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Among Us

Rating: 1.8/5

Completed: N/A

ATLYSS

Rating: 3.5/5

Completed: N/A, in early access

DARK SOULS: REMASTERED

Rating 4.7/5

Review: An excellent game. The 2nd half after Ornstein and Smough drops off in quality. I really appreciate how you can do both halves in almost any order. Mandatory damage before a boss fight is shit(Gravelord Nito), and the Bonfire runs are shit too(Ornstein and Smough, Gravelord Nito, Bed of Chaos, Seath the Scaleless, Four Kings). Aside from the quality drop and the bonfire runs issue, this game is in my opinion very tightly made and well crafted.

What I would hope from a remaster though, is if they picked up the pieces and increased the quality of the second half of the game.

Completed: Yes, including all DLC

Dread Delusion

Rating: 3/5

Completed: No

ELDEN RING

Rating: 4.9/5

Review: Excellent Fromsoft game. Should be played with a controller. Will consume at least a month of your life the first time you play it. I feel it was a bit bloated with content, and because of that, is a bit intimidating for a new player.

=> I wrote a full review on my blog

Completed: Yes, excluding all DLC

ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN

Rating: 3.9/5

Review: Excellent multiplayer Fromsoft game. If you have a bad internet connection, you have a cruelly short amount of time before you time out of the game, which has made playing it with friends difficult. Its biggest issue is the maps get stale, as every game you play in Limveld which is basically Limgrave from ELDEN RING. It would seriously benefit from more map styles.

The gameplay of Nightreign is basically Risk of Rain with Fortnite's ring system to make time a resource you manage and with Fromsoft's signature soulslike combat.

Completed: N/A

HELLDIVERS 2

Rating: 4/5

Review: A fun multiplayer cooperative game. The strategem calldown system is a fun way to have the awesome dopamine feeling of killstreaks in call of duty, without them being broken and OP. I also appreciate the fun mixture of hardcore and casual elements that make it a fun game, and the fact that despite it having microtransaction elements, they're not rubbed in your face as if you need to. There is (almost with a few very very minor exceptions) nothing you can't get through playing the game a bunch.

Completed: N/A

Minecraft

Rating 3.5/5

Review: I give this a low rating, despite putting many hours into it. The fundamental survival gameplay leaves a lot to be desired, and the majority of my hours are in multiplayer servers. The survival gameplay is replayable, but it's too short lived and easy to "win" at.

Completed: Yes?

Mirrormind

I made this game? Go check it out I guess.

=> Mirrormind on Steam
Terraria

Rating: 4/5

Review: 2D minecraft with better progression, better bosses and generally more fun to build in.

Completed: Yes

The Zachtronics Solitaire Collection

Rating: 4/5

Review: It's solitaire. I spend most of my time playing Fortune's Foundation in it, but the other solitaire modes such as Cribbage are a lot of fun to play. I think it's worth the money if you already found Solitaire to be a fun game to play.

Completed: N/A