Recent reviews by Decisive Strike

If you like card games and this isnt on your bucket list then you're missing out.

Jumping on head simulator.
One person rage quitted 2 hours in, and determined league was a less toxic game than this.

10/10 would play the next sequel

Temtem is what Pokemon could have been if GameFreak actually did something with their franchise besides refreshing the design yearly for some quick cash. Temtem incorporates many fan-made pokemons in addition to long suggested mechanics changes to the Pokemon Franchise. I'd estimate at the current state of the game there is roughly 30~ hours of gameplay (side quests + main storyline), with a significant amount of additional hours being spent on breeding perfect SV(IV) Temtems and catching Lumas (Shiny)

New Mechanics:
1. Stamina (Replaces the PP system from Pokemon)
Varying moves will consume varying amounts of stamina, no more spamming Protect until you run out of PP
2. Exhausting your stamina, causes your Temtem(pokemon) to rest for a turn. Requiring fine stamina management.
3. Temtem breeding is limited by their fertility, so you can't just have the same parents breed forever.
4. All battles are tag battles (unless you or the opponent only have 1 Temtem remaining.
5. Any move you replace upon leveling or learning new moves can be swapped back after battle.
6. Live trading and interactions with other players in real time.

Pros:
-Game feels and plays similarly to Pokemon, making it easy to pick up.
-Level to stats has been overhauled, so you can't just power through gyms with 1 main pokemon regardless of matchup.
-Interactions with other players
-Smooth performance, with little to no hiccups
-Difficulty such that losing to trainers/gym leaders is expected (Diverse team comps are a must!)

Cons:
-Server's been taking a pounding you'll find that you cant access the game for an hour or two
-Poor communication between players and when server restarts will occur. (May mid-battle resulting in you losing all progress)
-Text Chat is currently only limited to the trading window, any other player 2 player interaction is done through emotes.
-Coop is a bit buggy
-As of Early Access version 0.5.5, advancing too far into the main quest can lock you out of some content you may have missed (ice skates)
-Game is still a work in progress (WiP)

Other Notes:
Similar to the Pokemon franchise, expect a trainer to block your way every 5 meters.


Overall the game has a lot of potential, and I've had a blast playing it in it's current state.
Definitely one of my better purchases, and would rate the current state a 8.5/10.

Stealth, Horror, Shooter.
This isn't your typical guns blazing, loud explosions in the background type of game.

Ammo is scarce, healing is limited, and flashlights alert enemies.
You'll need to make choices on whether or not you and your team should head to the objective or collect more resources.

Teamwork is vital, and one miss-step can alert a whole horde.

Overall, I'd give this game a 8.5/10, gameplay and graphics are stellar, however matchmaking and progression rewards are currently lacking.

A great game and storyline, but suffers from awful balancing.
The games incredibly addicting to start off with, you're managing an upcoming boxer. You have to take care of his strength, hunger, energy and money. You can lose the game completely if you're hungry and tired so this is a game with little to no ropes in the scenario you screw up, which is fair. Combat is pretty basic yet entertaining, you choose skills to take with you into battle and storyline progresses as you battle and go further through the days within the game. In short it seems like a delightful indie game right?

Nope, there is a severe balancing flaw with how fast your stats decrease per day. Every day in the game your stats decrease relative to how high they are, so if your stats are incredibly low they decrease just a bit, but if your stats are incredibly high, you can actually be losing more stats than gaining in a single day. As a result you have a really grindy game, in which it becomes difficult to progress further.

Perhaps this game would be better with a few balancing changes, however at the time of this review i'd give it a 6/10.

I'll be frank, I dont write alot of reviews on steam and if I do they're probably satire.
This game however deserves a proper review because it just hit's all the nerves I've been looking for.

From first glance you can probably tell this is moba-like, it has some pretty well fleshed out champions and map design.
The combat system is similar to any other MOBA you can expect, however the made difference is the length of games and the lack of a farming/minion system; which is by no means a bad thing, because to me it's a great thing!.

You jump into this arena and begin bashing no need to have a laning phase or anything of the sort. You can't fall behind because you're terrible at farming and you can't feel like someone has an OP champion because every champion is already unlocked for you! The rounds are best of 5s which a max limit of 2 minutes per a round so your games will only be 10 minutes maximum. The combat mechanics are quite interesting as there is no real burst aside from ults and even those wont obliterate you so you dont have to worry about getting insta-killed as there is always going to be enough headroom to react to a situation. Overall I would highly recommend this game and I would write more to this review if I wasnt so darn lazy.

Great game 10/10
Bow down before greatness in the name of Vinty
You peasants

Shot Cows, Grew Grass 10/10 would play again