Recent reviews by CATALIN

10/10

Title : Trove
Developer : Trion Worlds
Publisher : Trion Worlds
Genre : RPG

Trove is a Sandbox massively multiplayer online role-playing game.

Players assume the role of one of multiple classes each with different play styles and abilities. After a brief tutorial players arrive in a central area called the 'Hub' In this area players can access Portals which act as access points to different in-game worlds each one tailored for a specific stage of progression. Each portal requires a minimum level to enter which gets higher per portal, allowing for progression from easier worlds to harder worlds as the player gains in level. Each world gets progressively harder but rewards higher levels of experience and better loot/resources. Each portal is of a specific color which is designed to indicate the quality of the 'loot' which can be most commonly located there, although there is a small chance that loot of a higher quality will be found. The exception to this is the higher level Red portals which predominantly drop Legendary (orange) quality loot but have a higher chance to drop loot of relic (red), resplendent (rainbow) or shadow (dark purple) quality as well. Higher Level Red portals have a better chance for to drop the rarer loot types.

The recent patch ruined the game do to a money grab.

+ Huge map
+ Great crafting system
+ Sandbox

- Launch issues
- Bad optimization
- Pay2Win

5/10

Title : Euro Truck Simulator 2
Developer : SCS Software
Publisher : SCS Software
Genre : Simulator

Euro Truck Simulator 2 is a vehicle simulation game. The game is a direct sequel of Euro Truck Simulator and it is the second video game in the Euro Truck Simulator series. The player can drive one of a choice of articulated trucks across a depiction of Europe, picking up cargo from various locations and delivering it. As the game progresses, it is possible for the player to buy more vehicles, depots, and hire drivers to work.

Players choose their HQ's location in any of the game map's cities. At first, the player can only take what are known as Quick jobs—these jobs involve making hired driver deliveries while employed by a delivery company, with a provided truck and all expenses (fuel, road tolls, ferry crossings) covered. As the player earns money or takes bank loans, they can eventually afford to buy themselves a truck, acquire a home garage, and start making more money by delivering cargo using their own truck instead of just being a driver for hire. Money earned in the game can be spent on upgrading or purchasing new trucks, hiring NPC drivers to take on deliveries, buying more garages and expanding the home garage to accommodate more trucks and drivers.

In my opinion, ETS2 is a good game, but you will become boring after a few races.

+ Multiplayer
+ Great optimization
+ Great truck costumization
+ Too many places
+ Realistic
+ Achievements
+ Steam Trading Cards


- Very expensive for what it offers
- A lot of countries paintjobs that could be free
- You will become boring after a few races

6/10

Title : Rocket League
Developer : Psyonix
Publisher : Psyonix
Genre : Racing

Rocket League's gameplay is largely the same as that of its predecessor Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle-Cars. Players control a rocket-powered car and use it to hit a ball that is much larger than the cars towards the other team's goal area to score points, in a way that resembles a soccer game, with elements reminiscent of a demolition derby. Players cars have the ability to jump to hit the ball while in mid-air. The players can also pick up a speed boost by passing their cars over marked spaces on the field, enabling them to quickly cross the field, use the added momentum to hit the ball, or ram into another player's car to destroy it; in the latter case, the destroyed car respawns moments later. A player may also utilize boost when in the air to propel themselves forward in flight, allowing players to hit the ball in the air. Players can also perform quick dodges, causing their car to do a short jump and spin in a given direction, which can be used to nudge the ball or gain positioning advantage over the other team.

Matches are typically five minutes long, with a sudden death overtime if the game is tied at that point. Players are awarded points for certain actions in the game, such as scoring a goal, assisting in a goal, centering the ball, shooting the ball close to goal, saving a ball from going into a goal, or winning the game. These points contribute towards a meta-game experience system, unlocking decorative rewards for players to personalize their cars which include: Rocket trails, Toppers, Antennas, Decals, Car Bodies, and Wheels. Matches can be played from between one-on-one up to four-on-four players as well as casual and ranked.

The game includes a DLCs pack that can offer you more customization for the car. In my opinion, Rocket League is the best soccer/racing game that I ever played in my life.


+ Great optimization
+ Great ranking system
+ Great graphics
+ Car costumization
+ Fast loading screen
+ Achievements
+ Steam Trading Cards


- Pretty expensive
- Too many DLCs

8/10

Title : Hotline Miami
Developer : Dennaton Games
Publisher : Devolver Digital
Genre : Action

Hotline Miami is a 2D top-down action video game. Set in 1989 Miami, the plot consists of two protagonists, Jacket and Biker, who have been receiving phone calls instructing them to commit massacres against the local Russian Mafia. The game blends top down perspective with stealth, extreme violence and surreal storytelling, along with a soundtrack and visuals influenced by 1980s culture.

Hotline Miami is divided into several chapters, each of which is further broken down into several stages. At the start of most chapters, the unnamed protagonist wakes up in his apartment and listens to cryptic messages on his answering machine. These messages tell him to perform an arbitrary task at a certain location, which in each case is inferred as a metaphor for killing every person at that location, such as giving VIPs at a hotel a 'great stay', or taking care of a 'pest infestation'. Prior to commencing a mission, the player is asked to select an animal mask to wear, each of which provides unique advantages or handicaps.

+ Great soundtrack
+ Great price for what it offers
+ Retro
+ Difficulty
+ Satisfactorily
+ Steam Trading Cards

- Very short story

9/10

Title : Left 4 Dead 2
Developer : Turtle Rock Studios
Publisher : Valve
Genre : FPS

Left 4 Dead 2 is a cooperative first-person shooter video game, the sequel to Left 4 Dead (1). Like its predecessor, Left 4 Dead 2 is a first-person shooter with a heavy emphasis on cooperative gameplay. The game presents five new campaigns, each composed of three to five smaller levels.

As in the first game, each campaign is presented in menus and loading screens as a film starring the four Survivors; and features, upon completing a campaign, a faux credits screen which acts as the final scoreboard for the players and recaps certain performance statistics for the group. In every campaign, most levels involve the Survivors attempt to reach a safe zone and close the door once they are all safely inside. However, the final level in each campaign requires the Survivors to call for rescue and either survive a prolonged onslaught until rescue arrives, pass through an especially challenging gauntlet of Infected to reach an escape vehicle, or (in Dead Center and The Passing) collect and utilize fuel cans to enable their escape.

Left 4 Dead 2 includes four game modes : Campaign, Versus, Survival and Scavage + realism mode ( which can be enabled at any difficulty for either Campaign or Versus ). Left 4 Dead 2 features a new cast of human Survivors, which include: Coach, Rochelle, Nick and Ellis. In my opinion L4D2 is the best zombie FPS shooter that I ever played.

+ CO-OP
+ Zombies
+ Great optimization
+ Great animations
+ Multiplayer
+ Many game modes
+ Workshop
+ Achievements
+ Steam Trading Cards

- Fewer campaign chapters
- Fewer special infected characters
- Fewer survivors

7/10

Title: Counter Strike : Global Offensive
Developer: Hidden Path Entertainment and Valve Corporation
Publisher: Valve Corporation
Genre: FPS Shooter

Like the previous games in the series, Global Offensive is an objective-based multiplayer first-person shooter. Each player joins either the Terrorist or Counter-Terrorist team and attempts to complete objectives or eliminate the enemy team.

Players purchase weapons and equipment at the beginning of every round with money awarded based on their performance. Completing objectives or killing enemies earns the player money while negative actions, like killing a teammate or hostage, takes money away from the player. In addition, when a round ends all players receive some amount of money, with players on the winning team receiving substantially more.

Currently, Global Offensive features five game modes for online play : Classic, Competitive, Arms Race, Demolition and Deathmatch. For competitive mode you need to reach rank 3 by playing in other modes.

In my opinion, CSGO is the most realistic FPS Shooter that I ever played.

+ Great AntiCheat
+ Great ranking system
+ Great animations
+ Great gameplay
+ Great optimization
+ Team-based
+ Objective
+ Multiplayer
+ Steam Trading Cards

- Fewer maps
- Operations

Title : PayDay 2
Developer : Overkill Software
Publisher : 505 Games
Genre : Heist/Crime

Payday 2 is a cooperative first-person shooter developed by Overkill team. This game is sequel to Payday : The Heist. Two years after the events of the previous game, the gang comes to the Washington, D.C. area to rob banks. The player take controls of one of four principal members ( Dallas, Houston, Wolf, Chains ) to heist alone or multiplayer, but also of some secondary characters like Clover, Dragan, Rust, Jacket, Sydney and others. The player has a part of a series of DLCs which includes many more weapons, masks, upgrades than original game. In my opinion, this game is the best co-op game that I ever played in my whole life.

+ Co-op
+ Stealth
+ Weapons Costumization
+ Masks Costumization
+ A lot of achievements
+ Great animations
+ Difficulty
+ Great maps
+ Steam Trading Cards

- Too many DLCs
- Weak AntiCheat

8/10

Title: Attrition: Nuclear Domination
Genre: Strategy

Attrition: Nuclear Domination is a 3D game based in approximately the 25th century where robots and androids have taken over some parts of the world. In my opinion this game is the worst strategy game I ever played.

+ Steam Trading Cards
+ Cheap

- Graphics
- Bad optimization
- Without tutorial

4/10

Title: Bloons TD Battles
Developer: Ninja Kiwi
Publisher: Ninja Kiwi
Genre: Tower Defense

Bloons TD Battle is a game based on tower defense. Apes take over the tower role and baloons are enemies. This game has a lot of strategies, multiple ways to beat your opponent and the coolest thing, arena. If you have enough medallions you can fight in 2000 arena, or if you are beginner you can try very simple 5 or 10 arena. Same, this game has two game modes : assault and defense. On assault you can attack your opponent by sending baloons ( enemies ). On defense you must make your own tactics to survive as much you can.

+ Free to play
+ Great community
+ Great gameplay
+ Arena
+ Strategy

- Fewer towers
- Fewer maps
- Need a ranking system

8/10