little_lagomorph
cute little game but the controls were very hard for me to get used to. i found it was hard to tell when i was in striking range of enemies too and the long walks were tiring. but still worth a play, the writing and art are really cute
2021
a little buggy on the last few missions and the drones are fuck-off annoying, but overall a really fun little game
flawed but good imo. the portrayal of disability is questionable but it doesn't feel malicious
2019
i loved this game a lot. i liked the story and the characters and i enjoyed the changes to gameplay and progression from bl2/tps. i like that there are less sidequests that are given more time to shine. this game relies more on absurdism than just "lol random meme" humour, which suits it well. the writing allows more room for serious moments too i feel. i don't have a whole lot of complaints honestly!
i will say i wish the boss fights were more interesting and that there were more of them. that's something i remember from bl2 and tps that really stands out, and 3 didn't really deliver on that front.
my biggest complaint is that optimisation on this game is atrocious, which is the main reason i'm knocking a star off despite really loving it. if you have even slightly a worse computer than me (rtx 2080, i7 processor, 16gb ram - i should be running this flawlessly on highest settings) you will have to start lowering the graphics settings and even then idk how well this game will run for systems with lower specs. the game made my gpu run at about 70c too, which is quite warm for me and not my favourite thing ever. the framerate was very inconsistent. so, be warned if you have an older system.
i will say i wish the boss fights were more interesting and that there were more of them. that's something i remember from bl2 and tps that really stands out, and 3 didn't really deliver on that front.
my biggest complaint is that optimisation on this game is atrocious, which is the main reason i'm knocking a star off despite really loving it. if you have even slightly a worse computer than me (rtx 2080, i7 processor, 16gb ram - i should be running this flawlessly on highest settings) you will have to start lowering the graphics settings and even then idk how well this game will run for systems with lower specs. the game made my gpu run at about 70c too, which is quite warm for me and not my favourite thing ever. the framerate was very inconsistent. so, be warned if you have an older system.
2021
OPEN BETA REVIEW. i have played act 1 twice at this point. shelved since i don't own it and can't drop 80 bucks on a game rn lol.
current state, game's glitchy as all fuck and is probably going to be like that on release unless the poor devs are crunched to death, which i sincerely hope they are not. we literally could not play the finale of act 1 because the hoards wouldn't spawn (both times lol).
DESPITE THAT, the game is extremely fun. like, EXTREMELY fun. i like the card system a lot and i think it's implementation is smart - it matters, but not THAT much. your build isn't really going to make or break you or anything, at least not on normal. it'll just give you a little bit of an edge along the way. same with the character picks. in my opinion anyway. i can see certain ones being broken on higher difficulties (like mom's instant revive), but we didn't play any higher than normal, so.
the gunplay feels REALLY good. like, REALLY GOOD. it's not often you find an fps game where shooting feels as good as in this, honestly. the guns have a real weight to them and can seemingly jam, which sounds annoying on paper but is sort of neat to me honestly and generally isn't a huge deal since you just have to reload sooner than usual. i like that there are rarities of guns and that you can customise them with addons. i like that A LOT.
melee is a little lacking, but i can see them paying some extra attention to that later and fixing it up a bit. i can sort of live without it, personally, since i rarely go with melee in shooters lol. so any flaws here don't bug me that much.
i enjoy the characters a lot, can't really complain that they're a little one-note because the ones in l4d were too lol. i do think the dialogue is entertaining enough although there ought to be either more or less of it because hearing the same cues repeatedly does get tiring.
the game appears to be pretty well optimised and despite what brain poisoned graphics chuds online will tell you it actually looks really good.
a minor complaint is the tone of this game is a bit all over the place? it hasn't quite found its footing, writing-wise. turtle rock seem a bit scared to get too serious or too goofy with it. my personal preference would be leaning into the goofiness, but either way would clean up the tonal messiness a bit.
i do also think this game is overpriced. i'm really not sure why they're charging full AAA price for this (USD$60, CAD$80). i wish it was 20 dollars cheaper, at the very least. i think a lot of people would take a lot less issue with it if the game was, like, base USD$40. 60 is a huge ask for a lot of people.
anyway, i'll be getting it at some point, barring a horrible crisis with the game or the devs lol.
current state, game's glitchy as all fuck and is probably going to be like that on release unless the poor devs are crunched to death, which i sincerely hope they are not. we literally could not play the finale of act 1 because the hoards wouldn't spawn (both times lol).
DESPITE THAT, the game is extremely fun. like, EXTREMELY fun. i like the card system a lot and i think it's implementation is smart - it matters, but not THAT much. your build isn't really going to make or break you or anything, at least not on normal. it'll just give you a little bit of an edge along the way. same with the character picks. in my opinion anyway. i can see certain ones being broken on higher difficulties (like mom's instant revive), but we didn't play any higher than normal, so.
the gunplay feels REALLY good. like, REALLY GOOD. it's not often you find an fps game where shooting feels as good as in this, honestly. the guns have a real weight to them and can seemingly jam, which sounds annoying on paper but is sort of neat to me honestly and generally isn't a huge deal since you just have to reload sooner than usual. i like that there are rarities of guns and that you can customise them with addons. i like that A LOT.
melee is a little lacking, but i can see them paying some extra attention to that later and fixing it up a bit. i can sort of live without it, personally, since i rarely go with melee in shooters lol. so any flaws here don't bug me that much.
i enjoy the characters a lot, can't really complain that they're a little one-note because the ones in l4d were too lol. i do think the dialogue is entertaining enough although there ought to be either more or less of it because hearing the same cues repeatedly does get tiring.
the game appears to be pretty well optimised and despite what brain poisoned graphics chuds online will tell you it actually looks really good.
a minor complaint is the tone of this game is a bit all over the place? it hasn't quite found its footing, writing-wise. turtle rock seem a bit scared to get too serious or too goofy with it. my personal preference would be leaning into the goofiness, but either way would clean up the tonal messiness a bit.
i do also think this game is overpriced. i'm really not sure why they're charging full AAA price for this (USD$60, CAD$80). i wish it was 20 dollars cheaper, at the very least. i think a lot of people would take a lot less issue with it if the game was, like, base USD$40. 60 is a huge ask for a lot of people.
anyway, i'll be getting it at some point, barring a horrible crisis with the game or the devs lol.
2019
this game fuckin whips ass. such a great team shooter, extremely underrated as far as shooters go imo and a nice return to multiplayer shooters of the early 2010s before overwatch fucked up the market. huge flexibility in playstyle and certain gamemodes force you to play differently which i appreciate. and yes, the game is visually kind of janky lol you get used to it. i personally find the visual style charming.
huge recommend tbh.
huge recommend tbh.
2019
the gameplay loop is fine, i enjoy that well enough. i downloaded it honestly because i thought it would be a fun idle game and i could look at some decently attractive men in the process but honestly it just ended up pissing me off.
the writing is horrendously annoying. i know this is personal preference, but my personal preference is not this. there were a couple good gags, but otherwise the characters repeat the same 5 lines per relationship rank and it gets old fast. also, the designs are uninspired at best - they share basically zero characteristics with their animal forms other than eye and hair colour. you really made the wolf guy a skinny white twink who wears pristine dress shirts? really? at least three of the characters look near identical and at least two DRESS identically.
then there's the pegasus, eli. he is literally a homophobic stereotype, and i don't accuse writers of this lightly. it's actually genuinely offensive. you can really tell from the get-go that this was made for straight women and not gay men and it's incredibly unsettling to play as a gay man.
anyway, bad game! do not recommend. make something interesting with this gameplay loop and maybe i'll come back.
the writing is horrendously annoying. i know this is personal preference, but my personal preference is not this. there were a couple good gags, but otherwise the characters repeat the same 5 lines per relationship rank and it gets old fast. also, the designs are uninspired at best - they share basically zero characteristics with their animal forms other than eye and hair colour. you really made the wolf guy a skinny white twink who wears pristine dress shirts? really? at least three of the characters look near identical and at least two DRESS identically.
then there's the pegasus, eli. he is literally a homophobic stereotype, and i don't accuse writers of this lightly. it's actually genuinely offensive. you can really tell from the get-go that this was made for straight women and not gay men and it's incredibly unsettling to play as a gay man.
anyway, bad game! do not recommend. make something interesting with this gameplay loop and maybe i'll come back.
cute, pretty, doesn't overstay its welcome. it is a bit tedious, though. i have nothing against it, it was just kind of boring.
2021
great writing and voice acting, found it slightly boring as far as gameplay goes though and would have appreciated a little bit more activity, even if it was just walking around
2021
pretty neat, good atmosphere, but i think it over-explains itself in some areas and under-explains in others. also at a certain point it started making me motion sick, but i think that's my own problem. worth a play, i think
after a certain point this was just exhausting to play. it's just holding W and occasionally clicking things, which is fine in some games, but not this one where you move at a glacial pace and everything is so spaced out it takes 4 hours to finish what could easily be a 2 hour game. come on
2019
jesus this game is a nightmare. the environments are lovely but everything else feels at least a decade old, including the character models and gameplay. the combat is okay but clunky, and the UI looks like a default asset. the voice acting isn't anything to write home about either and to be honest the worldbuilding is a bit lazy and boring. the writing is incredibly shallow as well.
besides that, and i'm sure this is what you're reading this review for, this game is politically fucking atrocious. the core philosophy seems to be "french colonialism was cool and right", which is alarming but not all that shocking. if you want an essay on why colonialism is, in fact, horrifying and wrong, this is not where you will find one - do some googling.
i'm really not sure why we're allowing games like this to become popular when there's dozens of amazing indie games that don't allow you to side with and aggressively support racist imperialists who want to convert everyone to Fantasy Christianity and think that the indigenous peoples of the island they're colonising are disgusting savages.
at least 80% of this game is playing politics, and that's a low estimate. your player character is basically The Prince Of Colonialism. it's the game's entire premise. if you're really that curious about it, do yourself a favour and find a way to play this without paying real money for it.
besides that, and i'm sure this is what you're reading this review for, this game is politically fucking atrocious. the core philosophy seems to be "french colonialism was cool and right", which is alarming but not all that shocking. if you want an essay on why colonialism is, in fact, horrifying and wrong, this is not where you will find one - do some googling.
i'm really not sure why we're allowing games like this to become popular when there's dozens of amazing indie games that don't allow you to side with and aggressively support racist imperialists who want to convert everyone to Fantasy Christianity and think that the indigenous peoples of the island they're colonising are disgusting savages.
at least 80% of this game is playing politics, and that's a low estimate. your player character is basically The Prince Of Colonialism. it's the game's entire premise. if you're really that curious about it, do yourself a favour and find a way to play this without paying real money for it.
could not even finish the tutorial because the game references an antisemitic caricature meme for their money-hungry merchant race. was already getting bad vibes from the fact that all the protagonists are blond blue-eyed aryans and the first asian person you come across has literally yellow skin and one of the first codex entries seems bizarrely elf-racist but yeah that was the last straw no thanks i'm done here.
2021
PLEASE play this game, it was clearly crafted incredibly lovingly with an amazing amount of detail put into its environments. the storytelling in this game is genuinely amazing.
2021
this game truly deserves the praise it's receiving. amazing audio, visuals, gameplay, level design, everything, and an incredibly sweet story. if you have someone you love to play games with, i heartily recommend this.