Steam Next Fest, the platforms celebration of upcoming games, has come and gone and I wanted to share some of the gems I found interest in from the week-long event.
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Category: First Look
First Look: CRASH: Autodrive
CRASH: Autodrive puts players in the of shoes of Emily Knight, a down & out college student who must investigate a murder with three strangers after the self-driving Autocab they are in hits and kills a cyclist. I got the chance to give the game a try and here are my thoughts.
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First Look: GolfTopia
GolfTopia is a simulation game where you can design, build and manage your own futuristic golf course. I had the chance to give it a try and here are my initial thoughts.
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First Look: How To Win
How to Win is an anarchic adventure/gaming experiment where anyone who plays can decide the rules of the world, and which direction the story goes. I played the first few chapters and here are my first impressions.
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First Look: LudoNarraCon
LudoNarraCon is a global, digital convention celebrating narrative video games, the talented people who make them, and the fans who love them, hosted on Steam. I had the honor of getting early access to the event and all of the featured games, and I am sharing what I think you should check out for yourself!
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First Look: Rhythm Hive
BigHit has finally released their rhythm game featuring their artists including BTS. As a frequent player of K-Pop games and a fan of BTS, I knew I had to give this a try and share my initial thoughts on the game.
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First Look: Swim Out
Swim Out is a relaxing puzzle game where you play as a swimmer trying to swim to the pool’s exit while avoiding other swimmers and pool-goers. I gave it a go and wanted to share my first impressions.
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First Look: The StoryGraph
The StoryGraph is a new site and app for book lovers and avid readers to catalog their reads, review books, follow others in the community, and more. If you are familiar with Goodreads, StoryGraph has a similar concept. I’ve been poking around the site and decided to share my initial thoughts with you all.
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First Look: SubZero
SubZero is a popular Webtoon about two clans ruled by dragon-bearing individuals that have been at war for many years. But that war will end with the alliance created through the marriage of Kyro and Clove, the prince and princess of their respective clans. Years of boiling hatred, growing dissent from assassins, and a secret may break it all if they aren’t careful.
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First Look: Paradise Killer
Paradise Killer is an open-world detective game where you play as Lady Love Dies, a formerly exiled master detective, as she tries to solve the numerous murders that have happened on Paradise. I was given a key for the game and have some thoughts to share with you all.
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First Look: Love Me Knot
Love Me Knot is a Webtoon about a girl named Avery who can see the red string of fate, which is said to connect soulmates together. But her string leads to no one and she thinks she will be forever alone until she meets others who can see the strings too.
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First Look: Superstar JYP Nation
The Superstar series of games are rhythm games you can play on mobile. Each individual game focuses on a specific K-Pop company such as YG, SM, and JYP. I specifically played the JYP Nation version and wanted to share my thoughts.
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First Look: Lovingly Evil
Have you ever wanted to be a villain? Maybe date a villain? You can do both in Lovingly Evil, a dating simulator for the wicked at heart. I gave the demo a play and have some thoughts to share.
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First Look: Neon Future
Neon Future is a sci-fi comic series created by Steve Aoki and Impact Theory about a future cold war between the Augmented, those who have integrated technology into their bodies, and the Authentic, those who haven’t. I have read the first few episodes and want to share some thoughts with you all.
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First Look: BTS Universe Story
BTS Universe Story is the mobile game based on the Bangtan Universe and has officially been released. I have played through the first chapter as well as explored the other stories and I’m going to share my initial thoughts with you all.
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First Look: Frostpunk On The Edge DLC
On The Edge is the third and final DLC for the survival strategy game Frostpunk. I got the awesome opportunity to play the DLC early and share my thoughts with you all.
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First Look: Eyes On Me
Eyes On Me is a boy love web comic about the growing relationship between Evan, a shy guy, and Marcus, the more experienced one, created by Loonytwin.
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First Look: Unlovable Replacement
Unlovable Replacement is a Webtoon by Nyanla that follows Chiko Dyer after a big breakup and the weird relationship he starts to build with a local delivery girl named November.
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First Look: Beyond Blue
Beyond Blue explores the mysteries of our ocean through the eyes of Mirai, a deep sea explorer and scientist. Become a part of a newly-formed research team using groundbreaking technologies to see, hear, and interact with the ocean in a more meaningful way than has ever been attempted.
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First Look: Future You
Future You is a Webtoon about a time-traveling secret agent who is stuck in the current era and her growing relationship with a police officer with a tragic past.
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First Look: Rising Lords
Rising Lords is a turn-based medieval strategy game that is currently out on early access. With board and card game elements along with the turn-based system, I knew I wanted to give this one a try.
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First Look: Devolverland Expo
Devolverland Expo is a first-person ‘marketing simulator’ set within an abandoned convention center after the annual Devolver Digital game expo was mysteriously canceled. Basically, Devolver turned their convention promos into a game! Devolver is one of my favorite developers so I immediately knew I wanted to explore this.
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First Look: Best Friends Forever
Best Friends Forever is an upcoming dating sim all about dog lovers finding their human companions. Not only are you trying to woo others, but you also have to legitimately take care of your new dog. The demo is currently out so I gave it a try and here are my thoughts.
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First Look: True Beauty
Even though I have been reading this webtoon for a long time, I have yet to share True Beauty on the blog! So I am fixing that today with a first look to introduce you all to this series.
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First Look: Date or Die
Date or Die is a project I have had my eye on for awhile. So I finally gave the two demos a try and wanted to share my initial thoughts.
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First Look: Superliminal
Superliminal is a quirky puzzle game where perception is key. I got to take a look at this game and share my first thoughts with you all.
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First Look: Later Daters
Later Daters is a new dating visual novel where you play a senior citizen who has just moved to a retirement community. Will you find love so you don’t die alone or just get your kicks while the getting is still good?
First Look: No Time To Relax
No Time To Relax is a life simulation game where up to four players compete to have the ultimate life. From education, profession, leisure, and more, you will have to balance your life for the win.
First Look: Dead by Daylight Mobile
Dead by Daylight is one of my favorite video games to play and to also watch. I’ve been following it since the beta back in 2016 and still keep up with it now. So when Dead by Daylight Mobile released I knew I had to give it a try.
First Look: Quibi
You may have seen ads for Quibi, a vertical video streaming service, all across social media. It is officially out now and I decided to give it a try and share my thoughts.
First Look: Disney Sorcerer’s Arena
Disney just released a new mobile game called Sorcerer’s Arena. You play as various Disney characters battling enemies to become the next sorcerer. Since I have played other Disney mobile games, I knew I wanted to give this one a go.
First Look: Coffee Talk
I have seen this game suggest on social media and on some other blogs I follow, so I decided to give the demo a play and share my thoughts.
First Look: Frostpunk The Last Autumn DLC
I am back with more about Frostpunk! 11 Bit Studios is releasing a new DLC soon called The Last Autumn and I got a chance to try it out before release. So here is my first look at the new scenario.
First Look: Krueger and Faust
Sharing another first look at a Webtoon I’ve been loving lately: Krueger and Faust! A human and a supernatural creature become an interesting pair in this comic by yacky-jackie.
First Look: Crumbs
Back with another first look at a Webtoon I have been enjoying. This time it is Crumbs by Whitherling and we follow the story of Ray, a young woman with some special powers and a love for the bakery that makes dreams come true with their hand-crafted treats. She may also be in love with the boy at the bakery too.
First Look: Phase
I’ve been reading more Webtoons since the last time I wrote about them, and I figured I’d highlight some of the more interesting ones I have found. And for this post, I am going to focus on Phase. Continue reading
First Look: Harry Potter: Wizards Unite
Alright, witches and wizards, it is officially here! Harry Potter: Wizards Unite is the latest Portkey Games and Niantic game which released this past weekend. I have spent the majority of the weekend trying it out and this post I will be sharing my first impressions of the game! Continue reading
First Look: Let’s Play
Let’s Play is a webcomic created by Mongie which follows Sam, an aspiring professional game designer who’s first game gets played by Marshall Law, a let’s player akin to those on YouTube. With season one recently ending and season two on the way, I decided to share a first look at this series and share my thoughts with you all. Continue reading
First Look: Lore Olympus
Lore Olympus, created by Rachel Smythe, is a retelling of the mythology of the Grecian gods and goddesses. It particularly focuses on one of the most famous myths, the Taking of Persephone, and how she became the Queen of the Underworld. Continue reading
First Look: Arcade Spirits
Arcade Spirits is a visual novel romantic comedy set in the year 20XX of a future where the 1980s video game crash never happened and arcades are still a thriving form of entertainment. They have a demo of the game available on Steam so I decided to give it a go and give you all a first look. Continue reading
First Look: Disney Heroes Battle Mode
Disney has many different mobile games with all different types of gameplay, so when I saw Disney Heroes Battle Mode getting advertised to me I figured I’d give it a shot. The game is full of Disney characters both new and old and the battle mechanic feels a little different for Disney. So here is my first look at Disney Heroes Battle Mode. Continue reading
First Look: The Arcana
Since I am a pretty consistent player of mobile games, I get other mobile games advertised to me often. And most times I am not interested in any of these games. But after seeing some talk about The Arcana beyond the Instagram ads, I decided to give it a go. Continue reading
First Look: Lara Croft Go
It has been a little while since I have tried out some mobile games, and over the holidays I decided to go through Google Play and go game hunting. One of the games I decided to get and try is Lara Croft Go, which is a puzzle game based on the Tomb Raider series. Here are my first thoughts on this game. Continue reading
First Look: Magic Kingdoms
As this post goes up, I am beginning my travels to head to the happiest place on Earth! And as I was waiting for this day to come, I came across this mobile game that peaked my interest. However, once I started playing, it was not what I expected. Continue reading
First Look: Identity V
I’ve been diving into more mobile games over the last few months, and I actually came across this game through YouTube. Identity V is a 4-v-1 asymmetrical horror game that is very, very similar to Dead by Daylight. It actually has the developer support of the Dead by Daylight team, which is what intrigued me enough to give it a try. Continue reading
First Look: The Flame in the Flood
As I was spending way more time than I should have looking at games on sale through Humble Bundle, I saw that this game, The Flame in the Flood, was being offered for free and was having a free weekend. Although I don’t play a lot of survival games, I decided to give it a try. Continue reading
First Look: Murderous Pursuits
I’ve been wanting to find some new games to try out, even though I have plenty of unplayed games in my Steam library already, and I came across this game Murderous Pursuits. Murderous Pursuits is a kill-or-be-killed Victorian stealth-em-up for 1-8 players in which you must hunt and kill your quarry before your hunters do the same to you, all while avoiding witnesses. Continue reading
First Look: Hogwarts Mystery
Finally! I’ve been waiting for the first game to come from Portkey Games to finally release and here it is: Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery. After playing the first few chapters, I wanted to give my initial thoughts on this highly anticipated mobile game. Continue reading
First Look: Night in the Woods
Night in the Woods is an adventure game focused on exploration, story, and character, where you follow the story of Mae as she returns home from dropping out of college. I first found this game when it released last year, and watched an enter playthrough and became entranced by this game. And now that I have gotten the chance to start playing, I can share a first look with all of you. Continue reading
First Look: Reigns: Her Majesty
I got this game during my Steam Winter Sale Haul and become captivated by what the story holds in this game. On the surface it is a “Tinder-style” game, just swiping left and right as you play a queen of a kingdom. But within your first few years of ruling, things start to get twisted. Continue reading
