When this game came to GoG I was very happy. I played the original and had a lot of fun with it. Now the facts: The game looks and plays really good. I played it with my XInput compatible controller and the only thing I hate about it is the camera controls. It's completely reversed and I couldn't find any option to change that. You can also use mouse and keyboard and fortunately the game can handle WASD -and- the arrow keys so even left-handed players will be able to play it. The levels are well designed and offer some challenge without being too hard. But I only played the first 12-13 levels so far. The physics work very well and most of the puzzles (if not all of them) are based on them. It's not a masterpiece but a game you can enjoy in short bursts in your lunchbreak or something :)
Tinykin is a 3D platformer where you are a shrunken character in a huge house. Each room represents its own world, in which you have to complete tasks and explore the surroundings. There is pollen to collect, which can be used to extend your ability to levitate. You also collect small animals. These come in different colors and each color has its own abilities. Red ones can blow up certain things, pink ones are strong and can carry things for you, and green ones let you build a ladder. I don't know if there's more, I haven't gotten that far yet. Very early in the game you get a "soap skateboard" with which you can progress very quickly, especially on edges or downhill. The game runs buttery smooth, is perfectly playable with the controller (which I would recommend) and the worlds are absolutely brilliantly made. The game is heavily based on exploration, you should search every nook and talk to every character, also to get quests. The music is nice but nothing special, the sounds are fitting and good, and the visuals are really great for an indie title. In addition, the controls are really spot-on. Another highlight is the save system: You don't have to save manually, but the game saves automatically every few meters (felt) and you always end up exactly where you last saved. This is rather untypical for this genre, as most other platformers usually end up in a hub world after loading. There is no combat in this game and the only way to die is to fall from a great height. But even then, the game puts you back to where you fell off from! I definetly recommend this game to anyone who likes 3D platformers.
Well, I'm not too far in this game yet but it has great potential. It's basically a twin stick zombie shooter with a storyline played from a top-down perspective. The game seems to prefer you to play with mouse and keyboard but a controller also works fine. A really good thing is that you can save your progress basically any time you want. You start off with a pistol that has unlimited supply of bullets but later in the game you will find different weapons like a shotgun and a machine gun. Each gun can be upgraded at a workbench so it's possible to make even the pistols much deadlier. The game offers a surprising variety of missions. One of them gets you into a gas filled room where you have to reach air vents to breathe while fighting zombies. But that sounds more stressful than it is. The game, as far as I played, is not too easy but also not too hard; it's always fair and you always know where you have to go. There are also secrets to find which means you can find more money to upgrade your guns. One little negative thing about this game is that the graphics are a bit dark and sometimes it's not clear whether objects are in the background (on the floor) or not. But it's not a deal breaker of course. There's really not much more to say about this game. It's a fun game and good for in between and if you like zomvies and twin stick shooters, this might be right up your alley! For only 5 bucks you're not going wrong!
It's not easy to describe Onde. It's some kind of trippy puzzle game that has it's very own game mechanics. The game is a journey through an abstract fantasy world based on circular shapes. The music and graphics work so insanely well that this is more an EXPERIENCE than it is a game. I can definetly recommend this game to anyone! The puzzles aren't too hard and it's more about the feeling you get when you're playing this gem! Though this game CAN be played with a keyboard, I highly recommend using a controller to play.
