Recent reviews by Flynn

This game is definitely more of a visual and auditory experience.

I'm not the biggest fan of puzzle games, so I came into this game expecting me to throw my mouse at my wall. However, the difficulty is moderate, and you may need to take a step back from it to get a puzzle finished or two. But other than that, I completed it in 6 hours.

The art style is very nice, but the over-saturated neons are very off-putting in the sea of pastels at times. There seems to be influence from the artist Moebius, which I very much like. I think if the neons were rich in color as compared to saturated, the objectives and style would be more visually cohesive.

The score is fantastic. Emotions are displayed well, the instruments used are soothing, yet provoke curiosity. Gentle piano notes accompanied with soft synths is very pleasant to listen to. I will definitely be enjoying the OST in my own time.

Overall, sure. If you have ten bucks to spare and want something to relax to, take a stroll through the Manifold Garden.

SFM...
This thing is like a child, and rarely behaves when you need it to. Don't get me wrong, some amazing artwork can be make with this program, both animations and posters. I myself have tinkered with animation and have yet to finish a project, so I don't have much room to criticize SFM in that area.

The UI is pretty messy, but once you know how to navigate it, you can easily make a poster in an hour. Lighting is a pain at times, but considering the engine, what would you expect?

This program actually made me change my college major to 3D Animation. Well, at least some of my favorite animators like The Winglet. The potential of SFM is huge, and now that S2FM exists, I can't wait to fiddle around with that.

This is a great introductory animation program if you want to go into animation or even make some posters on the side as a hobby. If you are willing to stick through the occasional crash, it's worth it.

This game... oh boy, this game. It has so much charm and so much love from the community around it. So much love, that the community is doing Valve's job for them. Casual is a joke at his point with the VAC system. Aimbots and pretty much any form of cheating passes right through VAC. Its so common at this point to be in a game with 3 to 10 bots... on BOTH sides.

Players have been doing more in game with calling votes than Valve has with banning accounts. Even worse, is that there has been extremely minor development on TF2... with MANNPOWER and the game modes no one plays. If the dev team can work on the other game modes of TF2, they can work to resolve the larger issues here. And making the game free to play, but you have to pay to speak is not a solution.

This really pertains to casual, though. Community servers are pretty much the only way to play TF2 right now, and with FACEIT's support for TF2, we can only pray that Valve will get it through their thick skulls that people are willing to stick with this game. The game is 13 almost 14 years old as of this review, and I want it to last so much longer. The game is a great way to play, especially with friends. But its hard to see friends refuse to play the game because they can't leave spawn.

In the brief moments of when a server is full and bots can't join, it really is a game to behold. Sure, the game is outdated, the code is actual spaghetti, and the devs show very little interest in its quality of life. But that headshot, backstab, or uber through a sentry nest, it makes it all worth it.

Give the game a try. :)

fun with friends