Recent reviews by Mercury

Just picked this up on sale recently and I did not regret it. This is a fantastic little point-and-click adventure. The art style is extremely unique and constantly charming. The puzzles are quite difficult, but if you get stuck there are always in-game hint options that are good enough to keep you from searching up a walkthrough online. An all-around wonderful game, a classic in the genre it seems.

8/10

Ball laB is a nice, simplistic platformer. It will test your patience quite a bit, but it's very satisfying to beat a challenging level, which is why I kept coming back to play the game. With just 60 levels, ~6 hours of gameplay, and a $3 price tag, you can't go wrong with this one. Nice time killer.

6/10

Ever since the cliffhanger of Half-Life 2: Episode Two and the thirteen year wait for a new game, Valve has had an incredibly high expectation to live up to for a new Half-Life game. And I'm happy to say that they most definitely lived up to the hype with Half-Life: Alyx.

In Alyx, you're back in the Half-Life universe once again, and it's got the same feel as a game in the series. There's more focus on puzzles than combat in this title, but there is still plenty of difficult combat to get through. Even on normal mode, you will be very challenged. But it's extremely addicting to play. This is one of few VR games I can play for 3 hours straight with no breaks due to just how good it is.

This is the best VR game ever put out, and it's not even close. This game is an absolute masterpiece. Please, stop complaining about the VR exclusivity, because to reach the high standard Valve has for the games they create, they must innovate in some extreme form. This game is amazing for the VR market, more people are buying VR headsets than ever before just to play this game because it's full-length and highly anticipated. Before, developers didn't have the resources to create a full-length game like this and no one was buying VR headsets because of the lack of full-length killer apps. It was a cycle bound to fail, and Valve is attempting to break it. This is the true beginning of VR's take-off into the general consumer market.

Thank you Valve.

10/10

Nice little tech demo for the Valve Index Knuckles controllers. Love my new Index, and this demo is charming! Wishing it were longer is my sole complaint.

9/10

I've heard this game described as "a mix between Psychonauts and Bastion" due to its playstyle and humor. I haven't played much of Bastion, but I'm a massive fan of Psychonauts. This game is not quite as good as that game (a hard bar to reach, mind you) but it's a really great and charming little adventure. It's a very easy game, with only a couple combat sections requiring much skill; the emphasis here is on the puzzles and collectibles. It's got a really neat artstyle, extremely witty characters, and wonderful gameplay. There's not much to dislike here.

8/10

man this is takin forever bro

update guys I got SAO SURVIVOR legit after a couple years of idling

This DLC is absolutely necessary for playing Neon Beats as it adds a good 3 hours or so of content (5 levels!) and for just a couple dollars. All of the levels are easy to pick up and fun to speedrun.

My only complaint is the several bugs of level 8. That level needs to be cleaned up a bit. One is preventable, a couple rarely happen, but there's one near the very end which I have no idea how to prevent. It's very frustrating to die as a result of poor game programming.

Besides that, which is easy to get over, this DLC is fantastic. Highly recommend purchasing it!

7/10

Decent storytelling, but it's ruined by the drawn-out, repetitive, boring puzzles you have to endure for six hours. Not to mention, the protagonist you play isn't likable in the slightest; she's just annoying. One time, towards the end, she began to feel sick and make nauseous sounds and it really just made me feel terrible. Terribly flawed game, not worth your time nor money in my honest opinion.

5/10

Pretty entertaining puzzle game. I'd recommend giving it a shot, it'll hold your attention and is quite charming.

6.5/10

this game's nuts but really fun. difficult stuff, good luck fellas hope you're good at games

Simple fun

7/10 and good for what it is