Recent reviews by Exostenza

Not as good as the Void Bastards base game (the DLC sucked), But, I'm enjoying this game so far so it definitely gets a thumbs up from me. There is absolutely no way I would buy it for full price but it's been in bundles and you can get it for a pretty good price if you know where to look. So, for the price that I got it for, which was under $10, I'm very happy with this game. I don't think I'd be so happy about it if I'd paid full price.

I'm only about three hours in so maybe I will change my mind and like it more or less later on. After playing some more hours I will try my best to update this review.

So good!

it's a bloody good time playing couch co-op.

Damn, I had no idea that the Epic exclusivity deal ran out. I bought this on sale and it is everything that I hoped it would be as I played these games so hard on the original PlayStation back in the day and it's awesome to be able to play basically the same games but modernised. I love how they've included a map editor and multiplayer. It is everything a remake of old games should be. I'm definitely stoked to play some couch gaming with my buddies Just like the good old days.

They definitely knocked it out of the ballpark with this one.

If you like old school 3D platformers like the good old PSX (Playstation 1) days then you'll love this. There's tons to do and explore where exploration actually pays off. I'm definitely enjoying this game more than I thought I would.

It's really fun game and has a lot of content considering the price. It's like if Grand Theft Auto 2 had a baby with the original Postal. It really is tons of fun and even for full price it's worth every penny. It sucks that it doesn't seem to have a developer anymore so it doesn't look like we're going get any more content. With that being said, its still worth every penny at full price and I've really enjoyed this game.

it is risk of rain and it has returned. Definitely enjoying playing the co-op.

this game is absolutely tons of fun and even better in co-op - I really enjoyed my time with it.

WARNING this game has a 60 FPS lock and no plans to change that any time soon! If I didn't buy it from Green Man Gaming this would have been refunded already. If you get queasy to fps under 90 like I do I would avoid this game entirely. Hell, even if it doesn't affect you at all in principle it should be illegal to put out a PC game in 2025 with a 60 fps cap.

The developer says the 60 fps cap is an an internal restriction of the engine but it's only because they're using an ancient version of the dhewm3 source port mod of the original Doom 3 engine - they're using 2016-06-18 dhewm3 1.4.1 instead of 2024-08-03 dhewm3 1.5.4. If they used the latest version they would easily be able to support at least 120 fps as the community has worked on that specifically over the years.

I'm sure the game is great but it is going to be hard for me to know for sure as I can't play more than like 20 mins at a time at 60 fps before my stomach starts to feel queasy. At the very least they could add in frame generation so even though we would still have the terrible input latency of 60 FPS we wouldn't have the stomach churning slideshow of 60 FPS.

I want this game to succeed so badly because clearly everything else about it is amazing and immersive sims are some of the best games out there. I hope the developer can sort out this issue so that I can recommend the game and have a chance at beating it.

Update1: I'm able to use lossless scaling frame generation 3.1 to make 60 FPS have the appearance of the fluidity of a 120 FPS which means I can now play the game for more than 20 minutes at a time without being queasy! IMHO there is no excuse for putting a game up in 2025 with the 60 FPS cap so it still gets this thumbs down from me until they rectify the situation but at least it's playable and other than the egregious frame cap it is one hell of a fun game if you like immersive simulations.

This game is top notch couch co-op fun. If you're looking for an excellent couch co-op game to play this should fit the bill perfectly no matter who you are or what games you like. I enjoyed every second with this game playing it through with a buddy.

It's definitely worth every penny at full price!