystery kino without these threads. Gonna give it a shot today. Also, nice butt. That's a very promising sign.
>>734136551>In return I'll shill Boost Vector Ex. It's basically F-Zero GX on legs, starring anime women. It does have some physics jank with some collisions, but broadly speaking the game flows and controls really well and the game really manages to sell the speed. >Drifting and boosting is very satisfying in this game.It's nice. Funny that it's based on a roblox game mode. I hope the dev animates the pony tail hair more, it looks almost static while running. I couldn't figure out drifting?
>>734143495I didn't play anything anything in the top 50 apparently either. It's mostly westoid and/or multiplayer slop though so that doesn't surprise me.
>>734143279he'll be fine, he's only frozen like foxtrae in tallyoh, wait for the full game.
>>734121017I will now download your demo.
>>734143624Actually I almost missed it too, I only found it because one anon pointed it out either yesterday or few threads ago and I am thankful to him.There are also feet in store page screenshots though they aren't drawn that well.If you want another gook mystery kino then I recommended Inquisitor Shepherd. Though I have to warn this one is quite buggy for a VN, got few errors after reloading save after wanting to try out other dialogue options, even couldn't progress past one puzzle because game would crash no matter what. Luckily ut should work normally on your first playthroughhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3963700/Inquisitor_Shepherd_Demo/
>>734141432moomin has been super popular in japan, at least it was so back when I visited 2017>>734143279moomin always had a hint of darkness...
>>734143427second game I've seen this fest with the yamcha meme
Out of the games I tried that worked on my Linux machine, the ones I liked were these three, My Fav Chill Streamer Dies a Million Times, Voice of Nature, and Echo Isle.
>>7341230319/10, excellent. I will keep playing demos for a few more days. >>734105329I still have 200 demos downloaded. I've played about 180 so far. Wishlisted ca 20. Three times a year is perfect.
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I was about to ask "did anyone else feel like Galaxyz Neo was an offline EoS version of a gacha game" but then I googled it and sure enough it's got a google app store listing.I guess they must have realized in development that it wasn't the kind of thing anyone was going to whale in and just skipped to the single purchase model.
>>734143914>>734143924Footmind
>>734137543https://store.steampowered.com/app/2529960/Alpha_Nomos/
>>734143786>multiplayernow that I think about it that's a most played cheat code.even if the demo and servers remains up you have no guarantee it'll have enough players so you have to play it within the next fes period.
