Recent reviews by PinhaT

I wish I could tell you all the "supposedly" wonderful things about this game. Hell, i wish i could tell you anything about the game outside of the screenshots and video on the from page. But I can't; the game won't even start. Or I should say that the game won't start "without immediately crashing on launch". I've spent 20 minute alone getting a crash screen. I'm not even sure how steam counts that as time spent playing the game but, hey, steam has done weirder thing.

I've run my hands through just about every decent fix currewntly out there and nothing works. my drivers are fine, my redists, DirectX, and Frameworks are fine, and it's damn sure not my operating system. Only the 32-bit Safe-mode works (for the most part) but i'll be damned if I pay for a working 64-bit game and get it's 32-bit counterpart, especially the "safe-mode" version of that!

The game apparently has this issue commonly sometimes at exiting the game, sometimes in the middle of the game, sometimes before the game like me which leads to me not playing the game. At all.

When one of the solutions you're given by another player is "try a fresh install of your OS?" for one game, not all of them or your system in general -just one game- then you should probably ask for a refund and go on about your happy way. I really want to like Helldivers. I wanted to play it outside of playstation network for months and the chance finally presented itself.... or so i thought.

I can't even rate it because I can't play it to even make a rating. I'll change my review when I see that this game is running like hot butter on toast with little to no common issues. For now however, I'd say wait until all the kinks are worked out because apparently this is a common issue. until then pretend the game isn't here.

Transistor is yet another masterpiece from SuperGiant Games. The story has players in control of Red, a widely beloved singer of the setting city, Cloudbank, where all voices are heard so to speak. When our Heroine finds herself trekking throughout the city without her voice after being attacked by a secret group that wishes to use her voice for their master plan for the city, Red must take use of the Transistor, a oddly sword that downloads the data of people in order to store them inside.

Within the first fewminutes of the game, we see this in action as the swords main entity is Red's boyfriend, a figure unknown by not just the player but the also the city itself. With him guiding her along the way the game really opens up some interesting dailogue between them that range from comedic relief and worry. the Characters are all fairly written and the background data on the people you download into the sword keep you playing to find out more on why they were killed and the truth behind the Transistor.

The Combat is great, and engaging; combining elements of strategy and action. You have a feature called turn which in essence allows the player to stop time, plan their next move, and then re-initiate time and watch your plan play out. THe best part about this feature is that it's mostly optional save for some bosses and puzzles. The most of the game can be played without ever activating Turn for the more hardy of players looking for a decent challenge. Not enough you say? well how about the added limiter that allow you so make the game harder in order to earn even more experience. Limiters are a great way to give that extra wager to your skills from making enemys immune to status effects to giving them more health and power to having them break your skills should you get hit with no health.

Darren Knob Has outdone himself again with Transistors Soundtrack. This and Bastion are two example of just how good Game OST's are getting, and I'd recommend picking it up like I did. I could sit here all day trying to sweeten up music for you, but my moto on music is the only way I could get someone to like music is to have them hear it for themselves, and that's just what you need to do. Check some of it out on Youtube, and if you enjoy the jazzy/blues tunes of the game then you simply must purchase the soundtrack.

All-in-all, Transistor is a great game for those that enjoy a great action game, with a few twist here and there, a interesting story, and great soundtrack. Overall i'd give the game a 8.5/10, and I'd reccomend it to anyone who does and doesn't hold interest in the title already. Trust me, it is a well worth buy.

Don't let the cutesy anthro art-style fool you. Dust: An Elysian Tail is an amazingly, well-done Action RPG with a great story to boot. I can't spoil it for you, but I can say that I certainly was kept interested for more as I played through to the end. The gameplay is truly something that shines as you'll spend countless hours doing hack-n-slack combos, beating up baddies, and finding secrets hidden in the game. And man, are there some cool secrets. An awesome indie game that's under-selling it's worth. Buy it; it's practically stealing. And be ready to produce emotions you didn't even know existed. And don't forget to give a shout of praise to the developer. Trust me, you'll love the game. I know I still do.

EDIT 2/27/2024:
Came back to this gem and it's still as good as I remember over a decade ago. I really wish it got a proper follow up over the years, because this game is a complete package. Hopefully it will, but if not, it's good enough to be thankful for the joy it gave me to play it.