Recent reviews by Toreador

I got stabbed by an AI catgirl because I was upset that she wouldn't let me commit grand larceny.

The game is as old as much as it costs

I get to shoot my friends and not have the police onto me

I did play this game back on the Xbox 360 about 5-6 years ago (I know I was late to the party)

Glad I can play this with Mouse & Keyboard and high framerate but £40 for what is a 14 year old game is a bit much

Granted it's more worth it than the Playstation 4 rerelease as it is not only on a completely new platform but it also intergrated modern tech like DLSS/FSR/XeSS with Frame generation for those who have 360hz monitors

Had this game (and still do) on the Xbox 360 and now the game is 60 fps instead of a locked 30 it feels much better like the 360 was strangling it's potential.

That being said there are some major issues like
1) The execution QTEs being completely broken if you go above 60 making auto QTEs mandatory (as of patch 1.0.3.1, this is no longer an issue)

2) The third boss becoming unkillable randomly in the end of her second phase

3) No graphical settings other than resolution and window management

This game does run beautifully under proton I had some stutters they never appeared during cutscenes BUT the game runs like ♥♥♥♥ on the Steamdeck unless you modify the game's configuration file due to the 3rd issue I had. Don't be discouraged though there is a guide on Steam that makes it playable at for a locked 30fps

EDIT: Patch 1.0.3.1 has made one of my points redundent

I do not care that this is now free and why should I when I can get a Repack of this game for free and with all the content?

I wasted money on buying Cyberpunk 6 times and guess what, even if I bought them brand new it would still be cheaper than this ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ life sim's entire Expansions while they are on sale

You know what ♥♥♥♥ it, I would buy the Saints Row Reboot again on a new platform because even that has more value

If you like Miyoyo's games then you would be right at home for the following reasons:

• You are locked into using wallpapers form their games such as Genshin Inpack and Honkai Star Rail
  
  
• It is free

You could go down the Wallpaper Engine route but that costs money but you know what is free, Customizeable and can be Genshin themed if you want it? Rainmeter which isn't on any platform like steam, Epic or GOG

Hell it is basically what Wallpaper engine is but modules are not wallpaper specific

They killed kenny, the bastards

I played this day 1 over on Epic. After 10 years of nothing Bugged challenges (35,000/500 shots fired is one of the many I have), stupid story which can be summed up as "Lets start a gang to pay rent" not to mention Kevin who's personality revolves around not affording a shirt and Eli who fits the Steve Erkil vibe check.

The sole reason anyone would even think of even picking up the game again like me is that the Epic version doesn't have the DLC achievements. I can't even say it is Epic's fault at this point, I genuinely think Volition got too much of the wacky backy to ♥♥♥♥ this up

Also the DLCs are hysterically bad with the best one being the LARPing expansion which only leaves one other expansion (the second one was just an overhaul for island).

Now there is some good that I personally found which is that the vehicle customization where no suprise there is an oversight where on a good chunk of the vehicles track width can be extended past normal sliders limits by adjusting the rear slider but accounting for the front

They finally added disc 2 along with Alex Terrible's cover of Arlekino