Recent reviews by Sithodah

You can throw the poop.

Before Balatro: lacking confidence, poor posture, often depressed, unmotivated, without purpose or drive to succeed, unable to support myself or society as a functioning member.

After Balatro: all of those problems still remain but now I am addicted to gambling.

Now I am become theHunter, destroyer of turkey.

An excellent Detective mystery game. Played perfectly on the steam deck. The plot and puzzles can get mega complicated towards the end but figuring things out feels satisfying. It took me just under 7 hours to complete the original missions but I am very much considering the DLC. Beautiful artwork and music. Highly recommend.

Nothing will make your group of friends angrier. Highly recommend.

Against the Storm is one of the most unique rogue-like games and the most engaging city building games I have played in a long time.

Often times the biggest issue I have with city building games is that I have no goal beyond just “don’t go bankrupt” which in most cases is laughably easy. Once you learn the flow of making money there isn’t really a gameplay mechanic that keeps you engaged, it’s more based in your own creativity to come up with an aesthetic city, but in ATS you are being constantly challenged and you are always at the brink of failure.

You need to stop and think carefully about every decision. Every use of resources and every risk taken means the difference between winning and losing, and sometimes there really isn’t an easy way to know which choice is right.

In a round of ATS, you are assigned tasks by your distant monarch who expects them to be done quickly, their impatience grows when you do not complete tasks and if it gets too high you will lose. These tasks are usually gathering a resource, but can also be related to exploring and completing certain map tasks.

On top of that, every time you complete tasks, you get some rewards and occasionally you will get to choose a new building to either your production or your resource gathering for a wide variety of items that will assist you throughout a run.

It sounds simple, but the minutiae of everything in the game makes these challenges extremely engaging. Everything has an effect how difficult it will be to manage your task: the resources available to you on the map, the randomly generated weather effects of your biome, the race of your inhabitants, and even the type of food they consume or what luxuries they can access. It all comes together in this beautiful machine, where you are always trying to learn how best to overcome each challenge and what new buildings to commit to in the long run.

All of this just flows so nicely, it feels good to overcome the challenges and figure out a way around your need. If you like strategy, simulation, and rogue-like games, this game should definitely be on your radar.

Also worth mentioning is the high amount of developer involvement, I have only recently gotten the game relative to this review date but they have been pumping out updates and new features pretty consistently since launch. This game is worth your money, provided what you see is something you’re interested in.

Excellent party game meets “Crusader Kings-lite” experience.
The game owner plays as a monarch to a kingdom rife with problems and issues.
Other players join through a website portal not unlike the “Jackbox” series and take on the role of nobles representing different nations in the monarchs kingdom.
The game itself is very simple, each player has a set of different stats with a number associated.
At the beginning of each game each player decides what their win condition will be, which is just increasing or lowering either their own stats or their monarchs stat.
The actual gameplay comes from the discussion and arguments amongst players trying to further their own goals and hinder the goals of rivals through the voting process.
Every season there are 3 new problems that must be dealt with, some are decisions left to the Monarch to decide alone, and others are put to a vote.
Every decision should be weighed against how it affects different nobles by furthering or punishing their respective goals.
Helping someone succeed now could mean the leverage you need at a critical moment later on, or it could very well guarantee a victory for your enemy without you even knowing it. This creates a very playful but cutthroat environment that really makes you question your decisions at basically every junction.
The game takes a while to play but not too long that betrayal feels genuine and bitter.
The game balances all of this very well with wonderfully well written flavour text for each of the events that occur in the seasons, and the artwork is excellent and colourful.
Not to mention, this can handle up to 24 people at a time, and all they need to play is the ability to see the screen and a web browser.
For $6.49 CAD this is a no brainer for me, I already love party games and combining that with political diplomacy brings a longer more in depth experience that I have been looking for.
The only “complaint” id have is that this does borrow quite a bit from the board game Oath, without having quite the same depth. However this game uses the simplicity to its advantage and having more involved mechanics for managing your realm might muddy the waters and make it confusing for new players.

Regardless, this game rules. I highly recommend it without a doubt. If what I described above sounds even remotely interesting I would give it the 2 hours with some friends and see how it plays out. Getting each player to voice their own character is also a great way to involve everyone in the story and have some laughs.

It’s ok. I got it for free and it’s worth that much. If it was $5 and it looked like your kinda jam then I’d say go for it but instead it currently sells for $25.99 CAD which is way way too much.

Very entertaining Rogue-like shooter. If you're looking for a good shooter that isn't terribly story heavy this has a very engaging loop that can be very addictive.

+Good combat mechanics, lots of gun mods and cards to modify the game in interesting ways.
+Controls feel very good, the guns and weapons all have physics and weight that makes them interesting to use.
+I especially appreciate that when using the pistoleer class, you can eject a magazine with a button click, then putting the gun near your ammo belt will auto load your pistol for you which is very satisfying to do.
+Good XR settings, basically every option you would need is there making it very easy to change from sitting to standing without issue, and changing the location of your item belt is especially handy.
+Unlocking new classes by levelling up the previous class gives you that "one more run" urge.
+Solid visual style, the game looks a bit dated but in turn runs very well, I had no issues with performance.
+WW1+WW2 weaponry in a fantasy style universe is a unique choice that I appreciate.
~Story is a bit vague, it hints at a greater plot but it's not overly engaging as a narrative. This is probably a good choice for this kind of game but having more characters and interactions could go a long way at giving the game some life.
~No voice acting, just characters making mumbling sounds attributed to subtitles. This is not necessary a bad thing but having some spoken dialogue would help give the game some character.
~The randomised maps have some minor variety but overall aren't the most exciting once you've gone through a couple times.
~Holding any weapon with two hands will slow your movement to a walk, this puts you at a disadvantage to enemies and as far as I can tell it cannot be turned off.
-The game is not optimised for every controller size, holding a pistol with two hands on an Index controller requires you to bring your off hand into a position not possible with the dimensions of the controller, so you kinda have to bring it behind your main hand then hold grab to get the two handed benefits.
-Exiting a run will NOT save your class progress, even if you properly deposit all of your souls. If you need to exit a run, dying is preferable to exiting which is strange and irritating to learn the first time. (this could be a bug, or perhaps something in the difficulty options I can turn off but I was unable to find it)

Overall, I would highly suggest this game, it can only improve from here but even if it doesn't there is plenty of enjoyment to be had.

*farting sounds*