Aven Colony vs J.U.L.I.A.: Among the Stars
Aven Colony
Aven Colony drops you into the alien planet of Aven Prime, where you are a colony in desperate need of saving. You take control and try to build a city than can survive, thrive and develop into a bright future for humanity. It is up to you to manage the air, food and other resources you need to make the colony work and help the new colonists survive.There are 2 main game modes, the campaign which has its own objectives and story, and a free Sandbox mode where you can just build to your heart's content and set any limits you wish. There are many factors for you to plan for and a lot of decisions that will make a real difference. Can you help the colony grow?
J.U.L.I.A.: Among the Stars
J.U.L.I.A.: Among the Stars is truly a game that's very unique. Despite its apparent appearance - it does look like "just another space sim", doesn't it? - the game is a fun and innovative, story-driven adventure game with a heavy dose of mystery added for good measure. In this game, you'll get to step into the spacesuit of Rachel Manners, a 35-year-old astrobiologist who initially embarked on a critical mission to explore and collect data on potentially habitable planets with a crew of of other elite and hand-picked scientists, but somehow, things went awry, and she found herself alone with J.U.L.I.A., the space probe's rather tempermental AI and Mobot, the reconnaissance robot.Driven by a need to know, you'll need to help Rachel search for clues which might potentially explain the mission's failure and the missing crew. You'll also get to travel to six widely varied planets where you can then get to work trying to reveal their secrets. There will be plenty of puzzles and mini-games in your journey as well just to give your brain some intense workout from time to time.
That said, the puzzles in the game can be a tad bit frustrating to solve, mainly because it's the sort of "trial and error" puzzle-type. So, unless you have a thing or two against this specific game mechanism, J.U.L.I.A.: Among the Stars is a really nice puzzle-adventure game to buy and play.