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Everything in this game is fantastic: The sense of discovery, the design of the puzzles, the language deciphering mechanics, all of it had me coming back to each play session excited for more. It seems rare these days to have a puzzle/adventure game full of actual logic instead of crazy moon-logic, so this was a breath of fresh air.

I knew Wrath: Aeon of Ruin was going to be amazing from the first time they showed footage of the game. I can easily say it was worth the wait! It's a masterpiece that takes to heart the notion of: "It looks the way you *remember* Quake, not the way Quake *actually* looked." I'm a huge fan of the art style, the weapons, the level designs, the enemy designs. Everything just feels right. I'm so happy I've got my collector's big box copy on the way, it's earned its spot on my display shelf. 10/10

They've done it again!!! What a fantastic surprise!

A wonderful game, excellent design work, voice acting, and animations. The characters are all very memorable, and it's a lot of fun just to spend time in this little world full of excellent art and sound design. The story telling was intriguing, but the ending was a bit too expository for my tastes. Overall this was a fantastic game that I highly recommend.

Outer Wilds might just be the best adventure game I've ever played. The story is incredible and there is so much to discover. The game is discovery driven which helps to avoid the classic problem with adventure games: being full of puzzles that don't make sense. You'll never find yourself doing arbitrary tasks or being asked to do things that require bizarre leaps of logic. You're in for an emotional journey, an amazing story, wondrous discoveries, and awesome exploration in 6 degrees of freedom. It's going to be a long time before any other story-driven adventure game comes even close to as good as Outer Wilds.

I loved playing Red Trigger! The Portal influence is obvious, and although Red Trigger lacks Portal’s comedic narrative, the puzzles are enough to scratch the Portal itch. The use of the core mechanic is excellent, each puzzle feels fair and challenging (despite some slightly buggy physics interactions on occasion).

The graphics may be simple, but they do the job. The subtle weapon animations, music, and sound design all contribute to a pleasant atmosphere, and the finale brings some fun intensity into the mix.

I hope Maxime still plans to do a sequel since there is so much potential, I would buy it in a heartbeat!

The puzzles in Form aren't very difficult, and it's a little short. It's more like the game 'The Room' rather than a game like 'Myst', but the experience is amazing. The visuals and soundtrack tie perfectly together and will send chills down your spine.

Easily one of the best and most unique shooters of the last decade. Deep Rock Galactic takes all the best parts of Minecraft and Left 4 Dead and combines them into a cave-exploring, teamwork-driven, hoard-shooter. The execution of this genre mashup is better than you could hope for. Fun in single player, even more fun if you grab three friends or join a public server.

Unique weapon designs with excellent gun play, fun to use exploration equipment for every class, a variety of vicious (but fair) enemies, rock solid game design on every level, gorgeous environments in a visual style that really stands out, an awe inspiring soundtrack, great humor, and long time support from the developers.

Although Ghost Ship Games have kept the ‘early access’ label on this one for well over a year, it has always felt like a polished experience since the initial release. Yet, each new content update refreshes the experience and refines the gameplay.

Wonderful visuals and sound design, but there's nothing to it at all.
The 5 minute video trailer on the store page is literally the entire game.
The dialogue is a bizarre miss-match of philosophical content, and internet memes.
I would be happy to see something substantial come from this developer in this style, but this isn't it.

A great little game to spend an evening with.
I got roped into it one minute at a time, and loved it through to the end.