Recent reviews by Coping Kobold

Portal 1 was influential, important, a massive part of both internet and general pop culture, and the basis of most modern puzzle design.

Portal 2 isn't any of those.

What it IS, though, is a sequel that's better in almost every conceivable way.

This game is dead thanks to the announcement of S&Box--nobody wants to make addons that are going to be outmoded by 2024. (Except the Russians, apparently. Good on you guys for keeping it alive.)

That's not to say I lament this game's loss. It's got some issues:

Constant pointless, pedantic changes to the Lua API have left a good 50-70% of scripted addons non-functional, and their developers have long since left the game for better hosts of their creative output.

Hammer, the map editor, is outdated to the point of being infuriating--heck, it was outdated on release. Seriously, what other engine was still using convex solids when Half-Life 2 released?

The addons workshop is blatantly inferior to the hot-loading we had in Gmod 12's toybox. Facepunch know this, and are going back to hot-loading for S&Box.

And finally, you know you've done something wrong when the number of popular gamemodes your community has made can be counted on two hands. Try it: TTT, Prop Hunt, Hide and Seek, Roleplay, Zombie Survival, Murder, Deathrun...uh...Jazztronauts?...Elevator Source?......Melon racer I guess?

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You know how I know this game is dead? Tears of the Kingdom has been out for 3 months and there's not a single related addon on the workshop. Not one. You guys were on those Revali and Sidon ragdolls the DAY Breath of the Wild launched.

Made a map so complex it crashes servers.

Infuriating, broken physics, and badly designed.

Spent 30 hours building a beautiful set with a scripted table so I could play a Japanese card game once.

I say, this is a positively spiffing puzzle game.

A fun, nonsensical sandbox, but Untitled Goose Game ended up being the game I wanted this to be.

NYOOM

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In the words of the great Vinny VInesauce: I'm going to honk you.

Minecraft mediocre survival game.
Terraria good metroidvania.