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Puzzles! Platforming! Death? This week I tried out a new comically-morbid platformer on Steam called Life Goes On. In this game you guide an endless supply of heroic knights to their deaths in order to solve puzzles. The end goal: The Cup of Life!
If you are someone who dies a lot in games, this is the game for you! For in this game death is not setback. It is the only means to success. For you need to sacrifice your loyal knights to get by the obstacles put in your way. These puzzles require you to jump onto spikes to make a path for your fellow knight, get launched out of a canon to set things in motion, jump into a spinning blade in order to have your body land on a button, jump into a stream of electricity to stop the flow of energy, as well as many more death causing ways.
All in all, the final goal in each level is to get to the golden Cup of Life. While you can just kill your knights over again to try to figure out how to solve the puzzles; it is better to think it through a bit. For each level has the challenge of trying to get through it with the least deaths possible. There is also the challenge of trying to solve the puzzle under their target time. Then there is my personal
favorite challenge. Try to get eaten by Jeff, a fuzz ball of a creature that is found on each level.
The atmosphere of the game, in my opinion, seems very Monty Pythony. There are even a few references to it on the screens at the end of the levels. I particularly like the humor in some of the names they have for each of the knights. For each knight has a unique name. Everything from Sir Bob and The Underhanded Baron Joseph Mutton to The Needless Mother Superior Natasha and The Crown Princess Julia Bowie. I’ve even come across one called Sir *$&N%@! the Profane.
All in all this game has unique and challenging puzzles which make you think about death in video games in a different way. And its visual look and awesome music just add to the atmosphere of the game. So if you want to play a puzzle platformer with an interesting mechanic, I would definitely suggest trying Life Goes On.
Forged by creators of the Tekken and SoulCalibur franchises, Rise of Incarnates unleashes unfettered 3D combat upon the PC.
In this shattered landscape, Incarnates team up for 2v2 battles within famous cities that have been realistically recreated as they vie to determine the fate of the world. Run and fly through true 3D environments as Incarnates awaken untold powers – Ares, Lilith, Mephistopheles, Grim Reaper, and more await your command.
Fans of the Elder Scrolls Online will be disappointed to hear that the game’s guild banks have been temporarily disabled. Zenimax Online shut them down on Friday….likely in response to a massive duping bug.
The bug, which apparently was so simple that many players stumbled upon it entirely by accident, involved placing stacks of items into the guild bank and then withdrawing them. Players reported other players in full legendary gear with billions in gold – just from removing and selling the same stack of mats over and over again. Shortly thereafter, the bug gained major attention after it landed in a post Reddit. Zenimax says that they have banned thousands of players that exploited this bug, though it remains unclear how far the bans will do. There is, of course, the issue of how to handle all of that ill-gotten money as well. However, with the guild banks now offline, the exploit has been stopped rather effectively.
It remains to be seen how this will effect the over all economy, as Zenimax chose to forgo auction houses in favor of the current system – which they have just temporarily shuttered. This could be bad news for ESO, as the game recieved only moderately positive reviews when it was first released.
One user even posted a video of how to exploit the duping bug:
If you like motorcycles Trials Fusion is for you. If you like tough as nails gameplay, with precision controls and amazing track design, Trials Fusion is for you.
If you like leisurely strolls on the beach, reading a good book and playing a nice simple race with minimal difficulty….Trials Fusion is not for you.
Everyone else should check out this awesome launch trailer:
Hero Generations, the game dubbed “the five minute Civilization” has reached its funding goal on Kickstarter!
Dedicated listeners may remember that the creator of Hero Genreations, Scott Brodie, was a recent guest on the Indie Game Show. The game, which has you playing a hero who ages one year for every step he takes and must choose his path in life, be it fighter, builder or lover as he fosters a new generation to carry on has now reached full funding on Kickstarter. Hero Generations is now working towards meeting it’s stretch goals which include a Family Tree, Volcano Island and an advanced tier Tech Tree.
We at Sanitarium.fm wish Scott all the best, and will try to keep PredictedCyborg sedated until the game comes out, lest she damage herself or the studio bouncing off the walls in anticipation.
