Welcome to a new Greenlight voting queue. We’re here to find the games worth talking about. This is a quick overview for the games posted from October 13 to 15 2015. A couple of quick comments and then some rules and we shall get to the more interesting stuff.
This post is only meant to quickly touch on the games and give you a basic idea if what they’re about. It is not meant to be comprehensive and it it best to go through and look at the games yourself. This list is created from my opinion, and as a result sometimes games worth mentioning might not get that mention. I try not to let this happen.
Rules:
- Games must have an English Translation.
- Games must have a trailer.
- The games should look ready for Greenlight and should not look like a joke submission.
- The games reposted to Greenlight and that I’ve previously talked about, will not be included.
Now the Games:
Title: RWBY: Grimm Eclipse
Genre: Hack and Slash, Beat’em Up
Art Style: 3D World in the Third Person Perspective
Synopsis: A four player online co-op adventure. Inspired by the likes of Dynasty Warriors 4 and Left 4 Dead, it delivers an over the top experience.
Opinion: It looks good visually, I do feel the Greenlight page could use a bit more filling out, they talk about a story set in Grimm but don’t make any other mention of what said story is.
Trailer:
Title: The Mooseman
Genre: Platformer, Puzzle
Art Style: 2D Pixel Side Scroller
Synopsis: You play as a shaman who can see the spirit world all around him. You set off to explore the three layers of this weird spirit world and all that it has to offer.
Opinion: I like the concept, it sounds interesting but also a bit creepy.
Trailer:
Title: WarArm
Genre: Shooter, MMO
Art Style: 3D First Person World
Synopsis: In the near future the world has broken up into groups of coalition forces have taken over for countries. You are a part of one of those units as they fight it out versus other coalition forces. This game will be free to play.
Opinion: It does have a bit of the generic first person shooter feel to the trailers.
Trailer:
Title: Pixel Noir
Genre: RPG
Art Style: 2D Pixel Isoemtric World
Synopsis: As a young cop you dragged your partner into an awful situation that got him killed, and when it was all said an done, got you thrown in jail. Ten years later you’re on the streets as a private investigator chasing down whatever income you can make, when a chance to clear your name comes up. This game is in its last days of crowd funding on Kickstarter, it has raised the funds to be successful.
Opinion: It looks sweet and the story sounds like a good pulp noir story.
Trailer:
Title: Hunter’s Legacy
Genre: Platformer
Art Style: 2D Side Scroller
Synopsis: You play as Ikki a huntress for of the Un’Amak and a cat who stands in its rear legs. There’s a world worth exploring and creatures who will get in your way.
Opinion: It isn’t for me.
Trailer:
Title: Dynamo
Genre: Strategy, Simulation
Art Style: 3D World in the Third Person Perspective
Synopsis: Build a droid robot and then set it about to do tasks. This game is all about your imagination, so go crazy with your designs until they work. This game will be free to play.
Opinion: A good idea, though I definitely want to see more from this game.
Trailer:
Title: Star Bridge
Genre: Shooter, Arcade
Art Style: 3D Isometric Scroller
Synopsis: Select your star ship and fight your way through a randomized trench with various enemies put there to stop you.
Opinion: It’s simple but looks fun.
Trailer:
Title: One Life
Genre: Shooter, MMO
Art Style: 3D First Person World
Synopsis: Survive for as long as you can because you only have one life and in this world everything can be dangerous.
Opinion: A single life in an MMO shooter with other players? Pass. No way you could entice me into paying money for that experience even its .99 cents.
Trailer:
Title: Valthirian Arc: Red Covenant
Genre: RPG
Art Style: 2D Pixel Top Down
Synopsis: Valthirian is a country untied by five queendoms, however when the heirs go missing things are thrown into an uproar in the central part of the country. The country to the north is taking advantage and slowly invading taking land for itself and only you and your school know about it. This game is crowd funding on Kickstarter.
Opinion: It has a cute sprite look to it.
Trailer:
Title: Caretaker
Genre: Strategy, Simulation
Art Style: 3D First Person World
Synopsis: Would you, if given the chance to take revenge and potentially destroy the world do it? Or would you save it? Set entirely in an alien structure, you must work your way through the world and find the answers you’re looking for.
Opinion: A very odd surreal game from the looks of the trailer.
Trailer:
Title: Spider Wars
Genre: Simulation. Platformer, Shooter
Art Style: 3D World with First Person and Third Person Perspective
Synopsis: This game is all about being a spider, crawling around creating webs and doing spider things.
Opinion: Look out for all those afraid of creepy spiders! A bit late on the warning on my part huh. It seems really early to be listing this game because it’s aiming for a 2018 release on early access.
Trailer:
Title: The Penguin Factory
Genre: Puzzle, Arcade
Art Style: 3D Puzzles
Synopsis: Sort your penguins for shipment out to wherever they’re going. Of course it won’t be easy as you figure out how to get the right penguin into the right box.
Opinion: A cute if simple and complex looking puzzle game.
Trailer:
Title: Legionwood: Tale of two Swords
Genre: RPG
Art Style: 2D Pixel World using RPG Maker Engine
Synopsis: Originally released back in 2007, the world has been at peace since the great war one hundred years ago. Now though, an ancient antagonist is setting in motion his plan to destroy the world and take over. You as Lann Northshire along with his friends must find a way to put a stop to it or be swallowed up.
Opinion: It’s one of those games that didn’t make much on an impression on me.
Trailer:
Title: Manic Maze
Genre: Puzzle
Art Style: 3D First Person World
Synopsis: You enter a corn maze and suddenly find that the skeletons, scarecrows, and other have come to life. Avoid them, collect the candy around the maze and find a way out.
Opinion: It’s much improved from the last time the game was posted. Still needs a bit of smoothing and improvement, but the potential is there.
Trailer:
Title: War of Rights
Genre: Shooter, MMO, Simulation
Art Style: 3D First Person set during the U.S. Civil War using the Cryengine
Synopsis: A multiplayer U.S. Civil War game where you either play as the Union or the confederates through the battle of Antietam/Sharpsburg. There are two modes, Skirmish which breaks the battles into a small area to fight and the Historical battle which will feature the entire battle fought over a huge area. This game is crowd funding on Kickstarter.
Opinion: It looks pretty and has great potential.
Trailer:
Title: Home Free
Genre: RPG, Adventure
Art Style: 3D Low Poly World
Synopsis: You are a dog who has been told to stay, but master hasn’t returned. Now you must make your way through the city, fighting tougher dogs, scavenging for food, making doggy friends, and just trying to get home. This game is crowd funding on Kickstarter and has raised the funds to be successful.
Opinion: I like the look and it has potential.
Trailer:
Title: Mist Valley
Genre: Horror
Art Style: 3D First Person World
Synopsis: You have entered Mist Valley to explore, but it seems that there are creatures out there. The further you go, the more they come out and sometimes it’s best to run away to survive. This game is crowd funding on Kickstarter.
Opinion: While the trailer wasn’t necessarily scary, I like the visuals which were well lit until they didn’t need to be.
Trailer:
Title: Rogue Singularity
Genre: Platformer
Art Style: 3D World with a Third Person Perspective
Synopsis: A precision fast platformer where you’re running from one platform to the next avoiding deathly traps. Each level is procedurally generated so you’ll have a lot of variety to hop through and speed run.
Opinion: Its been a while since I’ve seen a speed platforming game set in a 3D world, this one looks like it could be fun.
Trailer:
Title: Hex Phase
Genre: Puzzle
Art Style: 2D Puzzle Screens
Synopsis: You have multiple hexes with multiple colors. Your job is to get the colors to match up by placing the same color on a single hex.
Opinion: It’s a bit trippy with all the colors flying around in the trailer.
Trailer:
Title: Atlantic Fleet
Genre: Strategy, Simulation
Art Style: 3D Ocean going World War 2 Ships
Synopsis: Fight out the naval war on the Atlantic ocean during World War 2. The game is based around turn based combat so figure out how and when to move in advance.
Opinion: I’m not the biggest fan of it visually because I think it looks a bit too rough.
Trailer:
Title: MiniBikers
Genre: Racing, Sports, Arcade
Art Style: 3D Mini Bikes and Race Tracks
Synopsis: This game is meant to be a fun fast racing game where you race around race tracks against opponents. There are power ups and bike crashes to keep you on your toes.
Opinion: It looks cute and simple.
Trailer:
Title: Vector Strain
Genre: Shooter, Arcade, Shoot’em Up
Art Style: 2D Horizontal Scroller
Synopsis: Shoot through enemies in one of five ships, and each has their own play style, as you race through bullets to defeat enemies.
Opinion: Looks like a lot of space bullet hell shooters, but that’s not a bad thing.
Trailer:
Title: Shapik the Quest 2
Genre: Puzzle
Art Style: 2D Side Scroller
Synopsis: Many years after the earth has been turned to ash from a nuclear war, you the player arrive on the planet. It’s a place to explore, to meet strange creatures, and solve interesting puzzles so you can keep going.
Opinion: I think it has potential, I’m not a big fan of the visuals though.
Trailer:
Title: SodaCity
Genre: Shooter, Arcade
Art Style: 2D Pixel Side Scroller
Synopsis: You are soda can Mr. Redd in Soda City, and are a man who has a vendetta against the organized crime in the city. Can you clear them out?
Opinion: It looks over the top and a bit silly.
Trailer:
Thank you for taking the time to read through but that’s the end of this queue. If you have any comments, corrections, criticisms, suggestions, or thoughts please leave them in the reply section below. You can also get in touch with me on Twitter @snipehockey. Until next time!
Lost Video Games 
Thanks for sharing Hunter’s Legacy! Too bad it isn’t for you, but I appreciate an honest opinion. There are lots of interesting submissions to Greenlight, indeed.