kryst4line
BACKER
2017
Precise controls, hard but fair fights and an open world full of events and small details make for one of the best metroidvanias out there. If you like Super Metroid's exploration go for it, it ticks the same buttons.
One of my deepest loves in videogames. I remember watching every trailer since E3 2004 and the first days playing it back when it released. It's hard, it's confusing and most times it lacks against the first entry, but it still has its own charm and the main theme still gives me goosebumps like it's the first time.
2015
furbo
2019
Clearly a knock-off tribute to Castlevania SotN. Fans of both Touhou and metroidvanias will probably like it.
2009
One of the best games to share with friends I've ever played. Classic top-down racing game, with a twist. Up to 8 simultaneous players and truly a joy because it's easy to start and very fun to master.
I really miss spending my evenings and nights playing with friends, but life is what it is, I guess.
I really miss spending my evenings and nights playing with friends, but life is what it is, I guess.
Best single player racing manager for me: Light management and a career mode with multiple championships. If anything, I'd love a true Motorsport Manager 4, not like the online F2P one, but it looks like devs moved upon F2P monetization. Too bad, I guess.
2022
Little small gem, but still has its flaws. Dynamic, relaxed combat mixes with a small cult light management to have a few fun hours while you try not to get in love with the lamb. (Spoiler: you can't)
One of the best Kirbys out there, if only because of being a Metroidvania and a open world cooperative game up to 4 simultaneous players. Along with Super Star, the Kirby I enjoy the most playing with other people because we all can go anywhere and keep unlocking portals from each side.
1988
"Two up, two down, left, right, left right, B, A, Start"
— Brentalfloss
— Brentalfloss
2022
Fun physics game from the first season. I appreciate it being not another puzzle game, but it gets pretty repetitive early on.
2022
It takes a while to take the grip with the crank, but it makes you see how can you translate skate kind of games to it. Score attack games never get me very attached, but gotta recognize this is fun if you're into them.
2022
This review contains spoilers
Hands down the best game on Playdate for now.
Bloom is a narrative game where you are Midori, a college dropout that chases her dream of owning a flower shop. The game has two halves: the one at the top floor where you plant and harvest flowers to pay upgrades for your garden and the other at the bottom floor where you talk with people through your phone, progressing in the story.
The game advances in real time, so you gotta wait sometimes minutes, sometimes hours to get your reply. Getting to read everything that happens to Midori through her phone, sometimes being unable to reply or keeping through her good or bad decisions makes it somehow super relatable and it's a great fit for the console.
I just wish the garden stuff wasn't like a separate entity to get you entertained and doing something through completely unrelated in the end with the story progress.
Bloom is a narrative game where you are Midori, a college dropout that chases her dream of owning a flower shop. The game has two halves: the one at the top floor where you plant and harvest flowers to pay upgrades for your garden and the other at the bottom floor where you talk with people through your phone, progressing in the story.
The game advances in real time, so you gotta wait sometimes minutes, sometimes hours to get your reply. Getting to read everything that happens to Midori through her phone, sometimes being unable to reply or keeping through her good or bad decisions makes it somehow super relatable and it's a great fit for the console.
I just wish the garden stuff wasn't like a separate entity to get you entertained and doing something through completely unrelated in the end with the story progress.
2019
Got it for 3.50€ on Steam in advance for Unbound. Wasn't even sure because I gave it already two chances and I couldn't bear with the controls, being used to modern, inertial physics on Forza Horizon or Wreckfest.
Luckily, the third time's the charm. It even reminded me of Most Wanted 2005 with its tank physics. Not the best, but something different and fun when you get the grip. I didn't play a newer NFS since Carbon/The Run and it felt much, much better than the PS2 era of games. This (thankfully) lacks that annoying rubberbanding and playing on normal difficulty was easy but enjoyable. Even the police wasn't much of a hastle, and I hated it back then. The story is not (and never was) its strenght but was entertaining nonetheless.
At this price, cannot say it was a bad purchase. Might even replay it someday in the future.
Luckily, the third time's the charm. It even reminded me of Most Wanted 2005 with its tank physics. Not the best, but something different and fun when you get the grip. I didn't play a newer NFS since Carbon/The Run and it felt much, much better than the PS2 era of games. This (thankfully) lacks that annoying rubberbanding and playing on normal difficulty was easy but enjoyable. Even the police wasn't much of a hastle, and I hated it back then. The story is not (and never was) its strenght but was entertaining nonetheless.
At this price, cannot say it was a bad purchase. Might even replay it someday in the future.
After playing Heat I took a look at previous instalments of the series and... Now I remember why I did ignore them.
The handling model, the progression system (f*cking random cards) and the story, all horrible. Ugh, stay away.
The handling model, the progression system (f*cking random cards) and the story, all horrible. Ugh, stay away.
2022
My old GH3 Wii guitar goes BRRRRRRR epic solo