Recent reviews by viridescent

PLEASE PLAY THIS GAME RIGHT NOW

It's SOOOO good. Ugh, difficulty.

AND accessible difficulty, too! No, I'm not interested in hurting my already vision-deficient eyes. Outlines, please!

Play on Expert.

Loved it, got too good, quit.

Been here from the beginning. Incredible game.

I've spent hundreds and hundreds of hours on this game; but like you, I got it for free.

A year ago, when Forsaken was released, they gave out the base game of Destiny 2 for free. I picked it up, thinking, "a free game shouldn't hurt." I'd heard of its failures so long ago, and now I was wondering how the sequel had done. I came in, half-expecting a bloody mess of microtransactions and good core gameplay plagued by crap writing and an overall failure of direction.

Oh, boy, was I wrong.

I only had access to the base game experience - the experience that many people loathed, that they said was empty. But even then I found hundreds of hours of enjoyment out of the miserable base game experience. I finished the first raid - the only raid I had access to - with a good bunch of DLC players who were willing to lead this new player on what probably was the greatest co-operative experience in any video game to date. It was crazy! This wasn't what I expected; this was so much better.

Then, they gave out the Curse of Osiris and Warmind DLCs for free when the Season of Opulence came out, and suddenly I spent myself sinking a bit too many hours into the game.

Kinderguardians, you are lucky beyond your knowledge. Appreciate it. You enter an incredibly well-made game approaching the peak of its life cycle; matured, well-defined, and now finally having a creative direction, thanks to the incredible people at Bungie. Us Guardians never had that in the past, and we never had a guarantee that the game would get better. But we stuck by it, and it stuck by us. Now, you have the Black Armory Forges for free, the Menagerie and Reckoning for free, all the Patrol Locations for free, the Gambit gamemode for free, Annual Pass drops for free - so many things. You have no more barriers now. You're free to experience the entirety of Year 1, and sample the incredible experiences that is Year 2 - and, henceforth, Year 3.

I still dearly remember my first two clanmates; TofuBoy and Mirage. I hope they come back soon, even though I've found a new home in a new clan. It's this sense of community that keeps the game going strong, and it's what drives Bungie to make the game better, too. Enjoy yourselves; in the chaotic mess of the Crucible, in the hard challenges of the Raids, in the heartwrenching competition that is Gambit, the Vanguard Strikes (which, I admit, needs fixing ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥), and in all the other activities that each bring their own to the game. In days of peace or in days of ♥♥♥♥♥♥ patches and new OP exotics, enjoy yourself.

We are Guardians. We make our own Destiny.

Eyes up.

No Man's Sky is set to be another contender into the very niche space sim genre, and is poised to make a hell of a comeback after their disastrous launch, joining the ranks of other games that have recovered from disasters to create an incredible experience.

Truth be told, No Man's Sky is not for everyone. At its core it is a survival game, somewhat alike to Subnautica or The Forest, with an incredibly immersive world and an added dose of long resource harvesting sessions - plenty of therapeutic experiences to find here - as well as a touch of exploration.

It is NOT, however, a massive, hand-crafted world. Do NOT expect sprawling remarkable landscapes from each of the planets you visit. Many people come in with the expectation that they are going to be thrown into a living, breathing universe, akin to the Fallout series or "Skyrim in space", but it's not any of that.

At best, it's as if Subnautica was a game set in a procedurally infinite ocean, or The Forest set in a series of randomly generated infinite woods. Keep this in mind as you explore the 'infinite number of unique planets in this game' *cough*

With that out of the way, though, I have to say that my experience so far has been nothing short of incredible. The atmosphere is well-crafted, the quests are enough to give you a direction, and the core gameplay itself feels great. No Man's Sky has really brought itself up from the disaster of its launch (which reminds me of R6S and Destiny 2, two other games that have gone from AAA-grade disappointments to high-quality entertainment), and with the upcoming BEYOND update, is poised to become an exciting game.

Looking forward to seeing what Sean Murray and Hello Games have in their sleeves. They're full of ♥♥♥♥, but they deliver, and the delivery, while slow, has been great.

Keeps me up all day.

An exciting and excellent combination of amazing gameplay that requires true teamwork and strategy to succeed. Easy to learn, hard to master, it constantly captivates me as I learn new and better ways to play.

Everyone should get this game!

And I'm not joking when I say this. Four very cute girls and a variety of paths! It all leads down to one ending where
e҉v͇̪͓ȩ̬r͏̰͇̝͚̣̹̟yo̡̭͙̭̖͈n͏̱̫͓̠e͏ ͇̣̠͙̙i͕̕s̭̳̰͖ ͎͚̭͇ͅͅh͚̭̟̥a͔̲̦p̧͚̲͓̜̳̘p̣͕̰͇̪̦͍ỳ̯̙̭̞.

Aǹd̨ I͠'͠m ̕n̡o̕t̡ ͞jo̕k̛ing when I s̶a̡y҉ ̷this͡.̢ ̴T̕hr͟e͏e ҉v́e̴ry͏ cut̵e̶ gi̧r͘l͏s a̴n͏d͝ ̷a va҉r͝iet͘y͢ o͏f ̡pa̸t͟hs! ͝It͝ a̴ll ̵ļea͏d̕s ̸down ̢to ̨on̕ȩ en̶d͟i҉n̛g͝ wher͡e̕ èver̛y̕ơǹe͡ is ̵ha̛ppy.͢

Á̧n̢d͘̕ ́I͠'̴m̶̸͡ ҉no͟͝t͏ ̧j̛o̵̡k͝in̷̶͝g͏̛́ w̧͠h̵̨e̵ń̵̨ ̶̧͜I̵̛͜ ͢ś͡ay̴͏ ͜͠t͞h̕i̵s͘.́͘ ̸̛͘Tẁo͘ v̕͢e͢͠ry̡ ̸̢͏c͟ú̷͏t̸͏e҉ ̸͘͟g̷͘҉i̴͘͝r̵͢͢l̨͟s̡̀ ̧a̸nd͏ ̸̷a͜ ̢v͏ari̢͡͡e͞͞t̷̸͠y̸ ̴͢͝òf́͟ ̨͢p̶̕a̢͡t҉h̀s̀!͏͢ ̢͢Ít̨҉̶ ̷͏à͢l̶̢l҉҉ ͏́̕l̨e҉a͟͢d̵͟s ̀d̸ow̶͘n͘ ͝t҉ó̵̴ ͞on̡͜ȩ̸͝ ̷e̢n͟d͝͞i̸͠n̵̴g̴ ̵́̕w͜h̀͢ér̸͞ę ̛͡ev̶͝ęr̴y̷̷ó͜né͟ ̢͡i̸̡s̶̡ ̶͠h͢a̷̧p͜py.͞


All you have to do is choose m̵̸̛͜͜o̧̧n̢̧̛i̕͏͘͡ka͏̵̨͞͠ the right girl!

Just Monika. :)



By the way, the disclaimers are not joking.

D̕o no҉t pl̢a̶y̴ ͡thi͘s g̨am͜e i̸f͟ ͞y͞ou a̵re͏ ea͠si̶ly̵ d̴iśtur͟b͢e̛d ͏ơr͢ ̷su҉ff͝er͜i͏ng҉ f́r҉o̡m ͝me͞n̨t͝a̕l he͢àl̡th ̢i̸ss͡u͞e̢s̷.