ΔV: Rings of Saturn is a small, somewhat obscure space game that prides itself with its constant but gradual update schedule and focus on simulated physics.

Set in a hard sci-fi universe, you are a nameless, faceless space miner with basically zero involvement in the setting.

As a non-entity, what you can do is hire crews who will spice up your life to an extent by giving you other things to do while mining, and trying to get used to the fact that in space, unless an opposing force pushes you the other way, you aren't decelerating naturally.

Each ship you use in ΔV is unique in the sense that the models actually differ from each other, as each one has their own strengths and weaknesses.

The starter ship you have is easily the game's best all-rounder which can get your feet wet and do everything you may want to do in the dead of space.

Yet, each ship can be refitted with custom parts from the market and further tuned in order to make the ship as close as to your preferred playstyle as possible.

But with all this amount of customization unheard of games similar to Sunless Seas / Skies, the game does not handhold you on many of its mechanics. The most you're going to get are the intro tutorials you get when starting your first New Game run, and the loading screen hints.

Everything else is rather obtuse but if you figure out the logic, can be intuitive. Flying backwards is a valid technique even the AI uses. There's nothing wrong with flying with your reactor facing the rock, because you can slam that booster if in case you need to get to escape velocity.

The game however is still lacking on the story things to do, since they're at the mercy of the RNG and some events can get worryingly repetitive, when a crewmember greets another, this is especially evident.

Still, unlike Sunless Seas or Skies, this is more playable than either in my opinion given that the game does give you options to curb the supply issue.

I should say that in terms of Remaster quality, this is pretty up there.

It attempts to make it so that the game is compatible with modern devices, without shaking up its identity. This means you get enhanced graphics (or a means to disable all enhancements so you can play it in all of its antiquated glory back in 1995!) and features a lot of bonus in-the-making material, including a special level that was used as a demo back in the day.

This is basically a Nostalgia Nerd's wet dream, because you can pick and choose which and when you want enhancements to play with the game.

However, the game itself is starting to show its rough edges if you're spoiled with the conveniences of the modern era.

The level design is questionable; rooms existing for the sake of having rooms, weapon balance being very easy to deal with since most enemies can be dealt with the basic Bryar pistol or the blaster. Jumping puzzles exist, and are a novel invention of the game, since they never existed for games like these until Quake started turning it into a rocket jump artform.

Later stages don't provide you much to go with, as some rooms are ostensibly locked and it's not until you bother to check your items in your inventory that you realize the keycode is there instead of Doom's intuitive keycard system.

In fact, some stages have walls and pathways that tend not to make sense in terms of progression, leaving you groping around walls to find where you need to go.

The latter point is what made me unfortunately shelve the game.

If you can stomach the arcane limitations of its time and age, then by all means, please go ahead and play this wonderful remaster. If you need something more intuitive, I think you're better off playing Doom 2, Quake or Half Life.

This is one of the... ahem, quintessential doujin cohabitation games. Quite a few of them on a certain website follow its formula to a tee.

Why? Because it just works.

You play as Onii-chan, the elder brother of the little sister you dote on. Sickly and frail as she is, you are tasked to take care of her. Part and parcel for such kinds of games, if you have certain patches installed, which you should, you'll be doing more than just taking care of her.

Unfortunately, for the sensitive or those who have been affected by it, this does have contents of SA, of the sleeping kind. Your options are rather varied and there are multiple positions for you, but the game deliberately uses no Live2d, to match with its manga aesthetic.

This is not a game for the prudish nor for the morally-inclined.

Beyond that, there's a surprising amount of activities to do with a basic plot involving you trying to save your guild and an adventure subplot where you go with your sister to distant places to seek a more-permanent solution to her predicament.

It's not too fast, nor is it too slow, but if your... festering needs requires buildups and you're fine with the beautiful Manga aesthetic, this can suitably help with your... requirements.

Note the Official English version, while having some slightly questionable translations (what even is Blow on?), has a better sentence flow which actually makes the thing worth reading this time around.