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hee/haw/him

5 - appeals to me specifically
4 - something special
3 - pretty goooood
2 - had a few neat tricks
1 - me no likey
Personal Ratings
1★
5★

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GOTY '23

Participated in the 2023 Game of the Year Event

Gone Gold

Received 5+ likes on a review while featured on the front page

Pinged

Mentioned by another user

Organized

Created a list folder with 5+ lists

Popular

Gained 15+ followers

Well Written

Gained 10+ likes on a single review

Loved

Gained 100+ total review likes

GOTY '22

Participated in the 2022 Game of the Year Event

Best Friends

Become mutual friends with at least 3 others

Shreked

Found the secret ogre page

Roadtrip

Voted for at least 3 features on the roadmap

Liked

Gained 10+ total review likes

3 Years of Service

Being part of the Backloggd community for 3 years

GOTY '21

Participated in the 2021 Game of the Year Event

Gamer

Played 250+ games

Noticed

Gained 3+ followers

GOTY '20

Participated in the 2020 Game of the Year Event

N00b

Played 100+ games

Favorite Games

We Love Katamari
We Love Katamari
EarthBound
EarthBound
Dustforce DX
Dustforce DX
Old School RuneScape
Old School RuneScape
Homestuck
Homestuck

443

Total Games Played

003

Played in 2024

092

Games Backloggd


Recently Played See More

Astlibra Revision Gaiden: The Cave of Phantom Mist
Astlibra Revision Gaiden: The Cave of Phantom Mist

Mar 23

Ufouria: The Saga 2
Ufouria: The Saga 2

Mar 01

Rhythm Doctor
Rhythm Doctor

Feb 19

Ridge Racer Type 4
Ridge Racer Type 4

Dec 16

Rez Infinite
Rez Infinite

Dec 15

Recently Reviewed See More

25 hours of flashing lights and dropped frames. Nothing better than entering a randomly generated room with 5 enemies already locked and loaded with one hit death lasers and you cast one of your five full screen wiping super spells. Then the screen explodes in a rainbow confetti of items, gold, and experience.

It's all the fun of the original Astlibra but with 80% less story and 80% more jank. There is NOTHING to compare to Astlibra Revision. It is transcendent game design.

Ufouria 2 is a genre of game that needs its own name. It's a real hollow nothing bullshit kind of game and I don't mean that derogatorily. The game has such a wonderful cast of characters and a beautifully simple aesthetic and all I want is to have a good time with that core appeal. It's what drew me into playing it in the first place. While mechanically the game is shallow, it is very modern philosophically. The different zones are randomly generated on entry which makes them fresh on revisits, which as a metroidvania, happens frequently. Upgrades are dished out at well calculated intervals. It makes me FEEL like I'm progressing. I don't need to master mechanical complexity in every game I play. Sometimes I just want to enjoy an aesthetic, exist in a world, play a role. But doubly, I dont want to be bored by the game. So while these tricks with the progression and level design may seem cheap (and they admittedly are) they serve the ultimate appeal of the game, which is it's charming aesthetic, and they provide the exact amount of satisfaction and engagement (for my monkey brain at least) necessary to make the short run time fulfilling from beginning to end. The newer Yoshi games could learn a lot from this game.

This game has the perfect name. Very Rhythm and very Doctor.

With the Rhythm it's nice that it keeps throwing gimmicks at you instead of raising the difficulty on the individual gimmicks too high. When the gimmicks get overlapped it can be hit or miss but it's mostly hits. Playing a level well is satisfying and it doesn't require too much to get past a level which is good because...

The little narratives explored in the Doctor side of this game are all so charming. All the stories feel so small but also cover such grand emotions under the surface. Things like love, and anxiety, and regret. The songs bring out these big explosions internally but externally the narratives are so insignificant. There is also a lot of melancholy here that you could only get in a hospital setting.

The game also has a lot of grand boss fights which is fun for a rhythm game. They bring out all the tricks and gimmicks for those and they are pretty delightful to experience.

Just a solid little guy. The Baseball guys plotline, in particular, got me so emotional for how ridiculously cornballs it was.