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Hob (Steam)

I wish I could give this one a wholehearted endorsement. I really love this game's animations, and I know that sounds like an odd compliment to lead off with, but it's just incredibly satisfying the way everything in this game spins and shifts and clicks together and interlocks. That ties into the exploration aspect too: yes, there are a couple upgrades that open new areas for you, but most of the progression is done by shifting new landmasses into place, literally building and modifying the world around you as you play. With lots of secrets too, it's just a really great metroidvania experience, if an unusual one.

Unfortunately the game's technical aspects are dogshit. I probably had around 10-15 full on "would you like to submit an error report?" level crashes, and that's not including all the times I fell through the world or whatever. Sometimes the map just doesn't load, too! But don't worry, you have bigger issues because that means the game will be crashing soon. Sometimes the game will crash during cutscenes. Sometimes it will decide to absolutely chug because too much stuff is on screen, until it decides to just crash anyway. It crashed during the final cutscene for me, which was after I beat the final boss at about 3 frames per second. This isn't even touching on the smaller bugs like invisible walls, graphical glitches, enemies attacking you during cutscenes, or the time an enemy's death cry just never stopped. Or the stiff controls. I'm willing to give a little benefit of the doubt and say maybe this was running poorly because I was playing it on Steam Deck, but it really doesn't feel like a good excuse!