Recent reviews by macrogramz

mindustry and factorio in neon.
*Needs create/delete tool "brush" to effect more than one tile at a time (see oxygen not included or shapes.io for examples)
*Blueprints. Why not?
*I'm really bad at this game but it's fun.

I will say yes. i love almost* everything about it. "who dunnit in pixels"

*not-almost things:
As of August, 2023 [both normal and experimental versions]

Procedural generation
if you run, fall through floors that spawn too late.
some dead bodies never spawn at scene.
vents blocked by spawned items.
vents not accessible/blocked by other vents.
merchant open, sign on, nobody in store for hours.
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The save game
*as of Aug/2023 reloading save-games often hangs game.
solution: exit program, restart, then load game. annoying.
side effect: load time of game multiplies if you have to reload for any reason.

+ Stylistically the game is fantastic, unique, amazing.
- Gameplay mechanics-wise this game is obtuse, counter-intuitive, and some including myself do and will find this current (Nov. 2022) version of this game confusing in a way that makes the experience frustrating. the death-sound is incredibly unpleasant in every way.

Um. It's a game. Hide!

pros:
graphics design
sound design
gameplay
random chaos

cons:
white screen on death

the forced dialogue and extended pausing between scenes/screens or events.

spent 1.5 hours.
steam achievements (as they are now): 50%
i stopped playing at times just to stare at the place.
this seems like a good game to just go slow and/or replay.
the hand-drawn game is amazing.
the mechanics and physics are also fabulous.
10/10 : will play more later but saving it because i'm afraid i'll be sad when it is over. . .

Goggle Stadia execs told studios and devs they were doing good then fired them the following week. I read about the original devs starting their own studio (Raccoon Logic) and it is claimed that the original developers have regained the rights to continue making games in this universe but no explicit claims about finishing this one. If they are able to finish this game i can recommend it For now, a big nope.

What did I just do?
What was just done to me?
10/10 would ride that elevator. maybe.

"I hate tombs" -Tomb Raider. In this game.
If you love games with more cut-scenes than games, this is the game for you.
If you love games with key-spam as primary mechanic, this is the game for you.
If you love games that are on sale so much that they're almost free but aren't good, this is the...

1) visually elegant.
2) 7 dozen levels.
3) vanilla game in 10 hours, probably less.
4) all achievements 12/12 no DLC in 15 hours or less.