IT’S A GAME ON RAILS, LIKE A DARK RIDE, EXCEPT INSTEAD OF CONFRONTING PIRATES OR EARTHQUAKES YOU ARE CHASING A LUNCHBOX THROUGH AN OFFICE. I’VE PLAYED THREE CHAPTERS SO FAR AND IT’S QUITE ENTERTAINING.
GUESS WHAT’S COMING TO STEAM!
RED TREE! RED TREE!
IN THIS GAME YOU PLAY A 21ST CENTURY VERSION OF MR. WU. IT’S APPARENTLY PRETTY SHORT BUT IT LOOKS GOOD AND THE REVIEWERS MAKE SOME PERSUASIVE ARGUMENTS FOR IT.
AND FOR THE REST OF US, TOO, ONE WOULD HOPE. COMING IN TWO MONTHS.
IT LOOKS LIKE BORDERLANDS WITHOUT CEL SHADING OR GOOFINESS. COMING APRIL 1.
THIS LOOKS LIKE AN ENTERTAINING DIVERSION. DESTROY ANY PART OF PARIS AND REPLACE IT WITH WHATEVER YOU LIKE!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1525620/The_Architect_Paris/
I REALLY LIKE THE PREMISE AND ART OF THIS GAME. DOESN’T LOOK LIKE THE KIND OF GAME I TYPICALLY PLAY, BUT THAT’S OK.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1433860/The_Amazing_American_Circus/
THIS GAME FEATURES A LOT OF CATS, INCLUDING ONE WHO IS THE PROTAGONIST. STRIKE ONE. IT ALSO CONTAINS NO VIOLENCE. STRIKE TWO. AND IT’S AIMED AT A YOUNG AUDIENCE (LIKE, SINGLE DIGITS). STRIKE THREE.
BUT WAIT! IT IS ALSO A LABOR OF LOVE BY ONE GUY WHO WANTED A NICE GAME FOR HIS KID. AND THE REVIEWS ARE GOOD. SO, IF THIS COULD BE YOUR BAG, OR YOUR KID’S, CHECK IT OUT.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/740040/Play_with_Gilbert/
DO YOU LIKE CHARACTER CUSTOMIZATION? YOU CAN GET PRETTY FUNKY WITH IT IN THIS GAME. THOUGH, IF THE VIDEO IS ANY INDICATION, YOU CAN’T REALLY MAKE A FULL-ON ELDRITCH HORROR.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1478310/Alien_Life_Simulator/
YOU MAY RECALL THAT ASSASSIN’S CREED UNITY WAS SOMEWHAT BUGGY UPON RELEASE BUT TO UBISOFT’S CREDIT, THEY SHORED IT UP. AND WHEN NOTRE DAME HAD A TERRIBLE FIRE, THE RECONSTRUCTORS WERE ABLE TO DRAW UPON UBI’S RESEARCH, WHICH IS KIND OF COOL WHETHER OR NOT YOU ARE A UBISOFT FAN. ANYWAY, I MENTION ALL THAT BECAUSE THIS GAME TAKES PLACE IN THE FRENCH REVOLUTION — BUT IT HAS A VERY DIFFERENT TAKE ON THINGS. THE DEVELOPER, SPIDERS, MADE GREEDFALL, WHICH WAS PRETTY DECENT, BUT THIS SEEMS TO LEAN TOWARD THE ACTION-COMBAT SIDE OF THINGS, A LA DARK SOULS. I LOVE TO SEE STUDIOS TRY NEW THINGS AND GET AMBITIOUS (SEE ALSO: ROCKSTAR SWOOPING IN TO HELP TEAM BONDI FINISH L.A. NOIRE), SO BEST WISHES TO THESE GUYS.