Recent reviews by Aurora (Terrum)

A beautiful, relaxing game that gives you the unique power of duplicating any part of the world around you to solve puzzles . I'm really fond of the fact that all of the puzzles have multiple solutions, ones of which I'm sure the devs didn't intend, but I suppose that's hard to control with a game that literally lets you copy and paste pretty much any object.

I found the puzzles to be really easy and I think it's the only puzzle game where I never had to look up a walkthrough/solution, which can be good or bad depending on how you enjoy puzzle games. But in my opinion, you should go into it with the mindset of enjoying a relaxing, eye-candy-filled world along with a meaningful story.

Just don't get too emotionally attached - you'll have to trust me on this...

It's fine for a free preview, wouldn't really call it a 'prologue' as there's not much story to it - if at all. It just seems to show off what they have achieved in terms of graphics and what to expect to see visually in the full game. Of course as other reviews have mentioned it's very poorly optimised so expect FPS in the very lows.

Other than that, a pretty experience with Source-like graphics on a non-Source engine, with physics you wouldn't find on the Source engine, such as realistic dips in the snow and a circular saw spinning realistically into a wall when shot at.

I wish them the best of luck with the full release and will continue to support and follow the project.

This game couldn't have come at a better time, as right now I have only been playing relaxed games, or at least games where I don't have to think as much, and I have quite missed playing games such as "Burger Shop" or "Cook, Serve, Delicious!" because they can get really intense.

This is a great example of a cooking game on a very relaxed level. You do have the choice to play with a timer though, and even an 'endless' mode to space you out even more (pun intended).

I haven't been able to try the co-op mode yet so unfortunately I have no comment on this, although I will update my review if I ever get the chance to. All in all, a great relaxing game and very cute pixel art.

A fairly decent, not-so-serious simulator for those that take an interest in the workings of your standard grocery shop.

Even though it is in early access, it is very playable, with features being added every now and then, and only a few somewhat middling bugs (middling between minor and major) and only middling because you can actually fix them yourself usually. The only bug I can remember experiencing as of writing this review (which I will try to edit if I remember and/or experience more bugs) is customers and stockers getting stuck, walking back and forth at shelves as they either try to pick up an item or restock. This usually happens more when you have just changed the product that was originally stocked on that part of the shelf. I found it to be easily fixable by either stocking the product yourself until the shelf is full, or by saving and simply restarting the game.

You have a great variety of being able to experience building your shop, with coolers and different styled shelves, being able to buy bulks of items, stock them, manage the inventory with a storage unit, and even hire people to work the stock and even behind the cash registers - of course you get to experience the cash registers for yourself as well (my favourite part). Scan items with that classic 'beep' sound, take payment with cash and experience the annoyance of counting change, or take payment with card and simply type in the amount required.

Of course it's far from perfect, but to be expected for an early access game - I just hope that these supposedly inactive devs will repair any bugs and not just abandon the game like a lot of devs seem to do nowadays.

I hate to do this to a game that I actually quite enjoyed, but I just don't think it deserves the hype that both the developers and the community are giving it. It's a really simple, paywalled and short-campaigned game that's only replay value is being able to buy fully broken-down homes without any further storyline - eventually your inbox stays empty and will only continue to add more homes if you buy DLC (or so I've been told, I've never actually bought any DLC and I don't plan to).

What do I mean when I say it's 'paywalled'? Basic features such as mowing the lawn are only available in DLC. I wouldn't mind but you'd think something as basic as that would be available as a standard feature, as you wouldn't flip a house IRL without mowing the lawn...

When I bought this up in community discussions, I was told that the developers deserve a lot more praise and shouldn't be expected to perform as big as AAA developers, simply because they are small developers based in some poor country. Sorry but if you're going to price your game like an AAA game and offer DLC like AAA developers - then you're going to be treated like one, especially regardless of the country which you live in.

What do I mean when I say short-campaigned? You can complete all the jobs in your inbox in one sitting (maybe 2-3 hours if you're quick, but 5-6 hours if you're not so quick). There's no randomly generated jobs, there's no special jobs that really make it too worthwhile, and nothing to go back to unless you really enjoy doing the same kind of flipping over and over again.

It's disappointing because now these developers have lost my trust and I have no interest in House Flipper 2. I really would've loved to recommend this game even as my 'neutral' rating (where I set a review to recommended as per previous reviews I've made where because Steam doesn't have a 'neutral' rating) but I guess it's just irking that it feels so incomplete, and you have to pay to actually get more of the features to actually fully flip houses. So unfortunately I am more on the 'not recommended' side of the scale. Likely to be more worth it on a sale. On a positive note, there are an immense selection of decorations and furniture to choose from.

Decided to come back to this game after many years, couldn't get my head around this new launcher.

Do I already have an Ankama account? Probably not. So I select 'No'. It asks me to enter an e-mail...Invalid e-mail.

OK maybe I'm just forgetful and I do have an Ankama account. I select 'Yes', it asks for an ID and password, both of which I have clearly forgotten (or don't exist) so I go to the 'Forgotten password', also says Invalid e-mail.

Fine I'll open a support request even though it probably won't get resolved for weeks and I'll lose interest in the game by that point. Oh look, a photo ID is required just for a support request. Uninstalled.

Thanks Ankama.

A very surprisingly pretty game. Much easier than Battle for Bikini Bottom though, and similarly to the newer SpongeBob episodes this does a huge milking on memes and older SpongeBob jokes. Some parts felt somewhat lazy, especially when some objects just disappear without animation and Jellyfish also just disappear without animation when you kill them. Not bad for what it is, but definitely wait for a sale.

A prime example of what a remaster should be. A lot of the game-breaking bugs have been quickly fixed and the devs are still very much active. Great 3D puzzler for kids, incredibly nostalgic for adults. Highly recommend!

A great attempt at making 2D characters in a 3D world, lip movements are off but that's to be expected by the games of Outright. I did come across some bugs though where music would continuously play over other music, and some voice lines would continuously repeat - hopefully just a first-day-release quirk that'll be fixed.

Very short and sweet, however the minigames give it very good replayability. A nice amount of unlockables and 'chores' to achieve said unlockables, all cosmetics. Lots of interactables where you can pick up objects and place them wherever you want, really making you feel like you're in control of your Bluey universe (although you can only slide and see-saw in the play park, I felt this was rather lacking). Some genuine grown-up humour that you'd expect from the TV show as well. Nice old musical pieces (some from the new Bluey Dance Mode album too) and some adaptations of those musical pieces too.

I have yet to try playing it with other people, but I can only assume it is even more hectic and fun the more people you have to play it with you. The ending is actually extremely sweet too.

Lots to do, great to play on your own and/or with fellow Bluey lovers of any ages. Highly recommend!

Like many other reviewers here, I've played OW since the pre-order beta and clearly all people have similar experiences to me where I have been hooked on OW ever since, but dislike the changes to the developers and the whole concept that they are trying to turn the game into. But I've had this problem with other reviews of mine, where I really wish there was a 'neutral' button as to whether or not I recommend a game, and due to such I have to default to a 'Yes' because I don't not recommend it.

Of course, OW2 is just a glorified update - it's not a new game. Blizzard really are just trying to milk every penny they can out of the community and get as many players back as they can (hence the release on Steam) but, ultimately I can only recommend OW because, if you put aside the developer drama and commit to not spending a single penny on the game, it is actually fun for what it is. Always find friends to play it with, have a laugh and make some memories - it's not too late.

Anyone that wants to party up with a Pink Mercy main or D.Va off-main feel free to add me!