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Steam Next Games Fest thread on games I tried.

XANNIBAN is an interesting idea at least. It's a first person, tile-based dungeon crawler with real time combat where you can only stun enemies by aiming at their weak points, who only get properly defeated once done so inside a containment zone. I'll keep an eye on this once it releases.

Guns of Escathon attempts and I think succeeds in translating the classic ponderous soulslike gameplay to a shooter. Shooting, aiming and reloading is intentionally slow, as you are supposed to keep tabs with new enemies via your updating journal that highlights the enemy's weak points.

Tumor Necrosis Factor is a gory rail shooter with a really cool style. Does a good job of converting lightgun shooting for mouse control.

Culdcept BEGINS. I'm only familiar in name with the game so when it turns out it's a board game battle RPG, I was curious. It seems neat and the audiovisual presentation is definitely up there, but as deathly allergic to cards I don't see myself picking this up.

Annalynn MD is Dr Mario but with a run-based twist. Definitely gonna pick this up when it comes out. All I wish is that the playfield wasn’t a rotating test tube. The narrow area makes it difficult to keep track of the whole situation. I don’t see why it is like this, other than visual theming.