This weeks Freeware Wednesday game is Stealth Bastard, a side scrolling Stealth Puzzle game!
The Prime Gaming lineup for February has been revealed, and it's a romantic one this month, with dating sims aplenty (and some action games too!).
Man, Prime games have been getting rougher and rougher. Most of the games they've given out that I've currently got installed were given out months/years ago. Many of the newer games they've offered have either not been terribly exciting, old enough most people who cared to buy the games have bought it, or they've been included in bundles elsewhere many times already. And I even remember they'd occasionally do special things, like Black Friday a few years back they gave out games like Pillars of Eternity and Tyranny. Nothing like that since.
It is a nice bonus of being a Prime member, getting these games, but I think I'd rather they give out 1 decent game every month than the lower quality, kind of scattershot 5 they do now. Then again, if you don't buy too many games you can get solid ones now and again (Void Bastards, Wizards of Legend, etc). But at least for me, personally, haven't gotten a lot in recent memory that's really excited me. Sadly looks the same for this month.
Stealth Inc 2: A Game Of Clones is a challenging and fun puzzle platformer in which the character controls a clone trying to free itself and others from a testing facility. The game seems a like curious mix of the serious Xbox 360 arcade game, Shadow Complex, and the much loved indie game, Fez. It's undeniably cute, but the premise surrounding the puzzles and platforming exploration of the game can also be very dark.
A Game Of Clones was preceded by another play-on-words titled game called Stealth Inc: A Clone In The Dark. This first game was originally called, I kid you not, Stealth Bastard when it was originally released. In addition to a better title, A Game Of Clones is also a more robust and polished product than its predecessor.
Siliconera:
"Curve Studios’ infiltration game, Stealth Bastard, is being released in Japan by Square Enix, the two companies announced today. Square will publish the game under its new title, Stealth Inc, for PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4 and Vita via the PlayStation Network this month."
I used to be a member of the Bastard Squad.