Recent reviews by Azure Llama

I give Orcs Must Die an Old-School Game/10
Orcs Must Die is simple, and that's a good thing. It's rather short compared to modern day games, but that's because of the replay value in getting 5 Skulls [Stars] in every level and using them for upgrades. Also, the writing is great, I love it.
Though when I give this game an Old-School Game/10 I also mean that in the game has aged somewhat. Like, it doesn't have rebinding and subtitles.
Orcs Must Die is like an Old-School Game you'd find on the SNES, it's short, simple fun.

Hyperbolica is solid, but if I'm honest it feels more like a tech demo.

I'm not sure how to review a mod loader. Anyway, it's good.

I give Celeste a... honestly? I don't know what allegory I could give.
Celeste is extremely hard and extremely fun. Each chapter bringing a new and unique challenge into the equation. Not to mention, even beyond the main game there is a lot of bonus content such as the B-Sides.
And the game heartfully reminds you that this is just a game. If you're getting frustrated, take a breather and come back when you're ready.

Apex is a game that's kind of impossible to recommend or not recommend because it's a live service and changes all the time. Either way, I think it's good at its core.

Maybe I'm over-exaggerating, but No Man's Sky might be one of the best games I've ever played.
The game-play is very addicting and very open, giving you this big galaxy and letting you do whatever you want.
The game has a great atmosphere (both figuratively and literally) and while not looking the best up close it can definitely be excused.
And the fact that this giant universe even exists on top of being proceduraly generated is a technical marvel.
All of that from an amazing team that refused to leave behind something they love.

Oblivion was more or less the foundation of modern RPGs as well as other things (looking at you, Horse Armour) but it hasn't really aged well, especially when you look at things like Fallout: New Vegas. The difficulty system is out of date, the levelling system is weird, things like that. But again we've still gotta give it credit for it's impact on RPGs.

Since Splitgate is now in its final version, I thought I'd remake my short review.

Splitgate is very solid. It has its issues, but it's solid.
The portals are very fun to play with and try to master.
The guns, though not varied, do their job well.
The current model is great as a final season or even just a non-live service multiplayer game in the modern day.
Of course, it has problems such the playlists being weird when I thought they were perfect back in Season 2.
Also, why did they stop posting announcements in Steam?

TL;DR this entire game is an innuendo and I love it.


Deepest Sword is a fun, short and sweet game that is absolutely full of innuendos. Nothing more beyond that that I know of.


The story is very simple. you try to stab a Dragon with your ever growing sword. I told you there was going to be innuendos.


The gameplay is like Getting Over it. You have your sword and that’s what you use to climb. Each time you stab the Dragon and ultimately fail to slay it you are sent back to the start of the level with a bigger sword. Now, you may think that this would make the game easier as you go on but surprisingly the opposite is true. It causes you to be unable to go through short corridors well. The game is also very built for speedrunning which is something I always love.


Overall the game's great. What else do I say?

I'll go ahead and say here that I might be a bit biased having never played the original Evil Genius nor knowing anything about it. Also, I've never beaten any of the campaigns yet as of writing this.
-The game is overall very cartoony and I love cartoony things. (I watch MLP what can I say?)
-Building is fun even if a chore at times which I'll get to later.
-There's a heck of a lot of quality of life stuff missing, most namely mass selection in the build mode. It makes turning on stuff and replacing stuff a chore even if it feels real satisfying to do.
-The AI isn't the best. If I'm trying to get Max away from enemies I have to spam right-click to get him to move or else he thinks he's immortal, tries to kill the enemy, then dies. I also wish you could set priority on things.
-The game gets really slow at times. Run out of money and the game slows down to a halt as you wait to get more money from schemes or the Casino.
Despite its flaws, I still love this game and think those flaws can be fixed in the future.