ill be honest i think im just done with this until... the full game is finalised? or at least until a big enough update releases that this is worth investing more time in. i really love slime rancher 1 and i want to enjoy this--and i think i will when its finished!--but for right now theres just not enough content to justify playing it for more than a few hours. with there being no end to anything and no actual quests or anything to strive towards, this is more of just a "have fun with ur slimes" game than anything else. which is fine! i love the graphics update and the looks of the new map and i love the new slimes, theyre all so cute, but theres just nothing else to unlock or do after you explore the whole map and find all the new slimes.

the new map feels too large in a way that is bothersome.. like navigating the locations feels a bit stressful and theres so many twists and turns its easy to get lost and not have a convenient way to get back home. a minimap would be useful, or a waypoint/marker system at least. the gordo's feel like an afterthought and instead of unlocking new areas to progress to they just kind of... exist in the map and dont really give any benefits. harvesting resources is better in this game and has more purpose than the first, but overall i just.. feel like theres not much here until a huge update or a finished game is released.

im excited for a full release and i think ill really love it! but for right now i think im finished with this

this is like fun initially and a very interesting premise and concept, i love the pixel art style and the mechanics and running my little pawn shop. but im kinda like sick of losing and my story ending because i dont want to choose options that place me as complacent in the dystopian setting here. this is just a personal issue and i know its a video game its not real etc etc but personally i just cannot bring myself to mindlessly report people for no reason or exploit them. it feels bad and shitty! and i wish the choices u make had more impact and were still winnable scenarios yknow. so this is an abandon for me. its fun while it lasts but i dont think ill ever be able to "beat" it or achieve many of the endings and thats okay bc i enjoyed what i did play!

this is everything. the moment i saw this on steam i knew itd be right up my alley and im so glad to have been right about that.
the atmosphere is incredible, the art style is so pretty and calming and the soothing tone of the daytime segments immediately drifts away when the sun sets and the horror kicks in. the fishing mechanics are rlly fun, genuinely enjoyable, and theres something very relaxing and enjoyable about just going around and fishing and enhancing ur boat. even when u max out the boat theres still a challenge to it, the night segments are tense and theres still dangers to watch out for--which is awesome btw the lovecraftian edge to this and the fish mutations and the story itself are all so fascinating and cool. i loved spending time just flicking through the enyclopedia and reading about all the fish types!! smth about this game just incentivizes you to seek out every side quest and collect every fish and it rlly scratches that collectathon part of my brain.
literally loved this so much and i cant wait to give it time to cool off so i can replay it fresh

also a day later i still cant stop thinking about this game. dredge is about love its about taking care of people and trying to do good and its about love so strong that it destroys the world or you sacrifice yourself to try and keep it alive. love this game

my star rating is like for the story of the game itself and not the entire game experience because if it was then man. i'd be giving this 5 stars every single time for the fact that this game is just insanely addictive. i'm not getting through any other games in my backlog or the 200 in my steam library because every day i wake up and i spend 6 hours gathering and crafting and fishing and sending my retainers out on ventures and playing the lottery and doing everything but the story. which is why it took me so long to beat ARR (like since 2 months since i started playing this game)

anyways that being said ARR was... okay! it's pretty fun! it takes a while to really get into it and by a while i mean it really isn't until like. level 30 or 40 msq that things pick up i think. but a lot of the characters are really charming and fun and there's some super cool dungeons and fights in this so far! i'm completly new to ffxiv so i'm excited for what future expansions bring!!

i literally do not understand or agree w people claiming this is mascot horror or youtube bait or etc. that is simply not true. there are no mascots. there is no youtube bait. not every episodic horror game is a mascot horror youtube bait .

regardless. this is SO FUCKING COOL. the art style and animations are so fun and cool, the characters are really charming and boxers is my child i love them :') the soundtrack ROCKS its so sick and the gameplay is so fun!! the variety of minigames and the exploration aspect is really great and im a sucker for fourth-wall meta breaking concepts. im genuinely in love with this from first episode alone and theres huge potential here for it to be an incredibly unique indie horror. getting undertale, everhood, and also daniel mullins inspired vibes from this which is everything i love so im really excited for more of this