Recent reviews by polyrhythmic

The quintessential top-down shooter experience.

🫵 Only YOU can hold off the demons!

Game of the Gods.

If you enjoyed the story of The Messenger, you will enjoy Sea of Stars.

I thought it did a great job at tying both games' stories together. Every thought I had about a potential plot conflict was addressed at some point in the game. The Messenger is foreshadowed and referenced many times with varying degrees of subtlety, enough that I wanted to replay it again after completing Sea of Stars to see what I had missed. SoS even perpetuates the blatant disregard for time travel logic that Messenger leans into so heavily. ;)

If you do only plan on playing through each game once, I recommend playing them in order of release. While many of the references between the games are "bidirectional", most of the subtler ones are found in SoS.

Best extraction shooter out there with a great community.

Best game I've ever played. Everyone should play this game, and not just for the story. Each story beat is only granted once you have proven you are worthy through mechanical mastery.

To me, Celeste is about relationships, self discovery, and enlightenment, in addition to transgenderism. The mountain is a powerful metaphor.

Celeste does everything right.

The gameplay is pretty straightforward and simple, but the amount of diversity when it comes to "class" customization is extreme. You get to discover an unlimited number of playstyles as you create a different super-powerful ship each run by combining the insane variety of mods that can be unlocked.

good game, i suck at it but the esports scene is fun to watch

Really great if you like platformers in a retro style. Stick with it and you'll find this game offers a very thoughtful story that connects elegantly with its prequel.