Funny, I actually liked Adam Wolfe. I mean, it's cheeseball, but it's a HOG, and they're ALL cheeseball. As far as that genre goes, it's definitely above average IMO.


Here's another bad one:

Baff 2: https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/id/Grez1/recommended/1104670

It's horrible

You're welcome! I just realized that I forgot to post a bunch of other ones that I wrote! Here ya go... (and a couple of these games don't suck [but the rest do] )

Pew Paw: https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/id/Grez1/recommended/1087990/
Grafi: https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/id/Grez1/recommended/1067650/
A Shawn Story: https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/id/Grez1/recommended/714360/
Dodge Rocket: https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/id/Grez1/recommended/1141450/
Abyss: The Wraiths of Eden: https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/id/Grez1/recommended/284710/
Gamehunt: https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/id/Grez1/recommended/1090580/
Amaze Frozen: https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/id/Grez1/recommended/828910/ (and you could essentially copy-and-paste this one for Amaze Untouchable and Amaze ABC...same things...ug)
Adam Wolfe: https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/id/Grez1/recommended/483420/

Ancient Anathema
~20-30 minutes
Absolutely terrible horror/walking sim with crap jump scares that involves being killed by racists. No, I'm not kidding. You should avoid this trash at all costs. If you want to read my skewering of this horrible thing, you can do it here: https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/id/Grez1/recommended/1010540/

Annnnnndddd, another terrible game to destroy:

https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/id/Grez1/recommended/861340?snr=1_5_9__402

"The Duller" - yikes, SO bad.

So here's my latest skewering:

https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/id/Grez1/recommended/715290

Segfault - a good idea done really, really the wrong way.

So, I just finished uninstalling a now-removed-from-the-store game...Your Ball Exploded. It's another breakout clone, and probably the worst one I've ever played on the Steam store. I mean, usually even an asset-flip breakout clone is decent, because the dev usually starts with some kind of demo and then tweaks things a bit and maybe changes the graphics, so they're starting with something pretty workable to begin with...

...but oh no, not this one. The "ball" is literally a yellow circle drawn in the equivalent of mspaint (although the new version of mspaint would draw a much better one than this ). The bat/paddle is literally a blue rectangle. The bricks are all exactly the same graphic, level over level, but just change color. The power-ups (of which there are only 4...smaller bat, bigger bat, extra life, and multi-ball [meaning adding exactly ONE extra one]) just drop at random...they're not broken out from the bricks. The level design is almost non-existent, and consists of just drawing some borderless squares and rectangles to change the playing field, and slapping a bunch of the same bricks in that space. None of the bricks do anything different, ever (no double-hits to break, no permanent bricks, no exploding bricks, no treasure bricks, nada).

The controls are functional, but the game still doesn't "feel" good. Your paddle doesn't stop at the end of the available playing field, instead sliding right through the wall where the ball will bounce off, resulting in missing it in the corners sometimes. The control (or lack thereof) over the ball in terms of which you hit it with the bat seems random, as does the initial launch of the ball when you begin. The ball will bounce back and forth between two walls, heading upwards, and instead of reaching the top, will miraculously just turn around and start coming back down without ever having touched a wall or brick that would have changed its direction. Oh, and the green bonus balls for multiball regularly just bounce into a wall and get stuck and sit there forever. Additionally, you have an aiming reticle, but there's no reason for it because you never shoot anything. Looks like the dev just didn't know how to hide the mouse pointer.

The lack of control also means that it takes forever to clear a level. And, since playing is so boring, it's a ridiculous slog to go from one level to the next, which makes finishing the score-based achievements seem like an eternity. Not that it's hard to stay alive...the thing drops so many extra lives that you won't fear losing a ball at all. I think that at the end of level 2, I had 30 extra lives racked up...which by then I wanted to lose as fast as possible.

This game is terrible in every way, and its removal from the Steam store was definitely deserved. Don't make my mistake...you shouldn't even play this game for free. Don't enter GAs for it in Steamgifts. You'll thank me later for having avoided it.

Originally posted by XJ9:

Originally posted by Grez:

Added
https://steamhost.cn/app/499440/klocki/
https://steamhost.cn/app/370490
https://steamhost.cn/app/375510/New_kind_of_adventure/

Awesome! Thanks! I hope that I was able to help add to the list on the curated page. :)

Oh, also, there is this one for the terrible, terrible game, Pixel Space Battles:
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/id/Grez1/recommended/745500

Ok, believe it or not, I have yet ANOTHER review for you. I played another 99 cent game tonight that is freaking EXCELLENT:

https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/id/Grez1/recommended/499440?snr=1_5_9__402

Klocki. Same guys who wrote Hook, and this game is every bit as good as that one was. Best dollar I've spent in a long time.

So hey, there's another one for the curated games list.

Originally posted by XJ9:

Originally posted by Grez:

Also, I don't think that I posted this one here before, but here's a little cheapo game that ended up being a lot of fun, and one I would totally recommend:

https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/id/Grez1/recommended/370490?snr=1_5_9__402

Feel free to add that one to the curated view as well.

Very big review for such a small game :O i need to check it tommorow

Ha, yeah. I'm wordy.

I thought that it would be good to bring you one bad (Pixel Space Battles) and one good (ASCII Attack) review...seems like almost all of the other ones up until now have been bad. :D

Also, I don't think that I posted this one here before, but here's a little cheapo game that ended up being a lot of fun, and one I would totally recommend:

https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/id/Grez1/recommended/370490?snr=1_5_9__402

Feel free to add that one to the curated view as well.