This game is very good on its own. But added to the wonderfully written franchise that is Legacy of Kain, it turns into a fundamental piece to understand the series plot, since the rest of the games keep returning to Blood Omen events again and again. For many years there wasn't a decent way to acess and play this wonderful game. This isn't just a "good old game" that has been added to GOG's cathalog, it's a true re-launch of a classic. And at a very low price. The game runs perfectly fine, and the controller works without having to do anything or even bind the controls, making it the most comfortably playable game in all the series right now. I can't recommend it enought.
This game takes the gameplay of commandos to a new step in the evolution of the genre. But despite the gameplay improvements, like all the new and creative abilities of the characters and the new enviromental mechanics, this game lacks in other things that Commandos or Shadow Tactis doesen't, and that is the level design. This game has everything to be awesome, but the maps feel repetitive and frustrating, and the idea of "dificulty" of this game is just pile hundreds of enemies. This things make it a rather boring, long and frustrating experience when you compare it with the other games in the genre.
This game is awesome for a lot of reasons. It has intelligent humor, the puzzles are fun and not frustrating, the game is not awful long, and this game has been imitated in gameplay in a lot of modern adventure games, and even in plot. Wadjet eye games are pretty simillar (Gemini Rue, Primordia..), especially Technobabylon, wich is almost a non official remake of this game. This game is a must for every adventure fan.
This game is a decent FPS with three diferent characters to choose. The game is not well balanced and the sequel always felt superior to me, but is a really fun experience.
The Themple of Elemental Evil is a flawed game. It has tons of bugs, the game can crash randomly, it has gamebreaking bugs that can block your progress. And despite all that I find this game to be one of the best experiences of Dungeons and Dragons adaptations in the videogame scene. The game ports the 3.0 D&D ruleset almost perfecly, you can perform any action allowed by the tabletop ruleset and it adapts one of the most iconic adventures in D&D history, The Temple of Elemental Evil. I will not proceed into the analysis of the D&D module, but for the purposes of a videogame, it does just fine. The graphics are beautiful, and despite having 3d models that are dated today, the far away camera and pre-rendered scenarios make a game that is visually very appealing for today standards. One last thing, is that the comunity for this game made a mod called The Circle of Eight, that fixes most of the game problems. And the same modders made custom campaings that can be played on the game engines, all for free.
This game is almost an exact port of X-Com Enemy Unknown (UFO Defense) from Microprose. It has modern resolutions, new sprites and fixes the primary problems of the original title. Overall is a better version of UFO Defense. The bad things are on the art department. Under average sprites, poor aesthetic on the menus and forgettable soundtrack. Despite not being inspired at all on this things, the game is the best way to experience the original X-Com nowadays.
This game is a "rara avis". A turn-based strategy game a la Panzer Tactics where you take control of the Eldar facing the Space Marines and later the Tyranids (in an era where the Tyranids were a recent addition to the tabletop game). The game has a very exquisite execution of its concept, being one of the best turn based strategy games I have ever played.
This game is a descendant of the X-Com franchise, to the point it has almost the exact same gamplay elements. The most notable difference is that the base management has been removed. On the other hand, the combat side of the gamplay has been enhanced with more weapons, more kinds of units, a focus on melee combat, a more detailed experience system and psychic powers. The result is a Warhammer 40K X-Com game, where you face Chaos forces using the Space Marine arsenal. If you are a fan of X-Com or Warhammer 40K, this game is a must.
This game is a third person action game, with open world and rpg elements. The graphics and the gamplay are astonishing for the year it came out and despite that it holds up pretty decently. The animations and the combat sistem feel dated, but they are not entirely awful. The open world is nicely done and the rpg elements consist on lots of sidequests, invetory and money. The story is reminiscent of Stargate, and the influence of the movie is all around the game, even in its soundtrack.
Yes, adventure. This game may be labeled as "action" or "third person shooter", but the spirit of this game is the adventure genre, and the challenge is on the puzzles. The action and shooter elements are there and have a constant presence, but they make very little of a challenge and serve more of a relieving purpose. This makes the game very enyojable and varied. The puzzles are fluid and not entirely incoherent and the varied gameplay makes it hard to get tired of it. Overall the gameplay of the game is pretty decent. The bad part of the game is on the story department. The argument of the game is average and the script is awful, the characters are not developed at all and only one of them gets a little context near the end of the game. Despite all this things, I think this game deserves a chance and can make a very fun experience. It is also of a notable lenght for the kind of game it is.
