Recent reviews by Astaroth

Put a lotta hours into this game on the Vita as the Golden version, and a bit on the PS2 as the standard. It's a fantastic game, great characters, good plot, and fun as hell gameplay. I've played a minor amount of this atm, but so far, port is a gem! Give it a look, whether on sale or full price

Great game, powerful puzzles, phenomenal protagonist, delightful demons and hot harem!

Thanks vanripper for giving me some drawing ideas!

I've not even played an hour of this, and already, looks like a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ mess. I forgot that everyone looked like clay or plasticine (Not loaded textures). The "Definititve Edition" of the game, made it worse. Thanks!

This game has been abandoned by the developers, so it's basically nearly the same as it has been on launch, that being a shell of its former self. It feels so much like a glorified MOBA instead of an RTS, and it's so slow! HERESY! TOTAL HERESY!

70 mins in, I scared myself. From a person that is a bit of a coward at horror games. Capcom nailed it!

A year ago, I played this.
I played it just now,
I know why I stopped playing.
No.

I have the game.

I like the game.

Get it.

I love this game, I really do, but can we do something about this anticheat, because I am seeing blatant hackers using aimbot in LE games, which isn't a good sight to see. Also with raging people, and plenty of salt to go around.

Valve, plz fix. Or just use FACEIT, make sure to get Premium, to avoid dealing with cheats and basic peeps.

To me, Slime Rancher is a game that is a diamond in the rough in terms of the Early Access genre. It's one of the games that I now want to continue going to every now and then, with so much on offer the more time that I start devoting into the game.

Gamplay wise, it's pretty simple. Collect plorts to get money to expand your ranch via feeding slimes. Once you get enough money, you can start to build stuff like corrals for your slimes, and farms and coops to make sure that food is conveniently available for your slimes. With even more money, you can go further and expand the ranch for more capacity and more places to explore. More places can be unlocked through feeding Gordo slimes, which some people might find a chore. Feeding Gordo slimes may give you crates, or slime keys that unlock new areas.

The presentation emphasises on the more cartoonish aspect, and it's really pleasing to my eyes. The slimes themselves are like bundles of happiness once you get to feed them, which really gives it a therapeutic aspect to me. Seeing these cute slimes bounce around gives me a sense of joy that melts my heart. Tarrs (if you feed largos a different plort) are imposing enough to look like a threat to you and other slimes too. The soundtrack is also easy on the ears at day and night, the upbeat and lively nature of it making it even more relaxing (Unless if a Tarr is present.)

Some might argue that the game seems like a large grindfest to unlock areas. That's kinda true, especially early on in the game. But once you earn enough, money will go slightly quicker once you gather more largo slimes (Non-pink largoes are advised if you want more money in the long run.)

Optimisation-wise, I feel that it's greatly optimised for what it is. The game never crashed since revisiting it in late December-early January, and I only encountered one bug (Falling through the ground at a part of the map, therefore I had to jetpack across). That bug was easily fixed with a restart of the game, so that wasn't anything major or game-breaking. The optimisation is what makes me really appreciative of Monomi Park's effort with this game, as it shows that they really care for this game. Running this game on modern hardware would be no issue at all, so long as you have the required specs.

In conclusion, I'd give this game a 9.8/10. It's an experience that I now want to keep going back to now, and it's a gem amongst my eyes that also brings a warm smile. It's suitable for people that either want to come back to every now and then, or those that want to sink in a few hours in a session.
I'd definitely recommend to purchase it in a sale. If you do want to considering purchasing it full-price, then do so as well. You'd be most likely not disappointed either way.

Acquired lots of military loot (A loaded SKS and Derringer, plenty of rounds), went to the airfield to Grishino only to get my journey hampered by zombies that can hit for a mile away and lag spikes everywhere. My journey met an untimely demise when a probably teenage kid shot me dead (who I couldn't see or hear). His last words: Should've stopped running.

10/10. Worst game of 2014, avoid like the plague.