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Insaniquarium Deluxe
2004
Insaniquarium Deluxe
2004
Insaniquarium Deluxe
2004
Cars 2
2011
Life is Strange
2015
A Hat in Time
2017
Citizen Sleeper
2022
Vampire Survivors
2021
Fear & Hunger
2018
Honestly really good and very interesting world and premise, but it is just so fucking hard. No shot I'm ever getting through this game, even though I managed to scrounge together an entire party. I just hit a wall where the areas I have left to explore are too challenging to get through and having to constantly run back to the one safe place to save after exploring bit by bit became more tedious the more progress I was making.
It would be much better - or I would at least be more inclined to complete this - if there were some more save points so that hitting some unexpected coin flip kill point or having to reset due to a lousy battle didn't feel like so much work and wasted effort.
It would be much better - or I would at least be more inclined to complete this - if there were some more save points so that hitting some unexpected coin flip kill point or having to reset due to a lousy battle didn't feel like so much work and wasted effort.
Tacoma
2017
Another game in the sub-genre of walking simulators set in space wherein you investigate what happened to the previous crew, but this one is actually very engaging, much like Fullbright's originator of the walking sim genre - Gone Home. Much like Gone Home, I love this game. There's really nothing much to say, you explore a space station and piece together what happened to the crew and it's all wonderfully told and voice acted and engrossing. Solid little game and I look forward to the next Fullbright experience greatly.
For the King
2018
See, I'm not sure how these types of games are supposed to be played. It's brutally difficult, but there are no permanent buffs you can buy for your characters after each run to make things more manageable. Sure, you can buy new facilities and equipment that might drop in the world, but I never felt like I was improving in a tangible way - which makes me not want to continue doing subsequent runs. I've played a lot of roguelikes in my time and but none of the ones I've actually finished feels like you're starting back at square one (literally) when you start a new run.
The Gardens Between
2018
Mind Scanners
2021
It Takes Two
2021
This game blew pretty much all expectations I had out of the water. The game has SO many different variations and playstyles, it's nuts. And just when you think a mechanic has outlived its welcome, they either modify it, or move on to another one.
The only weak link in this game I'd say is the story; it can be kind of tropey at times, and the end feels extremely rushed, but outside of that, I really dug what this game was going for. If you have a really good friend to play through the game with, I highly recommend giving this a go.
The only weak link in this game I'd say is the story; it can be kind of tropey at times, and the end feels extremely rushed, but outside of that, I really dug what this game was going for. If you have a really good friend to play through the game with, I highly recommend giving this a go.