Game news A John Wick style beat ’em up, adventure and strategy: the indie games of the week
As summer draws to a close, there are still so many independent games making their way to the various stores of our PCs and consoles. To make it easier for you to find your way around, the JV editorial team offers you a small selection of the independent games planned for the fourth week of August 2022 for you to take a closer look at.
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- Midnight Fight Express
- heyday of flames
- I was a teenage exocolonist
- Jade Order
- Like No Other: The Legend of the Twin Books
Midnight Fight Express
Among the indie releases of the week, Midnight Fight Express is surely the most anticipated title. Halfway between Hotline Miami and John Wick, it’s a top-down game that mixes beat ’em up and shooter elements in which you play as a former member of the underworld who’s brought back to life by a drone. The title is based above all on its fluid and visceral combats that will allow you to dodge, counter and finish off your enemies, all accompanied by precise animations since they were created with motion capture. Over time, you’ll unlock new techniques to become increasingly devastating. And the good news is that Midnight Fight Express will be available on Xbox Game Pass upon launch.
- Release Date: August 23rd
- Platforms: PC, Xbox Series, Switch, PS4, ONE
heyday of flames
Between wargame and roguelike, Prime of Flames is a title that puts you in the role of the leader of the ancient ancestors whose mission is to lead the human camp and its best warriors to uncover the truth about the history of this world and its catastrophes discover . Each warrior hails from different clans, each with their own talents and abilities. Therefore, once the journey has begun, we will fight on maps with unique terrain that will challenge you to defeat all enemies. It’s up to you to create your ideal team to see the end of this adventure.
- Release Date: August 23rd
- Platforms: PC
I was a teenage exocolonist
In I Was A Teenage Exocolonist, you play as a teenager growing up in humanity’s first extrasolar space colony and relive his adolescence in a narrative RPG that takes the form of card battles. Throughout the adventure, as your persona grows up, you will be able to explore the planet but also fall in love and create new relationships. During the ten years that this experiment lasts, your decisions will determine the course of the life of your hero and the colony. With over 250 battle cards, you can also use memories to explore the game’s various events, including 29 different possible endings based on your choices.
- Release Date: August 25th
- Platforms: PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Mac, Linux
Jade Order
Jade Order is a turn-based combat strategy game that puts us in the shoes of an ancient warrior in charge of lighting the sealed beacons of his millennial order. In order to do this and avoid an impending catastrophe, the player must solve around fifty puzzles while helping the Goddess of Jade cleanse the Land of Flames. With its pixel art graphics and artistic direction full of flashy colors, we’ll have four skills, each with a specific purpose, that will allow us to overcome the different obstacles of each map. Almost a puzzle game in itself, constantly creating new challenges.
- Release Date: August 25th
- Platforms: PC, Switch
Like No Other: The Legend of the Twin Books
With its extended title Like No Other: The Legend Of The Twin Books is a point and click adventure game in which we’ll follow Dan, a clumsy adventurer who risks everything to solve the legend of the twin books by finding the abandoned one Explore the city of Red Pines. In fact, rumor has it that a talented artist reproduced the Ghost Book so perfectly that museum staff accidentally left the original behind when they evacuated Red Pines. So this dear Dan goes in search of the latter in a playful and family adventure. A game of short duration since the developers speak of only two hours to see the end, but which has something to please with its beautiful graphics.
- Release Date: August 25th
- Platforms: PC
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