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“A Bird Story” allow you to discover one story in Colin’s life, one important character in “Finding Paradise”. A 1-hour tale without dialogs. I thought it wouldn’t work as a game, since “To The Moon” had dialogs to move the story forward, and oh boy was I wrong! I left the game open to complete it in 1 shot. No regrets.

* Now, I know it’s not a game for everyone, as the plot is very simple unlike in “To The Moon” and “Finding Paradise”. But you might like it.

Those games were my favorites during my teenage years on Newgrounds. Animated choose your own adventure movies (as Henry) with many “fails” and several endings. At that time, I had never played “Fleeing the Complex” so that’s a brand-new story for me to discover, plus the new game “Completing the Mission”. Speaking of “Completing the Mission’’, since you choose two endings in combo at the beginning to decide your path in-game, you have more stories to do (although they are shorter). It took me 4 hours to get all the fails and endings, but there are still achievements for me to find. At CDN$ 17.49 it might seem expensive, for a 4-hour game, but I had so much fun with it (the nostalgia!) I don’t regret my purchase. Also, Charles rocks and Ellie is a real bada*s!

«Blew my mind»

«Constantly dying and enjoy it»

The Bunker is an interactive movie, but with very limited gameplay and very frustrating QTEs. I blocked at the last QTE, just before the choice that decides the ending. Despite this, I still appreciated The Bunker, but I had to accept from the beginning that it's a movie first and a video game second. The acting seems "cold and stiff" at times. At least that's my impression.

So...
* If you like a movie and the low gameplay + hard QTEs don't scare you, get The Bunker.
* If you want a narrative game with lots of choice and gameplay, skip it, you'll get bored.

A slice-of-life visual novel set on Christmas Eve. With the poor writing, the characters’ images from Manga Comipo, and the hero with a personality that is lame to death, Christmas Tale - Visual Novel bored me to the core. I can only recommend it for the 100% achievements.

Good match-3 game.

“Press X to Not Die” is a funny, B-movie style FMV game. I had so much fun playing it and I like how one character mention at the end how many times you died. While it’s short, there is still replayability, with the difficulty modes, and if you want to find all the death scenes. Recommended to FMV fans.

From the publisher of "The Bunker", here is another FMV game. This time the "gameplay" is more present, but it comes down to questioning everyone, by being Sam or someone else - because they are a shapeshifter -. Since three of the characters can be the killer, and he / she is chosen at random at each new game, I made three playthrough. I had a different killer each time and I obtained different endings. Despite this, I liked it less compared to "The Bunker", but I can't pinpoint why. Is it because of the actors’ performance? Is it due to the fact that the gameplay quickly becomes repetitive? Because of the fact, that in the first playthrough, we can't skip the cutscenes? So, we often see the radio scene and the movement in the guesthouse’ corridor + the scene in the room with Sam’s transformation into another character. Still, the concept is cool, and the story is interesting. So, my experience with this game is very mixed. If you like FMVs of investigation / story with supernatural elements / visual novel, "The Shapeshifting Detective" may be for you. If not, skip it.

A short and free bittersweet kinetic novel. Risa, who wish for her family to live happily and in wealth, will do everything in her power to be chosen as Ren’s bride.

A visual novel I didn’t like because the story copies too much Danganronpa, but, eh, its free. You may like it.

This game, from the creator of LiEat and Alicemare, is great! For me, it's a sort of mix between Ace Attorney, Danganronpa, and dating sim lite. If you liked LiEat and Alicemare, go for it without regrets.

A visual novel that’s only a collection of jokes with sexy anime girls. Nothing extraordinary to see here. To only buy for the easy achievements.

A game not to be put in all hands, due to the themes covered. A dark and bloody game. A game... that I could never finish because I'm too bad at it. XD But that I recommend anyway, just for its concept.

Girl X Mushrooms, a hack'n'slash game I was able to finish in an hour. A game with bad keyboard controls, lousy hitboxes, and no story except "a woman is in a dream (or in another world? The plot not very clear) and she has to fight creatures to return to reality." But in the end, after defeating the final boss, she’s still in the dream. The enemies are repetitive and far too easy to beat. Only the final boss has a more interesting and challenging battle. The free DLC replaces the game over’s black screen and the "you are dead" text with a Hentai scene. Not only does this scene have nothing to do with the game, for me anyway, but the artistic style is too different. The game has a 3D/Realistic style, the DLC is in pure Anime/Manga style. In short, I don't recommend this game.

«Waste of time»

«Oh God i managed it»

The sequel, I think, to The Adventurer - Episode 1: Beginning of the End. While the story seems a bit better, the game is still bland and boring. Unlike the previous game, there is no cards and badges that could justify its purchase for game’s collectors. The game also uses the assets of Smile Game Builder so I had a weird feeling of Deja vu while playing it.

«Boooring»

We dive into the game without any explanation for the story. So, we have to go read the game’s description on the Steam store to find out our hero lives adventures during his dreams. Ok, so what is the quest of this game? Save virgin women from the clutches of evil witches. Nothing amazing. The NPCs don't say anything interesting. There's some dubious humor in this game with jokes like "yo momma is...". We go from a warm location to stumble on a snowy forest to a city where it's spring(!). It's impossible to go back to a place we've already explored. It's a linear game. We go from point A to point B and to point C. In Zemun City, you can see at least two white inches of space at its edge (a map done in a hurry). The fights are like in any rpg or in a game made with RPG Maker. Nothing extraordinary. Our hero seems to be invincible, as he loses almost no HP at enemy attacks. Only the bosses are more challenging. The game is designed with Smile Game Builder and it can easily be compared with RPG Maker but in 3D. The assets come from the game’s engine. They are... ok, and I'm sure I've seen them in other games. At least, I know I've seen them used in another Exatron Quest game in development by his creator. The game offers Steam trading cards. That's something. It can be finished in less than 30 minutes. The Adventurer Episode 1 is more a game’s prototype than anything else and I don't recommend it.