katherine morayati

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katherine morayati @morayati2/13/2023, 1:35 AM

Laura @lmichet

Juniper Bug @JuniperTheory2/12/2023, 7:53 AM

I Played 70+ Steam Demos To Find The Ones That Are Actually Interesting

Hello! My name's Junebug, and I played a fucking bajillion steam demos this season to try to find anything that's interesting. Some of them were! Some of them weren't. I'm gonna do 4 categories of games:

Games you should go try, right now, this fucking rules, top tier stuff
Games that are interesting enough that you should consider taking a look if you get a chance
Games that might interest you if you care about a specific niche or type of game; but not necessarily winners to everyone
Games where the demo had serious problems or otherwise weren't interesting but there's a seed of something great, and could become something awesome

As a note, i played basically anything i found, so there might be games on this list that were made by weird shitheads or in the end have weird stuff in them; if so, let me know and I'll remove em.

Lets get started!

#games #steam demos #Steam Next Fest #steam nextfest

Laura @lmichet2/12/2023, 11:00 PM

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Çyn @Cyn-Cedilla2/12/2023, 8:12 AM

whispers in self-promo "what about 1000xRESIST tho?"

Juniper Bug @JuniperTheory2/12/2023, 4:48 PM

If it's in the steam next fest I might check it out today!

Unlimited Trees @UnlimitedTrees2/12/2023, 4:53 PM

have u ever heard of teabat

Juniper Bug @JuniperTheory2/12/2023, 7:31 PM

i have now!!!!

Heatherhorns In: The Adventure of the Lost Shipwreck @Heatherhorns2/12/2023, 5:26 PM

(Bug I would love to play King of the Castle with you)

@sarksus2/12/2023, 9:22 PM

Great list! I just wishlisted a bunch more games. Next Fest seems to always have something of interest. I had no idea Shadows of Doubt was getting a demo so I’m excited to try it!

vehemently @vehemently2/12/2023, 10:35 PM

I really enjoyed Slave Zero X :) Also thanks for linking the games in your post!

SnepShark @SnepShark2/12/2023, 10:41 PM

Thanks for the recommendations! Shadows of Doubt in particular looks super cool

Arashi @arashikurobara2/13/2023, 3:29 AM

FWIW the Tape to Tape demo offered me a fuckin' Pepe in the first relic choice, I Do Not Trust It (which is a shame, it seemed neat)

Arashi @arashikurobara2/13/2023, 3:32 AM

(and I mean, that alone is still in the territory of "might actually be fine and just made a questionable meme-y choice" but like. I at least no longer desired to stick around and find out.)

Juniper Bug @JuniperTheory2/13/2023, 4:32 AM

pepe's are like Eh for me because they've become a super heavy part of twitch meme culture far apart from the more racist parts of them, but it's still Ehhhhh

Arashi @arashikurobara2/13/2023, 4:47 AM

yeah basically

just figured it was worth the heads-up in case it hadn't offered you that since idk what all else might've been in there, I just kinda went "nah bruh"

chris jeffers @showerskeleton2/13/2023, 6:33 AM

100% agree on Shadows of Doubt. I did the built-in case and am still not sure how intended the way I managed to solve it was. [some spoilers for the one built-in case in the demo] After following a few leads, I went to investigate the apartment of an apparent friend of the murder victim, up on like the 14th floor. After knocking and not getting a response, I wanted to pick the lock, but there was a camera nearby. While working on picking the lock to the power box for the camera, a security door to the stairwell and elevator closed (for ??? reason), making it so there was nowhere to go except the apartments and ventilation. Around the same time, a lady NPC ran out of the apartment I was planning to investigate, but stood in place after stepping out since there was nowhere to go. Since she came out of the apartment, I talked to her and asked all the questions I could, including if I could take her fingerprints, which she agreed to. The security door went back up shortly after, so I said farewell to her and went into the apartment to investigate. The first room I walk into, I see an open safe, similar to the murder scene, and a note from the victim telling the friend to be safe. It was then I remembered to check the lady's fingerprints against the ones I took from the safe at the scene, and they matched! I rush out of the apartment and down a few flights of stairs to catch up with her and slap on handcuffs. Then, somehow, she pulls out a pistol. I sprint back up the stairs to take cover and spend a few minutes filling out the case resolution paperwork, then take the elevator down. I do a short jog to deliver the paper work and get the confirmation that I've got the right person, netting me a good amount of cash.

It was extremely silly that the murderer would willingly give me her fingerprints, but a pretty fun scene came out of it. Pretty curious to try just a regular generated case, I'm hopeful it can make some gold. Another cool thing, the meta plot seems to pretty quickly put you in a shitty apartment you can improve and customize with furniture over time, which I think is a good fit for this grungy cyberpunk detective game.

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