This War of Mine
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http://store.steampowered.com/app/282070

You start with three (3) people in your hideout in a middle of a war and you have to survive!

You usually have a runner, a cook and a scavenger (sometime you could start with a female character instead of the scavenger, but she is good in trading).

During the day, you build equipments, tools and others. During the night you go scavenging to collect items like foods, wood, weapons or other materials.

Visually, it is well done and you get the atmosphere of being in a war zone. To be honest, at first it remind me of Deadlight (how it looks) but without the Zombies.

You really need to look after you people in this one to be able to go to the next day. Making the wrong choice or not getting food can get you characters depressed or even broken.

I only played 3 hours and will definitely play it again.

Positive:

• Good concept (War zone) / No zombies
• Visually polished and run smoothly
• Plenty things to do

Negative:

• A bit repetitive

Overall, I enjoyed it.

Official Game Trailer
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQEkUUBeqxk

The Blue Flamingo
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http://store.steampowered.com/app/302010

This is a nice top- down arcade shoot em up game!

You are in command of this interesting design craft that shoot bullets, missiles and bombs to destroy your foes. But be very careful and destroy or avoid touching any enemies as your flying vehicle take quiet a fair bit of damage every time you get hit by a projectile or by touching the enemy craft. After all, you only have one craft.

Every time you destroy an enemy you get points and $$ or a coin (seems to have more value) if you actually manage to destroy a wave of enemies before disappearing out of the screen.

At the end of the level you can upgrade your bullets or booms with the money you earn.
I really like the feel of the sceneries and the game fluidity. Well executed and nicely polished. And for $4.99, how can you go wrong?

One slight downside is perhaps the gamepad sensitivity (it is maybe an issue with my Logitech gamepad) but you get use to it fairly quickly.

Positives:

• Nice and challenging Levels
• Addictive
• Leader board

Negatives:

• No achievements
• Gamepad sensitive

A must have in your games list!

Official Game Trailer
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2eJ5onvMeE

The Marvellous Miss Take
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http://store.steampowered.com/app/327310

You are playing the fabulous and fashionable Sophia Take and your aim is to take back your aunt art collections.

In each level you have to collect paintings and others art items as fast as you can and without being detected by guards, camera and others. You will have at your disposition gadgets to help you in your heists.

This game is very well presented, great audio (Fabulous) and easy to play but challenging.

You must help Sophia Take! She can’t do it without you.

This game also have achievements and trading cards.

8.5/10

Official Game Trailer
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sV7mZpuTbvU

Tropico 5
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http://store.steampowered.com/app/245620

This series is getting better with each sequel.

Of course you have to build and reach your objectives as usual but in Tropico 5 you have more options than before. From customizing your El Presidente, hiring manager to your building, finding technology and much more. Using the tutorial is actually a good idea to be honest.

But do not worry; you can actually set the level of difficulty easily.

Visually, this game is beautiful and run smoothly. The soundtrack is a pleasure to your ears as we would expect from this franchise.

My only criticism is with the control, I am wondering why the gamepad is the primary control. To me this type of game is so much better with your keyboard and mouse. Saying this, you can play with the keyboard and mouse but it is not smooth in my opinion.

Positives:
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- Visually splendid
- Fantastic soundtracks
- Plenty things to do
- Setup your levels of difficulties (political, economic, etc) before you start each mission
- Challenging
- Achievements
- Trading cards

Negatives:
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- Gamepad as primary control

Overall this game is a solid 8 out of 10 (just because of the gamepad), Otherwise I would give it a 10 out of 10.

Well done El Presidente!

Official Game Trailer
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2oJi3dkWHg

Verdun
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http://store.steampowered.com/app/242860

A FPS based on World War 1. This game was first released with only 3 maps and only deathmatch mode last year. It was at that time fun even if you only had a US server available and your ping was up the roof. Since then, there have been several updates and I must admit this WW1 FPS is becoming in my view a classic.

Now we have different classes per army, more maps available and another mode where you have to attack and defend your position.

It is not easy to shoot a wave of enemies coming up to you using your bolt weapon but it is all about making your shoot count.

I really enjoy the atmosphere and the realism in this game, especially the trenches.

Positives
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- Nice graphics
- Multiple units to choose from (conquest mode)
- US/EU/AU Servers
- WW1 Epic

Negative
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- Not entirely smooth game play at times

Overall, this is a great game to have in your library and I can’t wait to see final version.

8.5/10

Verdun Gameplay
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqrRVr8aD8k

Battle of Empires: 1914 -1918
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http://store.steampowered.com/app/316430

Battle of Empires is very similar then Men of War series but in World War 1 era.

You have to complete all objectives to move further into each mission.

Nicely polished graphics and the game runs very well. All units and weapons of this era are well represented in this game.

As you would expect this type of strategy game is challenging and keeps you on your toes from early on, which is exactly what you want.

This game is currently on early access and after playing 1 hour and 30 minutes, I did not encounter any issues so far.
One little criticism; some of the unit actions like reloading artillery are just a little bit hard in my opinion. Bear in mind, I am comparing it with a game that works extremely well (Men of War: Assault 2). I guess a little tweak in that regards. I think the final version will be just fine.

Positive:
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- Era well represented (units, weapons, etc)
- Challenging mission from early on
- A lot of achievements
- Nice graphics

Negative:
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- Some of the command action (units) need to be smoother

Overall, I like it and I am looking forward to the final version.

Battle of Empires: 1914 - 1918 Gameplay Trailer
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3X_M7CkbZos

Clash of Puppets
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http://store.steampowered.com/app/325870

Everyone has been in a B movie night marathon. I certainly have but I can’t remember what movies were featured. And then you fell asleep and a nightmare begun.

In this nightmare, you become the hero of one single B movie where you have to fight many known badies like Dracula, Frankenstein, the Wolf man and others.

Armed at start with your Baseball bat, you have to hack and slash you way through to the next level.
But do not worry too much about weapons as you will get guns and traps along the way to help you in your nightmare.
Great graphics and the control works fine.

For $4.99, this game is worth every cent. This is fun and challenging. Maybe too much challenging at times.

Positive:
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- Fun to play
- Lots of achievements
- Great Graphics
- Trading Cards

Negative:
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- Maybe too challenging at times

Great game to have in your library. Fun, Fun,Fun

8/10

Official Game Trailer
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSLwoIkfsbc

SAVIORS
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http://store.steampowered.com/app/314450

Saviors is a Space Shoot’Em up. Graphically the game is mediocre and to be honest should have look better in my opinion. Saying this, this game is extremely fun to play and offer several levels of difficulties from easy to insane and different modes of play.

In the story line, you can change the primary, side and secondary weapons and upgrade you spaceship too at the end of each level.

In terms of the soundtracks, it is ok.

If you are looking for a fun space Shoot’Em up, this game is great fun.

Positives:
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- Fun to play
- Several modes
- Plenty of achievements
- Trading cards

Negatives:
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- Average graphics

Overall, I enjoyed it.

7/10

Sky Gamblers: Storm Raiders
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http://store.steampowered.com/app/304910

First of all, I must say that I am not a fan of flight simulation at all. And there is only one reason for it, too hard to learn and play.

Saying this, I was quiet intrigued with this game just because it looks fun. Let me tell you I was spot on. You do not have to remember how to start an engine and all the rest. All you have to do is to push up the throttle and you get to the fight within a minute and shoot planes. “RIGHT NOW AT 3 O’CLOCK!”

All fighter planes from the era are well represented in this game. Graphically, this game could have been better but you can’t have everything. To be honest they are decent.

For the controls side of it, I think using the mouse and keyboard is about as weird as it sounds. It will take you a little time to master both setups anyway.

You can play as a single player and have 3 campaigns at your disposal (Pacific, Africa and Battle of Britain). You also have a survival, capture the flag, dogfight, team deathmatch and defend the base which can be played against the AI. Multiplayer mode is also available.

Positives:
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- Challenging and really fun to play
- Plenty of modes including multiplayer
- Runs smoothly
- Stack of achievements
- Trading cards

Negatives:
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- Controls slightly sluggish

Overall, this game is worth $9.99 and I really enjoyed it!
8/10

Questerium: Sinister Trinity HD
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http://store.steampowered.com/app/320610

Questerium is a hidden object style of game with a bit of a twist. In this one you have live characters. I personally like the mad professor Gustav with his great laugh and small inch to inch walk. Funny!

You have to find objects from one area to another to help you progress within the story, as you would expect in that type of game. What I really like in Questerium is the challenging puzzles you encounter. This will get your brain going, let me tell you. If you have never tried this type of game and like puzzles, there is no better way to be initiated into this genre in my opinion. If you like hidden object games, this is a must to have in your game library.

When you start the game you can choose your level of difficulty from casual (with hints and skip) to professional (without hints and skip). I personally like the normal difficulty in this type of game. I rarely use the skip button but I must admit to using it from time to time in this one. Thank god!

Also, during your journey you will find some money which you can use to buy some items to develop your garden. I really like that. It is not much but it is an addition that makes this game better than others in the genre.

This game runs smoothly and has enjoyable graphics. The story is sound and the price is right. Well structure from start to finish.

Positives:
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- Good story
- Live Characters
- Challenging puzzles
- Achievements
- Trading cards
- Nicely executed and runs well

Negatives:
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- Too challenging at times (puzzles)

This game is really good and I am sure you will enjoy it.

8.2/10

Official Game Trailer
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_HLiSYKkxg