It's not my #1 favorite game in the world, but it's weirdly enough the game I can call objectively perfect. An obvious exaggeration, but I genuinely feel like this game nails gameplay and progression. It's very unforgiving, yes, but it encourages discovery above all else, and this discovery really pushes the game forward. Because this game is more or less intended for a singleplayer or cooperative multiplayer experience, the game feels pretty comfortable letting OP builds stay OP (there have been nerfs and patches to make sure you're not just skipping entire segments of the game, but you get the idea). I guess my only true grievance is the game's "Master Mode" which came with the 1.4 Journey's End update. It's a step above Expert Mode in difficulty, but Expert Mode felt generally balanced either way, and provided incentives that made it worth working through. Master Mode was just spiking the difficulty and offering little to account for it. Of course, Master Mode is only an option, and in the grand scheme of things it has no real impact on my opinion of this game. It's just a great game all around, and only ten dollars on PC?? The devs are only ripping themselves off, this game is worth way more.

Reviewed on Jan 18, 2021


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