Recent reviews by Exostenza

I played postal one when it first came out and it was amazing. I plaid postal 2 to completion even though it was a wonky jank fest it was tons of fun and kept me engaged. I definitely regret buying this an early access to help fund the game and there is nothing in the first couple hours that makes me want to continue playing - sad..

This game sucks and it looks like it's always going to suck. It's unfortunate because the postal IP has so much potential but none of that potential has been realised here. Short of an engine upgrade and a complete rehaul of almost every aspect of the game I would say that this is generally a failed project, people shouldn't buy it, and the developers should move on to postal 5 and hopefully earn from their colossal failure. Either pretty much restart making this game from scratch and have it in everything but name postal 5 to make up for us paying for such a crappy game or move on to postal 5 and give us suckers that bought this game a significant discount when it comes out. I will definitely not be supporting any game from running with scissors and early access anymore.

The best postal game is from Hyperstrange called Postal Brain Damaged which is a boomer shooter and not an open world havoc simulator like the postal IP is known for but it is the best postal game currently and I highly suggest that you play it if you are into boomer shooters.

Running with Scissors, you have completely lost the ability to make a decent postal game and that really sucks.

Do not buy, do not play, and do not ever think about this game ever again.

If you miss command and conquer this is command and conquer 2025. It definitely needs some balancing and a heck of a lot more multiplayer maps but the core is there and it's solid.

They need to release a map editor and mod tools so that this game retains players and is able to have some longevity. I really hope the developers understand that making a map editor and mod tools actually sells more copies and more dlc down the line by capturing and holding a larger player base for longer.

To the developers I say don't be idiots and do it electronic arts style locking the game down without a map editor and mod tools in order to try and sell more DLC - we know that does the exact opposite. Give us the tools to make endless content and you will make more money in the end as this game will live on for so much longer.

TL;DR It's worth every cent at full price if you like turn based combat JRPGs.

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I pirated this game and about six hours into it I realised that this is probably not only the game of the year but could be a contender for one of the best games of all time. I almost never buy games close to release because I'm a patient gamer and like to play games after they've been patched up and content complete (post release updates and paid DLC) and are on a good sale. This is one of those rare gems that deserves paying full price to be supported as much as possible as these developers have clearly made this game with passion and every aspect of it exudes excellence. The last few games I bought for full price close to release in order to support the devs were Baldur's Gate 3, Prey (2017), and The Witcher 3 so you know that games have to be really good for me to buy for full price so close to release.

Since I'm still in the early game I'm not going to comment about the engaging systems, fantastic aesthetics, and gripping story at the moment and all I really have to say is that if you like turn based combat JRPGs then you have to buy this and play it ASAP.

Don't listen to the haters whining about that it's imbalanced and too hard. Just expect the first couple of rounds that you play to get absolutely annihilated by the boss and then once you understand what you're supposed to be doing and unlock a few more things it's pretty easy to win almost every single time at any difficulty.

It's a really fun tower defence game with a ton of variety which means that it has serious replayability.

Updated opinion:

Screw this Paradox enshittification DLC model. Such a good game mired by tiny bits of expensive DLC. It's just so frustrating enjoying a Paradox published game because the predatory DLC model that they push is the epitome of everything that is wrong with modern corporate gaming business models. I just don't know anymore... I want to buy the new DLC because this game is great but that only encourages this greed driven DLC policy behaviour so I'm trying my best to hold off. Great game but I had to change the thumbs up to a thumbs down because of this Paradox DLC crap.

Original review:

Scumbag Paradox interactive DLC business model aside this is an absolute blast of the game to play in co-op with a buddy. We're 60 hours in and I feel like we're just getting started. I have a feeling this is one of those games that I'll have a couple hundred hours in before I'm bored of it.

Definitely only buy the game and the DLC on a sale as the prices are absolutely ridiculous if you want to get the whole package.

If you like turn based deck builders this is about as good as it gets - especially if you're interested in playing co-op.

The first spiritual successor to stronghold that I've enjoyed just as much as the original. I love Anna style economy management with base building, light rts and, lots of tower defence. This game is so much fun and if you're considering it I would say go for it. I think it's worth every penny.

Great tower defence game that adds light base building and economy management.

It's one damned fine racing game and worth every penny. I can't believe I passed this up for so long.

Roguelike Bomberman is tons of fun. I'm getting way more out of this than I thought I would. Definitely a buy for full price and on a sale it is a no brainer.

An absolute blast. Better in every way than the original already. I'm excited to see what content is going to be added in the future.