Title: Two Worlds II
Platform: PC [currently just console releases in database]
Release date: Jan 25 2011 for NA/UK (https://www.twoworlds2.com/en/358,one-million-sales-mark-broken.html), Nov 2010 for EU but find some conflicting information about exact date, between 9, 12 and even 19 Nov. https://www.mobygames.com/game/50248/two-worlds-ii/releases/windows/ Lists 9 for Germany and 12 for Russia, https://www.pcinvasion.com/two-worlds-ii-coming-to-uk-us-on-25-january/ says 9, https://www.eurogamer.net/games/two-worlds-2 says 12, https://www.trueachievements.com/n2442/two-worlds-ii-release-date-confirmed says 19...
Take your pick of links.

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Yeah, eShop would definitely benefit from user reviews and an consensus of some kind, as long as they're monitored for review bombing. Of course, it would only work if the game attracts enough attention to receive a consensus among players. If you look at this game's Steam page, it says it only has one review, and it's not viewable.

The Saturn received only two Dragon Ball games during its run, which I guess is better than the Mega Drive's lone game. The other Saturn game is a normal-style fighting game like the others that came before it on the Super Famicom. Though, this has an odd Fatal Fury-like mechanic where you can knock characters into the background, except here you literally knock them into a brand new screen. It's neat at first, but it really disrupts the flow of combat.

Thanks for reading!

I haven’t heard much about Dragonball games on the Saturn, and it was interesting to read about this one. The arcade approach makes sense, since as I understand it that’s what the Saturn was touted to be: A powerful home arcade unit.

Thanks for this review. It seems to point to the overflow of titles and lack of oversight on the eShop. Steam, in contrast, has its challenges, but at least its ratings and comment system help people to find what they’re after. Now that Nintendo is nose deep in games, perhaps that will consider doing the same, lest that bubble bursts.

Please add the following to the database:

- Bloons TD 6
- PC (Steam)
- https://store.steampowered.com/app/960090/Bloons_TD_6/

Thank you.

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Digital Eclipse certainly did the Megaman fans dirty too long ago to think about, and until I set up for this review I didn't even take seriously who was at the helm.

As for the repetition, I'll fix that. Thanks!

This is a very polished look at a compilation I recently acquired and look forward to enjoying. I didn't like the earliest work Digital Eclipse did, years ago, but their more recent work has been stellar by all accounts. I think different people may be involved. I know some of their newer talent is... new. As for your text, I found one place you might want to revisit:

Surf a variety of character animation frames, box designs, arcade side art…if there’s art, it’s pretty much here. It’s pretty much an iceberg for all of the games.

There's nothing definitely wrong here, but "pretty much" is repeated twice in rapid succession. It feels like a bit of a speedbump in an otherwise very smooth review. Excellent work!

I remember owning this game. I also remember being really happy to have that Nintendo Power subscription due to how I bought it used and with no box, manual, etc., meaning I didn't have that necessary code to move on partway through the game. Fortunately, they did give it to you in the magazine because of apparently realizing that was a horribly stupid idea after the fact.

I liked the game. Fell a bit short of being truly elite for me. I recall not liking the whole "jump to get on top of tiles" deal as it made controls awkward. I did like the tropical island vibe of the game, but recall liking its sequel a bit more, even if it mostly replaced tropical isles with traveling through time.

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That title is mild compared to a Sega CD game that also has the word Woody in its name. Type it in the search box above and you'll see it.

That has got to be one of the most unfortunate titles I've ever seen. I totally thought this was some delisted Steam hentai game.

Don't think there should be any scenario in which a regular user would have those options though.

I mean, checking a game that has multiple reviews including mine, if I check the other reviews it says "You can view your own review for this game." and if I check mine it says "You can click to modify this review or you can view your own review." with the second option obviously just linking back to the same page, since I'm already viewing my own review. And that's the case for all of my reviews that I view, whether others exist for that game or not.

So, nope, not a distraction, just odd.

The prompt in that box is content-based.

The idea is that if you're viewing someone else's review for the game, and you have also reviewed it, you can click from their review to check out your own take on it (and then click to edit, if you wish).

That's not a scenario that comes up super frequently, or that is easy to test, so I may have gotten the logic wrong in those exceptional cases. I'll try to keep it in mind, but hopefully it won't be a huge distraction in the meantime. I don't think it has been yet.

Don't think that the options shown above your own reviews said "You can click to modify this review or you can view your own review." before, did they? At least I only noticed it now, and it makes no sense to have that second option there, since it just points back to the same page. I mean, if you have the option to edit, it's already your own review, right? (Unless we're talking of admins who also have a review for said game, but in that case it's a bug that it shows up like that for regular users too.)

Title: The Müll Littoral
Platform: PC
URL: https://librarium-studios.itch.io/themulllittoral
See https://librarium-studios.itch.io for cover

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Thank you. Vacuum Man was a robot I invented for the sake of argument, and how putting him in a graveyard-type level makes about as much sense as the levels in Mega 3 (Top Man inhabiting a level with giant cats, strangely high-tech backgrounds, and almost no tops or spinning objects).

4 is my favorite of the NES line, and 2 and 5 are both good as well.

I agree with your review, and it's the slander I've been throwing at MM3 almost since I first played it way back when... but I don't remember a Vacuum Man being part of the robot roster. Otherwise, we're in complete agreement. I like the game, but I prefer both 2 and 4 to it. In particular, 4 really latched onto its level themes. And I liked some of the boss stages quite a lot.

Title: Tropico 4: Collector's Bundle
Platform: PC
URL: https://store.steampowered.com/sub/19282/ [To confirm that initial release date of Feb 7, 2013, because at the Kalypso site there's a weird date from 2020 for the EU release and 2016 for DE. Admittedly, four DLCs weren't released on Feb 7, but all had been, being added to the bundle, by the end of the year.]
Put together something to work as square cover: https://i.imgur.com/l3qHZ5F.jpeg

Granted, technically since my review is for the GOG release, that's in two pieces, the base game and a bundle with Modern Times and all DLCs, but they were played and reviewed together and this is the only package that includes everything, so filing it under it.

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Dagnabbit! I almost had a spotless post. Thanks for catching that, Honestgamer. I'm inclined to agree...this game seemed to have been passed over by the people for whom it was intended. To me it seemed like a passion project by talented fans, not unlike mods for previous titles. Staying in the mindspace of players isn't easy.

Masters - you're welcome. I couldn't pass this one up for a review. I've got some others under my belt that will probably make it here. It's where I'm most read, after all.