Recent reviews by BurnhamUp

I heard it was good. And it is. It's great! All the different variants and character abilities are just too much! Each time I unlock a new challenge, I'm in awe of the possibilities.

It's a charming game. It's tone reminds me a lot of Paper Mario

Never really difficult, but a relaxing game. Reminds of trying to untie a string or something. It was interesting that the three 'tries' mechanic didn't come in until the end, because I found the instant failure to be off putting.

The frustration of clicking a button and accidentally forgetting about other pieces that would move brought the whole game home.

It feels like there is some room for more difficulty to try to complete each level in the fewest button presses or toggles as possible.

I picked up the game because I thought the name was funny (reminded me of a real life Melissa K)

I was expecting a hidden object game, but what I got was a fairly competent point and click adventure game that happened to have a few hidden object puzzles.

The game started off strong, but got muddled towards the end. Most of the time I was stuck because I hadn't returned to the correct old location to find new items. The robust hint system helped me skip past all the potentially frustrating clues.

I really enjoyed the whole experience. Loved the music and the way the game owned the time travel mechanic.

The absolute best part for me was the finale of episode 2

I really liked it! The puzzles were varied, and the platforming was very execution heavy, but I enjoyed figuring it out. And I got good enough at it that I could complete all the challenges. I liked the settings, the atmosphere, and I even enjoyed the ending. I especially liked the little cut scene dreams between each challenge.

I really enjoyed this game! It’s come the closest to Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time. In some ways the exploration surpasses Prince of Persia. The ruins were a more complex and the controls lent themselves to lots of viable ways to traverse them. There was usually a single intended path but clever jumping would sometimes be rewarded. Unfortunately, this freedom also meant that there were lots of ways to die. I frequently jumped at the wrong places, or wrong moments, or just had the controls betray me as I tried to make a tricky jump. I also enjoyed the combat in this game. It was a lot less stressful than a third person shooter, and once I got the hang of the special abilities I found it be a good change of pace from the exploration. It was fairly easy, and I felt like a lot of the concepts were poorly explained, such as how ammo works with the special weapons.

The game does a pretty good job at creating a hacking world, but is flawed in ways that ruin the fun.

The gameplay reminds me of Uplink. In some ways I like this game better because the hacking is focused around fewer more specific actions.

Things I didn't like:
The global trace score is very confusing. It seems like most actions I take cause my trace to increase, despite bouncing my connection and finishing my hacks. The fact that this carries over from level to level means that poor performance in the beginning of the game can make later levels more difficult. I don't want to redo earlier levels to try to make later levels easier.
Since resources like money and bounced connections are so limited, I found myself without enough money to finish the level I was in. It wasn't clear whether I should keep trying to hack or if I was really stuck.

It's a cool looking game, but flawed.