Recent reviews by orangecode

Fun game, have not played the earlier games. Runs pretty well on an AMD 5950 + NVIDIA 3090 on Ubuntu 26.04. The campaign had occasional frame stuttering, but I jumped into fresh game, and no performance issues. Amazing how you can zoom in from the aerial view of the whole map, to ground-level with blades of grass and leaves and the quality still holds up. In general this is a very good looking game. Watching farms expand as they get business is neat, makes them feel alive.

Subsidies make the game interesting. They're seriously hit or miss. Some are stupidly profitable, others are basically scams. There's a bug with delivering workers to fisheries, so never take that subsidy. You'll have ships transporting passengers for years and still not manage to get to 10 workers. Citizens will also use the fisheries as a connection for traveling to another city.

Cars not being able to pass is one thing I hope they fix. A truck being stuck behind some citizen's horse on a country road with no traffic is annoying. The 4-lane country road allows passing, but feels like you're building the autobahn just to pass a couple horses.

Solid FPS, played it since the beginning (~2,500 hours). They adapted ideas like perks from Rivals which make the current version probably the best.

Competitve - For a casual FPS, it has a decently sized competitive community. The comp system is fine imo. I see negative reviews about loss streaks or bad teammates. But, that's Team-based Competitive in any game. If you're never carrying bad teammates, then that's always your correct rank. Some games you just lose, it happens. I'm Diamond, so I cannot speak to comp for new players, but a growth mindset 100% WILL win games.

6v6 mode - With OW2 Blizz moved away from "stand behind shields and shoot" gameplay. imo this made the game better. But, Blizz added a 6v6 mode for those who still like that—being a completionist I do play 6v6 comp, but find it boring—regardless, it's there and Blizz has balance updates specifically for 6v6.

Stadium mode - Not my cup of tea, but people seem to enjoy it, I suggest trying it out.

Skins - You get decent skins just by playing which is nice, but "good" skins are far too expensive (like $20 each). At least all micro-transactions are purely cosmetic.

Playerbase Toxicity - I'd say there's a medium amount of toxicity. The report system suspends pretty aggressively, so it's not League. But, it's a competitive game with an older audience than a game like Rivals, so expect some toxicity. The endorsement system is a positive—it incentives good behavior and means that toxic players are not allowed to use chat.

Review bombing - Lot of review bombing from the cancellation of PvE. From conversations I've had with other OW players, very few care about the PvE thing. Sure, it would've been cool, but PvE is not why we're playing OW. The loudest voices seemed to be players who either had stopped playing overwatch or never played the game to begin with.

Comparisons to Rivals - I played Rivals a little when it came out. I found the maps and characters to be both fun and interesting. It has a younger community, which made casual games feel less serious. But, I found I was missing the polish and maturity of overwatch. Rivals also didn't really feel like a competitive game, meanwhile it's a big aspect of Overwatch.

Prop hunt - Lastly, if you enjoy GMOD prop hunt, and you're playing overwatch during the holidays. Def try out the "Mischief & Magic" mode, it's basically Overwatch prop hunt.

The world looks great, love how scenic everything is. Audio is good. No complaints.

Playing on Linux (Ubuntu 24.04). No problems so far. One of the splash screens before the main menu is a white screen, but nothing gameplay-wise.

I WANT TO PET THE ANTS

Beautiful. Funny. Engaging. I love this game.

It was my favorite game on Wii. The camera motion took a little getting used to, but after an hour or two I stopped noticing it. In the settings you are able to adjust how strong the "filter" is. 8 hours in and I haven't had any problems using keyboard + mouse (though I did rebind a couple keys).

I saw other reviews complaining of various aspects of the port which gave me doubts, and I have noticed those small inconveniences while playing. But, unless you're super picky about that kind of stuff it won't stop you from thoroughly enjoying the core Okami experience.