Recent reviews by Hunna (trading)

Saltwater, released on February 10, 2025, by developer Lean Hog and publisher The Zhou Bros, is a remarkable indie title that has swiftly risen to prominence, challenging the dominance of many triple-A games. This action-packed, twin-stick shooter offers a unique and immersive underwater experience that captivates players from the very first dive.

Gameplay and Mechanics

In Saltwater, players assume the role of a pistol shrimp, navigating through vibrant underwater environments teeming with hostile sea creatures. The game's mechanics are reminiscent of titles like Brotato, but with a distinctive twist—there's no auto-aim, requiring players to master manual targeting for a more engaging and skill-based experience. As you progress, your crustacean protagonist gains experience points, allowing for level-ups and the selection of various upgrades, such as increased attack damage or enhanced movement speed. The thrill of cracking open oysters to collect pearls, which can be used to unlock new shrimps and weapons, adds a rewarding layer of strategy and progression.

Visuals and Audio

The game boasts stunning 2D vector art combined with real underwater photography, creating a visually striking and immersive aesthetic. The hand-drawn, stylized visuals are both colorful and evocative, bringing the underwater world to life in a way that few games achieve. Complementing the visuals is a captivating soundtrack that enhances the overall atmosphere, making each session a sensory delight.

Replayability and Content

As a roguelike, Saltwater offers high replayability with its procedurally generated challenges and permadeath mechanics. Each run presents new opportunities and obstacles, ensuring that gameplay remains fresh and engaging. The in-game medals for beating levels provide additional goals for players to strive toward, adding to the game's longevity.

Community Reception

Despite being a recent release, Saltwater has garnered positive feedback from the gaming community. On Steam, it holds a "Positive" rating based on user reviews, reflecting its warm reception among players.

Conclusion

Saltwater is a testament to the innovation and passion that indie developers bring to the gaming industry. Its engaging gameplay, stunning visuals, and high replayability make it a standout title that not only competes with but often surpasses many triple-A games. For those seeking a fresh and exhilarating gaming experience, diving into the depths with Saltwater is an adventure not to be missed.

Really good game this is basically runescape FPS without the major skill grind, honestly the price tag is right for how short the story is. But I do have a gut feeling that there will be a continuation of the story later on, but this is up there on the list of best games I played in 2025

Game

sooooo its not good but its not bad obviously the AI is a bit jank I love the fact that we are basically rats in tarkov and its only PVE. Honestly I love playing it I only have about 3 to 4 hours at the moment but with that time it kind of feels good after you've completed a raid when you get the game mechanics down as well as knowing where the enemies spawn and know where all the loot spawns are.

Cons:
-Enemies spotting you through walls.
-The movement feels very slow and clunky
-Camera angle makes it hard for me to see whats going on in front of me forcing me to ADS in first person
-Hard to loot a specific item off the floor which also forces me to ADS and pick the item up.
-Epic games online services

Pros:
-You feel fragile. Your put in this world where your surrounded by complete giga chads in the battle of getting loot and scurrying out of intense combat zones. With only a few bullets your pretty much dead if your not coming in with anything to heal/protect yourself with even if you do it wont save you.
-Loot is abundant but it feels like its really leveled with the fragility portion of your character.
-Time is of the essence. The longer you stay in a raid you'll be greeted with the hunter killers which are a group of enemies that do not stop coming in the raid until you finish it. I've only met one in game and I think it spawned behind me and killed me with this sick animation as I was shooting it in the process.

At the moment I give the game a 5/10 there are probably some other bugs that I have not seen yet but it does need some time to get better so I would say just be patient and you'll get a grade a game in your steam library.

cringe game

Break wall fart on someone and then kill them

I do like this game buuuuut this is definitely open for some ideas for a cities skylines type city builder, I would love that so much, just think of all the possibilities. You can make your city into what ever you want it to be, like deal with crime or let it be for your own gain, manage some kind of corporation within your city and create some kind of connection with that corporation. Basically what I'm thinking about is Cyberpunk 2077 with cities skylines just more gritty and dystopian.

But more about this game it is nice to have as a normal aesthetic but it would be so sick if there was a goal or some kind of management but there's something out there for everyone, nothing wrong with that. I give it a thumbs up.

Spill oil

Don't buy Black Ops 6 they are going to make it a DLC that you can't refund.

paid for game
played the game
got stuck in a box
could not get out
amazing experience