by LepcisMagna 
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (BotW for short) is a game of extremes. At times, it can be an incredibly fun and polished trek through a fantastic open world. But also at times, it can be an incredibly frustrating experience. It’s never frustrating for very long, but the moments of frustration are the many small bits of gristle in an otherwise well-cooked and seasoned steak.
by LepcisMagna 
Anodyne is a difficult to pin down game. Honestly, I’m not even sure if I’m going to put it into Tier One or Two yet. It has taught me that I may be a bit of a sucker for good audio design and soundtracks, since I ended up playing it longer than I expected based on that alone. On its face, I found it quite reminiscent of classic Zelda – I was happy to learn that I was correct in this assessment when I visited the Steam page. You wander about, exploring a strange world with strange creatures and caves, all the time feeling rather lost and alone. You’re told you have a great destiny, but (and this is where it differs) it doesn’t really seem like that’s actually the case. Perhaps if I hear something about this game elsewhere, I’ll pick it up again – but for now, I think it goes to Tier Two. I certainly don’t regret my time, but I also wasn’t particularly engaged except by the mechanics – just the audio and art direction.
by LepcisMagna I first played this in VR, and it gave me motion sickness. I played it on the desktop, and I got bored. A Cthulhu-esque horror game shouldn’t be boring. It’s a pity, because it sets up a good atmosphere – there’s just no interesting gameplay to back it up.
by LepcisMagna 
You know what the difference between Super Amazing Wagon Adventure and Organ Trail is? Organ Trail is fun. I went into this thinking that Organ Trail would be exactly the same as SAWA – a one-joke, boring parody. I was wrong. There’s gameplay. And choices. And macabre humor. And…you know…fun. This is a better parody than SAWA ever was, and it’s actually a game to boot.
by LepcisMagna Osmos may be a simple game, but it’s so peacefully addictive that I can’t fault it. Like single player, ambient, agar.io.
by LepcisMagna 
A reverse tower defense game that could almost scrape by as a phone or flash game. I think I could play it on an iPhone and have fun, but there just isn’t enough there to make it worth my full attention. This may be because I was limited to an hour, but it just didn’t seem to have depth.
by LepcisMagna I first played a game called “Lugaru” back in 2005/2006. In Lugaru, you played Turner, a ninja assassin rabbit – the combat was varied and interesting, since you played as a very low-health, high-speed character with an astounding jump (because, you know…rabbit). Later, they announced a sequel (yet to be titled). I pre-purchased it, and waited. Actually, I’m pretty sure I bought it three times – once on their website when it was made available for pre-purchase, once in a Humble Bundle, and once on Steam (because I forgot both the email and the password to my original account). During this time, they came out with hundreds of alpha builds (I played a few) in addition to lore-building comics and concept art. Twelve years after, Overgrowth was released. And people complain about Star Citizen taking a while. THEY DON’T KNOW THE MEANING OF THE WORDS “worth the wait”.
by LepcisMagna I didn’t realize how bored I could be of a game just by reading its title. I’m sure this could be a fine game, but in a genre so super-saturated it needs to be stellar for me to even consider it.
by LepcisMagna 
This is a fun game – it feels a bit simple, but it is certainly challenging. I would put this game in Tier One, except for one thing – I’ve played Thumper. I’m not suggesting that these are the same games – but they’re the same type of rhythm avoidance game, and Thumper is the far more enjoyable one. Still, I will likely pick this up after playing out Thumper, and there are far worse things you can spend $3 on. Unless you get motion sick – in which case, this is probably the worst thing to spend money on. See that screenshot? Everything is spinning and you’re the triangle.
by LepcisMagna I’ve discovered my tolerance for funny, one-joke games has entirely disappeared. RIP.