Recent reviews by Reckoner

A nice visual update to one of my favorite games. It does struggle with performance at times, even on a Geforce RTX 4090. Overall, I very much enjoyed replaying Portal with prettier lighting and updated models. I'm looking forward to the upcoming RTX Remix for Half-Life 2.

Psychonauts has long been one of my favorite games ever. Doublefine has knocked it out of the park with a sequel that lives up to the original and exceeds it in many ways. The writing is fantastic, and the level design is varied and imaginative. Every minute of this game is pure fun. Also cool to see the accessibility features included to allow players of varying abilities and skills to enjoy the game. A big thank you to Doublefine for getting this right.

This is the best way to experience the original Half-Life. Captures the feel and key moments of the original along with beautiful new visuals. The Zen levels especially are vastly improved over the originals. It's hard to believe that this started as a fan project. Highly recommended.

Best roleplaying game I've played in a long time. It takes the best things about previous Witcher games and combines it with the best things about Skyrim. To top it off, it has some of the best graphics that I've seen in a game, with beautiful landscapes and scenery. There is a lot to do in this game, and almost all of it is fun. A very good value for the money.

Really enjoyed this game. The art is beautiful, the voice acting and music are great, and the story is excellent. The puzzles are well thought out, and actually make sense. Very glad to have backed this project (the documentary alone was worth every penny). It's fairly short at the moment (I finished Act 1 in a few hours), but what is here is a fantastic adventure game. Can't wait for Act II.

I love the art and humor of this game, and the initial metroid style gameplay is fun. However, I can't recommend this unless you are the type of gamer who enjoys both memorizing long strings of combos, and extreme twitch platforming (think super meat boy with fighting game combos). Without an easier gameplay setting, the initial fun wears off quickly. If you are a masochist who loves dying over and over and over again on the same part, this game is for you.

I'm about half way through, and I love this game so far. Great animation and fun gameplay.