Recent reviews by BytesFromTheCrypt

Inscryption is an incredibly unique game that blends card battles with horror elements and puzzle solving in a way that feels fresh, creative, and consistently surprising. Created by Daniel Mullins, it's an incredible experience that all blends together to create an experience i've never had and keeps it exciting from beginning to end.

From the start, the atmosphere is deeply unsettling in the best way. You’re sitting at a table across from a shadowy figure known as the dealer, surrounded by dim lighting and eerie sound design that builds a constant sense of tension. It pulls you in immediately and doesn’t let go.

The game focuses on deck building and card battles. It’s easy to learn, but there’s a strong layer of strategy that keeps it engaging. Deciding which cards to play and when to sacrifice them actually feels important. Just as you start to get comfortable, the game shifts in major ways and introduces new mechanics that keep everything feeling fresh and exciting.

And to cap it all off, the story is one of its strongest aspects. It’s mysterious and makes you want to keep digging deeper. There are hidden clues and strange moments that slowly come together, and the game even plays with the player in some of the most clever and eerie ways I have ever seen.

Inscryption is absolutely worth playing. It’s one of the most creative and memorable gaming experiences in recent years. It is easily number 6 in my top 5 games of all time.

I promised myself when I had my first kid that my days of hitting rocks and trees were over. Yet here I am. Fields of Mistria never stops surprising me moment to moment, season to season. It is obvious so much thought and care has been poured into this. As someone who struggles from FOMO preventing me from similar mechanics, not a day goes by where I don't feel fulfilled with the work done. Whether it's just fishing, foraging, talking to towns people or working the mines. It is just an absolute pleasure to play and a gorgeous game. Coming back to this page I was surprised to remember it was only 14 dollars. Unbelievable. As someone who struggles to complete games I am still happy to be living easy in Mistria and will be doing so for another couple trips around the sun. And by that point I'm hoping for another update from these amazing developers. Also appreciate MinnMax Channel for the recommendation.

Me, my two brothers, and my brothers wife all bought this game to play together. Between two PS5s and 2 PCs, nobody could add a single person. Spent a frustrating hour and a half continuously sending Friend Requests and reading all about the similar bugs online. For a Co-Op game that promotes crossplay where I can't play with my friends whether they're PC or PS5? Absolutely cannot recommend. I feel bad enough for talking them into spending 40 dollars on a game to play together and turns out it doesn't work. You go to accept the Friend Request and just nothing happens. Over and over. From what I've read, similar issues have been persistent for a while now.

I had a hard time believing Shadows of Doubt could live up to the lofty premise of it's game trailer but I am happy to say it delivers and gives you so much more. I was genuinely terrified I had dreamed up this game and it would be gone when I finally went to bed after a night of sneaking through apartments, digging through files, and solving my first murder from scratch. It is incredibly fun cataloging clues to your own personal preferences and aesthetic taste in organization as you uncover bit by bit about the victim, suspects, and motives. It gives you a tangible, functional world full of unique citizens living their every day lives and lets you live in it with them, going as far as using earnings to customize and furnish a home base for you as you run wild carrying out your ultimate private detective fantasy. Not since Elder Scrolls Oblivion have I seen a game deliver on such an in depth social schedule. Shadows of Doubt is truly game changing and a experience you just can't find elsewhere. Thank you so much for this experience and keep up the amazing work.