Recent reviews by Optimistic Redshirt

the carbuncle ate itself

Played this alot with my little brother in conquest mode, thank you guys for making this a fun cooperative experience I could enjoy during the pandemic with my bro. My current friend group isn't huge on strategy games right now so I don't play that often anymore, but I'm also a sucker for new clans, so every time I see one I pop into the game now and again when I'm not doing some of my hobby stuff I like to come back and experience how that new faction works

I am hopeless romantic for evolutionary/natural selection games, and good god has this game left me tender, sore, and wanting more. Even if it never gets finished, I will always love you Thrive, and everyone who helped make it.

A fun cinematic walking simulator that can come across up-its-own-ass, but does genuinely have moments inviting emotional introspection

I collected about 15 meat creature pets before I stepped on a mine, 10/10 outstanding sprite work made me love the wriggly flesh slugs

I've had this in my library for a few years and I can't believe I hadn't played it sooner, its a nice boardgame videogame hybrid

Its kinda got everything, dogfighting, exploring, basebuilding, and you don't even have to do any of the bits you don't want to have fun b/c the story is more of a mysterious side mission. Go sandbox yourself, only downside is that it can sink your time on the occasionally unfun money/material hunt

demon gorls, but where demon boys?

>barges into room
"Its an allegory for pregnancy"
>leaves without further explanation

Yeah its pretty good, similar vibes to other rogue-lites with of shoot and loot. Nothing too brain intensive here, but it does make me feel cool as hell when I fire two guns but end up launching 12 grenades that deal a gorillion damage.