Recent reviews by apotofkoolaid

One of my favorite games of all time. Today, Cyberpunk 2077 is an incredible experience from start to finish.

The game immerses you in a way that few can, combining its gripping story, breathtaking visuals, and impeccable soundtrack to pull you into the dystopian Night City. There were countless times where I would just stop to look around and take in the gorgeous views.

I found the blend of FPS and RPG elements to be very fun and engaging. Building up V's strength throughout the game was particularly satisfying for me, particularly in how it can interplay with the narrative, even if on the smaller side. Difficulty wise I thought it was pretty balanced overall. It does get on the easier side of things from mid to late game but I don't mind that at all. The game is limited to first person, which I didn't mind after awhile. It's an FPS after all.
Overall, I loved the high octane, high stakes approach it takes to its combat.

I did not play this game when it first launched, so I have no idea what issues from release still remain. I can however report on the problems I did find regularly:
- Poor LOD Rendering
There were many times, particularly after installing the Phantom Liberty DLC, where the game's engine struggled a lot with loading LODs properly. I mainly noticed it with the NPCs and vehicles, especially when driving, where they would load at very low detail until you're like a few steps away. Rarely when driving, the road can just unload for some reason and become invisible for a couple seconds, which can really screw with you. This is pretty uncommon though.
- Low Traffic Density While Driving
When you're not driving around the city, the traffic is pretty normal. However, once you start going at high speeds on the road, traffic seems to diminish significantly. This does create an uncanny result considering its supposed to be a mega city. It seems the game does this to further save on resources, but it is still somewhat distracting how little traffic there can be.
- Vehicle Summoning
The game allows you to call your vehicle, and it will drive itself to you. Even to this day, the menu for this still says the feature is in beta. Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be any plans to properly finish it. Now, I bring this up because a lot of the time, the place that it chooses to spawn your car is..not great. Sometimes it will spawn on another road that's like a block away, and other times it spawns it in other vehicles. But on occasion, the car may straight up spawn in the air, where you can watch it gracefully tumble all the way to the ground. Other than traditional fast travel, cars and motorcycles are the de facto way to get around Night City, so a feature like this should probably have had more time in the oven.

Despite those recurring issues I had, they are nowhere near game breaking. They only hurt the already amazing immersion a bit. I did not really experience any crashes before installing mods, so those issues seem to be gone. In all, I definitely think the game is in a good place now. If you were thinking about getting Cyberpunk for yourself, I highly recommend it.

A free DLC to an already amazing game you say? Hundreds of hours of extra content for that amazing game? It's incredibly easy to use?
tModLoader is absolutely worth it if you enjoyed the base game. From small quality of life mods, to gigantic content mods that completely change the game and offer brand new experiences, there is no reason to not download tModLoader.
I would even go as far as to say that it would be worth purchasing Terraria just to get access to tModLoader, what it offers is that good.

It's pretty good for ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ around with your friends.

This is truly an amazing soundtrack, it really makes you wonder what could have been with Terraria: Otherworld. 10/10 buy it right now. (Also, if you think that you don't need to buy this because you've already heard it in Terraria, a lot of the tracks have been remastered and extended, so give them a listen!)

I mean, its Portal. You can't go wrong.

lol valve stupid

This is one of the best games ever made. So much content for such a little price, you can't go wrong with it.