Recent reviews by Sp4m

The 'No' vote was a difficult choice for me, but (at the time of this posting) it comes down to this: Portal Bridge Constructor lacks any sort of leaderboard system, even vs. yourself.

Perhaps I was spoiled by Poly Bridge, but I *reveled* in competing with my friends to build the cheapest possible bridge, and sharing our spectacular failures as short videos on our social network. That was my introduction to Bridge Builders, and I will always cherish that summer.

Without any sort of leaderboard (Let me reiterate: You do not get to see your previous scores for a puzzle), Bridge Constructor Portal is strictly a puzzle game to be experienced alone. And only once. Why bother to try to make a cheaper or better bridge if the game doesn't tell you your score the last time you played the level?

The game is fun, and it's wonderful to see GladOS again. I expect that as I spend more time in it, the puzzles will become more interesting and will be worth completing, even if there is no incentive to build them cheaply.

As a stand-alone puzzle game, it's good. But I was expecting a bit more.

Brilliant. Fun and Hilarious.
I can't stop. I won't stop.

Fallout 4 VR is amazing.

I've just started, but the feeling you get when you step out of the vault and look across the wasteland is staggering.
It's open. It's waiting for you. It *works*.

PAKO 2 is *solid*.
It's an arcade-style top-down race and chase. The game play is repetitious, but part of the pleasure in the game is developing skill and mastery. The control and handling for the vehicles is a pleasure, and there is plenty of equipment and vehicles to give players a fresh approach as they come back.

This game has me playing *just one more round* six or seven times.
And I can't wait to have a friend over, so I can get a dedicated gunner. Totally an unexpected bonus.

I was deep in foundry space, trying to capture some dunkus. I didn't really read the mission briefing because I'm a badass, and this was just a hard level mission. Nothing I hadn't seen before. I board the ship, knock out my first few guards when suddenly there's an explosion. My target is dead. Why is my target dead? Oh well. I turn to go back to my pod, and there's another explosion. My pod is gone. Why is my pod gone? That's when I realize I'm in a warzone, and this ship is under attack. I have to kill the captain, and fly this thing back to base. I've never had to do that before...

Heat Signature is a rogue-like space piracy game that makes itself fun by letting the player take on bizarre and horrible challenges, but giving them tons of bizarre tech to solve their problems with. My favorite part is that it tends to create stories that you want to share.

Convoy wants to be FTL, but it not only fails to live up to the legend, it fails to stand on its own.
The mission and story diversity is low, and every game feels the same. After 3 games, I feel like I've experienced everything this game has to offer.

On the other hand, the gameplay is fun, and I know there are more weapons and vehicles for me to experience.

What Convloy needs most of all is greater diversity to the story events.

I wanted to give my ships a cyberpunk feel, but the $5 absolutely fails to deliver any meaningful customization options.

As far as I can tell, this gives me:

a reskinned core block with some subtle orange lights
a single visual add-on with some ugly wings
a reskinned side thruster (this is good).
What ever the 4th block is, I couldn't find it.


...I was expecting some foundational basics so I could start to cyberpunk it up (like armor panels), but not so much.
I am disappointed with this purchase.

I don't have too many matches under my belt yet, but so far the game is great fun.

Player designed ships have a lot of diversity, and you have to make interesting and careful choices as you play, like identifying and targeting key components with your lasers.

Holy Crap. I got this because it looked like a fun Vs. Party game. I was not expecting a hilarious coop adventure.
The story was funny, the game was challenging. Get a friend, get three hours, and get some balls in your face.

Vector 36 is a hard-science physics driven sci-fi hover sim. It feels like Podracing meets Kerbal Space program, and the polish on the game is pretty intense.

Craft customization is deep and rewarding, as every piece of equipment affects weight and balance of the craft, so even something as simple as rearranging your existing components can have a dramatic impact on your craft's performance.

It's definitely got a learning curve, but I'm having a blast and I can't put it down.