Recent reviews by ZNO

Great soundtrack, but you pay for MP3s without lossless copies. This should be prerequisite to listing.

Great soundtrack, but you pay for MP3s without lossless copies. This should be prerequisite to listing.

A very fast-paced, accessible and replayable PSO-like ARPG with a fair bit of variety for its current state in build customization, enemy encounters and dungeon layouts. Co-op with friends or randoms is encouraged, but solo/offline play is just as enjoyable. YMMV with online latency, especially with more concurrent players, but you typically won't notice anything so long as the host's setup can handle it. I was pleasantly surprised and hope to see more.

JUST FOR THAT I'M GOING TO CRUSH YOU LIKE A GRAPE

Bought the chiptune bangers to show support, but the local files could use a little cleanup
- Missing Album Art embeds/files
- Missing tags for Album, Album Artist, Artist(s)
- Title tags redundantly prefixed with track numbers
- FLAC and MP3 files together in the same folder

Weakest NMH by far, and a disappointing sendoff. Combat's been simplified and stiffened significantly from 2's, there are no pre-ranking match stages or unlockable beam katanas. Repetitive overworld objectives, boring lock-on mech segments, greasy aesthetics and characters written flat as a board. The disjointed Takashi Miike glazing cutscenes overstayed their welcome quickly, but are forgiven for being skippable.

Matchmaking segregated by sub-region, MMR and player blocks to the point where players on average spend ages waiting alone in a lobby for a game which may or may not abort at the briefing screen, to say nothing of rampant game balance and connection issues. Crossplay, while welcome, is not enough by itself to significantly offset the mid-season drought.

Could've made your audience-deaf revisions optional thoughbeit

Crab mentality, also known as crab theory, crabs in a bucket (also barrel, basket, or pot) mentality, or the crab-bucket effect, is a way of thinking best described by the phrase "if I can't have it, neither can you". The metaphor is derived from a pattern of behavior noted in crabs when they are trapped in a bucket. While any one crab could easily escape, its efforts will be undermined by others, ensuring the group's collective demise.

Short and sweet if you're not going for 100%. Pick it up on sale for a simple game with charming presentation.
RIP Balan Company