'Cronos: The New Dawn' delivers a mysterious story worth uncovering, solid survival gameplay, and combat that’s brutally challenging (no difficulty options; hard mode is the default). Excellent visuals, music, and atmosphere, with smooth performance to back it all up. Tough, but rewarding game (for having an easier and more story-focused experience, you may use a game trainer). I rate it an 8 out of 10, and, technically, it's likely Bloober Team's best game.
A quite good, solid AA single-player horror action-adventure with psychedelic vibes and a supernatural atmosphere. This game features a thrilling plot, a unique spirituality-based health system, well-acted characters, a strong soundtrack, varied enemies, and impressive visuals for its budget, all running smoothly without performance issues. The action may feel somewhat rough at the beginning, but it improves as you progress. Additionally, minor adjustments to the sound bitrate may be necessary, and note that dialogue choices do not impact the overall story. Overall, it’s a compelling experience that I rate a 4 out of 5 stars, or a 7.5 out of 10.
'Edengate: The Edge of Life' is a narrative-driven adventure in a post-apocalyptic setting. Players explore abandoned environments as a protagonist with no memory, uncovering the mysteries of both the world and themselves. The game excels in atmosphere, with good visuals and a haunting soundtrack. The gameplay revolves around exploration and easy puzzles ("walking similator"). The story delves into themes of loss, memory, and human resilience. While nothing groundbreaking in gameplay, it offers an intimate, emotional, and immersive experience for fans of narrative-driven games.
It was a pleasant surprise and an unforgettable journey. Draugen is a thrilling and captivating cinematic adventure in the 'walking simulator' genre, skillfully blending psychological thriller, light supernatural elements, and mystery. The game stands out for its exceptional storytelling, strong voice acting, and a perfect balance in its short length. With nice visuals and a great sound design, the game immerses you quickly into its eerie and captivating plot. If you're a fan of adventure games that prioritize storytelling, atmosphere, and thematic depth, Draugen comes highly recommended.
Reveil stands out in the psychological horror indie genre, offering some mind-bending twists. The haunting atmosphere and intricate narrative constantly challenge your perception of reality. The good visuals and excellent sound design significantly enhance the unsettling experience. One of the highlights was the puzzles; they were quite enjoyable to solve and added an engaging layer to the gameplay. Technically, the game is well-optimized and performs smoothly 99% of the time, with only a few minor stutters/hitches during traversal. The thrilling and disturbing journey is short but well-crafted. If you like narrative-driven psychological horror games and puzzles, don’t miss this hidden gem.
Nobody Wants to Die features exceptional storytelling, a meticulously crafted dystopian-noir atmosphere, stunning visuals, outstanding sound, and music design, detective mechanics flawlessly implemented, a compelling plot, and well-profiled and developed characters. It stands as an excellent cinematic narrative adventure. I highly recommend it if you like the type of game and genre, and I rate it a 9 out of 10. NB. I wish its availability on GOG had not been delayed for days because that made me play it on another platform, since I had been following the project for many months and this time I couldn't wait.
I purchased and completed it on a different game platform. Be aware: It's an unfinished interactive movie/product. Where is Book 3? It doesn't exist or will. Be ready to see no ending for this game, nor an open ending. The game ends without any conclusion or a reason for it. I cannot understand why this game was released and sold as it is.
Story-wise, it is a well-narrated and built prequel to a great sci-fi novel. Gameplay-wise, it is a well-executed interactive movie and adventure-like type (aka "walking simulator") videogame with great storytelling and dialogue choices. Performance-wise, it is a not very demanding videogame with pretty decent optimization without serious stuttering issues (except occasional hitches during world traversal and some in-game cinematic sequences). Aesthetically and visually-wise, it is beatiful and features a good photo mode to take screenshots during gameplay. Music and sound-wise, it features a great soundtrack and well-made sound effects that perfectly accompany the development of the adventure and its different crucial events. All in all, it is a great sci-fi interactive-movie-type adventure video game. Recommended.
Excellent remake of a classic. Faithful to the original, but enhanced and recreated for the better in many ways. Probably one of the best games of the year. The long wait was worth it. It's a highly recommended game.
Cyberpunk 2077 is a game that I have been following and looking forward to since CD Projekt Red announced its development years ago especially since the announcement came from the developers of an acclaimed and successful fantasy action RPG series, The Witcher. What struck me most about the announcement and development of Cyberpunk 2077 was the potential of a game with a powerful mix of elements that I found very attractive and interesting. I like the dystopian and cyberpunk atmosphere, setting, and plot, as I am a fan of the dystopian plots even in books, and the possibilities for philosophical reflection they offer about our current real-world and our current and future life paths strongly based on technology. As a lover of first-person shooters and RPG games, the possibility of enjoying the previous elements from this perspective was another point that undoubtedly has made me enjoy it. In my opinion, the game complies enough with all the elements above, and visually it looks amazing in almost every Night City location I’ve seen. Therefore, the game meets all my expectations despite some RPG aspects that might be potentiated, like a higher variety of NPC conversations and interaction with them, more freedom and variety for daily activities outside the main missions or secondary plots, and some technical and optimization flaws. The game’s main flaw is probably a poor and very basic NPC AI. Overall, I consider Cyberpunk 2077 a great game. I’m really enjoying it, and visually and graphically it is a blast, despite some glitches here and there. That said, I was quite disappointed with the level of performance optimization, gameplay bugs, and graphics glitches it showed on day one. Fortunately, the developer team is fixing many of those issues through patches.
