Recent reviews by venarez

pretty fun deck/dungeon builder. 1st full run done and look forward to coming back to it for another go round (not really one for completing a run and diving right back in). looks like there's plenty more to come with the additional playthroughs

so, the things go inside things that can go inside the things that can go inside things. I both do and do not comprehend this game and I'm really enjoying it

I cannot in good conscience recommend this game. the publisher has killed the developer and it's come to light that the developer had over-promised what they could deliver in the first place. I was willing to stick through an EA cycle for Kerbal, even if it took years, bc at the end of it I believed I'd be getting something far expanding on the OG (multiplayer, interstellar!!). well none of that's going to happen now and the game in its current state has barely anything worth shouting about. Don't waste your money, go get KSP1 and mod the heck out of it

now this is a life sim, if in that life a terrible zombie outbreak had caused the downfall of humanity that is. The detail in this game and granularity of its systems is just *chef's kiss*
The base game alone is a masterwork, endlessly re-playable with a narrative you craft as you go, every survivor's story (and luck!) is different, even if (in my case anyway) their fate ultimately is the same.
The mods for PZ are an entirely different kettle of fish, you thought it was detailed and granular before, well the mods just keep on pushing. I'm not going to even try a list the good ones, there's too many.
I'm hoping to get into some multiplayer at some point, adding a bit of teamwork to the mix can only improve things

i've not finished it yet, but as far as I'm concerned this is canon. the productions value on this is top notch, voice acting is good, puzzles are challenging but not alienating. loving it

I find this game super relaxing, sure there are the odd life-or-death moments but generally you can spend alot of time casually diving deeper and deeper into the rings. I'm just starting to get the hang of tailoring loadouts and tuning them, feel like I've barely begin really but there's no massive push to make that kind of progress urgent in any way, it's really nice to go at your own pace.
my only gripe is the name Elon everywhere, he's not the messiah so please change the equipment names up a bit.

This has an astounding style, atmosphere and story, so much mystery and intrigue I could have finished this in one sitting had I not originally started it so late. Loved the voice acting, really brought the characters to life and even though the pace is slow i think it suited this game perfectly.
character facial animation could have been better and the puzzles did sometimes make me lament not actually being a computer, (my memory sucks!) but really give this a look, it's more than worth your time

7hrs in and so far liking the story, loving the combat and really digging the world aesthetic. the scanning and marking gives me some good mgs vibes and the hacking to distract enemies/ have horrible accidents befall them is a really nicely done. Have i encountered some glitches, yeah, did it "kill my immmmmerrrrrrsion", nah; when they've happened they've actually been pretty funny. you could even call some of them lore friendly as you do have ocular implants so technically you could see loads of stuff that isn't really there....

enjoyable game, zooming around in a HOVA is loads of fun, the characters are adorable (especially Camus) and the soundtrack is synthwave heaven: turn your headphones up for the best experience! The stories are engaging though if you're expecting dialogue options then your out of luck, it's all on your actions not your words!
Finally the voxel world itself is stunning, such a blade-runner-esque atmosphere and a population level that really makes you feel like the city is alive and buzzing around you.... which it kind of is

story is ok, its basically the longest tutorial in history but that's ok for what you get. the multiplayer is good fun, been playing with a few peeps and we've done some dogfights and fleet battles. now the hotas controls are "fixed" it controls pretty well and although all the buttons are numbered rather than named (ED spoilt me) after you spend some time setting them how you like (took me on and off 10 minutes i'd reckon) it's super fun fly and control everything with. would recommend, though i hope they come up with a couple more game modes that are objective based. You could probably convert many of the story missions into multiplayer mini-campaigns