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AthenaKarkata

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Reviews by AthenaKarkata

Posted: 8/21/2020
Good simple strategy game.
The undo button is the best part of the game because I often think I have a different thing selected. Some of the 3d playing fields are annoying to try and look around. But you want to always look around them with a new field because sometimes you might have a random piece off by itself.

Collect energy from crystals, use energy to make pieces, upgrade pieces, attack, disable, or move (only pieces that have been upgraded 5 times). First player to one hit the other's base crystal wins.

There are a couple different play styles you can have to win. My personal go to is getting a piece to 5 and making my way to the enemy with it in a kill, move, disable pattern.

I only wonder if there is any point in getting the first one. It is currently .19 since the publisher often has sells to where if you have one of their games most of their other games are more than 90% off.
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Posted: 8/16/2020
Got for free, 100% off in the eshop.

Yes, it's a simple premise that you've been playing for free on your computer and phone for years.
So for free it's a good game.
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Posted: 8/16/2020
Got for free, 100% in the eshop.

No.
Just no.

Need a game you can pass off to the kids? Okay, this is for you.
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Posted: 8/16/2020
Got for free, 100% off in the eshop.

A game for those who loved their Bop It.

A simple puzzle game. The game tell you a direction and do it. Up, down, left, right, not up, not down, not left, not right, and the tricker do nothing.
It's a good simple puzzle, just not for me. I only played 2 levels before I was done.
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Posted: 8/16/2020
Got the game for free.
The graphics are good. The model train table is cute. It has little animals just eating & chilling, camp fires, and chimney smoke.
The controls drive me a little crazy though. You pretty much have to always be in overhead view to do anything but it takes you out of over view every time. Even in overhead mode it's still really hard to select the small circle to build your tracks.
There are no touch or gyro controls. Touch controls alone would add a star alone.

Of the about 7 100% off games on switch right now that I picked up, this one is the largest download. The time it took to download wasn't worth it because I was ready to archive it with in 30 mins.
I have so far played 8 of main puzzles and 4 side puzzles, I want to at least cross the bridge before I'm done with it.
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Posted: 6/1/2020
Got the game when it was on sale for 16 cent.

It is like the .io games you might have played for free on your phone, but with a super short campaign. The campaign is only 4 missions. First is to reach max size, then survive waves of worms, then kill other worms, lastly to eat humans.

I didn't read the game description before playing the game so I didn't know that different (color) worms eat different things so it took me a couple plays to realize red eat human, gray eat metal, and green eat plant. After that the game is super simple. You can win without using the two abilities.

Played this game during self quarantine so I didn't have anyone to try multiplayer party mode with.

If there was just slightly more to this game it would be very addictive, like an endless mode with a high score to beat would be nice. But for 16 cents it is a good game.
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Posted: 5/22/2020
The game is currently on sale for 5 cents. Everyone can easily get 5 cents of value out of this game so male sure to pick it up while it's still on sale even if the price goes up to $1.

The game satisfies the same part of my brain as 2048 which I was addicted too around 5 years ago. It is only slightly more difficult then 2048 in that there are different card types and basic math involved but it is still just simple D pad controls.

The game is pretty simple with three modes (endless, quick, and careful) and three field sizes (3x3, 4x4, and 5x5). You are only playing to beat your own high score. There is no shop, no global scores, no upgrades. Just simple low effort fun.
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iRamos99 8/16/2020
I picked up this game after reading this review and it is now one of my goto games whenever I have some time to waste or before bed. I'm a little blind so the 5x5 on the Switch screen is a little too small for me. Thanks for the review!
Posted: 5/21/2020
Got the game while on sales to play with my SO. It was a hit with both of us and another friend I played it with who then went and bought his own copy on PS.

My friend and his son are color blind and would have trouble telling some of the items apart but they both still liked the game.

An old classic everyone should try with friends.
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Posted: 5/21/2020
There is a demo for this game, after playing it once it will try to get you to buy the full version, but if you close the game fully you can play again. I did this for months.
After an unreasonable amount of times of this I finally bought the full version while it was on sale.
I find it a fun, simple game. Give the demo a try!
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Posted: 5/21/2020
I actually bought the Knights of Pen and Paper 1&2 bundle, but at this time I have only played 1 so I'll review the non-bundle version.

I bought the game while it was on sale. For some reason the Knights 1&2 + Galaxy bundle was the worst deal, including buying them all separate. So I decided to get the 1&2 bundle and if I liked them I would get the Galaxy version later. So if you plan to buy any of these games on sale make sure to compare all the bundle and non-bundle deals.

This game does not have a tutorial, so this review will also serve as such.

Knights of Pen and Paper is a game where you control a group of people playing D&D. The game will sometimes jump back and forth between the people playing and the characters they are playing.

At the start of the game your DM tells you to make make at least 2 characters. (Hint: if you want to start with three characters you can make your third character Pizza Guy because he cost less to buy) To make a character you pick a time of person/humanoid and a class. Examples include a Woofie the Warrior, E.T.  the Mage, and Pizza Guy the Cleric. My starting characters because the combinations amused me! More people and classes are unlocked through gameplay, like the Game Dev team Hunters. The characters you choose does not effect the dialogue.

The game play is pretty simple. The DM will explain what is going on by himself and through NPCs and both will often break the fourth wall between player and player character. The dialogue is full with a lot of references to pop culture. You can easily play the game without reading any of the dialogue though I recommend reading it since it is the bulk of what the game is.

The battle system is pretty straight forward. For most of the battle quests you will be told you need to defeat X number of a creature but you can do it up however you want. Say you need to kill 6 Missing No., you can choose to fight 4 in one battle and 3 in the next. You can also throw in some other creatures into the fight that you don't need for the quest. The number about each creature is the battle order (not how strong it is which is what I first thought).
During battle you choose from 5 options. Basic attack, a special attack, item, defeat, or run away. Though this are labelled with pictures not words
Basic attack: Simple physical attack that cost 0 MP to use.
Special attack: Pick 1 of up to 4 different moves. They will use some amount of MP.
Item: Use 1 item to recover HP and/or MP, raise Attack, or bring a character back from death.
Defeat: Protect that character. You know you are about die.
Run: You will roll a die to see if you can escape.

On the top left of the main screen there is system, menu, and shop options. Menu is the one you will use all the time to play the game. Shop is the for purchasing items to for your characters real life to give in game bonuses. There are temporary items like snacks and drinks, a most have for any D&D session. And there are permanent items to decorate the table and room. You can even change your DM to a Yoda knockoff.

I normally play with the volume off because I'm always listening to something else at the same time so I can't rate the music.

I have put over 25 hours into the game. At first I was doing most of the side quests but I have stopped because it was getting very repetitive and I just want to finish the main quests.

Problems and possible glitches-
Each quest has a level listed with it. I thought this meant your recommended level for completely the quest. But I will try to do a quest that says level 20 with my table full of level 30 characters and get murdered over and over.
I have some shop items to make reviving these dead characters cheaper but when I activated them the price doesn't change.
I have had the game freeze on me once.

Overall
If the game is on sale and you want some mindless fun go ahead and pick up Knights of Pen and Paper.
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