Recent reviews by NIB

Make sure you pick "International" server, instead of Asia(it was the default for me).

Do you like xcom? Do you like anime girls? Are you ok with gacha(gambling to get anime girls)? Then you might like this game.

If you are familiar with other gacha games, this is similar. It doesnt have the polish and production values of a Hoyoverse game(Genshin Impact, etc) but it is still decent. The big difference is in the gameplay of this game which is similar to xcom, except without the hit randomness(though critical hits exist). Peak value assessment has some challenging and well designed missions.

Generally the game has a decent amount of content, though it does require you to have some tolerance for anime/visual novel kind of writing. It is somewhat f2p friendly, it is similar to Hoyoverse games, maybe a little bit more generous than that. It technically has pvp but it is very ignorable(you can auto/afk it and you dont miss many rewards). It is almost exclusively a pve focus game.

I have mostly played the game on its standalone client/phone, so ignore my steam played hours.

The best idle game on Steam. It has a fair monetization model, you just buy the expansions, no microtransactions. Lots of interesting mechanics that interact and are interdependent. Doesnt need a lot of active playing after a while, except for some special dungeons. You can keep progressing, while touching grass. Amazing mod support.

This is probably the best vampire survivors style game. Plenty of items, weapons and characters with significant differences between them. The only disadvantages are that it only has 1 map and very limited meta progression(which might be an advantage for some). The only "meta progression" is the unlocking of characters and unlocking some items when you beat the game with a different character.

Pretty high skill floor, very high skill ceiling. But if you can commit and suffer for 1000 hours, you can start appreciating the depth and complexity of this game.

Yeah, the quicktime events are annoying. The fact that they are taking control from you and automatically make critical decisions all the time sucks, especially since the game is supposed to have some rpg elements that affect your relationship with the other characters. But i like shooting robots and seeing them getting torn apart. It has interesting and entertaining characters. It has pretty good voice acting and general production values. The story has some cool notes. Also the art style is very good and there is a decent variety of enemies.

I think the problem here is that a japanese developer tried to ape western games like Gears of War while adding some special japanese sauce. And to be honest, the game mechanics and design isnt as solid as Gears of War. But it does have some cool ideas. Kinda reminds me of Resident Evil 6, a game that tried to do something similar, ape western games but ultimately failed to do so successfully.

Flawed but interesting.

It's been a long time since i had this much fun with a fps. This game is what duke nukem forever should have been, mindless fun. The weapons are meaty and you can definitely see its painkiller roots. It also has some very spectacular set pieces and high production values.

You might only expect ♥♥♥♥ jokes from it(and you will get them) but the dialogue and story are better than i expected. The only bad thing about it is that it still has some console issues, like autoaim, mouse acceleration, etc some of which you can disable in the options menu while others require you to edit encrypted files.

The campaign lasts 8 hours and though there are some extra score attack levels, i didnt really bother with them. If you can get it for 10$ or less, i strongly recommend grabbing it.

One of the coolest games I've ever played but it might not be for everyone. If you love grand strategy games, this is probably the best one. The gameplay is hard to describe. At first glance it might look a bit like Risk combined with Civilization but in reality it is more like Game of Thrones type of intrigue game played in a world map.

Technology isnt that important. Building your counties is mildly important. Leading armies into combat is kinda important. But what is important is the politics behind the scenes. 99% of the time you will be fighting to keep your realm united, try to keep decent relationships with your vassals and scheming to get rid of ambitious vassals or slightly expand your holdings.

Backstabbing, killing your own relatives, betraying allies or just forcing someone to rebel against you just so you can steal their title is the order of the day. No other game can provide the amount of stories that crusader kings can.