Recent reviews by RetroactiveAndroid TTV/YT

Landed, killed some enemies, found a really cool sword, got slaughtered by Yoda.

10/10 would Nightreign again.

This game is incredible. Psychological horror, roguelike elements with not only unlocks but actual game knowledge super coming into play, can run on a toaster, art style is so damn trippy.... just buy it already :D

I cannot, CANNOT recommend this game enough.

This is a game I would happily have paid 2-3 dollars for. And it's free and heartwarming. This goes up there with Break the Game and Grimm's Hollow as one of the best short and sweet single-player narrative adventures I have ever played.

It's under an hour. Play it. You will not regret it.

This game is CRIMINALLY underrated

The RoR2 Gearbox team learned a hard lesson. They almost killed the RoR2 community and had overwhelmingly negative reviews.
But they LEARNED.
It took them a ROADMAP of fixing the DLC, but it WORKED. And, from what I hear, they're actually USING what they learned from here on out, not just slapping a "done" sticker on the box and calling it a day.
The survivors? Fun! A bit clunky here, a bit overtuned there, but who cares, they're FUN!
The stages? GOOD STUFF! Love them a LOT!
The new items? I'd say about 80% are top-tier! There's still some chaff, don't get me wrong, but there's always been some trash in the item pool and this, if anything, makes it slightly less likely.
The new mechanics? A bit more mixed. The Shrine of Shaping is garbage, but the new elites are engaging.
New enemies? ...This is meant to be a positive review. Pass.
New final boss? No, it still sucks. Sorry gearbox.
But you know what? This is a worthy addition to the RoR2 game. This is worth having.

ORIGINAL REVIEW BELOW (From shortly after the DLC launch)

I held out hope so hard for this. Everyone was predicting doom and gloom and I kept saying, it'll be good. It won't be screwed up. It'll work.

Thanks for proving me wrong Gearbox.

Don't buy this. Very little in here is worth messing with. The items are 90% trash, the survivors are clunky or underpowered. The maps are good though! Shame you HAVE to put yourself on track to go to the garbage alt final boss to access them.

I will be downgrading my version.... and saying goodbye to this DLC. The mods did it better.

TL;DR: Do not buy this game. It is not the same game that was incredibly fun, that the whole world was playing, that had the stories of Malevelon Creek and Frend. This is a pale shadow. I will update this review if it ever regains the life it once had, but don't wait for it with bated breath. Go play Earth Defense Force if you want to feel like a supersoldier fighting aliens. That feeling is dead here.

I am currently editing this review with a cooler head and some distance from any patches, and I have come to realize that Arrowhead has nerfed something far, far worse than any weapon.

Arrowhead has nerfed and is killing the community.

I was amazed when I first started playing this game. It didn't matter that I was bad, I was having fun. It didn't matter to my teammates that I was bad or new, they were willing to give tips and enjoy the ride. It was a rare community where the concept of "get gud" was almost entirely absent. Enjoy the game on whatever difficulty works for you. Have fun. We dive together.

Now, there is a divide in the community. On the one side, you have the players, a full *checks recent steam reviews* 57% of the community, that is tired of the nerfs, tired of the bugs that aren't getting fixed, tired of the ragdolling, and tired, most of all, of the devs repeatedly saying they've "heard the community" and continuing to nerf, continuing to ignore bugs, continuing to allow the ragdolling. On the other side, you have the new class of elitists that insist all the negative reviews are "crybabies whining that their favorite weapon got nerfed" and that those who don't like the nerfed guns or consider them weak only do so due to "skill issue". That wholesome, welcoming community? It's dying. All the people who are just there to have fun are leaving due to it getting removed, and all the people remaining are becoming increasingly elitist and "get gud". It's tragic.

I know how this will end. I've seen another game fall to it before. It's deja vou. The nerfs and questionable balance changes come thick and fast. Some of the community gets upset and leaves, and the rest thinks they're overreacting. Then the next patch happens, and more people leave, fed up with the balance changes, and the rest of the community thinks they're overreacting. Repeat, repeat, repeat. Every patch, fewer players logging in. Every patch, more veterans finally fed up and leaving. A game I loved died to this. And I am living it all over again, only in a much shorter timescale.

Please. Please, Arrowhead. We aren't playing Rainbow Six Siege. You can stop trying to imitate them. This game used to be a more realistic version of Earth Defense Force. Now the weapons might as well be tickling the bugs on later difficulties. Please, Arrowhead. Bring back the Helldivers 2 I loved.


Arrowhead, for the love of god please STOP NERFING EVERYTHING. You want to know why the breaker incendiary was 30% of all bug missions?? Cause it was DECENT. Not OP, not unbalanced, DECENT. And now it's worse. Why??? I am still using the liberator 90% of my games. It's not cause it's OP or unbalanced, it's cause it's DECENT and NOTHING else I've unlocked is. This is a PVE game! You don't need to finely balance everything until friendly fire doesn't matter! Let us kill bugs! Let us scrap automatons! Somehow flamethrowers are both garbage and LESS REALISTIC??? It's NAPALM! It STICKS TO PLATING! It doesn't BOUNCE!!!!!!

Tip for the future: if you see a weapon or stratagem used in a massive percentage of games? GOOD. You DID IT. You made something FUN. Don't nerf it, try buffing one of the many garbage weapons to a fun state. Shockingly, not only will you start seeing greater weapon variety, you'll see greater weapon variety AND get more player goodwill.

Game is officially being buried long after it died. They couldn't even just leave it trucking so people could eventually crack it, mod it, and make it something good. They couldn't even let private servers still exist. The devs literally said "thanks for the money, go ♥♥♥♥ yourselves".

I will never not be mad about this injustice.

Really fun game! Please add a permanent chat disable so I dont have to press it every time!!

Fun game that combines the random upgrading survival shooter with galactica :)

There is toxicity. That's to be expected of online PVP. But more and more, the devs are making the most toxic option no longer the most effective. And right now, the game is more balanced than ever and an absolute ball!