[2020] Appreciation post: DRG is the first game in many years where insects actually crawl on all surfaces

You've seen it a million times before. Platformers, first-person shooters, JRPGs, action RPGs... most of the time, a arachnid or a bug walks and talks exactly like any other monster in the game. For all the difference it made, it might as well have been a wolf, a robot, a wolf-robot - you name it.

When I played Skyrim way back when, it always amused me that we went through huge spider nests, and every time the spiders would just descend vertically down and fight you on the ground in exactly the same way a bear or a bandit would.

I really appreciate that in a game about space bugs, the bugs actually utilize their main advantage: they can walk anywhere! This creates such a different experience in combat. When a wave starts, you know that standing next to a wall is an open invitation to the glyphids to bite your scalp.

I swear that focusing my attention on only one group of bugs killed me more times than running out of ammo or getting pinned down on unfavorable terrain. And honestly? That's beautiful.

Rock and stone, Ghost Ship Games.