Recent reviews by Jemmysponz

I cannot believe how many frames of animation everything has in this game; it's incredible.

I'm not going to lie and say that I think Monster Hunter is some kind of perfect game. Its controls are a bit of a mess, the amount of information you need to stay on top of to play is comical, and its onboarding for new players is pretty poor. Friends tell me that Rise demonstrates substantial improvement in a lot of areas, which I really hope is true, because I'm totally stuck in it and have so much trouble pulling others in.

Monster Hunter Rise is immensely satisfying in the way that it nails the feeling of triumphing over powers greater than yourself. One of its biggest strengths is that there is HUGE room for customization in your play style. There are tons of different weapon varieties available and it just feels good to look through what options are available to you and whittle it down to what's most comfortable. It takes a lot of experimentation and I cannot recommend playing without at least one friend, but it's truly a blast to take on daunting challenges with someone, coordinating how and when you're going to try to take on each progressively harder monster. Added bonus, most of the time you don't even have to kill the monster, you can catch it instead!

When I was told about Outer Wilds for the first time, the very first thing I heard about it was I needed to do everything I can to avoid spoilers. "If there is one game you don’t want spoiled in your life, it’s Outer Wilds." Everyone around me had nothing but vague, overenthusiastic praise, assuring me that it's an experience I owed it to myself to have. It got built up in my head as something to save for when I needed it, and simultaneously something that would probably never live up to the hype.
I started playing a couple weeks ago and have not been able to stop thinking about it since. I don't know that I can say everyone was right or wrong about the things they told me about it because nobody gave any details, but I can definitively say this: I'm so glad I finally got around to playing it. It's practically perfect, for me.
It's about curiosity and exploration and discovery and wonder, and it's about doing wacky ♥♥♥♥ to see if it will work and the feeling that you're a genius when it does. It's immaculate. The level of thought and effort that went into this shows itself everywhere, constantly. It's perfectly written and perfectly designed and in a way, it's perfectly paced, hahaha.
I can't say it's for everyone. I know it's not. I have plenty of friends who wouldn't get half as much out of it as I did! I do however think you owe it to yourself to try it out if you're curious. You'll definitely have a good idea of whether this is for you or not in under 2 hours.

A Short Hike is a small, beautiful experience that takes place over the course of about an hour if you rush, or up to a few hours if you really try to squeeze everything you can out of it. It is 100% worth your time no matter how you choose to play it, however.
Mark Sparling's sensational soundtrack carries you seamlessly into the world of this idyllic island park.
Adam Robinson-Yu's writing as you speak with the other characters reveals genuine personality among interactions ranging from silly to sincere and heartfelt.
One of my favorite games of all time, A Short Hike is immersive and smart and gorgeous, yes, but the absolute star of the show has to be how unexpectedly satisfying and fun it is to fly around the gorgeous locale, finding new places you couldn't reach before after each new discovery.
I cannot recommend it enough.

Really fun!

Not only am I disappointed with the decisions made recently that affect how this game can be played, like the multi-pronged attack on mods and modders alike, but what really disgusts me is the response by those in charge to the frustration of the members of the community. I understand that the devs "have been ready" for the outrage, but what says more about how little you care about people positively engaging with your platform than treating them like idiots when you KNOW you're doing something that's going to upset them??? This might not be the final nail in your coffin - I'm still gonna use the platform for as long as the people I love do - but from the bottom of my heart I'm disappointed in VRC and ready to jump ship as soon as someone makes half a passable alternative.

You owe it to yourself to play this. It’s a masterpiece.

A lovely, calm little puzzle game that slowly expands on a central core mechanic in interesting ways.

"A horror rogue-like deck building card game - what a mouthful," you think to yourself.

I can assure you this game will hurt your mouth FAR MORE if you give it a shot (from how much you'll be talking to your friends about it, but also not from how much you'll be talking to your friends about it - you'll see). From a fascinating implementation of damage vs. healing to genuinely immersive and engaging story attaching you to your hard-earned cards through each run, this game will effortlessly steal HOURS of your time.

If you're the kind of person who likes to poke around with these kind of experiences, thinking to yourself "I wonder what would happen if I tried to take the gnome all the way to the rocket at the end of the game" this is the game for you.

If you're the kind of person who enjoys a good environmental puzzle, desperately working to force the game into a state that PERFECTLY suits your nonsense desire to make the most perfectly broken deck, this is the game for you.

If you want a story that ends in only a mostly satisfying way and leaves a lot of questions unanswered or hand-waved away then I've got good news for you, but I'll only tell you after you've played Inscryption.

A lot of folks have asked me "why on earth would you pay for this if it's free online?" and there are plenty of nice little reasons to, like the cloud saves and the steam achievements, and the music. But personally for me it's more of a little thank you note to the developers. It's a small token of my appreciation for the unceasing effort given to this cute little passion project over the course of the past eight years. Five bucks is a steal, honestly.