Mars Underground

I don't often play RPG Maker games, but this one caught my attention because I love everything that has to do with time travel. Like the game description already says, you're trapped in a Groundhog Day-esque situation, forced to relive the same day over and over, but you'll keep the knowledge and even items you collected in previous iterations, enabling you to unlock more dialogs/scenes in future cycles. Days are short and you can start the next cycle anytime you wish, so experimenting was fun and it kept me wanting to play "just one more day!" for several hours in a row. I practically finished the game in one go (had to sleep in between), which took me about 6.5 hours. I kinda wish the plot was [spoiler]less trippy and confusing[/spoiler], but that didn't make me enjoy the game less. The repeat-the-same-day mechanic itself was fun enough. [spoiler]However, I would appreciate it if somebody could explain the ending to me =P[/spoiler]

I don't understand how this game hasn't gone viral yet.

A short but great game. It may have been partly due to my enthusiasm, but i managed to finish most of the game in 6 hours. It has so much content and so many possibilities, all the hidden paths you can take really make this game what it is.

Very cool time-loop mystery built around fun exploration of small neighbourhood and it's bucketload of secrets & puzzles.

I finished this game in a little over 4 hours. It's a short game, but it is well worth the purchase. The objective(s?) of the game is to solve the mystery of why you are reliving the day. You gain new inventory items that will allow the world to open up a little more through each time loop. The humor is solid and the underlying story is interesting. It certainly doesn't hand the story to you on a silver platter, but you reveal clues to the plot in nearly every cycle that you play. As a big fan of point and click adventures, it was a similar style of gaming without the tediousness of a million options. My favorite game features were the reactions that different characters have to things that you are wearing and the "movies" that you see in the cinema. They are...terrible, as the protagonist puts it, but I liked the concept of learning tidbits of information this way. (or in the case of "Bro, Where's my Dude?" just the ridiculousness of the "bloopers"). The main criticism that I ...

This game is awesome!

Weird time-loop adventure game with interesting mechanics. Graphics are bit basic, but doesn't get in the way of the story, which while a bit confusing, it's fun to follow through the continuous cycles and there is always a sensation that there's always more to do even after completing the game. Achievements are easy, but some of them can become obnoxious. Be careful! One of them could become unachievable if you don't follow the instructions of an important device. Game worthy for me even at full price. Probably underrated. 8-Bit Soundtrack is, unfortunately, not that memorable. If it's your thing, the DLC could be worth at sale.

Underrated game, would recommend if you like meta games.

I overall feel that this game was enjoyable. With its humor and creepy moments, it's truly does feel like a game that you should at least play once. While I can admit that the story itself is hard to wrap around, it does make the experience eel even better.

A short but sweet game. Basically, you wake up one day, go to school, see your psychiatrist, go home and sleep. But then you wake up, and find the same day repeating again… and again… and again. What's more, you'll find that weird things are afoot in your town (aliens, hooded cultists, a government cover-up), which seem to be related. So your goal as a player is to break the loop. There are quite a number of different "endings", most of which come from thoroughly investigating the town and the weird goings-on. Only once you've achieved all of them can you unlock the true ending to the game. It's fun, and the game will offer you hints (that you can decline to see if you want) if it thinks you seem stuck. The aesthetic and soundtrack are very retro (you'll probably want to turn your volume down a bit, though). The only technical issue I had with it is that no achievements ever unlock if you play in Linux, although I'll also say that the story is somewhat weaker than it first appea...