Here is the final batch of six of my reviews for my Top 24
Steam Games:
Puzzle Dimension This challenging game has the player controlling a large gold ball which must cover the area of a surface before portalling out to the next progressively difficult level. The surface itself consists of squares, some of which crumble as you leave it, some are of ice where you slide uncontrollaby and some activate traps etc etc. The maps get more complicated as you dig deeper and rotating to plan your next line of action is a must. Some can really have you scratching your head but it's a good blast and really gets the brain ticking. (A blast of the gameplay in action)
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Sol Survivor Although I would highly recommend the smoother gameplay and more polished Defense Grid over this title, Sol Survivor is an interesting diversion if you would like an alternative in your tower defence games. The same principle applies - you build a variety of towers to shoot down waves of enemies to prevent them reaching the other side - and this can be satisfying but the graphics just seem "cheaper", less "rich" and just not as well done as my beloved Defense Grid. Furthermore the lack of a human voice just makes the whole experience more remote and less substantial. Worth a blast though. (A monotonous and deeply boring review)
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Swords & Soldiers For all real-time-strategy enthusiasts who've had a blast playing your classics like the superb Age Of Empires, Command & Conquer and Starcraft; Swords & Soldiers is a less heavy, more humourous and light-hearted 2D real-time strategy game. This has you producing your units and sending them off along a 2D path, side scrolling style, across the screen. Your enemies trudge across from the right of the screen and when the adversaries meet they do battle. The aim is to plough through the enemy before they plough through you. There are 3 races to play, each packaged with 10 missions for their respective campaigns. Lots of fun. (An interesting review, likened to tower defence games.)
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Tommy Tronic Every once in a while, all you really want is a session on a good old fashioned, traditional style platform game where you just have to run and jump around while blasting at enemies. Well Tommy Tronic is that game; you run and jump around the place while blasting away at enemies. Oh, you do have to find keys and open doors and work out your route to the exit so there is a different level of thinking in some part but essentially you run, jump and blast away at enemies. (Tommy Tronic running and jumping and blasting)
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Trine Trine is a highly recommended platform game set in a fantasy/fairy tale setting of caverns, skeletons, monsters, devious traps and weird and wonderful obstacles. You are one character but can transform into three different "modes" depending on whose powers you require for the situation. The archer gives you arrows and a rope to swing on, the warrior gives you brute strength while the wizard gives you telekinesis and the power to create useful cubes. The environments are beautifully rendered and a pleasure to traverse while the design of the levels and the intriguing situations that the player is put in is straight from the top drawer. Top quality stuff. (Another review)
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Zuma's Revenge Essentially, Zuma's Revenge is a shoot 'em up. You control a fixed, rotating frog which shoots different coloured balls from its mouth. Around the frog is a winding path where different coloured balls slowly travel towards a hole. Your job is to shoot the coloured ball at two or more balls of the same colour to clear those balls off the path before they reach the hole. To be honest, it's a fairly mindless game and can get pretty mundane very quickly but it's fairly relaxing and fine if you just want to while away a few empty minutes. (Gameplay)
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Well there you have it. It took a lot longer than I thought but I hope you enjoyed checking them out as much as I enjoyed thrashing them out. Today my focus will be on poker, that is, if the missus doesn't start busting my balls. Later I will do an update of my progress and let you know how my week has gone at the tables. (At the time of writing, this is not exactly going to be a tale of great joy and happiness.)
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