Alright, first off, I would consider this an overall good game with some big flaws that either might not emerge until hours into the game, or will turn you off right away. Getting right into it with what most negative reviews (rightfully) complain about: the bugs. The bugs in this game are not graphical, sound based, or physics based. In fact I saw none of these bugs and can heartily recommend the game on the quality of these parts alone, not even mentioning the game's unique concept and execution. Instead of these normal bugs, the bugs I encountered were all softlocks, forcing me to purge my save each time I encountered one (about four times). Each time this happened was disheartening, but it only set me back a little because of the game's chapter system.

I was a little confused and weary of this feature at first, afraid of what it might do to my carefully laid out base, but after I was forced into using it I was pleasantly surprised. The chapter system provides "checkpoints" at every major milestone in the story, and places important items you have collected prior in easily spotted and well organized places in the hub area. So, although these bugs really shouldn't be in the game at all, they can be resolved with these chapter saves without putting too much effort into repeating content.

One more complaint before I get into what makes this game good; I really don't like how they've implemented grabbing. Wanderer uses the standard "if you're far away, gesture your palm towards it and force grab" method of interaction, but they add something different; the same rules apply to drawers and ALL interactables. You don't need to be near something to interact with it, and as much as I would like to put some well thought out reason as to why it affects gameplay negatively or whatever, I really don't have a reason why I hate it so much except that it feels bad. Eventually you will get more used to it of course, but it just leaves a bad first impression and then keeps feeling weird for a long time.

OK, now the good stuff. Wanderer has great graphical fidelity and solid immersion through its entire 7-ish hour story. I have an i-9 and 3080RTX, so I was lucky enough to play on the highest settings and wanderer feels like its just under Half Life: Alyx in its setpieces and individual detail. Most things in the game can be picked up, interacted with, stored in your inventory, and taken back to base all in the span of 10 seconds with how much freedom you are given. These devs know the value of letting people mess about in their downtime.

The puzzles ranged from okay to good, but my opinion on them might be swayed the fact that I broke them and repeated them a couple times. The story was confusing, but it's meant to be, it's time travel. You don't really need the story anyway, if you treat the whole game like one big escape room. It's kind of like bonus to put all the story pieces together while you solve the real puzzles.

TLDR: I guess to tie it all together I'll say this: Wanderer struck a good nerve with me with its creative environments and fun ideas. It's a good game for all experience levels of VR gamers, but its not without flaws. Its small problems and sometimes big bugs can put a hamper of your fun, but I implore you to either wait until it's fixed up or push through the issues to experience the game. It was worth it for me, so it might just be worth it for you.

Gameplay? Bullet hell fun with some neat twists with later bosses.

Soundtrack? Bangin.

In conclusion, well worth the price.

What a strange game. What begins as survival as a necessity... actually, never really leaves that part behind, really!

Rain World is gruelingly punishing. It has a fairly long play time, not because the content available is massive, (although it is considerable in size)but because you will die MANY times. By the end of my playthrough I was encroaching on 110 deaths. Still, the breadth of things to do and discover in the game result in a rewarding experience I have not seen replicated elsewhere. Entire regions are simulated at a time, leading to complex emergent behavior that you must identify and potentially exploit if you are to trick your assailants and progress. It's an expertly crafted game that does a good job at always pointing you in the correct direction, and does a terrible job at letting you know it is doing so. I got "lost" and looked up a guide many times, only to discover I was 2 rooms away from my destination and if I had just persevered, I would have made it just fine.

Be quick, be witty, stay determined, stay alive.

I really couldn't recommend Effie. The world seems mostly empty and uninspired, the writing is... bad. Go here, collect McGuffin, kill witch, repeat. The boss fights are uninspiring and repetitive, at least from what I've played, and the combat is worse. The combat is just mash light/heavy until all enemies are dead, but I guess you can throw in one other, objectively inferior bonus move if you feel like it. The surfing mechanic shown in trailers was the main draw for me, but it's disabled everywhere except the overworld, which is empty save for sparse time trials and small unrewarding outposts. The narrator speaking over all actions gets old really fast as well. Every chest, and nearly every collectible is paired with ONE voiceline. Said voiceline also does not make sense for the context of the action. Lots of stuff in the game is reused just as much as the voicelines too, and the game just feels unpolished overall.

A very short game that doesn't overstay its welcome, Rocket of Whispers feels like a nice addendum to the OPUS universe. The story lingers on the dead, the hardships that people go through in trauma, and the connections that make us human. The characters are well written and although there is no massive plot twist or anything, I don't think it needed one. RoW is adept at creating a haunting and lonely atmosphere and allowing you to explore the environment -- discovering, reliving, and eventually releasing the past into the cosmos.

Hooo boy this is a true gem. I literally don't know where to start. The stroytelling, character development, writing, and music are all crazy good. Ending made me cry, like Makoto Shinkai movie level of cry. Playing through all the past Sigono games to prep for this one was such a trip, because in the span of a couple days of playing I saw this tiny mobile game dev studio put out this lore rich intensely polished experience that blew me away. Highly recommend, had a great time playing it (Side note, don't try achievement hunting, I was frequently given achievements for things I did not do and was not given them for things I did do)

QB isn't without flaws. The entire game is very slow, from the story to the gameplay, and to the fact that to get the whole picture you need to watch videos with no speed playback options. There are quite a few moments where you might just want to jump into action but the game uses everything save for direct force to get you to slow down, which I felt was annoying. Difficulty wise, the game is a joke, but that's pretty intentional, I believe. You are a time-wielding demigod, and the game does its best to get that across with its sound design and visuals, similar to Control. However, the more bullet spongy enemies late game tend to take away that feeling once you know that three mags won't take them down.

In terms of story, I was surprised at how competently written it was. This being time travel we're dealing with, there was restraint and logic used accordingly to tie up threads as needed. The characters were more hit or miss. Some of the voice lines at times just felt off, but at other times they felt completely believable. Other times, it was up to you whether a character made a decision that made sense for them, but whatever choice you made, the consequences rippled down nonetheless.

Play it if you really like the idea of time powers, but don't expect anything ground shaking. Also, if you're having trouble with the final fight, don't be afraid to turn the difficulty down. That fight can be some real BS.

Fulfills the urge in hitman games to just go through the whole level massacring and hiding every body, but hiding bodies takes 2 seconds instead of 2 minutes. Depending on the upgrade points you find you really can go whatever playstyle you want, but I chose GENOCIDE. Slashing my way through enemies, LITERALLY sending them to the in universe shadow realm was great. The story was pretty generic but it was by no means terrible. Give it a go if you like stealth, it really puts its all into the genre and doesn't waste time with side tangent mechanics. Everything is there to make you have fun. Except the checkpoints, which function in absurd ways that I do not like. I'll leave it at that, and you can find out what I mean if you're sloppy enough to die 20 times in the same place like I am.

Mmmph. That's kinda how I feel about this game. I recommend it only if you really like the genre. Give it the ol' two hour try and see if you really like it but otherwise its kinda buggy in all the worst spots, causing four BS deaths in my hour of play. The story is quite bad, but its teetering on so bad its good. For reference, both the main characters at the start have the gruffest voice possible, and the wilhelm scream is used in the opening cutscene. It's this weird blend of trying to take itself seriously but also dashing all of that randomly.

The moment to moment gameplay is ok, and uses some weird choices that I think could have done it some good, like no reloading and minimal ADS required. But when you put it all together it's just not quite worth it, and the main swinging gimmick is done way better elsewhere. Try CRUMBLE if you like that sort of thing, its a great game.

I will never beat this game. Not legitimately anyway. As I set this down at 2:30 AM, content that I have exhausted the limits of my waking mind, I smile. This shit is ridiculous. The puzzles are so SO SO easy at the start that its cute. It hypes you up, puts some pep in your step. I found myself wagging my finger at the screen. "Oh dev, you sly dog :)", I would say, as I spotted the half hidden small dot that was the key to the puzzle. But my god. Chamber three feels hard? Chambers one through six are absolute fucking HELL. And they are so fun as well. I don't think you will ever experience as soul crushing a moment while playing video games as when you try to look up little additional hints online for a puzzle, and finally wring the last ounce of brain power out of your head and into the massively overcrowded paper in front of you; only for the solution of the puzzle to be a cheeky little pun. I refuse to gamer rage, so I broke down instead.

Setting both you and I's inevitable ineptitudes aside, it was always refreshing to step into a new topic of Cryptography and see that Mr. Brown had tidied up a little space for learning some new facts about my new passion that he had introduced me to. It's clear to see the dev loves all this with all his heart.

Now, one last thing. The challenge puzzles. I don't think a video game puzzle has ever smacked me in the face harder as when I looked up the solution to the first puzzle after a good 20 minutes of thinking. It all clicked in my head within a split second and I was left feeling guiltier than a dog that pissed on the rug. Please stay away from all guides online except for the ones that advertise exclusively hints. Those ones are good.

Oh yeah, I forgot to mention not to play this if you like Claire De Lune because after 10 min you will despise it.