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Sweven is beautiful atmospheric platformer. Game is a bit too short but art and atmosphere quality makes it unforgetable. The game is very simple and similar to Limbo.


Art. Sweven world is awesome. Graphics quality is nice and all locations feels different. It is one of most beautiful and atmospheric game I ever played.

Soundtrack. Music in the game is very simple and nice. Sweven delivers peace and happiness to your world and music just intensifies that feeling.

Phrases. Instead of full story you get background phrases telling you about game environment. Those phrases can be easily applied to our world and makes this game a bit emotional and thoughtful and those moments was the thing made this game really enjoyable.

http://steamproxy.net/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=911246778


Controls. You need 3 buttons to play this game: forward, backwards and jump. Why in neutral section? sometimes it felt clunky.

Level design. Some levels were poorly designed by either forcing you to wait for too long or important things happened offscreen without your knowledge. Other levels were really nice and beautiful.


Glitches and bugs. I found some glitches and sometimes jumping/walking on a tilted ground is really weird. This can be easily changed and fixed and I hope developer will do that.

Too short. I finished game in about 40 minutes and I wasn't satisfied by that. I wanted more of this game and developers offered very short journey. I would like to see more levels added and more different puzzles implemented.


I do recommend this game for nice and calm evening. Since Sweven is very short it is one sit game. If you looking for the game to play over and over again this isn't the game you should play but if you want beautiful and inspiring journey take it and don't look back.

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Numberline is very simple puzzle game based on numbers. There isn't much in this game and I hope that the game will be updated but even with that amount (60) of puzzles I was satisfied. Simplicity in this game charmed me and it made me to think a bit. Numberline has achievements and trading cards what makes it even more valuable.


Simplicty. Numberline is so simple and easy to learn that I had to mention it here. Rules are basic and can be understood without too much effort.

Soundtrack. For the game like this one you need simple and calm soundtrack that won't distract player. In background you can hear slow and simple piano music which is relaxing and helps to think on puzzles. Soundtrack is a bit repetetive but since it is calm and quiet it won't start irritating you.

Puzzles. Puzzles in the game are well done and different. I played 60 levels and didn't had feeling of repeating same things and Numberline has only one type of mechanics.


Interface. Everything is very simple in this game. Menu is easily accessible and you don't need effort understand options because there is no distracting customizations. When you start game there is only You and the game, put headphones on and escape the world for a while. However I had to alt+tab my game and follow my achievements to see where I am and how much left. Level indication somewhere in the corner would be really helpful.


Amount of levels. There is only 60 levels in Numberline. Yes number doesn't look that bad but I managed to finish all levels in under 1 hour. I hope developers will add more levels so i can delete this section.

Difficulty. I found it too easy to finish game and couldn't find really challenging puzzle. I had to think a bit on puzzles but it didn't make me scratch my head. Maybe few new rules or different type of grids (someting like octagons) would make this game more challenging. On average I spent less than 1 minute on each level.


I do recommend this game for any person who likes numbers and puzzles. It was nice and refreshing 1 hour for me and I am looking forward for updates on this game.


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orbt xl is a simple arcade game based on your skill. I am not saying that this game is bad and not worth anything however i do not recommend it because I just didn't felt it very enjoyable. It was very close call choosing between positive or negative and since the game do not offer much, minor things led me to negative review (more information further in review). If developers will add more features to the game I might revisit my review and change it. orbt xl uses simple gameplay system and exploits human need for the better score. All you have to do is click mouse button to accelerate away from the black hole.
If you are cards collector or achievement hunter i do recommend orbt xl because spending some time playing it won't be painful like lots of other cheap games.


Cards and acievements. orbt xl offers you some cards and achievements what gives a bit more value to the game. Achievements could be a bit more complex like evading x planets (when you get extra point for close call) in one run.


Controls. Only one button to control this games and it is very nice but it developers could add second button for more interactions and smoother gameplay. I found it a bit frustrating when one mouse click rapidly changes altitude and sometimes you just collide (one of reasons of negative feedback) and yes it is skill based game but few times I got into situation where I collided with another planet just because I clicked mouse button once while avoiding another planet. There could be second button to keep similar or same altitude (maybe for certain amount of time).


Soundtrack. When I turned on game I liked soundtrack but after playing the game for a bit music became boring and I just turned it off.

Unlockables. Inside the game there is extra planets you can unlock with points you earn from scoring. I unlocked all planets in less than 1 hour and tried every single planet game offers. I don't know if planets have any secret additions to gameplay but I didn't felt any difference between them. This is one more thing that led this review to negative and can be easily changed.


I do not recommend this game for simple reason: I didn't enjoyed it. I won't say that you should avoid this game at any cost but I will suggest you to give it more thoughts and just decide if you wan't this repetetive arcade game. There is some extra room to improve this game for the better and more enjoyable game.
If game gets update I might revise my review and change it to the better side.

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Frederic: Resurrection of Music is a rhythm based game where you play as Frederic Chopin. All you have to do is push the button at particular time. Sounds easy? it is not... First time I tried normal difficulty I was lost and couldn't progress. After transfering to easy difficulty it was a bit too easy to progress and I finished game without much effort. Since it is skill based game I had to play it on harder difficulties and i already completed few songs on hardest difficulty and I like challenge the game can offer.


Soundtrack. I like classical and recent music and this games offers perfect soundtrack for me. This game combines classical music with other styles. You can find all tracks used in the game in installation folder/OST

Gameplay. For a person who likes music this game is awesome. I could enjoy music while pushing buttons to rhythm


Story. Yes there is a story you follow in a game. I put story in neutral section just because the story isn't really good and enjoyable but this story is better than nothing.


Background. While I played game I was concentraded enough to not see background but there were times when I couldn't properly see notes coming towards me because of background. I think it could have been better with less things happening in background.


Frederic: Resirrection of Music is really nice and relaxing game despite of skill requirements. If you decide to play find keyboard bindings best for you (i use two hands) and once you find it start from easy difficulty. I do recommend this game!!


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The Witness is one of the best games I have played. I couldn't sleep for a few nights just because I was thinking of some puzzles I couldn't solve at that moment. You start the game without any proper knowledge of its puzzles and you learn more and more as you progress in the game. I spent 23h playing The Witness and still didn't solved everything (but reached end game). Don't be afraid if you have no idea what some puzzles mean and keep exploring. There is different zones to learn basic for each type of puzzle. I will try to avoid any spoilers in review.


Graphics. The game looks very nice, with the small details everywhere. Without anymore words just appreaciate the view:

http://steamproxy.net/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=903183524


Puzzles. All puzzles follow same path: from A to B but there is plenty of different rules and ways to solve those puzzles what makes each of them unique enough. In that 23h I used guide for 3 puzzles (yes I was stupid and tired), 2 of those puzzles was so easy that i wanted to bang my head to something because of my inability to think in that way. Third puzzle... I don't know and to this day I feel cheated by developers because i have no idea why it was solved that way (there is possibility that I will find out later in the game). Game contains more than 600 puzzles so you will spend lots of time solving everything without any help.

Controls. Sometimes puzzle games fails because of bad controls. Here you can't fail with controls and it is simple.


Game world. Game world is really nice and detailed, everything is fine but i found it a bit crowded. In the begining sometimes it is hard to determine where one zone ends and another one begins. And map layout is a bit confusing. You will spend some time figuring everything out but once you pass that stage everything is fine.


Learning curve. Yes there are huge learning curve in game and it comes with the layout of a map. At least once in a game you will feel lost. There will be plenty of puzzles you have no idea how to solve and no knowledge where to go to learn about those puzzles.


Despite few drawbacks of this game like learning curve it is a great game. Eventually you will reach a point where you will have knowledge of all different solving systems and even with taht knowledge you will have to sit and think for a while looking for a way to solve some puzzles. For me it was most enjoyable game at 2017 so I do recommend this game.
Caution: if you have poor puzzles solving skill be prepared for big challenge.

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In The Ord Chambers II you task is simple: you have to get to exit void?. Game based on you drawing line to accelerate a ball. I do not recommend this game because it feels that it was made only for being unfair and i don't like that kind of game. There is much better alternatives of hard games.


Idea. Yeah this game do have good idea. Game requires precision and skill but it was poorly made. Lack of performance doesn't take away an idea from game.


Controls. Controls are quite decent and precise but sometimes it feels like you aren't in full control. It feels like sensitivity is a bit random, meaning sometimes extra 1mm on line adds less acceleration sometimes it adds more. Maybe it is just feeling but since i am player i want to feel full control.


Home screen. I do not mean main menu but there is home screen with save, level selection and skills refill. It is really unnecessary because refilling skills after each level is stupid. Just give all skills at the start of each level and that's fine... people won't be frustrated because they forgot to click skill refill. Level selection is very uncomfortable. Everything is on top of the screen barely visible in other things around that home screen. Saves... Now one of the worst parts. THERE IS NO AUTOSAVES. Come on... it is level after level game. You finish level you go to home screen and just autosave... why i have to go to another house and click on save button? it is meaningless move.

Optimization. This is small indie game and graphics are really simple. Now check recommended requirements? done? 8GB RAM!!!!!!!! like a AAA title. GeForce GTX 660... come on... those requirements are huge for simple game like this and the funny thing is that's true. I had to turn off lightining because my decent laptop struggles to run it on good fps with lightining on. And you have to do that every single level. I got 8GB ram and while playing i could feel decrease in fps over time. After few level i just get crash "out of memory". How such a small game can eat that much of recources?

Level design. Some levels are nice, some are decent enough but there are levels where you will get frustrated. It felt like those levels was made for that purpose. I didn't finished last level because i didn't had bomb and just couldn't progress.


There are plenty of other games that requires skills and precision. This one didn't felt that good because of some parts that makes you feel like playing against luck and some parts are just too easy. All game felt pointless, without a reason, there was nothing driving you further just sheer difficulty and unfairness. I would pass on this game and look for something better.

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I do not recommend this game. The Note is way too short, not scary and meaningless. If i would rate this game i would give -1/10 because there was nothing positive and -1 for cheap shot of trying to make it more intense? with Soviet Union flag:

http://steamproxy.net/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=901719397

It is unacceptable to use such things in a game like this...


Abandoned city. I had to find something positive... so i picked a view from a mountain to city:

http://steamproxy.net/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=901720486

If you decided to play this game just stand in that place for 10mins and admire view because it is best what you will get in a game.


Graphics?. Again i had to write here something... Graphics are decent and it doesn't look bad. Far from anything realistic but for indie game is acceptable.

Controls?. Putting controls here just because you use mouse/wasd and that's all. There was no space to fail here and they didn't make too much mistakes.

Weather. Weather effects aren't really good but for indie game they put some effort (probably 50% of all effort they put) in weather effects. In-game thunderstorm is good enough for this grade game.


Gameplay. There is nothing in gameplay. Walking simulator is more interesting than The Note. Everything feels pointless from begining. And ending? come on... developers should start from scratch.

Story. Notes? really? some meaningless writings left from a friend in a haunted town... On a walls...

Glitches. Mountains? walls? car? most of the things can be walked through in the right spot.

AI. Monsters are walking in pre designed path without turning anywhere else. They don't see you and don't feel you and you die by touching them... Tip for the game: Don't touch monsters.

Horror. Monsters isn't scary at all maybe creepy a bit but not scary. Take a look:

http://steamproxy.net/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=901720030

And they walk in same path without noticing you... makes them like an obstacle without purpose. Your death isn't scary at all because game over screen pops up and that's all. I mean 10 years ago developers made better horror...
Jumpscares is really bad timed. Most of the time i wasn't looking at jumpscare direction and i never got scared of jumpscares... kids game scares more with popping windows more than this game with jumpscares.


Enough of bad things about this game and just forget it. If you never played it you can be sure that you didn't miss anything. If you played... i am sorry for you but time can't be turned back. Avoid at all costs and just buy cheaper horror game.

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The Next Door is really weird game based on puzzles. Game is a bit short but i would say it is enough. I can recommend The Next Door to anyone who enjoys mind bending environment and average not too hard puzzles. Game progression is very simple based on from doors to doors type. I was questioning myself whether i should give it positive or negative because of how confusing game is but after i thought about that i decided to give positive because of that confusion. One of the bad sides in my opinion was intro. Just check out the first picture you get after strating a game:
http://steamproxy.net/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=901240279
I started questioning whether it is worth my time after that view... but turned out everything gets better but still weird.


Level design. Yes levels are really weird but that makes them stand out from the crowd. Levels do not repeat and every level is unique with its own mind bending properties. One of the most imaginative levels:

http://steamproxy.net/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=901241138

Graphics. You won't find AAA title graphics here but for game with that price tag graphics are more than enough. Everything looks weird and nice. There is imperfections but in a game like this it just adds more confusion.


Puzzles. Most of the puzzles are fine and nicely done but some parts are just too easy and takes too much (there was one puzzle i spent 5 minutes just to arrange everything knowing how everything has to be.

Controls. The Next Door controls are simple and easy, but sometimes it just doesn't feel really good.


Story. There is no proper story in this game but intro is awful (check first screenshot and tell me if it was necessary). Ending at one moment looks pointless and after last moments you feel like you missed something...


It is not AAA title and it can't be rated like it is but for that price it will be hard to find something better. This game doesn't give you much enjoyment but after completing it you feel like it was worth it. I do recommend it for puzzle type games people.

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If you are achievement hunter or card collector you can get this game otherwise i do not recommend this. Why? Boring, pointless, 0 progression, same thing over and over again. I have 50-55min of real playtime and already achieved everything in this game. This game is based on a typing and i do like this type of activity. Sometimes i take Word Per Minute tests just for fun but here i was bored because there was no real typing involved just single meaningless button pushing.


Keyboard familiarity. Even if i say that Slash It is boring i admit that this game increase your familiarity with keyboard. Eventually you will find letters quicker and your fingers movement will be more precise. If you really need activity to increase your typing you can train on this game.


Sountrack. Sountrack is nice and it was very close to PROS section but there is bad thing in this. Every time you correctly press keyboard button there is sound for that and this thing ruins all soundtracks. It feels like there is independent drum beats randomly playing same note.


Gameplay. At first it looks fun and all but when few minutes pass you start to get bored. First of all level starts too slow (up to 100-150pts) after that it start to increase in difficulty exponentially. There could be difficulty setting so you could make it harder from begining and keep it intense for a longer time.

Achievements. Ok achievements supposed to be a good motivation, it should make you feel progress. In this game there are 302 achievements (wow thats a lot and how am i supposed to get them all?) and i gained all of them. In 50-55min playtime... I got more than achievements every minute. Where is progress? Where is difficulty? All achievements were forced by a game meaning i did nothing just play a game for that time without even thinking how to get them. Oh and i completed game 100% faster than i got 3 cards drop...

Leaderboards. One more good thing in a game. Leaderboards make you try. Not here... Most of the leaderboard is conquered by cheater (impossible amount of points by a human)

Gameplay. At first it looks fun but after a while game becomes boring of same thing over and over again. I really like typing activities, typing of the dead game, and Slash It wasn't entertaining at all... Writing random text is much more entertaining (at least you can learn words).

Background. In this game you have to stare to screen and be quick and neutral background would be perfect. Here we got constantly changing colors and moving shapes in background... My eyes got tired of that.


I just can't recommend this game. There is no fun involved in pressing one letter after another. In typing game should be involved words, meaning or something that gives feeling of achievement. Best thing in this game is soundtrack which was ruined by buttons press sounds.

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Orborun simple and relaxing racing platformer. You play as a cute transformer and you have to reach end point of track.
http://steamproxy.net/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=900368862
Track consist of various obstacles, jumps and different platforms. It's a fun and casual game.
I do recommend it!!!


Controls. To play this game you need only 2 buttons: W and D. Controls responses well and intuitively.

Physics. I liked game physics. It feels like you are in control but at the same time angle of jump makes huge difference.

Level design. Levels are really well designed. Each level is very unique and different. Yes some levels is a little bit frustrating but once you pass them you enjoy game like nothing happened. Each level is about 15-45s (without fails but you will fail) long making progress fast. Sometimes some levels requires few fails to figure out where to go.

Orboruns. I have to mention it: Orboruns (characters) are awesome. There are various skins and 3 different type (no huge advantages). Orboruns are cute and sometimes they transform from ball to robot.


Graphics. Orborun have simple and nice graphics. It could be a bit better, but at the same time it's more than enough for a game like this.

Difficulty. To gain at least 1 star? (not sure how rating is called) is very easy. Gaining 3 stars is really hard.


Achievements/Trading cards. There is no achievements and trading cards what makes game less achieving. At least achievements would be nice.


Orborun isn't game of the year and is very far from that but it is enjoyable. Simple game with simple controls. Levels design is awesome. It is not must play or story driven game but if you want to waste some time (even 10min is enough) you can run this game and enjoy your time.
I recommend this game for people who likes racing platformers.


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