Recent reviews by Jaconian

[Disclaimer: I received a review code through Keymailer.co]

INDIKA was a gorgeous game that was part 3rd-person adventure game, part walking-sim, and part platformer with a handful of puzzle elements. Within the game there are even multiple genres of games from typical 3rd-person perspective in a beautifully bleak fictional 19th-century Russian setting, but you also have a 16-bit era gameplay elements to further the backstory for our main character.

The game itself is pretty short, maybe about 5 hours although it took me a bit longer because I just take longer as I try to explore everything. I did get soft-locked at one point, but that was because I wasn't moving fast enough and an in-game element progressed without my character and I had to restart from the beginning of the chapter.

Overall, a really great game that I would have likely purchased on my own if I hadn't gotten a review code.

I'm only a third of the way through the game so far, but it's a lot of fun for a '94 shooter. It's a bit more strategic and less straightforward than the original DOOM ('93), but that's something that I appreciate about it. Plenty of customization options, including reducing or eliminating head-bob completely and inverting the y-axis, make it playable without nausea for me. It's fun seeing where a lot of what became Halo a few years later originated.

I've played through this game a handful of times after it first came out. Played through a lot, but not all of the co-op stages. Today I just finished playing through the story again, this time with my kid (was three when we started, now he's four) watching and occasionally taking control of the W key. Great game.

The game runs well on the Steam Deck, but you need to do some additional controller tweaks beforehand. First, you'll need to manually activate the mouse (hold Steam button while using the right trackpad) to get beyond the config screen. Then, you'll need to map the X key (from the keyboard) to a button (I did it to one of the back buttons) to get beyond the screen where it shows you what the keys on the keyboard do; this is different than pressing the A button for "OK." I also had to map the PgUp and PgDn keys to the shoulder buttons, and lastly, I had to map the Insert key to one of the other back buttons (needed for squats in Wall Market).

After that, I didn't need to do any additional manual button mapping, but that might change later on. But otherwise, this plays fine on the Steam Deck from my experience.

It's like playing a point-and-click video game of a Terry Gilliam animation from "Monty Python's Flying Circus," which is hilariously amazing.

There was only one puzzle that felt too obtuse, but that's what walkthroughs are for.

A short (~30 minutes) and beautiful point-and-click game where you play as Tukoni, a forest spirit who helps other woodland creatures with their various tasks. Just a very chill experience with light puzzles and just beautiful artwork.

I've currently only played for just over an hour and I already know that I love nearly everything about it. On one hand I dread every time I have to open a door, but I am going to open everything. Very reminsicent (sp?) of Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs, and SOMA.

To date, I have played through this game on PC twice and am considering going through it again because of how much I love the world/story/universe. This game is a great survival horror experience with a bit of a "Wait, what!?" towards the end, but that doesn't really take away from the game as a whole.

I have read/heard some people complain about having graphical issues with the game on Steam, but I have not had any issues that made me question the quality (both on Windows 7 and on Windows 10). Each time, I have played M/KB and again, everything felt fine; I cannot comment on how the game felt/played with a 360 or Steam Controller.

Aside from the game being a bit difficult in some areas and not intruitive in finding some of the hidden items (and frequently backtracking in order to find everything and fully power Gabriel up and at times feels like a cheap way to extend the length of the game; which might be a turn off to some people) I really like what was done here. Even the unlockable artwork and concept sketches are great and something that you don't usually see in a AAA game.

Have yet to finish (about, maybe 1/2 way through), but I am very much enjoying the game.

I really wanted to be able to play this game, but I was unable to due to something going wrong with the Games For Windows Life integration. Not only was I unable to change any of the video settings (the game would instantaneously change back anything I wanted to modify: screen resolution, graphics detail, etc). Then there was a screen before I could even start that had a defunct Games For Windows Live page up that I could not get passed. For all I know it could be that this game is not compatible with Windows 10 Anniversary Edition, but for whatever reason, I could not get this game to work on my current setup.