Recent reviews by atomicshells

Rock and stone!

Even though this game is in early access, it is the best city builder I have ever played... I genuinely dont know why others havent kept my interest, but for some reason you slap some beavers in there and BOOM my Canadian blood is pumping! Would recommend wholeheartedly!

Pros:
-Very solid gameplay! Lots of strategy needed to keep the colony thriving. In the beginning... A lot of beaver lives were lost due to lack of food or water. In every situation, I thought "Dang! I need to work on this better next time!" Rather than getting frustrated. The rules the game sets are fair and part of the learning.
-Lots of variation in buildings and it is practically impossible to make an exact replica of another town even when using the same map
-On that topic, lots of maps! I have spent 8 hours trying to learn the game and get the feel of it, and I have tried TWO out of the starting 9 maps and am excited to give the others a shot once I finish the other colonies. For the longevity of the game, I hope they make more maps.
-Very intuitive UI that makes a lot of sense.
-Constantly having to keep an eye on food, water, wood, storage, beaver population, jobs, droughts, day and night cycle, socialization, leisure time, aesthetics, and more means that if you feel like there is nothing to work on, you are wrong.
-BEAVERS ARE SO DAM ;) CUTE
-Soundtrack is really good!

CONS:
-The tutorial is no good. Gets you through maybe a day or two of the early game, but I wish it went into what each type of building was and WHY you want to build it. A lot of my first attempts left me feeling unsure as to which building to build next. Some tutorial tooltips when hovering over a new building would be nice. "A lodge can allow you to bring your population up!" Would be nice as opposed to spending the first few games just... building things for the sake of building, and not prioritizing what you actually need, if that makes sense
-When you make multiple districts, it can be very overwhelming.
-The occasional bug here and there? But for a game in early access it is extremely polished. This is barely a con.

Tl;dr it is a really good game even for early access, a lot of things that could be negatives will be polished out.

This game revolutionises what underwater worlds can be in video games. What seems like a very simple survival game turns into a gripping narrative story full of mystery and intrigue the further down you go. I have beat this game before, and am on my second run through and still am learning and discovering new things about it!

Pros:
- Very intuitive controls, menus and crafting system
- STUNNING graphics, just gorgeous, even on lower settings.
- Incredibly immersive, I often plan to play this game for half an hour and wHOOPS it's 4 hours later...
- New objectives/things to discover that force you to explore and go further from home
- Very solid story, best survival game storyline I have experienced!
- MASSIVE world, full of intriguing, awe-inspiring and downright TERRIFYING biomes
- Never feels stagnant, very good pacing. There is always something to craft, a new ship to build, or a new lifepod to investigate
- Better than most AAA games I have played, yet worth a fraction of the cost (seriously, if you can, dont get this on sale and support the devs!)
- Good replay value
- INCREDIBLE sound design! From creatures to ambience, it all fits just so well

Cons
- Some vehicles are a bit too fast for the render distance, meaning a fair amount of things just "pop" into view (honestly probably more of an issue with my computer than the game)
- No multiplayer (yet?)
- Few bugs, but very minor and do not break immersion

In summary, BUY. THIS. GAME. It will be the best 30 bucks you will ever spend.

Such an amazingly adorable game! I wasnt able to put this game down for 2 weeks when I started due to the charming art style, and sense of wonder you get from discovering each new location. For me, it was very similar to Breath of the Wild in terms of the amount of times I thought "Woah! What is this? Where does this go?"

An amazing game, would highly recommend to anyone!

Also I know a lot of reviews probably mention it, but this game is MUCH easier with a controller. Practically impossible with a keyboard.

you shoot stuff good and are the sneakiest boy around! no but seriously this is a fun game to mess around with, gameplay is fun, and also does a good job with making it harder as you play. fun stuff would recommend

Plants Vs Zombies is a lovely little game to relax to after raging violently at other games, or it can also be a way to blindly forget about your woes and do something other than cry about your girlfriend breaking up with you. Jessica I want you back so bad please for the love of god I've changed I miss you everyday babe come back to me please ♥♥♥♥

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I figured out how to spawn 30,000 beefalo at once and had them fight 15,000 spider queens. Chaos insued. The beefalo won. No but seriously this is a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ amazing game.

KEEP IN MIND THIS REVIEW IS GOING OVER DYING LIGHT, NOT DYING LIGHT THE FOLLOWING AT THIS POINT. I WILL UPDATE THIS REVIEW ONCE I GET INTO THE FOLLOWING. ALSO, I HAVE YET TO COMPLETE THE ENTIRE CAMPAIGN WITHIN DYING LIGHT. Ok now onto the review for what I think so far :)

"Oh man this is just another ♥♥♥♥ zombie game." WRONG. It sure is a zombie game, but the added features of parkour and freerunning, combined with the large open world, and a fresh feel the often over-saturated zombie genre.

PROS:
- Gameplay is amazing. Parkour and freerunning are both very smooth, and there are very few issues with the movement. The one only area that doesn't do great in this regard is getting up cliffs or rocky areas, but considering that Dying Light takes place in an urban environment, you aren't gonna be climbing up that many cliffs tbh.
- Weapon Upgrading feels really rewarding, where you find what you need to upgrade a weapon in the world, and then can add a variety of upgrades to (melee) weapons such as fire, electricity, bleeding, and toxicity. It feels pretty damn cool to get a high end weapon and add flame to it, so when you hit a zombie it will burst into flames. Guns in this game are relatively easy to come across once you get to a high enough survivor level, however it's rare enough that it's still special.
- The upgrade trees give really awesome upgrades to your character and general survivability without feeling too overpowered for a good amount of the game. Obviously when you max out all your levels, then you are kind of an unstoppable beast, but at least it's not a situation where you get a level and go from really weak to tremendously overpowered. For Agility, you gain points by (as you may have guessed) running around the map, jumping and leaping from rooftop to rooftop. For Power, you can gain these points from killing zombies and generally doing damage. The best part is that you can get points towards this through molotovs, or other zombie-killing devices other than your own weapons. This is a plus because sometimes you are focusing so much on quests and running around to the point that your agility level is off the charts, while your power level is like, level 5. The Survival level is upgraded by completing quests, capturing airdrops, and saving survivors. One thing to keep in mind, is if you plan to play with friends, I would HIGHLY reccomend having one save file for yourself and another for you to play ewith your friends. I ran into a situation where I was playing by myself and then bringing my friend into that game when he was available. This meant that he only got survivor rank credit from the quests that we did together, and so I was a way higher rank than him. Then there's the legendary rank, which is unlocked after unlocking all the upgrades in every other skill tree. It turns you into a zombie killing tank, by increasing max health, stamina, as well as specific weapon damage. Overall, the upgrades are challenging enough and also provide you with enough reason to try to level up a certain skill.
- The world of Dying Light is really damn cool. It seems authentic and realistic, and does not seem forced at all. It makes it really interesting for parkour, as well as when you are running away from a viral or a volatile.
- The Volatiles in this game are actually terrifying, and also new and original which is great to see in the zombie genre. They are super-human zombies (rather ironic choice of words but you ge the idea) and they only come out at night. This makes any situation where you are stuck outside after the sun's gone down really damn intense. Dying Light does a great job making you ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ terrified of the dark. The other zombies and special infected are pretty generic, but still, what those are lacking for, I feel like the volatiles make up for that one hundred percent. There are new infected added into Dying Light The Following from what I have seen, but in the base game, the infected that you encounter in the daytime are pretty damn generic.
- The Hud is really clean and easy to understand, no problems whatsoever.
- The graphics in this game are beautiful, with lens flare and all other sorts of cinematic effects, you feel like you are playing a movie sometimes. Absolutely gorgeous game!

CONS:
- As mentioned before, the average infected you will meet will be more of the same. The volatiles I personally believe help change the entirety of the game, but still overall the zombies are pretty underwhelming and quickly become an inconvienence rather than something scary within the game.
- The story leaves lots to be desired. There is a lot of stereotypes and a ♥♥♥♥ ton of cliches, and is very predictable.
- The characters are pretty bland. Many you meet you will frankly not care about. The game lacks in character backstory, which makes you quite apathetic towards a lot of people. That being said, there is one guy (whos name escapes me) that just hangs out beside the elevator in the tower when you ride it up and is like, the nicest dude from the get go. I love that man.

In conclusion, if you are looking for a beautiful game with great mechanics player upgrades that you can sink hours into without realizing, Dying Light is the game for you. However, if you are looking for a very story-rich game, then this will fall short. I personally have had a blast with this game, and playing with friends makes the game just that much better. I would highly reccomend.

Thanks for reading my review! It is the first review I have done, but who knows, I may do more. Hope you have a fantastic day :)

This game cured my depression. Literally.