Dr. Lunatic Supreme With Steam
- September 18, 2023
- Hamumu Games, Inc.
Get on Steam"Dr. Lunatic Supreme With Steam" is a puzzler game with over 1,000 levels and 80+ worlds to unlock. Enhance your gameplay with bonus abilities, playable characters, and arcade games. The integrated World Editor allows you to create and share your own levels with the community, contributing to over 400 more worlds and 5,000+ levels available in the Workshop.
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Reviews
- The game offers a massive amount of content with hundreds of levels and a powerful level editor, providing nearly endless replayability.
- It evokes strong nostalgia for players who enjoyed it in their childhood, with many finding it just as enjoyable today.
- The gameplay is a fun mix of action, puzzles, and exploration, making it both relaxing and addictive.
- Some levels can be frustratingly difficult or poorly designed, leading to a mixed experience.
- The game runs at a low resolution of 800x600, which can make the level editor cumbersome to use.
- While the game has a lot of community content, the quality can vary significantly, making it hard to find consistently enjoyable levels.
- gameplay16 mentions
- 25 % positive mentions
- 56 % neutral mentions
- 19 % negative mentions
The gameplay is described as fun and relaxing, blending elements of top-down action, stealth, and puzzles, while offering a sense of progression through spending mechanics and a wealth of content. Although it draws comparisons to classics like Gauntlet, it stands out with its unique mechanics and enduring appeal, enhanced by a level editor that provides nearly limitless replayability. Overall, players find it a rewarding experience worth exploring.
“The gameplay is both fun and relaxing; it's sort of a cross between Gauntlet and Chips Challenge, though rarely becoming as difficult or stressful as either.”
“It's also got an impressive number of mechanics, from top-down action to stealth to puzzles.”
“The varied gameplay, the spending mechanics that give a sense of progression and reward, the huge amount of content, and the achievements make for a pretty experience that I think is worth checking out.”
“Some may be quick to compare its top-down combat to Gauntlet, but there's so much in even just the essential gameplay mechanics that this should really be regarded as its own thing.”
“Even 20+ years down the line from its original release, the gameplay still holds up as well.”
“Not to mention, with the level editor, there is near limitless gameplay to be had.”
- graphics10 mentions
- 30 % positive mentions
- 40 % neutral mentions
- 30 % negative mentions
The graphics of the game evoke a strong sense of nostalgia, reminiscent of late 90s art styles, particularly drawing inspiration from Garfield cartoons. While some environments are simple, others are intricately designed with polished visuals and unique custom elements, showcasing a blend of old-school charm and creative complexity.
“The art style is nostalgic and unique, reminiscent of the late 90s when affordable graphics workstations were just 200MHz beige boxes running Windows 95 or NT 4.0.”
“Some arenas are plain, while others are highly elaborate and polished, featuring custom enemies and graphics, along with complex cross-level scripting.”
“The graphics evoke a sense of nostalgia, showcasing a unique style that stands out.”
“The art style is straight out of the late 90's where an affordable graphics workstation was some 200MHz beige box running Windows 95 or NT 4.0.”
“From reading monster descriptions, you can explicitly learn that Hommel got his art style from copying Garfield cartoons.”
“The graphics are nostalgic and old, and the style is unique!”
- replayability2 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 50 % neutral mentions
- 50 % negative mentions
The game offers significant replayability through its level editor, allowing for potentially unlimited custom content, alongside approximately 80 official worlds to explore.
“Comes with a level editor for potentially unlimited replay value, and around 80 official worlds.”
- humor2 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The humor in the game is characterized as quirky and whimsical, reflecting the unique personality of its creator, Hamumu. Players appreciate the lighthearted and playful tone that permeates the experience.
“It's like a garden for Hamumu's wacky humor and personality.”
- character development2 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 100 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The character development is praised for its unique and appealing design, drawing inspiration from Jim Davis, which enhances the overall aesthetic of the game.
- emotional2 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
Users express a strong emotional connection to the game, particularly noting its nostalgic ties to the early 2000s, which evokes deep feelings and memories. This sentiment highlights the game's ability to resonate on a personal level, prompting reflections that may lead to emotional responses.
“It's also just deeply redolent of the early 2000s, in a way that I'd like to write about more, but I'm worried I might become emotional.”
- story2 mentions
- 50 % positive mentions
- 50 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The story aspect of the game is enriched by a plethora of secrets, including collectible candles, hidden levels, keychains in each world, and additional quests that encourage exploration and discovery. This variety adds depth and intrigue to the narrative experience.
“A wide variety of secrets are scattered about, from optional candles to collect, secret levels hidden within levels, four keychains within each world, and sometimes even some extra quests to unveil even more secrets!”
- monetization2 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 50 % neutral mentions
- 50 % negative mentions
The game's monetization model relies solely on a fictitious in-game currency, with no microtransactions involved, allowing players to access items and content through the in-game store. This approach has been positively received, as it avoids the pitfalls of traditional microtransaction systems.
“All of these can be found in the spismall, the in-game store (purely using a fictitious in-game currency, no microtransactions!). Supposedly, many of the following supreme worlds submitted to the site have since been included in this release as well.”
