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Control Ultimate Edition

A buggy Mess

It pains me to say that you should stay away from this game even at a sale price. There are good ideas here, ruined by a publisher that simply does not care about consumers. The concept of the game is based loosely on the SCP collection, in that it centers around a secret government agency that hides the various anomalies and strange objects that threaten reality. The main character finds the agency, and its bizarre headquarters, The Oldest House searching for her brother, who was kidnapped when they were children. Grpahically, the game is nothing special, but it has solid voice acting, plot development and progression, which can make the player excuse a lot. There are some truly inexcusible problems, however. First, there's the dispicable practices of the publishers. Control was originally released as a finished product. Then, out of the blue, it was re-released with DX-12 support. Those who bought the original, and the expansion, were simply told to buy the new release if they wanted what should have been done in a patch. Worse yet, the game was buggy upon release and most of those bugs either simply haven't been addressed, and more bugs have cropped up since. So on top of a cynical cash grab, they can't even be bothered to hammer out the problems of the original. Instabilities abound. Some of the boss battles have terminal bugs that will either crash your computer or make it so that you cannot complete them. The publisher has not addressed any of these. You can spend a few hours hunting around the internet for various fixes, but honestly, it's not worth it.

8 gamers found this review helpful
Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers – 20th Anniversary Edition

Lost in translation

I don't want to say this is a bad remake, rather it was a remake that didn't really need to happen. In the transition, you get better graphics, to be sure. But you loose some of the excellent voice acting, the original soundtrack, and some of the plot and game elements that made the original a classic. If you want the real experience, stick with the original version, if only to enjoy Tim Curry as Gabriel Knight.

9 gamers found this review helpful
Call of Cthulhu®

Unfortunate let-down

This game had a lot of potential, being based on a well-established table-top franchise. What you get though, is essentially an atmospheric walking simulator with some stealth elements mixed in. It has a disjointed quality to it, as if the authors wanted to throw in as many Lovecraft references as they could, nevermind its effect on the plot. Ultimately, if you want to experience a bit of existential horror, there are better and less expensive titles on GOG that you can check out.

119 gamers found this review helpful
X: Gold

A pretty but ultimately boring game

On the surface, X: Gold has a lot going for it. A huge universe full of space stations, and races to explore. An economy that you can interact with by moving cargo and building space stations, and a fairly workable plot, you are the first human explorer to use a warp drive system, that fails terribly and leaves you stranded in unknown space. But scratch that surface, and you'll find a game that's unnecessarily complex with not a lot of reward for your trouble. There's grinding galore, especially early on in the game when you're trying to make your first pile of money. The game has a steep learning curve, which would be fine if there were anything substantial on the other side of that curve. Ultimately, however, there isn't. Figuring out how to build space stations, where to place them and how to use the economy is initially interesting, but quickly turns into just another chore. Travel in the game is long and boring. Eventually, your ship gets powerful enough to the pirates and enemies no longer become a real threat, and you have enough money to do whatever you need to in the game. The galaxy your ship inhabits is a barren place without personality, just lots of empty space stations that your ship parks in, to pick up generic supplies and move to another empty space station. Conceptually, it's an interesting game, but it ultimately is not a very fun one.

78 gamers found this review helpful