Останні рецензії користувача Rafl

Charming art direction and a decent soundtrack. That's all I can say in terms of positives.

After the first few hours however this game falls into one of the roguelike genre's greatest pitfalls; monotony
Nearly every run feels the same and most of the gameplay and loot variety doesn't lend itself to enhancing gameplay in any significant way, sure there's optional content to engage with but the core loop is GRATING.

Writing this review years later after seeing an art for it on the publishers YouTube channel... I can attest that this game is a waste of your time and there's plenty of better games in the genre to spend your time with (for the same price OR even less)

(Revised review after getting 100% completion)

Brutal Orchestra is a sort of roguelike-RPG where every run follows the 4 man party with a variety of items and characters to run into throughout your run, often leading to synergies or key changes to combat that may result in your making careful decisions for optimal survival.

This game's combat system is very simple but a lot of underlying depth. Attacks requirement pigment, a resource that comes in multiple colors and comes from 3 sources: Enemies when you attack them, a bonus when performing an attack, or via you taking damage. This system requires you to have certain pigments to do specific attacks as well as make sure if doesn't overflow, if this happens the entire party will take damage depending upon how high the stack overflow is. This is where the strategy behind it rocks, in that you can use incorrect pigment colors to make 1 party member empty the overflow at the cost of their attack dealing self-damage to themselves specifically.

The game's structure consists of going through zones while finding shops, for both party members and items. Alongside this the player may encounter npcs and fights that yield you money. Every zone has a boss and these are the main course of showing how much the combat shines, every one of these fights requires a gameplan and proper team strategy to make sure no one dies or the fight snowballs out of control into chaos.

That's the best basis I can give without spoiling a lot of content so onto the negatives:
Overall? Its only negative may be the monotony some completionists may not enjoy, while I personally find random runs and fishing for a strategy fun that requires the player to get item unlocks and character unlocks, while most party members are very easy and natural to acquire the items are a different story for many. There's 2 sets of items related to beating the late late game bosses, requiring every character to have been in your party alive upon these bosses being defeated, while monotonous for some this definitely lets a lot of the party members shine. But for some this is similar to Balatro stake climbing, where you'll only enjoy it if you enjoy the game as a whole.

Overall? Super underrated game with plenty of optional content added in some free updates the game got before I even purchased it, and who knows if even more gets added lol.

Every domain has a distinct theme, both musically and thematically which lends itself well to the immersion factor this game provides.

Besides this since I wouldn't want to spoil the game on a music review, all the story centric/cutscene focused tracks are top notch and deliver emotional beats any other modern release should be envious of.

Bought this soundtrack in a heartbeat and even decompiled all the files before the steam release just because its THAT good.

Despite its fairly short length this game is a masterclass in 3D platforming solely for the freedom Sybil's kit gives you as the game progresses onward.
I was initially going to say the progression was too confusing but I was simply being an idiot on a singular room so I can't fault anyone but myself.

Overall there isn't much to talk about other than play it if you're a fan of 3D platformers akin to the n64 era or games with a metroidvania structure, the only major negative some might have at the time of writing this is that there's no map to view. I was initially unsure about this feature not being included, but I personally feel making the play keep mental markers of certain rooms to remember branching paths and locations is way more fun.

This game is really something special and I genuinely hope a sort of sequel or continuation of this concept is made by the developer in the future, Sybil is straight up the most fun I've had controlling a platformer character since Super Mario 64 and that's a pretty big hill to climb.

Very simple gameplay loop that can technically be treated as a single-player experience, but that's the game at its weakest, this is a game that is most blatantly designed to be played with friends, if you go in solo its a ♥♥♥♥ and ball torture roguelike.

Lethal company is in a similar vein to Risk of Rain 2 in a really unusual way, in that it can be taken seriously in a group where you go for a score run/be as efficient as possible to reap all the funny late game rewards, or you can jump in with a group of new friends and everyone violently dies while screaming in fits of laughter. This is a game that is heavily enhanced by your friend group dynamic in the best of ways, further enhanced by the dozens upon dozens of mods that add gameplay and customization variety.

For 10 bucks its just a really great time and its still actively in development, even once its finished I can see this game having an incredibly long lifespan through its thriving modding community.

A reimagined classic that brings plenty of new things to the table, as well as general quality of life changes.

Its Risk of Rain 1 but better in every conceivable way, plus beautiful new visuals as well as a few new tracks. The addition of new characters as well as taking a note from RoR2 and giving characters multiple unlockable moves also adds to the gameplay variety.

I really don't have much to say, if you enjoyed either the 1st or 2nd game in this franchise I would 100% recommend checking this out, its way more than a remake.

Great remake that brings a lot of new mechanics to the table that really improves the barebones gameplay of the original. The addition of remix/callback levels to the other games in the series was also an awesome addition for longtime fans, coupled with a level creator I can see this game having a ton of staying power.

My only negative is that the space theme/first area theme for levels in the story + custom levels is that it lags a bit? I have a fairly new rig at the time of writing this and its very apparent it might just be unoptimized.

Rewriting my review to be shorter + post beating the latest content update of the game.

Void Stranger is a great sokoban (tile-based) puzzle game with one of the most engaging stories and uses of meta narrative mechanics I've ever seen. The game has mechanics that allow anyone to tackle their first run at their own pace as well as reward those who pay attention with ways to access things that made subsequent playthroughs easier, often requiring the player to figure these secrets among other things.

This is a game that gives you all the tools you need to tackle everything, it just depends upon how strong your resolve is... lest you fall into despair.

It should be mentioned however that this is a game that you'll either LOVE or HATE depending upon your interest level in puzzle solving and maybe writing notes down here and there. Its a game filled to the brim with secrets and often requires going through some levels you've encountered multiple times. Unlike most of the negative reviews here though? It should be mentioned that tools and secrets you discover down the line can straight up get you to the end of the game in a matter of minutes compared to your initial playthrough.

Overall? This is an amazing puzzle game that's hard to talk about without spoiling anything about it, just like ZeroRanger these devs know what genres they're working with for their projects and I cannot wait to see what they make next. Both this game and ZR are in my top 20 games ever created and that's saying something for a 2-man dev team

Personally I like to create sprites/animation frames in Paint Tool SAI and MS Paint, but I do appreciate this program a ton for compiling sprites/adjusting frame rates for specific frames and layers!

Its a very great all-in-one tool for any sprite artist, definitely up there with graphicsgale and other programs. The addition of custom themes and other plugins is also very neat and QoL.

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