Maxxthetics
2018
Heard these games ruin friendships, but my girlfriend at random decided she wanted to try it with me. Had to take the risk.
Honestly? I see how this could ruin friendships but it ended up being a great experience with her. Maybe a sign our relationship is really good so that's nice. The game itself is really charming and fun and a great co-op experience. Switch port was solid too. Hope the devs put out a third.
Honestly? I see how this could ruin friendships but it ended up being a great experience with her. Maybe a sign our relationship is really good so that's nice. The game itself is really charming and fun and a great co-op experience. Switch port was solid too. Hope the devs put out a third.
Technically this is only a review of the Overcooked 1 content as me and my girlfriend finished the original version of 2 before rolling back to this to play the original game and the DLCs. This collection is fantastic and absolutely what you should buy if you're interested in playing Overcooked.
Switch port did experience a few stages with notable slowdowns that made the already hectic gameplay kind of annoying, but it happened in maybe 2 stages out of the 60 or so we probably cleared. Still worth picking up.
Switch port did experience a few stages with notable slowdowns that made the already hectic gameplay kind of annoying, but it happened in maybe 2 stages out of the 60 or so we probably cleared. Still worth picking up.
A really fun dlc, but really lacking compared to the previous Octo Expansion or Splatoon 3's own campaign both in terms of content and storytelling. Seeing Nintendo take a swing at a rougelite gamemode is really interesting though.
2019
A really simple and fun rougelite. Love how much each character changes up the basic gameplay so much. It does feel a little half-baked as far as progression goes though. Once you've unlocked the final character there's nothing else to work towards and that's a bummer. Wish there were at least some simple cosmetics to keep me coming back.
2016
I've only put in a handful of hours, but I feel like it's a real shame this game seems so unnoticed by the larger gaming space. Tower Unite fills a similar niche to games like VRChat but it does it with all these highly polished minigames and coop experiences that are really fun. For how cheap this game is, you're functionally getting a social hub, a full Super Monkey Ball game, a great arena shooter, a full arcade simulator, a full casino simulaor, a full mini-golf game, and tons of more compact but still very worthwhile games. It's really cool. It reminds me of spending time of websites like Club Penguin or Neopets back in the day. Going between talking to random people to playing minigames and buying stuff to customize my space. It's nostalgic. Highly recommend.
2023
It's a perfect minigame. Really funny, easy to play. Definitely going to be my go-to demo game for Playdate.
2023
Currrently my favorite Playdate game. A fun rougelite that's build to be fast for quick runs, but has enough depth to keep you coming back to it. It's a really fun game about balancing a tiny inventory and making tough decisions. Looks great and sounds great too.
Post Ending Update: Ending was kind of an anticlimax, but unlocked new tools and opened up the potential to keep playing. This game is easily the most worthwhile offering on Playdate I've found. Fantastic game.
Post Ending Update: Ending was kind of an anticlimax, but unlocked new tools and opened up the potential to keep playing. This game is easily the most worthwhile offering on Playdate I've found. Fantastic game.
2023
Really didn't expect something along the lines of a Vampire Survivors style game for Playdate and it is pretty fun, but it feels like it runs out of reasons to come back once you've won your first 10-Minute run. There's just not enough build variety and there's only the one character. I wish there was some tougher long-term goal to shoot for. For $3 though it's pretty fun.
2023
It's pretty simple but it's also very charming and FREE! I had a good time with it, and the endless mode you unlock after completing it is still pretty fun. The ending was really cute too. I think this is a great time and a great use of the Playdate's crank too.
2022
Genuinely baffling as a seasonal game, especially one given to you so early. The first Playdate game I've ever bothered actually uninstalling.
2023
Really clever mix of Slay The Spire style deckbuilding and a word-building game like Scrabble. Outside of not using the crank for much, it's a perfect playdate game. It's really tough, but feels fair.
Hadn't really been into Fortnite in a long while but this season was really great. Rocket Racing is a really fun arcadey racing mode (with some questionable map designs at higher ranks) and Fortnite Festival is the closest i'll ever get to a proper revival of Rock Band and I really appreciate it. Thank god somebody finally gave Harmonix another win. As far as the actual BR mode goes I thought this season played really great. Battlepass had tons of cool stuff in it. Loved the modifying weapons as a gimmick. I do think the season dragged on a lot though and didn't really have any exciting map changes throughout.
2017
Me and my girlfriend started hitting repeat questions within like a third time playing so that's not great. Also Jeopardy that's multiple choice is pretty busted. It's fine.
A simple little arcade game based around a funny idea. Clever use of the crank. Absolutely worth the totally free download.
2016
Grew up playing the original Flash versions of Adventure Quest games and found this really nostalgic. It's a bare-bones super simple MMO that asks for absolutely no money from you and can be crossplayed reliably on pretty much any PC or your phone while taking up almost no hard drive space. I think it's honestly kind of underrated for that. There's nothing mechanically special about it, but it does the job fine.