MiSide

Inscryption 2

Slots & Daggers

interesting build making, straight forward and understandable mechanics. extra points for the great and juicy UI. minus points for being a filthy rogue-lite. progression seems fast so maybe thats a plus

Antichamber

Creative use of shaders and interesting ideas. not really my cup of tea.

UFO 50

its good

Opus Magnum

fun, exciting, polished, beautiful, addictive. the story and mini game are just the cherry on top. the only issue is that leaderboards are calculated per metric (cost, cycles, size), there isn't a leader board for the average, incentivizing solutions that optimize only one metric rather than find the most balanced solution

Mewgenics

although it may seem slow at the start, the game is super rich in content.

Brothers A Tale of Two Sons

What Remains of Edith Finch

I'm a bit torn on this, i have so much criticism, yet for how short and enjoyable the experience is, it deserves a good rating, also the world felt very rich. the game really reminded me of "To the moon", except it felt like it had a reason to be delivered as a game other than the fact that the developer didn't know any better. some stories were not very interesting, some were (Lewis was very emotional, and the delivery of it was incredible) my main problem is that after everything unfolded, I feel that there was no moral at all, its okay to be open ended or open for interpretation (whether the curse is real or not), but other than being a collection of sad stories, it doesn't build up for something more grand. the ending was an interesting twist, but it sort of fell flat.

Peglin

only 1 hour of gameplay so take this with a grain of salt. the game felt like a basic rogue like, with only one novel mechanic, which wasn't interesting enough to get me excited and read massive walls of text and understand what upgrades and items do. maybe the game gets better when you understand it better, but if one hour of gameplay was entirely just rolling decide and making decisions in a system i don't even understand, I'm not willing to invest more time in it. which brings me to my other point, very bad on boarding, yes the games systems are very simple and don't need a tutorial, but it needs good onboarding to catch the players interest. before even starting a game i was immediately faced with a decision to pick a starting item, which is fine in itself, but that was my entire experience for entire hour i played. also the non-normalized pixelation really bugged me. overall, the game felt like a very basic rogue like, not the mechanics nor the graphics were something it excels at

Potion Craft

unique, interesting, charming

Suzerain

it feels hard to open the game and read text after a very long day of reading text.

ULTRAKILL

very fun doom-like, action packed, "ALMOST" no distractions. the mechanics dont seem too-overwhelming (up until the first hour), i got 3 weapons, theres melee, dashing, and there's sliding, also weapons have secondaries, well multiple secondaries you can cycle through... probably the game will be bloated at the end, since they are borrowing all mechanics from doom,.

Lysfanga

the prompt was promising and the gameplay actually delivered. the game makes very good use of the time shift mechanic. aside from that, other mechanics are basic and are just fit to keep the player focused on the right things, the environment art is beautiful

Punch Club

the game is very charming, but the start is very slow it felt like a very long scripted tutorial. i can see what the game is but im just not getting there. maybe ill play more, maybe not

The Hex

finished the whole thing in one sitting

War for the Overworld

I wanted this to be better.

This War of Mine

interesting game, rich with feelings. UX was a bit bad

Balatro

GRIS

Die in the Dungeon