Recent reviews by Hotaru

This game gets a lot of hate but if you have reasonable expectations it's fine. You can play everything without having to pay, and there's plenty of affordable costumes. All currency is free in the battle pass too. I haven't spent a cent and in like a month of playing already have skins for my three characters. The core gameplay is really fun too and they're still adding new content. If you just want a hop on and have fun game, then this is great for that.

I didn't like this game before the controversy anyways.

Was pleasantly surprised by this one and it's a great addition to the bullet heaven genre. Has a lot of stuff to work with right out of the gate but everything is very clear thanks to good UI explanations. Variety keeps things fresh and if you enjoy the genre you will probably find hours of fun in this title. Recommended!

I'm gonna give this a thumbs up to support a small dev and encourage them to keep working on the game. It definitely needs more polish and flair but it already is pretty fun.

P.S. Triggers don't work on a Dualsense controller

Such a fun and fast paced fighter. Not to hard to pickup, but a lot of precision and matchup knowledge required to master. Active player base and lots of resources to learn from. If you've never played a fighting game before but want to try one, this is probably the best place to start.

I hate to give this a thumbs down as I'm closer to neutral, but it's definitely not a recommended. Game is stunning visually and the music is nice. If you're looking for a showcase for a new GPU and want to see raytracing and DLSS in peak performance than this is the game for you. It's not worth $20 for that, but like $5 tho.

As an actual game tho the experience is between mediocre and painful. Horrible writing that makes no sense, very flat voice acting, enemies are really dumb and can be beaten just by running and gunning (which is boring since they're damage sponges.) The only part I actually enjoyed was a brief stealth sequence, but it was still very linear and short.

Unless you specifically want to see what your PC can benchmark on this game, I see no reason to ever play it.

Solid performance, great visuals, tight gameplay and good netcode. I've never played much Halo and I'm still enjoying this a lot. Battlepass is as bummer but as of right now I think the game is worth $10 anyways. Hope to see continued content down the line.

I discovered this series after trying the demo for the upcoming Despot's Game and I'm glad I did. These guys are top tier in every aspect. Awesome pixel art, great writing, and the ability to make easy to understand games while still providing depth for the more dedicated players.

Despotism 3K is one of the most fun resource management games I've ever played. You're tasked with managing various activities like generating power, producing food, and breeding the population. There are also random events that give the game a deck buiiding like aspect as you will pull both positive and negative effects. As the difficulty ramps up and the game throws you into more and more creative spots you will be forced to make tough decisions. The real jewel to its simple gameplay loop is that since there are limited options, every piece is critical and keeping your facilities functioning requires careful planning as you'll often have nothing to fall back on.

The game also has a surprisingly large amount of content for those that want to keep playing after the main story. These include a second campaign that adds a new mechanic, as well as a large set of modifiers to do gimmick runs, and even an endless mode.

Overall I've loved my time with this game and plan to continue playing. If you're looking for a good casual game that can also cater to a strategic player and don't mind a bit of RNG, then I recommend you give it a go.

To everyone saying they're experiencing the bug of the game freezing after a new file, the developer posted this solution:

You will need to select Gift of Parthax in your Steam library and then right click on it. A dropdown menu will appear and there you need to choose "Properties -> Local Files -> Browse...". In there open the "Gift of Parthax_Data" folder and then "StreamingAssets". Then delete all the files in the StreamingAssets folder.

The game itself is fine offering around 2-3 hours of content and pretty easy achievements. The developer is also responsive and still updating and fixing the game. Definitely worth it for me.

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