Without the DLC, Civ 5 is still a highly entertaining and addicting god-game. WITH the DLC it's absolutely ridiculous. You will have more leaders, more maps, more scenarios, more options than you will know what to do with! Great graphics and strategy mingled with just enough chance to keep things interrting I cannot reccomend this game highly enough to people who enjoy history, management, poltiics, and just watching tiny people enact your will.
This is probably considered 'casual' but I can't help myself but enjoy it. The openness of the world, the vast variety of objects to pick up and people to talk to, the unconventional (although admittedly mostly linear) path with several branches based on meaningful choices: this has all the addictive factors of a triple A RPG but it's much faster paced, never loses its way, and has a fair bit of strategy. A fine story, decent graphics, and a surprising amount of options. I was expecting to pick up a cheap time waster and I'm honestly more hooked on this series than 'bigger' games because of how easy it is to pick up and play. The problems I have are two fold. This game is aggressively one-track. Playing different characters may change the playstyle but not have much effect on the story which mostly plays out the same. The other issue is YOU CAN NOT SAVE YOUR GAME OR EXIT/SAVE DURING COMBAT. I found that out the hard way. Also the Settings menu option on the first screen doesn't work. But niggling aside if you like old-school games with a simple interface, an introduction to fantasy/strategy RPGs, or just something to keep you occupied in screened mode this is a fine value for your money! Charming, addictive, and has a lot of heart and imagination.
This game will beat you until frustration will set in on some higher difficuty levels, but there is an undeniable (if disturbing) excitement to be found in slaughtering enemies in the worst way. The 80s theme is almost unique. It reminded me of Grand Theft Auto Vice City with lots of primary colors and a hip edge, the thrumming electronic music being a particular highlight. Only issues I had is the graphics are a little iffy (enemies and blood fall through walls a lot) and it is unforgiving with how fast you can die. There's also actually very little strategy so much as twitch reflexes employed to win with any kind of score. But it's a great way to work out some agression or have those moments of 'so hard it's hillarious' gameplay that a lot of mainstream games can't manage.
I heard scathing reviews of this game, but now that I finally have it I'm not nearly as unhappy as the criticism would have it. I really like the original time period and setting which translates into a compelling approach to aliens from the perspective of the cold-war era American heartland. The controls and interface are a lot like Mass Effect but that's not a slight against the game either as they're smooth and responsive. The aliens have interesting appearences and there's a sense of the real origins of X-Com is a way no other game has managed, not even Enemy Unknown I'd argue. The lowered score is because of hardware issues. The game is fun but it stutters and crashes despite the MacStore saying that the game is playable on the lowest settings. I don't doubt the Macstore so apparently there's some issues, or at least I had some.
This game is the whole package of Torchlight's pet system and Diablo style loot with tons of skill trees and enemies types. Nice animation and I love the style. HUGE world. It gets a little repetative at higher levels but the benefit of lots of starting classes and pets and abilities is that as soon as you get overpowered you can just begin over again and have a new adventure. Atmospheric music and sound effects. I liked the original and the sequel is the original improved in every way.
GTA just hasn't the same flavor and character and atmosphere of this game!
Mafia tells a story worthy of film with some of the best voice actors I've ever heard, the shooting and driving mechanics feel tight and each new scenario feels like a brand new set of experiences. The gameplay is tailored to be fun, fluid, and just realstic enough to avoid breaking the flow but also accomidating for potential frustrations (rebounding health, simplified escapes from police, ample ammo...etc) so it seems all over to be a labor of love designed by gamers for gamers to enjoy.
This version also comes with lots and lots of timed missions including another campaign in which you play the friend of the main character before, during, and after the original campaign. Very creative way to add replay value!
I found this game to be just as fun single player as multi-player! The story is a little flat, but the voice acting is great across the board and someone who loved Lord of the Rings (the books especially) hid a lot of easter eggs in the dialogue.
The action is fast and satisfying. The boss battles are a little disappointing but no push overs and there's a lot to explore and find. Quite a decent RPG-lite title which there is clearly some attention to detail in.
At an awesome price this is two unique and very interesting games I've been trying to get for some time now but now have the opportunity to play back to back.
The Bureau is a rushed game but I really enjoyed it for what it did well: exciting tactical action in a unique time period.
The Darkness 2 is pure viceral fun, but the game also stands above many disposable shooters by virtue of some unique story twists and a lot of great characters.
If you like action, atmospheric settings, quirky characters and unique mechanics give this a go!
If you loved the underrated Vampire the Masquerade Bloodlines but wish it was a more stable experience, this is the game for you! This is not just an exciting shooter but a fairly deep interactive story with lot of perks to exploration and using alternate routes to reach objectives, of which there are many. A lot of work went into going to extra mile for immersion too from social enhancements showing what personality type the NPC you're talking to is, to one upgrade allowing you to jump from any height to land on a cushion of energy. I loved the detail to the settings. On highest graphical capacity, which my non-gaming rig can run smoothly, it's a very intriguing perspective of an alternate future.
As for troubleshooting I've only had two instances of trouble which is surprisingly great for a game with this much detail and intricacy. ONCE the game froze during a fire-fight but all it took was Option/Command/ESC to force quit the program and I never had the issue again. Once also I managed to get myself stuck by closing a bathroom door when I was halfway through it, wedging me into a wall, but the menu still worked so I just reloaded an autosave.
Aside from that the only complaint I could possibly harbor is some hit-detection problems sometimes and repetitive dialogue, but that plauges the best of games on occasion.
If you like William Gibson's books, The Matrix, Blade Runner, conspiracy theories, the question of transhumanism, having lengthy conversations with suspect characters, either engaging in heated gun battles or sneaking and silently subduing your enemies to sucess, take the ticket and ride the ride!
The pallet is diverse, the narrator is one of the best in any game I've played, the controls are tight and the music is fantastic. If I could ask for anything it would be a little more skill on my part because this game does not mess around difficulty wise, but its constantly reinventing the challenge and introducing more and more of the unique and surprisingly somber storyline. Highly recommended!
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