Recent reviews by X_Aurawhisperer_X

For those complaining about lack of tutorial, review the sample project.

There's a reason why there's a sample project - that is your template, your tutorial.

Be thankful too. Some plugins don't have such thing readily available.

Two thumbs up for this existing.



Update:

After reviewing the sample version and carefully reviewing this plugin, I can see this was made for advanced users. Despite the description stating no coding is needed, this is a lie. There will be some small coding involved, and lots of tinker within common events.

The lack of different options in the sample is what will kill this plugin, unless someone with experience is kind enough to provide tutorial examples. Otherwise, do not expect much out of this plugin other than swinging a dagger/sword.

Pity. This plugin looks promising.

Game runs better than TLOU.

What a disappointment. This port should just go in the trashcan.

We got Resident Evil 4 remake release a few days ago. Works flawlessly, and didn't require me to force myself down on graphics.

Load up TLOU. Shaders. WHY THE ♥♥♥♥ SHADERS?!
Resource hungry on a old game, why?
And invisible walls along with glitchy controls on the controller.

Dove in for 5 mins and didn't even get downstairs to know this port is bad.

Fix this ♥♥♥♥, Naughty Dog. Or just don't have Sony port anymore games over to PC.

Before I provide my review. Those who're trying to boycott the game despite your worse failure in history, watch this video. Cry to me later after realizing the harsh truth of your hypocrisy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a--Cc3Kd_kE

Now that is out of the way, let us begin the review.

O. EM. GEEE. Like it was totally worth it! (All ♥♥♥♥ sounding like.) but for reals, this is every Harry Potters wet dream. Let me start by saying congrats to the developers for making such a fine masterpiece, and a remarkable experience for players who've waited 5+ years for this game.

What captivates me is that this games story. Typical RPGS tend to throw in a quick tutorial, then boom to the story and allow the player to progress through. This game stays linear - from the moment you step out of your carriage up to going to Hogwarts. It has a pace of its own. Not rushed, no tutorials being shoved in ones face. Just solid motion. And once one gets to Hogwarts, one must progress through the story in order to unlock certain activities vs just being thrown in an open world like atmosphere. What keeps me going as the player, are the clues, puzzles, and mysterys of Hogwarts alone.

Which comes to the next topic of such subject. Hogwarts Legacy does NOT require the player to read or watch the movies. Though it'll bring benefit to the player, this game separates itself from the Harry Potter lore entirely. It focuses on you the player, and gives some lore on how Hogwarts became Hogwarts. Another awesome thing, is throughout the lore of the game, one will learn there's other such Hogwarts around the world - something that is not covered entirely in the Harry Potter lore. Huge plus on this.

Characters are lively. From sub to main. Each one have their unique personality. None of which have a copycat from the Harry Potter characters.

The atmosphere of the game is beautiful. Now I understand there's some issues with performance, which is true. I use a rtx 2060 card w/ a Ryzen 5 5600X. Yes, OC is on. By default the game force me into medium settings. I went ahead and play around with the settings - turn everything up to High, and kept things like shadow, lighting, partials to medium and switch DLSS from quality to balanced. I also tinkered with the Nvidia settings and allow sync to be used through there vs the game. This helped me with the stuttering problems that some people have had. Game is still beautiful, and runs effectively enough to be playable. I advise to take the time to toy with the settings and if your card is below the 3000 series, to change the DLSS settings. Quality I feel is directed to 3000+, which can cause the latency and stuttering on lower end cards.

The biggest take I have though - the magic. The gameplay in this game is like Dark souls with magic. Unique strokes with the wand, ability to cast a variety of spells; support or dps, and the challenges the player themselves come across, especially bosses, to figure combos and take downs. This is not an average hack and slash game. This kind of game depending on the difficulty, will challenge you. (I play on Hard)

Now is the question of GOTY. I consider this a GOTY contender, but with politics, unlikely this will get GOTY. It is however, a must play for Harry Potter fans AND new players alike.

My only advice though... if you're unable to play this on PC, hopefully you own a PS5 or Xbox Series. I feel this game focuses on next gen tech. Playing this on Xbox One or PS4 though, may leave a dissatisfying taste. And Switch lol... really need to bring down the graphics to ps1 graphics because this game will be too much for the Switch even on dock. Be lucky to reach 30 fps with such downgrade.

Game has genderlocks.

I can understand classes existing in a game like this, but genderlocks is a no go and I will never support a game that practices genderlocking.

Consider this type of game niche. Not for everyone.

Edit: Let me be clear about the genderlock thing seeing I already hurt 1 fanboys feels. You cannot label your game as a MMORPG when you have genderlock features. It is not a traditional MMORPG. To be a MMORPG, you're allowed to be what you want - male, female, a toaster for all I care, with the choice of whatever class you desire. That's the core meaning of a MMORPG.

An addictive, fun tactical RTS game that brings life to the PC. Though it has alot of potential and still in early access, cannot recommend full price - wait for sale or official release. Reason being is even though the game is fun and again, a breath of fresh air, it has many faults that the devs need to work on.

The killer is the games balanced system. Starting with easy, normal, or hard, the balancing feels a bit unstable when choosing difficulties and I see this problem in alot of modern games. Easy feels like no game play, normal feels easy, and hard feels like nightmare. There's no fine lining in the mode choices. Weapon choices for bandits always get the cripple killer no matter the mode you choose, especially with Rangers wielding poison knives freely. Then there's the first aid skill that can only be applied to allies, but not on ones self - makes no sense how that works. Enemy archers usually get the hunters bow, which does a knockback feature per hit. I feel like most of these primary attacks, should be skills being used instead. Primary attacks should just output damage by default with no perks behind it.

Then there's the economic system. Specifically, my beef is the wage system. You start off with 4 companions. Yet, there's a wage system on those 4 companions. Why exactly? Logically by the story of the starter companions, the narrative sounds as though they're venturing to be mercenaries to make a new living. Yet they need a wage system or they will disband? Granted, maybe have a ringleader in charge of the pack, then put the wage system in - sure. But the current narrative for the starter companions? Makes 0 sense. You ARE the starter companions. There's no general or anything. So that needs to be worked on.

Alot will complain about the scarce of resources, food and such. Playing a few games, I come to find it was user error by me. This will happen alot to new players. Best to start on normal mode and get the hang of the game before going on hard mode. Despite the fact normal is actually easy mode.

Other than that, graphically the game is beautiful. Gameplay is fun. There is lore, but it's mostly medieval lore. If you're expecting anything FE or FFT, this isn't the game for you. If you're looking for something completely different and isn't anime related, wait for the game to go on sale.

Good game. Has a few features missing as many have stated. Story feels rushed, so nothing eye opening. UI is VERY not user friendly, so expect to feel confused for a few mins to an hour. Ranked returns with its own tier list (finally), and loadouts is under heavy lockdown. Though you can unlock it at level 4, perks are not attainable right away - oh and the amount of perk use compare to MW1 has decreased.

Decided to refund the game to buy on Battle.net, seeing I already own MW1 under the launcher. Though the deal is closing in 2023 between Microsoft and Blizzard, I don't anticipate MW1 coming over any time soon let alone that launcher dying.
Could careless about protesting.

Bought this during Summer Sale thinking this game would be compatible with my Thrustmaster T-Flight Hotas X. After troubleshooting, following instructions on setting it up, and finding what is compatible and what is not, did not give the same feel as a real joystick and not worth investing in another flight stick for $90 on just one game.

Try and be compatible with all joysticks. This one isn't that old.

Edit: Go in big picture mode and all issues resolved.

By the way, to fix the stutter issues go in launch options and put in -dx11. Be sure to go in your AMD or Nvidia control panel and turn on your systems vsync too; otherwise, it will render.

Now that business is out of the way, time for my review. Honestly, I've played this on PS4 and beat the game. So do not judge the amount of hours I've put in, and like many others going to take my sweet time and complete almost everything.

I will be blunt, do not expect this game to be the same as the original. Originally, it disappointed me. So much I hated this game. I felt ripped off, and pissed off at Square for destroying such a masterpiece; however, now that I am replaying this game on PC, I've come to realize this game is its own masterpiece. The voice acting, the missing lore, the graphics. More importantly, the revamp on character development. Won't lie, I had a few moments I teared up because of how wonderful this game is. Though it won't compare to its original, this game itself has its own spin and by far a worthy investment to get involved in if you were a huge fan of FF7.

I'd say ignore the toxic fans on this game, and go in with an open mind. It's well polished and complete for a Midgar episode. If you hate the combat, go with classic. Square at least did that part right. I enjoy the new combat. It's fluid, quick, and makes excellent replay value if you're one of those gamers who loves to record their fights and moments.

The only flaw I've found in this game, is the lack of replayability. Once you beat it, you'll find yourself putting it back on the shelf and never play it again. That said, I feel that is for every Final Fantasy game - with exception of FF14. I've never tried Hard mode. Personally, should've been an option right off the bat vs being an unlockable once one beats the original game, but I guess Square wanted to try and make this game worthwhile till Rebirth comes out.

So that is my review, and seriously - take my advice from the beginning, or you WILL hate this game. Once you put that patch in, you will notice a major difference on the stutter problems. Enjoy and have fun with this masterpiece.

If there was a middle thumb I would give it that. Then again, my ratings go off by 1 - 10.

To start, I got this game on sale. I say that's all it is really worth - $29.99 or less. If it has DLC in the future, do not pay full price for DLC - wait for it to drop.

The game I will not lie, still has bugs and glitches. With all the patching CD has done, the game still has random moments to where NPC's go into a T Pose, slide as they move, or have random color glitches. It is still not polished regarding bugs and glitches.

Graphically speaking, the game is beautiful. I run it off RTX 2060 with no OC and raytracing off in Ultra, and it still runs smoothly. I say this is the big selling take away is the graphics base on characters, vehicles, buildings, and environments.

Music I have 0 complaints on. I say whoever handled the music did an amazing job.

Story is good so far, no complaints. Won't lie, it can be very linear. It isn't your typical open world. It encourages you to continue with the story instead of straying off to do side missions. The main character, V, is alright - I feel CD focused on making him/her too much like a John Wick, and I say in terms of a water down version of a John Wick. I do enjoy the dialogue choices though; especially when it does attribute checks.

Gameplay is the huge hitter, and not in a good way. While the combat is fluid, the general background of the story is certainly NOT immersive compare to GTAV, Skyrim Modded, or even Witcher 3. The gameplay is very bland. Sure, there's random events that happen every once and a while to bring life to the game. But the city itself is just a walking potato. No interaction with other NPC's, and if there is it is very limited. Environments is static vs dynamic in terms of destruction, and entering. Driving believe it or not, is not fluid very well. So if you drive like a BA in GTAV and want to bring those skills to Cyberpunk, do not expect alot. And I say the driving makes arcade driving look bad. I'll also say the combat, even though it is fluid, depending on the level one chooses can sometimes be a bit gamebreaking. So many headshots delivered should calculate at a higher scale than a small amount. I play hard mode currently. And I've been noticing for 3 hours in, the game is going to have repetitiveness.

So the bottom line is, Cyberpunk 2077 is not the next immersive game as CD promised. It's just another GTA skin with alot of lacking potential. Hopefully as the team updates the game, it improves overtime; otherwise, it's a failed project. I would consider this more of a glamour game vs a true Steampunk or Cyberworld.

Score: 6.5/10.

Pros:

Beautiful graphics
Good Story
Awesome music

Cons:

Still buggy/glitchy
Poor execution in gameplay
Linear/repetitive