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Wetrix
Created on 26 April, 2026 12:21
Wetrix

Challenging and fun

I didn't hear about this game before the GOG re-release, and it's quite a unique experience. First of all, the game is a mix of arcade and puzzle games, but served with a quite unique idea. The player is gradually building a set of walls (this part is clearly inspired by Tetris) in the 3D view. The thing is, aside from the wall, there are also portions of water that fall regularly. You have to locate those between walls in the most optimal way (the main task is to prevent water from spilling outside the "board"). At some points, there are also falling "meteors" that are drying the water, giving you points - and if you dry multiple separate "pools" instead of one big one, you have a nice, big combo of points. You also have to fight with falling "issues", like bombs that are making holes in the landscape (probably the most dangerous) and wall shapes that are not that well fitting. It may sound a bit complicated, but very quickly it feels intuitive and fun. You will probably lose early at least a couple of sessions, but it's all part of learning" the game and doesn't feel very frustrating, which is a good thing. One thing that I would point out here, is that there is no solid manual or tutorial that explains all aspects of the game well - I had to figure out some part of the game on my own. But aside from that, there are no other major flaws; control is fluid and responsive, audio and video feel surprisingly good for such an old title, and pure gameplay is fun. Although it's worth mentioning that there is no single-player "campaign", just a variety of game mods, where you mostly fight for the highest score and advance as far as possible. Nice surprise is that there is even multiplayer on the same computer. It's a shame, though, that there is not included some LAN/network multi as well. And by some weird reason, the game is by default displayed in a window (I had to turn it full screen every time) - not a big thing, but it can be a bit annoying. Overall, I highly recommend this one, it's a solid entry in the genre, quite unique and most importantly - very fun to play.

1 gamers found this review helpful
Defender's Quest 2: Mists of Ruin
Created on 25 July, 2025 22:14
Updated on 25 July, 2025 22:29
Defender's Quest 2: Mists of Ruin

Very entertaining, but that art style...

I was genuinely curious (and anxious) if long (and interrupted) development time won't hurt the sequel. I have finished entire game and can tell - fortunately, it didn't/. I had again that syndrome, that I wanted to turn on the game "just to try" and finished much later, going through at least a couple of levels. General premises are the same, but there are some modifications that are adding a bit of spice. For example instead of our main "character" this time we're defending access to our living ship. Which we can configure with various weapons, each different with type of action (some of them instead of dealing damage, can freeze or push back enemies). This time we don't have possibility to have more than one soldier of each type (so basically only other heroes are available on battlefield), so things are a bit more tricky. There are also some types, that have some unique style (one of them has ability to have two "spawn points", between which he can jump at any moment). I would say that this new model encourages player to better plan placement and weaponry of "living ship", as even choice of weapons can have outcome at some crucial moments of level. I think that game also requires more to "recall" your troops and place them somewhere else than original. While I'm missing a lot characters from original DQ, with time I've begin to like this new cast... Except for the style of 2D arts in cutscenes. This is one of the elements that I genuinly dislike - while in-game they look quite ok, this 2D art is at some moments just not aesthethically presentable. Game is quite long, but I had impression that it didn't had that many sub-quests as first game. Sure, some were added long after release, but still I would love to have some "side-plot", not mandatory but adding a bit of flavour. Unfortunately, private tragedy stroke hard developer (Lars) and the finishing touches were made without him. But still, game turn out to be very entertaining and worth purchase.

7 gamers found this review helpful
FRONT MISSION 1st: Remake
Created on 22 July, 2025 00:37
Updated on 22 July, 2025 00:50
FRONT MISSION 1st: Remake

Fun experience, but that RNG...

Disclaimer - I'm reviewing this as someone who didn't play earlier in any Front Mission game (neither any other remake/remaster). I was a bit hesitant before buying (since even with discount price seemed a bit high), but the outcome was surprisingly positive. Campaigns are great fun, I was genuinely curious in the story development, also with pleasure I have updated my wanzers and tested them in the battlefield. Unfortunately, there are some "tricky" parts, like the fact that you need to train hard your pilots in specific type of weapons all the time... But not all weapons seem to be equally effective, despite numbers. This part is IMO quite nasty, as melee weapons and flame throwers are supposedly have higher accuracy... Yet they're missing surprisingly often, even for trained character. So RNG plays a big role in the game and I had that unpleasant impression (also present in first Disciples game), that my characters are missing WAY too often, comparing to even enemies with lower level. Fortunately, if you will somehow survive that aspect (with leveling up and avoiding some kind of weapons it will be a bit better later), you will receive a very entertaining game. I like the fact that despite getting rid of weaker weapons completely, you still have some choice amongst available weapons and parts, that give you some versatility. Game has quite long campaigns, which is great, and also has something extra - aside from new campaign, also set of extra missions and hot-seat multiplayer (AFAIK, feature not present in original games from the series), which is a great addition to the game! I only wish that aside from hot-seat there could be also LAN/Internet multi... And maybe map/scenario editor. Overall, I had a lot of fun with this game and it turned out that it was a very good purchase. Maybe it's not the game on the same level as Missionforce: Cyberstorm, but then again, it is different in multiple aspects, so in its own category it gives a lot of fun experience.

8 gamers found this review helpful
Created on 24 January, 2025 16:26
Created on 11 October, 2024 15:16
Excessive Speed
Created on 24 July, 2024 23:10
Updated on 25 July, 2024 22:54
Excessive Speed

Very fun racing game with power-ups

I personally prefer racing games with guns/power-ups to those "classical". And I'm happy to tell you that Excessive Speed makes almost everything, that should be done, to make the game from this "sub-genre" fun. I like the variety of tracks, which are very distinctive (in terms of look and riding them). Plus those small details like flying UFOs on the track in space or fishes in underwater level. They all look great. Cars are ok. Some of them have a bit of a "futuristic" vibe, others are "parodies" of existing vehicles, with twisted names. And they are definitely different in driving (my only complaint is, that some of them are becoming rather obsolete when you unlock some new ones). There is also a nice variety of power-ups - rockets, missiles, machine guns, mines, oil etc - many "classical" things you can find in other games like that, plus some interesting oddities, like the automatically working...earthquake. Game modes are not numerous, but quite well developed. Track Hunter is focused on three types of challenges (normal race, time race and ride with the bomb, where you need to drive carefully but fast enough to fit in the time limit) for each track. Gaining three stars (one star for each challenge) unlocks a new track. When you unlock enough tracks, there is also available grand prix, where for winning the next races, you can unlock new cars. And the toughest championship, where you must be first on every track in the game. And of course multiplayer mode (modes are more or less similar to those from Track Hunter) - I really like the fact that you can decide for 2 players if you wish to split the screen horizontally or vertically. Playing in 4 players is more tricky, but doable. Sadly, there is only local multiplayer, so no LAN, no internet multi... Probably one of the biggest lacks in the game. But overall, it's an extremely fun game! Plus GOG version works really nicely on modern hardware (the original was very capricious in this matter).

17 gamers found this review helpful
Akimbo: Kung-Fu Hero
Created on 21 July, 2024 20:45
Updated on 21 July, 2024 21:30
Akimbo: Kung-Fu Hero

Enjoyable platform game with small issues

(please, consider my score rather as 4,5 stars) Akimbo is definitely not one of the games that would catch your attention immediately. But after playing a bit, the game shows a lot of good things characteristic for well made platform game. Starting from fluent control, through nice variety in enemies and level design, and finishing with a pleasant soundtrack - my personal favourites are soothing music from Second World and First Boss fight music. I also like some small details, such as the fact that you can (aside from kicking/punching enemies) jump on them, but this may have a different outcome depending on the enemy. For example, jumping on flies kills them, jumping on walking oysters just stuns them (you need to hit them with a punch/kick after that), but you shouldn't jump on hedgehogs, trust me :) There are some minor issues - for example, I had an impression, that sometime after taking the talisman giving a bonus move (further jump or slower descending) it's harder to perform it, it's not that it lost the power because you still can do it, but it seems to work randomly. While I like the fact that you usually need to find a way to defeat each boss, sometimes after learning the "weak point" fight can be way too quick (like with the fourth boss). There are 21 levels in total (20 levels split on 4 worlds + 1 level with the final boss), playing for the first time, it will probably take some time to complete it. Sadly, it's the game for "one playthrough", because after finishing it there is not much reason to get back to it (no level editor or additional game modes), but in my opinion, it's a very good experience and Akimbo is worth your time.

10 gamers found this review helpful
Created on 29 April, 2024 15:29
Telepath Tactics Liberated
Created on 27 November, 2023 14:54
Updated on 04 December, 2023 12:03
Telepath Tactics Liberated

Technical improvement of good game

The original Telepath Tactics had plenty of good features, such as well well-thought-out combat system, an interesting plot and a big variety of "units". Sadly, it was bothered by technical issues and an Adobe Air-based engine, which caused problems with performance, no save-game during missions etc. The Liberated version kept all the good things from the original, but it was built around a new engine, and now it finally works fine! The game runs more smoothly (yes, it's Unity, but works not bad), you can also save your game during battles (only at the beginning of the turn, but it's not a big deal). The portraits are completely reworked, so in terms of presentation, it has very nice improvement. Sabrina still looks terrible with her haircut, but it's her charm, I guess :P There is a bit different "isometric" view giving the impression of depth, while I liked more the original view, I must admit that it shows the environment better, especially lower/higher ground. The most important and attractive parts of the game are still there. I like the "deterministic" combat system (minimising random elements from other games, such as a hit-miss chance (by default every hit is successful, and damage is consistent, but can be modified by attacking from behind or higher/lower ground). The game's universe is genuinely interesting (magic doesn't exist, but people are trained in various telepath disciplines, instead of horses there are giant mantises etc), as well as the plot. And a long and satisfying campaign, plus maps/campaign editor, which is great BTW). Almost all good characters are females, bad guys (especially those cruel and stupid) are white males. Why? What's the point? Also - spriggats look like a mix of Devil and Bdsm fan, I don't like them :P I'm missing the original Skirmish mode, now you can only play in skirmish with AI or other player if you make or download adequate map(s) for it. But overall - an excellent game. Go grab it, totally worth the price!

18 gamers found this review helpful
Created on 19 November, 2023 00:51