REVIEW: - Incubo on Steam

Review by Jon Donnis
Incubo is a side scrolling platform game from Hehe Gamez and has a somewhat horror theme with many famous horror ghost characters making an appearance.

At it's base this is a classic side scrolling platform game. Each screen will have a puzzle to solve before you can move to the next screen.

Puzzles vary from moving objects around to reach different parts of the level, to using knowledge learnt from one part of the level to get past an obstacle. An obstacle might be a gap too large to jump, or it might be a ghost that if it touches you will kill you.

You play as a little boy who is stuck in a dream, he needs to find out the truth in the dream so he can escape.

So lets take a look at what is good and what is bad.

The Good
Hand drawn animation means this game looks beautiful. Really impressive.
The music/sound effects really do add to the experience, and as the game suggests, it is really best if you play while wearing headphones.
The levels have interesting challenges which can feel very satisfying once you figure out how to get past it, and then when you finally do.

The Bad
The game has a steep learning curve, and sometimes you can find yourself getting frustrated not so much because it is too difficult but because the controls can be a bit fiddly at times, meaning you need to sometimes make pixel perfect jumps in quick succession to complete an objective.

The controls could be improved, there is hardly any margin for error, and sometimes doing quick moves means that a jump you need to do simply does not happen. I hope these issues are fixed in future updates.

There are a few graphical glitches, and you can sometimes find yourself trapped with no way to continue other than to reset the levl.

Summary
A fun game that with the right updates could be a great game.

As the game is now I give it a 7/10

Buy from Steam at
https://store.steampowered.com/app/992330/Incubo/

Review By Jon Donnis

REVIEW: iHUGu - Nintendo Switch

From Kool2Play studios comes iHUGu (I hug you) is a new Indy game on Nintendo Switch.

At it's base this is a simple memory game. You start off by choosing your character. Which you can also customize. You are then faced by a queue of people you have to hug, however if you hug the same person twice you lose. It really is that simple.

If you are a fan of memory games then this is good fun. And there really is quite the challenge once you have hugged more than 10 people and you start to question yourself. There is a time limit for each hug, and there are also other power ups you can collect.

It even has multiplayer, whereby you are both on screen together, and that does bring in more of a challenge.

And a quick mention has to be given to the soundtrack. You will find yourself humming the songs hours after you have put down the game.

iHUGu is simple, fun and a bit silly. And I like it, and will happily give it a 7/10

Find it on the Nintendo Store at £3.59
https://www.nintendo.co.uk/Games/Nintendo-Switch-download-software/IHUGU-1497665.html

Review By Jon Donnis

A Fisherman’s Tale Now Available: Step into a VR world where physics are broken

Rotterdam (NL), January 22, 2019: In A Fisherman’s Tale, the mind-bending VR adventure game that launches onto PlayStation VR, HTC Vive, Oculus Rift and Windows Mixed Reality headsets today, you will work with infinite, ever smaller and bigger replications of yourself to find your way out of a world where physics are utterly broken.

Watch the live-action launch trailer


What does it mean to be trapped inside a replica in an elusive virtual world? A Fisherman’s Tale is a journey of both introspection and extrospection, asking players to both reach inside and outside of themselves for answers.

In A Fisherman’s Tale, players will:

Break more than a couple laws of physics in mind-bending VR puzzles!
Team up with yourself in revolutionary multi-dimensional single player co-op!
Meet some of the quirkiest sidekicks to have ever set foot in a VR game
Use your hands to pick up, throw, combine, and use all kinds of things in glorious fully immersive virtual reality!
Toy around with your tiny little model lighthouse, inside a lighthouse, inside a... is that another lighthouse?
Uncover the truth at the core of an unusually tall tale, exclusively in VR
A Fisherman's Tale is now available at a SRP of $14.99/€14.99 for PlayStation VR, HTC VIVE, Oculus Rift and Windows Mixed Reality.

For more information, visit http://afishermanstale-game.com.

Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes Available today

Grasshopper Manufacture Inc. (Head office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan; CEO: Goichi Suda) is proud to announce the release of the Nintendo Switch exclusive action game Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes today, Friday, January 18th, 2019.

In accordance with the game’s release, we also wish to announce a new collaboration with a few especially legendary titles, stage information, and additional patch contents.



In-game collaborations with legendary titles!
In addition to the 54 indie game collaboration T-shirts available in the in-game T-shirt shop, two more titles are now being added as Legendary Collaboration T-shirts: The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask and The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D.

The return of Garcia & Johnson: One of the game’s stages, “Serious Moonlight”, is based on the hit title Shadows of the DAMNED!
“Serious Moonlight”, one of the games playable on the in-game console of legend known as the [Death Drive Mk II], is a battle-action game based on the 2011 release Shadows of the DAMNED, for which Goichi Suda took the helm as Executive director.

This stage was created from the world of Shadows of the DAMNED. In this game, main character and demon hunter Garcia has died and his former partner Johnson the skull, reborn as a hero, appears as the character Eight Hearts.

Additional patch “Day 7 Patch”
A patch will be made available seven days after release, and will add a new opening movie.

or more information, please visit:

Facebook:@grasshopper.manufacture
Twitter:@Grasshopper_EN  and @suda_51
Instagram: goichisuda

About Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes
Several years have passed since the events of No More Heroes 2... This time around, the setting is a small town in the middle of nowhere in the American South. Badman shows up at the trailer Travis has been living in to exact revenge for the murder of his daughter, “Bad Girl” – and things go horribly wrong. As they battle it out, the two are sucked into the game world of the legendary game console, the “Death Drive Mk-Ⅱ”.

Developed by Dr. Juvenile, the Death Drive Mk-Ⅱ has six games contained on “Death Balls”. It’s said that collecting all six and then beating each game allows the player to have one wish granted. Travis and Badman team up to seek out the Death Balls in order to bring Bad Girl back to life.

Legendary Card Game UNO! ™ Launches on Mobile Devices Worldwide

January 17, 2019 - Mattel163, a world class publishing and development studio from Mattel and NetEase, today announced that the company’s first game collaboration, UNO!, has launched for iOS and Android devices. Previously only available via Facebook Instant Games, and in select territories on mobile, the game has already seen a staggering 45 million players to date. UNO! is now officially available to players worldwide in the App Store and Google Play.

Check out the two launch trailers, via YouTube, below:





“Having already enjoyed enormous success on with UNO! on Facebook’s Instant Messenger service, we’re delighted to have collaborated with our partners NetEase and Mattel to bring UNO! to a worldwide audience today on iOS and Android devices,” said Amy Huang, CEO at Mattel163. “Players throughout the world can now enjoy all the light-hearted, competitive gameplay that the mobile version brings, including new games modes and the chance to instantly connect with friends and family.”

Playing UNO! on mobile devices opens-up a whole new way to enjoy the , featuring a brand-new rule set, inclusive tournaments, additional game modes and the ability to connect instantly with friends and family around the globe. Whether you’re sitting in the comfort of your home, on the go, an UNO! veteran or a newcomer, UNO! is the ultimate competitive family-friendly game! Ready. Set. UNO!

UNO! romantics will be pleased to learn that Cupid hasn’t forgotten them because starting February 1st, the game will celebrate Valentine’s Day with a special Rose Cup quest, encouraging players to complete daily quests.

Game Features

The Classic Game
Select Quick Play and start up a new game with classic UNO!™ rules. Play anytime, anywhere you can connect.

‘Room’ Mode
Invite friends and set up your own house rules. Play new cards like “Discard All” to remove one colour completely from your hand, or rules like “Stack” and watch your friends pile cards into their hands. This is the ultimate family-friendly mobile party experience that makes it easy for anyone to join.

‘2x2’ Mode
Find a friend and partner up to battle in 2v2 mode. Help each other reduce your hand (or your partner’s) to zero as quickly as possible to beat the other team!

Chat
Easily connect with friends, chat with others during a match or yell “UNO!” into your device when you’re about to win. Strategize with friends or cheer others on.

Real-Time Matches
Compete in tournaments and special events to win awesome rewards. Top the leaderboards and show-off to your friends!

‘Go Wild’ Mode
A no-holds-barred mode deemed the ultimate UNO!™ challenge. House rules on, two deck play and winnings up to 160 times what you put in. But beware, in this wild scenario, you win big or go home empty handed…

UNO! is the first game launch from Mattel163, the joint venture announced in January 2018 between NetEase and Mattel. Download UNO! via the App Store or Google Play