Clones

Clones

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I was looking hot and heavy for an original copy of Lemmings, like I owned in 1996 or so, on 1.44 mb floppy. It was a fruitless and , at one time, a virus filled endeavor through a disk image of what was supposed to be the original Lemmings install disk. Never again ! Then I found Clones. WOW ! If I were to program a Lemmings replacement, this would be it ! Amazing controls, graphics, puzzles, .... but I digress , I mean fanboy, uh humm. What I meant to say was that I like this game and think everyone should at least try it out, and become a fan as well. Thanks for letting me rant.

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I am 32 years old.

My ex-wife and I have a daughter together, and we adopted our son together. Both are now 4 years old.

When we were going through our separation, I felt lost and unhappy. I was self-destructive. One day, I was so angry with everything spiraling out of control that I punched a concrete wall in a moment of overwhelming emotion. This resulted in breaking my fifth metacarpal in my right hand—the hand I worked with, played games with, and used to carry my children to bed—the hand I desperately needed to ensure I could continue providing.

Upon learning the severity of the self-inflicted damage, I became almost suicidal. Keep in mind that just a few months before this, I was the happiest man, with no history of depression or anxiety. I had never experienced anger outbursts, nor was I the type to break down and cry, but I was in a tough situation that truly prevented me from seeing the light on the other side.

With nothing better to do, I looked for a game I could play WITH ONE HAND while recovering. Somehow, I stumbled upon this game and read some of the comments. I decided it was worth a try... I must admit I didn't beat the game, nor did I play as much as some of you. In fact, I may have played this game for only a day or two. That being said, after doing so, I had a new joy and hope for life. I managed to leave behind the pain and suffering that had been thrust upon me. I could experience the joy and happiness of other people. I relaxed for 5 ♥♥♥♥ minutes listening to this music, long enough to realize that I would be okay.

After realizing this, I turned off the game and went back to work. My hand hurt a lot, but I was motivated. I stopped feeling so sorry for myself and became the father I needed to be at that moment, not the weak boy I was behaving like.

Today, I am close friends with the mother of my children. We don't fight, argue, or say hurtful things to each other. We are parents and friends.

Now I have 3 children. My third child is, wait, ALSO 4 YEARS OLD. The woman I am with was going through a very similar situation at the time of my separation, and we just unexpectedly stumbled into each other's lives. We have been dating for a year and are very happy together.

Moral of the story: you never know what life has in store for you, and if I had given up when all odds were against me, I wouldn't be where I am today. This silly little game helped me realize that.

Thank you.

READ THE FULL REVIEW (Steam has a word limit) HERE: https://gemsimov.com/game-reviews/f/clones-%7C-a-review
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Simple review details - I rank games on an out of 10 basis, granting up to 3 points in 3 categories, as well as a last, single point from my own self, depending on my experience with it.

GAMEPLAY

Clones is a puzzle game so reminiscent of Lemmings, that it is almost Lemmings. In it, the Player guides creatures through levels filled with hazards and objects. The key mechanic involves morphing individual clones to perform various actions and managing their activities. The game's complexity arises from diverse terrain types, beneficial and detrimental objects, a limited number of clones, a limited number of possible morphings, and the neat inclusion of Qdots (collectibles) for added challenge.

Despite its potential complexity, the game is designed for children, offering solutions within each level. Oddly enough, it also features a battle mode for competition, in which whoever gets through a level faster wins, which does not strike me as very coherent with the way a child would play a puzzle game.

While Clones presents cool puzzles and a level editor, it is marred by bugs and peculiar design choices. Overall, it earns praise as a Lemmings-inspired game.
2/3

PRESENTATION

Clones is a 2D side-scrolling(-ish) game with similarities to Lemmings, displaying high visual fidelity and intricate details. It is coloful and very inoffesnive, perfect for kids. It even features a number of odd choices that can only be explained as being there for children, such as completely irrelevant animations that introduce cetain entities (that have no bearing on anything) in a manner rmeiniscent of a fighting game intro.

Despite its child-friendly content, the user interface appears complex and counterintuitive. The tutorial introduces concepts coherently, but lacks polish, overlooking elements like the pause button. The game's sound effects and music exhibit issues, with a peculiar imbalance in volume between ears. Despite numerous faults, Clones maintains a certain charm that slightly elevates its overall appeal.
2/3

STORY

Aside fom a very loose premise, Clones has no story.
0/3

Legendary Point

Does this game get the legendary point, so craved and wanted by all and none at the same time? No, Clones does not get it, no matter how funky the level editor is. 0/1

CONCLUSION
4/10. I said it would get the Lemmings score, and it did get the Lemmings score. It's an amazing game for children, and for folks who like to solve puzzles. It'd also be great for older folks, to keep their brains working and perhaps help stave off some of those terrible things that threaten mankind.

I will, however, put it in the bag of mediocrity, for there is dust to be gathered.
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this game is great, but it turns out boring in certain stage. the developers needs to make certain changes

A cute game with satisfying and immersive gameplay and 150 levels to test your aptitude is more than enough to make your tummy fill with entertainment. Its more or less like worms, but way better than that actually. WANT A SEQUEL. With a price tag of a lollipop and less than a mc donald veggie burger, this is perhaps the best 20 cents I have ever spent in life that feels as if it is way more than 20 dollars. Wonder what made them set this price. But if you are still waiting for the sale even at this price, your mere existence of a living breathing being will probably not be taken in account in the global population consensus.

Fun game. If you're a fan of Lemmings, at .99 cents, its a no brainer. Btw am I the only one who turns off the game music and puts on the Lemmings PC version soundtrack? :)

Still like Lemmings better and would like to see that on Steam one of these days. But this suffices.

Replay value - 7
Plot - 4
Originality - 5
Easy to learn - 7
Gameplay - 10
Graphics - 7 (the score for the graphics is taken into account at the time of the release date of the game, as well as the genre of the game)
Sound and music - 6
Interface and controls - 8
OVERALL ASSESSMENT - 6,7/10

Like the old 'lemmings' game (if you're old enough to remember it), just newer, with some new skills, and maps. Worth a try! Even if it wasn't under 2 bucks!

Clones is an amazing game, and I will explain why:

The Gameplay:

Clones is a game based on the lemmings, where you can give morphs to the little clone creatures to help the other clone creatures get to the exit, the game has over 100 levels, and the game is very fun based on the first 20 levels I played. I still haven't completed the whole game, but I just had to make a review since the game is so awesome! [I will update the review once I finish the whole game] Also, there is a multiplayer mode and a level editor, both of which I haven't tried out, but if the main gameplay is anything to go on, it is going to be awesome :D

The Visuals:

The Visuals are so good, each level has unique visuals, in the sense that it isn't some blocks placed, but each level has a model! and they are very pleasing to look at while experiencing the awesome gameplay. The models of the clone creatures and all of the morphs are very adorable and awesome! and the models and animations of the CloneMasters are very unique and fun!

Overall:

Clones is an amazing experience, and you definitely should buy it, it has awesome gameplay, awesome visuals, and judging by the creator's comments on negative reviews, the creator is very nice as well, responding to constructive criticism very kindly, and is awesome in total. If the team behind Clones would make a new game, I would buy that game as soon as I possibly can. Overall Rating: 10/10, definitely buy it

This is an okay clone of Lemmings. Honestly I wasn't thrilled by it but I'm sure I'll play it to pass the time on and off. The graphics are a bit mismatched or something and I feel like I'm playing an unfinished game, but it works fine.

Yo Lemmings, what´s up?

I rate this game at a 4/10.
Has a nice and friendly design, different levels and good graphics.

I didn´t expect that one:
(as you can see in the comments) this game has a very funny development team!

So, shout out to them.

Nevertheless the game couldn't keep me for too long.

Therefore my friends, I will unfortunately stay with the 4/10 and I´m happy to get rated by you guys with a three. I mean, it´s better than a two. Just sayin.

Surprisingly fun, but it gets challenging very fast. I spent hours playing this on my first go at it, and regret nothing.

At £0.39, it's worth the price even if you only play once, but there is enough content to play a lot more than once.
It's a good sequel to Lemmings, where Lemmings 2 wasn't.

Well, with almost a 100 hours playing this I can say I got a very good deal for the little money I paid for the game. It was pretty entertaining for a long time. But, and that's a big BUT, you must consider that nearing the end of the game there are some very, very obscure puzzles and... yeah: zero clues. The developers kinda had their fun providing solutions for the very easy ones but nothing for the hardest, which is kinda a nonsense and the biggest flaw in my view. To make things worst, there's zero help on their website, other than cute coments, and found nothing relevant around the net.

So, I must make my recommendation both negative and positive:

- I recommend the game for the extensive content and the price. Is funny most of the time and the puzzles are different and mostly fair. Found no bug or crashes.

- I don't recommend the game if you want to finish it or if you are an achivement collector. These developers went from making something fun to make fun of the players not providing a "veteran" challenge at the last levels but rather an "Are you bored yet?" experience. Probably that's why most positive comments come from people that had little time playing this. Otherwise I think the reviews would be much negative. A casual game can be difficult, but not boring, purposely frustating difficult.

So, all things considered, I'll go for the negative.

I reccomend only if you are a die-hard Lemmings fan. IF you are new to the genre - treat yourself to something else.
Clones is not bad, but it's made so tedious - simple things become stretched into hours lost doing nothing but repeatition in game.
Not streamlined, not quite there, but good idea. A bit more effort and polishing and this would have been a great title.

I was expecting a crappy asset flip by the screenshots, but was pleasantly surprised that the game is a very compitent "Lemmings" clone.

The interface isn't great, the voice over made me laugh, and the game overall looks very amature, but the core mechanics are definitely there. I haven't played long enough to speak about how the difficulty curves out, but it seems like it has a ton of levels, and has a branching level structure that should help if you get hopelessly stuck on a level.

P.S. For those of you born after 1990, lemmings is a puzzle game where you direct helpless little creatures in order to get them home safely. Later levels became very boring because the solution was often to build a bridge over some obstacle, but overall the game was good for it's time.

amzing music, lovely animation and art.
gameplay is challenging. what surprised me.
10/10
DrillDude:
1000000/10!

If you remember Lemmings from the 90s when playing Dos games then this is worth buying. New adventures and puzzles and really good graphics. A new journey awaits us : )

I'm going to (belatedly) change this review to a recommend, especially at the price point of very-cheap it is now. The developers comments absolutely answer my problems, and I apologise for not checking them sooner. Better late than never? Anywho, a gentle recommend to make up for years of not recommending. The game remains fairly clunky, but it's a solid lemmings-style if you can wrap your hands around the keyboard shortcuts. This is by no means a glowing review, Clones is not going to be GOTY ever, but it's ok for the price and certainly not deserving of my long standing criticism.

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Original review (2016)

If there's an update with "overhauled UI" dated after this post (2nd July 2016), it might be worth it. Otherwise, steer clear : the menus are hard to navigate, there are a million clickable things that aren't clickable, etc.

Number on problem: the "skills" require you to target the CLONE first. (consider the basher from lemmings. Remember how hard it is to time the click right? Now imagine having to pick the lemming you want to use first, then finding the correct button for the bash, then get the timing right. If you get it wrong, you have to repeat from step one. All tools work this way, it's so frustrating, and there's a reason lemmings did it the other way.)

As a lot of people already said, this is a Lemmings clone. A VERY good Lemmings clone (maybe calling the game "Clones" was a joke in itself? I'd love the developers if that was the explanation.), which has multiplayer too, so you can virtually get an infinite bundle of enjoyment out of it.
The general look of the game is a little more cold and sterile than good ol' Lemmings, but it's not that bad! Clones make it up a bit with their cuddly cuteness.

If you are in search for some suicidal-critters nostalgia without having to deal with outdated graphics and outrageously low resolutions, then this game will be your cup of tea.

This is the first Lemmings successor to capture the fun of the original, and it improves on it in every way. If you liked Lemmings, I highly recommend this.

Bought this and it is GREAT.

I really hope this achieves the recognition it deserves, very well designed.

And seriously, £5, they have sold themselves waaaay short. Game has much higher value IMO.

The game has features poking out of every orifice.

**** Sony refusing to bring Lemmings back to the PC, this is where its at.