Hello fellow gamers! I hope you had a good weekend and start to your week!
A good amount of games got released on Steam over the last week so I’ll get to those right away for you! But before that I have to pre-warn you, rumor has it that the infamous Steam Summer Sale is going to be upon us very soon, so prepare yourselves, lock those wallets away and await further instructions as I will do my very best to bring out the best of this sale and find the best games for your money!
Anyway I’m rabbiting on again, time to showcase some releases!
NOTE: All prices were correct at time of publishing
25/05/2015 Releases
Brutal Force [Early Access, £9.99]
Developer Description: “Brutal Force is a frantic top-down shooter with a giant overworld to explore.
The levels are randomly placed in the overworld, changing your experience each play through.”
Feature List:
- Randomly generated Levels
- Randomly generated items and enemies
- Permadeath
- Each weapon type has a unique power attack including ranged, and weapons
- Giant bosses
Official Video:
Heroes of Loot [Full Release, £4.07]
Developer Description: “Heroes of Loot combines the action of twin-stick shooters with the dungeon crawling of rogue-likes. You’ll find yourself in the middle of hordes of ghosts, skulls, cyclops, critters and much more.. survive using quick reflexes, level up to improve your weapon, and if you have time complete some quests for extra loot and upgrades.
Heroes of Loot get’s a lot of the inspiration from the original 80’s classic Gauntlet games, combined with Robotron and Smash-TV style gameplay. There are various secrets to uncover, hidden rooms full of special items to find, and perma-items to find and collect for extra power.
So, how deep into the dungeon can you go?
Play it alone, or with a co-op buddy.. just be sure to share the loot, healing potions, weapons, and shields…
…or not, and sacrifice your buddy for your own gain ! Heroes of Loot is a dungeon-game like no other: every time you play the dungeon will be different, every time you become better, the dungeon will also grow and become more dangerous..
This game will learn from you! ”
Feature List:
– Unlimited amount of randomly generated dungeons
– Random quests to reward you with extra loot, items, experience, and more
– Four classes to choose from: Elf, Warrior, Wizard and Valkyrie
– Special fifth class to unlock for the real gamers
– Secret area’s
– Special mysterious dungeon items and obstacles
– A large collection of loot and items to acquire and aid you in your quest
– Always changing gameplay
Official Video:
26/05/2015 Releases
Audiosurf 2 [Full Release, £10.19]
Developer Description: “By blending gameplay with music visualization, Audiosurf puts you inside your music in a way nothing else can. Use your own music to create your own experience. The shape, the speed, and the mood of each ride is determined by the song you choose.
What are the biggest improvements from Audiosurf 1?
Ever-expanding new ways to play with over 500 and counting player-created mods and skins on Workshop.. Additional layers of strategy tied to the song’s biggest moments. In-game leaderboards let you compare your score moment to moment against your friends and rivals even when they’re not online. Enhanced graphics quality. Ability to search for music (including online music). Available on Mac and Linux!
What’s new about Mono mode in Audiosurf 2?
In Audiosurf 2 your timing in mono mode is more important than ever. You’ve got to strategize to get your grid full at the most intense moments of songs to get the most points. Look ahead in the distance for corkscrew loops with powerups to know when these moments will occur.
What do I get in the demo?
The demo allows players to play any song they want, for their first 3 songs. After that, they can play the Song of the Day, everyday, as many times as they want.
Is there a mode that focuses on dodging blocks?
Yes, there’s a new Ninja mode. It has a big bonus for hitting no spikes and creates intense spike fields to weave through. It’s faster than regular Mono and the second-to-second challenge of avoiding spikes is harder. For even more challenge there’s ninja turbo. It’s too fast for you.
What’s new about the Puzzle modes in Audiosurf 2:
Just as with Mono mode, your timing on Puzzle modes is now more important than ever. Push, Shuffle, Erase, or Scoop blocks at the just the right moments to take full advantage of multiplier powerups that come at the most intense moments of songs.”
Official Video:
Magnetic: Cage Closed [Full Release, £11.99]
Developer Description: “You are a prisoner trapped in a strange facility, filled with deadly traps and whispered secrets. At first the facility and its inhabitants all seem like a mystery to you, but soon you begin to understand: Your only chance to survive is to master the Magnet Gun and stay out of harms way. If you make yourself useful they will let you live a little longer, and sooner or later you will get your chance. As the Warden keeps on telling you: “There is always a way out…””
Feature List:
Unique Tool – The magnet gun is a unique tool that can transform the environment, launch you through the air or assist with complicated box puzzles
Diversity – The challenges in Magnetic come in many forms, and blend logical puzzles with skill based movement in a unique combination
No playthrough is the same – Each choice has an impact on what comes next. New secrets and paths are just waiting for players to find them
Official Video:
27/05/2015 Releases
Tree of Life [Early Access, £14.99]
Developer Description: “Why aren’t there any fun games when we live in a world full of MMORPG games? It’s because these games require infinite hunting and quests to complete; and there are many easy mobile games that let you watch auto-hunting. These are not the kinds of games I felt excited about. When we realized that we decided to develop ‘Tree of Life’.
Tree of Life isn’t the kind game that you just watch to play, instead it gives you a real RPG experience. Thousands of players live in an immersible game world and every passing movement your character will be affected in real-time. It does not give you boring continues jobs to do, rather you will be involved in a complex economy, a dynamic life and you will also be able to communicate with other users very closely.”
Detailed Feature List:
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A world created by the player
‘Tree of Life’ is a Sandbox MMO Survival Game with the characteristics of a traditional RPG. Players are put on an unfamiliar continent and will experience the fun of survival, settling, development and competition.
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Real-time changing of the environment
The world of ‘Tree of Life’ changes with the passing of time and based on every action of the players. This will be a new kind of experience compared to the worlds in already existing online games. Trees growing and developing into forests, acquiring new dungeons, and etc. shows the changing environment with the passing of time. If the players plant seedlings and take care of it well enough it can develop into a forest, and cutting down enough trees will expand land.
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Creating your own, personal village with the freedom construct however you want
Anywhere in the world you are free to construct buildings and you can use the functional abilities of it with other players. By partnering with other players to create villages, make a few small ones into a large country could form into. You could become the mayor, or the king of a country.
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A variety of content and high flexibility
Hunting, woodcutting, mining, gathering, fishing, farming, herding, and etc. are the variety of ways you can obtain items. Obtaining rare items is a very difficult and tiring challenge. Because you can only get one specific item from each region, players will have to leave their areas to search for the item they need or trade with other players. Carpenter, blacksmith, pensioner, cook, and etc. are the types of occupations that exist where you can learn to make all types of items. Also, if you become a master at whatever occupation you can make a job-specific, special item. With the 24+ different jobs, acquire the skills and create individuality for your character.
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Battles using strategy and tactics
As the village prospers, monsters that are after your resources will attack your village to steal these items. You will be required to defend their village by creating high walls and watchtowers or use guards to fight off the monsters. Reversely, you can attack the monsters or their village and raid their resources and get revenge.
Official Video:
Trackday Manager [Early Access, £14.99]
Developer Description: “Trackday Manager is a Steam exclusive 3D simulation/manager multiplayer game where you are in charge of managing a racing team. You are not the driver but the team chief! You control your driver during races by issuing commands while monitoring the race carefully in beautiful 3D surroundings.
Your goal is to guide your driver and team to victory!
Before hitting the track, you must purchase cars, upgrade them, and manage a myriad of day-to-day tasks that comes with managing a racing team. When you finally hit the tarmac, you must lead your driver to success by issuing the right commands. When, where and how you perform the different commands is the key to being successful. One command given at the wrong time may lead to your driver losing ground, the car breaking down or other serious incidents that may cost you the trophy. On the other hand, a command given at the correct time will bring you closer to a podium finish! Other means to ensure success includes pit stop strategies, component upgrades, buying new cars, team & driver experience progress and sponsorship deals.
Trackday Manager uses real life sponsors which you have to please by winning races or satisfying other criteria set out in the sponsor agreement. Your success is always updated on the online leaderboard, both in-game and on the Trackday Manager website, which tells you how well you are doing compared to your friends and the rest of the world.”
Feature List: Trackday Manager features fully rendered 3D environments with a default top down look, but you can zoom all way in to enjoy the action from the cockpit of your car. The tracks and cars use advanced real-time physics, giving an exciting aspect to this heartpounding multiplayer racing game. As you progress through the game you will carefully chose which elements of your car and crew to upgrade to best fit your style as you climb on the international leaderboards. During races you must select the ideal time to do pitstops for fuel and new wheels, and also continuously decide how your driver should behave – from tailing others, overtaking, going into overdrive or try to block – every choice costs or wins you fuel or position in the race! If you are feeling confident for a victory you can leave your driver be, lean back and enjoy the race as it unfolds. Every race is around 10 minutes in length.
Other features:
- Race day Central with team orders.
- Perform real-time pit stops to fix and optimize your car.
- Day and night races with dynamic weather system provides atmosphere and immersion.
- In-game and web leaderboards with statistics shows how you are performing against your friends – and the rest of the world!
- Each race can feature up to sixteen players at the same time.
- Advanced car customization with a vast amount of unique paints, sponsor placement and patterns.
- Six unique cars with more than 60 different parts to customize as you see fit.
- Improve the skills and experience of both your drivers and pit stop crew through your career.
- In-game sponsorship deals featuring real world sponsors.
- Exciting in-game economy simulating the challenging world of racing management.
- In-game events hosted by the developers.
Official Video:
28/05/2015 Releases
Servo [Early Access, £14.99]
Developer Description: “Servo is a sci-fi real-time strategy game from some of the key creative talent behind the Age of Empires series, which marries Diablo-like progression to intense RTS gameplay. Players design and equip their giant war machines, called Servos, with parts earned in battle, then jump into a variety of competitive and cooperative scenarios to battle for supremacy.”
Feature List:
- Design your ideal team of giant war machines with parts earned in battle, from Nemodium Blades to Void Beams and much more
- Deploy your Servos into a variety of co-op and PvP scenarios, alongside the AI or human opponents over the Internet
- Destroy the opposition using traditional RTS tactics from rapid expansion, army recruitment, forward base-building, and aggressive creeping
- Learn the game in story-based, interactive tutorial missions
- Help shape the future of Servo with gameplay and balance feedback
Future Features:
- Advanced multiplayer support: Leagues, ladders, matchmaking, and more
- Story-based campaign: Uncover the mystery of Old Earth across more than 20 single-player missions
- More content: Many more maps, parts, pilots, and scenarios are in development
- Even more to be announced!
Official Video:
NOTE: The following video is a lets’ play and is roughly 30mins long, skip around 10mins in to start getting gameplay!
Indie Showcase
Sirius Online by PlaySirius.com eK/Back to Basics gaming [Early Access, £6.99]
Developer Description: “Sirius Online is a Freelancer-inspired MMO, garnished with a grain of EVE and a self-evolving universe. Combat your friends, harvest ores and explore the outer rims of the Sirius systems. But beware – not every player is a friendly one. Sirius Online is, as the name says, an Online Game and requires an internet connection. Enjoy the Mouse/Keyboard controls of classics like Starlancer, Elite and Freelancer in a fresh and new Universe to explore and populate.”
Detailed Feature List:
Discover a unique universe!
Sirius Online has its own, unique universe, ready to embrace your playstyle. Be it Mining, Combat, Exploration or Creation – This game awaits your input and the whole universe changes due to your decisions…
Travel the Sirius System!
Use the easy to access tradelane system to get to locations fast and secure or forge your own path woth boosters and engines – and maybe find riches more than just worth your time…
Combat your Enemies
Build an empire, defend it against malicious forces deemed to cut you off your resources and prosper thorough your wealth. Have intense face to face dogfights or just snipe someone off the tradelanes. Everything is possible…
Explore an endless Universe
Sirius will feature an endless filled universe. Test your luck by venturing out into the unknowns of space and fin wrecks, new asteroid belts or even more. Lure enemies into your own set traps or get insanely rigch by being the monopolist of this resource.
Find your own path among the stars
Fight. Build. Explore. Create. Trade. There are many different ways of being a space farer. Choose one of the preset ones, or dare to forge your own path. its completely up to you…
In-Game Screenshots (Sourced from the Sirius Online IndieDB page)
Official Video:
Gamescroller thoughts:
I like where this game is going, it sounds big, it looks big, and with the rumor of it heading towards the Unreal4 engine if it does well it certainly has the potential to go as big as it damn well likes! I will be doing a special Indie Showcase twitch stream tomorrow to show it off to you guys so you can make your own minds up! be at twitch.tv/gamescroller at 7pm gmt to see what the fuss is about!
Sirius Links:
Steam Store Page: Store.steampowered.com
Website: www.playsirius.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/playsirius
Twitter: twitter.com/PlaySirius_com
YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/D3Xifier
IndieDB: www.indiedb.com/games/sirius-online
