Recent reviews by Aideya

This game is a love letter to platformers, and to science fiction in general.

At first I picked this up because I heard it was something good to scratch the itch of not having a new Ratchet in game in forever. And there are some aspects that do hit that need. But for the most part I enjoyed it as a standalone thing. You can tell the devs put a lot of love into this game. Specifically a lot of their own love for platformers and the overall sci-fi genre.

Does it have some rough edges? Yes. Is the localization a bit dodgy and the story a bit barebones? Yes. People need to remember this is not a AAA game. At the time of this writing it was $20 USD. I still had a ton of fun. Way more than that price point would suggest. And I definitely appreciate that it felt genuinely difficult (not just the combat) in contrast to today's kiddified games.

My one complaint would be the special weapon system. Coins are a bit too stingy so despite getting the 75% of boxes broken achieve I was still way off from affording all upgrades. And not being able to switch between them without visiting a shop sucked too. But mostly, they didn't really feel all that impactfully different from the regular weapons, so I never used them except for an emergency shield.

If you're a fan of platformers, pick this up. You won't regret it.

Definitely top 3 survival games of all time for me personally. It's both peaceful and yet the lack of living things really starts to wear on you a bit, giving a sense of suspense.

I was excited for coop so my husband and I could play together. The forced PvP is a complete mood killer. Sure if there were some kind of level matching but there is no "balance" to some guy so high level we only do 1hp dmg to one-shotting us. Then we get kicked from each other's sessions because we died and we have to start over. This makes co-op ridiculously tedious. If you wanna play this solo then I'm sure it's great but for those of us who want to pair up don't bother. You'll just get ganked every 10 min.

I've never played a game that was so very obviously Early Access and yet worth every penny of the money I paid for it. Full content not yet available but I still have hundreds of hours in it and everything feels shockingly polished for such a small team. In a world where AAA companies are putting out garbage these days Valheim has been a breath of fresh air!

Only put in an hour or so but doing well so far. The Devs have been very communicative about known issues (if the game isn't translating for you, try setting it to another language (any other) and then back again). I know some people are having issues and that's a shame but it's working great for me. The animal AI is a bit... awkward.