Recent reviews by Ronnie

I appreciate their efforts to simplify the game, as well as remove annoyances. Blobbing is less effective now, and I haven't noticed machine guns being as annoying as CoH2. Obviously there is still room for improvement, but CoH2 launched in a way worse state than this, and ended up being a great game. I have full confidence they will continue to update this and implement community feedback.

EDIT: I forgot how much better this engine is than the CoH2 one. Every single time my friends and I loaded into a game fairly quickly I was left confused because I'm so used to CoH2 taking sometimes over a minute to load you in.

Can I refund Pokemon Sword and give the $60 to these guys instead?

Everyone is saying the game is worth $1, but after spending some time with it, I'd definitely suggest it at the $10 price tag. The only shortcoming the game has is the small playerbase. Luckily for me, I had 4 other friends who got the game, so we always had a full lobby. I realize some people don't have that luxury, but if you can get it together, this game is like none other.

The gameplay is very fun and unique, and the upgrade system is a blast to play around with. There is a fair bit of customization in terms of which monster/human, totem/flashlight, and skin you pick. Tons of different playstyles within all of the available characters.

I wasn't expecting much from this game, but I was extremely impressed. Again, the only shortcoming I can find is the lack of a playerbase. Which is a shame, because this is really a great game.

Hands down my favorite alien skins. A little bummed that the Gorge's kit (tunnel, hydra, etc.) doesn't get skinned as well, but overall can't complain. Great work!

Yay for a pistol and axe skin!

I had a love/hate relationship with Learn Japanese To Survive! Hiragana Battle. Going into it, I had already memorized about half the hiragana alphabet, which ultimately came back to severely diminish my experience. Without the learning aspect, this game is just a boring cliche RPG-maker game-- so if you have knowledge of the hiragana, you're honestly better off spending 9 hours studying some other way. However, if you have zero knowledge, this is a good place to start.

I should mention, I had to hack my save file and give myself a ton of money to even bother continuing with the game. The battles were just so slow and grindy for me (and I like RPG games) that I had to give myself the best armor so I wasn't spending a full minute "fighting" hiragana that I already knew. Without hacking my save, I'm not sure if I would have bothered finishing it.

I should also point out that I fully realized this game was probably a mistake to buy like 5 minutes after playing 2 hours (which is past the refund limit). I would have refunded the game if I had kept better track of my time.

A couple of my gripes with the game:

• Hiragana can inflict status ailments. So you enter a battle, immediately know the characters (you identify them to "kill" them)-- and then they put 3 of your 4 party members to sleep. Beyond that, the hiragana can all attack 1 party member, killing them in a single turn. Party members that are asleep or dead cannot be used to identify hiragana.

Additionally, a hiragana character typically takes multiple times identifying it to kill it, allowing it to keep attacking your party and inflicting status ailments.

What does this all mean? Even if you know the material and wish to move on you have to spend more time than necessary trying to overcome the frustrating battle mechanics. The game element should take a back seat to the learning, not the other way around.

It came to a point where I would see the characters, say them out loud, and then run from the battle.

• Encounter rates are very high (take a few steps and be put into another battle), which loops back into my first point.

Additionally, you encounter pre-determined groups. By that I mean, characters aren't randomly thrown together before a battle-- you will encounter the same characters in the same groups over and over again. Meaning, you will recognize the group of characters ("Oh, I just had this one last battle. Ji, Shi, Ko, Ku"), rather than actually identifying the characters themselves.

• During the "lesson" part of the game, words are introduced with characters you haven't even learned yet (which they write in romaji). This feels like a huge missed opportunity, as they could easily show you words made of characters you have learned.

For example, imagine you've learned only the vowels. They then show you the word for chair (hiragana: 「いす」) as 「いsu」, rather than waiting until they teach the "s" group, and then introduced the full word. It just feels so pointless, and like such a missed opportunity. Learning words made of the characters you have learned is so rewarding, compared to half romaji/half hiragana words. (NOTE: That specific example does not show up in game, but many like it do).

"So why do you recommend the game?!" you might be asking. As stated, this game will help you learn the hiragana. The game does open up towards the very end, when it focuses more on words and phrases, as well as explaining sentence structures, which I enjoyed immensely.

I will be purchasing Katakana War because I do not know any of the katakana, so I'm sure my experience will be better. (On top of that, I've heard the dev addressed some of the issues with Hiragana Battle). But again, if you do know a majority of the hiragana already, studying via traditional means will be far more rewarding, as well as less frustrating.

Edit: I'm only a little bit into Katakana War but it has already fixed most of my issues with Hiragana Battle. Yay!

Actually a pretty fun game, price considered. At $0.60 on sale I've gotten almost 7 hours out of it, and anticipate playing more.

No, it's not a perfectly optimized experience. You are given no description of what any of the weapons/items do, no damage information, etc., so you basically learn through trial and error.

My biggest complaint is I question how feasible it is to get beyond a certain point, as it seems the zombies eventually get so strong that even the best weapons barely do anything.

This game could really benefit from a levelling system on the weapons, to keep them viable and to allow the games to last longer. I love building big bases, but by the time you get them big enough, it's basically game over.

Additionally, I'm not a fan of the "sale" system as it's random, so you can get the leg up in 1 match as you get a tesla on sale exactly when you can afford one, then in another match the tesla won't go on sale for some time.

Beyond that, it's still a mindless enjoyable experience, even at full price honestly. Playing with friends is fun as well!

This is the only game on Steam I have bought at full price.

I think that says it all.

Absolutely fantastic tower defense game. Honestly the best I've ever played. I would keep playing it further if I didn't have so many other games to get to, but I know this is one I'll be coming back to. The trade-off between building a tower, and holding on to resources to accrue more resources is thrilling. Leadboards (more specifically between you and your friends) add a whole new layer to the game as well. Tons of modes and such, I would certainly suggest this to any tower defense fan.

>Be me growing up
>Cousins always had Sims, we never did
>thefeels.jpg
>13 years later, buy Sims on Steam
>A few days later, hanging out with GF and her friend
>"Let's play The Sims"
>They don't play videogames, they say I'm being a nerd, but they oblige
>"We will make ourselves and put them in a house"
>Start making ourselves / some friends
>It's funny but they aren't too crazy about it
>Game crashes during Sim creation
>They scream at me for not saving
>How_Was_I_Supposed_To_Know_It_Would_Crash.mov
>"Okay we'll make them again really fast and I'll save a lot"
>They are losing interest
>Keep checking their phones
>I make them again, keep saving, it keeps crashing but I save my work
>"If it crashes again we'll just do something else"
>Finally get in game
>Play for over 3 hours straight
>Non-stop laughter
>HUGESUCCESS.png

>Play a few days later with them for 7 hours straight

9/10 my girlfriend won't stop bugging me to play The Sims