Recent reviews by TheDoctorCat

the Unsorted Horror collection is really good! It's got some great ideas in it, and it actually spooked me some times. There are some games, though, that I wish were made into full 10 hr experiences like Carbon Steel, but overall very good for a free collection of bite sized horror games. It wasn't very "scary" though, but I could see where it was trying to ramp up tension, and that worked really well.

Honestly, it's just another base building microtransaction game meant to fill your time and do nothing important. It's slow, boring, and generally shallow. It's not good! Don't spend money on it.

Highly recommend... if you're a masochist. Other than that, this game is the toughest deckbuilder you'll ever play.

The story is highly engaging, the characters are fun, the worldbuilding is immaculate (and even better if you played the first game, Lobotomy Corporation), but GOD this game is difficult. I'd be willing to bet most people give up around the quarter of the way through mark, which is a shame because the game gets so much more interesting past then, and so much BETTER in every way!... save for the difficulty.

This game will have you tearing your hair out on every single level until you finally get the right combination of passives, key pages, combat pages, floor, all of it, and only then can you beat each level. This game took me over a hundred hours to complete for a reason.

Here is my spoiler free review of the game. Lobotomy Corporation is a management sim/visual novel with an engaging story and somewhat addictive play loop. The game takes place over the course of a certain amount of days, during which you have to gather boxes from these things called abnormalities. If you've read anything on the SCP wiki, it's like that. Between each management day you get at least one cut-scene that gives the game the visual novel identity, with more cut-scenes happening the more objectives you complete. Before each day starts you get one new abnormality, the danger level of which ranges from literally harmless to "just reset now it'll save you a half hour of anguish". Lobotomy Corporation is best enjoyed completely blind. If you enjoy SCP, Management sims, and a sense of mystery throughout the entire game, I highly recommend. That being said, prepare for a bit of grinding. Stats are a very important aspect and grinding for high stats will always be a good idea. Also be prepared to reset; it's nearly impossible to get everything on your first run, in fact it's literally impossible to get everything on your first run. There's not enough days to get all the abnormalities fully understood. My advice is to reset whenever you start to feel stumped and take what you learned and apply it to your next run. This game is a rogue-lite after all, like Hades. 8/10 would recommend.

The following is a spoiler based review addition. Venture at your own risk:
There are five levels of danger in Lobotomy Corporation. Zayin: baby's first abnormality, Teth: friendly hello hi?, He: doable, but god am I scared, Waw: getting spicy, and Aleph: oh got why is everything on fire? Use this to gauge if you can handle an abnormality. The story is fantastic, and I haven't even finished it yet. So many twists and turns and mysteries to solve. On another topic, god does this game drag down sometimes. The first day you get a new Aleph or even a Waw, prepare to reset 3-4 times just to learn the basics about it and eventually get it right. Some abnormalities need specific levels to work and some are ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ like Alriune and the Silent Orchestra. ♥♥♥♥ those two in particular, I want to get good results not normal! Anyways, if you really need help with an abnormality, the wiki has everything you need and the Subreddit is always welcoming. Finally, let's talk about EGO. The weapons and armor you make from the boxes of the abnormalities are insanely useful. Just getting one of the higher rank means taking way less damage from everything below. A teth armor with 0.8 on white will take more damage than a waw with 1.2, despite 1.2 being weak to white and 0.8 being resistant. Weapons work the same way, but in reverse. You'll deal a lot more damage to breaching abnormalities of lower levels with a higher level weapon. The weapon's damage also matters, but you'll figure that out as you play... This was less a spoiler-y area and more of a "here's some tips from a guy who's put in 50 hours to this game." sort of thing. btw there's a sequel called library of ruina that you shouldn't play until getting the true ending here.

Never once in my life have I played a game that so perfectly emulates what it means to feel something. Exploring the solar system, discovering the mysteries, that's all only half of the game, for me. The other half is all those feelings that it brings up from all the small things that you see. The lives of the Nomai, the sadness of your own circumstance, the Interloper, Chert, everything... it's all perfect.

I can't stress this enough, play this game. If you have the money and 10-15 hours, play it.

Have you ever played a fantasy tabletop adventure that was super fun, because the characters all were enjoyable and great, and the combat was exciting and tense? Do you want to recreate that experience without having to find a group that will play? Wildermyth is for you. Everything from the art style to the combat to the way the characters interact during events is perfect. Best of all, it's all random, so you can get totally different stories every time. This game is perfect for everyone who enjoys stories, adventure, and combat.

Undefeated is what all of the Dragon Ball Z games want to be. It's just a major power trip. If Superman 64 was good it would be this game. Everything is fast and fluid. Also shoutouts to Dib from Invader Zim for making an appearance in this game.

it is awesome