Recent reviews by Atomic|Rusty

Great mix of Scrabble x Balatro. Gets hard quickly!

I didn't know a puzzle could make me feel feelings

This game is so weird yet novel, between survival, addiction, and home improvement it meets all those points that I adore about games like this. Kudos to the devs!

This game is almost very good. In the 30 hours or so it took me to get through Act 1 the last 6 were spent trying to figure out how to leave Act 1. I got into a game state where I finished a big story plot very worn out, went back to camp to rest, and in doing so completely missed any allusion to how to leave Act 1. I just went from "stuff happening" to "this entire town is now empty for some reason". Didn't get a cutscene, didn't get a journal update, didn't get a waypoint.

Multiple times I've stepped through a door and then "stuff happens" while the next area is loading. Stuff that MAYBE I should have seen but nope game just lets it happen before it loads the area, so I'm left confused.

Also, often perception/nature/religion/survival passive skill checks happen WAAAAY too late for you to do anything about it. If you've clicked, say, to loot a chest from afar, but that chest is trapped, your character won't stop / cancel the loot action even if they pass a perception test that the chest is trapped. In those situations, the game should either immediately go into turn based mode or cancel the offending action.

Oh and the autosaves! FAR too FEW! I've lost at least an hour of gameplay several times because whatever I was doing didn't warrant a save. Since they don't overwrite the previous there should be one after each combat at a minimum. I've gotten pretty pissed off to find out that I just wasted an hour or more of my time.

Just... so many UI/UX issues that it pulls me out of the fun every single time. I've been TRYING... WORKING to enjoy this game and I almost can. Combat can be fun, the story is ok, the random encounters have enough variety to stay interesting. Just so many small frustrations (that are NOT difficulty issues, just experience issues). I can't see myself really having fun with it.

SO yeah, almost a very good game.

This is the most wholesome and charming game you will play in 2023.

Bugs and UI issues, feels like an early access game. I have a hard time believing this is a full release.

Washy washy

I loved this game from its inception. Never needed the multiplayer stuff but it's nice that they followed through and delivered. They keep adding to it, and it seems like most of the additions have been a net positive. A real story of a dev dedicated to delivering on what the fans want.

Noita is Finnish for witch.