Its also a powerful shotgun, turning cultists and gangsters into a smear of bright red pixels.
If youve ever had the horrible pleasure of playing that then hey hey hey check out Gunbrella.
If you havent, play it anyway its great.
Download thedemo on Steam right here.
Snazzy eye catching uniforms arent really what the games about though.
Once thats out of the way, though, Capes improves by leaps and bounds.
Capes story is told through comic book style speech bubbles during cutscenes.
Its camp, and put me off at first despite being a lifelong comics fan.
Yet they draw you in and make the turn-based combat missions really feel like youre playing a funny book.
Im already itching to play more of this one when it lands next year.
In other words, the exact slow-burn spook factor I’ve been missing.
That’s the greatest mystery of our modern era: where in the heck did time go?
Happily,The Case Of The Golden Idolis here to exit the gap.
I also can’t get enough of its mildly grotesque, but mesmerising pixel art.
There’s just something about those gurning faces that won’t let me look away.
I was very up for that, hoping to launch immediately into ludicrous noughties violence.
This demo is not that.
Enchain is more fiddly than I expected, and the demo starts with a long sequence of tutorial rooms.
Lots to learn about how to grapple, grab, and so on.
Even murder isn’t straightforward, with enemies needing to be finished off with dramatic violence once weakened.
Even running and jumping around has lots of little bits to get a grip on.
I almost stopped, disappointed that it wasn’t the ridiculous high-speed ultraviolence I’d wanted.
But… it starts to open up and head in that direction.
When my fingers got the hang of its intricacies, it became satisfying.
It looks to start opening up into aDark Souls-ish form.
This is a lot of griping but: I’m excited to see what Enchain has to offer.
I laughed at the introduction of the rotund little robust skeletons.
Which I suppose is the purpose of a demo.
Fantastic Contraption because of the try-and-see puzzle aspect to each contract you must fulfil.
Knuckle Sandwich
Ed:This year’s Steam Next Fest brings us a new and improvedKnuckle Sandwichdemo.
Simulacra 3
Rebecca:I love indie horror, andSimulacramight be my favourite ongoing series.
If it sounds like I’m mocking the games I just professed to love… adversary lets out a tuneful guffaw.
A good rhythm game should make me feel like a god in its early stages before shattering me completely.
I cant wait for the full release to ruin my day.
Put me on a collapsing bridge I must repair under my own feet, Stubby Games.
Against The Storm
Liam:How have I never played a roguelite citybuilder?
After spending two hours (!)
Then theres the queen herself, whos patience decreases the longer it takes you to establish a functioning town.
Its all about balance, basically.
Against The Storm is very interesting indeed.
