Recent reviews by okcomputing

Plays perfectly on Deck. Looks utterly gorgeous out of the box, supports the right controller glyphs and even includes Steam achievements. Really happy they put in the work for this little device.

By the time I reached the end of the game, I felt like it overstayed its welcome a tad, but I still had a great time with the game overall, and it was a delight playing a metroidvania with high production values like these.

A refreshing puzzle game that doesn't pre-chew its puzzles for you but invites you to experiment and figure its systems. I think anyone who enjoyed games like Myst would get a kick out of this too.

I've only dabbled so far, but you can really tell a lot of heart went into this re-imagining.

It makes clever adjustments over the original(s) to allow you to learn the game under more gentle circumstances, which I appreciate. Once I get more accustomed to the game, I look forward to turning these off and finding out how far I can get.

It's apparently playable start to finish, which I haven't seen before this early in an early access release, and the game generally feels pretty robust already. Neato.

If you're into dungeon crawlers (and you should be), I think your money will be well spent supporting this -- especially at the current price.

It has a cool premise, good looking artwork and the soundtrack isn't all that bad either. Unfortunately, the story is drawn out to agonizing length and is awkwardly written (or translated), making everything else difficult to bear.

I don't play golf games all that often, but this one has had me coming back to it for a few days now, and I keep finding more to like about it. Took me by surprise.

Its presentation is very clean and I think strikes a good balance between low-poly and definition to give you a pleasantly retro aesthetic experience without having to interpret noisy visuals. A smart choice for a golf game. The sound effects and commentator are similarly a throwback to 90s games, and comforting nature sounds fill in the rest of the soundscape. Lovely.

The play itself is fairly straightforward. It's your typical two-button gauge: first strength and then accuracy. Other factors at play are wind, elevation, terrain, ball spin. I'm not much of an expert, but it plays well and has just the amount of complexity that keeps me engaged while also being a fairly laid back affair.

The ten courses in the game aren't just different backdrops, and some of them are clearly themed around a specific challenge, like one being a putting course, for example. I believe the idea is that you'd play the game online, but I've been playing versus AI, and I've somehow even built up a bit of a rivalry with the character I created to compete against, Ellie. She's a more considered player than I could ever hope to be. Never maxes out the gauge just to get mere inches over perilous terrain, but her putting game could use some work. Evidently the AI is adaptive and gets more challenging as your profile level increases, so I imagine it'll continue to be a competitive experience as I grow more comfortable with the physics model. In addition to your 18-hole courses, the game lets you play the first or last nine holes if you're looking for a shorter session, and it includes a practice range and a billiards mini-game, which is a neat bonus. Unfortunately billiards can't be assigned an AI opponent, but you can't have it all I suppose!

Anyway, I'm surprised at how much I'm enjoying this whole package. I think it's the fact that it's so accessible and has a relaxing mood to it. I'm not really interested in playing a complex career mode and that kind of thing. Here, you just pick a course and go, and that makes it easy to pick up for a short round. It works quite well on the Deck too, which is how I've been playing it.

In short, a lovely game, big thumbs up.

Although it'll be quite the adjustment going to this from Kiwami 2 and the chronologically earlier entries, it's still a fantastic Yakuza game that hits all the high notes you'll have come to love about the series so far -- dramatic shirt removals, crying men, heartfelt drama, positive vibes, Kiryu being a goof, and so on. Personally speaking, I found the clunky animations and PS3 era character designs charming and quaint. Just make sure to install the SilentPatch and the Quickstep Fix, remember to use your grabs very (!) liberally, and enjoy the ride, aniki. It's one of my favorite in this series so far.

A beautiful treasure for the chronic procrastinator. Each of these solitaire variations is a delight, and their varying complexity means there's always one to match the intensity of your boredom. I've played a little of all of them but only really learned half. Already, this is one of the greatest gifts I've made to myself, and I foresee spending countless hours mastering the games in this collection.

As you might expect, Tunic is indeed like Zelda -- but not necessarily the one you're thinking of. To me, it's like Zelda in its oldest incarnations, The Legend of Zelda and The Adventure of Link. These were games that explained little of themselves, their world was a mystery, and you'd scour the manual and included maps for hints. You'd take notes of bizarre riddles and shreds of information that may be of use in the future. That's the kind of Zelda game Tunic is most like to me; much more than "A Link to the Past but you're a cute fox," in other words.

And it takes this concept of unguided, pure adventure and mystery to wowing lengths. You get the feeling that the developers truly understand mystery and its transportative effect to a child-like state of wonder. If this is something you crave, Tunic will delight and surprise even when you think you understand it. Let the game work its magic on you, give it time to sink in, and you will get an experience that is engrossing and rewarding. Treat it with care because games like these are very rarely found and their magic is easy to dispel by impatience.

Tunic is my favorite game of 2022 and among my favorites in general. It isn't perfect -- its combat design and map layout are occasionally frustrating, for example -- but it is a game well-worth the time and effort, and it's designed ingeniously where it matters most to me.

Zoinks! Like, I can't stop playing.

Sent from my Steam Deck

Even if you weren’t entirely on board with Rogue Legacy (like myself), give the sequel a shot. It’s remarkable just how much of a step up this is while maintaining the general outline of the original. The platforming and combat feel much more direct and snappy, and the added layers of customization make each run more distinct. Having a blast so far, and I can see myself losing many, many hours to this.