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SOUTH PARK: SNOW DAY! Digital Deluxe Edition
Created on 29 March, 2024 03:14
Updated on 29 March, 2024 03:35
SOUTH PARK: SNOW DAY! Digital Deluxe Edition

A Bland and Boring Hack & Slash

Here are the pros and cons, followed by a review: + Graphics are what I would have imagined South Park in 3D + Interesting card system + AI companions - It's in 3D - The story feels strew up together by mid-length quests - Snow Day is a long way from the original 2 games that came before - Instead of a persistent world, you have "quests". - The only persistent world is your base of operations where you "buy" stuff - You have 3 melee weapons and 3 range weapons - As for enemies, they have a variety of weapons you can't ever access for yourself - Same enemies time and time again - Hack and Slash (which isn't something I want in a South Park game) - Extremely lame garb - Not much to choose from, in terms of garb - You cannot modify your companions or their weapons The game itself is repetitive in combat, and all it literally is is button mashing. Seeing this game is for adults, which I am, I am NOT interested in button mashing whatsoever. Your companions are forgettable. The lack of customization in the game (especially for your companions) makes this a bland experience more than anything in terms of playing with them. There is a card system which I find intriguing and could have been nice to use, and the cards can be upgraded via the currency system. You can collect toilet paper (which is said currency), but you lose it at end of each act. So the idea of upgrading cards temporarily is just lame as all hell, as it feels like you are being punished at the end of each other by losing those upgrades. What would have been nice would have been able to carry that currency and those cards over. After all, your enemies use cards of their own, so it would make sense to have persistent cards. I would have definitely preferred an actual RPG, like the original 2 games... Or at least something that isn't what Snow Day is. And despite sometimes seeing the main characters, I felt they were absent when they should have played a bigger part (maybe as your companions?).

24 gamers found this review helpful
Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus - Omnissiah Edition
Created on 15 June, 2022 15:37
Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus - Omnissiah Edition

The combat mechanics are... ugh.

I love the concept of playing as disciples of Adeptus Mechanicus. However, it's just not my cup of tea because of the combat mechanics. Unfortunately, it's tedious since when fighting, you can't just attack unless you have a specific item (I forgot the name, sorry). Imagine if you played FF VII, and for you to attack, you needed to cast a spell, wait 20 seconds and have the right weapon. This is how this game feels like. Unlike other games, you can't truly develop a real playstyle. In this case, you utilize cannon fodder to protect your heroes, since for some reason they are perceived as weak and feeble. I feel that the devs should have made the focus around the heroes being exactly that - heroes - instead of feeble. The Adeptus Mechanicus are human and mechanical... So this begs the question: How could a cyborg be so weak that he can't defend himself accordingly? On a lesser note, I wish I could have actually created my own characters in terms of stats and looks - perhaps that would have made the game better(?) I didn't finish the game, not because I didn't want to play it. Rather, because I couldn't get myself to to do the same thing for each battle. Every battle I fought (and the way to get to them) felt the same. A real shame, because I truly wanted to play as a Disciple of Adeptus Mechanicus.

1 gamers found this review helpful
Created on 21 August, 2021 14:49
Hitman: Absolution
Created on 09 September, 2020 10:41
Updated on 09 September, 2020 11:01
Hitman: Absolution

Game misses the mark (poor mechanics)

PROS + Good graphics considering it was released 8 years ago (in 2012) + Decent storyline + You can use whatever improvised weapon onsite + You have your iconic double guns + You can hide bodies and steal uniforms CONS - Linear story (why???) - Gameplay similar to Shadow of War would have been perfect for this game (instead, they opted for a lame linear mode) - They could have done something similar to Watchdogs with an open world (but they opted not to) - Somehow, enemies find bodies within 15 second (makes a whole lotta sense) - Limited amount of types of weapons (you're a hitman for crying out loud) - For some reason, you have accolades - Accolades are based on finding items and stuff (which makes no sense, as I am trying to escape half the time! No time to go treasure hunting!) - If you attack ANYONE, you get negative marks (even enemies???) - These marks are needed for you to unlock skills (I am not even sure if all of them are automated) - Basically, they tried incorporating an RPG element, which makes no sense in this game (as a veteran hitman, can you really get better? Seriously? *shakes my head*)

5 gamers found this review helpful
Diablo + Hellfire
Created on 08 August, 2020 13:38
Updated on 08 August, 2020 13:49
Diablo + Hellfire

Stay a while and listen...

The most common and reminiscent line of any game: "Stay a while and listen" As uttered by Deckard Cain. Even to this day, no one can escape those words. If there is an older game that amazed us and still beats Diablo II & III, it has to be the original game. Unlike the other ones, this one has spirit, mystery, charm and a great cast in Cain and the others. As for the voiceovers, they were potentially the best of that era. There is something about Diablo that makes me get my CD out again (although I will buy the GOG soon as I have a newer PC without a drive). Sure, for younger gamers, this game is clunky with a low resolution. Still, for those of us who knew Diablo, Messiah, Dune 2 and other games of our time, Diablo was just magical. Diablo 3 is a joke in comparison. Graphics mean nothing if the gameplay is terrible and unappealing. Diablo had good graphics for the time, had cinematics (sort of), as well as a great story and amazing characters.

9 gamers found this review helpful
GWENT: The Witcher Card Game
Created on 17 July, 2019 02:56
Updated on 17 July, 2019 03:14
GWENT: The Witcher Card Game

Money grab

>>> SHORT VERSION <<< - Money grab (microstransactions which are at least hundred of dollars) - Base game is multiplayer (in five years, will you be able to find opponents?) - Expansion contains solo campaign... for $40 - Cannot easily obtain new cards - You can't use cards from other decks (despite the claims that you can, you can't. I tried for half an hour) - You cannot tell the difference between lower and higher tiered cards (no identifiable markers) - Card balance is terrible (see last paragraph in longer version) >>> LONG VERSION <<< First off, the solo game does NOT come with this game. You need to buy the expansion (which is complete bull). I will not pay $40 to potentially play a game I may or not enjoy. Base game itself is ONLY multiplayer (so once no one plays, you can't play). You can practice, sure, sure, but you get nothing at all, and this includes cards. On top of that, the game - again! - wants to grab money by selling you a bunch of items. Basically microtransactions that adds up to probably be at least a few hundred dollars. This is NOT a full game, but half a game that should NEVER have been released. Don't let the positive reviews fool you. They don't know what they're talking about. Aside from that, you get to select your decks, but you barely have anything to build with (25 cards, which is the minimum), and it's not like you can easily get cards and you cannot use cards from other decks, despite the claims that you can. You can't, I tried for half an hour. Also, you cannot tell the difference lower and higher tiered cards (not a joke). Besides that, you battle players who may have been playing the game for a long time. Also, in terms of mechanics, the game is terrible. See, there are cards that can destroy cards instantaneously if an enemy card has 8+ HP. This means that if you play with high attacking custom decks with low abilities to none, then you'll get destroyed. This is one example among other card play inbalances.

5 gamers found this review helpful
Created on 25 April, 2016 01:45
Created on 25 April, 2016 01:42
RollerCoaster Tycoon® 2: Triple Thrill Pack
Created on 25 April, 2016 01:42
Updated on 11 April, 2024 20:04
RollerCoaster Tycoon® 2: Triple Thrill Pack

Remember when GOG made sure games worked

Nice. The game won't start. Yes, some people (GOG included) will tell you to use a project that makes the game work. It does, but the resolution? God help me... I can't even change it. The ingame resolution makes the text something like 6 or 7 pt font size. Great. I just wasted money on a game that doesn't work correctly. The irony is that I came to GOG because in the past, GOG was always known for making sure that games could work on modern systems. Hence the name of their website: Good Old Games. I had another issue with a different game that I bought literally a few days ago, and that one would crash, so I had to install something that the game launcher should (probably) have installed on its own - at least that game worked correctly afterwards. At this point, I'm thinking of going back solely to Epic.

9 gamers found this review helpful
Created on 25 April, 2016 01:42