Recent reviews by ToyD

This is nicely filling the Battlefield gap for me. I like the extraction mode a lot although I am terribad at it. The King of the Hill mode in Warfare is VERY battlefield for me. The vehicles are a little slippery to drive, but overall I like the heft of them. There are some VERY meta builds for weapons and vehicles and when you get those and play to them, the game becomes MUCH easier to win gunfights.
The TTK is very very short if you're flanked (and if your team is doing poorly, you're always flanked). Don't lose heart, keep going!

a fun and challenging card based strategy game. There are a surprising number of victory conditions that the game walks you through. I was surprised by how short each session could be and how much you can seemingly pack into every turn, as you begin to unlock a few more extras.

A fun space loot shooter. Story kept me engaged and the gameplay is nice with a controller. I also like that the meta for the ships is viable allowing for multiple options through. Still working on the endgame content, but the crafting system is also useful and not useless!

Really fun builder with a great take on the randomization aspect to add replay-ability.

Right now the production chains seem very convoluted, but that may be because, even after 18 hours, there is SO MUCH to unlock and upgrade.

After many more hours, I really enjoy the loop of this game and the overrarching meta game to unlock the seals. Higher difficulties definitely lengthen the gameplay loop.

A surprisingly fun PvE shooter against the horde! It is early access and as such lacks polish. Right now the UI is one of the biggest hangups as indications of what to do and where it is are unclear, objectives are not clearly identified as what they do, effects of items aren't fully explained, and loadouts do not save. But, these are all conquerable as you learn the map, the objectives, and the interface. It's an amazingly good time against the bugs and does well to capture the frenetic feeling of keeping the bug menace at bay. Unlocking the full 4 step mission adds a level of complexity that works well when everyone is cooperating. Recommend for the atmosphere if nothing else. Cannot wait to see what other missions, maps, bugs, and equipment are added!

Very nice follow on to the original JWE. However beware the gamebreaking bugs. I recently gave it up after my sandbox had an unremovable transport heli with a dead dinosaur crash in a paddock. There is no way to remove it at all.

Overall I do like the game, very very much like JWE, but the small bugs like above really detract. Additionally the timers for research seem a little lengthly. Research is a kind of wall you have to get over for a few hours, then you can happily research and release dinos, but the cost and time of research holds a bit of a boring gateway in the inital time spent with a park since your initial dino availability is pretty small.

Fun game to play through for a few hours. I do feel like the clues in some areas could have been a little less vague. At one point early on it tells you to essentially ignore the drawings but then in frequent places the drawing is the only way to tie the plant to the need. Or in some cases the book entry has detail on the plant and there is no way to look at that thing on the plant.

Overall it was a good experience, I do like the narrative and the ability to affect multiple people and endings.

Looking forward to expanding to yet MORE plants on my shelf.

Initial patches look to greatly improve the launch issues. Core game is quite enjoyable.

What an amazingly zen experience.

And then you rage at not getting the right pieces to complete your layout.

It hits all the buttons of relaxation and puzzlement trying to expand, complete quests, and finish the layout you're working on all before running out of tiles.

Do recommend!

The game sure is pretty. Actually playing the game is a lot of trouble. I cannot figure out why the control scheme fights me all the way. My character has issues jumping when I want, dodging, and is generally unresponsive when the enemy starts certain animations. It's VERY frustrating. The level design, while pretty, is also REALLY counter intuitive forcing the player to constantly look at the map to figure out what direction to go. All in all, I was frustrated with the mechanics of playing the game more than I was having fun with the game. However it was pretty.