Recent reviews by Espio0

This game is a very interesting take on what if we take Old School RuneScape, but we make it singleplayer.

If you love playing OSRS, give the demo a go, but keep in mind that it seems to be on an older build (saves do transfer and work if you get the full game, no worries).

Oh no, it's addictive....

SEGA, please hand over your next 2D sonic projects to the Sonic Mania team, atleast they know how to make those.

Putting the bastard bait and switch move with EOS aside, this game is just not worth it's asking price, i just reached the 3rd zone, and i have lost the will to continue playing.

Sonic moves like a brick ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥, spindash feels slow, and when trying to move from a standstill, world's fastest hedgehog accelerates at a snail's pace, making boss battles extremely annoying because you can't get away in time, taking some cheap shot damage.

The new Battle mode is basicly unavailable to people who do not want to deal with EGS, so we pay full price, only to be locked out because Timmy Tencent held a large bag of cash infront of SEGA's face. you can do an offline version of this, but it's basicly a Battle royale type of game mode, something that has no place in a sonic game and probably took away valuable time from development they could have used to polish up the rest.

this is basicly Sonic 4 Episode 3, because the other Sonic 4 games had the same issues.

Do yourselves a favor and wait for a sale.

Do not buy, the Risk Of Rain IP has been bought out by Randy "barely legal" Pitchford, expect monetisation ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ to happen in the near future.

It just got abandoned, and will shutdown, no way to play even offline.

Another failure on Square Enix and Platinum Games name and another example why Games As A Service should not exist.

Vivid Knight is a game that took me by surprise, don't let the cute art and presentation fool you, this game is great and has a lot going for it, because before i knew it, several hours had passed.

The game's combat is basicly an auto battler system, where at the start of each turn you can do an action yourself (attack/defend/heal) before your troops do their thing.

If you play gacha games, the way your acquire new troops should be familiar, you find or buy them in shops, and collect and upgrade accordingly as they come with certain Symbols you might want to keep an eye on as it makes or breaks your run.

Combine 3 of the same gem, get an upgraded (silver) version of that gem, combine 3 upgraded (silver) version of that gem, get a gold version.

Symbols are basicly buffs for you / debuffs for the enemy, they can be acquired through troops (red gems always have RED. blue gems have BLU, etc) or through jewelry, and they can be activated in 2 ways :

- Use the gem with your desired symbol in your active team

or

- level the gem up to a silver star

The second way is the most important, because once you level it up to a silver star, you can just remove that troop from your team, you can even sell it if you want, the symbol will stay. this is a very important mechanic, especialy for the later dungeons, because if you play it right, you can have dozens of active symbols that can make or break your run.

However, do keep in mind that symbols need either 2 or 3 of the same symbol to activate and up to 7 to get the highest tier, depending on what build you desire.

After every run you collect materials wich you can trade in at the white manor to unlock new troops/offensive defensive or healing gems, or new rings/necklaces/earrings

The dungeons exist out of multiple rooms wich you navigate, while keeping a close eye on your mana, as mana is needed to move around, run out of mana, and moving will cause damage to your troops,
fortunately, there are gems that you can use to restore some mana.

If you read the forums, you'll no doubt see people say that they are stuck at a certain dungeon, saying the game is too hard, i strongly disagree, if you take your time and build accoringly and make good use of the symbol system, you should have good chances of clearing said dungeons.

In general, Vivid knight is a gem of a roguelike, especialy for it's price it's a steal, and it's rather addictive, i got it yesterday and i basicly got 10 hours clocked already, the music is stellar and the dev is active and pushes updates very frequently and i sincerely hope that we get more content in the form of updates/DLC because this game is amazing.

devs sold out to epic games and are now forcing people to make an EGS account, their next move is probably removing rocket league from steam completely.

EDIT

I cannot and will not support a developer who sells out to epig games, makes an epig games account mandatory (i will not use your ♥♥♥♥ service timmy tencent, stop buying exclusives and destroying the PC game ecosystem, and ♥♥♥♥ off with your retarded saviour complex) and who will most likely remove the game from steam, like they did with Rocket League.

one of the best 2D sonic games in a looooooooooooong time.

in regards to the current issue with the game crashing after the second / third mission, switch steam to offline mode, this should allow you to continue on as normal, this is linked to denuvo, wich i hope SEGA quickly adressess if they wish to salvage the reviews.

EDIT: this is not a fix for people who crash during green hill zone, apperantly certain AMD CPU models are the blame for this, you will have to wait for SEGA to adress this issue.