Recent reviews by Borphos

I got this game for free because of a LAN party I participated in. I have since purchased Norse Lands. I would have gladly paid full price for the game. I will be buying all future DLC and sequels. It is top of my list of games to play when I need to relax.

Garbage.

Fun to play now, but I can't wait to see what the finished product will be like.

The worst example of DLC done way wrong. I wanted to play a single player campaign to try out the game. I was not expecting to find that I couldn't play a single minute of a campaign without buying more DLC. I wouldn't even consider this game without the DLC to count as a demo. I don't know how they could have thought to call it a full game.

This game has potential. That's usually something you say about a game that could have been great, but made some critical mistakes. In this case though it just means that if you are a fan of the rest of the Civ franchise, you will be a bit frustrated at first as you try to make decisions based on what you know about the other Civs and fail miserably. I have played them all, even CTP, so it's especially hard for me.

When Civ 5 came out I didn't really like it that much because not only was everything frustratingly different, but it also could have used a little more polish on the gameplay. It finally came around though (except for multiplayer) after a year or two of patches and expansions. With Beyond Earth, I don't think that is the case. So far it looks like everything is polished a much as to be expected for a new release, and the game mechanics that I have wrapped my head around so far are very appealing. I also like what was borrowed from Alpha Centauri, which is my favorite Civ of all time.

It's becoming more an more fun as I retrain my brain, so I can see the potential for it to be great. Frustrations and all, I think it's worth paying full price.

This game is great! You won't find anything else like it. The puzzles arn't super challenging, but finding all the different ways you can solve them is. The funny storyline leads you on a cute and family friendly adventure. I play it with my daughter. I steer, and she helps think of ways to solve the puzzles. If you are thinking of buying this game you might as well just buy the Double Fine Bundle. I haven't played Costume Quest or Iron Brigade yet, but it's worth it for this, Psychonaughts, and Brutal Legend.

I do not reccomend this game for the following reasons:

• No controller support.
  
• Controlls are not intuitive.
  
• No tutorial. (A training level is not the same.)

It's not horrible, but I am not compelled to play it over other platformers I own. I will probably only ever play it again if a friend invites me to play.