I love the combo of breakout and RPG elements. The game was about right in difficulty in that a few levels may take a coulpe of tries but overall I was able to make it through them all and upgrade everything. There is some luck involved but also strategy on which upgrades to take and when, and how to bext get your ball through or do you just do damage with attacks instead. If I have one complaint, it would be some sort of end game mode where you could continue to buy level ups to each skill as a way to spend money and either make the game easier, or if the enemy damage was increased you could still find challenge even with continued upgrades.
If you want some lite-RPG turned based game with loot, huge world to explore, tons of quests, and multiple difficulty levels to go through the story again, the this game is for you. I bought the mobile version after this one and they are indeed almost identical, with some of the online/weekly content removed for obvious reasons. I like it for what it is, I can listen to a show while loot hunting, progressing the story or just trying to get that next big upgrade at the town shops. Great for pickup and play for 5 mins or 2 hours, which is what is lacking in a lot of games I try today. I don't always have hours to play, progress, then get to the next save point to stop.
Since this is not a super competitive racing game I love the fact that you can progress completely offline through the campaign or just free play offline, plus playing in multiplayer online. This is what GoG is about, I love it, I support it, and this game brought many smiles to my face when playing that I haven't had in a while in games. The physics and smashing other cars, with choices of what drivetrain mods and armor you added, and visual mods you can do in game are just astounding. Hats off to the developers, it is so hard to find this nice mix of game play in a racing game today. It's not really a complaint but I do prefer true open world play so even a small hub "world" that you could drive through to get to the other races would have been even better. It's jarring (to me) the pick another level and poof you are there. Maybe that's just me though. That being said, I never felt so constrained in the races as I do in many (most) racing games today.
I've played 26 hrs and completed the main quest. This game really made me think and get sucked into the story more than any game I can remember. Such a rich atmosphere so think you feel like you can smell the smoke people blow in game. It is not perfect of course and I did find many graphical glitches but nothing that hindered my progress or enjoyment in any way. I had many crashes the first 15 hrs but I found out those were from my memory overclock, as soon as I removed it the game did not crash once. The game mechanics, the inventory and level up systems, music, the graphics and tons of options in game to play with. Nothing to complain about, it's great and all I could ask for.
The game runs excellent on my laptop (6700K & 8GB 980, Win 10) max settings 1080 roughly 80-100 fps most times. When it's raining it can drop down to 60-70 but is still nice and smooth. It ran great from the start, with no special tweaks needed. I am using a gsync display so maybe that helps. Also I can alt tab when playing in fullscreen just fine but some folks seem to have issues with that. It's fun and full of promise. Lots of things to do and never ending exploration, literally. I feel Hello Games came through on everything I knew about anyway. It's unique game and ideas and of course being DRM free when offline is awesome so you could play it even if they took the servers down tomorrow. The art is nice and they hit the classic sci-fi feeling perfectly. The install is tiny so that makes the look of the game even more amazing. My worry is that it does seem to get repetitive fast. I've only played a dozen hours but without unique weapons and ship parts etc it just all feels the same. I know it's a crafting game and maybe I'm just too used to grinding levels and equipment vs crafting things. I also worry about what happens when you get the best recipes/ships? I mean will they continue to add more end game content, more things to do?
I played this on the N64 almost 20 years ago and loved it. Lots of fond memories playing the game. I know the game is old but I was still surprised to see how well it ran on my low voltage cpu/integrated gpu $200 tablet/notebook convertible. I was able to play it at 1920x1080 at 60 fps. The story isn't anything wild but the predictability helps make it fit in to the Star Wars universe. The real star wars music helps tremendously here, making you feel like you're in a movies and may help if you don't like the older graphics. My biggest gripes are that the standard control settings suck, and some of the jump sections become almost Mario-like. I hate platforming games but it hasn't kept me from playing this. These gripes are minor and did not warrant taking away an entire star, rated a 4.5 I had to round up to a 5.
This is a nice walking sim, similar to Gone Home with more emphasis on a story and interaction with characters and small bits of adventure mixed in. I enjoy these games because to me they are like an interactive movie of sorts, something I can sit back and enjoy without dying a bunch of times or asking for help on forums. I enjoyed the story and how it makes you feel when playing, confused, lost, scared, worried, and hopeful. There were tons and tons of details, I found a few neat things but I know there were many things I missed since I did not look at everything and explore every nook and cranny. I can't comment on replay value as I don't replay my games very often. I clocked 3.5 hrs and was satisfied. I think the price is justified, but everyone values their time differently. I'd much rather play a 3 hr game and enjoy it than have a 20 hr game I had to force myself to finish.
I loved the original Turok and this was a welcome addition to my game library. The game is a little easier than I remember it, but back then I was using a controller, and most of us have gotten really good at FPS too. It's fairly straight forward level design and game play. It is back to the basics, when you played games because they were fun, not because they had real life graphics or online multiplayer. The graphic updates are great, but of course it can't compete with current gen graphics, and it's not supposed to. It does well for how old it is and although I think the price is a bit high, not completely unreasonable. If it is too high for you, just wait until a sale and grab it.
