Recent reviews by Catbus

My GOTY 2023 and my favorite 3D metroidvania since Prime 1. I genuinely can't wait to buy whatever this dev makes next. Please release something else someday!

I think this is probably my favorite game of the year.

Please try it! The demo is substantial.

I love this game, please give it a try.

That said, Capcom could have done much better with this port. There's no Genma content, no choice of soundtrack, the backgrounds should be re-upscaled with newer techniques, and they've made alterations to the controls that I don't agree with.

Really nice! Very polished combat and platforming, I can't wait to see what's possible in the full game.

To be clear, the Metal Slug games are amazing. This is a review of *this* version of Metal Slug.

I'm actually in disbelief at how scuffed these games are on Steam. Dotemu should have gone directly to prison for this one.

- The music sounds drunk as it lurches around wildly, it's hard to put into words how jarring this is
- Certain sound effects sound like they're blowing out your speakers, not in a good way
- There's a large amount of input lag, even when played on a high refresh monitor and a wired controller with 1000hz polling. Would be worse if you have any other setup.
- Controls feel buggy and the default control mapping is poor
- The included video filter meant to imitate a CRT display is laughably awful compared to most filters you could find in an emulator
- Doesn't play nice with high DPI scaling in Windows, making full-screen unplayable. You have to tinker around with compatibility options to resolve this

Buy the Arcade Archives release from Hamster Corp on some other platform, this was made by an incompetent team.

I won't settle for anything less than Extreme Grand Master Pegging, and that's exactly what this game offers.

A game so polished and well made Ubisoft had to disband the team behind it. Can't allow that kind of quality to exist at Ubisoft!

I like it a lot!

This has an astounding level of polish and the gameplay is completely addictive.

The visual effects can get a bit hectic at times, slightly hampering my ability to discern threats, but other than that this is a fantastic little puzzle game to lose many hours to.

A reminder that games can delight and surprise you with their design at a time when AAA game design and control methods have never been more homogeneous.

I hope you'll love video games even more after playing UFO 50.

This game feels great! You can feel influence from games like Ape Escape, Sly Cooper, or Zelda, but it also feels just as polished as any of those games, if not more. I actually got emotional when leaving the tutorial area, and many of the platforming puzzles/challenges had me gripping my controller. I really like things as they are and hope the devs don't cave in too much to the negative reviews.

I wish I could pay for this, it's my favorite game of 2024.