gromrpuss
2020
Inventive, fluid, and neat.
However, the maps and world design are terrible. I got tired of googling maps and being lost, and I say that as a big metrovania fan
However, the maps and world design are terrible. I got tired of googling maps and being lost, and I say that as a big metrovania fan
2018
An enormously interesting and satisfying resource management/ base builder strategy game
My only criticism is once you've beaten a few scenarios and "cracked the code" so to speak, the rest of the scenarios are beaten pretty quickly and easily.
My only criticism is once you've beaten a few scenarios and "cracked the code" so to speak, the rest of the scenarios are beaten pretty quickly and easily.
2019
There are plenty of things that kept me from getting invested in this game:
1. Travelling between planets is just fast travel, and thus you lose any feeling of exploration or vastness that you have with other open-world RPGs. There is no connective tissue between locations, and the whole thing feels disjointed as a result. There is implicit satisfaction and wonder in the journey between places in open-world RPGS- riding your horse, driving a car, and walking all give you a tangible feeling of space in these games.
By design, Outer Worlds doesn't have this at all.
2. Most of the early quests are entirely indoors and everything feels very same-y and underwhelming
3. The good side is uninteresting and without nuance, the bad side is uninteresting and without nuance, and there is almost zero middle ground or other competing factions. all choices boil down to being pure evil, pure good, or boring and sensible. Truly thoughtful perspectives and choices were in short supply.
4. I really like the anti-capitalist messages, but it felt overwhelmingly borrowed from its predecessors.
5. Holding "A" for everything got tiring fast
Overall, empty and vapid. I liked the weapon modding system and the asexual representation, though
1. Travelling between planets is just fast travel, and thus you lose any feeling of exploration or vastness that you have with other open-world RPGs. There is no connective tissue between locations, and the whole thing feels disjointed as a result. There is implicit satisfaction and wonder in the journey between places in open-world RPGS- riding your horse, driving a car, and walking all give you a tangible feeling of space in these games.
By design, Outer Worlds doesn't have this at all.
2. Most of the early quests are entirely indoors and everything feels very same-y and underwhelming
3. The good side is uninteresting and without nuance, the bad side is uninteresting and without nuance, and there is almost zero middle ground or other competing factions. all choices boil down to being pure evil, pure good, or boring and sensible. Truly thoughtful perspectives and choices were in short supply.
4. I really like the anti-capitalist messages, but it felt overwhelmingly borrowed from its predecessors.
5. Holding "A" for everything got tiring fast
Overall, empty and vapid. I liked the weapon modding system and the asexual representation, though
2020
Genuinely changed the shape of grief in my heart.
A game about doing chores, feeding friends, and magical realism. I loved every moment of it whether the story was happening or I was just playing guitar for my apple tree
A game about doing chores, feeding friends, and magical realism. I loved every moment of it whether the story was happening or I was just playing guitar for my apple tree
2021
My Swiss grandparents would be appalled to know that this game about our people making a pact with ye olde devil made me more invested in and proud of my heritage than any amount of chocolate and cheese from the old country did lol
2020
Cute but meh
Really empty.
Really empty.
2020
Phenomenal
Fucking awesome
I only stopped playing because my gaming pc cannot handle the black magic going on here
Fucking awesome
I only stopped playing because my gaming pc cannot handle the black magic going on here
2017
Impossible to give any kind of star rating.
This game is perfect when you are in the mood for it, and endlessly surprising. I was a cigarette butt once, learning about astronomy and inching toward a sparrow dancing with friends
This game is perfect when you are in the mood for it, and endlessly surprising. I was a cigarette butt once, learning about astronomy and inching toward a sparrow dancing with friends
2021
If Settlers of Catan felt good and comfy
2015
I was obsessed with this game for a few months, but my interest in it dropped pretty quickly. Matches are outrageously long and slow and the UI and AI is atrocious. Obviously, this was meant to be played online with real people, but then a single match can run you 30-40 minutes! Still a fun time for a while though!
2019
A game of really excellent mini-games and a boppin soundtrack. It may also be the funniest game I've ever played, and I say that as someone who is hard to please in that regard.
2020
Never not chuckling at the burger bug and how it says "bungle bungle bungle"
2021
Holy shit.