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TDH and Scott himself are stuck in the 2000s, and I mean that in the most complementing way possible.

Pretty much everything Scott's ever made (including much of Clickteam-era FNAF) feels like those quirky "pre-indie" games that my 10yo self would find in a cereal box or the Scholastic catalogue. Oft-uncanny yet stunning pre-rendered 3D eye-candy (just LOOK at those screenshots up there!) on top of solid platformer mechanics, witty dialogue, and a charming story, all combine to make TDH the most 2000s game I've ever played, in all the best ways.

The realtime "turnless" twist on a standard RPG battle is a fascinating and charming thing on its own, too. You need to make moves NOW or the enemy will keep attacking; no chance to breathe and think about your options. One might even say, There Is No Pause Button.

Only two real minuses: the intense grinding that also plagues Chipper's (forget all that, just edit your save files), and a fair amount of eyestrain/epilepsy risk during battles.

8/10. How dare you make this cool game $0, Scott, lemme give you money dangit >:(

+ Fantastic aesthetics (bioluminescent plantlife + grungy mining equipment = 👌)
+ Serene soundtrack & overall good sound design
+ Breadcrumbs of intriguing lore
+ Familiar yet arguably improved gameplay loop & mechanics over its closest inspiration (Dyson Sphere Program)
+ Devs extremely attentive to user feedback & suggestions

* Higher complexity that demands teamwork and/or experience from other automation games

- Current lack of navigation aids; easy to get lost despite the "EchoSketch" sonar mapping device [EDIT: nvm, there's at least one workaround that's fun to figure out for yourself]
- Some progression being locked behind super-secret unmarked collectables feels a bit unfair (unless there's a scanning device to be unlocked later?) [EDIT: seems like there is lol]

8/10 — An immediate, groundbreaking success, and a welcome addition to the factory-automation genre. Can't wait to see what Firehose does next! ❤

Only real 22 Jump Street fans remember Super Lesbian Horse RPG 🦄

Same timeless Nathan Drake action, now available on PC

Cute and chill little puzzle game

Short and very sweet physics puzzle game about watering flowers.

Great first choice for introducing gaming to yo momma or your grandma.

Mechanics and gameplay-loop similar to Subnautica, and graphics similar to SatisFactory's 2017 Beta, those alone would make this another fine Base Builder.

But it's the little moments that make this one special: When you first notice the sky is suddenly blue, or when it rains for the first time, or when grass and trees start growing in places you didn't manually plant it. Those little milestone moments don't sound like much, but the feeling of satisfaction and accomplishment is more than reward enough for me.

Somehow, Crows did it. It's even more brilliant and witty and meta than the original.

Anything else I could say would spoil it. Just go play it.

+ Sexy Furry Robots
+ Gorgeous nostalgic shopping mall & arcade
+ Synthwave aesthetics
+ Fantastic sound design
+ Legitimately all different kinds of spooky, don't listen to the adrenaline-numb haters
+ A much-needed genre shakeup after so many stand-in-one-spot FNAF games
* weird bugs that are more amusing than game-breaking
- questionable and unfair dev decisions
- unsatisfying endings

Another shiny feather in the Base Building Games cap. Mindless swarms of aliens occasionally rudely interrupt said base building, but a small part of the Riftbreaking fun is finding creative, shmup-esque ways to deal with them: gun them down, slice them with a sword, smash them with a hammer, mini-nuke them Fallout-style, or simply ora-ora-ora them into meaty gibs with the bare metal fists of your faithful Sassy Robot (TM) companion.