Recent reviews by Bananaquit

After only a couple of hours in Melvor Idle, I’ve machine-gunned through skills like woodcutting, fishing, mining, and a few famers. Watching numbers silently climb while I daydream feels oddly satisfying. No interruptions, no ads—just smooth, soothing progression and loot gathering. It’s like RuneScape on autopilot !
With offline progression, cloud saves, pets, inventory systems, and a steady stream of updates (DLCs, expansions, mod support) mean there's genuine long-term value and room to grow for this game.
8.5/10 weirdly addictive

Played Balatro for five hours straight.

- Psychedelic CRT vibes ? Check. I genuinely stared at the screen wondering if I’d lucid dreamed being transported into a ’70s cursed casino

- Roguelike poker hands but make it : I illegally folded a Royal Flush and felt like a genius until the opponent blind beat me to tears... I still don’t know how I scored 212k chips and still lost

- Soundtrack vibe : Hypnotic synthwave that haunts your dreams, plus satisfying card-click ASMR, now whenever I hear my phone click, I half-expect a Joker to pop up !

- Endless combos : With 150 Jokers, tarot, planet cards, spectral boosts... every run felt like building a chaotic super-deck. “Just one more round” turned into a 'whoops it’s 3AM' situation

Verdict after little more than 5 hours ? I’m officially hooked. Who knew poker math could be this addictively satisfying? If your productivity is on the line, run. But if you’re ready to trade your soul (or at least part of your sleep schedule) for dopamine fueled combos, Balatro’s got your number.

The strategy is deep, the battles are epic, and the political intrigue will have you questioning your alliances while you prepare to backstab your best friend. But hey, at least you can watch your army and efforts get wiped out in the most dramatic way possible !

It’s the perfect game if you want to feel like a powerful shogun, only to realize you’re terrible at managing your economy and your samurai are starving. 9/10, would lose a battle because I forgot to send reinforcements again.

Civ VI is the game where you try to build an empire, only to have it fall apart because you forgot to manage your happiness and decided to you'd start trying to go to the moon in lategame.

You’ll spend hours building wonders, establishing trade routes, and planning your grand strategy… only to accidentally trigger a nuclear war with Gandhi. Oops.

It’s the perfect game for anyone who loves strategy—if by strategy you mean: "Oh, I didn’t realize starting a city next to his borders would make him mad." 10/10, would accidentally declare war again.

Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord is everything you love about Warband, but with a new coat of paint, more horses, and a slightly better chance of dying dramatically.

The enemy AI? Let’s just say they could use a few lessons in basic tactics. You’ll often find them charging headfirst into battle like they’re trying to impress the local tavern girl—entertaining... for about 10 minutes. Then you realize it's the same thing every time.

We’re still lacking in diplomacy options, but otherwise, it’s the same chaotic medieval mayhem we all love.

Has the game changed dramatically since pre-release? No, not really. But hey, the modding community is the real MVP here—they’re adding more fun, fixes, and horse armor as time goes on!

The quests? Let’s just say they’re repetitive. Rescue a caravan, defeat a bandit, ride around a village… rinse and repeat until you’re ready to throw your sword at a wall.

Despite all of this, it’s a very good time. 9/10, would die charging a shield wall again.

Project Zomboid is the game where you realize your survival instincts are far less impressive than you thought. You start with a backpack full of dreams and a baseball bat, and within 20 minutes, you’re barricading yourself in a house while panicking over a can of beans you can’t open cause the can opener was "too heavy".

The game is like a masterclass in poor decision-making—deciding to fight a horde of zombies because "I’m pretty sure I can take them" is immediately followed by the sound of your character screaming and a death screen. But hey, at least you can loot your own body afterwards, right?

If you want a realistic survival experience, where every bad decision is rewarded with even worse consequences, Project Zomboid has you covered. 10/10 would die in my own garden again.

As I’m gearing up to embark on my DLC journey, I thought there was no better time to review the game! And let me tell you, Elden Ring is a grueling, exhilarating, life-changing gaming experience. At first, it feels like you're being punished for simply existing in its world, but by the end, you’ll have transformed into someone who’s learned to embrace the chaos (or the frenzy for some of us).

In my years of gaming, I don’t remember a better feeling than beating Malenia after 80+ tries. I’ve never wanted to throw my controller out of a window so many times and still have it feel so incredibly rewarding when I finally saw her fall. I basically spent an entire week in a state of heightened anxiety, occasionally questioning my life choices.

This game made me improve as a gamer and gave me a new approach to Souls games. I remember giving up on both Dark Souls 2 and Bloodborne because of the difficulty. But after finishing Elden Ring? Oh, I went back with a vengeance. (Still working on DS2, though... we're not on the best of terms, but I’m making progress.)

So, if you enjoy getting bonked, knocked down and embarassed, only to get up and realize you’ve become a better, more resilient gamer... Elden Ring is your ticket to an emotional rollercoaster that you won’t be able to get off of until you've seen the credits roll, then immediately cry as you start on New Game+.

Would I recommend it? Absolutely. You’ll love every second of it... eventually.

I've had this game since early access, back when the ragdolls were floppier than my will to do anything productive. I bought it thinking, "Haha, funny wobbly guys," and somehow, years later, I'm still here watching a halfling uppercut a minotaur while a bard runs screaming in the background.

Every time I play, I think I'm about to engage in serious tactical warfare. Ten minutes later, I've built an army of 400 peasants and placed them against a single tank, just to see what happens. Sun Tzu would be proud. Or horrified. Probably both.

The physics? Totally accurate—if you're in a dimension where gravity is drunk. The AI? Smarter than me and dumber than toast, depending on the vibe that day. And the sandbox mode? I’ve basically turned it into a medieval stress toy.

Would I recommend this game? Yes.
Is it a strategy game? Technically.
Is it art? Absolutely, if you define "art" as Zeus accidentally dropkicking a cheerleader into orbit.

8/10. Would wage noodle-armed war again.