Recent reviews by DudeGuy

Masterpiece.

It's good now.

One of the best games I've played to date.

Rock and Stone.

Very good game.

Sekiro encapsulates the phrase "try try and try again until you succeed". In this game when you fight a boss the first time you will undoubtedly get steamrolled. You will get frustrated and die many times, but with each death you make it further than the last. One of my favourite things about this game is that every death is your own fault. There are no ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ mechanics or design decisions that you can blame. You died because you dodged into a sweep attack instead of jumping. You die because you didn't manage your posture or missed too many parries. You died because at that moment, you were not good enough. All of this makes it incredibly satisfying when everything you have learned through trying over and over again comes together and you overcome a challenge that, in the beginning, had seemed impossible.

That feeling of overcoming seemingly impossible odds through your own effort is the essence of Sekiro's gameplay in my opinion.

Hades is the culmination of years of excellent game design by Supergiant Games all wrapped into one amazing package. The combat system of Bastion, the dialogue of Pyre and the music quality of Transistor all came together to create a roguelike that has raised the bar for all future games of the genre to come.

Hades is great.
Buy it.

Battle Brothers is a gritty turn based strategy game in which you lead a band of grizzled mercenaries to greatness.
Collect contracts from dirty peasant and later on wealthy nobles as you travel the land fighting everything from lowly bandits to ferocious monsters.

This game is great.
It starts off hard as you build up your mercs but it gets progressively easier as you gain better loot and contracts that offer more gold.
It takes a while to learn the mechanics and realise what traits are good for when, but once it all clicks its super satisfying.
You start to get attached to your dudes and it genuinely sucks when you lose one of your best guys.
Your mercs also interact with events and each other in different ways based on their backgrounds.
These interactions are described through incredible writing that feels so natural for the setting.

My only complaints.
Sometimes important battles are lost simply because you had bad RNG. The game lets you negate RNG to some extent with traits and equipment but there is always the chance of missing a crucial 90% chance.
You see most of the missions after your first playthrough and they get very repetitive after that.

Also this game is ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ hard.
Recommended for people who like strategy games and hate winning.

A fun and addictive roguelike that requires strategic thinking and a bit of luck.

Monika is best girl.

You might not have the same Fallout experience as you would have had with the older titles and the main story might bore you to sleep but if your looking for a great FPS with amazing side quests and if you love building settlements and managing your population or modding your weapons until they are unrecognizeable. Then you might like this game.