Recent reviews by sakuramboo

Highly disappointed with how fast and easy IGS turned their backs on their largest marketer because of a hate-mob that never would have bought your game anyway. Spineless.

GZDoom game at its finest. Get.

I'm proud of the players and the developers. Great userbase and great developers standing up for unjust business practices. 10/10 would raid with again.

If you grew up loving the classic crpg's like Ultima, this will tickle your nostalgia bone and leave you wanting more. It's a classic crpg with modern day quality of life features that will make you wish Ultima 5 had. And for it being free, why not try it out?

10/10 GotY

It's a good.

For those who grew up with the classic crpg's like Ultima 4/5, this is a great homage. I bought this game while it was on sale and afterwards I felt like I cheated the developer out of money because of how good this game is. I should have paid full price for it because the developer really did a great job.

Combat is very similar to the classic's. Turn based character controls where by you select each character, move them to a new location, and select an action for them to perform. It's all mouse driven, however when selecting the action you can use the arrow keys to select up/down/left/right action options that appear around the character.

Level progression lets you buff a single attribute and skill with each level. And as the level's increase, so to does the max level of your skills. This is one of the weaker aspects of the game. Because you only get one attribute point to spend, you will end up focusing all your points into the attribute they are most dominate with. But, it could be interesting to see a Hoplite with a high amount of Energy Points so they never run out of EP during a fight, making them focus on skill based combat instead of regular attacks.

The main story is not anything new, but what makes the story shine is the dialog. It's quite light hearted and doesn't take its self too seriously. Some of the characters are obvious tropes but also caricatures of them self.

Overall, you will get between 8-10 hours from start to finish and it's worth every penny if you are a fan of classic crpg's. A very well made homage to the rpg's we grew up with.

You've heard of "open world" games before? This is "open universe." Do you want to join one of the warring factions and battle the Xenon? You can do that. Do you want to be a pirate, steal ships, and sell them for massive profits? You can do that. Do you want to build your own manufacturing plants and enter economic wars with other factions? You can do that. Do you want to just be an independent contractor and take jobs as they come? You can do that. Or, if you just want to enjoy the storyline, you can do that too.

For those who like open-ended games that let you take control of the destiny of your character, it's definitely a good.

What's there to say? It's Bejeweled, but with more game modes.

It's crack in a video game form.

The cult classic is back. This time with updated graphics, weapons, perks, and game modes.

I was a huge fan of the original and was ecstatic to see it get rereleased on Linux.

When it comes to top down shooters, Crimsonland is by far the best out there. Controls are very percise and mappable. The graphics update is beautiful when compared to the original and quite nice for being a 2D game. The interface also got a face lift. Orignially, your ammo count was an image on the top that showed you how many shots you had left. Now, it is a counter above the mouse. I prefer this seeing as I'm mostly looking at the mouse. In the original, any bonus you picked up would give you a count down in the upper left. Now, if the bonus affects your gun (firing rate, fire bullets, etc.) you get a yellow countdown around your mouse. If the bonus affects your character (shield) you get a clock like counter around your health bar (which is also now around the character instead of in the upper left hand corner). There are no countdowns for 2x, Freeze, or Speed bonuses. Some indication would be helpful, especially for the Speed bonus. But, I won't fault them too much on those. Lastly, the perk selector was overhauled as well. Originally, a window would pop up that listed the perks in a vertical list with a discription on the bottom. Now, they are images listed horizontally with the name under it when the mouse is hovered over it and the discription on the bottom and the biggest difference is that in the original you would hit Tab to open the perk selector. In the new version it appears automatically and you are forced to pick something to continue.

Some of the weapons updates are nice but I feel that there are too many. While they are nice, since the weapon drops are completely at random you might never get the gun you really need for late game. Also, before the 1.9 patch of the original there was a trick to using the Pulse Gun and using the Angry Reloader perk that just made you dominate the map early on. This was "fixed" in 1.9 which was a huge let down in my opinion.

I can't really say much about the perk other than telekenisis. This perk was changed heavily. Originally, you would hover your mouse over a bonus for a full second and you would pick it up. This made you have to be looking in its direction, which made it hard if you had enemies behind you. You basically had to stop shooting at them to pick up the bonus or time it so you could position them between you and the bonus to shot them. Now, the closest bonus will move towards you. I actually prefer this new method over the previous. Lets you focus more on the fight and less about trying to pick up the bonus. My only complaint is that I think the longer the bonus is traveling, the faster it should move. If you are running backwards, the bonus will never reach you because you can out run it. Still a better approach, though.

They also added a new game mode. Nukefism gives you no weapons and only bonuses to pick up. Very hard game mode which is why the achievement is unlocked when you get 75,000 points in it.

With all of this being said, I feel that the price may be a little bit high considering that the original was only 10 dollars USD in 2004. By no means do I consider this a 14 dollar title, especially when they removed a great game mode and didn't really add anything of a story. When Survival mode will last, at best, 10 minutes before you get overwhelmed by enemies, these quick matches, I feel, makes the 14 dollar USD price tag a little bit much. However, on sale, this is a great buy.

The biggest drawback to Crimsonland is that it relies a bit too rmuch on the random factor. I would have loved to see a game mode like Survival but where you can remove, say, 10 weapons and 15 perks from the pool. This would let someone get rid of some of the bad weapons and perks (like the Blowtorch... seriously, the Blowtorch? Why? I'd rather take the Pulse gun over the Blowtorch).

Lastly, the Linux port was amazingly done. Performance was as expected. Some reports of reversed X axis on game pads which I believe are fixed as of this writing (or will be fixed soon). I did experience 1 random crash but I think that was caused by something else happening at the same time.

If you are a fan of quick match top down shooters, storyless and senseless violence, or simple time killer games, I highly recommend this game. If you were a fan of the original, you might be left with a bad taste, but I was not.