Recent reviews by JunglePredator

Needs work; the Nightdive remaster is much better.

With a few technical problems being the worst part of the game currently, this game is still one of the best open world shooters on the market.
Once the growing pains of supporting 50,000 different computer configurations is done there is no doubt that Stalker will enter legendary status like the original entry into the market.

Lots of weird design choices. This seems to be the way of THQ lately for some reason. It's a good thing the demo exists as it's going to stop a refund storm when people realise the game is 'meh' at best.

Sheety combat system, overly long periods of being unable to actual control the character & what's with the black & white?
Player character spoken lines are way too quiet compared to the racket of enemies like those screaming things you first meet.
The demo feels cheap.

Wait for a deep sale before buying the actual game.

Boon...

F you & your greed.

Contains always online DRM & doens't say it in the system requirements.
Should be banned for false advertising.

Always online DRM.

Activision is not a good company.

Front Mission 1st: Remake started out as an 'ok' game. Not great, not horrible.
The main reason it was ok is because Forever Entertainment got lucky & was able to get the go head to use an IP that had established itself, decades ago, as a premier series to play. If the game had been solely Forever Entertainment's creation there is no doubt it would have been a horrible product.
Front Mission 1st: Remake, however, has changed from 'ok' to 'pretty meh; skip it & buy from a better company'. The reason for this is quite simple... Forever Entertainment has changed the main menu into an advertising platform for whatever 'next great product' they choose to spam players with... oddly always the next Forever Entertainment product to come out. Along with Forever Entertainment's bad attitude towards customers (such as demanding fans not ask about games they like under threat of being banned, not assisting with game problems because it's always 'must be your computer', etc.) it means the under laying quality of the original Front Mission is no longer enough to save this very meh remake & sets a poor expectation for the future of any Forever Entertainment remake.
From cartoonish art for pilot profile pictures, low quality textures for world objects, to the ad(s) on the main menu everything about this remake says 'give just enough effort that we can cash in on a well known series name'.
The long & short of if is... skip the game & spend your money on a better turn based grid game like Banner Saga. If you must buy this for some reason... buy it on a deep deep sale for like $5 local currency.

Uses central server DRM. Avoid like the plague.

Requires a consistent internet connection, even if you're just playing against the AI.
Always online DRM always deserves a thumbs down.

I'm not into writing reviews really any more so...


Just buy it; it's the ♥♥♥♥.