Recent reviews by Paladin Blue Phoenix

10/10 Would delete that ♥♥♥♥♥ again. She killed my Wifu.

Splitgate is a game that has flow under the radar and released with little fanfare. However, the game is one solid shooter. Halo does meet Portal in this arena shooter as your portal gun is your best friend in the fight to win. The level design is superb and holds together tight action with long range transportation. Definitely worth a play and definitely worth the time.

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This game has always held a special place in my heart as it does for many others. The niche it fills leaves it at competition with none. The mechanics are solid, game-play rewarding, and victories hard fought.

However the dark lining that is present is how the game has changed in recent times. Pick and Ban is not good for the game, it is a lazy way for the company to balance operators and make game breaking changes based on people's opinion and not on people's game play. If you constantly ban an operator, how will you ever be able to play against them?
Pick and Ban has devolved into ban X Y Z because that is what everyone else does. The strategical aspect of pick and ban that is in the professional scene does not apply to the average player.

Now I do not want to use this review as a platform to complain about the game. What I do want to do is give an honest review of what is the most pressing issues for me in the game that may make or break other's opinions of the game when they launch it for the first time.

What I can say is that the game is worth the buy and worth the time. I do recommend this game. It is still one of my favorites and one of my most played titles.

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Aside for difficulties actaully getting into a game with anyone without 1000 ping, the game is very good for some late night terror. The enemies are loud, hard to kill, and scary. Some may say that doesn't make for a good game, but for a free terror filled game I say it is worth the effort to get into a game.
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I am a huge fan of the Bioshock series, I have played the games over and over again on console and saw an oportunity to get the trio of games on sale. Yet I was disapointed that my favorite entry in the series BioShock 2 became one of my worst gaming experiences ever.

The game of course looks nice but I have never been one for graphics, yet nice graphic are a wonderful site. The issues in this game lie in how it runs. I cannot even finish a chapter without the game stoping mid fight with either a Big Daddy or a Big Sister. I wanted to replay the amazing story and relive it all. For anyone wanting to experience the amazing story purchase the standard edition over this one, you will not regret it.
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I greatly enjoy this game, I have invested nearly a hundred hours into the game doing either solo or squad with firends and streamers. I enjoy the level of competative edge you need to win the game and the tacitcal prowess that is needed for higher levels of play. But sadly the issues in the game are beginning to out weigh the positives. What I have noticed is that people are making excuses for PBUG due to it being an early access game, which has some logic and reasoning behind it. Yet those excuses are starting to seem less and less creditable as the game ages.

I have never encountered any, obvious, hackers but I have noticed that they have become and issue just like in any other game. Be that as it may BlueHole has hessitated in taking any action to stop the hackers or made any public statements that can reassure the community as far as I am concerned. But my biggest issue is with the lack of optimization. Again the game is early access, but that is not an excuse for a game that has grown in popularity like PUBG has. I believe that BlueHole needs to take the steps to better optimize their game so that for us who do not have water cooled CPUs can have a chance at playing. But the other big issue that I have encountered is the inconsistency in the geometry.

We have all seen streamers use the geometry to leap out of windows and into windows, we have also seen players get their vehicles stuck and explode. Last night, the night before I wrote this, I was playing and found myself stuck on a fence. The fences that are open about a quarter of the way in places like the military base and around power lines in the game. I was stuck there and died outside of the playzone. Those are the inconsistencies that need to be fixed. Just to touch on the subject of getting hit by your moving car if you jump out, I somewhat like that feature, it could be changed a little to either damage you not kill you or kill you if you jump out wrong.

All in all the consept of the game is nice and the gameplay is fun, aside from what is above, and the joy of winning has yet to get stale. The review is negative due to the issues and BlueHole not taking affermative action on these issues. Yet I will continue to play the game from time to time, perhaps just not as religiously as I once did.

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UPDATE:
The lastest patch did some very nice opitmization to the game.

In short to everyone who is hating on take two as of late.
1. Do the jobs to make moeny.
2. Get over the loss of mods, it was a needed sacrifice.
3. If you don't like shark cards, don't buy them.
4. Stop begging for money when you see a modder in a lobby.
5. Just because they removed mods does not mean the game is bad.
6. DO THE JOBS TO MAKE MOENY.
7. Enjoy them game as you always have when online.
8. Get over yourselves.
I do regret the loss of single player mods, I have never personally has any installed but I have played some before and enjoyed them. Rockstar and Take Two are trying to make the online community fair and cheat free. People will beg for money then cry when they are banned. Get over it, this happened and it is likly it will never be reverted.
Other than that, this is an excelent game with many options on how to play. The money is easy to make after becoming a CEO, the grind there is a little unplesant. But all in all 10/10, keep up the good work take two team.

In a world, full of alien dangers, careless soldiers, and clumsy workers, there is you. With your trusty space mop in hand you take on a wide variety of missions, cleaning the world is your goal. Using the tools that are provided for you, the annoying waste bin, the flimsy water bucket, the overly powerful laster welder, and the almighty furnace! Find something pergnant to discovering what happened at the loaction while on the job? Put it in your blue fun box and call it your own, whatever is in your fun box is yours forever. Work alone or with a friend to clean each and evey "incident" location without asking questions. Your work will be examined by an overseer, they will determine either the progression or termination of your employment, the choice is up to you. (10/10 Would clean over and over again!!)

EDIT: Still Awesome

Amazing game for the compeditive side in use all, be aware many trolls reside in CSGO.

As the title suggests, the Jungle Inferno update has greatly increased the public image and my own image of the game. I never knew how broken the pryo was before I had read the changes and done the research of past gameplay. I can definitively say that the game has peaked my intrest once again. The stagnent gameplay and content has been done away with in the new contract system, which could be compared to the other contract system.

Yet the community is prone to giving Team Fortress 2 immence praise once an update comes out then after a month reverts back to complaining. I will never be as into Team Fortress 2 as I once was, be is a lack of time of a plethora of other games that I enjoy. Team Fortress 2 however will now be a solid fall back if I need something to do, and for that I salute the Valve team for their work. However long it might, or did, take.
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