Recent reviews by Lizuzuzu

Well, I could echo the sentiment that this game is Theme Hospital/Two Point Hospital but in space but I feel like that's not giving it enough credit. The humour is a little more adult, both in rude jokes and dark humour. It's a refreshing take with different species that have different requirements which adds an extra dynamic to your hospitals management as you want to have enough things in place that satisfy their needs. They also have lore, which is really cool. It's not just... "here is an alien with an ailment" but there is actual history behind them and some have stories to explore in the campaign. The campaign itself has a solid story based objective for each level and then you can continue after meeting the objectives, restart the location in sandbox mode or move on to the next campaign hospital.
HEAL and Medi are fantastic characters that are both helpful and entertaining. Baz... We love Baz.
My downsides would be that the doctor management is lacking a little if you're keen on the management experience and the Twitch integration feels a bit bare-minimum, though it's still nice to have when playing the game on stream.
All in all, an entertaining hospital management/building sim with absolutely great humour.

Pretty decent. I was excited about this one though I expected a little more. Not sure what more but just.. a bit more. Like maybe different items for store stocks. Surprised by the price a little too, it's a few quid more expensive than I expected. It's basically a new game in a new location - it's a totally separate game mode, so nothing from your old gas station carries over but now you can also refuel boats, have an angry volcano to placate, instead of Dennis, you have a shark. I wish you could spend a little more time in the sea before it yells at you to return. It's actually quite pretty under there with all of the fish!

If you liked the original GSS content, you'll likely enjoy this. Pretty similar thing in a more scenic location, freshened up. All in all, I'm really enjoying it. I haven't come across any major issues so far. Just been yeeted to space a couple of times which is just funny to me more than anything else. It won't blow your mind tbh, but it might blow your volcano if you're not careful. Not a euphemism. Probably.

EDIT: Okay, I got it to work eventually, after having to reinstall it, then manually make the anticheat exe run, and disconnect my steam from Xbox app and remove lines from the credentials manager before I would let me log in to the game. It worked okay after that for the most part.

It's cool that there's a safer seas mode now, but it sucks a lot is locked out and nerfed in that mode. Higher risk and higher reward makes sense I guess but some things you just can't do/earn at all and I think that's a bit pants. Still, the game is fun if playing with others but I wouldn't pay full price for it, personally.

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I currently have 28 minutes in this game and I have played it for precisely 0 because it stays on a loading screen and then eventually crashes. 10/10. I have a RTX 3060, i7 and and 32GB ram. I've ran the game in the past from Xbox Game Pass. The game in itself is fun enough... if it works. But I can't recommend this edition when I can't even load it.

So, I have some mixed feelings about the game. The graphics are very typical of simulator genre games, which includes the models of people which some find kind of freaky. I'd be lying if I said I didn't find them a bit disconcerting. The artwork is nice, the menus are clean, the physics can be a bit weird. For me, it runs smoothly enough and it's pretty fun. Though the graphics are low by default, so you might wanna turn those up if your system can handle it, it makes a difference!
Feels kind of like a bunch of the people who've reviewed the game didn't really give it much chance... It's a different experience post-tutorial or if you play in sandbox; but I get it's not everyones cup of tea. I wasn't so keen on it at first as it forces certain options on you (carpeted walls!?!), but once you're past that, it's okay. I'd say to get it on sale though.
If you have issues with it running, you might need to verify game files. They're patching the game soon too and plan to keep updating it and have acknowledged some issues in the FW discord that they're working on. Hopefully that'll improve the user experience as it feels a little like an Early Access game right now, but it does have a lot of potential.

Being F2P on older servers is a challenge. Many regular events with small little transactions that soon add up. If I want to change server after having the game open and being idle a while, it just decides "nah, I don't wanna load it for you" so you have to reload the game which is annoying. But, it's surprisingly lively for a freemium idle game, chat is generally fairly friendly and there's a fair bit to do but you won't get too far as f2p. You can earn gems and save them for the monthly battle pass, or pay a fiver for it. ...save the gems. Though the pay off is worth more than whatever else you may spend gems on, for the most part.
Anyway. Finally leaving this review in hopes the game pop up prompt will leave me the heck alone. Seriously. That's annoying as hell and I'm very sure I'm not the only one who thinks so. I was going to leave a review that literally just stated such, but I decided to make it maybe marginally useful instead.

House Flipper 2 is a wonderful and relaxing game that includes a campaign mode that is similar to the first House Flipper game we know and love as well as a sandbox mode. I've had no issues running it on my machine and encountered very few issues myself but it does lack in some departments.. like.. the curtains. As well as some items only being available in sandbox mode, though apparently these will be added later along with other items. I look forward to more items in game, especially accessories and rugs, so hope to see more of those because there is so much nautical themed stuff.

Praise be to Barry!

This game is super cute and chill. The updates have added a lot in the ways of context and QOL since I purchased it on launch. Would recommend!

It's adorable and cosy. It feels good to play as you clean up the sea. It's not too punishing if you accidentally run out of oxygen. Though I wish it had an autosave feature as the game crashed, I'd forgotten to save for a long time and I lost two areas worth of progress, just as I reached a "new thing" so now I need to re-do everything and it's a bit disappointing.
It plays nicely with a controller.

Pretty fun. Only five free puzzles though. Well, more are free, but only up to 40 pieces which is pretty boring.
There is this recently released DLC listed https://steamproxy.net/steamstore/app/2471880/Puzzle_Together__Jigsaw_Super_Variety_Pack/ but it isn't acquirable? I see no way of getting it. Can't really complain too much for "Free" though.

Really fun little game. It has a lot to offer for a little price. It gets easier as you play thanks to not only the ability to purchase power-ups, but the ability to refund those power-ups (at no cost/penalty) and re-use them, so you can try out different skills/abilities/perks combos as you go. The only question is am *I* the vampire? Are vampires throwing these hoards at me? Maybe if I stopped pondering that and focused on the absolutely huge hoard coming for me, I'd make a little more progress... :D
You can play with WASD OR the arrow keys - controller also works. I like that it's simple. I opt for the arrow keys with my right hand as that's more comfy for me - maybe that makes me a little odd; but I love that it's an option.