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A short experience with a touching story. Call your family and tell them you love them.

A beautiful sequel with just as much incredible pixel art. Everything is a step up from the first game in terms of polish. There's definitely a tone change, but that's totally acceptable because Blasphemous 2 is beautiful on its own.

I love the new weapons. I never built around one and ended up giving them all equal time in the playthrough, which shows how well tuned this game is. The combat is just SO GOOD. The prayers and chants just add a level of depth to combat that work so much better than the first game as well.

My only complaint is the guilt system, carried over from the first game. It punishes failure and thats really disinsentivizing, especially with the end game bosses who i ended up spending tens of thousands on clearing my guilt.

Fantastic detective/investigation game where you play as a phone operator for the FDI (definitely not the FBI). As you help agents in the field, you start uncovering some things you shouldn't...

It's short and sweet but the story is intense and full of great reveals. The presentation is fantastic and the puzzles are tricky but not so hard you get bogged down. Everything is well paced and executed. The voice acting and script are great.

Without spoiling, an end-credit scene hints at more coming. I really hope we get more.

This is a great indie metroidvania with just the perfect length and a story and world that you want to keep revisiting. lots of different biomes, enemies, a great feeling of progression.

What a great game, it sucked me in and it was all I wanted to play until the end, and it ended at the perfect time. It's got that satisfying complete experience similar to games like Dredge or Dave the Dive, it puolls you in but it doesn't outlast its welcome.

The game is pretty simple, you have a car, you drive it out in the world and collect materials and bring them home to upgrade your car and your home area. But the world is full of mysteries and dangers and there's a great story along with it.

One of my fav parts of the game is the frantic all gas no breaks drive to the teleport when you decide its time to go home, absolutely a blast every time.

The game still has a few bugs and some choppy performance in places, but otherwise it's a really well polished and nicely executed game. Totally recommend.

Doom with wizards. This game is great. I have no idea why it flew under the radar, it definitely filled that niche of high-production single player FPS that no one else really did this year. There's no big new ideas but the presentation and art style make it really unique. The story is surprisingly good and has a lot of twists and turns. I loved every moment of it, I can't wait to see this studio make more.

This game is really great. Amazing atmosphere and mood. The pacing and tension of exploring is perfect. I've been hooked since I saw Lirik play and decided to give it a shot. It's a slow burn, but a really good one.

A really wonderful adventure story about Jules Verne living in his own stories. The twists and turns of it are really well done. There's not much in the way of puzzles or gameplay, but that's ok. The story is really engaging and it was a fun ride. I hope this studio does more.

I can't believe i played Cyberpunk instead of this

What a great experience. Similar to their other games, the puzzles aren't too challenging but this game is a lot more about the journey, the atmosphere, and the joy of playing with the game's mechanics. This game is very pretty, solving puzzles is very satisfying and the way the story develops and the weird abstract features in different worlds manifest themselves makes want to take this game to the end, and the ending is incredibly cool. This game also has so really fancy graphics effects for anyone who's into that.