Recent reviews by ❤ Chuck The Elusive Corrupt Fox

There are quite a few bugs, I think mostly in multiplayer especially with moving objects like elevators. Outside of the very beginning I have only played the game in 3 person co-op.
Loot in chests seems to be the Host gets a copy, and then 1 other co-op partner can get a copy - but it won't let everyone get the loot. This could be a bug or a choice to encourage loot sharing, but personally I found it annoying just because I didn't intend to play solo.
Fishing is decent but also quite buggy with fish leaving the water and getting stuck, but I like the idea of being able to get some extra consumables to help.
Level design is good, it is fun to explore to find new items and the atmospheric soundtrack mostly does a good job on supporting this.
Combat is personally my biggest issue, there are a lot of weapons I think look cool but feel terrible to use due to their range or speed not feeling worth the actual damage. I wish there was an active dodge mechanic besides parrying or just walking out the way, but the difficulty is generally easy enough that you will be fine regardless.

Overall because the game is so cheap and short, I can say that it is worth trying. There is clearly some hard work put in - the current state just has a few issues that bother me.

If you can get past the technical issues, which will likely involve in-game settings tweaks and out of game settings, it is absolutely worth playing through especially if you enjoyed human revolution. Delivered on all the same fun gameplay, which I especially enjoyed as non-lethal stealth, and lots of interesting side stories and characters to pickup some lore about. Lots of fun just exploring the levels, they are not huge but definitely feel packed with things to find. Some of the story threads do end weirdly and feel not finished, which is an unfortunate result from the development hell this series has been through.

Another fantastic survival craft experience. The story is much more enjoyable compared to the first game, but they are very different in themes so mainly a personal preference . I enjoyed all the fluff interactions in the PDA messages, but I feel this time they were not as good at actually guiding you to locations so had to spend more time exploring to actually find my next objective sometimes. Building was improved with more control over aesthetics and extra decorations, and the jukebox is a fantastic addition. It doesn't matter if I was blindly exploring at times because I had my seatruck and I was blasting my tunes in to the ocean.

A fantastic survival craft experience. I enjoyed the progression of equipment, my only issue there being the last end-game section can go by very fast. The base building was mostly easy to work with and satisfying, I just would have liked more useless objects that I can research and place as decorations. The sound design and sense of scale really create a beautiful and scary atmosphere. The notes in the PDA system did a balanced job at guiding without completely taking away the exploration.

Needs some performance and crash hotfixes, but otherwise incredibly satisfying. A great 3-person co-op shooter experience. Personally loving the grappling hook ability the most.

A fantastic expansion to slow down after Endwalker, introducing a lot of new interesting characters and further developing old favorites. Really enjoying the dungeon designs

I experienced a few bugs, mainly crashes when I was first trying to play the game, but after changing some video settings there was no crashes for the rest of my playtime.

EASILY one of my favorite survival horror games, I found stealthing around levels satisfying though you can choose to be more aggressive, but the difficulty is more manageable by playing conservative with ammo on normal enemies. I enjoyed all the environments, and thought the themes and imagery of the story were very interesting.

The DLCs are absolutely worth playing as well, Assignment and Consequence provide more of an in-depth story, but the Executioner is also a fun side piece.

I wish the game was much longer, either with more books to explore or be able to take a slower pace and go deeper in particular books, but overall a fantastic game. I really enjoyed the progression of the story, and particularly the companion you travel with. The combat is simple but enough to give you little breaks from puzzle or dialogue heavy sections, and exploration was fairly natural without needing too much back tracking.

A city builder that hits those feelings a fresh game on Civ V would give me.

I really enjoy the gameplay loop of constantly starting new towns, with the elements of RNG such as available blueprints/resources/events that appear making each town unique enough to require proper management especially as you start to tweak the difficulty up.

With the persistent progression at the main city to unlock upgrades, if you are struggling you can also lower the difficulty to unlock a few more upgrades before trying the higher levels again. You do have to play on a higher difficulty for some of the main objective, so it is worth trying even if you lose a few towns.

Easily one of my favorite ARPG's of all time. There are lots of secrets to find in areas that actually reward exploration, updates are still being released (including an upcoming expansion), a good variety in environments, the skill tree system which allows you to combine two classes which allows for plenty of combinations with different abilities you can build around and still clear difficult content with. On top of the skill trees there is also a devotion tree which act as an extra set of skill points that boost your stats and add some extra abilities that activate on top of your existing ones.

The loot is generous enough that you can reasonably farm for any specific item you want, some have a specific source such as a boss or enemy type, while others you can just spam your favorite content that drops high rarity items / blueprints. There is also a loot filter system so as you progress further you can start to hide items you know won't be relevant (either rarity is too low or they have modifiers for damage you don't care about). There is an individual stash and a shared stash with your other characters so if you find any items you think would help another build you can easily transfer them.

A majority of important NPC's are voiced fully, but you will find some dialogue that is not spoken and there is lots of extra lore to be found from notes you can collect and read.

For some the lack of seasonal content / leagues might be a downside, but if you are looking for an ARPG without any time pressure, a variety of viable builds, a dark aesthetic but still includes some nice looking areas, this is a top choice.