---{ Graphics }---
☐ You forget what reality is
☑ Beautiful
☐ Good
☐ Decent
☐ Bad
☐ Don‘t look too long at it
☐ MS-DOS

Deep Rock Galactic has an art style like absolutely no other. There are several different biomes in the planet you travel to that are all breathtaking in their own way. Some look better than others, but they all look at least great.

---{ Gameplay }---
☑ Very good
☑ Very good with friends
☐ Good
☐ Good with friends
☐ It's just gameplay
☐ Mehh
☐ Watch paint dry instead
☐ Just don't

By far, one of the best and most fun gameplay loops there are, especially for more casual PvE players. You have the option to play as 1 of 4 dwarves each with their own weapon set and and playstyle. However, all of them are fun in their own way. Scout for traveling around the caves fast with more limited firepower. Gunner with extremely heavy and hard-hitting weapons with not much traversial. Driller which leads hard into crowd control with unique weapons and drills which can be used to create new paths for you and your team to traverse through. And finally my personal favorite, Engineer, which, like the engineer from Team Fortress 2, can build one or two sentry guns (depending on your build) to support the team in combat, build platforms to help the team reach hard to reach places, and has his own unique arsenal weapons which can pack quite a punch. These four can play together to make a gameplay loop that is absolutely addictive. And with everything in the game being unlocked through playing, there is no end to the fun.

I think my favorite part is you don't need to play with JUST friends. This game has one of the most friendliest and welcoming communities I have ever seen in an online game. Even long-time players like myself welcome new players with open arms for the most part and are more than willing to help them learn. And veteran players like me still make new friends in this game almost regularly. The game's cooperative nature, shared experience, and community-oriented developers are what helped build this. I am so happy to say you can safely join public games and USUALLY not feel too pressured. :)

It is also fun for solo play as well. The devs added a robot known as "Bosco" to assist specifically during solo or offline play and he is actually quite handy to have around in most missions (albeit, some more than others.) So if you're a sad lonely loser like me, don't worry, Bosco has your back. ;)

---{ Audio }---
☑ Eargasm
☐ Very good
☐ Good
☐ Not too bad
☐ Bad
☐ I'm now deaf

The soundtrack for the game combines electric into an adventure tune and, when applicable, combat. In sounds strange, but it works super well for this game. It is catchy and unique, I could listen to it absolutely all day.

---{ Audience }---
☐ Kids
☑ Teens
☑ Adults
☐ Grandma

Can be enjoyed by anybody. Probably leans more towards teens and adults because of the violence though.

---{ PC Requirements }---
☐ Check if you can run paint
☐ Potato
☑ Decent
☐ Fast
☐ Rich boi
☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer

You do not really need that hardware-intense of a system to be able to run this game well. However, it runs beautifully on my 3080ti and even moreso with upscaling.

---{ Game Size }---
☐ Floppy Disk
☑ Old Fashioned
☐ Workable
☐ Big
☐ Will eat 10% of your 1TB hard drive
☐ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it
☐ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data

I am absolutely baffled by the fact that this game is only about 3 GB despite the absolutely monster amount of content in the game. You won't need to make much if any sacrifices to get this game installed. :)

---{ Difficulty }---
☐ Just press 'W'
☐ Easy
☑ Easy to learn / Hard to master
☐ Significant brain usage
☐ Difficult
☐ Dark Souls

The game is super easy to pick up and start enjoying, however, to learn absolutely everything it has to offer will take time and practice.

---{ Grind }---
☐ Nothing to grind
☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks
☐ Isn't necessary to progress
☐ Average grind level
☑ Large amount of grind
☐ Too much grind
☐ You'll need a second life for grinding

This might be the most serious criticism the game gets. I can imagine many would say the game has too much grinding. The reason for this is that NOTHING is unlocked from DLCs, microtransactions, or paid battle passes, everything is unlocked from playing the game. There are a few paid DLCs for the game, but everything is purely cosmetic. I personally bought them all because I love and support these developers. Some items like overclocks require quite some playtime to start unlocking. However, for me, I think while it is a LOT, there are plenty of ways to speed up your grinding. There are plenty of ways of leveling up faster and getting more money. From playing higher difficulties, to looking for specific modifiers on missions, to special events that the devs host pretty frequently. I've unlocked almost everything there is to unlock in roughly 600-800 hours of playtime. Many will think that is a lot, which it is, but the gameplay will not get stale in my opinion. And hey, anything is better than having to spend hundreds of dollars to try to fast-track your grinding.

---{ Story }---
☐ No Story
☑ Some lore
☐ Average
☐ Good
☐ Lovely
☐ It'll replace your life

There really isn't any specific story to follow in the game. There is a lot of lore behind the company you work for, mysteries of the planet you travel to, and other things, but no direct storytelling to speak of aside from some environmental storytelling.

---{ Game Time }---
☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee
☐ Short
☐ Average
☐ Long
☑ To infinity and beyond

I have almost 900 hours invested into the game and I am still not tired of it yet.

---{ Price }---
☐ It's free!
☑ Worth the price
☐ If it's on sale
☐ If u have some spare money left
☐ Not recommended
☐ You could also just burn your money

For players who prefer PvE games, this game is SO worth the price AND THEN SOME. However, if you prefer PvP games, I would either avoid this game entirely, or wait for a sale.

---{ Bugs }---
☐ Never heard of
☑ Minor bugs
☐ Can get annoying
☐ ARK: Survival Evolved
☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs

There are a couple miner (pun intended) bugs in the game, however, so small they aren't noticeable for the most part. And any larger bugs are usually patched by the developers pretty quick in my experience. They are incredibly responsive to bug reports.

---{ ? / 10 }---
☐ 1
☐ 2
☐ 3
☐ 4
☐ 5
☐ 6
☐ 7
☐ 8
☐ 9
☑ 10

One of the few games I am more than willing to give a 10/10 rating to. It would honestly be my favorite game of all time if it wasn't for the nostalgia factor of Left 4 Dead 2. Between the game's addictive gameplay loop, incredibly welcoming community, consumer-focused developers, and focus on PvE, this has easily become a game that I can sink so many hours into and never get tired of. Thank you to Ghost Ship Games for giving us this experience, and thank you to the community for getting me into it.

---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☑ Beautiful ☐ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS Deep Rock Galactic has an art style like absolutely no other. There are several different biomes in the planet you travel to that are all breathtaking in their own way. Some look better than others, but they all look at least great. ---{ Gameplay }--- ☑ Very good ☑ Very good with friends ☐ Good ☐ Good with friends ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't By far, one of the best and most fun gameplay loops there are, especially for more casual PvE players. You have the option to play as 1 of 4 dwarves each with their own weapon set and and playstyle. However, all of them are fun in their own way. Scout for traveling around the caves fast with more limited firepower. Gunner with extremely heavy and hard-hitting weapons with not much traversial. Driller which leads hard into crowd control with unique weapons and drills which can be used to create new paths for you and your team to traverse through. And finally my personal favorite, Engineer, which, like the engineer from Team Fortress 2, can build one or two sentry guns (depending on your build) to support the team in combat, build platforms to help the team reach hard to reach places, and has his own unique arsenal weapons which can pack quite a punch. These four can play together to make a gameplay loop that is absolutely addictive. And with everything in the game being unlocked through playing, there is no end to the fun. I think my favorite part is you don't need to play with JUST friends. This game has one of the most friendliest and welcoming communities I have ever seen in an online game. Even long-time players like myself welcome new players with open arms for the most part and are more than willing to help them learn. And veteran players like me still make new friends in this game almost regularly. The game's cooperative nature, shared experience, and community-oriented developers are what helped build this. I am so happy to say you can safely join public games and USUALLY not feel too pressured. :) It is also fun for solo play as well. The devs added a robot known as "Bosco" to assist specifically during solo or offline play and he is actually quite handy to have around in most missions (albeit, some more than others.) So if you're a sad lonely loser like me, don't worry, Bosco has your back. ;) ---{ Audio }--- ☑ Eargasm ☐ Very good ☐ Good ☐ Not too bad ☐ Bad ☐ I'm now deaf The soundtrack for the game combines electric into an adventure tune and, when applicable, combat. In sounds strange, but it works super well for this game. It is catchy and unique, I could listen to it absolutely all day. ---{ Audience }--- ☐ Kids ☑ Teens ☑ Adults ☐ Grandma Can be enjoyed by anybody. Probably leans more towards teens and adults because of the violence though. ---{ PC Requirements }--- ☐ Check if you can run paint ☐ Potato ☑ Decent ☐ Fast ☐ Rich boi ☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer You do not really need that hardware-intense of a system to be able to run this game well. However, it runs beautifully on my 3080ti and even moreso with upscaling. ---{ Game Size }--- ☐ Floppy Disk ☑ Old Fashioned ☐ Workable ☐ Big ☐ Will eat 10% of your 1TB hard drive ☐ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it ☐ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data I am absolutely baffled by the fact that this game is only about 3 GB despite the absolutely monster amount of content in the game. You won't need to make much if any sacrifices to get this game installed. :) ---{ Difficulty }--- ☐ Just press 'W' ☐ Easy ☑ Easy to learn / Hard to master ☐ Significant brain usage ☐ Difficult ☐ Dark Souls The game is super easy to pick up and start enjoying, however, to learn absolutely everything it has to offer will take time and practice. ---{ Grind }--- ☐ Nothing to grind ☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks ☐ Isn't necessary to progress ☐ Average grind level ☑ Large amount of grind ☐ Too much grind ☐ You'll need a second life for grinding This might be the most serious criticism the game gets. I can imagine many would say the game has too much grinding. The reason for this is that NOTHING is unlocked from DLCs, microtransactions, or paid battle passes, everything is unlocked from playing the game. There are a few paid DLCs for the game, but everything is purely cosmetic. I personally bought them all because I love and support these developers. Some items like overclocks require quite some playtime to start unlocking. However, for me, I think while it is a LOT, there are plenty of ways to speed up your grinding. There are plenty of ways of leveling up faster and getting more money. From playing higher difficulties, to looking for specific modifiers on missions, to special events that the devs host pretty frequently. I've unlocked almost everything there is to unlock in roughly 600-800 hours of playtime. Many will think that is a lot, which it is, but the gameplay will not get stale in my opinion. And hey, anything is better than having to spend hundreds of dollars to try to fast-track your grinding. ---{ Story }--- ☐ No Story ☑ Some lore ☐ Average ☐ Good ☐ Lovely ☐ It'll replace your life There really isn't any specific story to follow in the game. There is a lot of lore behind the company you work for, mysteries of the planet you travel to, and other things, but no direct storytelling to speak of aside from some environmental storytelling. ---{ Game Time }--- ☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee ☐ Short ☐ Average ☐ Long ☑ To infinity and beyond I have almost 900 hours invested into the game and I am still not tired of it yet. ---{ Price }--- ☐ It's free! ☑ Worth the price ☐ If it's on sale ☐ If u have some spare money left ☐ Not recommended ☐ You could also just burn your money For players who prefer PvE games, this game is SO worth the price AND THEN SOME. However, if you prefer PvP games, I would either avoid this game entirely, or wait for a sale. ---{ Bugs }--- ☐ Never heard of ☑ Minor bugs ☐ Can get annoying ☐ ARK: Survival Evolved ☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs There are a couple miner (pun intended) bugs in the game, however, so small they aren't noticeable for the most part. And any larger bugs are usually patched by the developers pretty quick in my experience. They are incredibly responsive to bug reports. ---{ ? / 10 }--- ☐ 1 ☐ 2 ☐ 3 ☐ 4 ☐ 5 ☐ 6 ☐ 7 ☐ 8 ☐ 9 ☑ 10 One of the few games I am more than willing to give a 10/10 rating to. It would honestly be my favorite game of all time if it wasn't for the nostalgia factor of Left 4 Dead 2. Between the game's addictive gameplay loop, incredibly welcoming community, consumer-focused developers, and focus on PvE, this has easily become a game that I can sink so many hours into and never get tired of. Thank you to Ghost Ship Games for giving us this experience, and thank you to the community for getting me into it.