Recent reviews by Burkus

The game has a lot of good ideas and is fun to play.

The developer *really*, *really*, *really* needs to focus on polish and execution. The game is janky, buggy, and there are mechanics that are unclear. If the developer does focus on these things, this game could be a hit.

The game is clunky and not really that fun. I would prefer to play Earth Defense Force.

Gameplay is very streamlined and straight to the point.

Given its an extraction shooter, there is some pain in the menus. However, there is a lot less tedium compared with something like Tarkov.

You press "Spin" and the beep noises get higher pitched.

The level editor is very good 👍

A very solid and very fun game. My initial thoughts with this game is that it would be a bit janky (like Toybox Turbos or Garfield Kart are), but it's a very robust game in terms of inviting friends, the pre-race lobby area, post-race running around, choosing styles etc.

I'm very impressed by the procedurally generated levels. I would like to see more options for saving levels for later play, choosing to do only practice/only race/both etc. (Maybe these options are in the game and I just haven't realised?

More of a story focus than other deckbuilders/rogue-lites. The atmosphere and vibe is probably even better than the awesome gameplay!

Fantastic auto-battler game. Takes away all the unneeded complexity and keeps it simple. The result is a very fun game that still has complex strategies without being off-putting to new players. Similar to how Awesomenauts is a simple Moba (unlike Dota/LoL) that is still a very complex game.

Developers are fantastic at updating the game based on community feedback. They really nail the patches!

One of the best games I've ever played. There are a lot of very nice things about this game.

I am a Metal Gear fan, but prior to this game launching I wasn't very interested in it. I went into it not super excited (which is a good way to be with this game, I don't think it would appeal to everyone once they start playing it) but ended up being really engaged with it. Seeing pre-release gameplay, I thought it looked like a boring walking sim so its very surprising that I wouldn't categorise one second so far as being boring, it keeps your interest.

Great art/graphics, great gameplay (I think the unlocks + mission progression is very well paced), great cutscene cinematography.

I've played through about 75% of the game and its a lot of fun. You get stars for completing puzzles. You also get stars if you complete puzzles in a certain amount of time or in a certain number of moves.

The game technically feels quite old at this point with aspect ratio and resolution options being limited. I still think you could get sucked into this game ignoring that.