The game is in the same genre as Doom, (Quake), Duke Nukem 3D, Redneck Rampage, Blood and Ion Fury. Other games which are newer are Dusk and Amid Evil. The game has weird issues with OpenGL rendering compared to the DOS port which makes mines invisible and some things display in a weird way. The game natively ran at 85Hz which should be a target for best enjoyment. All issues and fixes known are listed on the PCGamingWiki so just google it if you want a better gameplay. Don't write a review about a game if you are not the target just for the sake of ranting and showing everyone how egoistic you are. Shadow Warrior is a game that is one of the more realistic Build engine games. Duke Nukem 3D lacks a lot of detail. The first two Episodes are fine of which the first plays in LA and the later in Space. Blood is the best and has the most content imo. Great guns and the most impressive areas. Fresh Supply added a lot of modern features to be easier to play because I hate DOS Box when things are not setup. Shadow Warrior can be the hardest game in the Build Engine series due to ambushes, general level design and the-most-use of weapons meant to be used specifically for defeating certain enemies like Zombies with explosives which turn into ghost when not blown up .... SW is the high point of the oldschool 2.5D shooters when it is about evading enemies, tactically killing 'em and using specific tactics and weapons to defeat your nightmare. Doom 1 and 2 offers this too but it is less forced same as Duke Nukem 3D. Blood on the other hand needs the right weapons or you get overwhelmed quickly by missing ammo for your trash mob weapons. I dont even want to talk about Rise of the Triad which is breaking the Geneva Convention for pure torture! TLDR This is a (tactical) oldschool shooter in the 2.5D sub-genre which aims to create impressive maps with (necessary )secrets to get through levels with minimal story. Serious Sam and modern Doom are modern/different.
I have only like 2h but the random unfail and unpreciese melee combat just makes the game a complete tits up experience. The combat has so many scripted unblockable attackt so that you can get instantly killed by being blocked between garbage bins and other wooden furniture. NO FUN AT ALL for 40€ but I got it on sale.
I watched TWD in live streams when everything came out month after month and it was a real blast. Sad it did not offer any translations back then. A no brainer for a more filmic nauty dog like story (except better controlls than most PS3 and later -era games on PS3/4). The only bad things are bad gameplay where you seem to know what to do but can not find the right trigger (item or anything else) to progress and the games are launched trough the main menu so that >>these are the original non upgraded games<< . It is defiently not Resident Evil, Silent Hill or any survival game with true progession and skill, just a great movie with different outcomes.
TL;DR the game is great and offers many possibilities. Challenges are possible. PC version is superior. Loading a quicksave is needed and loading times on PS3 at least is already bad. Better than Half Life 2. (only tried PS3 version for CRT TV but man PC version runs 4:3 so well. No bugs.) I have played it on 360 then PC and now on PS3 (which is bad or strange due to L1/R1 being swapped with L2/R2. The game is a breeze to play on any difficulty. Depending on which one you choose you will probably be forced to play more like Corvo instead of turning every rock around. Even when the game is meant to be played with overpowered spells. I rather prefer Thief games. D1 also needs questmarkers sadly, cause the game don't offering any informations in letters, clues or other buy-able / fíndable items. Dishonoured has so many ways to be played without forcing the player to play a certain way. You can ruin the city or save it, without spoiling anything. You can go the front entrance or alternative way. The game is superior to the second game because it gives freedom. If a "no-kill run" is desired, it will be possible. In the 2nd game directly after returning to the home country, you get forced to use one out of two paths which result in breaking the game with "blinking" to avoid the insane number of NPCs. Dishonoured 1 & 2 lack room-awareness. Walls do not block sound. If you jump enemies will hear it above, behind and next to you in a certain radius. D1 really nailed it with the design. You as Corvo have traveled the seas to find a cure for the plague but no one wants to help and actually closed all paths including destroyed bridges to your city. You might know the streets but travelling made Corvo a newcomer to Dunwall, same as the player. Controlls are great. Leaning is natural, stealth is like Deus Ex1. Runs at 4k and 4:3 1920x1440p. Only bad thing is it is max 60FPS or lights flicker.
The game has the worst settings in years. Even Witcher 3 has better and I hate the horse controlls. The game drops my mouth as much as Deus Ex 1 and Human Revolution did. Other than that it is on the same 'I need this' level as Stalker. I actually play on a 1440p CRT and runs perfectly but man the game only achieves 30FPS at best on a 3700x, NVMe SSD and 1070ti. This is what I dreamed for except rushed console port. Neon Lights glowing my CRT. I am in constant awe. Game has no issues, driver-wise, no issues downloading, no loading screens, but glitches like NPCs popping up or flying objects.
This game really reminds me of simpler more fun times. Duke Nukem 3D is not my cup of tea due to the gameplay and level design but Blood is the best old school shooter imo. Duke 3D is the first game that introduced real interactivity in maps like light switches and licking power outlets. The fact Ion Fury is actually a greatly optimized game is a wonder. A love letter to the best times. I prefer Blood, Serious Sam , Dusk but not Amid Evil (disliked the weapon selection in AE). The fact this game has a lot of references to games and TV / film, plays in the Duke3D world (?) and has some Blade Runner feels and is part of the top 3 best video game weapon selection imo with Blood, Dusk and this game is impressive. I directly tried this game on my 1920x1440p (4:3) CRT in 800x600 @160 Hz. The smoothness and playablilty shows the developers choose the right map size. I rather play 738p @138Hz to see more of the world. Dozens of secrets to discover. Big worlds with Half-Life - like level transitions, many fake 3D objects like levers which move fluently. A soundtrack which pumps YOU up and one of the best weapon sounds ever. Shotgun ranking: Serious Sam 1 and HD, Dusk and Ion Fury are on the same level for sounding full and scary. AI has it's distinct altert stages and warns players when they are going to shoot. Weapons have their purpose even when the game don't offer Halo and Serious Sam level of varriety of weapons which greatly impacts usefulness of weapons. The game seems to prefer tactical gameplay over just punishing hard hitting enemies compared to Doom and RCW Wolfenstein. Hitboxes seem little off. I only know Blood's auto aim and have not played the megaton edition of Duke3D in years. Doing head shots is difficult sometimes and foes hit you when their sprite is actually half hidden. Movement is fluid as expected. I always find modern games awkward. All in all a perfect game for it's genre.
The First Bioshock runs well enought and with some keyboard button changes it plays well enough in 4:3 1920x1440p but better in 16:9 duh.... The problem here in this game has broken cutscenes which move you to the right spot while seeing your camera has seizure, WORST AUDIO. I never have seen such a broken audio with complete unfixable radio chatter being louder than the rest of the game but at the same time having it tied to the general talking-volume setting so that it is always quiet. Additionally the developers think YOU can not play games and auto move your camera in areas like elevators so you see the scripted scenes and the game being buggier than the Bioshock 1 game which actually runs well compared to the original versions. THE WORST: The KEYBOARD P is pause and can not be used for medkits but assigned to an other key which will canceled the healing action. WHY you ask because I am used to a mix of Stalker, Cod 1, Medal of Honor Allied Assault and Arma 3 controls. The key L don't work at all to playback tapes. TAB key is the way to open the console WHYYYYY? Normally it is the (^°) key and also Ö on German keyboard in all UnrealEngine games when not hidden. I actually swapped to UK/US keyboard an still opens the console. It shows the devs did not care about the pc version or it would have been removed or hidden like most AAA game. The hacking being awful. On Xbox 360 I pressed the use key or alt-use and then had to press use to get the blue (better hacking goals) or green for normal rewards from hacking but the strange pause / time frame until the menu pops up is a giant mess and makes hacking more frustrating than the first game and worse than the console versions. It is probably press X then A to hit the target zones but has been badly translated to keyboard contols Settings in the game got even more reduced. It is clearly the era of the worst games from 2007 until 2013-4.
A game that just screams enjoy and relax! Runs well, looks good. One of the best soundtracks and has great complex levels. Buy it here if you want the freedom and also not a cut-back version on Switch where the gorgeous art is missing for performance. Deep TalosOS text messages and conversations with an AI. Impressive Monologs to hear and awesome eye-candy light effects. To me this game rivals Red Dead Redemption 2 in light effects especially when thunder starts.
I played Stardew Valley on Nintendo Switch first. It was one of the first games that made me care about NPCs in a 2D game except in Breath of Fire 2. I am more a PS1 and PS2 gamer so I missed out RPGs and other 2D games, playing mostly shooters and survival horror. It felt refreshing. Being the first 3rd party game that supports HD Rumble is great. Interacting with NPCs is is very limited and events being really boring after the first time BUT finding out new things about the lower levels in the mine and unlocking areas made me keep playing for at least 70h. The whole mining, upgrading, harvesting and collecting for the city hall is addicting. Animal Crossing has less pressure but knowing Stardew Valley allows to be completed as fast as possible or as slowly as you want it is the perfect couple / friend co-op game ever. There might be no other better game to co-op except on PS1 / PS2 (and earlier generations like Secret of Mana...) Now I own it on PC since 2 years. Just started continueing my playthrough on PC. Using borderless window, it supports 4k resolution and shows the whole areas and even works flawlessly in 4:3 1920x1440p on a CRT. Do not complain it might be a clone or similar; be thankful to get an other experience / other scenario in this genre.
