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Created on 27 November, 2024 22:28
The Iron Oath
Created on 18 November, 2024 13:18
Updated on 18 November, 2024 13:21
The Iron Oath

crash and burn

doesn't run. I got an endless blue circle of death on my desktop trying to run this game while struggling to shut it off using task manager. Then did uninstall and it took about 2 hours to get rid of it. Seems like a virus. Never seen that before with a game.

2 gamers found this review helpful
Sengoku Jidai GOLD
Created on 08 October, 2022 20:15
Updated on 08 October, 2022 20:26
Sengoku Jidai GOLD

Nice artwork, strong AI, and fun tactics

I like the Japanese artwork. The battles are very tactical with an extremely smart AI that will try to fully surround your units and wipe them out if you don't use careful tactics. There are many army units to choose from with your limited funds. You can recruit large basic units with many soldiers that rout easily, or buy small elite samurai cavalry good at archery and melee, or quality samurai infantry troops. And then there are all the Korean and Chinese army units even including cannon. There are sandbox campaigns which I like because you have to recruit troops and fight over provinces in classic "paint a map" style. You get a vast array of campaigns and factions to choose from including Gempei war, Sengoku era, invasion of Korea, war in China, China vs Korea and the Mongol invasion of Japan. That is a lot of content to dig into. The white style art of the battlefield is nice, and you can use mods on the Slitherine forum for this game to make the grass green or deep orange for variety. I really like the orange style. The original creamy white art is most similar to traditional Japanese art from centuries past.

6 gamers found this review helpful
Avernum: The Complete Saga
Created on 19 March, 2022 07:21
Updated on 19 March, 2022 07:22
Avernum: The Complete Saga

Avernum is torture - AVOID IT

These torturous Avernum games are the same torture of struggling to see the tiny 2 pixel characters without a microscope while dying and reloading the game every 10 minutes in an endless loop of agony. The player misses at least 95% of all attacks melee, ranged and magic while getting hit by 100% of enemy attacks including acid spray that can wipe out a party in 1 or 2 turns. The monsters never miss, they are nearly impossible to ever hit, and they have literally thousands of hitpoints so it takes around 30 minutes to kill one group if you don't die in an endless loop of attack - miss - get hit - heal - get burned by acid or fire - then attack again and miss - get hit - etc. I play my other games with no reloading and enjoy the immersion. But in Avernum your party gets wiped out over & over & over & over so you reload or uninstall - only 2 choices. The developers hate the player and want to torture us for buying these Avernum torture games. They are not really games cause you are are not allowed to play them.

14 gamers found this review helpful
Avernum 3: Ruined World
Created on 19 March, 2022 07:15
Updated on 19 March, 2022 07:16
Avernum 3: Ruined World

Avernum is torture

These torturous Avernum games are the same torture of struggling to see the tiny 2 pixel characters without a microscope while dying and reloading the game every 10 minutes in an endless loop of agony. The player misses at least 95% of all attacks melee, ranged and magic while getting hit by 100% of enemy attacks including acid spray that can wipe out a party in 1 or 2 turns. The monsters never miss, they are nearly impossible to ever hit, and they have literally thousands of hitpoints so it takes around 20 minutes to kill one group if you don't die in an endless loop of attack - miss - get hit - heal - get burned by acid or fire - then attack again and miss - get hit - etc. I play my other games with no reloading and enjoy the immersion. But in Avernum your party gets wiped out over & over & over & over so you reload or uninstall - only 2 choices. The developers hate the player and want to torture us for buying these Avernum torture games. They are not really games cause you are are not allowed to play them.

19 gamers found this review helpful
Avernum 2: Crystal Souls
Created on 19 March, 2022 07:08
Updated on 19 March, 2022 07:14
Avernum 2: Crystal Souls

Microscopic torture

These torturous Avernum games are the same torture of struggling to see the tiny 2 pixel characters without a microscope while dying and reloading the game every 10 minutes in an endless loop of agony. The player misses at least 95% of all attacks melee, ranged and magic while getting hit by 100% of enemy attacks including acid spray that can wipe out a party in 1 or 2 turns. The monsters never miss, they are nearly impossible to ever hit, and they have literally thousands of hitpoints so it takes around 20 minutes to kill one group if you don't die in an endless loop of attack - miss - get hit - heal - get burned by acid or fire - then attack again and miss - get hit - etc. I play my other games with no reloading and enjoy the immersion. But in Avernum your party gets wiped out over & over & over & over so you reload or uninstall - only 2 choices. The developers hate the player and want to torture us for buying these Avernum torture games. They are not really games cause you are are not allowed to play them.

2 gamers found this review helpful
Avernum: Escape From the Pit
Created on 14 March, 2022 23:25
Updated on 14 March, 2022 23:35
Avernum: Escape From the Pit

Die & die again simulator.

This is ridiculous. Other than the rats at the start, every enemy group is at least 50 times stronger than the weak, fragile party you are supposed to use. The slith lizardmen can one-shot kill the party members but it takes over 20 minutes of healing, attacking and missing again to wear down the massive amount of hitpoints a single slith has if you can heal fast enough to slow down how fast your party is killed off and if your hit rate of about 5% is enough to kill off the slith before you die of boredom and rage. Constant reloads are necessary which I hate to do cause it eliminates all immersion. Or keep running from the sliths and your dead party members automatically spring to life when the tiny clunky boat makes it back to the town. If you like dying, reloading, running, missing, repeating the same agonizing heal spell endlessly until your priest is killed, and grinding off miniscule bits of enemy hitpoints for what feels like an eternity with a 5% hit rate, then buy this game, and make sure you enjoy the endless loop of dragging your dead back to town to spring back to life over & over & over & over & over & over & over. If you actually want to play a game. avoid this torture. Obviously it was not play-tested even once and this garbage was thrown out to the crowd as a cash grab to annoy and frustrate the fools who buy it so the "developer" can have a cheap giggle at us.

6 gamers found this review helpful
Sid Meier's Civilization IV®: The Complete Edition
Created on 18 December, 2021 06:38
Updated on 18 December, 2021 06:40
Sid Meier's Civilization IV®: The Complete Edition

buggy and broken

it won't install The installation failure error just says E9 and won't give any details. I wasted my money on this and gog has no refund policy. I made a big mistake buying on gog. No more gog for me.

2 gamers found this review helpful
Fallout Tactics
Created on 06 September, 2020 05:20
Updated on 06 September, 2020 05:27
Fallout Tactics

Fantastic game but crashes :(

Gog version of Fallout Tactics crashes which is horrible if you use ironman mode cause you lose your game and it's not your fault. Steam version is stable, but ironically it looks better on Gog. I recommend get Steam version of Fallout Tactics if you don't want crashes. The actual game is one of the best squad based games ever made. Very interesting missions and character level-ups give you many options for skills and perks. And there are way more guns in the game than you can get around to using. Some guns are low on ammo like the Garand rifle so you can't use them so just sell them. You can specialize some party members in either regular guns or energy guns and also heavy weapons and grenades. Voices in the game are some of the best ever in a game like the Full Metal Jacket drill sergeant is the BOS general in the game. The orcs have brutal, sadistic voices of power and inescapable doom.

4 gamers found this review helpful
Empire Earth 2 Gold Edition
Created on 13 July, 2020 19:52
Updated on 13 July, 2020 20:00
Empire Earth 2 Gold Edition

Bug prevents Empire Earth2 from running

First it refused to download cause Galaxy can't handle it, so I did a manual download and it installed. Then the next big problem: the game says minimized after you start it. How do you play a game that stays minimized? Alt tab or anything else never works, only a hard exit using crl alt delete gets rid of it. A google search shows that everyone is having this problem with Empire Earth 2. The game really is ancient so it is very strongly advised that you don't waste time, money or frustration on it. You can get a new RTS game that looks and runs modern style like Sudden Strike 4 and maybe even Men of War, and both of these games are bug-free and run perfect.

5 gamers found this review helpful