Recent reviews by catbox

LUCAS DUKOPE! Developer of Papers, Please - a fantastic indie title.

I played the tech demo ages ago, watched the itchio forum development as he made this game and waited.
https://dukope.itch.io/return-of-the-obra-dinn

I bought this game pre-release and avoided all internet spoilers (twitch/youtube) until I could solve it all myself.
I thought it would be harder to solve, or take longer, i had read he reduced some of the crew and requirements to make it simplier to complete.
Finally beat the game without any hints, walkthroughs, cheats, or spoilers (aside from the demo & development)

Amazing art concept for a modern game.
Great story and depiction.

Looking forward to Lucas' next game.

--edit--
longtime comming back to this review
not recommended because they removed linux support
and refused to acknowledge their switch to vulkan causing issues
EAC prohibited access to the game for years
only a few servers worked on linux+proton
not worth the effort
--edit--



the heart of EarlyAccess. weekly updates, unintuitive dev decisions, beautiful graphics overhauls.

people play this game like its real life.
real life plays this game like its a 2x2 near the dome.


proceedurally random seed servers

massive community of dedicated players

it hurts to play and feels good to be part of

--edit--
the developer changed the online access requiring telemetry
after blocking all telemetry access and testing, i fully uninstalled
theres no reason for this change
--edit--


fun with friends
fun with strangers
together randomly
together starving
darkness

it rubs the skin on the lotion

very immersive game with unique story and Depth. i watched a lot of early access playthroughs and bought the game in EA a long time ago. its chill and relaxing and very well polished! i wish more games follow from the devs!

henry went into town with a sword, murdered everyone and stole all their loot.
he ran away to the woods for a few days then everyone returned happy to see him!
nobody asked questions where all this loot came from as he sold it to the persons that mysteriously were stabbed last week.

henry didnt have a conscious of good versus evil, he only wanted to swing a sword.

early beta game content kept my interest. full release game still had me wanting

day 70 died in a blizzard while sleeping.... RIP

rushed out of the door (sony, ps4? yeah probally) this is an early access game.

its fun and its beautiful. it can be challenging. i bought this knowing whats up and i still play it.

they had better continue updating for years


--edited--2019
Steam Play Proton Linux
WORKS
VULKAN
LINUX
HYPE

i played the original with tank controls.
this is one of my favorite games of all time.

now it works without the "grim launcher" for windows.
no disc handling as well although I still own the original disks.
basically the remaster handles widescreen natively now.

also this supports LINUX -- fantastic!

live to sprout another day!


--edit--2022

i recently replayed all of grim fandango in scummvm v2.5.0 & v2.5.1
now fully supported merger of residualvm into scummvm
everything worked great for the original CD versions!
they are working on getting the remaster content to load

i saw a subscriber on youtube play this and fumble hard to build the engine. yelling at the screen i decided i have to buy this game. i havent played it much because i was busy building a real car.

fantastic idea for a game. love the early 90's internet website/homepage also -- hilarious!