Recent reviews by The Backroom Goblins

Game is okay with very simple gameplay, sprites look good though. I had fun.

It's a good support to learn japanese. You can get a few vocabularies and learn them through context. Also, a bit of basic grammer is also good to understand with this. But I advice you to use other ressources and at least a little knowledge beforehand to really work with this software.

I'd give this a second place of outfits in this game.

Probably one of the best outfits.

I like looking at pretty things.

I could say a lot about this VN. Like that it is funny and that I would fake the sounds of intercours with my little sister to not get caught by the police again. But instead I just want to dedicate this recommendation to my surprise best girl Rei. If you read it, you know why.

Nukitashi is a love it or hate it thing. But if you are fine with eroge in general I can only recommend Nukitashi.

I had Pseudoregalia in my sight for a while, bought it even because of the good reviews and still it took way to long to actually play it. But listen, I almost slept on this and missed out. These days, there are a lot of good devs that show their own respect to the old times of videogames and I like many of them.

But brother, let me tell you, and I got to get this off my chest, Pseudoregalia is an insane piece of art. Now, while it might not look like much for younger people, this game is made by a developer that loves video games with a passion and probably grew up with PSX and N64 like me. While on the surface this game looks like an average metroidvania platformer, I don't even have words for how lovely it is designed. It is so raw. No achievements, no level up system, no unnecessary long story exposition, minimal UI.

But I feel there is so much thought on how and when elements are introduced, how you explore this game and get rewarded for it. Abilities and upgrades that actually make you happy for beating an obstacle and giving you new options to interact with the game world. A lot of big games just don't comprehend this part. It starts so simple but every couple of minutes I get something that actually matters in game and that enriches my experience because I can try new stuff. And of course I can not forget about the soundtrack. The OST is just as good as the rest. It's not epic orchestral or anything, but it does its job and oh boy is it qualified for the job. The soundtrack enhances each level so much so that it sets the atmosphere and strenghthens your couriosity. And it's fun to listen since it's both nostalgic because of it's style and fresh because it's new.

And I am writing this review while I paused the game because I wanted to get these thoughts of my chest. I feel very early in the game, can't even tell you if there is a story worth telling nor do I know how long this game will still be. But the raw gameplay and design are flawless if maybe a little old-school. And it's relatively cheap.

Sprawl is a kinda short shooter which caught my attention with its old-school graphics which just hit the spot for me. On top I got a very fast paced game with an insanely awesome soundtrack. I liked how the difficulty settings could be fine-tuned just how much you like it. Standard settings were a bit hard for me though.

What else is there to say? I had fun and it didn't overstay its welcome which can't be said for a lot of big games nowadays. 100% worth it.

It's a cute little puzzle game with funny birds drawings. Each bird has got a name and a small text with their characteristics. What you see is what you get and at this price tag it's everything I want and need.

It's actually really good. Fun game which balances survival, exploration and crafting.