Recent reviews by The Islander

Biomutant is a very promising RPG with a lot of fresh ideas and a strange world building. However, most of these ideas are very rough and unnatural in a way that it doesn't feel satisfying or fun to do most of the things that the game has to offer. Narration is a bit on the annoying side as most of the characters don't have dialogues but only mumbling. Overall, I didn't enjoy my time with the game. Only at its best moments, it is worth giving a try.

Ridiculous and fun. A loyal remake to the original. You will definitely enjoy the short run if you are looking for an arcade game to spend your time with. I would destroy all humans again, highly recommended!

Definitely one of the psychological horror masterpieces. In terms of gameplay it is quite basic to be honest, with puzzles to solve, notes to read and mysteries to unveil. However, the feeling that the environment gives, horror of the unknown, and the tension really last longer than the game itself. Absolutely recommended!

This is literally a unique South Park episode where you are the main character. Most of the jokes are hilarious, and of course as offensive as they can be. Nevertheless, who cares, this is South Park and this humor & satire is the gist of it. Enjoyable from start to finish with wonderful quests, basic but great RPG elements, perfect character development and spot-on references. Highly recommended to anyone who's into South Park!

Most of the aspects of Necromunda feel rough around the edges. I have experienced a few bugs here and there, like enemies falling into non-existent empty spaces beneath the floor, enemies getting stuck behind the walls, some issues with triggering the events and these were annoying from time to time. Gunplay is definitely fun but then again, it feels like double jump/wall run are being abused too much only to encourage you for a significant extra dodge chance during the action itself.
Bionics upgrades and weapon customization are good ideas also with good implementation to be honest as it gives a nice variety to the way you play the game. Mastiff on the other hand is just weird, it doesn't work as intended. It is just a puppy running around and lunging on enemies if it doesn't get stuck somewhere else. Story is not that good, game itself is barely average. Only the environment and from time to time - action itself keep you going. I wouldn't recommend the game since I didn't feel like it paid off.

Guacamelee! 2 ís definitely an improvement over the first game, and even more enjoyable to be honest. Switching back and forth between Juan and chicken with various wrestling moves and plucking variations is quite fun. Story is around average, but I would still say that it is acceptable. However, even though there is a fast travel system (stones) available it doesn't work as intended. It becomes very annoying to backtrack all the way back from a slightly different road with different colored enemies. Hit box of some enemies and a few platforming designs felt like the player is forced to follow a certain path to finish the stage at some areas, which takes away the creativity up to some extent. I still enjoyed it, and would recommend to anyone who either enjoyed the first game, or open for a guacamole!

Overall, this doesn't feel like a shadow warrior at all. The pacing is quite fast, stupid dialogues and gore is still here, visuals, music and environment is good but the clunkiness during gameplay and cutscenes, bugs here and there which gets annoying from time to time, and a mediocre doom-like implementation of finishers and encounters make the game barely average. A totally forgettable experience. Short, annoying at times, not impactful, and not a shadow warrior at all.

First of all, the story and gameplay is absolutely fantastic and pulls you into the universe as you invest more time in it. Once you get past the first few hours and get used to the extremely slow pace, unbalanced monsters and unvoiced sections, the game is a bliss with cute cutscenes, enjoyable storytelling and party-based combat. Definitely recommended for the ones that are used to JRPG genre, because you are forced to grind for some sections of the game which can become annoying for those who are not accustomed to this.

Definitely an improvement over the first game with more gameplay mechanics, fluent character controls and a more action packed gun play. DS2 has more creature variety in comparison to the first one, especially the freak bomber babies are a strange mix into this world. Environment is still very eerie with some of the most memorable places in the series. A wonderful revisit to good old USG Ishimura full of necromorph ambushes is a nice surpise for the ones who already played DS1. Story is not among the best in the genre, but still interesting enough to keep going. Strongly recommended!

Rogue legacy is very enjoyable, one more turn kind of roguelike. It tests your patience at the beginning as you will be dying quite a lot but progression further pays off after a few hours. Hero traits are sometimes hilarious, and some are incredibly annoying. For example, if you get the vertigo trait your whole screen is upside down, it literally gives you vertigo irl.
Monsters are replicates of their other versions at each zone, and boss designs are nothing special. However, gameplay is marvelous and is definitely diverse with all the character upgrades, hero traits and item runes. Rogue Legacy is maybe a bit closer to the grinding side of roguelikes with very low replayability, but it is still worth your time.