Recent reviews by blee

funny game nice game

i use this to launch games that i like so it is good

i love roguelikes but i've always bounced off deckbuilders until i played one that i already had the rules of ingrained in me from a young age. (i'm talking about POKER and BALATRO).

years ago in kyoto I saw a slot machine called JOKER POKER WINNING TUNNEL and the words captivated me and now I feel like the visions in my mind have been realized.

probably only like 40 hours of my playtime are from leaving the game running overnight.

last night i had a nightmare that i was portraying the 7 of spades in a weird art film about solitaire. i looked up possible meanings of the 7 of spades in cartomancy and one of them was FRUSTRATION and i think that's fair.

2:12am going back for more balatro

I kickstarted this game back in the day and I'm really happy with how it came out! The battle system and minigames are fantastic, as are the humor and the music! I spent a solid 15 hours beating the game and then another 10 digging for secrets (of which there are many). A few minor frustrating issues but the developers have been very quick and responsive with balance changes and bug fixes.

yyyyyyyyyyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!! wo owo ooowo woooooooooooooooo

It's roguelike minesweeper!!! It's frustrating by nature and very RNG dependent just like regular minesweeper!!! I like to play it over and over!!!!!! Feels good man!!!

I'm always looking for games to scratch my "brutal but fair platforming" itch as much as Super Meat Boy did, and Celeste is that and much more. I've always loved SMB in spite of its problems and its... whole aesthetic, but Celeste is just amazing all around, in many ways I wasn't expecting.

I've 100%d the game twice now, and have my any% speedrun time down to under an hour (I had never done any serious speedruns until this game).

The controls and mechanics are very deep, considering the only main inputs are jump/dash/grab. Each level introduces unique environmental mechanics, which all come together wonderfully towards the end of the game. While they're not required for the main game, there are some interesting advanced techniques (some of which are only explained very deep into post-game content) that add another layer of platforming possibilities to every level. There's a reward for finishing the first chapter without using your boost at all, which is a lot harder than it sounds.

The story is surprisingly touching, and caught me off-guard. An interesting take on the classic trope of "climbing a mountain = conquering self-doubt". The graphical style should be familiar to anyone who's played Towerfall; simple but effectively animated low-res character sprites and environments, with some high-res effects and character portraits mixed in.

Content-wise, the game has a whole lot to do. A few times I thought I was finishing up and unlocked still more challenges. Even 70 hours in, I keep finding little things I hadn't seen before.

The main soundtrack is amazing on its own, and the B-side remixes of every level's theme by guest composers are fantastic.

My only criticism of the game is that Chapter 3, while thematically interesting, feels out of place. It's significantly longer than the other early levels, has some awkward non-linear sections, and the cycle-based enemies are frustrating. The "boss" chase at the end is annoying as well.

ANYWAY, hey... this game is the best.

omg the sowrds are cool