Recent reviews by bb010g

As a big Risk of Rain (2) fan, Balatro scratches that itch in a much less input intensive context. Wonderful game.

They learned how to jump.

Incredible soundtrack & beautifully smooth movement.

Harsh difficulty curve.

skirmishing ungulates

Note: This is an in-progress review that I'll be updating as I play the game more.

sphereFACE is a roguelike Asteroids-style game with unique design, quality difficulty curve, and good soundtrack.

When you first start, you'll be crashing into things really often. It'll probably feel like you can't effectively control your ship. I would recommend using mouse and keyboard for the extra precision both give you, turning off automatic deceleration for all spheres, and just sticking with it for a while. After around and hour, the controls finally started to click, and it got a lot easier. Something else to note is how things move inside the sphere—there's an interesting coordinate system at work that I can't place yet. Try just running loops around the equator in the starting sphere for a while at an angle and see what happens. (I can't really describe it ATM, but it does feel fine once you get what's happening.)

The weapons seem pretty unique, with their own strengths and weaknesses. For example, the spreadGUN's got nice range and fires quickly, but you can screw yourself over powerup-wise if you're not careful with all the shots flying around. OTOH, the flakCANNON (one of my favorites) is quick and doesn't clutter up the sphere, but is short range and isn't as wide as a well-upgraded spreadGUN. You can figure out weapons fit your playstyle, and work on upgrading those. It's nicely flexible.

Performance-wise, it runs fine on my laptop's Nvidia card, but only hits around 40 on integrated. I also tested it on my Linux partition and, while functioning fine, it couldn't reach above 45 even with primusrun & Bumblebee. (I am currently working with the devs to try and fix this.) Also, I've found rebinding controllers to be a bit crashy.

All in all, I think it's worth the money so far, and I look forward to playing more and really figuring this game out.

It's a mix of Melee, 64, and awesomeness.

Fast paced and well designed characters. Parrying feels really good. Splash you later!

Great gameplay! Nice level design, and tons of new player levels avilable, increasing longevity greatly. Also has a teriffic soundtrack. Get it now!