Panzer by Orochii

 

Year is 2651. A world in war. Two factions reign and conquered most part of the entire planet.
The army of the kingdom of Reigarn, with huge power and politic influence.
And the tribes of the Urok, with heavy numbers and born for the battlefield.
The fight continued on and on, and for that matter, a small group parted on a mission to stop it in a movement, once and for all. 

 

 

Panzer was an experimental game, a short visual novel adventure with battles. In this game the protagonist isn't a party of character but a mech, that's divided into various parts: left arm, right arm, head and body, each one can be upgraded separately and equipped with different instruments, and in the end it's more or less like playing  party of four characters...  the assets are ripped from various old games from Front Mission to Metal Slug.

 

Download Link (English)

Download Link (Spanish)

Rpgmaker.net

Rmarchiv.de

Alianza RTP 

 

Random Fact: there are two cheatcodes for this game:

MONEYBAGS - Gives you 5000$ as starting money.
GIVMEWANZER - Gives you an overpowered starting panzer.  

 

Final Verdict: this game is clearly an experiment, and it's not perfect at all: aside from the imperfect translation from the original spanish version (for example loot mention is in spanish even in the english version, but come on, this is not a tragedy), it is quite simple, linear and repetitive but not without its charm. For a 1-2 hours game it's pretty good, especially because it has many clever ideas and aspects that were probably limited by the time constraits. That's a pity, anyway it's still a playable game and a different experience from the usual fantasy adventures, and I would not mind at all a more modern and complex remake at all.

 

So Panzer was an interesting experiment, I know that some people may not like it, and others instead had fun with it and loved the aestetics (this Front Mission redux feel), like me... so I decided to set for a middle ground rating.

The Last Days according to Ezra by Orochii

 

Ezra, worker on a factory whose name is Machine Inc. suffers some changes on his life. 
After being fired for some unfair reasons, he becomes involved in some strange events and meets some powerful beings like the Red Avenger and the mysterious Uriel. These events may put the entire world on risk and lead to its ending, if not stopped on the act.

 

 

The Last Days according to Ezra is an adventure game about a perfectly normal person in  a modern neighborhood where something strange is going to happen. It plays as a classic adventure game with some interactions, weird dialogues, cryptic monologues and some brutal combat encounters: Ezra in fact is a normal person and at first he'll find himself in trouble when facing more aggressive opponents, luckily later he'll be helped by stronger ally. There is no equipment management, no experience points and no levelling up, but few new skills and items are unlocked during the story.

Orochii originally made this game in spanish, however there is an english version available too.

Download Link

Rpgmaker.net

Rmarchiv.de

Gamejolt 

Random Fact: despite the title mentioning Ezra (Ezra Bound to be precise), you are free to name the protagonist as you prefer, so technically "Ezra" is just the default protagonist name.

 

Final Verdict: a very trippy and unusual game, thanks also to the custom graphics. It's unlikely that a player will play complete it more than once, since it's pretty linear, still quite good. Short and peculiar, but probably not for everyone.