Recent reviews by Autrizzm

Another dead joke shooter.

Spawned the whole BR craze but feels dated and janky now. Occasionally worth playing with friends for the memories, but Apex and Warzone are just better games.

I guess hybrid shooter/TD games, in theory, are attempts to reduce the downtime of pure TD games by letting you shoot during rounds. Sanctum falls flat at this because enemies are just nonreactive bullet sponges. I found the game really boring.

Weeaboo Hearthstone

Frustratingly random

Not a very compelling survival & crafting game. It's cute but the spritework, exploration, and combat all fall flat for me. The combat also never clicked -- enemies seem to have way too much health and the movement tech required to not take crazy amounts of damage still eludes me.

An addictive roguelite masocore platformer. I love this game because every death feels fair and semi-random level generation keeps levels feeling fresh. Item/AI/level interactions are also funny. While it technically has local co-op, it’s not very fun because your friends will probably suck at the game and burn your hearts.

Mordhau is probably the best multiplayer sword-fighting game out there, but the sheer amount of time you'll need to dump into the non-transferable skill of PC sword duelling to be any good at it is a little off-putting for casual play. Also off-putting: the game attracts deus vult types.

The original XCOM was something I only read about in old PC Gamer magazines before this came out, and I was hooked. For all its faults, XCOM: Enemy Unknown is a stylish and brainy tactics game that nails the vibe of fighting aliens. It’s superseded in a lot of ways by XCOM 2, but respect where it’s due.

A love letter to the original Wipeout games. I love the handling and the retro cyberpunk vibes to death.