I can't remember having played a more frustrating game in the last, say, ten years :-O The first time one of the two dies it's tragic and breaks your heart sure, but when it happens a thousand times I just want to get it over with. What I did like were those documentaries. Though they were disappointingly short, I do get that this is so it doesn't distract from the game. However, I don't understand why in a game like this it is possible to actually miss some of those unlockable documentaries. We misses about 5 of those and we're definitely not going to torture ourselves longer by playing through the game again.
Obviously I didn't play as the game intented. But that's the problem isn't it, the makers clearly expected every player to delve itself into the world. But if I'm the reaper or whatever and my job is to claim a life I'm not gonna be so stupid as to get emotionally attached. I'm just gonna choose some random person. And that's what I did... So now the game is over in 8 minutes.
I am so extremely disappointed in this game. Hakuoki was recommended to my by someone when I asked for another visual novel after Danganronpa. I don't know anything about Japanese/Asian history and though this game does give some background explanation it's not nearly enough for someone with no prier knowledge to understand. It's not necessary to understand the main plot about a girl trying to find her father, but it is necessary to remotely enjoy anything that's happening around you. Secondly, Hakuoki does nothing to make you care about it's characters, or at least not nearly enough. Just about any male character is a a-hole the first time you meet him and by the time you get to warm up to them slightly the game is over. It doesn't help that the actions of a lot of the characters don't make much sense and the game raises a lot more questions then it answers. I also have no idea what the point was of the demon and fury story, it truly added nothing to the story except confusion and further questions. In conclusion I'd like to point out that I have been robbed by Idea Factory/Aksys games. Besides this game I also bought Demon of the Fleeting Blossom only to find out they are the exact same game! If now when I google it there's almost no indication that this is the case. After further research it seems that Hakuoki on Ipad/Android is again the same game. Luckily I didn't buy that either. I've seldom seen such a blatant example of exploiting the consumer.
I like the story and I really wanted to see the ending. If you love The Walking Dead you'll probably like this too. That being said, it's a lot harder to fall in love with these characters then it is in the walking dead. In place of that there's a bit of a whodunnnit story that makes you think. The same faults still exist though: your choices don't really matter that much. The story will always unfold in the same way and also the ending will be about the same no matter what. The differences are very very limited. The choices you make will impact your own emotional envolvement I think, but that's entirely up to you.
Complicated menus and a system that doesn't really work. What I mean by the latter I will explain with an example. Let's say a movie has a very bad story, but everything else is good: a high score for music, FX, CGI... everything. My last movie had 37/100 for story but everything else was between 80-100. Yet, the overal mark was 40/100. How is this possible? Why can't a movie have a bad story and still be a good movie. Look at the latest Mad Max movie: there's almost no story and yet it's awesome! In this game, it's not possible to make that kind of movie.
This is what I hate about so many Japanese visual novels, or other Japanese games for that matter. The protagonist is completely oblivious and is weirded out about everything "new" he comes across in Japan. Not only that, all those so called new things are explained very very detailed like he's an idiot. He is an idiot, listening to his bewildered reaction. If that was the only explainanation you got then it wouldn't be so bad but the game keeps explaining the same simple thing over and over again, recapping it again and again. In other words, this visual novel treats the player like a small child.
It's very difficult to put a rating on this as this game is for a very niche crowd. The thing is, apparently it's supposed to be funny. After I finished the whole game I saw videos of people playing through it and apparently everyone finds it hilarious. I expected to find it funny as well but the humor of it just goes above my head I think. I didn't laugh a single time. The good news is that the story does get interesting.... but you'll have to finish the game (and repeat a LOT) 14 times to get there. That's about 7-8 hours of repeating something that's not very interesting in the first place. I endured and yes it does become good after that. But not THAT good. It still drags on far too long, the plot overreaches and without spoiling anything: the most important plotline does not get explained. Other plotlines often get ridiculous explanations. Again, this is probably meant to be funny again. In other words I could not tell you if this game/visual novel is good for you or not. Chances are you will either love it or hate it, and I expect most people to hate it. Oh one last thing, this game is a visual novel of the purest kind (no puzzles or anything involved). It is now a dating sim however. It's being advertised as a pigeon dating sim but that's just not what it is. You want be doing much dating I can assure you.
I enjoyed myself enough for the €3 I spent on it I guess. I was disappointed by the "story" though. From what I've read I expected, well something. It was cute, and I had a chuckle at times but the ending didn't make any sense. Why implement such an ending if you're not gonna explain anything? I'm very confused by this.
What a borefest has this become! You see I was a big fan of the first Diablo when I was about 12 to 14 years old. Granted, I also thought the Power Rangers were the best thing to ever come on tv. I thought clicking (un)dead things and making them eu... dead was pretty cool back then. I couldn't count how many times I've played it from start to... almost finish. Almost because I was always afraid of going up against Diablo himself and I chickened out :-). Off course, eventually I picked up the game again and played it from start to finish with a new character that I hadn't seen before, the monk. Diablo was kind off underwelming off course, after years of living of fear of him I killed him in one try in under a minute. Never played the game again. Now Diablo 3 is here, I have the ultimate edition on my PS4. The first thing I notice that somehow I get the feeling I have to slash a lot longer to get a single monster killed. This kinda gets the action out of the game. It also makes it extremely repetitive. I know that Diablo was always a repetitive game and that a lot of the appeal lies in the balance between weapons and armor. The next item is always just out of reach, but not too far out of reach. The thing is, that's not really the case anymore now that the so called "legendary" items drop every 5 minutes. Also, where I used to have the feeling that a new weapon felt more powerful or at least felt different then the last, in Diablo 3 all weapons feel the same to me. Off course, maybe it was just my childish imagination that made the weapons feel different in the past. You might argue that I haven't played the game long enough. I keep reading people say the game only REALLY starts at level 75. Well, I've now played around 9 hours. I'm at level 30-ish and have had no fun at all in any off those 9 hours. I really don't see why I would want to spend another 10-15 hours on this game just so I can reach level 75 and see if it might get a bit better. I don't see why I would want that and I don't see why the game would be designed that way. I don't believe for a second that this bore-fest could get any better beyond mediocre anyway. This has been my biggest disappointment of the year, closely followed by WWE 2K15 (the difference is that I saw the latter disappointment coming).
In my opinion just as good as the first season. As before it's a story, it's like a tv series or a comic, and the gameplay is just there to keep you focussed on the story. The gameplay is also there to make choices. Choices not to change the story, but mainly to change the way you view the story and how the interaction with other characters feels. For example, there's a girl in this game that is somewhat helpless. You can either be understanding and try to comfort her or you can be cold towards her. I did both in two playthroughs. In the first I had the feeling I was helpful, I got the feeling of beeing a mentor so someone. In my second playthrough the I was cold against the girl, which in turn made me think of her as a nuassance more and more. This is how it is in real life too, the way you react to a certain situation doesn't usually change the essence of the situation, it does change the way you, and other feel about it though. Also, the characters in season 2 are just as good. No you won't feel the same love and trust... but that's not a bad thing. I cared more about surviving then I did about the other characters. I looked at the other people suspiciously, I didn't fully trust any of them. This makes a completely different feeling from the first season. But just as good. Maybe even better because following up a strong story like that wasn't easy! I don't understand the advantage of episodic gaming though, so I always buy telltale games when all episodes are out.
Fun game with a good storyline. The humor falls flat sometimes but that's to be expected from something like south park. The graphics are exactly the same as a South Park episode. The gameplay is traditionally turn based, but it is too easy, even for non-gamers it's just too easy. I like easy game, but even for me it's too easy. No strategy involved what so ever. A lot of fun though!
Don't play this game by yourself. It's a lot of fun playing with friends though. One of the few games with couch co-op for 2-4 players. It's a bit like Castle Crashers but not as good. A few parts that are a little frustrating but no mayor faults. Sometimes we had to look where to go though, the game isn't always clear about where to go next.
Worst game I played in a long long time. Motion controls just don't work. Normal controls are worse. Story is a complete mess. Ugh, I don't want to go on talking about this.
Fun and funny game :-). While the gameplay isn't anything special, it's the story and humor that's front and center. It isn't a difficult game and doesn't require much platformer nor puzzling. Anyone can play it, every age, gamer and non gamer. Recommended!
The big problem with Skyrim is that while it does contain a lot of hours of gameplay, that gameplay isn't very interesting. No story or characters to care about and all the quests are just fetch quests. Quests just for the purpose of quests isn't my idea of fun. The combat is extremely repetitive for a game that you're supposed to play for hours and hours and hours. There is some fun to be had exploring the world and upgrading your character BUT then the longer you play the more bugs start to surface. The one bug that is the worst is the more you play, the more you alter the world, the bigger the save game gets, and the more the game freezes. So even though the world is very big and you have a lot to explore, you can't do it! By the time you explore everything you're savegame is so big that the game keeps freezing and crashing. I played the legendary edition so by now all the updates should have fixed this.
Style over substance, the world building while you walk gets old real fast and very frustrating! The gameplay is average, the story is non-existant, the narrator's voice gets annoying by the end. However, I still had fun for a few hours.
I'm glad I got this game with PS+. However, while it was fun for the first half it got frustrating after a while. And while combat and story isn't important at all during the game, in the end you suddenly get to fight an endboss. I don't get why you have to fight an endboss in a game where the combat was the least satisfying part of the game. Good effort though and I hope Image & Form's next game gets it right.
This on-rails hack and slasher is fun for 30 minutes but gets repetitive and boring real fast! It has amazing graphics and performance by the main character but who cares if the story and characters are all but non-existent? It's short (about 5-6 hours) but you'll get bored a lot quicker then that!
I was looking forward to this game because I was a fan of The Darkness (by many of the same makers). I was somewhat disappointed because the story(telling) was the part that get's the most praise. There's nothing much to tell about the story and I didn't particularly care about the characters. The storytelling is good and has well made cutscenes but what does it matter if I don't care about the story or it's characters? Lots of time has gone into the game world but I don't understand the world. On one hand it tries to tell this dark dramatic story, on the other hand it's kind of ridiculous (robot dogs acting like real dogs). It doesn't succeed in being dramatic, nor in being funny. The graphics are good but it's all too dark. Which would work if it wasn't too ridiculous at times. Gameplay is good, but standard for today's FPS overloaded world.
I've played Gears of War for the first time a couple of months ago. While there's some fun to be had, the controls are adaquate, it's also outdated and newer similar games control a lot more fluid. The graphics are average but everything, absolutely everything is dark and gray. I'd say this game, for modern audiences, deserves about a 5 out of 10. But, that's not taking into account the game breaking bug that never got fixed: the save games. It isn't enough that the checkpoints are too far apart to begin with, it's impossible to know when the game saves exactly. Not only that, we (I played with a friend in split screen) constantly lost our save game, having to play the same section over and over again. We never finished the game but we did see the berserker a couple of times, maybe that gives you an indication how far we were in the game. EDIT: as I've read that the sequel and threequel have the same save game bug I will definitely not be playing those unless it's for free. I would however give a new game for Xbox One a shot if this bug is fixed. I believe Judgement already fixed it.
What the hell is this? Basically it's only story. There's practically no gameplay and what there is, is annoying. The graphics are basic at best and there are no animations to speak of. I have no idea why this isn't just a book or graphic novel or something. I continued to read this "book" because I still expected a good story. But the book keeps you in the dark for about 4 hours, doesn't make any sense at any point and the ending is a complete letdown.
Good shooter. Like the world created here. Although there is nothing new or special about it. It looks good, it controls well. I don't like the grey worlds though, there should be more color in this game. About the same experience as Killzone 2 but a bit better and with 2 player co-op campaign. I just played Halo reach and have upped my score on this game. I realise now how great Killzone 3 actually is. The weapons feel much heavier and the world just has much more charisma and appeal. After playing Killzone 3, I just can't go back and play the (in my opinion) much lesser game of Halo.
The story and characters are amazing. I've never felt more about a character then I do about Haruka. I always want to protect her. Even though I know she won't get attacked on the streets, I alway stay close to her, I really feel like a father to her. That said, technically this is not a very good game. The gameplay has it's quirks and it's basically still the same game it was on PS2. The graphics are better yes but on PS2 they were amazing, here on PS3 they're just average.
The attitude era mode is a lot of fun bit this game still has the same issues it's had for all these years. The universe mode improved a bit but is still full of bugs. The best mode in this series in years, the GM mode, is still gone.
Don't get me wrong, I have loved playing the WWE games for many years now, even since PS1. But not much has changed since then. The universe mode has potential but is full off glithes. The same can be said about the whole game at it's been like this for what: 100 years and 100 games? They renewed the engine from the ground up. But you wouldn't say it from playing it, it playes about the same and has the same issues it's had for years. Terrible A.I., motions sensing. Lastly, the greatest addition to this series in years, GM mode, is still gone. I don't get it.
I love these kind of games. Mashed is one off the most fun games I've ever played. So when I've been waiting for this one a long time. I bought the game including the add-on from day one. But how is it possible that this game is about the same as mashed but full of glitches? The physics don't make any sense and the game is unfair. They didn't have to change much, and they didn't, but this game is just a beta, it's not finished! And they never fixed it either.
At first a had a lot of fun playing this. But after a while I noticed that this is an arcade game all the way. So you can't save between levels, you have to finish the game from start to end in one go. Who has the time for that these days? And it's a very difficult game too. Also, it's kind of repetitive so I would have enjoyed playing this in short bursts, that's not possible though.
Get's tiring really really fast. It's extremely repetitive. The graphics are bad but the world design doesn't work either. The characters and story never got to me, but that's could just be me.
This world feels empty, restricted, fake, extremely linear and limited. The same can be said about the gameplay. At first it does feel good and powerful. But it can get frustrating with hundreds off enemies coming at you. You're supposed to keep out of dodge to recharge your shield, but that's not really possible at times. After the first hour or 2 it keeps going downhill.
Very good and balanced game. To me this is still the most honest fighting game out there: there's no cheating bosses or anything. And when you lose, you know you lost to the better man in that fight. The balance is just that good. There's aren't a lot of modes to play in, it's just fighting in it's purest form. I did not own the original Virtua Fighter 5, but I do understand that it's kind off a rip off because this could just as easily be downloadable content. As a stand-alone game, it's as perfect as a figting game can get though.
This game was a lot of fun. Sure, the graphics are average and there are some technical issues, it can even get repetitive, but a lot of my favorite games weren't technically sound. I did have fun every minute though.
Nice action game. Not much RPG elements so it's good for someone new to rpg or someone who doesn't want to spend a lot of time customizing. Not much else can be said, it's just a nice game, nothing special, but nothing wrong with it either.
One of the most beautiful games I've ever seen. The gameplay is almost perfect. It's fun, but I find it hard to be able to follow the storyline somehow. I can't put my finger on it. The thing is, besides being technically perfect, this is just a standard third person shooter. There is absolutely nothing original here. It's probably just me, but the game doesn't really touch me, it's just a very well made shooter, there's no angle, nothing new or original, nothing to draw me in. For some reason this game gets better reviews then the first one. I don't understand why, not much has changed.
One of the most beautiful games I've ever seen. The gameplay is almost perfect. It's fun, but I find it hard to be able to follow the storyline somehow. I can't put my finger on it. The thing is, besides being technically perfect, this is just a standard third person shooter. There is absolutely nothing original here. It's probably just me, but the game doesn't really touch me, it's just a very well made shooter, there's no angle, nothing new or original, nothing to draw me in.
The graphics are bad, the camera is not very good and the controls and gameplay aren't very good either. There are also a lot of technical glitches. Then why a 6? Because the world does have it's charm and something inexplicable always made me come back to Two Worlds II
There's wasn't much wrong with the first game, nevertheless this one is a small improvement on every acount. It does play the same though, so if you didn't like the first one, you won't like this one.
Great game for 3 players. It could be fun solo too, but I haven't tried it. Beautiful graphics and a very colorful world. The gameplay works very well.
I bought the game because the demo was so much fun. But then I found out that this game is brutally hard. It's almost unplayable and I never finished the game. I bought it because I thought it would give me some easy fun.
It's the same system as Micro Machines. You have to get to 10 points to win. There is a difference here though, the first car to fall off the race doesn't lose a point. The most fun thing about games like Micro Machines and Mashed is that someone could get to 9 points and then the other people target him so that he loses points. None of that here. It kind of breaks the fun.
Seems to be a set-up for things to come but as a seperate story this is worthless. And seeing as season two was still 6 months away when this game came out it's not worth your money. If it costs less money then a normal episode it could've been worth it.
Fun at first but when the world start getting more color the fun is gone. The good thing about this game was to start in an empty white room devoid of color and finding your way in it. After that it's all downhill.
Very fun, funny and entertaining game for 4 players. I liked it a lot, and I don't even like platformers. I recommend this to anyone who has friends to play with.
pretty standard stuff but it is fun. The formula doesn't change very much, but for a small price that doesn't matter much. And the game is pretty short as well.
Fun for a short while but the controls and camera are really bad. I never felt in control of my Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle-Cars. And the enemy A.I is too tough.
Not a bad game but the gameplay seemed unfinished. The controls didn't work for me. I always did stuff I didn't want to do and never knew exactly how to make sure I'd stay in bullet time as long as possible. I didn't know how to stay out off dodge and defend myself against enemies either. Maybe it's just not my kind of game.
This game surprised me. I didn't expect it to be this good. The graphics are very good, the controls fluid and it was the dark story that kept me going. The game is pretty short though and I personally didn't like the ending because it was predictable. But that's just me.
I won't say this is a bad game because I liked it a lot. But I noticed it's not really a cart game. Racing is more important then weapons, way more important. The game looks good and the racing feels good to, there's a real sense of speed. But the problem is that you should be able to play a kart game with friends and family. My friends and family found this game to be too difficult to control and the changing worlds too confusing. Then never knew where to go next. So it's a nice racer, but not a good cart racer and not a good party or family friendly game.
This game is too complicated to be a party game. You can't just pick it up and play, no everyone should play the tutorial first, and even then it's pretty complicated. Not recommended.
I loved true crime so much so I was looking forward to this one for a long time. It was disappointing. Let's begin by saying that 80% of this game is fighting. I didn't shoot one gun and the driving doesn't work very well. Actually: running doesn't work very well either. The fighting is really frustrating, I never felt in control off the character and couldn't defend myself against the knives and such weapons.
How did they f* this up? The first game was almost perfect. The changes to the gameplay are for the worst. The co-op from the first is gone. The first one had a compelling story, this one does not. The bosses aren't even fun anymore!
