Game Reviews

  Palia Update Release:  Since August 3rd, 2023, Palia  has been slowly releasing a series of builds as early as 0.165. Although they launched on Steam March 25th 2024 with Build 0.180, the developers still had their hands full trying to keep players busy. June 2024, EG7 buys Singularity 6 and enlists  Palia  with  Daybreak . This was my moment to try the game and wrote an  extensive review  of their systems. As part of their target demographic, the game was good. My last achievement was on August 13th when I completed the Bundle of the Gales that becomes available after visiting all the temples.  Slow Builds:  Since their release, every content patch had you collecting some new decoration set, toying around with some new feature, and a bunch of new cosmetics to purchase. For approximately a year, the only new buildings that were available released while I was playing with the Grand Harvest House in May and the Conservatory in July. Tour...

Game Title: Starcom Unknown Space Released:  September 2, 2024 Game Length:  30 Hours Grade: B Features Setting:   Kevin Lin  has been an indie game developer for quite some time dating back to 2013. He hosted Wx3 Labs, LLC and made Starcom: Nexus in 2019. He later revamped the game with an overhaul and released a sequel in 2024. The game straddles the line by keeping clear of any sort of base building you might find in 4X games like  Stellar  while still providing you some sort of ship building like in  Starcontrol 2 . There are a number of ways you can flee battles as there is no self-contained space fighting other ships. Options:  In addition to some accessibility options like colorblindness, there is a difficulty meter that modifies how much damage you and your enemy ships may receive in battle. There are many ways to travel with the help of your autopilot by clicking on objects from your map or edge of your screen, cruise control so you don...

Game Watch Explanation:  Every now and then, there are a number of games that continuously appear in my feed. A lot of players might find these games appealing for a number of reasons, but that doesn't necessarily make them as enjoyable to me. Down below are games that might have once populated my watchlist but upon further review were dropped. Necesse  - There's a pixelated game that was in Early Access for about 6 years. I've heard a bunch of people try to describe it by throwing a bunch of similarly built games like Minecraft, Terraria, Core Keeper, and Rimworld. It had so many features from other games that it ultimately stood unique over them all. I played a good 8 hours of the game before realizing the complexity of its mechanics. There is an above and below world. There is a day and night cycle. Most importantly, there is a  settler system  where you can invite people to your little town, assign them duties, provide them access to chests, and equip them for ad...

Game Series:  Little Nightmares Released:  2017 - 2025 Game Length:  1 - 10 hours each Grade:  C Little Nightmares Prelude:  We are going to do something a little different with this game entry. I'm going to list each release in the series and review them with full spoilers . My grade has remained consistent through the entire series mostly due to its horrific nature. There will be things that shock or disturb the standard player up to a certain degree. Although they make sure to limit jump scares specifically, there are plenty of tense moments and scenes that might be difficult to play through. To simplify things, the mobile app  Very Little Nightmares  or the comics are not discussed in the review. Release:  The first game of the series was released back in April 2017. The format might seem familiar to some since the company behind LittleBigPlanet  downloadable content  Tarsier Studios  helped develop the game. The game's ori...

Game Title: Decktamer Released:  October 27, 2025 Game Length:  20 Hours Grade: A  Setup Rules:  Before you begin, you need to pick a game mode . You start with the standard "nothing special" run. Eventually as you play the game and earn levels, more modes become available. They can cast certain limitations like not being able to retreat or make things unpredictable with a small chance for damage to do double damage. There is a certain level of customization when you can determine how many creatures you can tame or if you are given a creature after each encounter. Once you reach level 12, you can run endless where enemies gain extra health, speed, and damage as the waves increase. Challenge:  The next option is picking the  difficulty . Easy allows you to use your time device to undo a battle that didn't work the way you thought it would play out. Normal knocks this down to two undo moves per battle. Hard makes food only restore one health, syringes do dam...

Game Title: The Invincible Released:  November 6, 2023 Game Length:  8 Hours Grade: A- Settings Graphics:  A couple years ago when this game released, my potato of a computer was unable to get past the introduction. After adding a couple of chips, the game was able to run but only barely. The narrative was interesting enough to continue, but the graphics were very bland to navigate on the lowest settings. This wasn't so bad when you were surrounded with a desert wasteland with a bunch of rocks, but the low polygon count started to matter when more complex materials filled the screen. The spots where your character would stop to check out the view was less impactful when you aren't able to push those graphics to a higher setting. Motion Sickness:  It didn't take long to realize there was another problem that sometimes plagues me when playing certain games. Despite the slow movements of your character, there was a pain creeping up in my stomach. Thankfully, the game p...