Recent reviews by Firebal69

There's plenty of indie games on the market, but very few of them have as much emotion and passion as Back Then. It's a very focused game, it's a slow burn, it's confusing, and it's sad. So very sad. That only capitalizes on how poignant this game is in today's age, tackling a subject rarely spoken of and shining some very needed light on it. Kudos to the team.

Do yourself a favor and experience this game, it's worth it.

I just finished my first playthrough, and I only upgraded my human abilities and saw "a few" of the optional stuff.

Just the fact that I want to go back and play the game at least twice more makes me think that I found a gem. I greatly enjoyed the loot-fest that this game was, I enjoyed the story quite a bit, the enemy design was different and refreshing.

I did suffer some stuttering in some parts of the game, but that probably doesn't even matter in the long run.
My only con is that the game uses a lot of "go fetch X and bring back" type of missions, which are fine when used sparingly, but I can understand why they did so, to make you explore more.

The characters aren't anything special, there are some moments that you will remember, but most characters serve as a type of "trial", will you save them or not? Sure, they get fleshed out if you take your time to read/listen to the various emails and audio-logs in the game.

The ending, without spoiling much, was the weirdest part of the game, it felt rushed, I've seen 3 endings (don't know if there are more) but they all end in the same way more or less.

All in all, an enjoyable experience with old-school mechanics and a deep atmosphere that will make you want more after you're done.

Solid 8.5/10

GOTY Contender for sure.

As a long time fan of TCG's, this game had me floored. It has so much depth to it, it bundles a bunch of systems from other games and makes them all stand out on their own.
It's still relatively new, and I'm not really that good at it yet, but damn am I enjoying myself destroying people with some weird ass decks.

If you've been playing other TCG's like Magic or Hearthstone, definitely give this a shot.

This is a blast to play with friends, even with other titles like bf1 coming out, I still find myself playing this more. It's that good.

The only bad thing is that sometimes the servers are rather iffy, but that isn't the developers fault, it's ubisoft's.

When I played this game in its beta stage I thought I was actually going to play this a lot.
I was wrong as the labor system, limited housing and overall grindy as hell experience made this game lose a lot of potential, it hurts me giving it a thumbs down because my time in the beta was well spent, jail included. But now it's just...boring.

Until they change some of the key systems about the game, I have a hard time recommending it to people.

If you're just starting out making games this is the perfect engine for you, it's simple, easy to understand and you can make some really cool things with it.
Thanks to Leadwerks, I'm living my dream of becoming a game developer, which is something that neither Unity or UE4 were able to do thanks to their incredibly steep learning curve.

My first serious project is being made with Leadwerks, and while it doesn't have a few things other engines have what it does have is easy of entry and rewards you for knowing what you're doing.

A very nice action packed game.Really worth the download!