Recent reviews by Keebz

Easily the best AAA VR experience I've had so far, and a wonderful entry into the Half Life series. It took some guts to get through it, but I was glad I persisted.

Half Life 2 wasn't what I'd call a horror game. It was more of an "atmospheric" game with some scary elements intertwined. So initially, I was a bit surprised that this game is definitely a lot freakier. A lot of that has to do with being a VR title and that means having enemies literally up in your face.

But you do get used to it after a while, and my biggest tip is to run face first into danger and just let things attack you a few times until you are desensitized to the danger, and your brain begins to realize these things can't hurt you.

That said, I felt that they did a great job of breaking up the tenser moments with some great puzzle solving and witty humor (Russel a.k.a. Murray from Flight of the Conchords is the best!)

Everything was top notch. The gunplay, puzzles, animations, environments, etc. It has that classic Valve quality that makes you wish they made more games.

This was a great experience on the Quest via Air Link (and later on, I switched to the new Steam Link app for Quest which worked equally well).

A big recommend and a must-play for Half Life + Portal fans. Spoilerific ending is glorious. Just know that it spoils a key plot point from Half Life 2, so best to play that plus its expansions first.

Excellent survival-craft game with great co-op. Has difficulty options to make it as relaxing or intense as you want.

90s turn timer ruined this game. There needs to be an option for unlimited turn timer when playing with friends and wanting to think strategically. It turns what should be a fun game into something stressful. You can't shoot the breeze while playing with a buddy.

An excellent, faithful remake of one of the greatest games ever made.

An excellent celebration of the best rhythm platformer video game series out there.

2023's Game of the Year.

For me, it's too abstract, too obtuse. It tries hard to be artistic but leaves out the fun factor. I didn't know what was going on or where to go. It just didn't feel grounded or cohesive to me.

Still going through this game but at 32 hours I feel it’s time to go ahead and write an early review. I freakin’ love this game. What a unique product. The combat system is very satisfying and fresh. And yes, I really dig all the extra stuff that happens in between. The hangouts, banter, upgrading, and exploration around the abbey.

It’s a strange combo, and I suppose if you really hate dialogue and character development you may want to skip through those parts (which you can easily do). But I find that it breaks the pacing up in a great way.

Perhaps the biggest tragedy is that this game doesn’t seem to have met sales expectations on the front end of things. But I think it absolutely deserves your time, attention, and money if the above sounds good to you. Hopefully it will have a long “tail” and meet these expectations in the long run because there really isn’t much else like this and I’d love to see more of it.

Aside from Elden Ring, this would probably be my GotY for 2022.

This game is great. Very unique, graphically impressive, relaxing/meditative experience. It doesn't really play like anything else. The best way I can describe it is a blend between Journey and Tiny Wings. It's about 2 hours long with some replay value if you want to get all unlocks/achievements.

Really enjoyed it! There were a couple cases where I got confused about where to go or how to control the ship/get it to maneuver how I wanted, but I overcame those things rather quickly. Highly recommend this if you want a replayable zen game that you can really relax with. Story was subtle yet effective.

Best fully-fledged space sim in my opinion. The X series has been around since the 90s, getting steadily better, and these devs are super committed to their games. In fact, after nearly 20 years since the original release of X3 they released a free expansion for it even when this sequel had already released. If a dev supports their stuff that long, you know they're solid.

With X4, there is still some jank that will remind you this is not an AAA game (the way humans look, for example) and the UI is a bit clunky to navigate. But none of that takes away from the other things this game nails like atmosphere, scale, and depth. Every other space sim I've played has fallen short of what I wish I could do in space -- this game nails that. I enjoy No Man's Sky too, but that is a very different end of the spectrum. NMS is more of a survival crafting & planetary exploration game than a deep space sim like X4, so I like both for different reasons.

X4 has received many updates, and the devs said they are still working on more. It's very likely this game will see support for quite some time. You really can't go wrong at least trying it. Just know that in your first few hours, you're likely barely going to get anything accomplished, and that's probably okay. This isn't an instant gratification game. Enjoy the journey and don't feel like you have to beat it to enjoy it.