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Darkest Dungeon II
2021
Terracards
2023
From my few runs of play, what I quickly realized is this game does a very poor job in displaying and communicating the information about your farm. Be it output of crops being relegated to a setting that is off by default, the multi-level menus you have to go down to find out basic information, to the visual explanation of the impacts of an items placement. Playing this game feels like a chore.
Also, I did not enjoy how it handles the use of cards. Functionally, you get rewards every couple of in game turns/days that give you a certain number of one card. Those cards you get are finite and once used are removed from the deck. The problem for me though was especially early on you run through cards so quick that there feels like there is absolutely no reason for this to be a deck builder because you have no deck let alone a full hand that has variety in it. When the core mechanic is poorly executed then that would explain why I had such a poor time.
The concept of placing structures, crops, animals, etc that interact with each other to reach a certain gold count by a deadline sounds like a simple but interesting concept you can do some fun things with. Doing this via a deck builder I think was either just a wrong call, or executed in a manor that doesn't work. I think a great example of this is Luck be a Landlord in how you can mix RNG with resource generation where each resource or tool interacts with each other in a unique way.
Also, I did not enjoy how it handles the use of cards. Functionally, you get rewards every couple of in game turns/days that give you a certain number of one card. Those cards you get are finite and once used are removed from the deck. The problem for me though was especially early on you run through cards so quick that there feels like there is absolutely no reason for this to be a deck builder because you have no deck let alone a full hand that has variety in it. When the core mechanic is poorly executed then that would explain why I had such a poor time.
The concept of placing structures, crops, animals, etc that interact with each other to reach a certain gold count by a deadline sounds like a simple but interesting concept you can do some fun things with. Doing this via a deck builder I think was either just a wrong call, or executed in a manor that doesn't work. I think a great example of this is Luck be a Landlord in how you can mix RNG with resource generation where each resource or tool interacts with each other in a unique way.
Hearthstone
2014
Darkest Dungeon
2015
A one-of-a-kind rougelite with fantastic atmosphere, visuals, audio and design. Everything in this game is very cohesive and really makes for a great experience overall.
After you've beaten this challenging game, there's a lot mods out there. Some are giant projects which aim to be an expansion to the game with more bosses, items, characters and whatnot, whereas other mods are small QoL fixes.
Also there's an abundance of porn/hentai mods. I don't know why, but there's a lot. I'll admit, some of these are pretty nice.
After you've beaten this challenging game, there's a lot mods out there. Some are giant projects which aim to be an expansion to the game with more bosses, items, characters and whatnot, whereas other mods are small QoL fixes.
Also there's an abundance of porn/hentai mods. I don't know why, but there's a lot. I'll admit, some of these are pretty nice.
Stardew Valley
2016
Couldn't find any other game in this genre which can replicate this experience.
My monkeybrain loves it when numbers go up and progress gets made, and this game has a very good balance of that.
There's also an active modding scene, with tons of map expansions and new stuff to do, but personally I didn't like them as much as the base game experience.
This is one of those 'itch' games - a game I want to relpay every year.
Can't recommend enough!
My monkeybrain loves it when numbers go up and progress gets made, and this game has a very good balance of that.
There's also an active modding scene, with tons of map expansions and new stuff to do, but personally I didn't like them as much as the base game experience.
This is one of those 'itch' games - a game I want to relpay every year.
Can't recommend enough!
Pizza Tower
2023
The best game of the original trilogy by far. I think this is where the characters reach their natural conclusion, and it's a fitting finale to the entire series.
Plus, the mysteries are at the best they've ever been, and the overarching story is so damn gripping. The villain is such a bastard and seeing her go down is so satisfying. Godot is also the best prosecutor.
Plus, the mysteries are at the best they've ever been, and the overarching story is so damn gripping. The villain is such a bastard and seeing her go down is so satisfying. Godot is also the best prosecutor.