Recent reviews by Aster

Short and simple. Dig a hole in your backyard. Find treasure. Upgrade tools. If that sounds fun, this is a game for you.

Cute and simple. Drive around in a little boat cleaning up pollution and rescuing animals.

Not quite HOMM, but feels very similar. Having your units generate the essence for your spells is interesting. You often select particular units or buff initiative so that you can cast a specific spell. Adds an interesting dynamic to the combat. I played through the whole campaign and overall it was enjoyable. Gets a little tedious when you are overpowered and have spend time just travelling around the map. Could use some more unit variety as well. But, if you want something like HOMM, this is a good choice.

Ran into a few bugs in my brief playtime. As others have pointed out, it seems like a lot of bugs made it through. Even without that, it's just dungeon themed two point hospital. Meh.

Basic gameplay is enjoyable, but nothing special. The UI is quite clunky in places. Like no on-hover details for keywords. Instead you have to scroll through a book on the bottom left? The difficulty jump on the final fight is ridiculous. Didn't lose a single match the whole way. Didn't even lose any units in the first two tournament fights. Final player destroyed me and had 3 units left. What's the point of all those previous fights if they're not preparing you for the end? Really feels like this game needed another pass of polishing before launch. Even then I'm not sure how much depth there is. Always choose to max your combos and hope randomness doesn't screw you over.

Not really much to it. Walk around, gather resources, upgrade, build paths. The basic gameplay is fun, but it gets boring quickly. Every world is essentially the same and you do the same tasks. If there was a way to speed things up it might not be so bad, but it feels like a slog. Might be worth it on sale or if you play with friends.

A little bit more than just a visual novel. You have resources that regenerate each cycle and you have to choose how you spend them. It's nothing too restrictive though, I found I was able to complete pretty much everything I attempted without issue. The story is good, feels like something out of the Expanse universe or maybe Scavengers Reign. As with all proper cyberpunk stories, your first priorities are upgrading the noodle shop and befriending a stray cat.

An excellent exploration adventure game, but this time vertically. The climbing mechanic is interesting. I played using mouse and keyboard, alternating the mouse buttons to climb with each arm. Took a while to get used to the rhythm, but once I did it felt natural. Remembering which hand to let go and which to hold makes it feel intense, I found myself gripping the mouse really hard. I think that works well as an analogue for rock climbing.

Fun exploration adventure game featuring a sweet caravan. You explore your once home planet and uncover a secret about its past. Overall its quite well done, lovely art style. Wish that more of the lore was in the exploration, most of it comes from conversations with characters and they can get a bit tedious. +1 for Blahaj.

Great world building and a fun story to play through it. The tactical combat is pretty good, but some of the cover mechanics are bugged or the % info is wrong (at least in lite tactical). Still not too difficult to play through, your characters get a lot of powerful abilities to even things out. Most encounters you can also sneak around and ambush individuals to give you an advantage. Loved the keypad door locks being escape room like puzzles rather than "find data pad, enter combo".