Recent reviews by Sasha

Clustertruck is a game where you jump on trucks and then subsequently yell at your computer.

Game 100% #8

Planet Coaster is the true spiritual successor to the Roller Coaster Tycoon franchise, since Frontier developed RCT3 and Atari have done a pretty poor job with continuing the series proper. As someone who grew up playing RCT2 and RCT3, this game is right for me. It's (almost) everything you liked in RCT3 just in a more modern package. One of the big improvements is found in coaster building. Instead of set coaster pieces, you are allowed to build roller coasters in an extremely fluid manner that means no two coasters will ever be the same. The one thing that is missing that I was disappointed in is the lack of water parks. But hey, if you like zoos Frontier has an entire game just for you in the form of Planet Zoo. Also annoying are the presence of a few bugs, some of which impacted the campaign. Achievement wise it's one of those games where most of the achievements are easy besides one or two. Star Studded Career will probably take up most of your time if your planning on 100%ing the game. This is the 7th game I have completed, on Oct 19, 2023.

Subsurface Circular is a wonderful little short that follows a robot detective. I won't spoil it for you, but it only takes a couple hours max to play. Recommended.

This is the 6th game I 100%ed.

Plants vs. Zombies is one of those games I remembered from my childhood, so when I had a little bit of money leftover from my purchase of Grand Theft Auto IV, Skyrim, and Mass Effect Legendary Edition; I decided to pick this one up again. I figured "Oh, I will play this silly kids game from my memories, it will be an easy fun time!". I was right about one thing, it was fun. It was also easy for the most part. But I did not anticipate taking 40 hours to 100% this game. I might not be the best gamer out there, but the last couple of achievements really challenged me. (A big part of this was RNG however.) Overall this one is a fun classic that continuously adds new towers and enemies as you go so your never bored. Recommended for a laugh.
This is the 5th game I 100%ed.

Rocket League is an Esport title, which means that after 160 hours I am still terrible at Rocket League. Maybe I will take it more seriously once I get a better internet speed. The thing that I love about Rocket League is its simplicity. There are no classes, weapons, load-outs, abilities, or meta games. Rocket League is soccer, with cars. Cars with rocket boosters that can also jump in the air. That's about it. But as with any seemingly simple game (Take chess, or perhaps real soccer), its easy to learn but hard (maybe impossible) to master. Professional players commit at least ten thousand hours to get to where they stand. Countless YouTube tutorials dive into exactly what you need to do to train, and the custom drills to train with. It's also the only Esport I would ever actually watch. It is a thrill to watch people perform seemingly simple actions that in reality take years to master. As far as achievements go, they are actually not very hard at all. There are goals to strive towards in Rocket League that are significantly harder and don't have achievements to go along with them, like the simple task of climbing the ranks in competitive. The final thing I will say that is very nice is that the only reason to ever spend money on the game is cosmetic. There is no gameplay advantage. Overall great title.

Rocket League is the 4th game I have reached 100% status with, although I got most of the achievements before 100%ing titles 1-3.

The second "Episode", and final game of the Half Life 2 family of games. This game takes place directly after the events of Half Life 2: Episode One. While Episode One was perhaps not as well put together (and shorter) then the other games, Episode Two is perhaps the best the series has to offer. It's story-telling is on point, and the gameplay is as good as ever. It also boasts probably the funniest achievements in the series. (Besides Get Some Grub, which you WILL need a guide for or else you will screw it up.) Like the other two games in the Half Life 2 series, this is a must play. You won't be disappointed.

This is the third game I have achieved 100% status with.

The first "Episode" of Half-Life 2 is takes place directly after the events of Half Life 2. In a lot of ways it's basically the "Gravity Gun showcase". There is even an achievement for only shooting one bullet in a play-through. All of my points for Half Life 2 also apply here, this game is a must play.

I also decided to 100% this game, the second game I have done this with.

Valve's masterpiece. I was only five when Half Life 2 came out in 2004, so I was not around to see how revolutionary this game was back then. But it must of been! The game improves upon basically every aspect of the original Half Life. The puzzles are fun but never leave you scratching your head in frustration. Gun-play is incredibly satisfying, graphics still look alright considering this is an 18 year old game at this point. Valve also pioneered in having great storytelling in their first person action games. The story they tell is also great. It's not just "aliens invade", its a lot more complicated then that. While Half Life is a nice to play, it's squeal is a MUST PLAY. (You could watch someone else play HL1.)

This game was so great I decided to 100% it, the first game I have done so with.

Half-Life does have its fair share of old game frustrations, but if you can get past them you will experience an all time classic, and the first chapter in the history of Valve. Steam would not exist if it wasn't for this game.