Recent reviews by Jaef

Great action roguelite in the vein of Diablo 1. Interesting gearing meta, being able to extract gear to start your next run with. I struggle with the longetivity of the gameplay, as I do with all of these - runs are long and these things can get stale, but a great way to zen out for 30m.

A masterpiece of art and storytelling. Everyone should play this game.

A novel take on the isometric Zelda adventure. While it treads very familiar tropes, the exquisite art style and simple, tightly responsive gameplay makes the game more than the sum of its parts. A novel way of obfuscating certain game mechanics behind a "find the lost pages of the instruction booklet" game makes the game feel fresh. For example, how to transform or activate certain objects isn't immediately obvious until you pick up a strategically located instruction page that suggests, through ink in the margins, how to do so. Strongest during its opening few acts as you're unraveling the game mechanics and the rules of the world, it can become a bit of a slog at the end as you try to divine where to go next (you may need to ultimately consult a guide) based on what you've unlocked so far. Still, excellent title and highly recommend picking up.

The souls-like element (of which there's just one - drop a few coins on death and retrieve your ghost to get them back and stun nearby enemies) feels tacked-on, but not unnecessary - it's an improvement over merely sending you back to the last save point as the consequences of your actions from the last save through death aren't undone.

Simple yet deep. Charming and challenging. A classic roguelike score-attack platformer that is the very definition of "just one more round..."

Was well worth every penny, best played with a controller.

Very well crafted with a not-too-pixelly aesthetic, but stay away if you're not a fan of tower defense or the game's awkward partial-control combat.

A worthy sequel to Lara Croft & the Guardian of Light. Expect similar puzzles, combat, challenges and so on. Apparently the online matchmaking isn't the greatest but this is an EXCELLENT couch co-op game. Plug and play with multiple controllers, no problem.

Terrible story and cutscenes, best ignored. Luckily they're not too intrusive and you can focus on the base gameplay, which is quite fun.

Has some performance issues, certainly not optimized, but if your machine is reasonably powerful you should be able to run it relatively smoothly with some settings adjustments.

A weird mix of Roguelike, RPG and Platformer. Leans on the old pre-3D Castlevania aesthetic and gameplay pretty heavily. Fun if you don't mind games where you throw yourself against a wall of failure while you learn for a while. DO NOT BUY THIS IF YOU DO NOT OWN A GAMEPAD FOR YOUR PC! Due to the way abilities are structured it is unpleasant to play on a keyboard.