So, what your getting into: This is a shoot-em-up, in the same vein as Raidian, R-Type, Jamestown, etc. So this means you have a ship that moves by way of a pre-determined path most of the time right to left, and your goal is to stay alive by shooting down enemy ships and dodging projectiles. By this definition, I would say that this game is a bit easier than those games just due to the fact you can take more than one hit, though there still is consequence to that which I will delve into. The mechanic that has itself to be different from the rest is time travel, you have a timer at the top of the screen, every time you get hit the timer loses more sec until it reaches zero, then you fail, it's filled by checkpoints. It's also used as the bomb of the game, it slow's everything down while you remain at full speed. You may see this as a gimick, but it is explained in the story why this is, and why your doing what your doing. Not to say the story is ground breaking, though I do consider it the best compared to other shmups out there. And don't be fooled by the screenshots in the store page, those are actually from the game. It is verry pretty. So, what does the EX add? 16:9 Aspect ratio (instead of 16:10 which is still an option) Full English Voice Overs (Original Hungarian ones are still available as an option) Local co-op for up to 2 players in Story mode 3 New versus modes: Race, Tanks, Dodgeball New challenge levels Improved Rendering Native 4k at 60 FPS I personally just like the fact it's DRM Free now. So if your into side-scrolling shooters and want something a little different than you normally play, or want introduced to the genera with something a bit more forgiving, give this one a pick up. I guarantee you this, you will never see a game like this ever again.
A little pricey for a game your really only going to play once maybe twice. Not because it's bad, the gameplay is solid, the story is well thought out, the things you can do in between adds some hours, honestly it's like a smaller GTA sandbox game in scope and content. But I still recommend it cause it's a western on the PC (we don't get many of those), and you can do alot worse.
Yes I did have issues with the GOG version (oddly no problems with the Steam version), and yeah sure it may not have a tank, or the cool weapons come out way to late in the game, the ending is a let down, and there may be nothing to do once you beat the game. But in the end I just enjoy the game too much to worry about the issues. I like the idea that your a crime boss starting out, I have many files where I RP as other well known crime bosses like Kingpin, Penguin, even Jason Vourhees one time. I liked the idea of the Brotherhood as a modern take of a tribe; with their leader being the biggest and strongest and having the largest mount (monster truck), all the warriors having tattoo's, all of them taking care of their calvery (vehicals) and weapons, and scavenging their land for resources. I like the customization you can give to your character, I like the side details you didn't know you could do until you accidentally find out, all in all there's alot to like. So if your looking for an open world sandbox crime boss simulator with a plausible story to go with, have fun.
I won't bother about the story since it's laid out in the description. But I will explain a few things. This is an action RPG set in the... honestly I don't know when this is set in, but seeing as though mythological creatures still exist it must be way back in the times of China. The structure of the levels are fairly linear, you come across an event you solve it, you come across another even you solve it. A couple times you'll come into a town where there will be side missions. Combat is kung fu style based, you pick a style and you associate your moves to that style, and they all stem from what karma you choose (good/evil), and you can get friends to be party members along the way. I do believe there is also magic and weapons you can use/buy. What I like: 1: Mythology. I do see some games based in China, but none of them ever touch on the myths that have been a part of that land for thousands of years, and it's so refreshing to see some of that. What I don't like: 1: Story. It's just a product of the times, it used to be cool back when but now it's just predictable. And considering this is Bioware, that's a bit disappointing. Everything else is ok and works fine. Give it a shot if your wanting something different.
I probably forgive this game more than i should, but I'll get to why later. This is a FPS where you are a hired mercenary with the goal to take out The Jackal in which had given arms to difference sides of a civil war conflict in Africa. And here's what I like: 1. It's set in Africa. I don't ever see any FPS's set in Africa, it's always in America or Russia or some city in Asia, and I"m all for this setting. 2. The guns. While there isn't anything really special about them, we do discover that they were from WW2, which makes them liable to break. It gives this wonderful tension that at any time the thing that you need to defend yourself will jam or break apart. 3: The people. Why the fact that apparently everyone in Africa can speak English for some stupid reason kinda kills my immersion a bit, but the fact that they can be threatening but also give a bit of world building is kinda refreshing. 4: Scouting. With a quick view from your binoc's, you can see where the resources are, how many enemies there are, and hence plan how to deal with them. And what I don't like: Standard Sandbox: It suffers from the condition of all sandbox games, an open world with a skeleton plot mission surrounded by side missions that don't contribute to the main story, I mean yeah there are few things changed in the plot but the ending will stay the same. Like I said, I'm probably being too nice to it, but I enjoyed my time in the game. And though the idea of the world could be done much better like actually used it as a story instead of a setting, I'm going to recommend it.
I will not compare this to any of it's predecessors since I haven't completed any of the DK series. Evil Genius is a base building game. What you do in the game is make rooms in your evil island for your minions to interact with. The rooms could be for replenishing their stats, training them as other minion types, researching items around the base, etc. Though there are certain rooms that are for other uses, like the vault to store money, the cell room for capturing enemies and grabbing weapons, or the control room to bring up the world view. The world view is a map of the world where you can select missions in which they either progress the story, steals a item in which minions can look at, pick up henchmen or kidnap people with certain abilities in which you can interrogate for said ability. Your goal is to create a doomsday machine to rule the world with, you fail by your main getting killed. Yes he does have bodyguards, but they are as powerful as a yellow minion (starting minions), though you do get henchmen through-out the game which have powers to make enemy managing a bit easier. Though the enemies (Forces of Justice) have their own henchmen they can send your way, in which include Rambo and James Bond. The only real problems with the game is traps and tourists. Tourists cause they are annoying, I get we are a secret island that probably shown itself as a resort so the FOJ doesn't get suspicious, and yeah you can build a hotel to keep them occupied, but once they leave and see a dead body, they freak out and when they leave they tell the FOJ and they get more suspicious. And more-so traps cause they don't work right, even if they kill your enemies your minions have just as much of a chance to get killed to, so I don't bother. If you do get this game, make sure to get the patch which you can find in the Wiki. And I have no idea how the DLC works. But yeah, I had fun.
Found this game from a recommendation from Newgrounds. I like tower defense games, even though most of them are samey on concept and design, even those that change their mechanic's feel samey to me. What makes this one more different than any of the other games? One word, writting. We actually have world building in this game, we get to understand why everything is what it is, and it's explained why we are playing this game as a TD format. You may think well why not Defense Grid or Orc's must Die? They have good stories, and to that I say they do have stories, but I think they have better presentation. This one just nails it out of the park when it comes to story development. I won't go over the story to keep from spoiling it, the game-play is... well if you played a TD you know how it goes. If not it's basically you have a grid in which has three points, one is the roads where the creeps come from, the core in which your trying to prevent the creeps from getting too, and then you have spaces where you can play towers (people) to try to kill the creeps from reaching the core. The creeps come in waves, you can upgrade towers, and your core has powers also. And for those who are used to TD's, you can also acquire armors and weapons for more damage and defense, and there is also a challenge mode . A steller game from start to finish, not to mention probably the first License and Terms Agreement that I could actually understand (weird to talk about, in which why I'm talking about it here since is so amazing that they did that). Not sure if I would say this be your first TD, but give it a whirl if your tired of other TD that are all the same.
