Bought some day a whole package of M&M (6->9). Loved every single one of them, till I played this. Never being a pro player, I thought that something is wrong with me. Couldn't pass it, nor care much for it. As I see, it was the game's fault, not mine. And it's fugly.
Firstly, I will state: I am a fan of Sapkowski and the Witcher saga. I bought the game because I wanted a continuation of story. And now, what I liked about the game: Story and dialogues! is where the game shines, it's filled with humour and filled with Sapkowski's style (especially the Polish version ofc). I forced myself through the game only for the story, which.is.superb Music - very good, climactic Graphics - it looks very good, apart from Witcher's hair mechanics What I disliked... from the very first fight, I hated the combat system. Basically, it's "click when cursor is red". I hate 'inbetween' solutions. Either make a normal, action type of battle mechanics (Jedi Academy's would fit here I think) or just make it normaly RPG. Though the first solution would greatly enhance the gaming experience IMO. Quests: fetch this, find this meh Overall boringness: the first location, village under Vizima, is fun and entartaining, when you get to outer ring of city it's still good, but then it got so boring for me I had to force meself through. So, not an "RPG classic" nor "best RPG ever" for me, though for Witcher fans - obligatory
Have you played Age of Empires? Have you reached that Iron Age? Irritating, huh? No more advances! And here, you have Age of Empires ^ 5 ; whole history - like in Civilization. I'll share my grudge with you. In Civ, I always loved the gigantic span, the ability to really surpass rivals with technology (shooting knights with tanks is ALWAYS awesome) and I hated the battles. In Age of Empires I loved the simplicity of RTS with the begginings in Tool Age and basically much fun but I hated being constrained to 4 epochs. Here, everything I love is present, everything I hate is gone. Only Diplomacy is lacking, but it's an RTS after all. Buy. Promo.
This game is what X3 dreams to become. Game bent on fighting, RPG-ing AND trading.. not trading, trading and trading. Basically, this game consists of three different genres 1. Pirates!-like galaxy travel, with superb turn based fighting (turn-based, but simultaneous conclusion, mind you, so it's basically like RTS, yet not so reflex-requiring) with planet landing (Good God, they're orbiting the suns! moving!) blowing shit up and gathering shit for sale 2. Text-quests: adventure minigames, basically, let's name a few: getting driving license, racing... all logic-based, and easy to repeat if failure ensues 3. Planet battles: they aren't there often, but are quite fun. You start with a factory, and build up robots, which are schemed by you on-sight: you have a choice of parts to build robots: suicidal bombers? No problem. Tanks? Why not! Plasma-armed mech with mortar? Alright! This game is probably the best space sandbox there is. Galaxy is fighting. The Dominators - Robotic menace of the galaxy is conquering, and it's up to you to stop them... not. You can help, but Coalition will probably sort it out themselves, given enough time. It's a great concept: you can jump right away into the war, or spend time preparing, because your Allies are still fighting. The only fault i see is that it tends to be hard sometimes. This is Space Rangers 2 Dominators (The Rise of the Dominators), not Reboot, mind you all. Reboot gets 5 stars as soon as it gets here. GOG, i'm talking to you.
I remember this game well - how could I not: I spent monstrous amount of time playing the damn thing. I remember how I got it: cover CD of CD-Action magazine. At first was like "meh, this won't be good; I played Battlefield after all". Then, on a hunch, I installed it... and it has drawn me inside! Graphics weren't really impressive, even the day I got it (I think it was about 2002? Won't give my head for that though), but it was immersive. Single player was very fun to play, so the graphics didn't really matter. I actually enjoyed this game more than BF1942. It's not great, but it is lots of fun. It's not perfect, but the flaws are easily overlooked. And then, the graphics strike again. You realise, that no fancy looks = no high requirements. As GoG said - ad hoc LAN party can be organised. And organised we did. By the time i finished the pseudo-SP, all my pals had that game and God, did we play it. Jeep actions, guns, explosions and swearing teammates: that's how a lan party should look like. Ending the rant: if CS is too boring for you, and Quake is too fast-paced and chaotic, play MF. That's why it got my attention: I dislike CS severely, but Mobile Forces is the thing that kept (and keeps!) me amused during LAN parties with much people. and you get it for $6 a person; it's cheaper than Laser Tag and has vehicles ;>
