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Games are quick; you get into get into games fast and you can play as little or as long as you like. I know I haven't played as much Rocket League as some others, but this is a fabulous game.

Just try to stay away from solo-queueing with randoms if you don't want the toxicity.

I bought this game because of how fun it looked on Moonmoon's stream and it definitely did not disappoint. The obvious thing is to compare this game to Town of Salem and in my experience this game is far better. In Town of Salem you get AFKers and leavers that leave the game to the chance the sheriff will find the killing factions. In Throne of Lies, its completely different. Each role feels to make contributions to their faction. The presence of neutral roles creates additional people for both Blue Dragon and killing faction to be on the lookout for. The cult and unseen factions leading to two different styles of games. The King having the chance to be working against you or just not truly caring about you since their goal is to survive. My favorite (and somewhat frustrating) part of the game is how the evil faction can convert members of Blue Dragon to their faction, which can cause panic when you think they're all dead, but the game isn't over. My one complaint is it can get toxic if you suck at your role. I've been on the bad end where I was Prince, arguably the most critical role and messed up, then got greeted by tons of report this guy because he was bad at being prince. Other than that, there are very few things to complain about. It's been a blast to play and I would even recommend buying this game even if it isn't on sale - it's that fun and addicting.

I would also love to give a shoutout to the development team that has worked so hard on this game. Their Discord server is active with the devs consistently getting involved with the community they have made. They also listen to their users and have consistently added new features to add new content as well as balancing anything that needs balancing (see: priest and noble fixes that made games too easy for BD). They take time to review reports and make justified bans when needed. If they keep this up, the game is certain to continue to grow, which I hope to continue supporting when it happens.

One of the hidden gems of 2017. You're not going to see it win any huge awards but you're probably gonna see it in the talk with Persona 5 for the best JRPG of the year. I absolutely enjoyed this game from start to finish. While not perfect, this game is definitely worth any price.

Positives:
+The characters make this game, from the edgy Velvet and Eizen to the relaxed Rokurou to the carefree Magilou, you learn to love these characters throughout your adventure. Even non-playable characters are a joy. The villains are made to be evil, but also aren't evil just for the sake of being evil and very few characters overall remain static for the entire game.
+The story is pretty linear, outside of quests before and after the end of the main story, there isn't much to distract you from the main point of the story. From the start of the game the goal is made apparent: get your revenge and everything you do in this game is for that, getting your revenge.
+The game is beautiful. From the game's opening sequence to the final boss, each place feels unique and you get multiple moments where you just have to stop and stare at the environment you are in and take a screenshot.
+Each character feels unique. Even when using two characters primarily used for melee the battle style and artes you can use changes. You can even equip them differently to change them more, such as making your mage's physical artes do more damage at the cost of less damage from the magic artes, which I really enjoyed.
+Good amount of replayability. Higher difficulties and self imposed challenges (i.e. low level run, character solo, females only) will probably bring me back to replaying this game.
+Magilou. She's great.

Negatives:
-There can be times when it feels the game slows down. There were parts where it was an hour of story and just talking to people before you could go out and explore the new area and fight the new enemies, and once you're done you hop into another hour of newly uncovered story.
-Similarly, there are a lot of optional event conversations within the party. While completely optional, listening to these unlocks certain titles for characters which can change up their battle style and you also miss out of the personalities and relationships the characters develop with each other. While each of these conversations are 1-2 minutes long, they add up and there was nothing more that I hated than seeing another one pop up after completing a conversation.
-Backtracking. The game sometimes has issues with this. While warps usually appear at the end of a dungeon and items exist to warp out of a dungeon or anywhere in the world, for story events they are sometimes disabled due to a story event happening on your way back. While not awful, it can be frustrating when you complete a dungeon, want to leave, but can't because something is about to happen on your way out and you need to find where.
-A lot DLC, while I never purchased any of it, it does sting to see all of the DLC being more expensive than the main game, and most of the DLC being purely cosmetic.

Overall, this is a 9/10 game. Not perfect, but does many things to remedy the flaws. If you are looking for a JRPG or just want to get into the JRPG genre or the Tales series, this is an excellent place to start. I look forward to eventually replaying this game.

Stunning visuals, beautiful world, interesting story

Other than my inability to shoot people or play stealthy, there's not many bad things I can say about Tomb Raider. This game serves as an epic reboot to an old classic.

At about $5 during nearly sale, there should be no reason not to own this gem of a game.

This game is amazing. My friend recommended me this game and he did not disappoint.

From the gameplay to the music to the visuals, Ori and the Blind Forest is stunning, starting from the opening cutscene to the end credits. While the story lasts maybe 10 hours if going for 100% blind, there exists some replay value for harder difficulties or the near-impossible one life mode. I can't say enough good things about this game, and my only complaints are due to my inability to play this game well. If you enjoy video games as a certain style of art, I highly recommend this game.