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Current Next Fest:
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>>723505959 (OP)
>Skate Story
I'm a bit disappointed by this. The controls are Tony Hawk but simplier and you don't free-skate it (sort of) the demo is a story mode of the first chapter and completed in like 45 mins to an hour.

It's not terrible, but after how long it took Devolver to announce and release, I'm a bit disappointed.

>Ground Zero
Not a bad Biohazard clone (it's not a Parasite Eve unless later in the demo we get Parasite Energies/spells to play around with), but the lack of D-pad controls for tank-style controls is PAINFUL and it's baffling the Koreans didn't copy that control scheme if they were offering tank-controls.

Also makes my GPU go hot which seems insane for a PSX styled graphic art-style.

I'll probably pick it up for cheap if they patch in a D-pad control option for tank style classic Biohazard, otherwise I'll probably skip it.

>15 GB demo
>start game
>see this in the main menu

Immediate uninstall. How the fuck can a dev team be this lazy?

>>723506586
???

>>723506586
bro you downloaded a phone gacha, read the page before being retarded

GREAT:
>Alabaster Dawn
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3110760/Alabaster_Dawn/
>Poke All Toads
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2302320/Poke_ALL_Toads/
>Reanimal
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2129530/REANIMAL/
>Hell Maiden
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3372060/Hell_Maiden/
>NeverAwake FLASHBACK
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3072510/NeverAwake_FLASHBACK/

SOLID:
>Truckful
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3090810/Truckful/
>Revolgear Zero
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3941820/Revolgear_Zero/
>Anima Gate of Memories: I&II Remaster
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3592140/Anima_Gate_of_Memories_III_Remaster/
>A Heavy Morning
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3509400/A_Heavy_Morning/
>Elements Destiny
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1635500/Elements_Destiny/

NEUTRAL
>Ground Zero
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2340130/Ground_Zero/
>I Hate This Place
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2604490/I_Hate_This_Place/
>HABROMANIA
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3677050/HABROMANIA/
>NAMAKORIUM (ナマコリウム)
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3866920/NAMAKORIUM/
>Kriophobia
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1604630/Kriophobia/

>survivor games
>porn games
>idle games
>metroidvania games
>card games
>simulation games
I played 100 demos and there wasn't a single game with something new

>>723507563
>porn games
Such as?

How's Road to Vostok? Never played Tarkov but I have played STALKER, what does it lean more towards?

>>723507956
nta but Goblin Nest was a fun little game. Also Stellar Dream inb4 vn is not a game, haven't tried it yet but from the screenshots it looks alright - it's full of chunky shortstacks and aliens (if you're into that). Shame about the faces though. I mean - just look at this fucking mug.

>>723508759
It's singleplayer Tarkov

I like YGGDRA REFRAIN. It's like a 2D chibi waifu mobile game but single player offline.

>>723509154
Oh okay, is it fun?

>>723509283
No, not really.

>>723507407
Just walk backwards and you're invincible. For the boss you could just hold down either of the sidestep buttons and mash attack.
Lighting of the level seems very flat and drab, but in honesty the level design is boring too. The music is good and the monsters were slightly cool.

where do you view these games in steam?

>>723507490
Good opinions, I agree with almost all of them of which I played. You should try CrossCode, from the Alabaster Dawn crew. AD uses many of the same mechanics. CC is fantastic too.

>>723510431
thank you, anon. in fact CC is on sale right now. so I'll give it a try.

>>723507490
>HABROMANIA
I have been following the dev's youtube channel for bit over a year, I do hope the game turns out good cause I love schizo shit and fairy tale stuff

>time to dump again
I haven't had as much time as I wanted so far, but this weekend it will be nothing but demos lol

>>723510795
cont.

>>723511386
cont.

>>723510592
cool, well worth it

>>723507956
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3349640/That_Time_I_Got_Reincarnated_as_a_Demon_Hand_Demo/

>https://store.steampowered.com/app/3849840
kino

its so much easier to find intresting demos here compared to steam

Why is there no hentai games on steam? why nopt publish pci related on steam,?

>>723505959 (OP)
So what exactly is steam fest?
I never bothered to click on that banner the store has.

>>723513071
(((mastercard and visa)))

>>723513210
It's just a fuckton of demos of future games.

>>723513071
(((They))) want you to use pornhub and onlyfans instead

>>723513210
mostly ai asset flip popular game clones

Menace is good if you're a tactics nerd. Platoon-scale missions, with a campaign layer for the full game. Customize squad size, equipment, leadership, vehicles. Modern + limited scifi weaponry: space AK's and G3's, and lascannon mounted on BTR's.

Very cool.

>>723510190
>Just walk backwards and you're invincible. For the boss you could just hold down either of the sidestep buttons and mash attack.
*cracks beer*
*sip*
Yep, that's my King's Field, just like how I remember it.

>>723513309
>>723513492
Sounds like something I shouldn't be concerned about then.

dropping my goats for this fest. Just in case anyone else has played these games and wants to discus them.

>>723513686
It's by the devs of battle brothers too

Alabaster Dawn was great, but that anon who noticed was right, there are 19 characters in the demo and 6 of them are white.

>>723513071
Steam hates MangaGamer and blocks most of their releases even with all the porn stripped out.

>>723513210
You have to clock in to participate in these threads. Its hard work sifting through the game mines, but it pays well. The going rate is 1 mediocre game per 20 hours spent looking. You get one OKAY game per 100 hours spent trawling through the wastes.

>>723514684
talked me out of it

>>723514871
Not the preset brown girlboss squad leaders?

>>723514513
Ashen Vow was kinda cool but way too DARK. Couldn't see shit the whole time.

>>723514735
What did you expect from g*rman devs with a tranny writer?

>>723515431
For me, gameplay is the most important element. I can even be convinced to play hyperwoke games if the gameplay is hypergood.

>>723507490
>Alabaster Dawn
Oh shit, you could mention that its the CrossCode developer

>>723516901
yeah it is "that yranny dev" you happy now?

>>723516941
I don't care if the dev is gay, black, a nazi, a tranny or a redditor as long a the game is good

>>723509283
I played a demo from last year and it was just alright. Guns feel good to use but the enemies don't feel very smart. The trading shops weren't well balanced, just picking up the guns from killed enemies gives you 10x the money than looting random trash from the buildings in the game. Also the bolt action rifle was also better than 90% of the other guns for most of the game, since it's the only gun with an easily attainable scope

>>723517234
based
support your local tranny dev

>>723510795
Exo Rally kicks ass, there's a great sense of speed and having all the different bits on your machine that can get damaged is neat.

>>723510795
>>723511386
>>723511453
nicely done, anon. good pics

>>723516901
I didn't because it in the steam text

>>723505959 (OP)
any golden idol/obra dinn likes?

>>723517886
I dont know why its in nextfest (publicity obviously). If you go to the actual store page you can just opt in to the full playtest, the demo seems to be constrained with 4gb dl instead of an 8gb one. It is a pretty fire game. Way more challenging than it looks and the simulation aspect is too zzzz for me though. I was hoping for more handcrafted tracks, but it seems almost entirely proc-gen so far

>Start Motorslice
>Practically no difference in visuals between medium and ultra
>Is still making my computer roar like a jet engine on medium with the FPS cap turned on
Unreal Engine was a mistake

The fest has been pretty okay as usual, but I wonder when we will see another demo like Balatro and see it shoot into the stratosphere. Feels like that is been the only major success story from the Steam Next Fest events. Not bad, but success seems far and few.

>>723520463
I wondered about that too. thought ball x pit could be that, even if smaller in scale. but it wasn't a hit it seems

>>723520463
>>723520570
Theres been a ton of other successful next fest graduates but yeah its gonna be a while before another balatro just shows up to upend everything

>>723519972
Bandit Knight will definitely become famous among the indie scene, it's different from everything

>>723517441
Hey thanks for the more detailed explanation, I installed it so maybe it changed over the past year.

>>723521098
kek is this just a loot bastard game?

>>723514478
Sure but it needs to account for kb&m, either in AI, player speed or level design. It's way too advantageous compared to a dpad & shoulder buttons

>>723505959 (OP)
any games that can scratch my Unicorn Overlord itch?

>>723514735
>>723515651
sure but the characters are cute or cool, no blue haired androgenic fat blobs. the dev says the german fund he's sucking money from doesn't have input on their decisions, but idk about that. I back the first game on indie gogo and loved it, even that one had niggas in it

>>723521318
Dunno what to classify, it's dumb fun jej

>>723520115
Shit also looks like a PS2 game, it's insane how awful the performance is. The devs should actually be embarrassed.

>>723517886
it's very hard though, building up so much speed on loose surface. the vtol system is a awesome solution to avoiding obstacles, especially the rotational correction in air. love that shit. I hope there will be stadiums with ramps and obstacles as well as the rally courses.

>>723521639
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2454960/The_Great_Villainess_Strategy_of_Lily/

>>723521098
damn I remember seeing a trailer for this five years ago or so

>>723521879
Unironically too gay

>>723518058
cheers - I have quite a few more downloaded lol

>>723522021
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3133650/Gold_Gold_Adventure_Gold/

that's all I have, mate

Wow! I wasn't expecting much from SunbreakWar but I was completely wrong. One of the best demos I've tried so far.

>>723521639
It's already out but Symphony of War also uses a squad customization system in the vein of Ogre Battle, but instead of OB64 or UO where the squads move in real time on a map it's strictly turn-based on a grid. Combat sprites are great and you can romance some of the party members if you want.

>>723505959 (OP)
>try out 'girlypop' game cause maybe it'll be funny and I like movement shooters
>slow as fuck base speed, not actually that fast at top speed
>tiny 'lock them in an aerna' nuDOOM shit
>bad guns
>laggy
>game keeps bringing me to a total stop to show me cutscenes/yap sessions
>these are composed of shoving a flipphone in my face with an FMV of some likely troon with an ugly nasal voice

I'm sorry but
>"girly"pop
>look inside
>all male dev team
Is too funny to me
It's shit don't play it

>>723522537
>girlypop
>all male dev team
picked the fuck up

>>723522695
You will be very, very disappointed
Rebind the default keybinds for the execute/parry, hold your R key every time they try to yap at you,
Then uninstall it and just go play Ultrakill which this is poorly aping with a repaint

>>723522537
>girlypop
>the devs didnt create an entire sanrio pantheon
Troons...

Any demos with cute boys? Thank you.

>Played and done paragraph-long writeups for 30 demos
>Still have at least two more to try
>Might add more based on this thread
Every NextFest I become more and more insane.

Whiskerwood seems better than the other city builders

Only had time for two demos so far

>Ground Zero

Classic Resident Evil fixed camera style game. Really enjoyed this, put a little over 4hrs into the demo with all my replays. Needs Dpad movement of course, quite a few people on the Steam forums have reported wanted Dpad movement with replies from the dev who is seemingly listening. Really looking forward to the full game, so many of these survival horror games are doing a Silent Hill thing, very few are doing classic Resident Evil which I prefer

>Of Ash and Steel
Slavjank through and trough. You either love these kinda games or think they are broken games for brain dead people. I happen to love them. This one seems really good, dunno about the survival aspect of the game, wasn't an issue in the demo on medium but I can see it maybe becoming an issue later on. Spent a lot of time in this demo and it brings me right back to Piranha Bytes, Spiders, Spellbound, and JoWood kinda games that we don't really get anymore.

>>723514478
I look and say this.

>>723513210
A world of discoveries from which you will never escape, I recommend you run away

>>723513210
One of the best threads on /v/

>>723522069
How the hell did you design that chart?

Can anyone recommend me a really good Dpad game? Trying to test out a new controller and would like something new to try

>>723525632
Fox Flare Night

>>723522069
> Demo not out: Broomstick Exorcist

It does have a demo out, but the download button is in a weird spot.

>Million Depth
It was good, I tend to like multitasking combat and enjoyed crafting my deathblock. Only issue is that enemies are a tad tanky and for some reason having 3 spikes and a sword didn't made the damage go up considerable compared to 2 spikes, maybe the enemies get stronger faster than I thought? In any case is a pretty game and the setting is interesting.

>Ash & Adam's Existential Thread
Tower defence, drop in a favela and break everything for materials to build buildings with effects and recruit dudes. Kinda fun, sometimes it gets boring to just stand around and shooting building but you do have items to go for an offensive and break the enemy towers without needing to build your way towards it, using nature bombs or hit and run tactics with dynamite. it was alright this game.

>Jackal
Is a 3d hotline miami, less fast and lethal I think. I haven't played Hotline Miami, I should already. anyway, it was fun and maybe the story is nice? don't even know what it was about beside egyptian god tagging along for some reason. there are spells, madness is way more useful than teleport. maybe is worth to check out if you like hotline miami although is evident that this is vastly inferior from simple looking at it.

>Lumine Arise
Stack blocks in a pretty background and music, I think I like other tetris. I wasn't too interested when playing this one.

>Homura Hime
It was fun and responsive, the boss thankfully possed some challenge compared to the normal enemies, not that they are passive but they drop the most basic of basics.I don't know what to think of the shmup part, I did like Furi though. Skipped the whole story couse's I didn't feel like reading. I hope they improve the sound design of the game, I almost felt like I was playing it mute.

>>723507956
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2693410/The_Reason_for_Your_Smile/

>>723525970
>for some reason having 3 spikes and a sword didn't made the damage go up considerable compared to 2 spikes
The direction in which things face matters, those spikes and blade have to be the parts that hit an enemy for their damage to apply.

>>723525970
>>Homura Hime
This is on my queue but i have to ask

Does the demo for that let you fight a later game boss just to show off how involved the combat can get?
Or is it entirely early game

>>723525376
>Almost two minutes for one attack
>Not even that interesting of an attack either, it's just fucking doritos
The hell is this? Are the devs trying to kill you through tedium?

>>723526085
Entirely earlygame, the demo ends after beating the first boss' first form

>>723525376
The absolute state of Undertalelikes

I love all the vampire survivors clones this next fest. Can't wait to see what these creative indie devs do next.

I'm still upset that Teamfight Manager 2 is shit. I love these football manager style player management games, I just want to train up my prodigies

Show me horror kino

I missed this fest. I guess I will play some recommendations from anons.

Thoughts on Starsand Island?

Was Virgil this much of a pansy in the books?

>>723528683
Are there DMC books?

>>723528683
Wait Hell Maiden is about Dante's Inferno?

How is production value of G-Rebels? How junky is it?
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2445980/GRebels/

>>723514804
>>723513421
>>723513252
Why? I see all kinds of degen stuff on steam so what i posted isn't anything worse. I think the publisher just doesn't want their games being sold on steam for some reason.

>>723528887
Yes, Dante and Beatrice try to be accurate but everyone else is varying levels of fanfiction

>>723528748
Yes actually.

>>723524942
"design" is applied very loosely here
but basically from left to right, although I moved thumbnails as I played the games, thus it seems more haphazard than it is

>>723525953
cheers, I added those during the press preview last week, I'm sore most of them have their demo out already

>>723526803
100,000 cookie click clones

>>723523836
this is the way

>>723526803
we are living through the GOLDEN AGE of vampire survivors clones

The OG VS is kinda shit shovelware so maybe not the worst thing. I wonder what the best one is? I largely have avoided them (I grabbed the deeprock one and was underwhelmed by the lack of updates) so maybe picking one up from a desperate indie dev would be cool. I always dislike that they didnt start adding abilities/skills/spells that could be activated. Late game is always borderline afk once you get good which is not a good gameplay loop

Monsters are coming seems great but still too AFK and repetitive.

>XOL: Space Mech Wars
Holy shit this is awesome
Great abilities, sense of speed, level design, AI, dialogue, encounter design, pacing, music... how is this so good? Wishlisted for sure.

>>723529701
Mech warriors or armored core?

>>723529000
eh, is it possible to make a good game like that? The controls are similar to flying in Planetside 2. So if you want to dogfight and fight infantry, you can play this game already and better.

G rebels had very forgiving hitboxes and seemed to lean towards arcade rather than sim. Its also INFURIATING that their are no pitch/roll controls, so you can go upside down using mouse, but then you're at the mercy of a slow auto-correct that gradually orients you upright. Its ass, put it in trash.

>>723529819
Neither, it's more of a space combat game like Freespace with a mech theme- you get a shield and sword for close combat and lose speed and momentum very quickly if you're not thrusting, which makes it feel pretty arcadey

>>723529689
I haven't played too many of them but Vital Shell is just different enough structurally, has activated abilities and optional manual aim, and has a killer aesthetic (which is why I tried it in the first place).

>>723529985
Oh that sounds even better

Thanks for the heads up Ill try it later

>>723529041
Steam is inconsistent and doesn't like certain publishers you retarded newfag.

>>723528683
Dante was the pansy in the books. He passes out from shock like 10 times over the stupidest shit.

>>723525923
nta but damn, from the Cosmo Dreamer guys - I loved those games. This one seems more in depth. Excellent.

>Legends of Dragaea: Idle Dungeons
I've never seen a game like this, i've seen idle games but not ones that remind me so much of the early dragon quest games.
I'm watching number go up and looks like there's a ton of build variety so i'm hooked.

>>723528683
Huh, is this made by the goody two shoes guys?

>>723530425
another one fell to the not-video-game videogame

>>723530473
Yeah

>>723530865
Nice, I like their aesthetics.
But sure hope they've improved in the gameplay department.

>>723529701
I love how blatantly Gundam 0079 it is.

>>723510795
>>723507490
I appreciate these lists, anons
thank you

>>723531487
Yeah it's great

>>723521879
I am too brainlet for this and couldn't figure out how to kill the captain with the infinite reinforcements, but I liked the game overall.

Half Sword is so fucking good bros

I tried out Starsand Island a little and like it a lot so far. It feels kinda like a Stardew with Genshin (or modern Pokemon?) graphics which I like a lot. Characters are cute. Its still a bit rudimentary and the island is too small but I see the vision and want more from it.

Any games with grappling hooks? Love muh grapplin hooks.

>>723510795
>>723507490
nice

>>723505959 (OP)
Do you morons really play demos? When there is millions of proper full games?
If you're poooorf4gs you can pirate

>>723532469
What is it ribbing? Story of Seasons or somethig closer to Animal Crossing or Rune Factory?

>>723531621
Yeah the first stage was almost hard because you don't really have many units to use but it gets easier as you progress.

>>723532726
Mechanically it reminds me more of Story of Seasons but with more goofy Rune Factory characters if that makes sense. The people ive met in town are a bit more stereotypical like RF ones but I prefer that. The game could run a bit better but I am playing on a toaster so I shouldnt complain.

>>723532703
millions of """proper""" """full""" games like Genshin? Or Borderlends?
Just kill yourself. these threads are for people who don't play surface level garbage

Interesting lol

>>723520463
Okay? Balatro sucks and it was only popular with normies
I don't care if the games become successes as long as I like them

>>723532703
These demos eventually become proper full games, not hard to explain

>>723533089
Not really. Played for 30 minutes, saw exactly ZERO ass and notTodd.

>>723532703
millions of """proper""" """full""" games like Genshin? Or Borderlends?
Just kill yourself. these threads are for people who don't play surface level garbage

I despise the "localizers" mucking up Yunyun Denpa Syndrome who don't even have the decency to shoop da whoop with EN millennial memes but I still want to support the original devs. Dare I buy it?

>>723532703
>When there is millions of proper full games
good morning saar did ground zeroes not get wishlisted much saar

>>723533297
No, but only if you live in an english speaking part of the world because otherwise you support the english localization

>>723533297
Just buy it retard and play in JP.

>>723521098
>>723519972
That was a super fun demo. Thanks for the rec anons. I can see it becoming a hidden classic. Totally different games but gave me the feeling of playing Recettear for the first time.

>>723533358
煩い
>>723533530
もちろん
I'm more bitter at the irony that games drawing on a specific era in JP aren't being respected properly in EN. It's the very sort of erasure these games are so bittersweet about.

>>723532636
>Love muh grapplin hooks
Sadly the only thing I've played and ejoyed with a grappling hook would be
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2878580/Key_Fairy/

>>723532636
tits and ass gookslop
kats trigger

>>723533297
>filled with mutt humor
Jesus fuck, imagine having to play this in English.

>>723533621
Then go for it. If you're gonna play in Japanese and they have any sort of player data/options tracking like most games have nowadays, then it should be fine.

>>723533089
It looks so polished for an indie and has some serious sam vibes going but also has nothing interesting going on besides being wacky. All talent no soul.

When the trailer shows off the weapons all IO could think about is how borderlands 4 is better than this lol. Innovate you shitty indie dev.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2638080/Annihilated/

Here's a neat game. You might have not noticed it because it was only in jap.

>>723533801
It could've been good even if they wanted to localize the hell out of it but they went with the most bottom barrel zoomphy humor that misses the mark entirely. It hurts so much man... take me back...

>>723528675
pretty great harvest moon meets fantasy life (I've not played fantasy life but that's what a friend said). I didn't even touch the farming when I played the demo, I just fishmaxxed.

>My little puppy
dead dog :(

>>723533887
I'll add it to my wishlist and pray it gets a translation. I tried playing another japanese only game because it was cheap, and while it was fun, not having full vocabulary really hurts.

>>723533887
I saw it before next fest started and it had the banner then, but then when next fest actually started it vanished. Shame.

I liked Industria 2. So much so I discovered I had Industria 1 already (Probably Humble Bundle) and gave it a try. Vastly different games. 1 was fairly bland with a neat, if thin, story. 2 feels like what a first person Resident Evil would have been if 4's action hadn't taken over the series.

Slightly less hyped about 2 after playing 1, but still some hype.

>Anime female protagonist
:)
>Anime female protagonist with megane
>:(
I fucking hate megane and multiple demos have been ruined for me because of pandering to four-eyed dweebs

Cool games with hot/sexy characters?

what's wrong with deckbuilders?

>>723505959 (OP)
Anons have been making some great recommendations in the last few threads so I'm surprised that people claim this is the worst next yet. If anything, this may be the best one yet. Easily the highest wishlist to played games ratio I've had.
What is going on?

Also, here's my list so far:
Wishlisted:
Lumines
Birdcage
Cairn
Exo Ralley Championship
Half Sword
Alabaster Dawn
Islands of the Caliph
Flesh Made Fear
Jungle Rot

Not Wishlisted:
Painkiller
Void Drift
Holy Justice Galaxy Outcast
Beneath
Swapmeat
NeverAwake FLASHBACK
Tears of Metal
Hell Maiden
The Dungeon Experience
Kriophobia
Menace
Vital Shell
Rebel Engine
Cosmic Destroyer
Funkyheart
Lort
Welcome to Doll Town
Slots & Daggers
Ashen Vow

Technical Issues:
Skate Story
Crisol Theater of Idols
Last Caretaker
CiniCross
Calyx
G-Rebels
Bleak Haven

>>723534604
nothing inherently, but they're usually also roguelites and there's everything wrong with those

>>723534673
do people honestly think if they drop text walls like this anyone will actually look at their game list?

lets give anon a chance and look at one of his recs at absolutely random: Islands of the Caliph

WOW its slop. Ai slop even? maybe, who cares, it looks like shit from the get go no need to even check. THIS is the state of people who drop text walls instead of image lists.

FUCK off thanks

out of 40 demos i've tried i would only consider buying 1 of them

someone actually made an old school hack and slash for PC? Tears of metal looks interesting. Not quite on mirrion unit tho

GABEN, PUT A FUCKING AI TAG ALREADY YOU FAT FUCK

>>723535314
I literally tagged a game with "artificial intelligence" to filter that slop and yet I still get it
I'm still playing games where I have to double check the descriptor after I see odd-looking images to see an AI admission
FUCKING HELL

I have seen two demos where the MC is Jesus.

Abyss Kitchen gets my rec for KemoHuman yuri

>>723509247
So shit gameplay since it lacks the addictive gacha?

>>723535314
I'll take ai over friendslop

>>723528683
I don't think Virgil really had much personality. He was just Dante's tour guide from Inferno to Purgatorio because he was a virtuous pagan and couldn't make it to Paradiso no matter how moral he was because he wasn't a baptized Catholic.

He also was there to stop Dante from spazzing out and attacking some of the bad people like a monk whose face was cemented in the ground in Purgatory that Dante started stomping on because he was such a sinner.

>>723521714
>not white
>in a game called ALABASTER DAWN
>cool or cute or fitting
no

>>723535314
Jesus Fucking Christ

>>723535085
>looked it up
>looks like an old school CRPG
Damn, get some fucking taste you troglodyte. Thanks for the rec.

what kind of games do you actually want to be made?

>>723535314
At this point, that's unfeasible for many reasons. All programmers nowadays use AI to program and assist in asset creation.
Who draws the line on what is considered an AI asset? Honestly, intellectual property management when comes to training generative models has been out of control for a while now. Almost no source material can be reverse-searched and the legislation on this matter is limited.

>>723536410
>All programmers nowadays use AI to program and assist in asset creation
>All
lol

>>723535085
Islands of the Caliph isn’t AI-made. “Slop” usually refers to mass-produced, lowest-common-denominator garbage — the thousandth asset-flip or roguelite deckbuilder. This isn’t that. So what’s your actual argument? You said nothing besides “it looks bad.”

Your complaint about “text walls” also makes no sense. A list is faster to write, easier to search, and at least as informative as some cropped image of game banners.
Needing flashy image sloppa to pay attention, while (incorrectly) bitching about “slop” is rich as well.

>already fucking Saturday
>still haven't looked into this fest
Give me your top recommendations, I need to speedrun this.

Recommend me schizocore in the vein of picayune dreams

>>723536490
It's a matter of time, there's no longer any reason to grunt work in a traditional way when you're a solo dev
Automation will become standardized as the work pipeline.

>>723536616
Revolgear Zero, classic horizontal shmup
XOL, janky mech game made by a man with a vision
MOCHI-O, simple game where you blow things up with a weaponized hamster
Honorable mention to FISH3, I'd give it a proper recommendation, but last I checked the demo is kinda broken, which is strange because I remember trying it before without issue.

>>723535314
>disciples looking this gay
wtf

>>723536859
good morning saar

>>723536616
wishlisted (in order of quality)
majogami
poke all toads
myths are 100% true (very good title)
evil egg
monumentum
verho curse of faces

>>723535558
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1198970/I_Am_Jesus_Christ/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2695710/God_For_A_Day/

I liked these ones enough to wishlist.
>Kats Trigger
Is a set piece based 2d action game where you basically play as electric anime batman avenging his family and helping a big titty gyaru runaway.

>Kotama
>Tia Weird Hunter
Both interesting "metroidvania" type games, Tia particularly has a good artstyle and music.

>Neffy
>Opus
Escort the cute girl type of games, the former is more puzzle based and the latter narrative focused.

>Yuki
Visually appealing tank controls style horror game, great soundtrack and UI. None of the settings I changed stuck so it's blurry, but you can lower or raise the pixelation too.

>Funky Heart
Gimmicky 3D platformer built around bunny hopping and freezing platforms in place. Pleasing visuals and likeable characters so far in the demo, but I suck at platformers.

>Maid of Salvation
Top down action game by the guys who did HunterX, so I'm hoping it winds up as fun as that game did with lots of varied weaponry/builds.

>Anima: Gate of Memories
Cheating because I already played the originals, but I don't care since it fixes the major annoyances too. A solid action game based on a tabletop game's lore, filled with soul and a cringe plotline played straight to the point that it feels earnest.

are the demos showing up on top are the best recommended to you or the ones people wishlist the most?

>>723538014
Which tab?

>>723538252
https://store.steampowered.com/sale/nextfest

Whatever you do do not look up the NPCs' skirts in Starsand Island

>>723538316
If you are referring to "HOME", it's likely the same filtering criteria as "TRENDING UNCOMING" (historically wishlisted) along with games recommended because your friends have played them recently

saaar play my demo

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2559960/RED_DAWN/
Anime X-COM. Pretty cute, still needs polishing and a proper TL. But promising.

Any good puzzle games?

>>723529689
Not in this NextFest but i really liked Halls of Torment.

>>723538698
OL Xcom?

Has anyone tried Zombie Typing? Just came up in my recommended.

Unrelated but i thank the anon who recommended "strawberry cheese cracker". Really great album, and if you see this and have more recommendations i would be very glad.

XOL: Space Mech Wars... it's fucking Gundam without being called Gundams
Did anyone actually try it out at length?

>>723538681
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3581040/Bharat_Police/

This is the only game I am going to buy day 1 is
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3790860/Placid_Plastic_Deck__A_Quiet_Quest_Demo/.
It's non-roguelike/lite deck builder with card battle system inspired by Inscryption.

>>723539761
Played through what I could. It's absurd in a fun way. I like the full freedom of movement and aiming, having to figure out where enemies are relative to you is great, the dialogue that went through Google Translate circa 2008 is a thing of wonder, the various sound effects are pleasing, overall, I do like it, though it is very obviously something made by a solo dev who is reaching a bit further than he can manage. But he's doing his best at it.

I need JRPG recs.

>>723540797
UltraGirl Alters

>>723538959
JK Xcom

>>723538698
>"XCOM with a spin"
>look inside
>its just the battle, with none of the geoscape strategic gameplay to properly pace and contextualize the battles

Got really tired of all those clones that do not get the most important part

>>723537865
>Kats Trigger
I played this and was NOT prepared for just how unapologetically edgy it was. Koreans don't seem to give a fuck.

>>723540049
If the guy got a proper translation and actual actors to replace the TTS, it'd honestly be immersive as fuck despite the graphics.

>>723540026
>pops out of some shady building
>How do you do, fellow kids? How about I borrow your deck— I mean, hover over your shoulder, set up your game for you and "teach" you how to play a game you already know how to play?
I guess they don't teach stranger danger anymore.

>>723541817
When I first started the demo I realized the dev wants to make another Katana Zero but without understanding what made the game good.
Normally I would trash that shit instantly.
But the dissonance from jumping between Batman/Punisher edge into salaryman finding a big titted bimbo school girl living with him was enough of a motivator.
This is just 40 yo korean suit power fantasy kino.

>>723505959 (OP)
It's fucking fascinating to me that now after several Nexfests and 150+ demos played, I can almost IMMEDIATELY tell if a game will be good or bad just based on the main menu.
Like the second I start the game and see some custom polish on the menu transitions, a good bgm, unique ui etc. I just know the game has promise.

Wtf is majogami?
Are you supposed to speedrun levels with those attack dashes?
Why are bosses/minibosses a riddle overloaded with vfx and mechanics introduced right there?
Am I even dealing damage to the spider or I haven't fulfilled some arbitrary requirement? fuck if I know.
weird game. great girls.

>>723542619
The physiognomy of start screens wasn't a meme.

>>723542619
Webm related

>>723542619
You simply learned to intuitively detect low-effort in use of default Unity/Unreal/RPGmaker menu tool

>>723542619
Yeah. Any game that doesn't have any effort put into its UI is going to suck. If you see any default fonts or it just puts the UI on some translucent boxes, then you can safely ignore the game.

>>723542619
For me, it's the use of AI or machine translations, since I can tell from the menu itself when a term is terribly localized or absurdly transliterated in my mother language
If a developer relegates something as important as language to an AI without any human localization effort, that already speaks poorly of the game.

>>723542651
First boss is a pushover that you can deafeat with basic understanding from tutorial and just going full ape on special cuts.
The second section is far harder and shows off more of the mechanics and how they can fuck with you.

>Painkiller
Eh, idk. The game is fine but I don't really want to play it. Any other FPS demos?

>>723542745
Why is she readin that shit inverted

>>723542134
I'm just impressed. You get the initial suicide fakeout, the torture scenes, the main character talking about how good it feels, his ultra edgy design, the stupid fucking prayer after kissing a cross before every mission, the fact that the girl has her panties showing when she sits on the bench...
It's absolutely relentless and I hope it doesn't turn subversive later on, because the level of edgy power fantasy bullshit it's on is fascinating.

>>723542814
>play Chinese game
>instead of a setting being labelled as on/off it's open/close
I don't know what software the chinks insist on using that consistently produces their garbage but it sure does help me quickly know when I'm looking at shit.

>>723542814
I don't mind bad translations at all if it's not a story game. In fact I find them charming

>>723541906
He looked like a trusty dude!

>>723543116
Something I commonly see in Chinese games is "tap" instead of using "click". Makes it look like a phone game even when no mobile version exists.

>>723537865
>>Yuki
>Visually appealing tank controls style horror game, great soundtrack and UI. None of the settings I changed stuck so it's blurry, but you can lower or raise the pixelation too.
The demo is literally five minutes long and involves a segue into an Undertale battle in that time. It's not a horror game, at most it's a horror aesthetic.

Final Sentence is a fantastic idea for a multiplayer game but they need to do so much more refinement to make the game actually good. Feel like if they nail it it can pop off in the streaming sphere too.

>>723542996
Picked up.

>>723543267
Many have been saying this

>enjoying demo, hit the end
>jumpscared with a GOBLIN GIRL + KUNG POW REFERENCE 2x COMBO
Genuine whiplash. Would recommend though, if you're into decent comedy and slop gameplay.

>>723541897
I agree, but there is a certain charm the stilted dialogue and speech. I did chuckle a bit during the mission 2 briefing with lines like "They sail lazily far apart," "Because they have no tactics," and "If you don't want to be executed, you should all have a good war record."

>>723543234
>errhmmm ackshually its only horror themed and not REAL horror you know?

>>723543116
>>723542814

>>723543116
>>723542814
That's because a number of runes can translate to multiple words, for example 开/关 can translate to either on/off and open/close
>请你开灯
>Please turn on the lights
>请你开门
>Please open the door
In another common example, quality settings are often 低/中/高 for low/medium/high, but you might get something like low/middle/tall instead due to a lack in context for the MTL.

>>723543267
It will die like KarmaZoo did, as these types of indie projects that rely on multiple players to work only have an initial boost that rarely lasts beyond the first two months. Unfortunately, we'll only see its full potential in this very festival environment like a free experience

The only way to succeed with an online indie today is making a friendship-slop, as they are streamer bait, a typing BR isn't interesting to the average streamer.

>>723543762
That's why human localizers are necessary and valuable workers, since machines, no matter how intelligent they've become, or how much they save you the burdensome, they are incapable of understanding the context, they cloud over when it comes to discerning if a translation or interpretation is appropriate in a completely different culture

Well, it's very possible to use a general-purpose model like ChatGPT or Gemini and achieve sentence-by-sentence localization if you know how to give them a specific and detailed input, but since solo devs are just stubborn and lazy, they think it's better to carry a bunch of crappy translations than a only good readable one
If you don't have the money to pay for a localizer, stick to English, or stick to Chinese if you don't even know the common global language, which will limit the product to your own very demographic.

>>723538440
some dumb meme or something
just say, nobody is going to download the game just for this

>>723535742
>KemoHuman yuri
I will now play your game

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3553450/Automatic_Kingdom_Demo/

Solid civ builder with synergies and adjacencies.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3887530/Packmates_Demo/

Decent vampire survivors type with tetris inventory management. I only played it solo, might be more fun with friends.

Alright, here's what i played so far
>yunyun
I like rhythm games. i like the general setting and story setup. translation is garbage. Hopefully they rework it and turn down the zoomer slang.
>Majogami
seems like a solid new inticreates entry. will grab.
>cinigross
picross roguelike. demo has a few bugs but otherwise i liked it.
>hell maiden
vampire survivors clone with "what if dante's divine comedy but anime girls". i like the artstyle. gameplay was fine. nothing too crazy going on there. Seeing as it will be in EA first i'll just keep an eye on it and see how it develops.
>homura hime
reminds me of nier gameplay wise. Looks and feels very nice.
>Eternal palace Sakura
Looks nice. Feels like shit, especially playing right after homura hime. maybe they can polish it a bit more but otherwise i probably won't touch it.
>SealChain
yet another VS clone but lovecraftian(and horny) but i like the inventory management and having to link your equipment for boosts and stuff.
>kotama
seems like a solid metroidvania. being able to heal as long as you have currency seems a bit easy but the animation is kinda long and probably gonna get you punished later.
>toehoe clicker
dumb clicker.

>>723545098
Based on your taste go try out Homura Hime

>>723546358
>no demo
Damn, got me excited for a moment.
>>723547005
He mentioned it in his post, anon...

>>723511453
Are Hell of Fear's plant-zombies really that bad to get an E?

>>723505959 (OP)
What's some hidden gem v?

>>723533801
It's the wrong period of mutt humor. I'd be more lenient if they used time appropriate memes.

>>723505959 (OP)
What's it like having steam friends? I so scared of hackers and swatting and other scary internet stories I never play multiplayer or make friends online. What about you guys?

Any internet horror stories v

>>723546358
>no demo
stolen valor

>>723505959 (OP)
I reach the bottom of the barrel and it took me 59 scrollings.. The amount of crap, blatant shovelware, AIslop and rip-offs from the halfway and beyond is astounding and never ceases to amaze me. Let's not even talk about what's populate the abyssal depths

Some honest games suddenly pop out every now and then, involuntary shovelware that if you think about it aren't really bad little games, but with such massive and cannibalizing competition, they are absolute no market for these games, they will not even reach a double digit figure when they'll be released
In the end, you feel a little bad for those people who waste their lifetime out of naive optimism or need. If they're going to fill the festival with that much crap, it's better to submit these projects to Itch.io, not Steam.

>>723548294
Pretty sure you're allowed to sell a game on both Steam and itch and even EGS.

>chinese garbage
:/

>chinese garbage (anime)
:O

Goes to show aesthetics are everything in videogames

>>723548294
>involuntary shovelware
That's not possible, are just using the term to mean bad game or something?

>want to try Abyss Kitchen
>main character is too furry
Unfortunate, guess I'll skip

>>723542996
The complete lack of music in the game just kills the entire thing for me sadly

I wish it was only twice an year.

Slot machine roguelite (in the sense that you play in runs and there's a shop after every enemy).

Extremely stylish and I recommend playing it if just for that.

>>723533798
Tried it out. Very chuuni. Mechanics seem conceptually cool but don't control well, plus an extremely prominent, cliche, edgy story. Not very good unfortunately.

slop fest

>>723549612
Of course forgot to mention, it's slots and daggers

>>723549612
I didn't really like it. Too few slots to make it fun to look at. Hitting the items you want is a pain, because the symbol rotate so fast you can barely tell what anything is except for those that really stand out like the greatsword.

>>723548925
It's like being ugly IRL, your sex appeal doesn't define your quality as a human being, but if you're an abomination you will never get a partner
If you are not attractive at all, few people will come to know your interior

>>723549435
Bro this shit already has almost 3k games

Two next fests and were in for 5k games per event

>>723549435
I don't, if you don't have the time to try out stuff, then just skip on one, or just go through people's top recc.

>>723550142
To think that at the first Steam Game Festival where the doors opened to any participant, the number was 900, then it stabilized at 300/400/500 with stricter rules of eligibility, norms like the "One fest per game" was applied, and the growth has only been exponential with the arrival of the Chinks and AI

>>723549804
Yeah the meta progression grind is ridiculously bad for example
>average run with starting deck is 25 chips
>25 then 50 then 75 chips for 10 20 30% regen per turn (ridiculously powerful)
>250 then ? chips for a 4th slot (also extremely powerful)

It would be a good game if it were more about the choices you make in the shop a la balatro instead of mostly the meta progression

>>723550463
>norms like the "One fest per game" was applied,
We've already had multiple examples every fest about how this rule gets flaunted each time. Chinks were also already uploading their slop before the fest and all that changed is that some of them bothered doing shitty MTLs so they appeared in your feed.

>>723550572
>>723550463
Its why we have some mini ML algorithm for the event now to filter the sloppa

>RuinsStory
Your movement and 2 weapons are controlled only with LMB. You can stick to every surface.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3155590/RuinsStory/

>>723509283
The Path into the Abyss is something you should add to your Wishlist if you want a stalker-like. But it will be a while before that's finished and it's not featured at Next Fest. Until then the next closest thing is Project Silverfish. Or there's a knock off co-op survival game that is STALKER themed called Misery, which happens to have a demo on this festival. But it's not stalker, it's really lethal company. I ain't recommending it but if you want some cheap knock off maybe you'll get some joy out of the demo.

I really gotta stop clicking games thinking "surely this won't be another survivors clone"
I think all but 2 games I've looked of like 20 have been more or less the same fucking game
No, shoving a cute girl in it doesn't make it better, hell whatever the fuck you were called. Every other indie game is just "cute girl game" now, I'm fatigued on that, too
So much identical slop

Is Total War Warhammer 3 worth it? It's quite cheap now but there are 28 fucking DLC's, two of which are new factions

>>723551104
bot post? there really isn't a lot of VS clones around.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3906050/Gunblade_Ranger_Demo/
NT but with furries and what sounds like ai in the trailer

>>723551209
hell maiden
shard squad
skigill
last mage
relic abyss
arcane tower survivors
This is me just going down the action roguelike list btw. I skipped only 3 games. The MAJORITY are survivor clones

>>723551302
And 1 game below those fishing mega-game and right below that not survivors
3 more below that for anothr one
and then another below that
Literally about 75% of the roguelike games in the fest are the same game

>>723551209
It's silly too since a game being heavily based on something doesn't mean it can't be original either. Most videogames are just iterations of each other of merging of two different things.

>>723505959 (OP)
>Lunar Ascendant
Like Suzerain but on the moon
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2547090/Lunar_Ascendant/

>>723551104
>>723551302
What tags you are using to browse?
You DO read them right?

Still better than when every NF was full of platformers, friendslop and crafter survivors.

>>723551684
Action roguelike
I specifically said this already
Btw found 9 more, mostly in a row

>>723551712
Action Roguelike is not a real tag, just like roguelite.
Strategy is filled with Cookie Clicker-likes and "4 niggas in a row" so the problems are in every genre

I'll need to spend all day tomorrow skimming through all prior threads to see if I can find something at Next Fest that interested me. I honestly could have just missed a good game because I'm bad at judging them by their covers or at face value sometimes. I would like to see people posting their lists of completed demos more often. It's getting harder for me to identify good things in an overcrowded market. It doesn't help that everything gets buried under vampire survivors clones and roguelites. It makes everything so much harder.

>>723551838
Everyone wants oversimplified sloppa

>Top down action shooter
>Reverse bullet hell
>Bullet heaven
>Survivor clone (the only honest one)
>Doesn't even describe the genre at all because it knows it amounts to "a more expensive worse v sav clone"
How many ways do they need to say the same shit
There's an entire culture based around describing v sav clones as anything but v sav clones

kino

>>723552097
>It doesn't help that everything gets buried under vampire survivors clones and roguelites.
I take this as a sign that list must preferably not include survivors and roguelites. This narrows things a lot.

>https://store.steampowered.com/app/3124230/Jackal/
Hotline Miam with 3d graphics, really good.

>https://store.steampowered.com/app/1263240/Skate_Story/
Very aesthetic skating game but the gameplay itself is on the easier side.

>https://store.steampowered.com/app/3709080/Wrack_Remake/
Remake of a 2014 shooter that i never heard about before. I think it's pretty nice.

>https://store.steampowered.com/app/3432480/Shards_of_Order/
Deckbuilder but not the roguelite sloppa kind.

>https://store.steampowered.com/app/2510020/Placid_Plastic_Deck__A_Quiet_Quest/
Story focused deckbuilder without roguelite elements. Demo has too much talking but might have potential.

>https://store.steampowered.com/app/2881620/Paraside_Duality_Unbound/
Tactical RPG where you fight on two parallel planes simultaneously. Didn't spot any major roguelite elements at least.

>https://store.steampowered.com/app/1375750/Regions_of_Ruin_Runegate/
Dwarf kino

Can name more stuff but most of it i played during previous fests.

S tier:
Alabaster Dawn
HoMM Olden Era
Revelation of Decay

A tier:
Million Depth
Regions of Ruin: Runegate
Whiskerwood
DreamEcho
Cloudheim
Moonsigil Atlas

already forgotten tier:
idk I forgot

>Megabonk success means even the 3d secition if full of survivor clones
this is fucking awful

>>723513071
ENTER

>>723554370
Thanks bro. Keep em coming if you can. I already know about Aquametsis, Klostyn, Zortch 2, Painted in Blood and Project Warlock as far as the FPS games go.

>love everything about Yunyun except the localization

GOD FUCK

>>723534397
I need to play that game. I played the old demo and it interested me.
>consider the following

>>723554204
wut game?

>>723537025
Good morning, pajeet.

>>723533801
This is what happens when you hire cheap twitter addicts to translate your shit

>>723556213
The cheap twitter addict would have just tossed it it into ChatGPT and called it a day.

>>723556382
I'll take ChatGPT over these westoid translators any day.

>>723554484
just filter out roguelikes?

I'm enjoying the amount of sexy sluts we got this Fest
>>723538698
This one is also cute

>Try to scroll through a bunch of demos to see if there are any hidden gems.
>The AI art starts making me physically ill.
Steam needs to allow us to filter out games that use AI as well as filter games by country. Blocking everything from Brazil, Russia, India, and China would improve the storefront immensely.

>>723555415
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3278410/DuoBellum_de_Marionnette/
This one. I was curious because the trailer is so fucking dark you can't see shit (my own recording is also much darker than the actuak game for some reason, and I try to record 'window' and not game, the recording freezes almost immediately upon playing; something is very off with this game), then saw the kino dev and gave it a pity try
Very weird game
Its a 3D fighter but movesets are really small and something like 1/3rd of your already small moveset costs meter. There's no real sense of impact to anything.
Cool character designs, though.

>>723522537
I just want OST

>>723532636
>Kats Trigger
>Kiyo - Bunny Tyranny
Kiyo seemed kinda ass

>>723557428
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2245320/EX_Holicsexe/
>Dev's other game released in 2023
>2 user reviews
Steam is a harsh mistress...

>>723522537
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2610650/Dont_Stop_Girlypop/
This one?
Its just ultrakill lol

>>723556382
I can't see ChatGPT hallucinating up a worse result than what we got

>>723533621
don't listen to the retard telling you to buy it
>>723533803
don't support a hackjob, pirate it if you must and buy some merch from the devs if you can find it instead

any good turn BASED games?

>>723558045
I mean in both cases its the devs fault to be honest.
His first game is a multiplayer based anime game, something you're realsitically not going to make any headway into unless a streamer makes your game viral (which its not good looking enough for) or you advertise a lot (which a solo dev both likely can't afford. And as a japanese he's either machine translating his posts or has a very poor grasp of english, so he can't really just spam streamers and hope someone latches on as easily as a western dev can)
Second game is much better looking character wise, but the actual stage you fight on is literally just a circle, there's either no music or its so forgettable I already forgot and he's trying to break into the 1 v 1 fighting circle with his niche arena fighter without an actual properly designed arena, a genre that's EVEN HARDER to break into than his last one

He's apparenty planning a solo mode for this one, but realistically, if he wanted success, he should have focussed on that mode first and foremost and then tried messaging streamers even with his broken english, since roguelites specifically (ie the mode he plans to make) have a good few dedicated streamers with large audiences who will try more or less anything

The character designs are likely still too niche (read; not coomer or waifu bait) for massive success, but he could have realistically done much better doing that

tldr; he keeps making genres he realistically has 0 chance of making an impact in

>>723543762
The based nips are smart enough to just use kana with
オン・オフ
And they even do stuff like having the proper kanji for settings like FoV or DoF along with English in parenthesis.

>>723534673
>Flesh Made Fear
Did they update the demo?
Based dev

>>723557338
You forgot to add Korea to the list, but yes.

>>723558797
kek, the demo was really good. it seems it got some minor updates like D-Pad contols and new voice lines, played it some time ago. I hope the game will sell well

I feel like I just did not understand the combat system for this one, it can't just be spamming RT right? I did play azure striker gunvolt but that was years ago, like 2016 or something, the system did feel familiar with just holding a button and automatically shocking things, but then again I didn't get the S+ ranks in that game either looking at my achievments, just a no damage one

I feel like I'm clearly missing something with this system, there must be some nuance to it that I'm not quite understanding, the art was great for what it's worth

>>723560615
>it can't just be spamming RT right
Its inti, why wouldn't it be? All their games are incredibly easy and mechanically simple, even the river city ones

any good waifus (male)
not furry

>>723560615
The LORE is that this game existed in 2022 and was thawed out this year so the devs don’t know what’s happening either.

>>723523836
I'm probably going to end up playing 40+ demos at this rate so I'll just drop my currently-running Top 10:
>10. Lumines Arise
I fucking love Lumines and this is more of that. Homura Hime would be here if it had even one original/novel idea.
>BANDIT
Auto-scrolling belt-scrolling shooter with shockingly deep, layered mechanics for how simple it is.
>MENACE
Maybe too high IQ for me but I do really like how granular your unit customization gets and the Suppression mechanic.
>THRASHER
Very much feels like a new game from the THUMPER guy, and a game built first for VR, but the mechanics have a ton of potential.
>Tears of Metal
The combat and squad building/commanding have the bare minimum of depth and feel really good to do. I wish this was level-based and not a roguelite but I enjoyed running it until I beat the boss anyway.
>The Fable: Manga Build Roguelite
Another one I wish wasn't a roguelite but the core combat concept is absolutely genius (reminds me of the koma system in JUS + Fights in Tight Spaces) and I feel that this must be awesome fanservice if you've read the manga.
>Bottom-Up Beatdown: Hostile Takeover
One of the best single-plane beat-em-ups I've ever played despite flat spritework; enemies are fast and aggressive enough to make your abilities feel required.
>Kats Trigger
Give this a good OST and better pacing in some of the (edgekino) cutscenes and this is an absolute winner. I love how fluid it all feels whether you try to engage with the stealth or just slaughter everything.
>Majogami
Best new IP out of Inti in forever. Love the mix of 2D assets and low-poly, and the core mechanic is a smart way to incorporate Zandatsu in 2D. Also the plant boss has a FAT ass holy fuck.
>Myths Are 100% True
Pretty much perfect action platformer design where two simple mechanics are pushed by levels and enemies, wrapped in a 00s Newgrounds vibe.

>>723560615
You're meant to position yourself to get the directional slash the enemy is weak to, but the demo barely has much of that because it's early game. I assume when most enemies have that and you need to either constantly adjust or risk charging the triple slash it'll be more engaging. The bosses do a good job at making you think about it. I also like how your base form is very limited in terms of mobility and you need to build up to different tiers of transformation that have different movement/attack options.

>>723542814
you're human localization effort
>>723533801

>>723543448
>Clicker
>Auto Battler
>eSports
this seems like psychological horror alright

hey where can i find all theswe games? Is there a tab in steam you gotta open to see the full lists of demos and stuff
?

>>723562307
yes

>>723532934
You lowlife and you are becouse first games that come to your mind are retard impact and perfomanceless 4.
MILLIONS of non garbage games
>>723533221
Play them then? lol
>>723533342
imagine thinking anyone non native in english is lowlife Pakistani or Indian or Sri Lankan, Bangladeshi, Filipino, Vietnamese, Malaysian or one of other pajeet SEA/SA countries.
go fucking die

>>723556135
>no u
lol

>>723562307
how you can post here if you're blind?

>>723561671
yeah I liked the transformations, the 2nd tier felt really involved with a bunch of tutorial pop ups telling about a bunch of different moves but ultimately RT spam still reigned supreme, hopefully it's not just that in the full game

>>723563494
I found the blue guy's final form was stronger without even pressing RT much since dashing through enemies counted as a horizontal slash and his buzzsaw jump attack was safer to approach things with if you didn't need to chain anything for height.

>>723563918
oh interesting, I didn't try that one, I only saw the 2nd tier of the yellow one, it was a bow and arrow that could root enemies in place

This feels likes its too up its own ass.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3919530/It_Takes_a_War/

Basically Stanley Parable + CS 1.6

>>723560615
Most people breeze the first boss after just spamming the special slash and wonder where the actual game is.
Until you return to menu and pick the second level and fight this stupid sexy dog, you will not actually play the demo.

>>723564695
but you can just spam RT to win that fight too

>>723547646
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2302320/Poke_ALL_Toads/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3808730/Ctesiphon/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3712860/Wonder_of_Blue/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3810160/Automon_Arena/

>>723564925
If you do that you'll get hit or fling yourself into the mushrooms which will make your miss and/or get hit.

t. Tried to mash RT the first time.

>>723564925
She at least blocks and auto-retaliates most of the time

G-Rebels is another game that greatly exceeded my expectations. Felt like a flight sim version of Dues Ex from what little I played. I'm not taking the time to fully play through demos right now because there isn't enough time to fully play through all the demos I picked out so I play enough to get a feel for it.

>>723565381
>>723565397
I played the game anon, it's a 30 minute demo, yes you have to swing your sword in the air a couple times, but you already did that anyways for the other boss and the big plant thing to regen the orange resource things

>>723564931
>Poke All Toads
>hidden
Come on now

Is that Angel's Egg?
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3719550/The_Solitary_Existence_of_a_Little_Universe/

I still have unplayed demos from previous fests...

>>723566068
yeah, and scroll down, it's all ai

What the heck is this trash

How was that junji ito game

>>723566125
Here are some time management tips.

1. Sort them into games you are serious about and think look like something actually worth buying and games that look like fun demos but likely not a game that is worth going through the trouble of buying the full version of. Prioritize the former.

2. Set aside turn based games for when you don't have both hands available, such as when eating.

3. Take a break from social media. If something as important as WWIII were to happen, you'll likely hear about it here anyway.

>>723533297
>>723545098
>>723554982

>yun

>>723566212
LOL a game that treats biological sex and gender as two different things. Never seen that before and in a way I'm impressed to see someone actually do it.

I hate how short is Cyan Heart's demo because "2nd person POV" seems like a neat gimmick but there is nothing interesting done with it in first level
>>723567231
Do I want to know what those flags and symbol means?

>>723566212
>modeled the hands
>didn't model the feet
???

>>723567751
>Do I want to know what those flags and symbol means?
Mental illness, simple as

>>723567797
That's good enough answer for me

>hmmm interesting game
>porn
>hmmm interesting game
>desktop idle
>hmmm interesting game
>survivors
stop baiting me aaaaaaaaaaa

>>723568229
What's wrong with porn?

>https://store.steampowered.com/app/2263250/A_Song_Of_Sunlight/
Sidescroller RPG with a decent turn-based take on Souls combat.

I really liked it, soulful art and kino VN scenes.

>>723568704
it is disruptive to the game if that is the focus, 5 minute gameplay and 10 minute porn scene is not something I want
if the game is good and the characters are naked there is no problem but that is never the case, there is always a failstate that takes forever because of the porn or the game is very bad and the only selling point is the porn

>>723568889
10.75 fucking gigabytes???

Is there an "end" to the Mr. Sleepy Man demo? Don't know if I finished the demo or if there's still things left to do.

>>723569139
Kek. It's 2GB in specs

>>723549643
>Mechanics seem conceptually cool but don't control well
This is what killed it for me even if I still wishlisted it hoping for fixes. The game feels half-finished mechanically, as if the controls were checklisted to work without seeing how they felt in play. Very floaty movement yet he comes to a complete stop instantly. When I think about a certain other sprite based slasher it feels worse. When I think about how the sprite artist is perfectly capable and willing to show realistic weight and movement yet the programmer hasn't been able to translate that feeling into gameplay it feels terrible moreso. Indies d-deserve a chance even if they stumble, it's w-what I would want.

>>723569339
it also oddly only needed to download like 350mb, yet it still says it takes up almost 11gb of space

>>723569339
>>723569460
Maybe that's the demo cut vs the final cut?

>>723569460
hello, demo????

>>723558797
who's Tonk?

Ground Zero is such a good game

>>723569848
>t. indian

>>723564532
This one is better in terms of meta-narrative games, but I wish it did more of the "find pages of the manual so you can figure out the mechanics of a game you're dumped into the final hour of" and less of the "ARG about the fictional guys who made the remake of the fictional game you're playing"

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3143010/The_Demo_of_The_Remake_of_the_End_of_the_Greatest_RPG_of_All_Time/

how long is this? I played the next fest thing, but you can also click on new game and it just goes from there too? dev made like 2 demos then? also has plenty of cheevos which indicate a lot of content, but who knows, game was fun for what it is albeit a little janky, I wanted to play a spellsword at first but felt like more trouble than it's worth when the knight just gets an uber powerful zweihander that doesn't cost extra resources to use

>>723547448
>Are Hell of Fear's plant-zombies really that bad to get an E?
The small spider bugs, yeah, they looked and behaved so pathetically I quit on the spot. Maybe I was too harsh?

>>723548294
There are over 3.5k games, that would mean over 55 games per "scroll". How long did it take you?

>>723569917
Call me literally anything else besides a fucking jeet, please.

Plus Ground Zero is a gook game not jeet.

>>723570253
it has a single jeet on the dev team so retards are clinging to that

>>723570357
Do you got a link to any kind of info on the studio? I only see the info on the Steam fourms

Can anyone recommend me a good 2D dpad action game?

>>723570904
why didn't you play fox flare night anon

>>723505959 (OP)
Everything I was able to play since the Press Preview started and I highly recommend to look at
I still have a lot to play and I hope the weekend can be fruitful (it won't be)

All Links to the demos:
E Tier:
s.team/a/2830030
s.team/a/2879980
s.team/a/3969060
s.team/a/4074930
G Tier:
s.team/a/3511870
s.team/a/3712860
s.team/a/3756520
s.team/a/1263240
s.team/a/3896110
s.team/a/3090810
s.team/a/2586440
s.team/a/4021860
s.team/a/4061260
N Tier:
s.team/a/4031640
s.team/a/2007580
s.team/a/3592440
s.team/a/3813500
s.team/a/3928440
s.team/a/3827580
s.team/a/3204320
s.team/a/3655610
s.team/a/3869500
S Tier:
s.team/a/3761660
s.team/a/3939390
s.team/a/3814730
s.team/a/3535870
s.team/a/4027860
s.team/a/4081530
s.team/a/3179160

>>723570971
>play fox flare night

I did and liked it, just looking for more to play. id also prefer a run and gun or action platformer type of game

Just fyi you can "hack" the fox girl game and edit out the like 4 lines preventing you from progressing past day 13

Qrd on Final Sentence? What exactly is it?

>>723571396
>press preview pedo
Dont care about your opinion champ

>>723505959 (OP)
And of course I haven't forgotten the porn games
The Next Fest wouldn't be fun without them.

M Tier:
s.team/a/3349640
s.team/a/3851570
s.team/a/3644610
s.team/a/3782910
s.team/a/3845600
s.team/a/3682700
N Tier:
s.team/a/3823290
s.team/a/3689530
s.team/a/3824170

>>723571830
Typing game where if you mess up you get shot, and there are other players alongside you so you can hear them get shot when they fail and the last one standing wins.

Any fun games with animal people?

Menace is way too autistic for me.
Couldn't even start the first mission - it kept saying that I'm underequiped even after I filled all the slots I could find.

>>723570904
Team Dehdehbon

>>723571905
>Long-haired busty wide-hipped boss lady in a pantsuit and button-up blouse
Downloading that demo now. Thank you my friend.

>>723571752
Guide to the matter
>>723069465

>>723571879
>pedo
Projecting much?

Played through both modes of Majogami and I still have no idea what any of the mechanics are except for press R2 to dash attack and press Square to charge up your dash. The art style is nice at least.

>>723572003
Add units to each squad and pick a vehicle for the designated driver character (the lady in the eyepatch). Those will fill out your equipment load.

>>723572357
You can also set the variable for the maximum days to like 999 so it doesn't boot you when you hit max

>>723571879
Cope

>>723570904
Myths Are 100% True
Kats Trigger
Majogami
Bottom-Up Beatdown: Hostile Takeover
Marvel Cosmic Invasion

>>723572419
they really should've put in a harder stage with hard mode settings.

>>723572320
I tried this but the jumps felt really awkward and for a game so Smash-inspired there wasn't any defensive mobility mechanic. Also while the right stick attacks like I expected it to it doesn't seem to be mapped to the same directions as manually attacking for some weird reason. Maybe it's just something you get used to but after half an hour trying all four characters nothing felt quite right. I liked the knight the most, then the boxhead (mostly for the combo you can do if you attack after catching the sword throw).

>>723568889
>As for the release schedule, stay tuned for chapter 2 (of 4), which is of a similar length and will be coming out before the end of the year. The rest of the game... we'll see!
lol

>>723514513
Tried Ashen Vow and it seems promising but it's extremely rough and needs a ton of polish. The script also feels like the dev just wrote regular sentences and then ran them through some ye olde English generator. Release date is still 2026 so I hope they improve the game as much as they can.

>>723572459
What would be the point in doing that?

>>723572419
Where is her pussy slit?

>>723571396
>yunyun
>excellent

>>723572320
>>723572568
Thanks guys

>>723574048
I don't care, as a rhythm game it's pretty solid, the music is good and the aesthetics are exquisite
A dubious localization doesn't erase any of that.

>>723574048
One line BROKE /v/

>>723574048
>a single line triggers /v/
Jesus.

>>723574048
game about niconicodouga culture from 20 years ago but let’s make it about people not even born yet, lol

>>723569941
I played it for 3 hours and haven't reached the end yet and only have 10/17 achievements. Hopefully that's a good indication that the final game will be huge and not that they've put half the game in the demo.

>>723535085
do you seriously think it matters to anyone whether you play the games they listed or not?

>>723535085

Philna Fantasy
MotorSlice
Ground Zero
Brownie's Adventure
Dissimilar
Emery Hearts
Jet Gunner: Refueled
Placid Plastic Deck - A Quiet Quest
FAIL.safe
Welcome to Doll Town
Mad King Redemption
Ire: A prologue
Always With You: Meow & Mystery
Kriophobia
Directorate Novitiate
The Island of Doctor Morose
Cutting Edge: Roots Of Mutation
Cyan Heart
The tragedy at Deer Creek
OddTown
Escape from 8 bit high
Karma Flow 2: Tears of a ghost
The Jester and the Madman
Joker's Game
Sword Hero
Advent Dawn
The Blue Cut Hook
The Machine That Breathes
Aquametsis
Besmirch
Vampire's Veil
Kiyo - Bunny Tyranny
Aegis Force: The scorian war
She's Leaving: Dalton's Demo
Detective Hindsight
Sangra
Summer Snow Day
Psycho Sleuth
Psycho Dead
Bianka Lovesick
Evil Origin
Simon The Sorcerer: Origins
The Ballad of Bellum
Confidential Killings

That's the list of demos I enjoyed/wishlisted. Some more than others, though.

I wonder what happened to the Germanon who made these schizo charts?

Trying really hard to like this game but I am very fatigued

>>723575492
Why are you trying hard to like it? If it sucks it sucks just stop playing.

>>723575543
It plays really good, I just don't want a pregnant black women slay queen in my media

>>723575492
yeah I got fatigueslopped by AI games. It's the worst next fest, since even the one subsequent. Indians are the worst race of people.

>>723575721
Congratulations, you mindbroke yourself

>>723575965
couldn't help but notice you didn't mention anywhere in your post which race of people is the worst. this is the next fest thread. Why even post here if you're not going to engage in it properly?

Steps to Next Fest.

1. Complain
2. Racial Slurs
3. Whine
4. Call things slop.
5. Call things AI generated.

>>723576117
Where's calling people shills?

actually got intreted in homura hime but im getting the black screen issue

>>723576179
They actually weren't doing that this time.

>>723575310
I'm still here >>723507490 is mine. I don't have my old template on ,y new pc is all. thanks for thinking of me :)

any good horror demos?

we have hit the big leagues

Yo, Myths are 100% True is such a cool game, reminds me of old newground flash games

>>723577434
https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/177758ba-2096-4b80-aa1b-3ad202bd7bd3

Ground Zero is about the only modern game to really nail that classic RE feeling, so many go for Silent Hill vibe it's refreshing to get a basic RE style game.

They gotta tweak the enemies though, way to easy as it is. Animations in general need work

>>723577580
Buffy really triggers cognitive dissonance with me, I love Buffy but can see how that style turned into the Marvel style which I hate.

>Played
Blind Descent
>Expected
Subnautica-like crafting exploration survival game with interesting world and cool ecosystem
>Got
Environment is more boring that I expected, animals are basically props, combat is absolutely anemic

>>723577846
They also should have an alternative control scheme where dpad can be used for movement.

>>723578371
That's already been sorted out.

>>723578371
For sure and proper tank controls

>>723578430
It has?

>>723574764
I see, that's pretty huge then, I'll wait for the full release since I don't want to repeat stuff

I think the next fest version was pretty cool and clever of them, basically a vertical slice of the game to get a feel for it, and you immediately jump into it too

I've been trying some other demos and they really get bogged down into the story and/or introductory stuff, like sure that's cool and all if I actually bought the game, but for this event I think quickly getting right into things is the right idea, plus they included the bigger demo too for those that ended up very interested in it

>>723578610
>I don't want to repeat stuff
The saves carry over to the full game, according to the demo's store page.

I surpisingly had a lot of fun playing Terraformental
It's a text game, UI is very similar to tons of incremental games.
It's actually a survival game with very limited resources in a sci-fi setting.
A lot of progress are carried over from one attempt to the next (time loop mechanic).
What is annoying that I often have to wait 1-3 minutes while the action is executed. Probably played best as a background to shitposting.

Right now my game loops is
>prepare for expedition
>embark
>do some exploration while my water/fuel is running out
>die
>explore some other shit, while using knowledge from previous loop

>>723571998
fuck off, furry

>>723528683
No. Publius "fuck the sinners" Vergilius generally gave zero fucks and even chastised Dante for feeling sympathy towards anyone in hell.

They should only allow demos for games that have a firm release date. I have 0 interest in playing a demo for a game I'm going to have to wait 6+ months for.

>>723577846
shit game

>>723577434
I like it. Wouldn't even be surprised to see it show up during a speedrun competition

>>723529701
Finally played it and it's fucking good, splitting ships with beam blade is awesome. AI voices do make it sound like shit but dude posted on itch Io that he needs some VA's and >my English Polished English translator.
Shit's good, Sieg Zeon.

>>723580147
>wait 6+ months for
Yeah...

>>723580147
Demos allow smaller devs to build a following and get feedback from a wider range of playtesters (not guaranteed, but still). However, it would be fair to have a filter for games with imminent release dates for those more interested in the near future.

>>723580571
I beat you by 3 months with Arbitology : Dei Gratia Rex ;_;

I think I am finished with this Next Fest, not bad but not amazing either imo
>Day 1 buy
Placid Plastic Deck A Quiet Quest
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2510020/Placid_Plastic_Deck__A_Quiet_Quest/
Non-roguelike/lite deck builder with card system that seems inspired by Inscryption.
>Great
Million Depth
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2555950/Million_Depth/
Roguelite where you collect blocks to construct your weapon to fights monster while going down inside the Earth. I am annoyed that every blocks isn't unlocked by default because this game could easily do without meta-progression.
Zako no Ahiru
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2879980/ZAKO_NO_AHIRU/
Getting Over it with cute Mesugaki who teases you while watching you playing the game
Yunyun Syndrome! Rhythm Psychosis
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2914150/Yunyun_Syndrome_Rhythm_Psychosis/
Rhythm game focused on denpa about hikikomori sharing her love for anime character Yunyun. Game is great but it's plagued by shitty localization, apparently devs are going to look into it so I am hopeful they will fix it.
Abyss Kitchen
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3508910/Abyss_Kitchen/
Cute game where you collect materials, cook for your team to power up them up and helping them with monster while dodging enemy bullet
Homura Hime
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1820000/Homura_Hime/
Hack and Slash with gameplay similar to Nier:Automata, production value seems great but so far basic enemies are piss easy

>>723580147
I think within a year is totally fine. Just to prevent what are effectively dev builds that are way too fucking early like Yasuke A Lost Descendant.

>>723581260
Majogami
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3837380/Majogami/
Inti Creates game where you dash around to MURDER enemies and WITCHES
Hell Maiden
>https://store.steampowered.com/app/3372060/Hell_Maiden/
Vampire Survivor-like with pretty graphics and nice music
ARCADEA
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3389100/ARCADEA/
RPGmaker game where you travel to dream world to pull out your brother back to real world. It reminds me of old RPGmaker classics
OPUS Prism Peak
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1947910/OPUS_Prism_Peak/
Another game in OPUS series, this game you play as 40 old photographer who travel through his memory world where he find a little girl which he wants to take to a peak of the mountain to save her
MONUMENTUM
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3931170/MONUMENTUM/
Pretty nice platformer, sadly gamepad only
>Good
The Path Home
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3409620/The_Path_Home/
Puzzle game where you flip white and black tiles to guide a little girl to her goal
NeverAwake FLASHBACK
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3072510/NeverAwake_FLASHBACK/
Interesting twin-stick shooter, arcade version and/or sequel of NeverAwake(which I have yet to play)
MOTORSLICE
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2830030/MOTORSLICE/
3D Parkour game where you play as a girl exploring megastructures and destroying robots inside it
RED DAWN
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2881330/RED_DAWN_Demo/
Cute chibi XCOM
Fantasy Maiden Wars - DREAM OF THE STRAY DREAMER
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3972200/Fantasy_Maiden_Wars__DREAM_OF_THE_STRAY_DREAMER__Demo/
Grid-based turn-based tactical game
Kotama and Academy Citadel
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3846250/Kotama_and_Academy_Citadel_Demo/
Metroidvania where you ink your enemies to do special attack that stuns them. Game is focused on parry(which has pretty generous window) and you heal with your money

If the game is published by Devolver I'm not touching it

So tired of all their meme garbage

>>723581356
>Not sure
Kats_Trigger
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3324650/Kats_Trigger/
It's fine but gameplay doesn't feels as good as Katana Zero/SANABI
Cyan Heart
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3744190/Cyan_Heart/
Horror game where you watch everything from selfie perspective. Gimmick idea seems neat but demo doesn't do anything interesting with it
Wonder of Blue
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3712860/Wonder_of_Blue/
Top-down roguelike, too simple for my tastes
Tale of android after the Apocalypse
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3921000/Tale_of_android_after_the_Apocalypse_Demo/
You are android who got activated after apocalypse/extinction of humanity. Overall not bad but on hard difficulty you have to grind your level to beat one enemy which made me lose interest in contuining the demo
Until the End
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3795730/Until_the_End_Demo/
Visual Novel with some puzzles where you try to recover your memories. Quite buggy
Gretel's Honesty
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3450100/Gretels_Honesty/
Visual Novel which is retelling of Hansel and Gretel, demo was short and it seems like it will be half of the entire game, unless later chapters are longer.

>>723581528
>Didn't like/Bad
Mona:The Endless Journey
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3973130/MonaThe_Endless_Journey_Demo/
Side-scrolling action game, gameplay felt so clunky that I uninstalled it after 3 minutes
SunbreakWar
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3648290/SunbreakWar_demo/
You build a base and defend against enemies. Game feels like shitty mobile game
SealChain: Call of Blood
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2652640/SealChain_Call_of_Blood_Demo/
Vampire Survivors-like roguelite where you connect your equipment to upgrade your weapon and pass the dps check before death comes to kill you
Second Stellar
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4032450/Second_Stellar_Demo/
Vampire Survivors-like with lot of references by the devs of The Stars Above mod to Terraria
Abulia
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3444230/Abulia/
Very shitty typing game
Reverie in the Moonlight
Vampire Survivors-like where you control mascots that defend you

>>723570845
>Do you got a link to any kind of info on the studio?
Not him, but they're Swedish.

>>723581260
>https://store.steampowered.com/app/2914150/Yunyun_Syndrome_Rhythm_Psychosis/
>Rhythm game focused on denpa about hikikomori sharing her love for anime character Yunyun
>skibidi
nope hard pass

>roguelite
>copy of older game but worse
>mediocre/bad game but anime
>roguelite
>ai slop
>mediocre/bad game but retro inspired graphics
>roguelite

>>723577846
>Ground Zero is about the only modern game to really nail that classic RE feeling
Crow Country was a better modern take on classic RE, Alisa looks and feels more like classic RE (even with the melee focus), and although it's not out yet, Voices of the Void looks and feels a lot like RE0 and REmake.

any good co-op games?

>>723580571
This shit was from 2020, before they even called it the Next Fest and the developers forgot about it so hard that when at some point the store images broke they never even fixed them

>>723548294
98% of games made nowadays are shovelware. Just watch a Tendie Direct to the Bin or a State of Decay

>>723580147
>6+ months for.
There are multiple games I've been looking forward to for years now. I was pleasantly surprised to see Ash and Steel comes out in a couple weeks.

>>723582103
>Alisa looks and feels more like classic RE

Couldn't be more wrong, they are going for Silent Hill

>Crow Country
Very good but is doing it's own thing

>Voices of the Void
Got a link? When I google I get a game that doesn't seem to be what you say it is

>>723557338
America too

foxbros did I fuck something up when changing the hex or is the non-bath stuff not in the game yet?

>>723582434
>Couldn't be more wrong, they are going for Silent Hill
No, they really aren't. Did you actually play through it?

>Very good but is doing it's own thing
Yes, and it's a fantastic evolution of the formula in terms of aiming and how the camera works.

>Got a link? When I google I get a game that doesn't seem to be what you say it is
Brain fart on my part. I meant Echoes of the Living.

>>723582117
GODBREAKERS, Tears of Metal, and Everwind.

>>723583283
thanks mate

>>723583092
You need 100 Trust to do the deed, if I remember correctly. Click on the "Things you can do" button.

>>723583124
>No, they really aren't. Did you actually play through it?
Yeah, like maybe on a very superficial level it kinda looks like RE1 though it really looks like original Alone in the Dark trilogy but in game it's very Silent Hillish. Now I think about it, It's really Alone in the Darkish.

>Yes, and it's a fantastic evolution of the formula in terms of aiming and how the camera works.
Yeah, not debating that. I just want them classic RE vibes back which no one is really doing

>Brain fart on my part. I meant Echoes of the Living.
Been following them for a while. Really like what I've seen and enjoyed the demo. But, Ground Zero really nails the gameplay flow of classic RE more so them Echoes of the Living but I'm going by that demo they put out like a year ago so i'm hoping it has gotten better.

>>723583548
NTA but you are full of shit

>>723574319
>>723574372
>>723574425
It's incredibly gay and you are faggots for hand-waveing
I bet you'd say the same about Warriors of the Wind

>>723535085
>shitting on a sovlful blobber because it doesnt rtx and 6 gorillion poligons per model
Leave. You do not belong on a forum dedicated to videogames.

>>723543880
>KarmaZoo
Goddamnit anon i wish you didn't remind me. I was so hopeful about that game only for the devs to abandon it after just one update.

>>723583484
That's just a list of stuff you are capable of, not how to actually do it.

>>723583548
>but in game it's very Silent Hillish.
Not at all. The level design and progression and most of the combat are more like RE.
>Now I think about it, It's really Alone in the Darkish.
Which was RE before RE.

>I just want them classic RE vibes back which no one is really doing
If all you want is "vibes" it has that, despite the modernized features. Ground Zero looks a little like RE3, but that's it.

>But, Ground Zero really nails the gameplay flow of classic RE more so them Echoes of the Living
No way. If you changed some names in EotL you could convince people that it's an official Gamecube era RE game. It's 100% on point. Everything from characters to visuals to level design to enemies to key hunting is exactly like REmake and RE0.

>>723577846
Phase Zero is more promising

>>723567751
>That split second panty shot
I don't even like neither futa or yuri but Rondo Duo makes me hard

>>723583092
>>723583484
Wait, the game kicked me out at 40% cleanup saying it was the end of the demo and I never saw the "Things you can do" button.
What did I do wrong?

>>723584445
There's two statements that disable the UI if you hit certain thresholds
see: >>723572357

>>723584632
I see, may the heavens bless you with limitless fluff.

>>723584237
>those designs and animations
>yuri futaslop
This is exactly why we need AI, artists deserve nothing but a genocide

>>723507490
Alabaster Dawn isn't a next fest demo but it is one of the greatest games I've ever played. I wanted to like CrossCode but binding melee and ranged to the same input was asinine. This corrects this insane mistake and everything else about the game is significantly improved. I just hope the puzzles are far more clever later in the game.

>>723584856
The heavens abandoned me long ago brother

>>723582346
> Ash and Steel comes out in a couple weeks.
It's also a full release rather than early access, if any anons like gothic or slav jank like Elex please give the demo a chance, game open up after you finish the camp main quest (tutorial) and these russian retards have 0 money for marketing

>>723585219
Yeah the excessive tutorials are grating, but once you get out into the woods it opens up and there's a lot to find. Sad that there aren't the cool combat mechanics that Sword Hero has, but the exploring and the climbing is nice.

One of the quirks of YGGDRA REFRAIN is that the translation sometimes gets the names mixed up. Still, I'd rather have that than a malicious "localization".

Don't know if it's part of the fest but The Last Caretaker was a decent open world survival craftlike about sailing on a boat

>>723521098
This looks rad thanks anon.

>>723583092
I figured it out. Both of the conditions for the hButton UI are set to false as I assume a failsafe. Set the second one to true and you're home free if you hit the weird conditions.

>>723585497
>Translation being wrong is le quirky
It's incredibly gay and you are a faggot for hand-waveing

How do I play Painkiller with others?
I am stuck in a tutorial/hub area.

Will that Star Trek Voyager game have voice acting or can they not afford it?

>>723587450
Just start a game with the altar in the middle? I really didn't have any problem so maybe you missed going to the armory and other thing as part of the tutorial

>>723583092
>>723583484
Actually, it looks like they updated the demo and R18 patch so that they don't have sex in it anymore. They removed the code that allows you to do it and the assets aren't there anymore. I wonder if it's because of the talk here or because other people also figured it out since it's really not hard to crack. I'd just recommend waiting for and buying the full game at this point. Give your lolibros your money.

>>723587684
REEE IF IT'S DONE JUST RELEASE IT ALREADY

>>723541817
>>723542134
>>723542996
man you guys weren't kidding about how edgy this is holy kek

>>723584445
Looks like you don't even installed the official patch to de-censor that

Dogenstein isn't as low effort as I was expecting but still bad. The creator is also really happy to shove as much dialogue and one-liners in there even though he's using AI voices that sound about as good as Microsoft Sam.

>>723587584
I see it. I joined in. It's not a bad game but it's not a Painkiller game just because it has the stakes and the blades melee gun.
Also the characters are shit. The moustache guy is ok, the hooded one meh, the 'women', I see that nobody plays them.
It's not bad optimized either, they spent a lot of money on this.
Shame it doesn't seem to have a trad single player.

>>723588797
oh, is that why it can be on steam? I was wondering about that.

After several weeks now. And the Next Fest approaching its end.
What were the best demos?

Am I a total fucking bitch for thinking that Winnie's Hole looks like a fun game, and yet I still don't want to play it because I genuinely loved Winnie the Pooh as a kid?

>>723558050
it could not be more different from ultrakill gameplay
its like ultrakill if the creator was indian and his head was hit by a full speed train so hard that he forgot all the good ideas for the shooting mechanics

OG RE1 x RE4 x rogue-lite =
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1848610/Rogue_Mansion/

Pretty decent for an indie

>>723589287
No, the sauce is in Saikey Studios page
Literally first in "Patches" tab

>>723588998
It's not bad, but it's not good either. I appreciated the production value since I'd played a hundred indie game demos prior, but the gameplay itself was very unengaging. The game's going to die faster than Back 4 Blood, but slower than FBC Firebreak.

>filter for adult only sexual content
>HUNDREDS of ai slop garbage fake games and almost nothing legitimate
Holy fuck. Past Next Fests were nowhere near this bad for sexual content games.

>>723588913
What the shit are you talking about, you little shit Eat shit you shit.

>>723589620
Thanx doge. It needs less lights and more darkness.

>>723589381
Motorslice, Skate Story, Revelations of Decay

New bread baked
>>723591421

>>723591421

>>723591421

>>723589620
>rogue lite
kill me

what the heck is that awful font? game is Herbal Haven