Recent reviews by american sisyphus

I would say this game is really fun for about the first 5-10 hours when you start playing, getting new unlocks and making progression with the rougelite elements can feel exciting, but once you've done most of it the game can become a slog where resetting is almost mandatory because of how RNG reliant high-scoring/winning runs are.

Items like moldy cheese/gloves are so insanely strong for bosses that it feels bad when you don't get them, XP tome feels pretty much mandatory to have your run even start to snowball, and several weapons are just total ass; all of this leads to experimentation feeling punished since experimenting with new weapons, tomes or items will likely mean you lose or are kneecapping your own run. This game compares itself to RoR2 and VS, but I'd recommend either of those games more because they have better balancing and more content (and are much more fleshed out, well-made games tbh.)

The "Le Chungus" Reddit humor is also something I could definitely do without, it becomes pretty annoying pretty quick and makes it feel like I'm playing a game made by a 14 year old stuck in 2017.

If you want to just have some fun for a few hours and are willing to fork over $10 USD, this game is a good choice, but if you like to get deep into games and do everything I honestly wouldn't really recommend it. If any updates release to alleviate the problems I have I'll be very willing to revisit this game and edit this review.

mario kart sucks

its ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ Vergil bro

for anyone wondering no the game has not been updated to add spyware

I LOVE RALSEI AGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

This game saved my life.

I am 27.

My ex-wife and I have a daughter together, and adopted our son together. They are now both 4 years old.

When we were going through our separation, I found myself lost and miserable. I was self destructive. I got so mad one day from everything spiraling out of my control that I punched some concrete in a moment of overwhelming emotion. That caused me to break my 5th metacarpal in my right hand... my working hand... my games hand.. the hand that I held and carried my children to bed with.. The hand I desperately needed to make sure I could continue to provide.

After learning of the severity of my self-inflicted damage, I was borderline suicidal. Keep in mind that just a few months before this, I was the happiest man with no history of depression or anxiety. I have never had fits of rage, or been one to break down and cry, but I was in a low spot that just really buried me from being able to see the light on the other side.

Having nothing better to do, I searched for a game I could play, ONE HANDED while I recovered. I somehow stumbled upon this game and read some of the reviews. I decided that it had to be worth a shot... I must admit, I didn't beat the game, or play nearly as long as some of you. In fact, I may have only played this game a day or two.. With that being said, after doing so, I had a new found joy and hope for life. I was able to put behind me the pain and suffering that had been cast over me. I was able to experience other peoples joy and happiness. I was able to see the fruits of my "labor". I relaxed for 5 ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ minutes to this music long enough to realize that I was going to be okay.

After coming to that realization, I turned the game off, and I went back to work. It hurt my hand like hell but I was motivated. I stopped feeling so damn sorry for myself, and I became the father I needed to be in that moment, not the weak boy I was behaving as.

Today, I am close friend with my kids mother. We don't fight, or argue, or say hurtful things to each other. We are parents, and friends.

I now have 3 kids. My third child is, wait for it, ALSO 4 YEARS OLD. The woman I am with was going through a very similar situation at the time of my own separation, and we just stumbled in to each others life unexpectedly. We have been in a relationship for a year now, and are very happy together.

Moral of the story, you never know what life holds in store for you, and if I would have given up when all the odds were stacked against me, I wouldn't be where I am today. This silly little game helped me realize that.

Thank you

Hmm... that's infaccurate.

please make sonic mania 2 already

Currently I don't believe the online is in the best state (which could be excused as it being in beta, but after a year of development I was hoping for something a bit better,) with a lot of input delay and things like splitting choice pedestals with a friend being very difficult even with proper communication because of said input delay. The buffs and QOL improvements are very nice, but again for being a year in the making it does feel somewhat lacking since there are a lot of other pretty obvious changes that could have been included but weren't (i.e. finally updating tear rate items to have some other effect so they aren't all identical, making the mausoleum door take red hearts first, etc.)

thanks for nothing gearbox