Recent reviews by NicNic

Summary:
An expressive game that tells the story of a few survivors during a warring state. You build, scavenge and expand your shelter, while managing the needs of each survivor in it, until the war ends.

Every action is executed with a simple mouse click. Trading with passers-by, shooting at innocent survivors, eating, cooking, stealing, sparking conversations, all of these could simply play out with a mouse click, but be aware that each of them has consequences; killing innocent civilians will make someone depressed, helping a troubled neighbour may reap additional resources and make your survivors happy, etc.

Before the day ends, the interesting part comes in: scavenging. You will be allowed to assign 1 survivor to search for stuff around the neighbourhood. Some are dangerous which requires a little stealth play or firearm to breach, some posses no threat at all, whereby you are the only dangerous person in that setting. I would say this portion of the game is the best, as it makes you question your actions, i.e. stealing from helpless old folks, killing a mother of a few children just to squeeze more resources into your backpack?

Survivors might also die PERMANENTLY, due to sickness, unattended injuries, shootings, hunger, etc, which may cause things to spiral out of control. In the end, your decisions matter!

Pros:
- A simple gameplay that has a lot of depth
- Pacing is just nice for a RPG-ish strategy game
- Amazing aesthetic for a war setting
- A fitting sountrack that puts you in the mood during gameplay

Cons:
- Somewhat repetitive after a while
- Character inventory maybe too small xd

Score: 8.5/10

Summary:

Luftrausers is an arcade shooter, where you control a fighter and shoot enemies in a beautiful sepia-toned setting. The game is difficult, but with tight controls and good enemy designs, Luftrausers may offer one of the most satisfying experience ever. The gameplay is simple, but it's hard to master. Destroying enemies in the game would give you combos to rack up scores, but to maintain the combos, you need to destroy enemies continuously. However, your fighter's health will only recover if you are not mindlessly holding down your firing button. This leads to a pretty hectic gameplay, where you need to constantly make life or death decisions during combat. Also, completing missions would reward you with many different weapons and body parts for you to customize your fighter, which then unlocks a whole new experience!

Overall, Luftrausers is a must buy for anyone who is looking for a difficult but fun shooter!

Pros:
- Fun and tense gameplay.
- Tight controls.
- Unique health recovery mechanic.
- Lots of customizable options.
- Good enemy designs.
- Unique artstyle

Cons:
- Lack of variation in enemy types.
- Repetitive soundtrack.

Score:
8.5/10

Summary:

In Plantera, you are invited to build up your own garden, with the help of little blue minions. Your goal is to earn as much gold as possible by collecting stuff, growing stuff and chasing away stuff. The cycle repeats until you have earned enough gold to expand your garden. As your garden grows, your level grows as well, which then invites more blue minions to help, in the end growing your little garden into a huge rainforest.

Overall, Plantera is a cute little time waster. With adorable animals and a colorful vibe, Plantera is a pleasent buy!

Pros:
- Relaxing and simple gameplay.
- Colorful and vibrant world.
- Adorable characters.
- Nice sountrack that compliments the mood.
- Cheap.

Cons:
- Can get boring pretty fast.

Score:
7/10

Pros:
- Cool idea that builds on top of addictive RPG elements.
- Good variation of objectives in each level.
- Fun character designs.
- Awesome arcade-ish music!
- Bonus game modes that are actually different!
- Credit scenes can be skipped!

Cons:
- Lack of guidance or hints for quests.
- User interface is lacking.
- Takes some time to save data.

Summary:
I took more than 30 seconds to write this review.

Score:
8/10

Pros:
- Beautiful artwork
- Amazing soundtracks
- Compelling backstory

Cons:
- Procedural dungeons that feels repetitive
- Terrible grinding (Lost all equipments after death. Earn gold and purchase again. Rinse and Repeat)
- Super clunky character movement and controls
- Over-powered enemies (Always insta-block attacks)
- Lack of character choices (Only 3 characters to unlock)
- Disorientation of sound in games (Repetition on top of another sound, clipping, etc)

Summary:
A game that captivates at first glance, but with so much flaws, it is best to avoid.

Score:
3/10

Pros:
- Lots of FIREEEE
- Everything is beautiful and stunning
- Unique premise with a compelling ending
- Awesome soundtracks that compliments the experience

Cons:
- Repetitive objectives

Summary:
An indie masterpiece that sets you ablaze.

Score:
8.5/10

Pros:
- Refreshing take on deckbuilding mechanics
- Tons of coins to build your deck with (A total of 201 coins)
- 20 playable character classes that play distinctively well
- Enemy variant that forces strategic deck choices
- Unique artstyle reminiscence of board games

Cons:
- Extremely hard for beginners
- Lack of instructions and tutorials
- Levels are procedurally generated, but feels the same
- Sudden frame rate drops during specific stages

Summary:
A really underated roguelike game that does suprisingly well in rewarding and compensating good or bad plays, while at the same time offering new experiences to the fans of collectible card games.

Score:
7.5/10

Pros:
- Simple to adopt, hard to master
- Procedurally generated levels that are perfectly fitting
- Addicting character mechanics (Colour blind, short sighted, etc..)
- Tons of collectibles like weapons and runes to equip
- Beautiful cartoonish artstyle
- Castlevania-ish music!!

Cons:
- Loses difficulty as your character becomes stronger at later stages

Summary:
Imagine a castlevania version of megaman with triple dash or jump, and with perma-death, but with never-ending sons and daughters.

Score:
10/10

Pros:
- Simple gameplay with tight physic mechanics
- Amazing level design with thoughtful puzzles
- Spooky ambience yet with beautiful sound effects
- Beautiful aesthetic with different shades of grey
- Disturbing story that spurs imagination

Cons:
- Low replayability
- Sometimes clunky controls

Summary:
A dark and eerie game that tells a beautiful puzzle platformer.

Score:
9/10

Pros:
- Simplistic mechanics (Only left and right mouse button)
- Responsive and tight controls
- Super fast paced, exhilarating combats
- A variety of weapons, skills and game modes
- Suitable pacing (Game speed is adjusted according to player's skill)
- Awesome visualization of stickmans with cool flashy effects

Cons:
- Cheesy narrations
- No multiplayer mode

Summary:
Superb execution of a simple action game. With precise controls, spot on player feedback and awesomely satisfying combats, One Finger Death Punch is simply a masterpiece.

Score:
9.5/10