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Beautiful Escape: Dungeoneer Review

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I've never played a low res game that has gotten me this disturbed before. Dungeoneer is both a clever puzzle game and a psychological thriller paying homage to torture porn like Saw and Hostel that should be on everyone's must-play list for this summer.

Posted by Zhou Xuanming on May 21, 2010 Comments (9)

IdolCraft Review

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IdolCraft baffles me in almost every way. I'm not even sure if I played it right. I doubt I'm it's target audience, but I still find it hard to recommend to other human beings.

Posted by Joe Gribbin on May 18, 2010 Comments (1)

The Amazing Launchman Review

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Launchman is a simple game that twists one traditional aspect of platformers - you can't jump, but you can launch yourself in any direction. This very basic premise creates an entertaining title that just screams for more levels.

Posted by Zhou Xuanming on May 18, 2010 Comments (3)

Crushd Review

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A puzzle game that plays like Tetris, but instead of building a line, you build a path upwards for our little red friend here, while avoiding getting him crushed beneath the falling bricks. A very simple and fun game betrayed by too steep a learning curve.

Posted by Zhou Xuanming on May 17, 2010 Comments (2)

Sorcerer's Maze Review

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A very simple and addictive puzzle game with an emphasis on exploration and adventure. Beating the level is only a small part of this game - it's finding the secret items and exploring the hidden areas that give this title its charm.

Posted by Zhou Xuanming on May 17, 2010 Comments (0)

Carlsev Saga: Episode I Review

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Carlsev Saga is a good JRPG, but lacks the essential hooks to make it spectacular. It has a great story and deep gameplay that is unfortunately hidden beneath a slow opening and confusing presentation of events, making it just fall short of JRPG greatness.

Posted by Zhou Xuanming on May 17, 2010 Comments (1)

Line Patterns Review

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Line Patterns is an excellent puzzle game that plays a little like turn-based Snake. The simple and addictive gameplay, together with the psychedelic tessellation of the line patterns you create, makes a great game betrayed only by poor user interface design.

Posted by Zhou Xuanming on May 06, 2010 Comments (0)

Wizard's Notebook Review

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Wizard's Notebook is an interesting word game that allows you to create things by typing their names, then use your creations to solve the puzzles presented. However, this mechanic creates a lot of expectations that the game is unable to satisfy.

Posted by Zhou Xuanming on May 03, 2010 Comments (0)

Soundfight Review

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I'm always excited to review experimental concepts - its never about they achieve, but what they discover. Soundfight is a game that does this in an attempt to pit songs against each other in a shooter framework, but loses much "game-ness" in the process.

Posted by Zhou Xuanming on April 30, 2010 Comments (0)

A Fishing Adventure Review

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Sophie Houlden has my upmost respect for the creation of The Linear RPG, which I reviewed yesterday here at IndieReview. She has my admiration even more so now with her Ludum Dare 17 entry, which is easily one of the better looking ones we have reviewed so far.

Posted by Zhou Xuanming on April 30, 2010 Comments (0)


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