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When it comes to Troy: The Soldier, if you can manage to get by the first area and push through the unforgiving early game combat, the game starts to flow naturally. As a hurdle, especially early on it can be daunting. However the rest of the game, and even the combat starts to feel more natural and rewarding as you play. Being able to stock up on items you'll need, and getting better equipment will make things feel much more casual then hugging the bottom of your chair wondering "Is it almost dead?". Aside from the early game combat, mid to late game combat feels like a casual jrpg experience. Get better equipment, get better spells, have better combat. Simple as that. I really enjoyed the aesthetics of the game, obviously going for that early Gameboy era look. Fits well for a game like this. Music was great as mentioned earlier. All done by the designer himself and honestly; most to all feel like something you would hear in a video game.

On the other side of the coin, when you look at combat as a whole it definitely is missing something. Enemies don't drop useful items for the most part, just money and money related items. This can be a huge challenge if you don't keep well stocked up, especially as most enemies will inflict a status effect on attack 1 or 2. Grinding enemies is really not worth it. There is no actual in game experience so all you get is money, and it's pretty easy to come by. Late game level design seems a bit off too. Early game kinda gets you in habit of do a floor, get a rest floor. Later on I struggled to find a spot to save or a vendor to trade at. Only other notable thing is that when you loot a chest or get given an item you have to manually look in your inventory to find out what you got, you don't get a notification letting you know "You got a Potion I!"

Should you play Troy: The Soldier? Honestly for what the game is, for the price point, and for what you can clearly read off the store page, I recommend it. The game plays well. Took me about 6 and a half hours to complete, and was a fun little time. Was the game perfect? No. Did it make me want to smash my head off my desk though? Again, no. Looking past the cons of the game, which aren't game breaking in any way, It's a fun little experience that leads the possibility to more in the future!

Where does one even start with the pros about this game, I could probably write a 10 page essay single spaced on why I like this game so much. To summarize it into a couple points I'll choose these three; game mechanics, level design and, story. To start, the game mechanics in this game feel like they're at their best yet. Although this game is a stand alone from Dishonored 2 they managed to polish and perfect all the mechanics they had worked hard on. They added fun new powers to keep things interesting while still having a lot of the same old features, there's new equipment while still seeing the same old familiar ones, and they also keep to having tons of backstory and lore around every corner and in every book. The levels feel really open and fun to play, I'm glad they transitioned into more open concept since the Daud DLCS from the first Dishonored. Finally, there's been a lot of negativity about this game's story. A lot of people feel as though this game's story isn't as good as others. I find that the story in this game is actually pretty good and from this I would love to see a Daud game next!

I can't think of anything I actually don't like about this game. The only thing I can think of is that some parts of certain missions you can only do with the powers intended in the game, opposed to the original game plus where I feel as though you can't or shouldn't be able to do certain things. INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO: breaking into the first black market shop on mission 2 that you come across; without already knowing the code I don't think there's a way into it with the OG+ powers. Breaking into the last black market shop on mission 4 is impossible without the use of foresight to place a marker for displace. That's just to name a couple, it only affects OG+ and it doesn't ruin the game by any means!

So, the age old question. I DO recommend this game to anyone who is a fan of the Dishonored series, if you're new to it I would recommend starting from the first game and working your way over to this one. You'll like it that much better if you've played the past two games!

I REALLY enjoyed Alan Wake's American Nightmare, more so then I did the base game. For me, one of the biggest things was the change of pace. I prefer the faster paced gameplay opposed to the slower one seen in the base game. I also enjoyed how they gave you even more of an incentive to collect the manuscript pages now, as they unlocked weapon crates not just in the story mode, but also the arcade more. Amongst other things I also enjoyed how the controls were smoother in American Nightmare. Now when you go to pick up items or trade weapons, you don't have to worry about holding the button down and it dropping your input, or Alan just deciding to derp around and not pick up the weapon.

There's nothing I can really say that I disliked about the game. I feel like the story was good, the gameplay was on point, the manuscript/tv/radio collectables were all to standard and so on. I would have to say, that if you were a fan of the base game for it's style, this isn't the game for you. This feels more like an action/adventure game then a thriller like the first game. It's much faster paced, which like I said, doesn't match the first game. I would also point out this game is much lighter in both brightness and atmosphere. Taking you out of the Alan Wake element and putting you into this new action/adventure Alan Wake.

I would DEFINITELY recommend this game to someone who would enjoy seeing Alan Wake in a faster paced environment!

Take on the roll of Alan Wake, a writer trapped in his own story. Ironic, isn't it? The game offers a great story up front, follow along as you become Alan Wake trying to write your way out of his own problems. The story is the biggest hook for me and one of the best things going for it. The game mechanics aren't as bad as you would think. At first I assumed that this game would have you rely on battery pickup and management, or face death and despair. However, that's not the case. You can manage to play through the game without running out of batteries or coming close (unless playing on Nightmare mode) but if you do, it's not the end of the world. The flashlight recharges over time anyways causing you to not have to rely on batteries through out the entire game. Lastly, another great thing the game has is an amazing back story and collectibles that are written right into the story. As you go through the game, find and collect the manuscript pages that help you get back story and Alan get information about what has happened and is to come.

For me, the game mechanics are a double edged sword in this game. Although the mechanics don't make you rely on batteries the entire game, it's not without flaws. The game feels and plays slow, which is meant to match the pace of the game. However, at some parts it almost feels too slow. On top of that, the controls seem a little unresponsive/delayed at times. You could hit the pick up button and sometimes it wouldn't go through, or you could hold it to switch weapons and end up waiting at least 10 seconds before switching for a weapon on the ground. Another thing that I dislike about the game is that it doesn't feel like a true horror game, especially for being tagged as a horror game. From time to time you may get a flash of a cut scene to try to jump scare you, but besides that the game plays more of a thriller then a horror game.

So would I recommend this game? Definitely! It has a great story and is fun to play through, you can even squeeze out a couple play throughs before getting too bored of it. Although this game is now off of Steam, if you can find a hard copy or even digital copy somewhere else, I would recommend grabbing it!

Overall I have to say I do like this game. It's hard not to like it. With a beautiful soundtrack and graphics to boot, the game compliments it's self well. Along with that, I would say the first 3/4 quarters of the game plays well and the mechanics are decent enough to get by. If you're looking for a short game to run through, this game only took me about an hour to beat (7 hours were spent practicing to beat parts without dying, and to get achievements). This could be a pro and a con.

With that last point, that's how I want to start the cons/dislikes. The game is pretty short and by the time you beat it, you feel like you were just getting started. The game has a minimalist story, meaning the story is told in a way that is least amount possible. There are ABSOULTELY no words in the entire game besides a few tutorial messages that pop up and the word "Albert" written on the letters you can find. There's a total of 3 cut scenes that are unclear as to what they mean and the collectibles are the only other way you can piece together a theory of what the story is. The last quarter of the game is unforgiving the first time around. With a game like this you have to expect to die and reload, that's just how it is. However, when they throw in an auto-scroller and make only one check point through the entire thing (half way through it) it can be crushing having to spend 30 mins on a single part because 20 of it was getting back to the spots you died so you could try a different solution. There is another auto-scroller segment a couple parts after that which isn't as long or bad, but can still give the same effect leading to harsh judgements of the game.

To be COMPLETELY honest, I hated the game by the time I finished it the first time. Solely because of what I stated in the paragraph above. The last part wore me down and out of enjoying it when it took 30mins to beat a 5min segment. Having forced myself to go back and learn the game to get the achievements, I found myself re-liking it and enjoying it all over again. If this game was longer and I had to deal with those auto-scroller segments I probably wouldn't have gone back to the game or enjoyed it the next time I picked it up. SO, to conclude, I WOULD recommend this game to friends. If the art style and soundtrack isn't enough to enjoy it, it's a good puzzle game that's short enough to warrant playing through it several times.

To start, this review is going to cover the remastered portion of the game more so then just the fundamentals of BioShock. This has to be the best remastered game I've ever played before. From the restoration of the graphics, to the added content, and developer commentary; this game has tons to offer to people whom has already played BioShock before. For those who have never played BioShock this is definitely a great way to jump into an old series.

There's really nothing I can say as a counter point to the good aspects of this game. Anything negative I could think to say about this game would have to be about the base game it's self. The only negative thing I could think of is that the game was too easy, key word being WAS. They added a new difficulty mode which becomes the new hardest difficulty, and in that adds some real challenge to the game. Big Daddy fights become a challenge (at least at first, and only if you don't know the best ways to eliminate them) through out the whole game, as well as everything else becoming more threatening. On top of that they added new game plus mode where now you can start in Rapture with everything you can possibly wreck havoc with!

Would I recommend it to others? Yes! This game was the foundation to action/role playing game mixes and ultimately lead to two more GREAT games being made. So buy the game now, and either experience Rapture for the first, or thirtieth time in one of the BEST remastered versions around!

I heard about the Metro series for a while now but never had the chance to play them until I finally picked them up off a Steam sale. There were many aspects I liked about the game as soon as I jumped in. Personally, I find that when you play a single player, first person shooter game, it can go one of two ways. Firstly it can either be a good mix of an action/first person shooter/and or adventure game, keeping one drawn in with various tasks, different sceneries, and things to do besides move and shoot. However, first person shooter games could just be that. With no real motivation to do any specific tasks you could quickly find yourself noticing all you do is move and shoot. I can tell you with ease that this isn't the case with Metro: Last Light Redux. I liked that the game kept it from feeling like most bad first person shooter games and instead followed my first description; various tasks, different scenarios and things to do. I also liked how the story had multiple endings, it added replayability to the game. Especially because you have to work through a single play through to get to one or the other of the endings. Possibly making your second play through different then your first. Amongst other things, I also really liked the weapon customization. It's always a better experience when you play a game and get to make things your own, i.e. naming characters, making decisions and or customizing things.

To be honest, there isn't a whole lot I don't like about this game. While usually I try to make sure I throw some points in for the other side of the argument, I honestly can't think of some genuine things that you could dislike about the game. PERSONALLY I don't like the outside segments and really the only reason for this is because of how perceptive you need to be (unless using a guide). What I mean by this is that the outside can be overwhelming your first time through. It'll seem like there's so much to explore and it'll seem like it'll be easy to miss something. Which it is. However, I don't feel as though this is a flaw in the gameplay and don't see this as a argument to be made not to buy the game.

Would I recommend this game? Yes! I feel as though it's one of the better (if not best) first person shooter games I've played in a long time. I like the stealth mixed into the gameplay. Personally, I'm always a huge fan of stealth so that was a big thing for me. I liked the weapon customization along with the story. The moral choices and the alternate endings are a plus as well as it adds on replayability.

NOTE: The game does have nudity in two levels that you can't skip by and can't select an option for it not to be. As much as I don't have a problem with this, I feel as though it should be included in this review!

Keep in mind, my point of view is from having never played nor seen the story of the first game. Picking up Half Life 2 was easy, after all it is over a decade old. The controls were fluent, the A.I was decent, and the story (although confusing from an outsiders point of view) was good! I liked a lot about the game, and would definitely recommend it to anyone looking for a fun first person shooter with about a 9 hour (casually playing) story.

There wasn't much I disliked about the game in all honesty. One of the biggest and only things I can think of is the squad based A.I. It's definitely one of the better ones I've seen in most games of this catergory, especially for the squad aspect to be minuscule in this game. With that being said; it is extremely annoying when you have A.I that don't know the meaning of personal space. One of the biggest problems this causes is when you are crammed into closer quarter battles like Nova Prospekt, and or the return to City 17. Trying to clear out room to room with the Combine soldiers waiting behind doorways is all that much harder when you have a squad of 4 literally in your back pocket. Most of the time even if you send them to "wait" at a certain position they don't hold the position long. It seems like if they break line of sight with you, they immediately get put back into follow mode.

Well if the header doesn't say it enough, I do recommend this game. Like I said in the header, if you're a fan of Doom or F.E.A.R you will like this game. You can definitely play it a second time without it being extremely boring, but like most first person shooter games there is only so much you can do.

PS: shout out to good friends who gift you games you've never played before. Thanks, man! I enjoyed it!

The game did well in many areas in my opinion. I liked the improvements they did with the upgrades for both the powers and the weapons, I liked the level designs and overall how they played out, and I also loved the story. The upgrades were more vast in this game, giving much more options to attune a play through to however you wanted it to be. The level designs were great, they felt more like Dishonored: The Knife of Dunwall & The Brigmore Wtiches where the levels were bigger and more open. Also the story was great, I loved how it touched upon things from the first game and even the DLCs. There is WAY more good things I have to say about this game then bad things.

Now, to touch upon some negatives. The biggest of which would of course be the FPS issue since day one and there's also the fact the game doesn't have a mission select like the first game did. The FPS discussion could be it's own thread for days, so to keep it simple and civil we'll leave out specs. I've personally seen FPS issues across all platforms (PC, Xbox One, PS4), no game is perfect and they're even working on fixing it. However, it's still there and something anybody new should know before buying this game. The only in game thing I didn't like about Dishonored 2 is the fact the game did not have a mission select like the first game did. Meaning if you miss something in a level and don't have a save file, then you're replaying the game AGAIN. It's a GREAT game, but nobody wants to reply the game just because they missed something. Also no mission select effects other aspects of playing the game, such as speed runs, finding bugs, glitches, routes, making guides and such else. With all in all said, it's finally come down to would I recommend it.

So, would I recommend a great stealth game that has a great story and level design. The answer is, yes. I HIGHLY recommend anyone to get this game that loves the first Dishonored. I also recommend it to anyone who loves stealth games, this game does some good justice to the genre. I can sit and rant on for hours about what I love about this game but honestly can't think of more then two points about what I don't like. The game is simply put, great. 62 hours, 7 play throughs and I'd still play it more!

Assassin's Creed in one word; repetitive.

To begin, there was a fair bit I did enjoy about the game including: the parkour movement system, the story, and the ability to improve with the future games. The parkour movement system was what really made the gameplay enjoyable for me personally. It was new and fresh at the time, and was a grandfather to some of the newer generations of parkour movement systems in and out of the Assassin's Creed series. The story kept me hooked through out the series and is important for this game in particular and for future games. Even if you don't think you'd enjoy this game or don't want to play it, I would definitely recommend watching a play through or reading a summary of the plot for story purposes. Lastly, I liked how this game left room for improvement. This game did have a fair bit I personally didn't enjoy or thought that could be better, and with future games we see the improvements come and the games becoming more fine tuned.

With every game there are always pros and there are always cons. This game had a few key cons, the biggest of which I think were: the repetitiveness, lack of stealth, and hand to hand combat. This game is infamous for it's reptitive side missions, all in which are exact clones of one another with just the information changing through out the length of the game. This makes the game harder to play and stick with when you do the exact missions over and over and lose interest in them. Another thing I didn't like about this game is it's MAJOR lack of stealth. For a game titled; "Assassin's Creed" the first thing that comes to my mind is assassin, which then leads to stealth for me. This game however, has no easy or obvious stealth. There are some points in which you are required to be "stealthy" and shadow informants. There is also the fact that you can stealth assassinate the main targets, but that is never easy or as satisfying as it should be. For a game that screams it should be stealth, it really doesn't have a stealth aspect. I see this game more of a action game then a stealth game. The hand to hand combat is also a big let down for me as well. It wouldn't be if I didn't play a role as big as it does in this game. With some of the side missions you are required to "Rough Up" some informants for some information, in which you have to beat them down with your fists. With a game mechanic as big as this, you would think they would have it polished as best as possible. However, they left out one of the biggest things possible; counter attacks. With any weapon you use, when you're in battle you can counter attack, making it extremely useful. With hand to hand combat however, you can not. Making the combat a back and forth fight and also making it stale to play. Another notable thing I would mention when telling about this game to a friend is how the collectables in this game have no meaning. Especially in the steam addition as there are no achievements for them.

So, all in all. Would I ever recommend it to a friend? Yes. If you can look past the repetitive side missions, there is still fun to be had with this game and good story to gather from it as well. I would not recommend more then one play through or would not see people playing this game more then once back to back, but I do think people who want to get into this game should definitely check it out. Whether you want to get into this game or just find a game with a parkour movement system, this is a fun game that can give you a play through out of it. I do however warn that if you're looking for a stealth game, DO NOT buy this game. This game is far from that.