Recent reviews by Azarilh

84 hours in 10 days...

It's... addictive. Don't buy.

I went right into the permadeath difficulty and it's fun.
Except when i stupidly die and i have to start all over again.

This game is really fun to play with friends but honestly even by oneself, as it's challenging and creative. Every day the map is newly generated, tho the biomes are always the same. The integrated proximity voice chat is top notch, adding immersiveness to it, especially fun when there's echo. Who doesn't love to scream in a cave?

The only particularly negative thing i can think of is that there's no save funtion. Can't save and come back another time. The fact that the map changes every day is not a good excuse to not include the save function, as there's a mod that let's you chose the map, even the one from yesterday, proving that it is possible to maintain the same map if needed. So the game could save the seed of the map in the save. Then auto-delete the save upon failing, so it's impossible to save-scam. I also think it would be nice to curb the hunger from dropping near a campfire, for a moment of relax, perhaps enable only in the easy mode.

Would also be really coool and refreshing to have different map options that have different biomes, instead of keep adding new biomes to the same one only option we currently have. ie: one option where you start on the tropical beach and then everything else that we already have right now ( no spoilers! ). Option 2 where you'd start on a desert, and then get new types of biomes that are not present in option 1. Just an idea.

Addictive? Yes.
16.6 hours in 3 days...
I go to sleep, i still play Balatro.
I get up, i play Balatro.
Having a job? Nah. 🤚
Having a life? Nah. 🤚
Balatro. 👈👈

I don't understand how this is so positive. It is very boring, too easy, tho i guess it would work for small kids, but i despise it nevertheless cos of the positive look of "fishing". The fisherman is "sad" about the worms he uses to bait, yet doesn't care about the fishes at all. How about you don't kill anyone?

Genuinely don't care if he "has to" ( he doesn't, it's his hobby ), i wouldn't give this game to a child and teach them how ok it is to kill fishes for selfish reasons when we don't have to.

The other NPCs also catch frogs and eat them. I don't even want to see the rest of the game, checking the achievements, i see many others related to "food".

So from one side, as an adult, it's too easy of a game. On the other side, it's too inappropriate for children, so i couldn't recommend to any age.

Most people are selfish and don't care about animals, which is blatant and normalised discrimination. This game normalises the problem. Especially people that are in marginalised groups should empathise with animals and not ignore the problem, after all, you wouldn't want others to ignore the problems of your marginalised community. Altruism truly is scarce in this world.

I don't like Gale, Gale is annoying. Gale should stop hitting on me and should stop getting angry whenever i refuse to sex with him. Thanks.

How did Lara not get 100 weird diseases by now?

They intentionally block Linux players cos they can't be bothered to make a decent anti cheat system.

Why are you still here? Go play the game.


In all seriousness...

QUEERNESS
The game contains obvious and less obvious queerness. We need more queer games, and this is one of them. Unfortunately, due to its popularity, to queerphobia, and overall ignorance about queerness, this game suffered a large amount of straight-washing.

GAMEPLAY
Unique combat style i've never seen before, that reminds me of a TouHou with turn-based RPG style combat mixed in. It's not too hard but it may require some time to get used to it. However, some bosses can be challenging, especially if the game lags due to being badly optimised for high refresh rate monitors. You are not forced to "fight" enemies either.

STORY
The protagonist is a silent hero that travels in the world of monsters. You get to meet many weird characters that will entertain you for sure. Although, in all honesty, Papyrus makes me uncomfortable due to the forced (big spoiler) romanticisation with him, which is clearly there for "fun". That said, the story tries to teach you about something that we all need more of, love. Among other things.

DIFFICULTY & ACCESSIBILITY
As i already mentioned afore, the game can get challenging. Unfortunately it's one of those games that force a difficulty level on you, with no accessibility settings what so ever. This is the ugly side of the game. Inaccessible. What i recommend is to buy the game regardless, devs deserve it, as this game is made with love, about love, with queerness. Such teams have to be supported. Try the game for yourself, if it becomes too difficult despite your determination, then stop and watch a playthrough. I recommend only blind runs, cos a non-blind run playthrough may ruin your first experience.

SO?
There's a reason why it's so loved and not really hated. Not that i care what is popular, but i am happy that such a queer game about love and pacifism is so popular. I hope it changed many people in the better. Despite the inaccessibility of the game, i still recommend everyone to buy it.

DOWN WITH STRAIGHT-WASHING!

Furry and cute yet complicated game design that will keep you engaged.

STORY
One of the strengths of this game is the way you get to discover the story/lore, by exploring the world. You'll find ancient ruins or items that will complete the story more and more over time. Got a good plot twist too.

GAMEPLAY
It's a hack n slash with sword n shield, as well as "magical" weapons. It has some variability yet its combat system is rather simple. Personally i've found the game's combat system somewhat unintuitive, it feels like a small weakness, tho not a deal breaker by any means.

CONTROLS
They are even more unintuitive. I kept pressing the wrong buttons till the end after i've got all achievements. Don't you dare press B to exit the inventory!

PUZZLES
This is the game's main strength, together with the lore discoverability, which is often ingrained in puzzles. Puzzles will blow your mind how simple and sometimes hidden under your nose they can be. Yet they can be really hard to solve without any help. If you can't figure a solution out, try to leave it be for the time being and look for other stuff. You might get clues that will help you with the puzzle. These clues can be really anywhere, and help you with specific puzzles or for puzzles in general. So be patient and keep exploring, the most important thing in this game! Don't spoiler yourself anything, if you can.

ART DESIGN
The art design is awesome yet kind of deceiving. When i've seen the style of the game, i shrugged it off as a small and easy action game like many. Hooh i was wrong...

SO?
Absolutely play this game if you like puzzles and action games. If you hate puzzles, it's hard to recommend.