The Superfluous

I've only just started playing this game, but so far it's worth the price of admission (which was admittedly half off from the Steam sale.) It's a rather simple platform roguelike with a progress-despite-death mechanic. Old school pixely (and simple) graphics, an interesting-enough story written in some clear english, adn straightforwardly easy controls. Lots of unlocks available, so a sense of achievement exists the whole time you play. So far the 'roguelike' aspect is a bit thin - there's not enough variation between the playthroughs so far - but it does manage to pull a reasonable sense of exploration and accomplishment with each run attempt.

Looks like it plays out like Spelunky or Caveblazers, but is actually more about gathering resources and then managing to survive long enough to actually spend them. Makes for a somehow both relaxing and intense gaming experience when trying to weigh wether or not you risk going just one floor deeper maybe, get just a bit more experience and gold and cristalls or if you want to head to your HQ to spend your shiny in loads of upgrades and classes. Also you never dive with just one character into the "dungeon", you pick and choose between various team mates to form your squad and then change between them anytime you want. The managing of who to pick is quite fun. A medic and a soldier? Maybe you'll get just a bit further with the medics health packs. But then you can't pick your miner and miss out on tons of loot. Maybe just the miner and the medic? Risky, but fun to experiement with your options. Also there's like 10 of those guys so you got lots of combinations. Overall I had a pleas...

interesting, you need to understand the game because it requires logic, but in the end satisfies what's required in a cave diving-platformer sort of product. Might be a bit bored of the excessive dark, but i'm just at the beginning, liking the graphics, cosmonauts are always my fav. Indeed graphics is simple and so the purpose, arriving at the bottom of the level to reach the next door while collecting resources to upgrade, seems boring but i have to admit it, it is posed well and when i need to wait for an hour or two i dedicate myself into completing a level, it takes long, but once you are there you are up for that 30mins/1hr approx.

✔ Runs on GNU/Linux ✘ Completely broken on GNU/Linux, controller input is broken, keyboard input is broken, CPU is churning much more than it needs to. Until the game is fixed, I do not recommend buying it.

Pros: nice plot, texts, jokes, visual style Cons: lack of variety, uncomfortable, boring, repetitive gameplay. once you open all the characters, there's nothing to look at, you're playing almost same levels over and over again. also, for some reason game runs slowly on my ubuntu 14.04, especially when I use laser beam

GOOD: + Jet Packs (w/Unlimited fuel) + Grindy but fair economy + Progresison system for multiple characters + Rogue-lite elements of cloning and skills/abilities + Good balance of casual difficulty - plays more like a casual than a difficult game - OK w/me so far + Early rewards are achieveable pretty fast to boost progression speed if you're smart + Great controls, simple, easy to master and pretty good feeling + Humorous story and plot + AI computer has a great sense of humor and it's pretty funny MEH: - I can't find a way to abort a mission? - Very vanilla cave exploration (so far) monsters are not extremely diverse (yet - I've only made it to LVL 3) - Characters can't share weapons/items - e.g. Doc can't mine like O'Neill (this is OK too, just gotta be more careful!) - Mini-map could be better, I still don't quite grok what white and dark colors mean yet. I did just get a perk on Doc to show the exit on the mini map though. - Could use a few mini-games or puzzles? - I don't know,...

A roguelike platformer in a similar vein to Spelunky/Caveblazers, but set out in space in an asteroid, and you play as a squad of astronauts in bulky exo-suits loaded down with guns and explosives. The Superfluous is a fair a bit slower paced then the two games mentioned, though. You get to control a squad [one active at a time, but swap out anytime] of spessmens that have varying talents and intended roles. Light weapons, Heavy weapons, Demolitions, Mining, Medic/Support, mix and match your members as you wish and set out to [strike]die horribly[/strike]explore the asteroid's vast cave system at your own pace. It also has co-op if you have real friends that come over to play games with you. Sounds like a cool feature, I guess. TL;DR Play as a group of clumsy spessmans exploring a big rock with guns and explosives. Also, no ghost or penalty for being slow. So explore, mine, and genocide to your hearts content each level.

It's Caveblazers for people who are fucking sick of Caveblazers

chill mining/rogueing game for when you're smokin that kush kush instead of that reggie

TL;TR - Fun chill game to play alone or with a bud using steam remote play together has a good story. Bit of learning curve with the controls. Worth picking up for only $1.99. This is actually a fun chill game to play alone or with a friend (using steam remote play together). There is a bit of a learning curve with the controls though other then that its smooth sailing. In the beginning you might unfortunately die a lot especially to bats( O'NEIL's pickaxe 1 hits them). The tip is to make sure you have a miner like O'NEIL in your squad so you can dig to safety and mine gems. The story is pretty intriguing with sprinkles of humor, and interactive with the dialogue. Each level has more areas to explore and enemies to fight the only way you keep your loot is by finding the exit door at the bottom. Once you reach the exit you can "continue on" or "go to base". The longer you last the greater the rewards. There are other squad members you can buy with gold that have unique abilities like F...