Got three games from the Steam Sales. I will play one each day starting now through Christmas Day and talk about it. The reason why I say “new” is two of these games have been out for awhile. Here’s a short summary of the games;
Game 1: “Sir, You Are Being Hunted”
A quite smashing game, chaps. This game takes place in Europe, sometime in the future. Think of it being similar to Crysis 2 but without the Nano Suit and high powered weapons.
An experiment has gone wrong and has teleported you to an island, with more experiments; self-aware British killer robots that don’t give a fuck about stereotypes. You must collect these mysterious fragments on the island to get back home, while having to survive. You see, ole bean… you are being hunted!
There’s four islands you can explore. But like I said, be careful of your surroundings. You are always being hunted. And also, save everytime you get to the stone. When you die, you can only revert to your last save. Also, you can’t save while bleeding out. An added consequence.
Currently, the game isn’t officially released yet. It’s in heavy Alpha, similar to Starbound but won’t wipe your progress. It gets updates around every month. More challenges will await you.
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Game 2: “Dishonored”
Not much is known about this game. I’m waiting ’till Christmas Eve (tomorrow) to play it. What I do know, you’re some kind of cyborg that can see through walls. Again it’s the future. You got these towering walking things patrolling the streets.
The cool thing, is the game lets you decide what you want to do with its enemies. You can go in with guns blazing, or stealth around and kill specific targets. Or be a pacifist and kill no one and still complete the game.
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Game 3: “Train Simulator 2014”
Who doesn’t like trains when they were growing up? The roar of tons of pounds rolling over the earth, wizzing by you (and knowing that very sound is the sound of a tornado), going through beautiful countrysides. Knowing you’re responsible of getting the miles and miles of cargo behind you to its destination.
So this is similar to Microsoft Train Simulator. You’re a locomotive engineer. But you can also walk out of your own train and explore and fly around while you head to your next station. This unfortunately doesn’t mean you can walk through the train. It’s basically the camera.
I got the Steam version, which has four routes and two locomotives.
And like MSTS, it has a level editor that you can make your own routes.
I’ve already played Sir, You Are Being Hunted and will be making a review soon for it.