Recent reviews by darkvertex

The story is a little short but it plays smooth, it makes you care for the main character and I'm simply in love with the sound design and narrative exposition delivered by the Martian NPR "Radio Nostalgia From Mars" that plays throughout this game.

It was wonderful in Golf Club Wasteland and it continues to be wonderful here in this sequel. Not since GTA's talk radio stations have I seen such great world-building through audio storytelling.

I recommend playing Golf Club Wasteland first if you want to know what's the story of "Charlie", but playing this game does not spoil the other, so that's nice.

Super duper fun to co-op this with a friend! Would appreciate being able to adjust the game difficulty mid-game sometimes, but the feeling of satisfaction of beating another boss with your co-op buddy is wonderful. :D All bosses have mostly predictable patterns so after a few deaths you do get the hang of it.

I am o'fish'ally hooked on this most pleasant, beautifully executed gameplay loop of fishing and managing a sushi restaurant.

Dave and his world are full of charm. Nothing in this game feels like a chore. Delightful all around.

The only way this game can be improved is by eating actual sushi while playing. :D

Delightfully chaotic, top notch co-op fun!

Within the first twenty minutes, this game made my buddy and I laugh to tears til our abs hurt. The emergent behaviour from the simple controls and the ridiculousness of the floppy astronauts solving puzzles made the whole thing a delight. Took us about 8 hours to complete, but what a joy!

This game only has one enemy: zero-g momentum. :D

Entire games could be built out of any one of the hundred or so very-polished game mechanics employed in this game, but no... the game stays repeatedly fresh through the ~12 or so hours of glorious co-op gameplay by aggressively introducing exciting new ideas, squeezing all kinds of novel uses out of them, then throwing them away *entirely*, only to make way for new mechanics! -- You might think that'd be annoying, but when you see how each mechanic balances with your other half's and how its abilities are so well justified into the co-op puzzles that you can't help but fall in love with the game design. Each player gets their own unique ability and the majority of puzzles require active cooperation from both.

Frankly, this game's an outstanding achievement in puzzling, co-op game design, and don't get me started on the elaborate and inventive boss battles! -- Anyhow, I don't wanna spoil ya'll anything; I simply recommend that everybody should experience the joy of sharing this journey with a close friend. <3

An beautiful and inventive co-op platformer full of clever puzzles involving rope-swinging mechanics. Super fun to play with a friend!