Recent reviews by Lou Vanderbeat

I come from 4X games, always been looking for a the same experience with the ol' Gangster world, this game almost nails it!!
I can easily recommend it as the developer is actively listening to the community and applying changes.

The initial experience will be of a very Early Access game but dont let this fool you, as you deepen into the diverse mechanics of the game, you will find A LOT of tools and options to manage your crew and resources. There are missions for your gangsters, you can also train them, prepare booze runs and grow your Family while your associates are out there "earning" goods for you.

Do give it a try if you are like me, coming from Paradox games and Gangsters 2 !

Adrenaline-adictive, PVP shooting unique when it comes to realism. Thumbs up trapping up monster locations for when Huntrers arrive.

New MOBA?

KOTK comes with potential to take over a new gaming era for online competition with a tactical-ranked gameplay precission and speed can only grant victory.

One of the top games on twitch can only prove how challenging and exciting this game can be

So far i havent "seen" any cheaters, maybe one-shotters but live videos have shown this is easily achievable.

You can play solo (Ranked) Duos or Fives every mode comes with its own adrenaline pack included. Fives being my personal favorite as it scales to gang-fights everywhere.

The map seems to be huge at first, but after 3 minutes the gets smaller,encircles by the green lethal gas you and your teammates must reach the secure zones that become smaller and smaller through waves every 2/3 minutes forcing players to encounter and fight with each other.

Great game !! Have spent every free minute on this only wish the devs truly address game features and not only skins.

How to start.. I upgraded my computer just to play this game the way its meant to be played and that's the end of it.

FPS shooters have always been my fav, style since it requires many skills together. I can recall Golden Eye 007, PerfectDark, Armorines, Quake 2, Quake Arena, Battlefield 1942, TimeSplitters, etc and now all i play is PlanetSide 2 it reunites every single aspect of previous games i've played, together in one.

This aint no go-killemall-win game type, my friend explained it better "You're just a single ant in the ant army" Maps played by 2000 players at the same time in a map divided by districts your team needs to fight for with a total of 3 factions seeking the same objective.

Battles on the ground & air you can only pick from the obvious classes of Sniper, Medic, Engineer, Assault, Hvy Armor, and a special Tank unit called MAX.

Objectives are simple as you need to take the 1, 2, 3 or even 4 points of a single district, let the time run out and conquer it and move out to the next grid with your 200 teammates. Superb.

The only downside is the variety of weapons as this is a F2P game you may need to open your wallet and spend your real life hard earned cash for a gun or outfit you dig real bad, otherwise you'll end up with the standard stuff which is not THAT bad, i can tell you this is not a P2W game at least.

Go ahead and give it a try, why not? Its for free.

Full of hackers, mediocre gameplay.
Gladly Star Wars Battlefront looks very promising, i can only hope they wont make the same mistakes again.

L4D will always be my most beloved game, ever.
It brings the fear, the fun, the teamplay you ever wished through several campaigns surviving hordes across a city from a SafeHouse to another.

Medkits, ammo and good accuracy is all you need to survive.

The game offers a campaign co-op mode and also a Versus Mode.

The campaign is never boring thanks to the Director behind L4D spawning hordes and Tank ambushes randomly every time you simply dont know what to expect. The best Co-Op experience i've ever had.

The versus mode is also amazing. It places players on both sides, Survivors and Zombies.
The same maps but this time survivors facing real zombie players on the other side preventing your success.
4 survivors vs 4 special zombie units such as Hunters, Boomers, Tanks, Smokers each with a certain ability to stop the survivors progress. I spent many and many nights challenging other groups on tournaments.

My fav. game ever you cannot miss !

I have tried several horror-survival games at this point and DayZ is, with no doubt one of my favorites.
Truth is that this is a very hard game struggling every minute to survive looking for supplies and hiding from the enemies, which in this case are the other survivors.
Rule #1 TRUST NOBODY

The game offers uncountable glitches that make you hate and uninstall the game, but the experience is endlessly good. I dont remember any other game that made my heart race like DayZ.

Zombies are not a treat really, except when they glitch out and hit you from nowhere even when you hide in a house ending up unconcious due to the invinsible punches.

If you fall from 10cm you die
If you starve you die
If you help another survivor you die
If you use the main road you die
If you swim you die
If you run away from a zombie you die
YOU DIE

The graphics are really good as you will find many detailed structures everywhere, from a single bush to buildings.

What i really like of DayZ is the realism it shows when it comes to survive, since weather is a treat and injuries happen all the time you dispose of several tricks under your sleeve to get by using bandages, fireplaces, joining together medical supplies and create an IV packs, taking pills for infections or other sympthoms, repair gear, gathering lumber and different materials, hunting for food, killing for loot. A realy EXPERIENCE

Am not a big SIM fan but this one caught me right away...
SIMPLY ADDICTIVE !!
I recall the hours i spent play The Sims only to build houses, well it felt the same way building and upgrading my own prison and the thing is it offers everything you can imagine for a prison.

I am mainly surprised with the AI these prisoners you never know that they're up to ! They steal from your rooms if you are not watching out so better keep an eye out before they attempt murderer or simply escape your prison.

There are several rooms to play with and organize your compound. Visiting Rooms, Cells, Shared Cells, Showers, Gym, Yard, Kitchen, etc even a deathrow room to get rid of the ones making your life impossible ( if they deserve it )

The only thing this game misses at this point is a Single Player campaign mode. Pretty much you just started from square one and build up your prison, and no, this does not make it boring after you've built a few prisons because there are several options you can modify in order to have a newer experience such as Prisoner Type ( well behaved ones or psychos ) which makes you plan a new strategy every time.

I can only highly recommend this game if you are looking for a different sort of chill-out-challenge while having a blast out of it.

As a Co-Op fanboy i can make the following statement I LOVE THIS GAME TO THE BITS !!
And i have liked many other co-op games such as L4D where you have to play as a team to reach a goal, a destination and thats when Payday appears offering always a new experience no matter how many times you play the same mission you will find yourself struggling at all times depending on your partners in crime.

The gameplay is simply fluid, fun and full of adrenaline, you just wouldnt like to lose a big pile of cash would you.

If you like co-op games you HAVE to buy this game and it offers different scenarios or ways to achieve a goal.
You may like to sneak inside to a vault silently or you may just send it all to hell and blast your way in. Its up to you.

The only thing i can complain about the gameplay itself would be certain players that like to rush in and out just to make some small-fast cash. I personally like to take it all no matter how much effort it may take to escape.

Graphically this game is stunning when you consider the system requirements. Any PC can run this game.

There is a big variety of DLCs at your dispossal as you may want new characters, weapons, weapon mods, etc for just a few bucks.

I love the intensity in this game, the challenge and sweat it takes to make some real money which you can use for upgrades, masks, weapons, etc.

This game offers a high load-out customization as you select your default primary, seconday and melee weapons,
Maybe the main factor in PayDay is how you build and customize your own criminal with a skill tree (actually several trees focused on different skills/roles) which makes you an expert at cracking, or dropping ammo/medkits, or a techy profile to assist with hacking or simply a shotgun pro to destroy everything around you while taking most of the damage.

There are too many amazing things and just a couple that may pop up out of my head right now and i wouldnt have enough space to share with you. Just, Buy this game !

I admit i HAD to give this game a try as soon as i noticed how the devs. mocked their own game, and hey it only costed me like 7 bucks to find a very enjoyable game, yes a poorly designed but fun game and i can only cheer the devs for the improvement they've made so far. With some more work this game could be a coop-dino-classic.

At first glance this game will simply remind you of Halo. The armors, vehicles and even the weapons must be inspired by Halo i must say.

This is a focused co-op wave-survival game which offers several difficulties and competitive modes such as Conquest, Deathmatch and a 5v5 where both teams need to protect a power generator while destroying the enemy's. Very fun.

Graphically the game does not offer anything new, i can be honest and tell you that this aint no eye-candy, at all.
They seem old and poorly designed.

Right away you will notice clunky animations aswell. Robotic movements and weapons being held by thin air, dinosaurs that may disappear for a second while they chase your sorry-ass making it difficult to kill, specially the small ones.

Dont take me wrong, i really enjoyed this game for a couple of days nowadays i play it when i dont know what else to do and i still find it fun. Remember, like 7 bucks for a fun ride !!

If you are considering if this game is a go or a no-go, please do.