I have this game on Steam. It's a great Metroidvania platformer where you play as Dust as he discovers his purpose in the world. He adventures with Fidget, a magical flying creature that gives dust some magic aid and the legendary sword of Arrah. The story is well done, I came to really love the characters, Dust and Fidget play well off each other and you get a real sense of friendship between the two. At the end I even found the story very touching, in a way many games don't even try to do. Gameplay is an action platformer, Dust has various attacks and combos and he can mix in magic that Fidget casts with a touch of a button. Most of it is exploring levels and like many metroidvania's Dust gets items and abilities that will allow him to explore more of the levels. I really can't reccomend this game enough, it isn't flawless, the game can be considered a little easy and it isn't the longest of games but I enjoyed every minute of the 10 hours that I played.
I really Enjoyed Aqua Kitty. A game where Cats exploit the ocean floor for milk, since for some reason the usual source isn't working. You are a cat fighter sub pilot and your job is to protect the Milk Mine workers from dangerous robots that want to stop the kitties from getting their milk. It is a fairly simple arcade action title but it is challenging and has an easy mode for the less skilled. You have 2 weapons, a weak slow firing projectile with unlimited Ammo and a Rapid fire gun that will run dry quickly but will recharge. There are also Power ups that can help you out too in your mission. All in all, A fun title, I think it could have used more levels and power ups, but I found it worth the small price. ... Oh and the music is awesom>^.^<
I have this game Crash several times, I have a decent system and the game just is unplayable on my system. I simply can't recommend this product at all.
Darkstone Is an Action RPG much like Diablo, more about frantic battles and loot than story or complexity. I'll start with the good, you have some dcent class choices, all the basics covered and an added bonus of skills that make the characters more unique as the game goes on. Also the Armory is set up so you can buy equipment for how you build your character, went higher Vitality than Strength, shop the priest equipment and you'll have what you need. The game also has a nice option for having an AI controlled partner in single player to help out, a nice twist on the usual solo goings of the genre if you don't play multiplayer. Sadly then there's the bad. The game is an unapologetic Diablo clone, you get spells from books and it has the click fest action, which isn;t bad in itself but there's not much identity to it. The classes are the basic Fighter, Thief, Mage and Cleric and they don't really have anything to break from the mold (save for the Sorceress' Lycanthropy skill that turns her from a squishy mage to a fast and deadly werewolf.) The Story is really Generic and the NPCs are nothing but: I'm the Arms merchant, I'm the Magic Merchant, I have a quest for you, You need me for a quest. Then there's the quests, They're fetch quests, though that's standard for the genre, they're poorly handled. I often found and had no clue what to do with it. I found a book of the Path and had to click it on the wandering peasants in town (who all look the same) until some one wanted it and gave me gold. The loot system seemed to be pretty boring, for hours I was just picking up mundane versions of the starter gear with not much interesting. And the Story is rather bad and poorly told, a guard will tell you that your parents died and the random peasants will tell you about Drak the Necromancer who can change into a Dragon. It is a loot fest Diablo clone but the story could at least have some mystery or be told in a way that makes you want to defeat Drak. Then there's the graphics, They're not pretty, the characters are blocky and look very unnatural, worse the aesthetics are very bland, You visit a generic town, tromp through generic forests and dungeons and fight the generic skeletons and wasps and goblins and help generic townsfolk. The game doesn't take any risks and the stumbling on the quest system really kills it. You will have some fun but there's so many better games in the genre.
