Recent reviews by Daviot

A witty, pixel art platformer/brawler in the same vein as the MegaMan series, featuring a scatterbrained chimera named Chelsia (the titular Khimera) who's tasked to beat up a gang of monstrous old-timey pirates after they raid her island. And oh yes, the game's free.

The Good:
+Witty, tongue-in-cheek writing.
+Tight play controls
+Relatively high diffilcuty balanced by unlimited continues.
+Plenty of secrets and extra modes.
+Controller button mapping for several styles of controllers.
+Catchy, 16 bit-era soundtrack. (Which is available to listen to as .ogg files in the game's directory).
+Free. Even the entirely-cosmetic DLC is $0.99.
+Free after story scenario (The Hallow--err, Harvest Festival.)

The Bad:
-Game's over-reliance on Chelsia's dash move might be offputting to some.
-WIndows OS only.
-No Steam Cloud support, so save games have to be manually transferred.

Verdict: Why are you still reading this when you could be punching monster girls?

Take Freelancer, add a dash of Sid Meier\'s Pirates, and add a country-rock Space Western soundtrack worthy of Firefly or Outlaw Star. The result is an easy to get-into 2.5D* space sim.
*Combat takes place in a fixed lateral plane, though some smaller ships can fly above/below it.

The Good:
+Fun gameplay
+Satisfying capital ship combat. You\'re not a tiny fighter or freighter, you _are_ that destroyer you see in Freelancer.
+Modest system requirements
+Controller button mapping for PS3/PS4 as well as XBox-style layouts. Very playable with keyboard.
+Soundtrack that will get stuck in your head for days.

The Bad:
-Limited NPC Voices
-Can get repetitive
-Difficulty curve can get cliff-like at times.
-Really could have used some form of multiplayer, such as co-op.

Verdict: Totally worth the Indie-tier price tag.

Skydiving through neon lights, birds, colored glass panels, tagging floating buildings, cheering or flipping off spectators and protestors, all while attempting to avoid becoming a pile of broken bones. Flashy-yet-simple, engaging, tight play controls, and good music all wrapped up in bizarre sense of humor the likes of which Douglas Adams or Monty Python could appreciate. Try it. That pig isn't going to de-bristle itself!