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Welcome to Part 15 of the Let's Play Some Demos! | LPSD series!
For those who are new, I aim to introduce gamers to, usually, Indie games and to provide commentary and feedback on the games for educational purposes!
For this episode, I used some of the demos I had grabbed from the Cooking Fest and Cozy Quest Steam Events! I think. I grabbed a bunch during those events, and outside of them, so I don't know anymore…

Today, I, attempted, to play 4 demos for your enjoyment:

1. Chicken Journey – Available 
   Play as an adorable chicken in this relaxing platformer. Jump, climb and solve puzzles to find the answer to the ULTIMATE question a chicken can ask…
2. FANTASIAN Neo Dimension – Available 
   Embark on an adventure to discover your memories and save the world from a mechanical infection. Maneuver your skill trajectories during battle, and dive into a new dimension with a unique twist on a classic RPG experience.
3. Terra Memoria – Available 
   A shortage of magic crystals and the sudden awakening of ancient robots leads six new friends on an incredible investigation across Terra – a cozy and fantastic world that combines 3D and pixel art.
4. Until Then – Available 
   A fateful meeting sets off a chain reaction, upending Mark's life. People disappear and memories prove unreliable. Uncover a hidden truth with Mark and his friends in this narrative adventure and race to unravel the mystery before it's too late.

All links above are to the games' Steam pages.

Why was it an "attempt" to play? Because Chicken Journey stumped me with a puzzle, and I wasn't going to sit around so I could continue to feel like an idiot. (And the point of these videos is to introduce people to indie games, or AAA games that wow me, so I'll keep grabbing them.)

However, I will still be able to render a verdict.
With that out the way, on to my observations and opinions, via the "Layered Compliment Sandwich":

Chicken Journey making me feel like an idiot doesn't stop it from being adorable. I was having fun with it, up until that point. I wanted to keep playing, but puzzle games are not for me. So I'm going to geek out over the pixel art. If you've been here a while, you know I LOVE pixel art games! We need more! And this game delivers! The title screen having everything but the title of the game be a pixel art font threw me, though. The lack of consistency I'll remember. Clearly. Playing it was fun! Until I felt like an idiot, but don't let that sway you. The sound design was great, except for one for the dialogue, and the little bit of hide-and-seek was cute! The game has things going for it, but it's not my kind of game. Sadly.

FANTASIAN Neo Dimension: another game whose camera makes me feel sick after a while, but I would have endured it had I not had a timer. And the game had such promise... The design of the game was both pretty and annoying. For the main character, Leo, his body was semi-realistic, then he had a cartoony face. Why? Really? The Death Star had a place to dock, and then the people were cartoony? There were quite a few, "No shit," moments that would have been funny had the voices of the character not been annoying. There was WAY too much talking, which is expected in these kinds of games, so... really nothing to complain about. Much. You may think I don't like the game, but I actually do. The camera constantly swinging around makes it so I can't play it. If I could take the combat and put it into another game, I WOULD!

Terra Memoria's use of the combat timeline is unique, while the dialogue has me wanting to skip it. I looked up "constancy", the word that kept being overused to the point where I started groaning, and it means, "the quality of being faithful and dependable." and "the quality of being enduring and unchanging." Oh. Is this game a giant message about apathy (which means "lack of interest, enthusiasm, or concern.")? We did have a concerning scene regarding books being useless. And ripping pages out of books. It definitely has a message regarding education. Again, we have pixel art and I was pleased, and they did a decent job integrating 3D. I want to keep playing this for the story and the combat system!

Until Then was incredibly well-designed and boring. It looked great, but I was happy when the timer went off. For this type of game, it had me doing WAY too much! Why are you having me hold down a button so Max can send a text message? Why did some of the options for said text message not matter when I picked them? I couldn't connect with the characters. Picking how to make the Slides for the school report was the most exciting thing about it. That, and the pixel art. It takes a LOT to make me not like pixel art. There, they were great.

Overall, I want Terra Memoria, but not badly enough to snag it myself. It's on my wishlist, for anyone who feels like being generous.

As a reminder, Chicken Journey, FANTASIAN Neo Dimension, Terra Memoria, and Until Then are all Available.

And that's it for Part 15! Thank you for reading!
If this series of videos is something you're interested in, the videos are available on YouTube, The Titans' Discord, Steam, Rumble, Odysee, and Ko-fi!
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The Monday, January 13th, and 670th, Artist Shout-Out goes to Karmen Pantoja!
Check them out here!

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TIMESTAMPS
0:00 – Welcome Gamers!
1:50 – Artist Shout-Out
5:26 – Demos' Intro/Video Format
8:36 – Chicken Journey – Available
24:27 – FANTASIAN Neo Dimension – Available
1:00:39 – Terra Memoria – Available
1:30:17 – Until Then – Available
2:06:58 – Quick Critique/Which Game(s) Do I Want?
2:07:53 – Artist Shout-Out
2:08:45 – Thank You/Links
2:11:37 – Rendezvous Point Bookshop
2:12:14 – Up Next/Farewell

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• Pilot: CrossCode, Dumpy & Bumpy, Ynglet, Zero Ranger
• Part 2: A Dance of Fire and Ice, 2064: Read Only Memories, Death and Taxes, Underhero
• Part 3: TEKKEN 8, Spiritfarer: Farewell Edition, Secrets of Grindea, Forspoken
• Part 4: Death's Hangover, Fae Farm, Fate/Samurai Remnant, Mini Settlers
• Part 5: All-Star Fruit Racing, Indivisible, SaGa Emerald Beyond, Visions of Mana
• Part 6: Glorious Companions, Tales of Arise, Ultionus: A Tale of Petty Revenge, Cozy Island
• Part 7: The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood, Cursebane, Dex, The Lady Puppet
• Part 8: Detroit: Become Human, Little Goody Two Shoes, Luma Island, Tinkerlands
• Part 9: Backpack Battles, Glaciered, Ratopia, Slime Rancher
• Part 10: Captain Contraption's Chocolate Factory, Maid Cafe on Electric Street, Neon Noodles, Tiny Glade
• Part 11: Critter Café, Grimoire Groves, Pixel Cafe, Wizdom Academy
• Part 12: AdventureBarStory, Bone's Cafe, DELTARUNE, Mudborne
• Part 13: Food Truck Simulator, Magical Bakery, Magical Delicacy, Seaside Cafe Rush Hour
• Part 14: Chef's Tail, Espresso Tycoon, Kulebra and the Souls of Limbo, Tavern Talk
• Part 16: Cornucopia®, Hipster Café, Let's Café, Spells & Secrets
• Part 17: Doloc Town, Feed the Cups, Manitas Kitchen, Mushroom Picnic Party, Rift of the NecroDancer
• Part 18: Meadgard: Beer and Plunder, BOKURA: planet, Teeny Tiny Town, Tower of Babel: Survivors of Chaos
• Part 19: Dungeons of Hinterberg, The Mildew Children, Mythwrecked: Ambrosia Island, Yaoling: Mythical Journey
• Part 20: AI LIMIT, Harmony's Odyssey, Last Time I Saw You, Whiskers & Wizardry
  
• Part 21: Constance, Dragoon Ascension, Kara Fantasy, Welcome to Elderfield
• Part 22: Crowncity, Dungeon Alchemist, Parliament of Hell 1796, Voice of Cards: The Isle Dragon Roars
  
• Part 23: Tuesday, March 11th
• Part 24: Tuesday, March 18th
• Part 25: Tuesday, March 25th

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TIMESTAMPS

0:00 - Welcome Gamers!
1:50 - Artist Shout-Out
5:26 - Demos' Intro/Video Format
8:36 - Chicken Journey - Available
24:27 - FANTASIAN Neo Dimension - Available
1:00:39 - Terra Memoria - Available
1:30:17 - Until Then - Available
2:06:58 - Quick Critique/Which Game(s) Do I Want?
2:07:53 - Artist Shout-Out
2:08:45 - Thank You/Links
2:11:37 - Rendezvous Point Bookshop
2:12:14 - Up Next/Farewell

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MORE INFO & TO SUPPORT

- About MonriaTitans | WGS
- Rendezvous Point Bookshop
- Artist Shout-Outs Criteria
- The Titans' Discord
- Throne Wishlist
- #SubOffTwitch
- YouTube
- Rumble
- Odysee
- Twitch
- Steam

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Originally published to https://opinionsandtruth.wordpress.com on January 15, 2025.