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Charming fishing game with a lovecraftian story. The game is quite relaxing making you move from zone to zone while upgrading your equipment to catch and sell better fish and piecing together the mystery. Near the end I found it a bit too repetitive to become something special.

A fun metroidvania with fluid combat and traversal. From the stylish cutscenes to the great voice acting this game took me by surprise. Unfortunately I found the map to be boring, some areas looked repetitive and I found the bosses to be on the easier side.

A story-driven RPG set in 1905 Warsaw, Poland with interesting turn based combat. While i liked the setting the bad voice acting took me out of the game multiple times. The combat is interesting but once you found your favorite skills none of the fights become so difficult that you would have to change them ever. Overall enjoyable but also forgettable.

The game is a walking simulator and should be rated for what it is. Apart from slight performance problems it ran and looked very good. Unfortunately it is quiet short and the story is ambiguous which I am not a fan of. Voice acting was good but the lines did not fit the urgency of the situation.

I remember playing this as a kid and being absolutely terrified. Its soundtrack is still one of my favorites today. Having just replayed it, it is less scary and the terrible voice acting takes you out of the game a bit, but back in the PS2 era this was, with Resident Evil, the best horror game. The story and themes are still shocking today and I wish more games would tackle such mature subjects. We can only hope the remake will do it justice but by expectations are unfortunately very low.

Fun game that was a bit too short. I felt the puzzles were too easy but the story and atmosphere were top notch and the game had a creepy vibe.

A fun Gamepass game that becomes repetitive after a few missions. It would have benefitted from more guns, but once you get into the flow of chasing higher scores it was difficult to put down.

While I still think the franchise lost its mojo, I was glad to see a smaller map and a return to a more condensed Assassins Creed game. The game is short enough to be enjoyable while nothing to write home about. Combat is boring and I absolutely hated the voice acting of the female assassin. While not her fault it took me out of the game multiple times and was a wrong casting in my eyes.

Arguably one of the most important games of all time. Replaying it decades later I still had a fantastic time with it. From the music to story it is for me the game that made me fall in love with the medium and truly felt like an epic adventure.

A great sequel. From a graphics and audio standpoint the developers have to be praised for a job well done. While I was not a fan of the mind palace and found it to be a gimmick that takes you out of the game way too many times and would have preferred playing Alan only, I had an enjoyable time. Unfortunately the ending left me unsatisfied without a real conclusion to the story.

A relaxing climbing game without enemies i completed to 100% with all achievements. The sense of scale is impressive. Music is calming and the new UE5 engine looks incredible. Fun for two or three evenings since it is not too long.

A surprisingly charming game, i enjoyed the narrators voice acting and cute graphics. While the story is nothing mind blowing this is a nice game for a family with children and was perfect for the Gamepass. The town was fun to explore and the characters different enough that it kept me wanting to learn more about the mystery.

A surprisingly charming game, i enjoyed the narrators voice acting and cute graphics. While the story is nothing mind blowing this is a nice game for a family with children and was perfect for the Gamepass.

A short visual novel with a touching story. Nothing you should spend more than 5 dollars on, more levels and variety would have been nice. The basic gameplay loop consists of recreating Indian recipes, it is guaranteed you will get hungry while playing it!

A disappointing game and this is coming from a big Sci-Fi fan. I found the characters (especially the companions) very bland, the fetch quests boring, with mostly one outcome the POI on planets not interesting enough. I can only hope that Bethesda innovates in the future their formula is getting stale and the constant loading screens interrupted exploration.

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While never being the biggest Amnesia franchise fan, as a horror lover, I was looking forward to this one. The premise is great, you are alone in a creepy World War 1 bunker and need to find the way out. Why are you here? Who brought you? Where is everybody else? What the hell is that noise? The bunker is not big and has four main areas that you can explore. You can find scrap, craft helpful items and piece the story together through notes and pictures. Which leads me to my biggest gripe as a story person. Making sense of the story while being constantly hunted by the monster was more annoying than fun. If the generator goes out and you have no light, good luck, you will miss important items. After a few monster deaths the tension is kind of gone and I started sprinting through the bunker while I had light.

The game itself is a walking sim, for players that do not know this beforehand I can understand the frustration. You walk, pick up scraps of info and walk further. Piecing the story together is easy enough and makes for a macabre tale of a painter that seems to have lost his mind. The second game is also included and changes the setting completely. Exploring the house in Unreal Engine 5 is a treat. The graphics look awesome and are very atmospheric. Now I am not the biggest Blooper team fan and very worried for the Silent Hill 2 remake (one of my favorite games of all time) but Layers of Fear (the first story) was their best game. Unfortunately, it went downhill from there and leaves me worried for the future.

I have only played the game five and a half years after release and was impressed by how good it was. As an old Ocarina of Time fan, the new take on Zelda is refreshing and a kind of peaceful experience while playing. The gentle piano music while exploring the gigantic world makes for a relaxing adventure. I did not care for weapon durability and the shrines at all. I missed the old themed dungeons where you would acquire new gear and learn to use it but it is undeniable that the game is fun and charming.

I was never a big fan of the original release, the move to a more action orientated Resident Evil never sat right with me. The remake is good, its entertaining enough but for me I prefer the more grounded horror experience of the franchise. The graphics looked great and guns felt powerful enough, I did not care for the errands or the shooting range of the merchant and liked the upgrade system. Leon has some funny voice lines. The boss arenas were terrible and way too small to navigate, which made some bosses frustrating to fight.

For fans of Lovecraftian horror this is definitely interesting, for others not so much. The levels are very small, clues are easy to find, puzzles not that difficult. Animation and dialog feel stiff. Its a bizarre mix of the two worlds but short enough to not overstay its welcome. I had my fun but only give a higher rating because I love the the Cult of Cthulhu.

I really did not enjoy this one. After five hours you have seen everything the game has to offer. Voice acting is monotone, I did not care for any of the characters and enemies come in clusters of four max five enemy ships. You will rarely attack a bigger enemy ship. Loot repeats over and over again, you will use the same weapons all game just with higher stats, legendary items are too rare for a looter shooter. Quests are level gated, meaning you have to grind the same boring enemies and missions to advance. Now the worst part must be the puzzles that repeat over and over again. It is like finding a needle in a haystack, absolutely sleep inducing! It took me 25 hours to complete the game and I just soldiered through because I hoped it would get better. If you do not like the gameplay loop after a few hours do not go on, trust me. On a positive note it is a good looking game and ran well except on one or two planets.

Throughout the years and before the official release media outlets would write that Atomic Heart would never release and looks too good to be true in the trailers. With multiple games releasing already in 2023 with performance issues and bugs I had surprisingly little problems with this game. An example of how you should not judge a game before release, the negative press was uncalled for. A love letter to Bioshock your first impression is the fantastic world building and environmental storytelling. The second impression is the annoying main character, constantly swearing and arrogant which becomes grating over time. While some dialogue was funny, most of it is childish and I would have wished for a different protagonist. The game itself looks absolutely stunning, the music with a mix of classical and house music (sometimes mixed together) is fantastic and the gunplay serviceable. Playing with a controller on PC some bosses were a bit hard to keep in focus with their fast movements. I thought the upgrade system that returns spent materials if you want to try a different weapon or skill is a great idea. Overall an enjoyable game for fans of Bioshock that does not need to hide behind his inspiration.

The game evoked a very strong feeling of helplessness that I miss in modern horror games. It reminded me of one of my favorites Silent Hill with its psychological horror. Sometimes what you cant see and only hear, scares you more than what you see. I would lie if I said I did not get frustrated sometimes, melee combat was atrocious, the swamp was terrible to navigate and losing all my hoarded items when transitioning to it felt cheap. I liked the story and wanted to play every day to see the ending. Overall it was a depressing experience that not many games can offer, it is dark and sad but also strangely addictive.

I only started playing the single player four years after release and was impressed by how good it was. Compared to other open worlds this one feels lived in, from NPC chatter, realistic small towns and cities, the physics and weather engine to flora and fauna, it is an example of how an open world should be constructed in video games. The story keeps you interested, characters have depth and are likeable (or not) and the game keeps you entertained for at least over 40 hours. If you want to complete everything you can easily spend over 100 hours. With open world games feeling empty and more like a checklist full of icons that you work off one by one this is a prime example of how it should be done and deserves its place in the top 10 of the best games made to date.

Living on a tropical island, around Christmas time I love to boot up The Division. No other game represents a snowed in NYC as good. The gameplay loop for the story missions and leveling up is fun enough to keep you going. To cope with the bullet sponges you need to upgrade your gear every level. I did not like the constant hostile NPC dialogue of quest givers (I am there to help, why is everyone so hostile?) and overall snarky tone. After completing the main story in around 25 hours, fatigue set in and I had no drive to continue the end game activities. Overall for the atmosphere alone I really enjoyed it and think the setting is better than in part two.

Playing the first God of War in 2023 was a frustrating experience. While the story and cutscenes are great and hold up very well, the game feels unfair. Now I might have forgotten that older games were way harder but some sequences were overtuned with enemies that took too long to kill and constantly respawned. The blocking system did not feel natural and you became stunned easily which took momentum out of fights. I loved the level design and the mix with puzzles on the other hand, the camera work was stellar showing you impressive vistas in the background that made the levels feel bigger than they are. There are hidden secrets and chests to find and the environments are varied enough. Overall the game did not age very well and would have received a better rating from me on release.

I can only give a review for the single player co-op campaign since I barely played the Multiplayer. Together with a friend everything is more fun, even a mediocre campaign. We had many laughs about the repeating animations in cutscenes and just shooting enemies together. If you look at the game objectively it is pretty disappointing compared to older titles. The open world does not do much for the gameplay and is pretty bland. There are no major vistas or landmarks to explore and we would have rather seen the old linear missions. The missions itself reuse assets constantly and after the twentieth repeating metallic alien corridor it becomes a slog. Overall a boring experience, I am not sure I could have finished it playing solo.

Years ago when Parasite Eve released I could never finish it, I was too young to understand the idea of transferring weapon and armor skill points from one to the next. What I had never forgotten was the haunting piano soundtrack and the incredible looking FMV scenes, that stuff blew my mind back then. I always wanted to finish it again and waited for December to fit the theme. While I did not expect it to be so short I had a great time with the game, the story keeps you hooked and I was surprised by how disturbing some of the cutscenes were. The music alone was great, I still love the piano soundtrack today. Combat was disappointing some mechanics are almost impossible to dodge, if you die you cant skip cutscenes or dialogue and sometimes have to wait five minutes to try again. But the worst happens twice in the game, an insta-death mechanic if you do not know exactly where to run (Once after a 15 minute boss fight). Very frustrating! Inventory management is terrible, key items are not always discarded automatically and clutter the space. Overall I am glad that to have revisited the game and wish more were set in present day and not fantasy scenarios.

I had never played the PSP version of Crisis Core and as a big fan of Final Fantasy VII I was always interested to see how it tied into the main game. The combat was fun and reminded me of the Remake, characters were likeable but some cringe worthy dialogue made me roll my eyes at times. The game looked great but levels were too short and linear which is more a PSP memory than a game problem. Overall I liked it for the story but the gameplay loop became a bit stale near the end.

While I enjoyed the music (of course) the characters were not interesting enough to hold my attention and missions felt too short and lacked in variety. You could change your ship before missions but this was unnecessary since the objectives were very similar. The graphics looked great, some backdrops with gigantic planets bursting apart looked impressive. Overall, a very mediocre experience, more can be done with the Star Wars license.

Citizen Sleeper is a sci-fi role-playing action-adventure game. Onboard a space station this narrative game lets you meet a diverse set of characters all with their own problems. Every morning a set of dice is rolled (rpg tabletop style), the higher the dice, the higher the chance to complete quests and events of your choosing. While you do not have to complete every quest and help all the characters, I thought the game is written well enough to want you see all different stories. The music and art style are very atmospheric and fit the game perfectly. Unfortunately, the game felt a bit short and after a few days I was over leveled with skill points and money, the struggle of the first few days easily forgotten.

A survival horror game in the style of Resident Evil and Silent Hill. While I liked the puzzles and atmosphere, I did not find enemies to be scary. It was easy to outmaneuver them and they all looked similar to me. A big part of those games for me is the feeling of uneasiness and death around every corner that I was missing in Signalis. The story is interesting enough to keep you going and left some questions open to interpretation.

SOMA asks what it means to be human. There is something about those games in an isolated space that I really enjoy and SOMA was no different. From the voice acting to the thought provoking story the game pushed you forward wanting to discover more. It does not overstay its welcome, pacing was good throughout. Surprising enough the most frustrating part was the monster itself, there is no fun in being chased without means to defend yourself (can be turned off via the options menu)

A beautiful looking game A Plague Tale Requiem is a definite improvement over the first title, unfortunately only narratively and graphically. The gameplay loop is the same, stealth though linear levels and sometimes use the same old boring sling. Combat would need a complete overhaul to make a better game or should be removed completely. The game is marred by technical difficulties, even with the latest patch FPS drops are common and it is not optimized enough. It drags on near the end and overstays its welcome, pacing would have been better with less chapters.

A fun game for a few evenings together in coop. While most puzzles are pretty simple the mechanics are something new and had us interested. The Battle Royale mode was a nice addition but rooms started repeating after three runs.

It is a difficult task remaking a classic like Half-Life while expanding its levels. I was surprised by the length of the game that surpasses the original while being truthful to it. Clearly a lot of work has gone into it. While I thought Xen was a bit too long it could basically stand as its own standoff puzzle-type game. The music was another plus, some tracks were beautiful and fit the game quiet well.

Few games give me a feeling of visceral disgust but this was one of them. As a huge fan of the style of H.R. Giger this game was right up my alley. Unfortunately combat that consists of kiting the enemy around corners, left a bad taste in my mouth, I could have done without it and it would have been a better game. I also encountered a few bugs, being stuck in geometry, unable to move and a key item that I could not pick up and had to reload. With the terrible checkpoint system that makes you lose over twenty minutes a big annoyance. The visuals and sound design are stunning. To better understand the story the artbook should have been included in the main menu, I can only recommend anyone reading it to get a better understanding.

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An absolute slog to get through and way too artsy for me. I would rather read a good book. While I understood most of the themes the characters did not do it for me. You really have to be in synch with the writers to get something out of this and I clearly wasn't.

Prey is one of my favorite games of the last decade so I went into Deathloop with high expectations. What a disappointment it has been! I did not like the dialogue nor the main characters, the targets were not interesting either and the levels bland. The worst part of it all was the handholding! Why don't you let me discover clues myself and piece it together? Quest markers were annoying and I found myself rushing through the levels just to get it over with. The brain dead AI that forgets you after a few minutes even after slaughtering half the map did not help either. I was overpowered after three runs already and had gear that did not need to be changed. Overall I was a bit shocked Arkane released such a mediocre, forgettable game.

Same as Dusk from the same developer, I had a lot of fun with Amid Evil. It made me appreciate how fun the old shooters like Quake and Doom were. The RTX implementation was great and the weapons were fun to use. Level design was clever, I always knew where to go and did not get lost.

Growing up with Doom and Quake it was a fantastic throwback to the old shooters. Level design was clever you always knew where you had to go and I never got lost. Weapons were fun to use and movement fluid. It reminded me how fun those games were.

I did not enjoy the game as much as I thought I would. The sneaking segments were very easy, levels too linear and the characters not likeable enough. I enjoyed the music and atmosphere and played this in preparation for part two coming out this year. Some checkpoints were frustrating and set me minutes back, other times it would save every few steps. Combat with the sling and auto aim made it a walk in the park and an abundance of craftable materials resulted in more action than stealth and same voice actors were used multiple times for different characters.

A surprisingly fun and charming game, I would have never thought that after the terrible Avengers game they could improve that much. Character dialogue is fun and witty and the vistas incredible. A minor annoyance was the CONSTANT talking, there was barely a pause which made it hard to follow the great dialogue. Sometimes, when answering, words would cut off mid-sentence which made me miss out on some chatter. Combat was mediocre and resulted in spamming attacks without real need to strategize. Overall a fun experience I am sure many have missed out on because of the previous botched release.

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I had a fantastic time with this game. It took me around 60 hours to complete and I started with patch 1.5 on PC. The negativity surrounding this game put me off from playing it for almost a year. While I had some bugs such as T-posing characters and disappearing cars the overall experience was incredible. Characters had depth, side missions were well written and different enough and the main story had me hooked until the end. I did not really like the skill tree, some skills felt useless and the AI was shockingly bad (they kept coming one after the other and did not seem to use any tactics). What impressed me most was the city, it looked incredible and as a big fan of the original Blade Runner there were some days where I would just drive around at night and soak it all in while listening to the Jazz radio, they really nailed the Sci-Fi vibe. I feel bad for the developers, clearly a lot of heart was put into this project, I am not sure how it ran on release on PC but can only recommend it now.

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