Recent reviews by Jared1221™

Good roguelite with many secrets to be found

The creators of a gory FPS have proven that the astounding game The Talos Principle was not just a one-off success, Croteam has cemented themselves as mastermind innovators of the puzzle game genre. The Talos Principle 2 is somehow better than the original. The graphics are stunning, the story is compelling, the world is perfectly crafted, the voice acting is amazing, and the puzzles are engaging. It is such a shame that the puzzle genre is not as popular as others are, but so long as we have developers like Croteam innovating and creating such high quality games we can be happy with what we have. Portal is no longer the gold standard of puzzle games, this is.

Good campaign, great character development allowing you to become attached to them more than any other characters before.

Prerty cool

Alright here we go, with mostly negative reviews at time of writing and mixed overall this will be difficult to say without getting flamed. But this game is amazing, not everything about it is perfect but overall it is just amazing.

Pros:
-Community (yeah you read that right) I can agree that about half the community are ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ and that can get annoying but I think people forget that mute buttons exsist. You do not have to take anything they say at all, you can 100% ignore it all by muting them, I cannot understand why not using a mute button is seen as "this game sucks". I can however, understand people only using OP heros and stupid strats thats where I agree that people can be ♥♥♥♥♥. If you really wanna be able to counter it, play 1v1 2v2 its better its how the game was meant to be played. "but you only get XP from dominion" ok well that's only for customization since gear is disabled in 1v1 and 2v2. Sure you may not look badass but hey dont bash the game cause you wanna look cool and the only way to do that is by playing dominion.

-Gameplay it's so much fun, I do not think i have played a game so frequently in my life. I cannot stop coming back, learning a new hero is addicting and the want to get better makes it so rewarding when you finally do. It's one of the only reasons this game has positive reviews from people who say toxic community.

-Campaign The whole campaign is just one big meme now and it is honestly so funny. The devs no doubt did it on purpose too which makes it so much better. From awkward things to funny lines in a serious situation and the repition of a single word it is the funnies campaign I have ever played (with an OK story too). The campaign served me as an extended tutorial and actually really helped for getting simple things like parries and blocking and combos down. I do recommend playing it, just don't take it seriously at all, just sit back play, and enjoy the memes.

Cons: (more like community complains)
-Servers? Yeah they suck sometimes, and it is very frustrating to not be able to complete one game because you get kicked half-way through it. People constantly complain about P2P when they know absolutley nothing about netcode, trying to say dedicated servers are soo much better cause it works for the other games they play. I hate to break it to you guys but P2P is not the issue at hand, if For Honor used a system like dedicated servers the game would be unplayable, the timings required in order to fight in this game are so tiny (we're talking about miliseconds here, characters have been buffed by giving them miliseconds less recovery time) that anything BUT P2P would be impossible to play on. To put it simply, client -> server -> other clients vs. client -> client. Which do you think is faster? Now this is the con part, which do you think is more stable? Yeah the P2P can break and kick everyone out if one person has ♥♥♥♥ connection or leaves, thankfully now they have a leaver penalty and it has made a lot of my matches better. People need to stop obsessing over P2P it is a very streamlined P2P at that, giving no player a host advantage (looking at your Gears of War). I understand the outrage over the seversm but yelling P2P over and over doesnt solve or even address the issue at all, the devs know the problem and have even given compensation for some of the outages. It is being activley worked on as of now and will continue to get better. Keep in mind these people brought Seige back from release. :)

Low Playerbase- This one is tricky, because so many things contribute to this. One is that people openly bash this game and scare people away chanting P2P and broken and buggy and all sorts of things. Second is the community overreating to every little problem. It is hypocritical to complain about issues then complain about low playerbase (♥♥♥♥ im doing that now arent I)

DLC- Well technically its not DLC its just in game currency but yes the DLC heros are a little crazy right now, many people scream OP but the truth is that its not OP its just new. They havent been there since Day 1 and therefore they are harder to play against, having not played against them as much. The devs will address any actual OP mechanics (like they have at this time) and fix them.

Pay to win- Someone calculated how much money or how long it would take to get ALL the customizations in this game and people freaked out saying pay to win and calling Ubisoft money ♥♥♥♥♥♥ (not defending other Ubisoft titles just this one ;) ). I cannot comprehend how looking badass (buying all customizations) and winning duels (not even based on gear score in 2 different gamemodes) is paying to win. It makes no sense to me, no you do not pay to win. You dont even have to pay to look cool, steel is very easy to get and with just a little dedication completing daily orders gives you 600 alone. Yes it can be a grind (some stuff is a little over priced) but no it is in no way shape or form "pay to win".

Learning Curve- Yes there is a pretty steep learning curve, especially coming into the game now where only the most dedicated people are left. I personally try to really help newcomers and I want more community and less ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ and moaning. It can be challenging, and it will be frustrating, but personally that is much more fun than a game that has no learning curve and allows you to walk all over people from day 1 no matter how many hrs they have. Some of the best games have learning curves.

Conclusion:

If you have intrest in this game, have watched some videos on it and really liked the game, have the ability to MUTE people, and enjoy a challenge then you should buy this game. I can agree that 60$ is a bit much and I would recommend buying it on sale if possible but it is an amazing game. I could very easily see myself putting 1000 hours into it no doubt. If you do not think that you will be able to play this game enough to get your moneys with I honestly dont blame you, its very difficult (yet rewarding) and can be extremely frustration when it comes to DCs and getting cheesed. If you can be a patient gamer you will enjoy this game.

everyone knew it would become an esport right away. Still is

Game too easy, got to global on 3 different accounts and still didnt get to meet warowl :c