Recent reviews by ZereoX

If you a looking for a game to play with your friends, this is it. Cleanest drop-in drop out support, common resource pool so no one gets the bad end of the stick. The game also offers a great level of level of customization (skins), but also weapon mods. There is also a great number of diverse mission type in addition to mission modifiers.

The game also has a plethora of Easter eggs and nice attention to detail. All in an effort to create wonderful interactions and genuinely fun moments to remember fondly.

My only complaint is the lack of shared missions within the various assignments as some cannot be stopped so sync up your progress with others can be difficult (essentially need to alternate between everyone's required mission and can't easily progress as a group).

Whether you want to build a beautiful factory or simply like min / max-ing, everyone can find something to love about Factorio. Simplicity on the surface with an immense amount of depth with every step you take. Wube Software has created a wonderful experience which has been tailored to a 'T'. This is the ultimate example of early-access done right.

Very enjoyable minimalistic city builder. Hard to go wrong with such a low asking price and a recent update has made it available on all 3 platforms (Windows, Mac and Linux).

Hitman 2 is not revolution for the franchise, but an exquisite refinement of 2016's product. If you liked Hitman (2016), this is all of it (literally) and so much more, but if you are expecting something vastly different to sway you in a way the first one didn't, you will be disappointed.

This game returns to the fundamentals of Hitman by giving the player a well rounded stealth mechanic, gorgeous environments and a target.

Each episode features a new area (Prologue has 2 smaller separate areas) for the player to experiment with and an objective. Within each location, the player will encounter a variety of "Opportunities" leading them towards one of the many ways to execute a target, often with humorous or explosive results. This help guide new players through the map, but can be disabled at any time for players who prefer to discover things on their own.

After the intial mission on each map, replayability comes in the flavor of "Challenges" and "Escalations".

The "Challenges" are used as suggestions to alter play style and entice players in finding new and interesting ways into areas or different methods of executing a target (Weapon, Outfit, Map specific accidents...).

"Escalations" are repeatable missions with increasing difficulty. After each escalation you are presented with the same scenario, but with an added objective (additional target) or encumbrance (Surveillance Cameras, Time limits...).

The overarching story is limited to a few interaction between the player, Agent 47, and their handler, Diana Burnwood, the remaining narration is limited to target briefings from Burnwood before every missing.

This game does not feature a story campaign like Hitman: Absolution nor does it have multiplayer, but does bring back its "Contracts" mode.

"Contracts" allows you to create and share a contract with other users and friends with your own selection of objectives, on the map of your liking, to compete on the leaderboards.

This title also adds "Elusive Targets" which are unique targets release for a limited time and can be restarted as many times as you please as long as the mission does not end. Once ended, regardless of the outcome, the mission can never be restarted.

The game does not take itself seriously and you will be deeply disappointed if that is what you are hoping going in. The main interaction, the AI NPCs, are not the sharpest and given the lack of difficulty settings, which were present in the previous iteration, your success will be determined by your flow of execution and not your precision. The game is therefore much more lenient and the pleasure will be had by coming up with solutions on the fly as opposed to perfect execution and planning. This will still allow players who love perfection to restart and rerun their steps dozens of times, but won't aggrevate players who simply want to get through the game.

But to those players who simply want to play through the game, be warned that the majority of the content of the game is reused content. From "Challenges" to "Contracts", if the fundamental mechanics are not something you would see yourself enjoying then stay away from this title.

As for the rest of the players, the episodic development flow will keep you satiated with new content every few months and have you come back every few weeks to put your skills to work on "Elusive Targets".

For people who like stealth action and have that "OCD" itch, this game is definetly for you, but for those who are seeking for a more standard triple "A" title, I would point you in another direction (Deus Ex: Mankind Divided or Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain).

Die, die, die and die again and you will always want to die some more!