Satisfying arena-based shooter with good movement mechanics. The arenas are well crafted and feel varied. Each new skill you acquire changes how you tackle each arena and feels uniquely distinct. If anything the game could use a DLC.
1. Game is a decent homage to boomers as per title, but doesn't add anything of note to the genre, if that's of interest to you 2. Weapon variety is good & they all have their use case for different encounters 3. Running around is fluid 4. Lots of platforming. Jumping isn't always precise, so some stages can get a little annoying. 5. This game needs to be played on hard difficulty or higher
Out of most of the Lucasarts library, this and maniac mansion were the games I never played, but I've completed Sam & Max, Full Throttle as well as Grim Fandango. Plus: - Getting this on discount is especially a good deal since it's 2 games in 1. - If you enjoy the Lucasarts style of point and click games, this remastered version will be up your alley. - Updated UI does away with one of the painful parts of the game - If it wasn't a feature in the old versions, highlighting things you can interact with makes the game less painful Minus: - If you miss the hints buried in the dialogue, you're going to have a tough time figuring out the puzzles - It's possible to figure out two-thirds of the solutions on your own, but the remaining puzzles are a real stretch of the imagination - In other Lucasarts games all the items are in a single character's inventory; but not this game. Having to walk around and share items across 3 characters is rather painful at times
Every couple of years I've dusted off MOM to play it, not just for nostalgia but for a genuine masterpiece of a game. It's been 7 or more years since I last played MOM in vanilla mode, so I was definitely surprised with all the new versions, and they've been great! Few things to note: - this is already included in the MOM game on GOG - I don't see any ads on my version in MOM - it's clear that Caster OM is a labour of love from someone who loves MOM and has invested tons of time and effort to making a product COM has be tweaked heavy to make all races viable and the game offers more challenge and variety for fans of MOM - which you must be if you're reading a review of a game that's nearly 30 years old. What's been balanced & changed: - races have been made viable (but some races will still excel at early/mid game) - spell casting has been balanced (new spells & tweaks to some overpowered strategies) - diplomacy is way more vibrant & AI aren't as lame as before - tweaks to cities & buildings to make them contribute more to the game, especially in the later stages - different settings to tweak your game (e.g. AI can't settle cities within 6 squares of your cities, AI can gang up on you in late game if you become too powerful) I see there's some backlash against paying for COM and/or MOM. For the amount of hours either game has entertained me, I'd at least pay the price of a movie ticket or two.
First off, I'm running Windows 10 and didn't have any technical issues that other reviewers encountered. As for the game, it lacks depth for an RTS, and doesn't compare to the fluidity of ARPGs. Considering this was released a year after Diablo. would recommend giving this a pass. The controls feel clunky, and the mish-mash RTS-lite and RPG confused don't do it for me.
The game is similar to FTL on many levels, but in terms of game design to empower players and their critical decisions FTL is the clear winner. I would recommend playing the game on normal mode, as the creators intended.
