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How could I NOT recommend this game? It's everything you loved from Yakuza: Like A Dragon, but with improved combat /and/ set in Hawaii!

Just buy it. You'll thank yourself for it.

A fun game about digging a hole. Sadly the endgame is a horror segment where you're chased around by giant moles, and very much not being a fan of being chased by something bigger than me without a rocket launcher in my hands, it turned me right off the game.

Keeping the game 'cause the base premise is something I enjoy: dig around, find minerals, sell stuff, very nice game loop. But the endgame made me stop playing.

If you don't mind getting chased by giant moles, then this game's definitely for you. If you do mind getting chased by things that want to eat you and having absolutely no way to defend yourself besides the sprint key, well... at least you can just dig until you reach that very large hole at the bottom of the area.

EDIT: Sony backtracked their decision and the May 6th update is not going forward! The PSN requirement has been removed, and thus, my ONE complaint about this game is gone too!

IT HAS BUG KILLING! BOT KILLING! Environments galore, and many fun weapons to use! The co-op is great! SERIOUSLY PEOPLE, BUY THE GAME, PLAY IT, THE CONSUMERS HAVE WON!!!

Yeah, sadly, gotta join my voice to the choir here. The reasoning behind the PSN addition is irritating to say the least, and all the security problems surrounding Sony's management of data makes the problem worse. When, apparently, the only reason linking a PSN account to Steam was to make banning users easier is added on top, it makes the situation that much worse.

It carves up HD2's gaming community and restricts it from the greater world in a pretty significant way. Pretty much cuts off a good third of the world's population from playing. Some countries need you to submit government ID for age verification as well.

Sony gets hacked annually according to some posts. You really want a company that can't get through a year without someone breaking in to have access to your government-issued IDs? Driver's licenses and such? Pictures of your face? That's a lot of personal information at high risk of being released to the wider Internet.

So no, I don't recommend this game. If the PSN requirement's removed for PC gamers? Considering this game is otherwise ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ incredible and has built an amazing community around it, yeah, I'd happily recommend this.

But not while players are actively being kept away from the game they paid for. Refunds or not, whether or not the store page said it'd eventually come in, the game had a good thing going. It's a game you people control, you people built. Having a functional ban system is not reason enough to require people to manage two accounts and submit information to a company with a frankly crap IT infrastructure.

Like many of the reviews already posted, it's a dichotomy. Gameplay is there, it's fun, it's cool, nice to finally lean on lasrifles like a proper guardsman, but everything else feels lacking. Story's been thin, monetization's been heavy, I can see Level 30 in any class is going to be a grindfest trying to get high percentages on gun parameters (and I'm not even sure what they actually /do/), and the maps, though looking nice, just get samey after a while.

Will there be a moment from this game that I remember, that wasn't because of players or a random spawn? Probably not. It's certainly not a game I will ever play on my own.

Satanic worship, Paper Mario-esque aesthetic, Animal Crossing level joy and dark humor in everything you can do with your followers?

Sign me UP, baby!

I mean, it's the VR software for Steam, when are you not going to use this if you wanna play VR on non-Oculus hardware?

Simply put, you haven't played a game as charming as A Hat In Time. You just haven't.

A 3D platformer with the design of a cartoon and design that will impress and challenge those who look for substance in platformers. Especially Seal The Deal, as Deathwish Mode is exactly the kind of challenge that will dropkick you into next week if you aren't taking it seriously.

The characters are all wonderful, if one-note and lacking in development, I don't hold that against the game at all. It's not here to tell this ball-busting tearjerker of a story, or really any kind of character arc at all. You've got Hat Girl, you've got your foes, everything has a lovely and fun design and tone to it, it's a ton of fun.

I mean, it's also got fridge horror if you dig far enough - 'Vanessa' will be an important name to dig into if you look into this game -, and the stories you get for each purple Time Rift are well worth the effor tto gather.

One of the best games I've ever played. It still has me coming back, even after collecting every Time Piece and getting a really good bite out of Deathwish. I can't recommend this game enough to people who miss the 3D Mario platformers, or are looking for the challenger in Yookah-Laylee's ring.

The amount of teamwork required to succeed in this game is far higher than most other games I've played. If you find a good crew of friends, you're bound to have a good time. As long as you're able to avoid the toxicity of most players who also play.

Don't get angry if you die. You will die a lot, that much is a certainty, and it will only keep happening until you learn the game, the maps and the operators you use. You'll naturally get better, and eventually you'll be dominating in this game just as easily as you got dominated when you started.

Keep playing, it'll serve you in the long run, no matter what anyone else says to you.

200+ guns with fine-tuned models, physics and recoil, two game modes that actually challenge you and a whole lot of humor packed into the game, from the title to the NPC hotdogs you shoot at.

How in the world could you not love this game? Anton and his team are geniuses and we're lucky to have them. I wholeheartedly recommend this to any owner of an Oculus, Index or Vive, especially the Index because you lucky bastards get the capacitive touch Knuckle controllers, a fact that I am still endlessly jealous of. Very much worth everyone's time.

Get in there and start shooting!

Put simply? One of the greatest games I've ever had the joy of playing. If you like dubstep, bullet hell, cute characters and a heart-warming story packed with light-hearted, yet somehow nightmarish, cataclysmic events, this is most definitely the game for you.

Berzerk Studios, please, God, keep making games at this level of quality. The levels are fun, the songs are amazing, the story was entrapping - even though there wasn't even an ounce of dialogue beyond Block shouting at others when he gets thrown around - and I was engrossed from start to finish. A great reminder of the days I spent on Newgrounds, mixed with the music of today and the ever-pleasing fact that games still can be good. Great even.

I will definitely be throwing my money at these people the next time they release a game.

Also, Valve, can we get a new rating? 'Recommended so hard I would buy this game for someone else just so they could experience it.'