checkmarkchevron-down linuxmacwindows ribbon-lvl-1 ribbon-lvl-1 ribbon-lvl-2 ribbon-lvl-2 ribbon-lvl-3 ribbon-lvl-3 sliders users-plus
avatar
GOG Patron
GOG Patron
hull20004
Profile Games Friends Reviews
Reviews
Profile Games Friends Reviews
Send a message
Invite to friendsFriend invite pending...
This user has reviewed 3 games. Awesome! You can edit your reviews directly on game pages.
The Alters
Created on 10 November, 2025 07:24
The Alters

Story adventure inside base-building

Absolutely thrilling and engaging game, combining the best elements of OG Telltale conversation mechanic and base building. I was laughing and down in the dumps with each action feeling meaningful even if it was all pre scripted. The base building and exploration alone could warrant a standalone "Factorio-lite" or a procedural Diablo 2 style map generation, fitting together like Lego. Ideas for DLC or a 1.5 update/new game The weakest link? The technical aspects behind the game. Needs to run in windowed mode in Linux (add -w somewhere in launch commands? Instructions online, gave up used windows). Game runs horribly outside 1080p and even then there are UI glitches and animation errors. The alters themselves never express the emotions on their portraits when speaking to them, so it comes out of left field when the options are "I can see that something bothers you" when they're completely lax/neutral. No native UW 1440p. Even lags horribly in main menu when in full screen. So a lot of shortcomings there. Needs a lot of touchup as of October 2025. Fact check if it's been a while. NB!!!!! MUST KNOWNS And then there's unexplained mechanics. You should NEVER leave early. There's no benefits to it unless you're speedrunning. There should be, more time in the next section etc., but from what I've read, it just isn't used. There's also 2 timers, Magnetic storms and THE SUN. Do NOT fear the magnetic storms. That's when you can farm for more samples. Each section has at least 30 days, the tutorial has 10 days. Otherwise, just do what feels right. Because that's the journey. The story of this game.

Indivisible
Created on 31 May, 2025 00:55
Updated on 31 May, 2025 01:16
Indivisible

A really good looking game, nothing else

So this sat in my backlog, and I decided to play it this year. It is frustrating as all hell. A JRPG battler, but you also have Castlevania exploration** and lots of character But it is the Jack-of-all-trades, except not very good at the other trades besides art. Castlevania exploration? Ye, you'll see the breakable floor or double jump spot in the map, but the maps are painfully linear. The only reason to ever backtrack, seems to be because you can collect the power up gems...which you can use to either purchase an additional attack turn with your party members, or boost your defences. The combat mechanic is really nifty, if not a bit cluttered, but i love how you can start comboing things, not that it'll matter, because you'll quickly find that each character has the most "optimal" pattern. The defence upgrade barely matters, because in the 2nd act, when you need to activate 3 ancient layline sigils, you'll run into a bowl of noodle that WILL oneshot you, unless you perfectly time the block. The movement and animation...it demands Hollow knight level handling for some obsticles, shame that the animation for those things are completly wonky AND CLUTTERED. Want to down attack for a pogostick? NOPE, you'll spear forward. Want to wallboost with your axe? NOPE you'll spear forward. They knew it was bad, because the consequence for failiure is that you lose a bit of you healthbar. What happens when you run out? You'll reappear at the last local"area checkpoint",not savepoint, and have to redo any nearby gems that you collected along the way. Characters. Yes, this was made by a really good art team. They really should have started cutting characters after 5, because you'll get "hidden" ones that have NO dialog in the story or even cutscenes. HECK, they might not even appear when you're supposed to "all be outside the mental world". So 2/5 or 4.5 to 10. Not bad, but very sloppy. Should have either kept more to the RPG aspect like FF or made it fully Castlevania

5 gamers found this review helpful
Created on 22 April, 2025 20:55