Marcovich12
2023
Wierdly enough games about twisting the rules of games commonly only reliant on luck is really fun. Despite being short it has an amazing style and it's fun for the entire playthrough. I just wished it was a bit longer or more replayable
2018
This one really doesn't seem bad. It has a decent humour and the concept is perfect for a resource managing game, and that's the problem. Quick and constant micromanage is not something I found great enjoyment in, but I can see why there are people having fun with this game.
2012
Not my kind of platformer, I find it hard but not the "lol you're bad" kinda of hard, something more along the lines of "lmao we fucking hate you".
Bad level design can be tolerable but janky physics and controls are not. This game has one of the worst ice physics I ever came across.
It may not be unplayable, but it definetly isn't enjoyable.
Bad level design can be tolerable but janky physics and controls are not. This game has one of the worst ice physics I ever came across.
It may not be unplayable, but it definetly isn't enjoyable.
2020
There are two common design of horror games that I really don't like: being chase by x monster and having to hide while boringly waiting and obnoxious and unintuitive puzzles of interacting with objects. Visage is really heavy on the latter.
The puzzles aren't fun, they feel more like an obstruction to the game more than a gameplay loop. If you wanted to trow creepy ambience and scares at me I would've preffer a walking simulator. Because the games does have an interesting layout to explore, kinda feels like what Layers of Fear could've if it wasn't linear. The story does seems somewhat interesting but not nearly enough to go through this game.
Final note, another flashy realistic graphics horror game with awful puzzles. Probably fun to watch but boring as hell to play.
The puzzles aren't fun, they feel more like an obstruction to the game more than a gameplay loop. If you wanted to trow creepy ambience and scares at me I would've preffer a walking simulator. Because the games does have an interesting layout to explore, kinda feels like what Layers of Fear could've if it wasn't linear. The story does seems somewhat interesting but not nearly enough to go through this game.
Final note, another flashy realistic graphics horror game with awful puzzles. Probably fun to watch but boring as hell to play.
A whatever game, given that the mechanics that you need to progress and survive rely on timing with the other player it easy go south if lags decides so. Clearly, this is a skill issue as I live in Latam.
It's whatever, it ain't scary but atleast you can't get bored if the game last like 20 minutes at much.
2019
It's outright a must play, it does suffer from some flaws though.
The pacing of the game gets brutally slow from time to time, in the form of uninteresting dialogue that just goes on and on about the same thing, and you know I mean it when that sometimes goes over for more than an hour. The lack of real interaction of the player on the dialogue only makes it worse, you have amazing gameplay interrupted by an hour of visual novel.
The other thing is the combat, I don't play many JRPGs because I don't enjoy mindless combat along the lines "push the button that gives the highest number", and Persona 5 is not like that... for maybe the first half of the game. Most of the cool strategies that you could aply earlier in the game get outshadow by "skill that does several damage", which sadly trivializes a rather good combat system.
I think it worth noting that I played the original P5, and that could be a reason to why the dialogue got even more boring for me or how I manage to optimize the combat so much. I would still recommend to play P5R if you enjoyed it the original, but give yourself some time in between.
Still, this game really good, it's not perfect, but that doesn't mean that it isn't one of the best JRPGs out there that you can enjoy even if it that ain't your genre.
Also, do not try to finish this game quickly, it is not meant to be played like that, you'll only get burnt out of it and end up hating it. Now go play it.
The pacing of the game gets brutally slow from time to time, in the form of uninteresting dialogue that just goes on and on about the same thing, and you know I mean it when that sometimes goes over for more than an hour. The lack of real interaction of the player on the dialogue only makes it worse, you have amazing gameplay interrupted by an hour of visual novel.
The other thing is the combat, I don't play many JRPGs because I don't enjoy mindless combat along the lines "push the button that gives the highest number", and Persona 5 is not like that... for maybe the first half of the game. Most of the cool strategies that you could aply earlier in the game get outshadow by "skill that does several damage", which sadly trivializes a rather good combat system.
I think it worth noting that I played the original P5, and that could be a reason to why the dialogue got even more boring for me or how I manage to optimize the combat so much. I would still recommend to play P5R if you enjoyed it the original, but give yourself some time in between.
Still, this game really good, it's not perfect, but that doesn't mean that it isn't one of the best JRPGs out there that you can enjoy even if it that ain't your genre.
Also, do not try to finish this game quickly, it is not meant to be played like that, you'll only get burnt out of it and end up hating it. Now go play it.
2016
I don't get this game. It seems to have an interesting and intricate complexity that surrounds and connects the world; but you definitely don't get to see or appreciate that for the maybe half of the game?
I've tried to complete this game like 3 times already and I only find it to be boring, slow, and frustrating. Most things are not explained in this game, and I get that there are people who enjoy that, but I don't. Most of the time you can't tell if your solution is wrong or if your logic about is, also it can get tricky to differentiate what is and enviormental clue and what isn't. I usually would end up just looking for the solution online, and is not something that you want for a puzzle game.
On the bright sight, the game is stupidly beautiful, if the game was a walking simulator with your typical story about depression I would've enjoy it just for how pretty it is.
Conclusion? Go watch a video essay about it.
I've tried to complete this game like 3 times already and I only find it to be boring, slow, and frustrating. Most things are not explained in this game, and I get that there are people who enjoy that, but I don't. Most of the time you can't tell if your solution is wrong or if your logic about is, also it can get tricky to differentiate what is and enviormental clue and what isn't. I usually would end up just looking for the solution online, and is not something that you want for a puzzle game.
On the bright sight, the game is stupidly beautiful, if the game was a walking simulator with your typical story about depression I would've enjoy it just for how pretty it is.
Conclusion? Go watch a video essay about it.
2015
It's feels weak at its core. The presentation is really good, great atmosphere, a simple but nice art direction and an accordingly good soundtrack, but the main gameplay loop is just alright. It wierdly ever flows nicely, for very long chunks it would be just either boring or frustraiting, it's not easy to find a good sweetspot in this game, or at least for me. It's decent if you're looking for something short to play.
This one is special, I'm pretty sure it is the second game I've been playing the most my entire life (only losing to minecraft) ever since 2012.
There is no doubt that Repentance is the definitive version of Isaac, and it's definitely my favourite roguelike ever. It hits an amazing sweetspot in between rewarding the player for being skilfull and also for having a deep understanding of the hundreds of mechanics. It's feels so amazing to master and yet after thousands of hours I keep learning about this game.
Even though I have complains about many systems and mechanics you can say they are definitely not that bad if went throught and 100% completed it.
This one is not a must play. It's a will play, and once you're in you'll keep coming back to it.
There is no doubt that Repentance is the definitive version of Isaac, and it's definitely my favourite roguelike ever. It hits an amazing sweetspot in between rewarding the player for being skilfull and also for having a deep understanding of the hundreds of mechanics. It's feels so amazing to master and yet after thousands of hours I keep learning about this game.
Even though I have complains about many systems and mechanics you can say they are definitely not that bad if went throught and 100% completed it.
This one is not a must play. It's a will play, and once you're in you'll keep coming back to it.
An alrightish horror game. Frankly there isn't that much going on, but the simple fact of the game not having a shitty creature that jumpscare you every minute and makes you lose progress makes it have a better flow and pathing than 80% of horror games.
I cound't force myself to finish this one. To begin with I only wanted to play it to get up to date with the lore of a game I was interested when I was a child, but god the gameplay in this one really sucks. It comes down to more micro-manage that requieres you to be playing with a really high volume, it's the most lame way I've seen to scare in a game.
Also for some reason the game wouldn't launch on fullscreen so I had the fine pleasure of playing it at 800x600 windowed and at a crap framerate.
I'll just watch a video telling me the story.
Also for some reason the game wouldn't launch on fullscreen so I had the fine pleasure of playing it at 800x600 windowed and at a crap framerate.
I'll just watch a video telling me the story.
Surprinsilgly I found this one to be more fun than the previous two. The obnoxious micro-manage is replaced by a simpler system that instead encourages strategy and thought. And about it being easy, I don't see why that is a problem, it's supposed to be scary or atleast keep you on your toes, you don't need to make a hard game where you lose more often, that only breaks engagement and makes it even less scary.
Also the minigames required for the special ending give you some else to do besides the always repetitive main gameplay loop of these games.
Also the minigames required for the special ending give you some else to do besides the always repetitive main gameplay loop of these games.
Still kinda mediocre as the first one. It has bit more entertaining gameplay as there are more things to do compared to the first game; also the animatronics have slightly more characteristic mechanics. Nonetheless I wouldn't say it is fun to play and it ain't scary.
I get that this was the quickstart for what then become a huge franchise, but damn this game is boring and not scary at all. If you have a slight idea of the internal mechanics it becomes completly trivial to play. I guess it biggest redeemable feature are the calls that were the beginning of the lore.