Next Fest Demos February/2024

Games i've tried for the Steam Next Fest of february 2024, expect some short thoughts about them in the notes section

Balatro
Balatro
Wonderful poker roguelike, a great addition to a genre that feels a bit samey at times, will probably buy once the full game releases.

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Normal Fishing
Normal Fishing
Try it out.

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Crypt Custodian
Crypt Custodian
Sweet game that follows the likes of games like tunic. Really enjoyed this one even if im not a big fan of the genre

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Mullet Mad Jack
Mullet Mad Jack
Big post void fan here so I may be a little bit biased, but this game is biiiiig fun. I only played chapter 1 since i really wanna come knowing as little as possible to the full game

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Cryptmaster
Cryptmaster
Incredible 2D dungeon crawler about mechanography.

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Pepper Grinder
Pepper Grinder
I'd like to inject this into my veins

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Children of the Sun
Children of the Sun
Fun puzzle game about changing the directory of your bullet after each kill. That post mission screen where you can see each of your kills is cool. Good visuals and sound design

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Raw Metal
Raw Metal
Pretty darn good, but I dont know how much the game is gonna keep feeling fresh while having only one type of enemy and 2 types of attacks, there's really not much you can do with such a basic loop.

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Mouthwashing
Mouthwashing
Im not a fan of horror games (that's mainly why it ranks so low) but I actually really enjoyed this demo. Its a solid horror game based on the dreamcast style of graphic, there's not much to show on the demo at least on the gameplay side of things but the overall presentation is really fucking good.

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Gradient Flow
Gradient Flow
Good trackmania-like game i guess. Not really my cup of tea but its kinda fun for what it is

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Helskate
Helskate
Great OST and an overall good concept, the execution is mostly good but the skateboarding feels a bit too odd to control.

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Dystopika
Dystopika
Really nice cozy cyberpunk city creator. Only downside is the lack of variety on buildings and the poor quality of the photos made on the camera mode

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Echo Point Nova
Echo Point Nova
I think im extremely washed as a gamer because i thought this was a bit too much. There were some cool sequences i was able to pull off but i think the movement is a bit much. This coupled with the honestly pretty basic AI and the existence of reloading (seriously, why?) makes echo point nova be one of those "man i wish i liked" games

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Gatekeeper
Gatekeeper
There were many times in my 20 minutes session where i felt absolutely nothing was happening. Please, get some non-ambient music and try giving more feedback to the player, i got attacked many times and i didn't even notice

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The Rubro Rose's Castle
The Rubro Rose's Castle
This demo is extremely bad, the game is far from done, there are like 3 different art styles coliding, you only have one attack and you cant even aim it (cant attack in the air) and there's not a single invincibility frame in the game. Why would you release a demo like this? You are only giving the game a bad look

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