They always run, Industria, Mana Spark, Shieldmaiden [Lazy reviews]

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Published on January 13, 2022 8:59:18 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gIZ7hQMF24

Game:

They Always Run (2021)

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Review

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This lazy review is meant give some attention to so unknown (indie) video games. All said is my personal opinion and meant to give you a quick and dirty insight to the games shown.


1. They always run, a great story driven 2d platformer (7/10)
pro:
- beautiful and professional art
- unique combat style
- cool story to follow
- useful upgrade system
- very forgiving platforming with checkpoints

neg:
- combat suffers from animation locking

Get the game here:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1585440/They_Always_Run/


2. Industria, Half life inspired fps ("8+ of 10")

pro:
- unique graphics and setting
- very dense story telling
- unqiue spin with an alternative DDR steam punk world (Ausgezeichnet!!)

neg:
- only standard combat
- did crash a few times for me
- can have performance issues

Get the game here:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1172650/INDUSTRIA/


3. Mana Spark, though rouge lite (6/10)

pro:
- tons of upgrades and classes
- precise and punishing gameplay (me gusta)
- hard combat

neg:
- tons of repetion
- always the same level layout
- very pixely pixel art

Get the game here:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/630720/Mana_Spark/


3. Shieldmaiden (6/10)

pro:
- great looking pixel art
- challenging bosses
- neat story to follow
- fluid and fair gameplay

neg:
- very sparse levels
- no replayabality
- no secret/additional content

Get the game here:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1229500/Shieldmaiden_Remix_Edition/


Disclaimer: I requested the key for this game, which I got. I didn't get any money, sponsorship nor do I have any affiliation with the developers/publishers. But thanks for giving these gems to me!


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0:00 Hello there
0:19 They always run
2:09 Industria
4:12 Mana Spark
5:36 Shieldmaiden

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