Hi, my name is ColdBeer and let’s start with
BattleJuice Alchemist
The first thing that pokes my eyes, in a good sense, is the graphic style - I like when
developers are trying to implement something of their own, not just blindly copy-paste
assets from various asset-stores.
This list contains only 4 games not because there aren't any more, but because either
I covered some of them before or they just suck.
Anyway BattleJuice Alchemist is a singleplayer RPG combining classic isometric combat with
third person bullet time.
Meaning that you can slow down projectiles so your slow reflexes could adapt to the action.
The world is dark, but sadly procedural.
And I never like that because so often developers are saying something like this: "our world
is ever changing, you will never play the same game twice",
but hey we all know that after 10 minutes we will start having never ending sense of
deja vu, because we will run into the same assets over and over again, just in placed
differently.
How is that ever a good thing?
BattleJuice Alchemist also promises riddles and the fact that you will craft alchemical
potions and combine them in deck-building-like fashion to fight the demons overrunning the
lands.
The release date is not known yet, but at the moment of creating this video, you can
register for a free playtest.
I got access immediately, maybe you aren’t that lucky, I don’t know, anyway, check
it out.
Lightedge
Set in a medieval fantasy world, the game aims to evolve this classic genre by introducing
several new gameplay mechanics inspired by other video games.
At least developers are saying that.
Here you play as the top student at the Academy of Aura, and all your Masters foresee a bright
future for you… but destiny is about to throw you into the middle of a grave intrigue.
Game has deep lore and quite an interesting story, but I played the demo and I was not
impressed.
To be honest the game looks way better than it plays.
At least for now, it's a demo after all.
I don’t think I felt that killing enemies was a rewarding deal.
I just killed them to be able to pass to another location and that’s it.
About that, developers could say something like “hey but you didn’t die in a difficult
situation, there is your reward - you are alive!”.
Yeah, that is some cultist bullshit, I want actual rewards, not like love of Cheesus or
something.
You know when you kill something, when you put energy into a battle and you gain nothing,
well maybe experience, it’s not fun.
For example in Diablo 2 every enemy has a chance to drop even epic items and that is
what drives you to kill more and more demons.
I saw nothing like that in Lightedge, I got some items from the chests only.
Anyway, the game looks great and if it manages to become actually interesting, it may have
a great future after all, but for now, I’m sorry, just 4 vodkas out of 10.
And the full game will be released next year.
Brightseeker
This is an action RPG set in a futuristic fantasy world where people and their mechanical
constructs rose up against their gods.
You are the last descendant of the ancient gods and you will have to fight your way through
hordes of deadly mechanical soldiers.
Here you can block projectiles with your shield by timing your blocks well and deflect the
projectiles back at your enemies.
Some Dark Souls nonsense, but it may be fun after all.
So speaking about difficulty - in BrightSeeker harder difficulty doesn't mean that enemies
will have unfair advantages or become bullet sponges.
Instead, you can adjust the difficulty to suit your own play-style and decide what benefits
you and your enemies will get.
The game will be only as difficult or as easy as you make it.
I can only guess that more powerful enemies will drop or give better rewards than easy
pussy enemies.
Some even say that if you finish this game on the hardest difficulty - your ding dong
will become longer.
Maybe rumor, maybe urban legend, maybe not, but who are you to doubt this magic?
Anyway, the game is nearly finished, it will be released someday this year.
Superfuse
An alien threat looms in a new comic book inspired Action RPG where you will take on
waves of grotesque minions and bosses with up to 4 friends in co-op, or go to hack and
slash killing spree alone and uncover a vast conspiracy that endangers all of humanity.
Here you will become an actual superhero in a world where superpowers are controlled by
society’s elite!
And you know it's kinda funny - here you are a legit superhero and in many other RPG games
you are just a simple willager with some godlike powers you obtained for no reason at all.
“Hey you just decapitated a dragon with a fireball of death, revived the inhabitants
of the town, eradicated zombies and made everyone's ding-dong longer!
Are you some kind of god?”
“Oh no, I’m just a son of blacksmith”
So here you will personalize your power set and play solo in campaign mode to uncover
the secrets of the Corruption and the Gods — or cooperate in 4-person multiplayer with
friends to demolish hordes of grotesque creatures, hulking abominations, and larger-than-life
bosses, like your ex-mother-in-law that have stepped from the pages of comic books.
So as the first game in this list, Superfuse has procedurally generated levels as well
and they are bragging about never fighting the same way twice and so on, but hey that
reminds me the moment when I go to my closest grocery store - Lidl, and I find bread instead
of beer in the old place.
They occasionally re-arrange everything and are saying that this is a good thing.
That is not good that sucks, but that also means that Lidl is procedurally generated
as well.
And now don't forget to check out GOG Weekly sale by clicking on my link in the description
below.
All the games on GOG are DRM free and the refunds are supported for up to 30 days.
Way better than Steam.
Thank you for watching, have a nice day and I'll see you next time, bye!