Recent reviews by SimeTears

A perfect remaster/remake of a perfect game. I used to play the spyro games as a little girl and they brought me so much joy, even when I would just chill in one of the hub worlds. Some levels and challenges are harder, but usually checking a guide will help you immensely if you are stuck somewhere.

I only have a bit over two hours, but the game was so offensively boring our group of 3 friends uninstalled the game already.

Awful phone-like UI, auto-walking and auto-battling. Ugly clothes (which is something when they want to make money from you pulling on gacha for them), the story and characters was so offensively boring, making you "care" about characters you just met an hour ago. With that there was also no combat in the story, characters were just yapping about stuff you had no reason to care about yet. Premium currency is divided into paid and free tiers which is one of the most awful practices of the worst phone games, because that means you cannot use the premium currency obtained from chests for certain event pulls/shops.

If the game cannot offer anything interesting or fresh in its opening, why should we care about it and continue playing?

If you want a good MMO focused on fashion, play Guild Wars 2. If you want a good anime game, just play Genshin or Zenless.

it is a good game, but mediocre Dragon Age

A fun, spicy otome game with 5 routes and multiple endings. It is a bit trashy in certain routes, with some dubious consent there and there, especially in the Heisuke route, on the other hand Hajime's route redeemed the game for me. It is no Hakuoki, but it is still entertaining, especially if you enjoy certain trashiness. 6/10

Pros
+ Spicy, detailed scenes with the characters.
+ The heroine isn't just a bland self-insert tool, she has some funny remarks and moments. Though she can be a bit obtuse sometimes.
+ Beautiful sprites for the characters, and some of the CGs are cute.

Cons
- Dubious consent in certain routes. (If you have issues with this but want to try the game, skip Heisuke's route for sure)
- Length - routes are quite short, more spent time on fleshing out the relationships and characters wouldn't hurt.
- Some translation errors.

I am a massive fan of Yoko Taro's work, and this game was great albeit with few hiccups.

Pros
+Great story and rich lore
+While Automata is an indirect sequel, this game still works being played after Automata
+Characters and character development
+A lot of magical spells and various weapons you can customize
+Graphics

Cons
-Backtracking. There is a LOT of backtracking for both main and side quests, and the game even lampshades it multiple times.
-Grind for weapons and their upgrades (semi-optional). You need to collect all weapons for a certain ending, and you need to upgrade them for achievements. Can be very tedious and time-consuming.
-Timed achievements. There is a timed achievement for each boss to kill it under a certain amount of time, and although you can repeat the boss fight from either save or another route, cutscenes also (!) count towards the timer, which means you usually cannot earn these achievements on your first route without skipping story.

Neutral
/The endings and how to access them. As a fan of Taro's work, I am already acquainted to how this works, but if a newcomer to his universe plays this game, they will very likely quit after reaching Ending A as that seems as the 'normal' ending of the game, which means they are basically missing out in more than a half of the game.

Fun little game that does not overstay its welcome, with the potential for at least two playthroughs for different choices and achievements.

Also the voice acting is 11/10. Faaancy.

This game made me depressed because I never had and never will have someone like Cove.

+ It is free! No subscription needed. Also no P2Win.
+ You get premium currency (crystals) from log-in rewards, and you can buy skins with them without real money transactions.
+ Battle pass (season pass with content, skins) is also purchasable with crystals.
+ Bonus weekends - double XP, gold, crystals for wins, happen often.
+ Updates released often. (content - each 6 weeks)
+ Cards and items allowing great customization of builds.
+ Interesting champions + growing lore and story.
+ Active community (including in-game, reddit, twitch).
+ Achievements.
+ Public Test Server accessible about a week before content release

- Balance of some talents and cards.
- Toxic people (like in any pvp based game).
- Champion cost for new players.
- Very long maintenance times.
- Until level 5, you play with/against bots and the game doesn't tell you. (Maybe + for some?)

Definitely recommended, having so much fun both alone and playing with friends.

The only similarity with Overwatch is the genre. They play like totally different games, each offering something else. But Paladins is free, so why not try it?

Fantastic game. If you are looking for a casual RPG ala Skyrim, go away.

This DLC adds new, strong weapons (with a bit of lore) into your game. I think it is not worth the standalone price - get it if you can bundled with the main game.