Recent reviews by Tommy

Body Type A & B present as of 1.4.5 even though game had Male/Female (the right options) for 11+ years with no issue.
To the 1% this panders to who don't even play, isn't it insulting to have your entire identity "included", only to still be limited to a binary choice?

Thanks, I am now more afraid of the ocean than before.

Reminds me a lot of Spyro. Thankfully, without a well-dressed bear continually telling me I'm too poor.

Very short (maybe not more than 15 minutes of gameplay), but very good at keeping things vague and, most importantly for vague horror, building tension and intrigue. I'll look forward to Eduardo's next project.
Honestly reminds me of Junji Ito's Remina, but without all the breakdown of the human psyche.

Are you seriously surviving Black Mesa all by yourself?
No! I'm with the Science Team!

"Turn the left card, into the right card."

Final update for review, 13MAY 1700 EST
I cannot in good faith any more recommend this game. What started as fun has turned into chore.I enjoyed fighting for the MO. I enjoyed unlocking new guns and strats, hopeful they could be used to kill more efficiently. Unfortunately, the dev team, specifically the balance team, has whisked all that away. Why should I grind to unlock the new battlepass guns when they are objectively worse than the default AR? Why should I get new stratagems when nothing ever buffs them, and I am being expected to use 3x more stratagems than I am given to take on the unbalanced hordes that spawn whenever I peek at a newly spawned group?
Unfortunately, I think I have to declare this (at this time) a fad game that will peter out of mainstream, mainly due to the shenanigans pulled by both the dev team and the publishers.
And for those who will argue about refunds, mine got denied.


Review updated as of 06MAY, ~0100 EST
As of 0000 EST, Playstation Snoy has reversed their decision on the PSN link requirement. I commend AH and the corporate overlord for coming to their senses.
HOWEVER
This review, and I am sure many others, shall remain negative until the 177 regions locked by Snoy are confirmed to be restored.
As one of the community's new monikers goes:
*We all dive, or none dive.*

I am keeping my original review points for posterity

Original review:
fc uk sn oy. You don't get to:
1. Arbitrarily enforce an (optional at launch) account linking that isn't in the EULA/ToS, or your biggest playerbase gets banned
2. Allow a game to sell in regions your PSN doesn't support (I've been hearing Philippines the most)
3. Ban anyone who sets up an account in 'not their country', with some of the worst reported customer support I've ever read
4. Fluff your PSN numbers to your shareholders
5. Have one of, if not THE, most nonsecure networks for entertainment (9 publicly reported breaches in the last decade)
And expect people to not get mad. I'm sorry Arrowhead, but snoy has tanked your baby.

Neat little game. Yes, it was "ported", for lack of a better word, from mobile. This most strongly shows in the last world with the honestly kind of ridiculous requirements for upgrading your tools. It took me a couple hours of waiting/mindless mining to get the stuff I needed for lvl 36 gear.
But it is still fun, and a good little time waster. 9 worlds, all different aesthetics, and some decent little mechanics.

Buggy. First mission we couldn't complete, 2nd mission monster got stuck in a corner of her starting spot. Unintuitive controls (controls page says CTRL to jump and middle mouse to drop items) and no directions.

Better than the 3rd one. Puzzles lose cohesion and interest near the end, but everything up to completing the chapel is great game design plus the Kraken puzzle .