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http://store.steampowered.com/app/308600/
https://geneshift.net/
A top-down shooter with superpowers.
An awkward and unforgiving game that's zoomed in too far to be fun.
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http://store.steampowered.com/app/209190
http://www.stealthbastard.com/
A side-scroller puzzle game.
I played around with it a bit. It's fair. It's overwhelmingly unforgiving and gets complicated.
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http://store.steampowered.com/app/314230/
https://elliptic-games.com/
A space simulator fps thingy.
While it looked quite good at a glance, when actually trying it it fell flat. When a game cannot lean on cutting-edge technology, it has to have solid gameplay. It didn't feel good at all to me. I guess No Man's Sky spoiled me.
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https://github.com/Davidebyzero/Snipes
A multiplayer, text, third-person shooter originally made for DOS, but I know it from Novell Netware.
I had a hell of a lot of fun with it. Perhaps it's nostalgia which makes me stay so fond of it, but I think the fundamental gameplay still holds up today. I could easily imagine a great updated version of this but I have and still do see this same gameplay in all sorts of other top-down games.
- DOS
- Linux port (archive)
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I'm not sure how to describe this game. It's an oldschool oldschool point-and-click game.
I think I would have liked this back in the day, but these days I find a bunch of the mechanics and gameplay too frustrating to deal with.
- Properly titled Leisure Suit Larry 1: In the Land of the Lounge Lizards
- https://www.gog.com/game/leisure_suit_larry
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This got posted here instead of mobygames because they own comments after they are posted. No thanks, I write for me or for free.
Okami is a PS/2 game. It's an action/adventure type game, with an expansive world to explore, a huge set of skills, a lot of things to do .. and is just generally fun.
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A reverse-engineered open source version of Star Wars Galaxies
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Steam: Disgaea PC
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0380520/
http://www.atlus.com/dis/
http://disgaea.us/
A tactics game so good it's worth buying a PlayStation 2 for.
- Properly titled Disgaea: Hour of Darkness
- Disgaea guide
My notes are for the PlayStation 2 version.
- It's also available on Steam: Disgaea PC
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Steam: Disgaea 2 PC
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1071784/
http://disgaea.us/d2/
Well, it's got a sellout anime feeling to it. The graphics and sound are more cartoonish. A number of the annoyances of the first game have been hammered out, but there is a "toy" quality to the game which replaces the original gritty feeling of the original game.
- Properly titled Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories
My notes are for the PlayStation 2 version.
- It's also available on Steam: Disgaea 2 PC
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A particularly good scroll-and-slay type game. Pseudo-rpg, with character improvements via weapons and equipment.
Decent game. Has a fair amount of complexity but it's manageable. The camera controls somehow don't work for me. A bit repetitive until you get into things properly.. and then it's fun.. repetitive but fun. Crap-assed ending.
I also had Drakengard, but accidentally got the PAL version.
