Going Under

Really good if you like dynamic combat and hate capitalism.

The art is beautiful, taking the corporate art styles into a game was genius. Using workplace objects as weapons fulfills a fantasy I and many others have had. It has its moments, but its humor is filled with dated memes and references. It's painfully unfunny and the characters lack depth. Half of the content is repeated (The game is copy and pasted twice). Balance is garbage. Entire rooms explode at once, and enemies attack from all directions int he late game. Maps are often covered in darkness or spring a traps as soon as the player walks into rooms. It's not hard, but it is unfair. Patterns are readable and reactable in a vacuum, but good luck seeing them behind walls or behind the camera. There is no reward for tolerating this game. The final boss is awful and the ending is not worth the effort. Better to watch than to play.

A pretty fun dungeon crawler, even if nothing hugely innovative. The story and setting are very clever. I got this for a dollar or so in a previous AggroCrab sale; idk if I would recommend this at full price, but on sale it is definitely worth it. Also Kara is very relatable.

I have a good time with this one. It's short, plenty of stuff to do and improve, and it gives you the IRL experience of working for a start-up. You will have to do something you did not want the to do. The only question is, will real life work give you a perk that will have you beat up the competition in order to get a chance to deal extra damage with a folding chair? I think not. Highly recommend this as an off the job training program simulator.

An absolutely fantastic roguelite that has great writing and very clever level design. I also really appreciate the ability to edit the difficulty so people with less time can enjoy the game. There are some large difficulty spikes, particularly one dungeon in the second half of the game in which the RNG nature of the game can get fairly frustrating, but overall this is a fantastic game with a wonderful soundtrack and I cannot recommend it enough. I played the game on CachyOS and had no issues with compatibility.

Gameplay-wise it isn't revolutionary, it kinda reminds me of Zelda: Breath of the Wild with the lock-on combat and weapon durability, so it can feel a bit clunky sometimes but overall I found it satisfying. The art direction and writing is incredibly charming though and I doubt it'll lose it's relevancy (for millennials anyway) anytime soon. I wanted to finish it just to to give Jaquaylyn a W. It's about 15 hours playing casually and trying to get all the mentorships.