บทวิจารณ์ล่าสุดโดย Alc

By far my favorite and most played game of 2024.
An indie Poker Roguelike was exactly what my ADHD Gambling savy brain was craving.
Manages to be infinitely replayable and dangerously addictive without being evil.
Clever design that's easy to pickup and hard to master. The higher the stakes, the more skill and luck you will need to achieve victory.
I've been playing this game since day 1 and every small update made the game better, more balanced and clearer on all fronts.

Congrats on LocalThunk for pulling off one of the best roguelike of the year, with a simple yet brilliantly executed concept.
Can't wait for the 2025 gameplay update.

PS : Big W for adding high contrast cards option, making it way more legible for faster play!

Persona 5 Royal is one of the rare games that made turn-based combat enjoyable for me.

The pacing between the visual novel and combat part of the game made it feel a lot less repetitive. The story was engaging, the characters were endearing and each palace had its own style which was a breath of fresh air. The whole OST is an ABSOLUTE BANGER and it's been in my spotify "on repeat" playlist for a while. So much content to explore, it took be around 200 hours to get all the stream achievement, however theres still a lot more hours of fun to be had to unlock everything.

This game made me fall in love with the Persona franchise and is a great entry point for newcomers!

High Quality mod with a fun story and good visuals .
Really enjoyed the puzzles, especially some of the blue-portal only rooms, their difficulty caught me off guard.
The newly introduced cores were quite enjoyable.
My only downsides was the lighting in some areas made it difficult to see white walls from far away and the ending felt rushed.

Great mod for any Portal 2 fans!

Easily in my Top 3 games from this year, I really enjoyed it.
Croteam removed the least enjoyable mechanics present in the first game while polishing and expanding the rest.
Talos 2's new puzzle mechanics were all unique and enjoyable, my favorite was the RGB lasers.
The OST deserves a special mention, the music was amazing and always suitable to the current gameplay.
The overarching story was enjoyable and thought provoking while being a bit too formulaic for my taste.
While the first game explored the subjects of consciousness and free choice, the sequel really pushed the questioning of "What does it mean to be Human?".
It's interesting seeing their relationship and opinions towards their ancestors evolve throughout the game.

Talos Principle 2 was a blast to play, but there's a few hiccups that impacted my enjoyment.
I wish I spent more time solving puzzles and less time wandering around theses massive (and mostly empty) environment.
The learning curve for each area did feel a lot more natural, but the overall difficulty felt easier than the first game.
Inside the pyramid, the difficulty really took a nosedive. The puzzles somehow were some of the easiest in the game.
Fortunately some of the Golden Gate puzzles had the difficulty I was expecting for late game puzzles.
By far my biggest letdown was that you are unable to visit and explore New Jerusalem except at the VERY start of the game or after your second trip to the megastructure. Such a missed opportunity...
I feel like going back to the city to explore at my own pace and discussing with my fellow robots would have been a nice change of pace between all the mind-bending puzzles.

Overall, it's a great sequel that I would recommend to any puzzle fans.
Hopefully more puzzles can be added in the future with a "Road To Gehenna" type DLC.

Incredible story-driven adventure/detective medieval game, amazing presentation with a strong artistic vision.
Pentiment's dialogue system is quite reminiscent of modern RPGs like Discord Elysium.
The choices you make during the game feels impactful while not disturbing the overarching narrative
Bonus point for accessibility : While I appreciated the novelty of the medieval fonts, being able to turn down the aesthetics to focus on readability greatly improved my own enjoyment.
Such a unique experience, I wish more AAA studios would take risk and create novel games like this.

A beautiful game about loss, grief and moving forward. I really enjoyed the magnificent hand drawn animations used for the characters and the engaging soundtrack throughout the game.
The gameplay is similar to calm management games like Starvew valley while the story is tackling difficult themes like ageing, disabilities, mental illnesses and much more.
I appreciate the developper's willingness to approach subjects that are often seen as taboo.
My only downside was that later-on, the boat management felt repetitive and a bit too time consuming for my taste.
The lovable but flawed characters you meet along the way really make this game worth experiencing.

Hi-Fi RUSH is pure fun. Well polished gameplay that mix a rhythm game with a classic Beat Em up quite elegantly.

The difficutly is well balanced and doesn't overly punish rhythmically impaired players.
Great artistic direction that mesh well during cutscene and gameplay. This game really shows off well the capability of the Wwise sound engine to create unique and interactive musical moments.
There's lots of replayability if you are the type of player that enjoys going for high schores in rhythm games.

A game with this level of quality for 30$ USD is a total nobrainer!

While Sable isn't perfect and would really benefit from more QA and bug fixes, this game is greater than the sum of its wonky parts.
Really enjoyable open world exploration game that's obviously inspired by Breath Of The Wild.
I'm quite surprised that a game of this magnitude was made by a small indie team.
While Sable is quite average in the puzzle department, exploring this world was definitely the highlight.
I really loved the OST made by Japanese Breakfast, and the sound design was great!

Sadly, this game feels unpolished and I encountered a lot of bugs and glitches:
Huge framerate problem especially while using the bike, a lot of audio stuttering, loud audio spike out of nowhere while exploring,
musical themes stacking on top of each others, big environnements loading late, not being able to interact with a specific NPC without restarting.

If you can bear the technical hiccups of this indie game, I would recommend it if you are looking for a chill game to explore, especially at a discount.

My personal GOTY 2022. Fluid, thrilling, engaging and unique gameplay.
Great level design that encourage you to explore for rewards and retry past levels to get better times.
The insight system is great game design. Forces you to actually get decent time before even showing new speedrun skips.
The visual novel part is a bit cringy at time, but who cares, Zoom Zoom Speedrun !

All the footage from the steam page is from the 1st Arc of the game and I REALLY enjoyed the first Arc of the game.
The dark settings, the roguelike elements, the death cards.
However, the 2nd arc made everything less interesting to me : the gameplay changes a lot, the visuals, no roguelike element, the ambiance is quite different. The 3rd arc was a bit better but added mechanics that felt totally unnecessary.
The story overall was weak and the pacing with the video felt odd.
Maybe some of you will enjoy the 2nd and 3rd arc a lot more but for me it felt like a letdown.