Story: Hourglass time-pieces get sucked out from the spaceship, and without them our character is unable to fly further. So they are stuck on the planet, collecting lost time pieces. Plot is not amazing, but good enough to make kids entertainment. Not adults though, as it's shallow and villain is too obvious.

Gameplay: Game levels are unlocked in certain order, there is no real free roam mode. We start levels from our space ship, and they are boiled down to "find hourglass on this level". Some levels (like Mafia Town from 1st act) will be replayed like 5 times. While levels from Movie Battle are somewhat unique, but at the same time really small.

On levels we can collect yarn, coins, tokens and gifts. Yarn gives ability to unlock new hats and abilities. Coins are used to pay for badges that modify gameplay a bit (coin magnet, grasping hook, treasures radar etc). Tokens are used on ship slot machine to unlock new outfit colors, hat designs and music. Sadly there are less tokens than available prizes, so it's not possible to unlock everything. Gifts unlock relic pieces, and if you already have all the relic parts - they will give tokens instead. Relics do not do anything useful apart from unlocking 1 - 2 extra hourglass pieces in certain act.

Character can jump, wall jump, dash and attack enemies with an umbrella. Some parts of the levels need certain hat to be accessible (like dweller hat which gives ability to enter into spirit world for a few seconds). There are clear holes in the gameplay, as developers started to work on some feature, then dropped it, and did not remove idea from the shipped game. E.g. there is ability to change weapon, but there are no other weapons in the game. Some levels were unbeatable due to low FPS on my laptop. Thankfully devs implemented normal console with cheat codes, so you can use fly to get on otherwise inaccessible platform. EA or Ubishit would throw them into in-game shop under "time savers", and ask you to shell out cash for them.

Graphic, music, bugs: I did not encourage any bugs, apart from wonky camera work near to the walls. Graphic is fine, same as the music. Nothing to go back in the future though.

Story: Our to-be-herose need to save the world from evil demon. Game has a lot of references I didn't get, and humor I did not found funny.

Gameplay: This game has friendly fire, so it's easy to kill other players... which I did a lot :hehe:. It's isometric action game where you move around with one mouse button, attack with equipped weapon with other and use keyboard to make spell combinations. No jumping, hiking, dialogues or choices to be made. There are 8 elements, each is assigned to different key. Pressing key for water + cold will produce ice, shield + stone will spawn ring of boulders etc. It is interesting, but I was constantly ending with bad key strokes that were messing up spells I wanted to create.

Graphic, music, bugs: Graphic and music are fine. But this is multiplayer-oriented game - and it's online mode is implemented very badly. It is not possible to move from one completed level to another. When next level loads game will freeze for hosting player, kick out joining player, and then crash for both.

Story: I don't remember this DLC to have any story - so N/A.

Gameplay: The same as in base game with small additions. Curses can be "paid" for items or get from the enemies. They increase possibility enemy will land critical hit on our character. Fights on the arena (wave horde mode) gives some points that can be spent for permanent bonuses. On top of that devs implemented statues that can be built, and give permanent boost. They are really expensive and act as infinite ore-sink for endgame players that like to grind in their games forever. So not for me.

Graphic, music, bugs: Same as in the base game.

Story: Hunter is kidnapping animals. And we're sent on the quest to free them, defeat him and his subordinates. Muahaha!. So nothing overly complicated, but it is also game for kids. So it fits.

Gameplay: Kao can jump, attack with gloves and jump-slam. Some sections require use of gliding, others are timed. So it's quite similar to Croc: Legend of the Gobbos. I think studio did copy this game a bit :D We don't need to collect keys or coins to end level though, it's enough to reach the exit. Levels are simple and of ok-quality. Could be more complicated for my liking, but it's kid's game. So I will not complain here.

Graphic, music, bugs: It's PS2 era game, so graphic and 3D objects are really simple. Psychonauts was released the same year as this game, and graphic there is more complex. Music is really basic, and voice acting is average.

Story: We join a summer camp which trains cadets for Psychonauts. Soldiers that are able to enter mind of someone else to "fix" their mental problems, steal secrets etc. After first night someone stole brains of other students, and we start quest to bring them back. And to save our girlfriend! Script is well written, even when it does not have any plottwists or surprises.

Gameplay: Platformer that is preferably played with the gamepad, as K+M controls are wonky (I remember having a lot of problems while playing non-Steam version on K+M years ago).
During gameplay we unlock abilities which allow us to progress the plot. Levitation, pyromancy, shooting, confusion grenades etc. This is not metroidvania though, so there are no additional areas on levels, that can be unlocked with new abilities.
We collect figments and PSI cards, which upgrade our psychonaut rank. Every xth rank upgrades certain ability - longer lasting invisibility, ricochet psybeam etc. It does not feel like something really important, as abilities do not give visible advantage. So collection part of the game is really optional.
Game hub is small, but still has fast travel points. Levels are closed, there is not much in the terms of free roam. Dialogs with other characters are quite basic.

Graphic, music, bugs: This is PS 2 game... so graphic is simple. But thanks to that game worked at stable 45 FPS, so yay!. Music is bit repetitive, but voice acting is good. I did not experience any in-game bugs, only problems with game opening / closing.

Story: DLC focus on events that happened before main game campaign. So destruction of terraformer on Mars. It is short (like 2h), but does not feel rushed.

Gameplay: Just like in the main game. We have a few weapons to chose from to shot + hammer to break stuff. Destruction model (in this 2011 game!!) is light years ahead from anything new you can buy right now. You can break every single wall, fence, floor, vehicle you can find. And it stays destroyed unless you rebuild it. Game is corridor shooter, so there is not much of an exploration. But it also means we don't need to go long way to gather resources, and exp is given for killing enemies. I beat main game exactly 6 year ago, and most of the fun came from destroying stuff :D

Graphic, music, bugs: Graphic is ok for that old game. Voice over is fine, and I did not experience any noticeable bugs.

Story: No story. Game goal is to climb the tower and kill last boss. No dialogues, diaries etc that could tell some story.

Gameplay: We can chose from few character classes, they behave in different ways, so it does not feel like we only changed how our character looks like. After death gold and ore, that was sent back home, is available to buy permanent upgrades for the city and character. Items are lost. Which is a good balance. We can upgrade our hero, and do not need to start from scratch every single time. I hate this mechanic in full rogue games. Game has isometric view. Works well with gamepad. I played it in co-op and did not see any bugs or bad game mechanics related to it. Gold , exp and loot is individual, so no need to fight for it.

Graphic, music, bugs: Pixel graphis :sob:. Music is bit repetitive, although fits into different floor themes - library, ice land, basement etc. There are no major or minor bugs visible.

Story: No story, as it's boardgame.

Gameplay: Conversion was done properly, and there are no irritting gameplay flaws or problems with the connection. If you like the boardgame, and are fine with playing only one map (or find DLC maps cheaply) this game will be a good pick.

Graphic, music, bugs: Game is bugless, music is limited to sounds of card shuffling and train riding, graphic is of good quality.

Story: No story, as it's a boardgame.

Gameplay: It's clunky. When you click on the button to bring up the ability-action menu, and decide to pick charge-ability-action instead it's not possible to click out anywhere outside of the active window to cancel it. You must click again on ability-action button. Same goes for cancelling all others actions...
You have the card that gives bonus when using magic spell? Game will pop up info you have this card every single time you use it. Even when you're well aware of this fact... When you throw the dices, and have not enough to defeat the enemy (for example 1 out of 4 shields) - you still must put this one shield at the enemy position. Game will not auto-fill dices...
Out of 4 playable characters Triss is obviously superior. Geralt may have a lot of dices to throw, but do not have any magic actions. Dandeleon focus on getting buffs from other players, so unless you play in 4 he's useless. While Triss can both teleport around like crazy, and have spell that gives both 2 shields and 2 swords. Which is enough to beat up pretty much all enemies.

Graphic, music, bugs: Random bugs that do not allow players to perform actions. Inability to re-connect after connection is lost. Graphic is fine, same for the music. I wanted to leave this game with 3 stars, but inability to re-connect to ongoing game is so ridiculous I'm not able to.

Story: We're sent to world where dragons live, to trade our PDAs for their generators in order to save humanity. Similar to Hatoful Boyfriend things are not as easy as they seem to be, and there is hidden ending. But in overall story is worse and more predictable than in HB. And playing through romances of all characters, in order to unlock true ending, was not really satisfying. There is no thrive that we learn something new about characters around us in every gameplay repeat.

Gameplay: It's visual novel with decisions and save system. Skipping already seen cut-scenes and dialogues works fine. Not much more to write here.

Graphic, music, bugs: Game is bugless, characters models and backgrounds are of high quality. Only problem is that characters do not have many poses, so they repeat really often. Music is more like ambient thing, nothing extraordinary

Story: "We must bust out of prison" game. One character is already inside, and wants to run away. Second character only arrived, but is sure they did not commit crime they were sentenced for. Which feels like typical scenario of all prison-action movies. They have their own personalities, which were written as "typical opposites" - calm and analytical vs aggressive and impulse driven. But it does not feel forced, they feel fleshy in what they do, and their actions are clearly justified by their past experiences. Game ends in a way I did not predict, and that it's strongest point for me. I did feel like literal shit during last sequence, and was like "yeah, yeah do it, I deserved it".

Gameplay: Split screen without need to sit on the same sofa. Only one player needs to own game, for both people to play. Which is neat. It is strictly co-op game, and is unplayable with only one player (AI won't control second character). Fact that screen is split in half all the time can be bit confusing though. Action-linear game, where we can do some small side activities. You can compete in throwing darts, play baseball, throw horseshoe, play music or just annoy your partner by not going towards objective. It's possible to interact with objects individually, and each character react differently. While one will open fridge and say there is nothing of value, other will open fridge, pick up beer and drink it. Talking with NPCs will result in different dialogues, depending who talk to NPC right now. It does help to flesh out characters and makes game really enjoyable. There are moments where cutscene is shared, and characters must pick what they will do. For example they enter elevator with guard inside. Try to talk your way out of it, or attack?

Graphic, music, bugs: I did not encounter any bugs in this game. Music is fitting, and graphic is fine. There are minor delays in transition from "shared cutscene" to "actual gameplay" for joining player. So while cutscene per se plays fine, then at the end I was stuck a bit on loading screen, while other character was already in-game, playing.

Story: Story revolves around events from I WW. German father of French-German newborn gets mobilization letter from German army. Kid grandpa is mobilized by French army, which results in grandfather and father serving in hostile armies. There are two extra playable characters - nurse and soldier from USA (or Canada :P). Game in accessible way shows how terrible and pointless war is. When people which were living next to each other are forced to attack one another. Game uses few of the big war events (like use of planes, tanks or combat gases) as backstory, which ties fate of playable characters.

Gameplay: Simple adventure game with bit of really easy puzzling, and bit annoying QTE (similar to guitar hero minigame). Game is made as 2D side scroller, with ability to move upwards / down to enter buildings or go down the stairs. No inventory system - our character can hold only one item at a time. We are accompanied by rescue doggo, which can perform simple commands - like bring object, or push levers.

Graphic, music, bugs: Graphic is simple but fitting into whole war-theme. Music is rather ambient, and game is bugless.

Story: Well there is no story. So not much to write here. No images showing main character past, no memories, no nothing. There is one cut scene after player collects all mementos and beat last chapter of game again. But IMO it's weak to hide only useful bit of information behind that much backtracking. Names of optional achievements points towards stages of grief, game does not hint why main character has depression.

Gameplay: Well made platformer with very easy environmental puzzles, most of them are skippable. Controls are fluid, and we unlock new abilities along the way - double jump, swimming, ability to smash things etc. But there are no metrovidania elements - it's not possible to backtrack and there is only one possible way at any time. Only after game is beaten it's possible to pick previous levels to look for collectibles.

Graphic, music, bugs: Strongest point of this game is art style, and I do think that game should not be rated based on story or puzzles. As both those elements are totally secondary. Game starts in black and white. With time we unlock colors, which fill world like water color paint fills canvas. Sound is ambient, game is bugless. This game is more of calm art experience, than story-driven or gameplay-based game.

Story: We're reincarnation of hero that trapped god-sisters long time ago. And surprisingly we must defeat them again. So nothing extraordinary or deep.

Gameplay: Our character has ability to change alignment. When we're blue we're protected against blue enemy attacks, and against red attacks when red. But at the same time we deal not much damage towards enemy of the same alignment. There are also alignment-dependent platforms and blocks, which are solid when we have the same color. This mechanic forces us to constant shifting alignment, often mid-jumps which can be challenging. Certain abilities are blocked behind story-important events. Killed enemies and pots drop down coins which can be used to extend health or energy pool.

Graphic, music, bugs: Graphic is simple, and all objects have yellow outlines. With exception for blue / red enemies or blocks / platforms. Music is hardly noticeable. Game is bugless, and only problem is that there is weird delay between pressing jump button and actual jump. Which requires bit of getting used to.

Story: Hitler was close to be defeated, so he released disease which turned all alive and dead Nazi soldiers into zombies. And they wan to rule the world! We must of course stop them. During story we visit Berlin and some other areas.

Gameplay: Game is similar to Sniper Elite with exception that there are not many glory shots, as it'd be hard to have slow-mo shots in game for 4 players (when other player gets glory shot, other see it as well). Game is quite corridor like, and there is not much incentive to roam around. There are few enemy types, but in the end they all boil down to "shot in the head till it's dead" strategy. There are no mission challenges or optional objectives. We can choose how our character will look like and our weapons at the beginning of mission. No character progression or different abilities sets though.

Graphic, music, bugs: Graphics looks fine, but it is already bit dated. Music is nothing extraordinary. And game is mostly bugless, but there can be bad ragdoll effects of objects and enemies. Plus enemy can get stuck in half-dead state somewhere on the map, which blocks further progress.