Recent reviews by T.S.Smith

Fallstruktur!

Fallstruktur is a very simple game, only using wasd and jump for controls. The concept of a downward platformer is really cool, and quite fun. It has little base content taking only 17 minutes for me to me. I ended up beating the whole workshop (As of now 13 entries). These fourteen (the 14th is the base game) maps together took me about 4 hours to complete. It has a lot of potential even with the movement. The movement has a lot of technical possibilities despite the simple controls. The movement is... sloppy for lack of a better term. Not bad, mind you. You just don't have the precise mid-air and on-land control you might expect from other platformers.

Definitely an easy grab, 4/5 stars

Project Zomboid is a wonderful game. It uses realism better than any other game I've played, and makes the classic slow shambling zombies super interesting. It's still in active development, so there is much content to see! As of writing this Build 41 is the stable version, and it what I'd suggest playing. There is a Build 42 unstable out, but it is as the name implies, unstable. Play the game a bit before trying unstables.
If you love zombie or tough survival games, PZ is a great game to pick up, even if it gets on sale less frequently than most games.

Age of History III is a fitting successor to Age of History II.
It is very complicated, overdoing everything in contrast to the simple and easy-to-learn AoH2. Therein lies the biggest gameplay issue with AoH3. While it has well designed systems (excluding the army designer that's bunk as hell) they are all super difficult to gain a grasp of. I would recommend AoH2 over this, but this game is still a decent play.

Biggest complaint is the AI generated images. I'm not a fan of it in the slightest as an artist myself. It's really annoying, and pisses me off. It's not bad enough for me to give the game a negative review, however.

No one needs to hear this, but Half-Life 2 is a timeless masterpiece. If I wanted to introduced someone to video games, I would give them Half-Life 2. It has a great combination of action, beauty, story, and smooth gameplay. Everyone should play Half-Life 2, if not the whole Half-Life series.

Ubiquitous, beautiful, and perfect.

10/10

Sprocket is a great game, if a bit tough to get into. It manages to allow both a bit of absurdism while staying fairly realistic. My only concern is that the geometric internals will cause the barrier of entry to become even worse. Otherwise, very nice game, 78/100

I love this DLC. I've been satisfied with all the DLCs since I got HoI4, back in the days of BftB, and of all the DLCS, I think ToA hit exactly what I wanted. After a total redesign of armor, aircraft, command, and procurement, a DLC with just content for forgotten nations is amazing.
Everyone I've talked to has loved this DLC, and I do too. I feel most complaining comes from people who just want more stuff for Europe. Like seriously this is the only DLC not with Europe content, and as an American, all that Eurocentrism is just pissing me off.
Once again, amazing DLC, 9/10, great trees, and amazing job GFX team!

Lethal Company is the best multiplayer game of the 20s so far, its addicting. The pacing is excellent, the gameplay is fun, and the chaos that emerges is so hilarious with your friends!
I just wish you could run more than 4 players without mods, and that many of the crashes were less common.
7/10 as a game
9.5/10 as a multiplayer game

Ultrakill is the best single-player shooter I've ever played. I am writing this before Violence releases, and I just beat Minos Prime. This game is so fricking good. The gunplay is phenomenal, the aesthetics are amazing, and the music is astounding. The best use of 25 USD I garuntee you. And as always, mankind is dead, blood is fuel, hell is full.

I have played this 4x as much as I have played vanilla.
You will too.
The catalogue of mods is astounding (If not a tad bit small due to the recent update) and the mods themselves have so much love put into them. I can't say there is a single bad mod I've played recently.
Worth every hour.

9/10

I spent 1$ on this it has no right to be this good. It's a surprisingly simple game, and will definitely lead people to other strategy games. It could be better with some better graphics, more nations, fixing Kaliningrad and Luxembourg being water, and a more fleshed out money system.

7/10