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comment by XanderMoraine

My recent gaming has been brought to you in great part by the Steam Summer Sale-

Cook, Serve, Delicious!- By far and away the highest fun to money ratio of any game in my collection. Picked it up on sale for less than 2 bucks, already have almost 20 hours logged already. Part restaurant management sim, part WarioWare-style minigame onslaught, plus a dash of Diner Dash. Super addicting , fun, and hectic, with a quirky sense of humor to boot. My only complaint is that it takes a bit too long for your restaurant upgrades to kick in.

Crypt of the Necrodancer- Another fairly humorous game, Crypt is a brutally hard Roguelike with a twist- your moves must be timed to the beat of the music, which varies from stage to stage. Has two main ways to play, a 'lighter' mode where you can tackle each of the dungeon's 4 zones one at a time, and you collect diamonds to buy upgrades between deaths. My preference is the more traditional 'all zones' mode where the entire game must be completed in one life, and all items are in the mix. Apart from the regular fun of a Roguelike, gaining skill in the game from death to death to death, there are also a dozen unlockable characters, each of whom play slightly differently from one another. The soundtrack has 3 versions of each stage's OST, in case you get tired of them, and if that wasn't enough, you can import mp3s from your PC to make your own custom soundtrack. I cannot recommend this game enough.

Finally, Lichdom: Battlemage- Fairly linear level design and a breathtakingly mediocre plot are offset by fun and flashy visuals, and a very in-depth crafting system where you can design your own spells to sling. On the whole, I'm having fun with this game, but the enemy design is yawn-worthy, and the game can gyrate from fun minion blasting to stupidly frustrating boss fights in the blink of an eye. I don't regret getting the game on sale, but I'd hesitate in recommending it, especially at full price.