Recent reviews by TheBlizzard

As a person who enjoys automation games such as Factorio, Satisfactory, Omega Crafter, Autonauts, etc. This game Is awesome. It's a genuinely a good game, the idea of different 'Automation minions', etc is a clever choice.
I see this game easily reach 20 hours at this moment of time (june 2024), 30 hours if you like min/maxing (for the nerds out there). If the game becomes bigger, then obviously there will be more.

TLDR: The game is great. It's TOTALLY WORTH THE 20 BUCKS. Buy it. <3




There are a few points that are "annoying" in the game which I would love to see a fix/change for that sooner or later :)
This is a review from the EARLY ACCESS. All these things are genuine FEEDBACK. I still LOVE the game besides these points.

1. The building space:
In my opinion there "is space to build", but it becomes tedious for making huge bases where you combine multiple "farms" because of the spacing such as from Factorio or Satisfactory. I would suggest adding something as "Platforms" and make the ramps accessible earlier in the game. It sometimes felt I "should not grow", because I would have to rebuild the base in a lot of different chunks (creating more problems with feedback #3):/

2. Annoying trees and chunks of stone (Early game).
Please just allow us to cut big trees or big chunks of stone down in early game manually (It should be a LONG Process, otherwise it's to easy). Some trees became basically inaccessible because the big trees or rocks are blocking them.

3. Merging and 'Waiting time:
One part of the fun in factorio and Satisfactory is trying to MinMax and not waste time. Because there is no real 'Merge' block (not within Tier 3 atleast), a farm/single road becomes incredible disseffective (like 70%?) because the minions have to "wait for eachother".
Also, the waiting time at builings is incredibly high, it takes a creature ~0,2 seconds to get away with the item. If there's an entire queue of minions, they simply have to wait untill the person in front of them is gone until they start walking again. I simply can't even take out wood faster then the tree produces, because of a single split. Which sucks... Please reduce the time the minion takes to get the items or make it upgradeable or something.

4. Questlog:
There should be an option to "Pin" multiple quests at a time, I am using notepad so I don't have to run back and forth or switch inbetween my questlog to calculate the total. Running around and calculating at the same time makes it way easier.
Also a 'this many in your inventory' would be nice, but that's just a plus ofcourse.

5. Teleportation:
The teleportation technique currently is not "really" likeable, I would love to see it being a buildable building (with a limit on the amount ofcourse) so I can at least teleport close to my base.
In my personal seed, the teleporter was OR: in the way if I wanted my base/buildings there OR: Just really far away from a good spot.

Good game! Love the franchise and the streak of games itself.
But, very short :( But that is fair for only €4 <3

To do it "Perfect", it can be done within 2 hours. For people new to the franchise maybe 3 hours.

Is the price worth it? Nah, not really.
Should they have made it €40 or something? Yeah, defenitely. But what do you expect from blizzard.net?
If you got some left over and are looking for some good quality time and animations, it's a good way to go :)

The game is 9/10 just solid.

Not for the super lighthearted. But if you think you can hold your girly voice while being hunted (So you think you a big boy now), then get this game. One big ****-fiesta if your friends trigger the hunting moment and leave you behind to die :)

Pretty realistic, no wonky controls, VR just makes it better (and scarier) and high difficulty means high difficulty and not just grindable or 'easy'

Remember those videos from YT such as Smii7y or such? Remember the sound effects they use?

You can now use it yourself. Pretty fun and solid :D

- Easy to edit audiofiles
- Easy to keybind and use
- Easy to upload new sounds and/or categorize them

Easily worth the money.

Game is pretty solid. Would recommend to get it, but you SHOULD get friends to play it with. Made it 300% more fun.
Also would recommend some mods if you like to play mage.

If you don't rush the story and combat and do some sidequests (that you pretty much need to get to the level), then you can easily get 100+ hours in this.

There are some cheese tactics in combat, but don't think you can cheese your way forwards in the game. It backfires hard ^^"
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☑ 9

---{ Graphics }---
☐ You forget what reality is
☐ Beautiful
☑ Good
☐ Decent
☐ Bad
☐ Don‘t look too long at it

---{ Gameplay }---
☑ Very good
☐ Good
☐ It's just gameplay
☐ Mehh
☐ Watch paint dry instead
☐ Just don't

---{ Audio }---
☐ Eargasm
☑ Very good
☐ Good
☐ Not too bad
☐ Bad
☐ I'm now deaf

---{ Audience }---
☐ Kids
☑ Teens
☑ Adults
☐ Grandma

---{ PC Requirements }---
☐ Check if you can run paint
☑ Potato
☐ Decent
☐ Fast
☐ Rich boi
☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer

---{ Difficulty }---
☐ Just press 'W'
☐ Easy
☑ Easy to learn / Hard to master
☐ Significant brain usage
☐ Difficult
☐ Dark Souls

---{ Grind }---
☐ Nothing to grind
☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks
☑ Isn't necessary to progress
☐ Average grind level
☐ Too much grind
☐ You'll need a second life for grinding

---{ Story }---
☐ No Story
☐ Some lore
☐ Average
☐ Good
☑ Lovely
☐ It'll replace your life

---{ Game Time }---
☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee
☐ Short
☐ Average
☑ Long
☐ To infinity and beyond

---{ Price }---
☐ It's free!
☑ Worth the price
☐ If it's on sale
☐ If u have some spare money left
☐ Not recommended
☐ You could also just burn your money

---{ Bugs }---
☑ Never heard of
☐ Minor bugs
☐ Can get annoying
☐ ARK: Survival Evolved
☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs

Ratings:
- Video Quality: Quack/Quack
- Sound quality: Quack/Quack
- Amount of diversity in ducks: Quack/Quack
- Amount of excitement watching the ducks: Quack/Quack
- Fun that i had with friends Quack/Quack

Overall rating:
Quack/Quack - Would recommend this for everyone

Good game, but got VAC-banned for no reason :/

The game is a fun game which is similar to valheim, but more detailed.
The loading menu is incredibly long (in the annoying way) and the game is FAR from done.
It needs huge optimizations and needs a LOT of bugfixing. As mentioned, i got VAC-banned while not even using cheats (while playing with friends).
I expect are that is because of a lot of glitching that happened during that day (Falling through the ground etc.)

Would recommend to get the game. But would also recommend to at least wait 6 months - 2 years before buying this game so the bugs (such as a random VAC bans) won't happen.

If i would have to give the 'Perfect Review' (Or to quote The Narrator):

From the ashes of depravity rises the phoenix of quality. How else to describe The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe?
Such a revolutionary step forward in the lineage of one of the most beloved video game properties of all time!
The additions and changes made to this expansion will surely resonate in the annals of the history of all media ever made.
It is perhaps true to say that no mistakes are forever etched in stone for the stone into which The Stanley Parable was carved has itself been transmuted offering a message of hope to those who have ever erred in their judgement.

You are not beyond redemption.
You may change, and you may become more so much more than you were before.

If there is any message to be taken from The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe, It is this:
What a fortune, a privilege, a joy it is to have had such an experience, it leaves me hopeful that as a community - as a world - there is time for us to become our greatest selves, as great as we ever could dream of in our wildest, most ambitious visions for a brighter future.

(But no joke, it's a good game. Go get it)
<3 4 Bucket

Love it. Any boardgame you want, anywhere you want, whenever you want!

- Got some friends that aren't living right next to you? --> Game got it for ya
- Don't want to buy every fysical game, but just want to try it out? --> Game got it for ya
- Want to mod a boardgame you like? --> Game got it for ya
- Can't play for 4 straight hours like to SAVE the game to play another day? --> Game got it for ya
- Like to tryout VR in a weird way? --> Game got it for ya

I would say the game is well worth the price for it (even if it is for the full price)
P.s. If you want people to play with, join their discord.