Heat Signature

i like

Tragically short, but a very solid game. I've finished my first playthrough already. Best I can describe it, it's like someone took Hotline Miami and mixed it with a puzzle game/roguelike in space. The game has heavily built-in pause menu controls and slow-mo mechanics so the game is less about reflexes and more about carefully choreographing your character's rampage through each ship. The gadgets are also well-designed: they seem alright at first but I found I kept finding new and creative ways to use them as the game continued. The Swap Teleport is a good example: at the start I found it was a good way to skip through certain parts of the ship by swapping positions with a guard further in, later on I figured out it could be used to swap guards into the trajectory of their own bullets, and I even later learned that you can use it as a cheeky way to get rid of someone by placing some sort of lethal hazard into the room you're in (a live grenade, a leaking fuel pump, or a window about the break and eject the room into space). I think what this game does really well is it somehow makes stealth feel spontaneous and unscripted where most other games fall flat. Getting caught is still punishing, the game is not designed to let you mindlessly blow through crews in the upper difficulties, yet since your gear tends to be haphazardly collected over time rather than pre-set and the ship layouts are random the game challenges you to invent new ways to stretch a limited toolset. My only complaint is that there isn't more. I'm not sure I'd recommend buting it at $17 since I'd have literally received less than 1 hour per dollar on my first playthrough, but at the $3 summer price sale I warmly endorse it.

good game and quick to pick up

very cool game

Awesome game. Super fun.

Ephraim ti Horn Simulator

Probably one of my favorite sandbox games of all time, up there (and maybe even beating) just cause 3. The core gameplay loop is what keeps you around, with a wide variety of gadgets and weapons, which interesting and unique ways of using them for you to discover. Lot to learn and a lot of enemies to fight against, keeping you on your toes. Honestly it’s been a while since I last played this game, but even so every time I think about this game I have a smile on my face and a desire to start a new universe Highly recommend

great, very nostalgic

absolutely incredible anything i can say is already detailed in the game description so play it ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥. its chaotic space action nonsense featuring defenestration as a main game mechanic. absolute cinema

An old goodie. Plays like some crazed love child between a slow-motion bullet hell and a highly tactical puzzler. It has room to be funny, both with the in-universe descriptions and the general absurdity when your plan inevitably goes awry, but mostly it's just a solid strategy shooter. My only complaint is that it is, indeed, almost ten years old, and while the gameplay is snappy and responsive, some of the artwork could use a brush-up, but realistically nobody was going to play this for the graphics anyways. The fact that this game is part of something called "The Defenestration Trilogy" brings me great joy. May the art of casting yourself and others through panes of glass never die.