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Every 2/5 review for #JakeReviewsItch, roughly sorted from best to worst. I'm not overthinking that, and you shouldn't, either. You can also sort by name or genre.

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🧡🧡🤍🤍🤍 And Yet It Moves After the first station A Dance of Fire and Ice 2d flight simulator 8 Bit Space (ZX Spectrum Inspired Platformer) ART SQOOL 1977: Radio Aut Arlo The Rabbit Annwn: the Otherworld Anodyne Abomination Tower 10mg: Sealed Estate An American Werewolf In LA As We Know It adjacency 12 Labors A Day In the Woods 4-LEGGED-HEROINE // Down to Earth // Absolute Blue Air Dasher Antistatic ARGH-P-G A Kishoutenketsu in the countryside 10 in 1 game-a-week bundle! a completely normal dating simulation that is definitely sweet, innocent and normal Adventures of a Radish Alone With You After The End: The Harvest An Airport Game Ambidangerous 10 Flights of Ballooning AIdol A Game of Changes 1365 All Haze Eve The Aquatic Adventure of the Last Human

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// Down to Earth // 2d flight simulator 2 9 0 1 / / FREELANCER 4-LEGGED-HEROINE 6 pack of craft games 8 Bit Space (ZX Spectrum Inspired Platformer) 9 Till Void 10 Flights of Ballooning 10 in 1 game-a-week bundle! 10mg: Sealed Estate 10mg: SNAAAK 10s 12 Labors 1,000 Heads Among the Trees 1365 1977: Radio Aut 1993 Space Machine 2064: Read Only Memories 2000:1: A Space Felony

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Arcade Spirits

by Fiction Factory Games

Price (US): $20

Included In: Bundle for Racial Justice and Equality, Bundle for Ukraine

Genre: Visual Novel, Interactive Fiction

Pitch: Date coworkers at an arcade.

My expectations: I've been interested in this game for a while, but I haven't played it. Fiction set in and around an arcade appeals to me.

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Every review from #JakeReviewsItch, sorted by genre and arranged alphabetically. Genres provided by developers/publishers on Itch.io. A lot of developers/publishers seem very confused about what kind of game they've made. You can also sort by name or rating.

See Page 1 for: Action / Adventure / Card Game / Educational / Fighting / Interactive Fiction / Platformer / Puzzle / Rhythm Genres on this page, alphabetically: / Role Playing / Shooter / Simulation / Strategy / Visual Novel / N/A (No genre tag)

Role Playing

6 pack of craft games After The End: The Harvest An Airport Game

Shooter

// Down to Earth // 1993 Space Machine Absolute Blue ACIDTRIP Alfal's Grove And All Would Cry Beware! Angry Video Game Nerd I&II Deluxe Antecrypt⚡

Simulation

2d flight simulator 2 9 0 1 / / FREELANCER A e r o c r a f t A Planet of Mine Airships: Conquer the Skies Anomalies

Strategy

9 Till Void A Planet of Mine Airships: Conquer the Skies Annwn: the Otherworld The Archives of Evil Dr BA

Visual Novel

12 Labors 2064: Read Only Memories a completely normal dating simulation that is definitely sweet, innocent and normal A Mortician's Tale a new life. A NIGHTMARE'S TRIP Adventure for a Bit AIdol Amelie Amethyst Hearth An Outcry, prologue Animal Lover

N/A

4-LEGGED-HEROINE 10 in 1 game-a-week bundle! 1977: Radio Aut A Light Long Gone

Week In Review - 3/5/23

#JakeReviewsItch Week In Review Archives

This week's reviews:

🧡🧡🤍🤍🤍 AIdol 🧡🧡🤍🤍🤍 Air Dasher 🧡🧡🧡🧡🤍 Airships: Conquer the Skies 🧡🧡🧡🤍🤍 Akurra 🧡🧡🧡🧡🤍 Akuto: Showdown / Akuto: Mad World 🧡🤍🤍🤍🤍 The Alabaster Donut Farm 🧡🧡🧡🤍🤍 Alfal's Grove

With the imminent closure of the Wii U eShop, it's high time I told you about two of that system's best games. (And they both happen to be from the same developer, NapNok Games.) Get 'em fast—they weren't big sellers, and they were built specifically around Wii U's quirky features, so don't expect them to ever find their way to any other platform. But first...

Game of the Week

Two new games climb into the #JakeReviewsItch top five this week. Will the crown go to casual, party-game mayhem or complex, methodical strategy?

1/8/23 - Week In Review

#JakeReviewsItch Week In Review archives

This week's reviews: 🧡🧡🤍🤍🤍 // Down to Earth // 🧡🧡🤍🤍🤍 2d flight simulator 🧡🧡🧡🤍🤍 2 9 0 1 / / FREELANCER 🧡🧡🤍🤍🤍 4-LEGGED-HEROINE

Game of the Week

2d flight simulator looks terrible, sounds terrible, and barely functions. By almost any metric, it's much, much worse than this week's other games, and that's why I've found myself thinking of it fondly over the last few days.

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// Down to Earth //

by LUXI

Genre: Action, Adventure, Shooter

Pitch: A short, stylish, abstract, nonviolent first-person shooter that doesn't have much to offer beyond its aesthetic.

My expectations:

Don't know a thing about it. It looks wonderfully garish. I didn't read the description, but I did spot the words "game jam," which makes me think there won't be much here.

Review:

Yep, this sure is a game jam game. I’m sure it was a thrill to put this together in a day. As someone who didn’t attend this jam and doesn’t know these people—someone who is just playing a game—I can only share so much of that joy.

// Down to Earth // consists of three or four levels, and they’re all basically the same. I finished in about ten minutes, although I was ready to quit after the first minute. The only thing I gained by sticking it out was certainty that, yeah, my first impression was completely accurate.

You’re dropped in a small, 3D arena of houses, rainbows, and featureless blocks. Flat, pixelated cat heads glide straight toward you. You lose health if they touch you. They lose health if you say, “Pew!” and lob bouncy hearts at them. Wander and jump until you reach a hidden portal. Repeat.

The magenta-soaked combination of chunky bitmaps and Unreal Engine lighting and shaders is stylin’, and anyone looking for lo-fi hip-hop beats to relax/study to needs to hear this soundtrack, but even the style feels tired after that first minute.

I’m happy for LUXI, but this is barely a game.

+ Looks fresh + Hot tunes + Easy to understand

– No substance – Almost impossible to tell if an enemy is behind you – Some of the platforming is rotten – Throws everything it has at you from the start and never introduces another new idea

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#JakeReviewsItch by Genre

Every review from #JakeReviewsItch, sorted by genre and arranged alphabetically. Genres provided by developers/publishers on Itch.io. A lot of developers/publishers seem very confused about what kind of game they've made. You can also sort by name or rating.

[4/25: Phew! I've cleaned up the broken links and the clutter on the name and rating pages. Now to get genre sorting back in shape. Should be done by the end of the week.] Genres on this page, alphabetically: Action / Adventure / Card Game / Educational / Fighting / Interactive Fiction / Platformer / Puzzle / Rhythm

See Page 2 for: Role Playing / Shooter / Simulation / Strategy / Visual Novel / N/A (No genre tag)

Action

// Down to Earth // 10 Flights of Ballooning 10s A Lullaby of Colors Aerannis Akuto: Showdown / Akuto: Mad World Alfal's Grove Alien Life Lab Ambidangerous An American Werewolf In LA Anarcute Angry Video Game Nerd I&II Deluxe Antecrypt⚡ Antistatic The Aquatic Adventure of the Last Human

Adventure

// Down to Earth // 10mg: Sealed Estate 10mg: SNAAAK 1,000 Heads Among the Trees 2064: Read Only Memories 2000:1: A Space Felony A Magical Tale: Cavern Crawler A Normal Lost Phone A Short Hike Adventure for a Bit Adventures of a Radish After the first station Akurra Alien Life Lab All Haze Eve All You Can Eat Alone With You An Airport Game Anarcute Anodyne Another Lost Phone: Laura's Story

Card Game

9 Till Void

Educational

The Archives of Evil Dr BA

Fighting

Antistatic

Interactive Fiction

12 Labors a new life. A Normal Lost Phone A Sketchbook About Her Sun Adventure for a Bit The Alabaster Donut Farm Alt-Frequencies An Outcry, prologue

Platformer

8 Bit Space (ZX Spectrum Inspired Platformer) 1365 A Hole New World A Short Hike Abomination Tower Above: The Fallen Adventures of a Radish The Adventures of Elena Temple: Definitive Edition Air Dasher And Yet It Moves Antistatic Arachnopunk

Puzzle

A Day In the Woods A Forgetful Loop A Game of Changes A Good Snowman Is Hard to Build A Kishoutenketsu in the countryside A Normal Lost Phone A Snake's Tale A Wish Upon a Star About Love, Hate & the other ones adjacency Affinity Akurra Alt-Frequencies An Airport Game The Archives of Evil Dr BA

Rhythm

A Dance of Fire and Ice