Faye
2019
An engaging tower defense combined with incredible novels, of which new ones release every few months. The lore of Arknights's world is breathtaking and an inspiration, the characters are wonderfully complex, and the OST is full of bangers. It's just such an incredibly pity that all of this good -- all of this greatness, even -- is stuck inside a gacha game that wants to suck out all of your time and your money.
Spend any large amount of time in this game and you'll feel the rot flow through you like you've also contracted the rock cancer. This is not a recommendation. I can't recommend any gacha game in good faith. If you ever find yourself Berenstein Bear'd into a grand reality where Arknights is a timeless singleplayer joint tower defense-visual novel game franchise, please play it then.
Spend any large amount of time in this game and you'll feel the rot flow through you like you've also contracted the rock cancer. This is not a recommendation. I can't recommend any gacha game in good faith. If you ever find yourself Berenstein Bear'd into a grand reality where Arknights is a timeless singleplayer joint tower defense-visual novel game franchise, please play it then.
2001
Very fun and dripping with charm. Something about seeing those little tanks sliding around and blasting each other... And let's not forget indirect weaponry, my beloved. There's actually a surprising amount of replayability and content in this game if you enjoy the gameplay loop. The campaign plot is a bit too silly for me, but the characters are fun. I'm excited to play the sequel soon.
2022
It's Vampire Survivors. What more do I need to say? The replay value in this game is insane for the cost. If you have even a tiny amount of interest in "Bullet Heaven" games, give this one a shot.
2017
Fun, and quite short, but it has decent replay value.
Fun for a bit. A short bit. I have Numbers-Go-Up disease, which kind of helped.
This was my first roguelike and honestly, it's one of the best. There's such a comfortable sense of adventure and whimsy to it. I love giving it a run and seeing what'll happen, and even the failures don't sting that much.
My favourite Kirby platformer. It knows its premise and it really goes all in on it! Every level is a blast, and the story is pretty cute, and the lore... Please play this game.
I think this game excels in presentation. People mention it a lot in the circles I tend to hang out in; and while I think it lives up to the praise, there are definitely better Kirby games out there. Still, if you're looking for a starting point, this is as good as any.
2019
It's a Riichi Mahjong client with a gacha tacked on. I tend to score gacha games very low, but the fact that this game's gacha is entirely cosmetic means that you can ignore it and focus on learning and playing Mahjong. Besides, you start with the best character anyway.
Animal Crossing: An Experiment in Merchandise
2023
In a good way, I don't even know where to start with this one. It has everything. It's definitely the best Pikmin game. Sure, there's some things I don't like so much - the way it automatically picks your Pikmin for you for caves rather than letting you strategize, and the way everything is tilting toward action adventure, to list a few - but, wow! The sheer amount of content in this game is staggering. It's such an engaging title, and they somehow managed to include features that would satisfy both Pikmin 1/3 and Pikmin 2 fans. The future of Pikmin is very bright.
I played it in another life, once. But it's gone now, and all I have are scant memories.
2023
This one is very egregious with its ads.
I think I got through all of one (1) tutorial sequence before I uninstalled this one.
Played it with a friend. I'm honestly not the target audience, so I'm not going to rate it.