Recent reviews by Or1on

Power Wash SImulator 2 is a nice sequel to the original one. The gameplay feels like the natural continuation of the previous game and the main campaign and achievements are long enough to make a single run satisfying.

Surely the interesting thing of PWS2 is the cooperative mode, which makes the game even funnier to play together but there are some things that didn't make much sense to me: why don't I have to buy soap anymore? Why the store is so scarce and full of skins that are pretty much copy/paste but with a different colour? Why all the garden gnomes if they only contribute to something on a single level?
Something about the game feels a bit off, simplified and not that very thought out well.

I hope that future updates will address these qwirks, obviously the game at launch had some major bugs (some impacting achievements and core gameplay) so I understand where developers priorities have been so far...but now it would be great to start introducing some game system improvements.

Overall I think that the original was a more solid game as far as simulators go, but I didn't regret buying it because after all it is a relaxing game, runs very well on the Steam Deck with the standard settings and even on Bazzite on my main PC it has run very smoothly. I only had a crash around launch but with thew current 1.2 update I can say that we are way past that kind of issues and now the game runs how it is supposed to.

This game is tons of fun: hard, unpredictable, smart and really pushes all the party members to work together to reach the objective. This is the definition of a game made to play in coop in with friends!

Some of the issues of day one have been ironed out, but being an ongoing title the hope is for it to get better over time!

This is the best DevCats game out of the lot. Longer than the others, very nice soundtrack and a lot of fun and cuteness scenario after scenario! Can't wait for the next update to drop! :D

A cozy and simple game of Sudoku where you need to arrange cats instead of numbers!
It is very simple and brief, perfect for kids and the best part of it is that you help cat shelters with your purchase. I love DevCats' mission! :D

It's a quick, nice and cozy puzzle game about sorting bento lunches in their boxes... :)

This is a great Call of Duty game. Online progression is not patched up and the battlepass is not a mess like on MW2/MW3...it's honestly a shame that Activision ruined once again the MW series...this game feels like the true successor to MW (2019) while the rest was collateral damage...

This game was good but with some rough issues at launch, after a series of patches it became good, really good...then they added atmospheric events. What does this mean? It means that the game is now UNPLAYABLE. It doesn't matter what graphic card you use or the brand of your CPU: the game will crash several times and randomly to different players in the lobby. It's just sad I can't ask for a refund because it started becoming like this after more than 20hrs of playtime. I've barely played two hours over the last few weeks, because it just crashes.

EDIT: I can now recommend the game because all of the stability issues have been fixed for a while now. The crazy re-balancing has been toned down as well and now Helldivers is a game you can actually enjoy with friends. It's a shame Sony had to ruin the popularity of the game for the sake of promoting their awful online services...

I recommend this game, but with some thing to note which I think undermine the experience that the developer had in mind for the players. Before getting into those details I'll just give my personal opinion on what "Before Your Eyes" meant to me...

Before Your Eyes is an emotional journey through the life and dreams of its main character. The game literally puts you behind the eyes of a lost soul and how they remember their life from inception until their final day. You'll learn the first steps, the emotion of meeting the first pet, the joy and anger of growing up and the emotional grasp of friendship and love...you'll also experience pain, feeling lost, anger, hope, sadness and the weight of resignation.

Before Your Eyes is a short, intense and powerful experience. This game is really expressive through its simple art style and a soundtrack which is worthy of its own release. Once again I find some little gems and great original songs in the indie scene and I can say for sure that the music of this game will stay with me forever.

Game-play-wise this game gives an experience which is one of its kind: blinking your eyes is all you need to refresh your memories and live your story once again. At first it felt like a gimmick but the more you go in and the more it takes meaning and enriches the experience adding an emotional layer to the game. This is also the greatest problem I had with this game...as a person who relies on glasses I had a lot of problems with the eye detection...despite a great camera and a calibration apparently perfect even small reflexes from my lenses could fool the game and trigger unwanted "blinks". This behaviour forced me to use classic mouse controls and that's where I truly felt the importance of this peculiar control system for this game. So, glass wearing travellers be warned: this flaw might spoil the experience for you.

Before I wrap up my review there are two huge weaknesses that I need to signal:
- Resolution settings are completely broken and 21:9 support is missing
- The Ferrywolf character really makes no sense to me

On the first point I will say that overall I don't consider it a game-breaker...on the second one I will say simply that it is completely subjective but I feel that how that character was designed completely breaks the mood of the whole story and some of its dialogues don't really make much sense to me.

Wrapping up this review:
Before Your Eyes is an experimental indie adventure that with an emotional journey, one of a kind gameplay and a great soundtrack bring the player in front of the ultimate question: what happens after death? It is done in a colourful and emotional way and it really is an experience to try at least once if you are a player open to a new adventure game. Unfortunately BYE is a flawed gem, not all characters click in the right way creating some cracks in the mood and some weird bugs might spoil the experience to some players.

For me, BYE is still a great adventure and deserves the praise it got when it came out. 7.5/10

Imagine being able to play the original Picross on your Steam Deck by simply buying it on Steam...yes, that's Logiart Grimoire. Jupiter simply made a new story-focused Picross game and released it in early access on Steam!

It really feels like playing Picross S1 but with a new twist, I really loved every second of it! Puzzles are rewarding, the new fusion mechanic is fun and adds levels and a scope to the game that makes it feel like a videogame and less like a digital puzzle book.

Technically the game is as polished as you would expect, over the Early Access period the developer has fixed bugs, cemented Steam Deck and Controller support while adding collectables, achievements and refining the overall experience.

I can't wait for its official release date on March 1st, the Kickstarter campaign is going well and devs have promised more puzzles, more language support and I hope it will also bring Cards and Badges to complete the Steam experience.

If you love puzzle games you just can't miss this one! It is my indie of the year! <3

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Message to the devs:
I hope this goes as well as you guys want and that you will work on a sequel. Adding Mega puzzles and/or a colour mode would simply be a dream come true! I've played all of your Picross games on Nintendo platforms and I was really waiting for the day your amazing work would come over to Steam!

Thanks for another fun and rewarding experience!
Your Fan

The premises to this game were really good but in the end the promised product never arrived. I will be short, because there isn't really much to add:

- You only play the first few hours until the first boss, so you basically will never master the new hero' skills introduced with the game...
- The game is still today plagued with engine issues which cause random crashes, spoiling the entire experience...
- the new 3D camera is weird, it feels like a broken version of Crash Bandicoot's camera at times and just outright wrong during certain puzzles...
- character animations are unpolished and unfinished and coming from Trine 2 you can really feel that...you feel something is odd and off...
- The change in art style is not really welcome...it feels cheaper than what Trine was before and according to the reports that the team unfortunately spent too much on tech prematurely finishing their budget for this game it makes sense...
- OST less inspired than in the past, but I can;t help but feeling that this was rushed as well because of budget constraints...
- Story is non existent, you don't play enough to grasp who the enemy is or what it wants...you just have a little sip of it then forget it, the game is gone...
- Online coop is missing, one of the core features of Trine is simply gone.

Basically a really promising sequel f***** up by money and bad management. My bottom line is: if you're a fan of Trine and you want an easy game completion on your account, pick this up on discount and finish it in under 8hrs; if you're looking for a fun and compelling coop experience, with great platforming, heart and story, play Trine 2, Trine, Trine 4 because those are the games to play. I still have to play Trine 5, so I can't blindly recommend it now.

Peace out!