Recent reviews by pentacade

making my twink fill out a C-01 form after extracting a difficulty 8 automaton mission

Fantastic fighting game that's effectively unplayable online right now.

Give it a few weeks and it'll probably be good.

this gotta be the nastiest combat i have ever played. i dont know how to explain it but it doesnt feel real. its like you're playing one of those ads you see on mobile youtube for something that doesnt exist.

im kind of shocked this is real

I don't know what a Tarkov is, and after playing this, I don't really care.
Marauders is fast, fun, and incredibly tense; the 20-minute ticking clock on your raids is a delight, and the sound design is immaculate. It's a perfect mix of weirdo loot goblin object hunting and brutal, short gunfights you can end in a couple well-placed headshots.

I got whooped for my first hour or so, but after I jumped a high-level player with nothing but a Luger, 10 shots, and a dream, I was hooked. The feeling of getting in, stealing everything in sight, and getting out is a blast, and so far every game has been unique and thrilling.

As an added plus, the Oceania / Asia servers have felt completely fine to me the entire time I've been playing. I know there was an initial hiccup with hackers blasting people frame one and forced party disband nonsense, but after the ban wave I've seen pretty much nothing of the sort.

I've been having a blast, and it really scratches that high-stakes FPS itch I've been missing.

228 hours of fun
10 hours carting to alatreon

GOATED GOATED GOATED GOATED GOATED GOATED GOATED GOATED RAW RAW RAW GOATED GOATED GOATED GOATED GOATED GOATED GOATED GOATED GOATED GOATED GOATED GOATED GOATED GOATED RAW RAW

GOES HARD
GOES HARD

Fantastic addition to the DLC roster, and a blast to play; their redesign and theme in particular are a delight. If you're familiar with Testament in +R, the changes in moveset are HUGE, and I'm honestly real thankful for that (if I had to play against GGACR Testament online again I think I'd go insane).
Probably my favourite of the season pass 1 characters, highly recommended.

Oh, and on a personal note?
It's really sick to see a fighting game character rocking my pronouns. Thanks, Daisuke.
You're a real one.

this game is a masterpiece. get a friend, or two, or three, and go play this right now.
some of the most powerfully tense atmosphere in a game. the mix of horror, stealth, and sudden bursts of overwhelming action is such a satisfying and fun gameplay loop, and executing an effective defence plan by littering the map with mines, sentry guns, bio-scanner pings and overlapping fields of fire is a truly amazing feeling.

i might only be ten hours into it, but so far, this is easily worth every cent. i bought this mf for my friends too.

ME WO SAMASE!
bokura no sekai ga nanimono ka ni shinryaku sareteru ZO

tsukurimono no you na kono hibi ni
bokura no SOS ga kasoku suru
nanika ga chigau to shirinagara
minareta sora onaji keshiki ni kyou ga nagareteku

ano hi no chikai tte nan da kke
kyoushitsu de nani wo katatteta kke
kono mama ja yakusoku made kiete shimau

me wo samase
bokura no sekai ga nanimono ka ni shinryaku sareteru zo
kore wa kunren demo REHEARSAL demo nai
oowareta nichijou to iu VEIL wo ikioi yoku hagashitara
tatakai no kane ga naru
sore ja toriaezu doumei wo musubou ka

kimi wo "taikutsu" kara sukui ni kitan da!


...games great.

Blasphemous is the best game that's ever beaten the life from me.

Every gorgeous setpiece seems to drip with atmosphere and this slow, melancholic dread that informs virtually every aspect of visual design; I found myself pushing myself non-stop through brutal levels and some ball-crushingly rough platforming sections (looking at you, Bloodstained challenges) because I simply wanted to see more of the world. That push, that drive to see more and experience all the game has to offer is something I rarely feel in games, let alone as strongly as I did here.

Simply put, the atmosphere and visuals are an utter treat. The music, by Carlos Viola, is immaculate, and unlike anything I've really heard in a game soundtrack before. For this alone, and for its incredible grasp on deep, Catholic feelings of horror and dread, Blasphemous deserves your time. Every location is beautifully designed and interlinks excellently; if you're here for shortcuts and satisfying level-skip tech like a Souls game, you're in luck too.

Also, the combat's tight. That helps. Some of the bosses, oh my G O D .
Just. go out and play it. do it. do it now. doitdoitdoitdoit.