I mean, it's not bad. Take the graphical aesthetic of Borderlands, remove all color, walk along on a rail, add some choices, and there you have it: Ashwalkers. An OK time-waster. Nothing more.
You're supposed to be this bad-ass aug, right? Sucks to have to wait for your "battery" to recharge all the time. Hack yourself in some Praxis kits too. It makes the game so much more fun.
I'm sneak up on someone and miss 5 times with my knife. He reacts by hitting me 4 out of 5 times with his knife. I miss him 5 times with my knife. Reload. I'm sneak up on someone and miss 5 times with my knife. He reacts by hitting me 4 out of 5 times with his knife. I miss him 5 times with my knife. Repeat until thoughts of bashing my forehead off the wall occurs. I realize no one reads this shit, so here goes: I'm almost 50. I'm no tough guy nor am I the sharpest knife (lol) in the drawer, but you know what? I would have to be on fire with a cancer and AIDS diagnosis to be able to miss hitting something with a knife 5 times in a row. And for those kids who want to to lay, "Oh, you'll get stronger eventually! hurrrrrrrrrrr..." please print this post out and staple it to your forehead so everyone knows how much of a window licker you are.
I know. I'm old. I'm cranky. I get it. But if someone is in front of me and I miss hitting him 3 f*cking times in a row with an old rusty knife, then it's obvious character is borderline retarded. This makes no sense seeing is how I'm playing a miliary person. I shouldn't suck this bad with a knife. But then again, my character thought it was a grand idea to sit on a log in the middle of nowhere with his rifle not easily within arms reach when trouble came. Meanwhile, everyone else I run into gets 3 turns to shoot, reload, and shoot again. Folks, this is what happens to a country that kills all of the intelligent people in the early 20th century: you get dumbasses as video game characters and developers. This is lazy and poor design. With the original Fallouts, this type of garbage can be forgiven because it was all new. Nowadays? No excuse. I shouldn't miss shooting a goddamn rat at my feet. 2 stars because the music was perfectly fitting.
Lots of content, a few broken quests, some nonsense solutions, and a spacebar that will get a lot of use. That's Divine Divinity for you. Music is great. The game will not hold your hand for you. Do yourself a favor and search the internet for "before you start" tips. There's a lot in the game that the devs just didn't polish.
Hasn't aged well. You'll be running out of ammo a lot so you'll need to kill to get more ammo so you can kill ad infinitum.No real stealth to be had either. Enemies are bullet sponges. Music is pretty damn good, though. I like the idea of real-time squad commands. The story isn't terrible. Try if you have nothing else and it's on sale.
It's a simple, run of the mill stealth game. Not a lot sucks in it and it has little to no jank. It's not a 5 star game but it loses a star because it just didn't have enough variety in moving about or killing something. Worth a lot more than what I paid for it.
This is a really atmospheric game. 20 years ago I think I would have liked just walking around the game's city. The premise is really unique, too. You see, the game begins...now. No, seriously, it begins with you reading this. *You* are the player. This message is an attempt to get your attention so you can trade souls with someone in the Omikron universe and make a difference. Just a really unique premise to start with here. Nothing has aged well, though; you use the arrow keys to move around, it looks like a really good Quake I mod overall, the audio sounds like an old tape recorder, and although I haven't come close to finishing the game, I've read that the rest of the game isn't great. I don't regret buying this on sale.
All you can do is start this game and wonder if the developers are a collection of people with head injuries. Hidden door panel in the first room, mysterious orange flasks that you can't pick up, and a floating flashlight that when picked up, attaches itself to your feet and lights up the floor. This is as far as I got before I gave up at just how inept these indie idiots are. This was your best foot forward? Wow.
...and never played one until this one. I'm in my 40s and this is probably the first game I've bought on sale and actually feel bad for it. It's worth full price and then some. There's a lot of content here, some of it serious, some of it goofier than hell, but all fun. Think Shenmue with a lot more movement is all I can say. Great story and I'm glad this wasn't redone with spoken English (subtitles are included, of course.) as well.
