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The Hand of Glory - The Blowtorch Files

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49%Game Brain Score
humor
monetization, gameplay
82% User Score Based on 11 reviews

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The Hand of Glory - The Blowtorch Files is a single player action game with a violence theme. It was developed by Daring Touch and was released on May 9, 2022. It received positive reviews from players.

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82%
Audience ScoreBased on 11 reviews
humor1 positive mentions
monetization11 negative mentions

  • Serves as a short, free prologue that introduces the world and characters of the main game, providing a fun and engaging experience.
  • Simple and easy to complete with mostly simple puzzles, some requiring internet research, making it accessible and somewhat challenging.
  • The chat window UI is unique and reminiscent of text-based games, offering a different style that some players find refreshing and enjoyable.
  • The advertising approach is misleading, as this title is more of an advertisement or demo rather than a full game, potentially polluting the marketplace.
  • Text appears slowly as if being typed in real time, leading to frustrating waits and resulting in wasted player time.
  • The game is very short with a simplistic narrative and gameplay that some find boring or too easy, lacking the depth and quality of the main point-and-click adventure game.
  • monetization
    11 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The monetization aspect is heavily criticized for essentially being an advertisement disguised as a game, pressuring players to spend $20 on a product without delivering true gameplay value. This practice is seen as misleading, harmful to both gamers and legitimate developers, and not worth the player's time or money.

    • “While it might seem like an innocuous mistake, publishing demos and advertisements as if they are full games is misleading and in some ways harmful.”
    • “Often developers may choose to incorrectly publish demo/advertisements as separate games as a cheap way to bypass paying Valve for marketing presence on the Steam front page, which may seem clever to them, but it's harmful behaviour and it's not good for gamers.”
    • “This advertisement is taking up marketing space and visibility that would be better made available to a developer that's done the right thing and created a full game.”
  • gameplay
    3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The gameplay is well-developed and story-rich, but some players may find it too easy and lacking in excitement compared to similar games.

    • “Comparing them this way might make it seem like these are cons for this game, but I mostly mentioned them to set expectations for anyone who might be looking for similar gameplay.”
    • “So personally, I found this a bit too easy and the actual gameplay a bit boring.”
  • story
    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The story is well-developed and integrated with gameplay, offering solid narrative depth. However, as a prequel, it provides only limited expansion or explanation of the main game's backstory.

    • “That one was very fleshed out in terms of story and gameplay.”
    • “As a prequel, this game showed references to characters in the main game, but I think it actually did not explain nor expand much in terms of backstory.”
  • humor
    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The humor is well-executed and balanced effectively with mystery and drama, contributing to the game's strong character-driven storytelling. However, the short length of the blowtorch files limits the opportunity to fully showcase this humor.

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The Hand of Glory - The Blowtorch Files is a action game with violence theme.

The Hand of Glory - The Blowtorch Files is available on PC and Windows.

The Hand of Glory - The Blowtorch Files was released on May 9, 2022.

The Hand of Glory - The Blowtorch Files was developed by Daring Touch.

The Hand of Glory - The Blowtorch Files has received positive reviews from players. Most players liked this game for its humor but disliked it for its monetization.

The Hand of Glory - The Blowtorch Files is a single player game.

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