samandmaxrgay87
although i grew up with this game and i cherish it deeply, it just does not compare to arkham city. combat simply feels unfinished, and while i don't blame this game, it does still suffer for it. a bite sized, less polished arkham city. the scarecrow stuff is fun, but that's all this game has over the rest of the trilogy. asylum's biggest strength and weakness is its sequel. lead to one of my top ten games of all time, but falls short itself. an ok time, but all you'll be able to think is "i could be playing arkham city instead"
"[lego noises]"
lego star wars the complete saga is objectively the best video game of all time, at least according to Mr video games himself, Mr Miyamoto. got this when i was like 6? fell in love like god knows how many millions of other kids. i think this game has the strongest set of rose colored glasses i've ever had on a piece of media. i can recognize it objectively has flaws, but my brain simply does not recognize them while i play it. i'm simply a kid again. i'm glad tt games has been succsessful for decades off of the lego games, but literally nothing compares to this and lego batman one. the ultimate children's video game. something i willl definitely show my kids one day. vehicle levels FUCKING SUCK though.
lego star wars the complete saga is objectively the best video game of all time, at least according to Mr video games himself, Mr Miyamoto. got this when i was like 6? fell in love like god knows how many millions of other kids. i think this game has the strongest set of rose colored glasses i've ever had on a piece of media. i can recognize it objectively has flaws, but my brain simply does not recognize them while i play it. i'm simply a kid again. i'm glad tt games has been succsessful for decades off of the lego games, but literally nothing compares to this and lego batman one. the ultimate children's video game. something i willl definitely show my kids one day. vehicle levels FUCKING SUCK though.
"calm down max, you don't even like girls!"
as a game? any game you need a guide for is kinda meh these days. makes sense for the time when devs needed to make 2 hours of content last long enough to be considered a full game, but that was like 40 years ago now. however, putting any critical thought aside, sam and max are canonically gay and in love so this game gets an almost perfect rating. the dialog is fantastic, and this game was so charming i smiled the entire time. here's to season 2 being remastered next!
as a game? any game you need a guide for is kinda meh these days. makes sense for the time when devs needed to make 2 hours of content last long enough to be considered a full game, but that was like 40 years ago now. however, putting any critical thought aside, sam and max are canonically gay and in love so this game gets an almost perfect rating. the dialog is fantastic, and this game was so charming i smiled the entire time. here's to season 2 being remastered next!
"INSANE streamer FIGHTS DELUSIONS of HIMSELF to appease his RABID, CULT LIKE FAN BASE"
as a jerma fan, this game is a 5 out of 5 meme wise. as a game though? it's alright. it isn't boring, but it would not be enough to hold a non jerma fan. some fun, innovative ideas, with a length that does not stick around long enough to become boring. a nice, fun experience any jerma fan with steam would feel silly not playing at least once. it's also free, so don't be afraid to jump on this game!
as a jerma fan, this game is a 5 out of 5 meme wise. as a game though? it's alright. it isn't boring, but it would not be enough to hold a non jerma fan. some fun, innovative ideas, with a length that does not stick around long enough to become boring. a nice, fun experience any jerma fan with steam would feel silly not playing at least once. it's also free, so don't be afraid to jump on this game!
2016
“You know, the world could always use more heroes”
Before I start this review off properly, there are a few things I will tell you from the get go.
1: this will have little to do with the actual gameplay of overwatch. Go to ign if you really wanna know how the gameplay in a 5 year old game is
2: this review will be focusing very heavily on my personal experience with overwatch. If that isn’t something you want to read, bye.
3: This will probably be my longest review ever.
With that out of the way, it’s time for me to tell you how Overwatch has become the lowest rated game i will ever have on this website.
My story with overwatch started out not too different from a lot of others i’d imagine. I was a 15 year old kid with no money. From one source or another, I heard about a free first person shooter demo people were going crazy over: some game I knew nothing about, from a studio I knew nothing about: overwatch. Overwatch didn’t have to wait very long to draw me in. I believe I installed it within hours of the open beta going live. I was hooked then and there. I loved the world of this game, the characters, the art style, the gun play, just about anything you could really think of. I played that beta all day, if i wasn’t at school, i was trying my best to learn how to use high noon (and failing at it).
I could not get enough overwatch, i would say ages 15-17 were for me were essentially dedicated to overwatch. Making friends in overwatch, watching official overwatch media, speculating about overwatch, and most importantly, playing overwatch. For those first two years, it really was just me, a ps4, and 20 something heroes that held my attention better than most other games did. I made some good friends at that time, but by the end I held onto none, with the exception of a single one of them (who is now my best friend, go figure).
Around the age of 17, the faults of the gameplay of overwatch seeped in like a vile, red wave and broke the rose colored glasses right off my face. Losing started to annoy me immensely, and victories felt hollow. steam rolls happened every match regardless if i won or not. Trolls got to me more than ever, and I hated blizzard’s approach to balance at the time. This all ended up culminating in me not seriously touching overwatch for years of my life. I let it go for a very long time, and I can honestly say I was happier for that choice. I needed to do that, and should have done it sooner.
But that didn’t last forever. Eventually, Overwatch sinked its talons (ha ha, get it? talon?) right back into me and drug me right back to that hellscape i walked out of ,who knows how long ago now. You wanna know what I found out? I liked it a lot more then. Games felt more balanced. Heroes didn’t piss me off anymore. It actually felt good to play it occasionally, in small doses. Usually only during events, but that isn’t really the point. For 2 or so years, I continued on like this with one of my favorite franchises. Dropping by to say hello, and walking out before either of us grew tired of the other’s presence. It worked for me. I brought friends sometimes, had a fun time working towards certain skins, it could be a very fun time at points. But, as of a few months ago, things changed drastically, and this is the main point of this entire review.
Sometime in the last summer of the year I typed this review, the state of california found years worth of evidence pointing against the activision blizzard corporation. Blatant abuse of women and poc in the workplace, truly disgusting things i will not say here. I am sure if you’re on a site like this, and are somehow reading this part, you already know all about it anyway. Before I go any further onto my thoughts on this, the one thing I need to make abundantly clear is that a video game is not my main concern with this situation. I care much more about the human lives being abused than a stupid bundle of pixels. In no way does overwatch overshadow the innocent women harmed by the degenerates at activision blizzard. The reason I will be focusing on Overwatch is because this place is specifically for that.
It took a while to sink in, and even longer to understand why this news hit so hard in regard of being an overwatch fan. The most obvious thing is I simply had to leave it behind for the last time. A final goodbye that was simply not on my own terms. An unsatisfying slap in the face and a boot out the door. Or, you might think that it was because I could no longer be a fan in any context, and that stung as well. But no, neither of those things is what brought me here today. The reason why I hate overwatch with every fiber of my soul is that it gave me hope.
There was a time I genuinely believed in overwatch, Wholeheartedly. That quote at the top of this review? That meant something to me. With almost every short film, I could feel a lump in my throat. I genuinely believed in what the world of overwatch stood for. One person could make all the difference, one person could be a hero, one person could make the world a better place. It meant so much to me. For five years, it meant a lot to me. Even when I hated the game of overwatch the most, there was a piece of my heart that couldn’t help but love that world. But that piece is dead and gone now, and bitterness quickly filled its place. Don’t get me wrong, overwatch didn’t, like, destroy my mental health or something dramatic like that. I’m still a positive guy, I'd like to think, but there was a certain positivity that the world gave to me, and it is simply gone and can not come back. The people telling me to make a difference, and to be a hero, were sexually assaulting their co-workers the same day they fully thought these themes out. It makes you feel disgusted. To put faith into something, and have to realize how stupid you were to put any faith into it.
This is why I hate overwatch. Not some hero I don't like, not a map, but that hopeful part of me. The hope a 15 year old felt, being snuffed out in a slightly more bitter 21 year old’s heart. A hope that can never be given back. I miss the days where my biggest issues with overwatch were petty squabbles that meant next to nothing for anyone but me. Those days are simply gone. I can never go back to overwatch, and what it meant to me has been pissed on and defiled to the point it just pisses me off to think about. A promise from monsters, hiding in the cloth of good folk. There is nothing in Overwatch for me anymore, which disappoints me greatly to say. I was very excited for overwatch 2 before all this. I still loved that world, but it’s all ash now. Ash and regret. And I'm left here asking myself why I ever bothered. Overwatch can not and will not redeem itself. It is gone, and it will stay forever gone. Fuck blizzard for giving me hope for a time. “The world could always use more heroes” says the sex offender. Heroes my ass. What a waste of my teen years. I have sworn off blizzard activision products. And that’s where my overwatch story ends. I will not watch new cinematics, i will not buy overwatch 2, and i will never smile when i think about all that time i wasted. This would be a 0 if i could put it that low.
Before I start this review off properly, there are a few things I will tell you from the get go.
1: this will have little to do with the actual gameplay of overwatch. Go to ign if you really wanna know how the gameplay in a 5 year old game is
2: this review will be focusing very heavily on my personal experience with overwatch. If that isn’t something you want to read, bye.
3: This will probably be my longest review ever.
With that out of the way, it’s time for me to tell you how Overwatch has become the lowest rated game i will ever have on this website.
My story with overwatch started out not too different from a lot of others i’d imagine. I was a 15 year old kid with no money. From one source or another, I heard about a free first person shooter demo people were going crazy over: some game I knew nothing about, from a studio I knew nothing about: overwatch. Overwatch didn’t have to wait very long to draw me in. I believe I installed it within hours of the open beta going live. I was hooked then and there. I loved the world of this game, the characters, the art style, the gun play, just about anything you could really think of. I played that beta all day, if i wasn’t at school, i was trying my best to learn how to use high noon (and failing at it).
I could not get enough overwatch, i would say ages 15-17 were for me were essentially dedicated to overwatch. Making friends in overwatch, watching official overwatch media, speculating about overwatch, and most importantly, playing overwatch. For those first two years, it really was just me, a ps4, and 20 something heroes that held my attention better than most other games did. I made some good friends at that time, but by the end I held onto none, with the exception of a single one of them (who is now my best friend, go figure).
Around the age of 17, the faults of the gameplay of overwatch seeped in like a vile, red wave and broke the rose colored glasses right off my face. Losing started to annoy me immensely, and victories felt hollow. steam rolls happened every match regardless if i won or not. Trolls got to me more than ever, and I hated blizzard’s approach to balance at the time. This all ended up culminating in me not seriously touching overwatch for years of my life. I let it go for a very long time, and I can honestly say I was happier for that choice. I needed to do that, and should have done it sooner.
But that didn’t last forever. Eventually, Overwatch sinked its talons (ha ha, get it? talon?) right back into me and drug me right back to that hellscape i walked out of ,who knows how long ago now. You wanna know what I found out? I liked it a lot more then. Games felt more balanced. Heroes didn’t piss me off anymore. It actually felt good to play it occasionally, in small doses. Usually only during events, but that isn’t really the point. For 2 or so years, I continued on like this with one of my favorite franchises. Dropping by to say hello, and walking out before either of us grew tired of the other’s presence. It worked for me. I brought friends sometimes, had a fun time working towards certain skins, it could be a very fun time at points. But, as of a few months ago, things changed drastically, and this is the main point of this entire review.
Sometime in the last summer of the year I typed this review, the state of california found years worth of evidence pointing against the activision blizzard corporation. Blatant abuse of women and poc in the workplace, truly disgusting things i will not say here. I am sure if you’re on a site like this, and are somehow reading this part, you already know all about it anyway. Before I go any further onto my thoughts on this, the one thing I need to make abundantly clear is that a video game is not my main concern with this situation. I care much more about the human lives being abused than a stupid bundle of pixels. In no way does overwatch overshadow the innocent women harmed by the degenerates at activision blizzard. The reason I will be focusing on Overwatch is because this place is specifically for that.
It took a while to sink in, and even longer to understand why this news hit so hard in regard of being an overwatch fan. The most obvious thing is I simply had to leave it behind for the last time. A final goodbye that was simply not on my own terms. An unsatisfying slap in the face and a boot out the door. Or, you might think that it was because I could no longer be a fan in any context, and that stung as well. But no, neither of those things is what brought me here today. The reason why I hate overwatch with every fiber of my soul is that it gave me hope.
There was a time I genuinely believed in overwatch, Wholeheartedly. That quote at the top of this review? That meant something to me. With almost every short film, I could feel a lump in my throat. I genuinely believed in what the world of overwatch stood for. One person could make all the difference, one person could be a hero, one person could make the world a better place. It meant so much to me. For five years, it meant a lot to me. Even when I hated the game of overwatch the most, there was a piece of my heart that couldn’t help but love that world. But that piece is dead and gone now, and bitterness quickly filled its place. Don’t get me wrong, overwatch didn’t, like, destroy my mental health or something dramatic like that. I’m still a positive guy, I'd like to think, but there was a certain positivity that the world gave to me, and it is simply gone and can not come back. The people telling me to make a difference, and to be a hero, were sexually assaulting their co-workers the same day they fully thought these themes out. It makes you feel disgusted. To put faith into something, and have to realize how stupid you were to put any faith into it.
This is why I hate overwatch. Not some hero I don't like, not a map, but that hopeful part of me. The hope a 15 year old felt, being snuffed out in a slightly more bitter 21 year old’s heart. A hope that can never be given back. I miss the days where my biggest issues with overwatch were petty squabbles that meant next to nothing for anyone but me. Those days are simply gone. I can never go back to overwatch, and what it meant to me has been pissed on and defiled to the point it just pisses me off to think about. A promise from monsters, hiding in the cloth of good folk. There is nothing in Overwatch for me anymore, which disappoints me greatly to say. I was very excited for overwatch 2 before all this. I still loved that world, but it’s all ash now. Ash and regret. And I'm left here asking myself why I ever bothered. Overwatch can not and will not redeem itself. It is gone, and it will stay forever gone. Fuck blizzard for giving me hope for a time. “The world could always use more heroes” says the sex offender. Heroes my ass. What a waste of my teen years. I have sworn off blizzard activision products. And that’s where my overwatch story ends. I will not watch new cinematics, i will not buy overwatch 2, and i will never smile when i think about all that time i wasted. This would be a 0 if i could put it that low.
2007
"give 'em a gobful!"
whoo boy, how to even begin with this one? team fortress 2 is my favorite game of all time, let me just get that out of the way quick. I've been playing this game since I was 11, and I'm 20 now. it has fun gunplay, weapons, lore, characters, maps, and cosmetics. the years have been very kind to tf2 in most regards, it still holds up amazingly well, and is free to boot. every aspect of this game is so well made, you can spend thousands of hours, like i have, and not even come close to mastering everything in it. only issue i have is the bot issue you're probably aware of in this game. casual is a lot less fun, and valve better step to the fucking plate with it, for real. i have some faith in valve, though i can't say i like the company too much. they'll probably do something eventually. either way, tf2 is an undying titan. so many games have come and gone, but not my baby. she's still here, and she won't leave. the trailer says it all 'the most fun you can have online'
whoo boy, how to even begin with this one? team fortress 2 is my favorite game of all time, let me just get that out of the way quick. I've been playing this game since I was 11, and I'm 20 now. it has fun gunplay, weapons, lore, characters, maps, and cosmetics. the years have been very kind to tf2 in most regards, it still holds up amazingly well, and is free to boot. every aspect of this game is so well made, you can spend thousands of hours, like i have, and not even come close to mastering everything in it. only issue i have is the bot issue you're probably aware of in this game. casual is a lot less fun, and valve better step to the fucking plate with it, for real. i have some faith in valve, though i can't say i like the company too much. they'll probably do something eventually. either way, tf2 is an undying titan. so many games have come and gone, but not my baby. she's still here, and she won't leave. the trailer says it all 'the most fun you can have online'
I live in the American Gardens building on West 81st street. My name is Patrick Bateman. I'm 27 years old. I believe in taking care of myself, and a balanced diet and a rigorous exercise routine. In the morning, if my face is a little puffy, I'll put on an ice pack while doing my stomach crunches. I can do a thousand now. After I remove the ice pack, I use a deep pore cleanser lotion. In the shower, I use a water activated gel cleanser. Then a honey almond body scrub. And on the face, an exfoliating gel scrub. Then apply an herb mint facial mask, which I leave on for 10 minutes while I prepare the rest of my routine. I always use an aftershave lotion with little or no alcohol, because alcohol dries your face out and makes you look older. Then moisturizer, then an anti-aging eye balm followed by a final moisturizing protective lotion. There is an idea of a Patrick Bateman, some kind of abstraction, but there is no real me. Only an entity, something illusory. And though I can hide my cold gaze, and you can shake my hand and feel flesh gripping yours and maybe you can even sense our life styles are probably comparable, I simply am not there.
2018
"don't say it don't think it don't say it don't think it don't say it don't think it don't say it don't think it"
memes aside, this game was actually really fun during a time. though, i only think it's fun if you have friends. public lobbies are just blatantly unfun to play in. no one really touches it anymore, but it would still probably be a good time. i also feel a need to be a bit nicer since my favorite streamer, jerma 985, is an unofficial face of this game. a simple party game. can't go wrong. make the memes stop.
memes aside, this game was actually really fun during a time. though, i only think it's fun if you have friends. public lobbies are just blatantly unfun to play in. no one really touches it anymore, but it would still probably be a good time. i also feel a need to be a bit nicer since my favorite streamer, jerma 985, is an unofficial face of this game. a simple party game. can't go wrong. make the memes stop.
this dlc could have wrapped up so much faster if Ulysses and the courier had angry gay sex. oh well, it's pretty good even so
2016
"oh boy, rng! my favorite!"
a simple game i copped for free from the epic games store god knows how long ago now. solitaire mixed with a rougelike, barely much more to say than that. rng in this game can be killer, but it's like that in standard solitaire as well. to me, this is just a straight upgrade to normal solitaire, but still really isn't something i'll play much of at all. an ok game.
a simple game i copped for free from the epic games store god knows how long ago now. solitaire mixed with a rougelike, barely much more to say than that. rng in this game can be killer, but it's like that in standard solitaire as well. to me, this is just a straight upgrade to normal solitaire, but still really isn't something i'll play much of at all. an ok game.
2022
"local man says among us, declared funniest comedian of all time"
love the premise of this, and i love funny yiay man, but this game has pretty big faults to it. in like 8 hours, every match people just spam the angry face for everyone in the lobby constantly. it feels pointless to play without a full group of friends. otherwise it's just watching people spam the negative rating for 3 rounds. just spam morbius and among us if you want to be spared
love the premise of this, and i love funny yiay man, but this game has pretty big faults to it. in like 8 hours, every match people just spam the angry face for everyone in the lobby constantly. it feels pointless to play without a full group of friends. otherwise it's just watching people spam the negative rating for 3 rounds. just spam morbius and among us if you want to be spared
2017
"where are those last 3 fucking purple coins?!"
Mario odyssey is the closest I have ever gotten to wanting to break my "5 stars is reserved for tf2 only rule". this game feels absolutely perfect to me, from start to finish. every moment of this game is just packed with new ideas and worlds they just can not stop throwing at you, and it all just works. the controls feel fantastic, this has to be THE most satisfying platformer I have ever played. this game is just cute and fun. can't describe it much better. perfection, worth every penny. get it asap!
Mario odyssey is the closest I have ever gotten to wanting to break my "5 stars is reserved for tf2 only rule". this game feels absolutely perfect to me, from start to finish. every moment of this game is just packed with new ideas and worlds they just can not stop throwing at you, and it all just works. the controls feel fantastic, this has to be THE most satisfying platformer I have ever played. this game is just cute and fun. can't describe it much better. perfection, worth every penny. get it asap!
This review contains spoilers
"you are the last communist"
disco Elysium is a game that clicks so perfectly with me in so many ways it is astounding it took me this long to get to it. just finishing papers please, I guess I needed more post
soviet eastern European misery porn in my life, because this was the next game I picked up.
I haven't ever been one for rpgs. besides like, fallout new Vegas I guess. role playing stuff really doesn't connect with me, but I think disco Elysium is too good to let a genre bias stand in the way, and I was absolutely correct with that assumption going in.
the thing that immediately caught my eye about disco Elysium is its tone. how its world feels sickly and sad in a unique way that gave me chills. from the first second I stepped out onto the snow covered balcony and picked up the shoe I had drunkenly thrown through my hostel window, and those god damn horns came in on the music's soundtrack, I was hooked. it was such a simple scene, but something about it stirred a feeling in me then and there, a feeling that I was going to love this world, and I did.
it took multiple tries to get into disco Elysium over the course of months, but I have finally got it done. my first real playthrough started only a few days ago, and it was basically all I've played until finishing it. that doesn't mean it didn't charm me previously. this leads me to the first aspect of the game I want to talk about:
the politics of disco Elysium! the first thing that really stuck with me. upon starting the game, it gave me options to say some pretty radically left things, which was obviously a huge selling point for me. telling rich people they suck, trying to help the poor, that shit is my jam. to my surprise however, the game didn't suck my dick for being so progressive, it mocked me for it and tried to make me question my beliefs. that. that was the moment I fell in love with disco Elysium.
after enough communist dialog options, the game basically tells you to shut the fuck up with leftist theory and asks the question: "what's the point in being a communist when no one else believes in it?" which is a line of thinking I haven't ever thought for myself. I'm a very progressive person politically, but everyone in power and almost everyone around me is conservative, so what is the point of being so staunchly left wing in a society that hates you and makes real change nearly impossible? it is such an interesting question that I wouldn't have ever thought to ask. and I have to thank this game for that alone. really making me think on my values, and ultimately reinforcing them.
further than that, this game is dripping with political commentary, as the main conflict is essentially a labor dispute between a corrupt union leader and a corrupt, faceless corporation with the normal, hardworking working class folk getting fucked in the ass by both. rich people play games and poor people get to die in the streets like dogs because of it. same old story the working class has had to face the ugly reality of ever since society invented the concept of rich and poor. same old story.
this isn't to discount disco Elysium's story however, or to imply it's by the numbers. if disco Elysium is anything, its wholly unique in a wonderful way. the main character is a mess who can barely do anything whatsoever and has voices in his head, while also being incredibly goofy in his interaction with most people. his colorful outfit, insane facial hair, and comical, disco era smile on his face makes him feel larger than life, but also feels like he could be a real dude. harry and Kim are such a fun pair to watch together, and their rapport is one of the few things that's almost entirely lighthearted and always good to laugh/ smile with. they are also gay and in love and I literally refuse to debate it. they may as well get married at the end of the game
speaking of that, the end of the game! I know I'm jumping to the end here, but this review is already like 10 paragraphs give me a break. I love how fucked up and unsatisfying the ending is. I thought I fucked up incredibly bad to get the ending I did, but apparently no matter what you do this shit ends in a pretty bleak way, even if I didn't get the absolute best outcome possible. I love that. games are so afraid to give you a bad ending, but that's the only thing that even makes sense here, this was never going to have anyone ride a horse into the sunset. I'm just lucky Kim and harry both made it out somehow in my first playthrough. I'm of course I'm going to go back and try and get the closest thing I can to a 'perfect' ending. I'm going to reply this game over and over in my lifetime. no doubt about that.
disco Elysium is one of the most unique games I have ever played in my whole life, and I couldn't have had more fun. this was an insanely easy 5/5 something that stuck with me an incredible amount, and I will always return to. a truly glorious piece of art.
disco Elysium is a game that clicks so perfectly with me in so many ways it is astounding it took me this long to get to it. just finishing papers please, I guess I needed more post
soviet eastern European misery porn in my life, because this was the next game I picked up.
I haven't ever been one for rpgs. besides like, fallout new Vegas I guess. role playing stuff really doesn't connect with me, but I think disco Elysium is too good to let a genre bias stand in the way, and I was absolutely correct with that assumption going in.
the thing that immediately caught my eye about disco Elysium is its tone. how its world feels sickly and sad in a unique way that gave me chills. from the first second I stepped out onto the snow covered balcony and picked up the shoe I had drunkenly thrown through my hostel window, and those god damn horns came in on the music's soundtrack, I was hooked. it was such a simple scene, but something about it stirred a feeling in me then and there, a feeling that I was going to love this world, and I did.
it took multiple tries to get into disco Elysium over the course of months, but I have finally got it done. my first real playthrough started only a few days ago, and it was basically all I've played until finishing it. that doesn't mean it didn't charm me previously. this leads me to the first aspect of the game I want to talk about:
the politics of disco Elysium! the first thing that really stuck with me. upon starting the game, it gave me options to say some pretty radically left things, which was obviously a huge selling point for me. telling rich people they suck, trying to help the poor, that shit is my jam. to my surprise however, the game didn't suck my dick for being so progressive, it mocked me for it and tried to make me question my beliefs. that. that was the moment I fell in love with disco Elysium.
after enough communist dialog options, the game basically tells you to shut the fuck up with leftist theory and asks the question: "what's the point in being a communist when no one else believes in it?" which is a line of thinking I haven't ever thought for myself. I'm a very progressive person politically, but everyone in power and almost everyone around me is conservative, so what is the point of being so staunchly left wing in a society that hates you and makes real change nearly impossible? it is such an interesting question that I wouldn't have ever thought to ask. and I have to thank this game for that alone. really making me think on my values, and ultimately reinforcing them.
further than that, this game is dripping with political commentary, as the main conflict is essentially a labor dispute between a corrupt union leader and a corrupt, faceless corporation with the normal, hardworking working class folk getting fucked in the ass by both. rich people play games and poor people get to die in the streets like dogs because of it. same old story the working class has had to face the ugly reality of ever since society invented the concept of rich and poor. same old story.
this isn't to discount disco Elysium's story however, or to imply it's by the numbers. if disco Elysium is anything, its wholly unique in a wonderful way. the main character is a mess who can barely do anything whatsoever and has voices in his head, while also being incredibly goofy in his interaction with most people. his colorful outfit, insane facial hair, and comical, disco era smile on his face makes him feel larger than life, but also feels like he could be a real dude. harry and Kim are such a fun pair to watch together, and their rapport is one of the few things that's almost entirely lighthearted and always good to laugh/ smile with. they are also gay and in love and I literally refuse to debate it. they may as well get married at the end of the game
speaking of that, the end of the game! I know I'm jumping to the end here, but this review is already like 10 paragraphs give me a break. I love how fucked up and unsatisfying the ending is. I thought I fucked up incredibly bad to get the ending I did, but apparently no matter what you do this shit ends in a pretty bleak way, even if I didn't get the absolute best outcome possible. I love that. games are so afraid to give you a bad ending, but that's the only thing that even makes sense here, this was never going to have anyone ride a horse into the sunset. I'm just lucky Kim and harry both made it out somehow in my first playthrough. I'm of course I'm going to go back and try and get the closest thing I can to a 'perfect' ending. I'm going to reply this game over and over in my lifetime. no doubt about that.
disco Elysium is one of the most unique games I have ever played in my whole life, and I couldn't have had more fun. this was an insanely easy 5/5 something that stuck with me an incredible amount, and I will always return to. a truly glorious piece of art.
2010
costume quest is a harmless, cute rpg that is perfect for kids and is very charming and nostalgiac for adults. I didn't play this game as a kid like most people on here seemed to, I got it for free through the epic games store and it got chosen on my wheel of Halloween games. I can't even imagine how much fun I would have had with this if I played it when it came out, but going into it as an adult, it was a tad too easy for me. i don't fault the game for this, it is a kid's game, but at the same time playing it as an adult feels very grindy. the whole game feels like fighting low level enemies to level up in other rpgs. and again, i understand why it's like that, and i'm ok with it, but it did impact how I felt towards it. the one thing I love about this game is how it nails what Halloween feels like when you're young. it made me smile multiple times and really miss my trick or treating days. a great game for fall time.
2022
iron lung is the second game of my Halloween horror binge, and this was an incredible, short experience that was def worth the money. there isn't too much that can be said for this gem. the Szymanski's are known for their amazing visions for gaming, and there's a reason why this one in particular popped off so hard it got a movie. the atmosphere and the little tidbits of lore are fed to you perfectly, and it fully engrosses you into a world, that essentially doesn't exist. this game is very good at not showing its hand until it wants to. o l knew where the scares would happen and they were so scary it didn't even matter. this game is so worth your time. it's a cheap, short horror experience that'll def get you into the Halloween mood.