Recent reviews by deluXE

Un capolavoro senza se né ma. Non è invecchiato di un giorno dall'uscita.

Uno dei più grandi giochi della storia.

Non è terribile come si potrebbe pensare, ma è la perfetta rappresentazione della mediocrità videoludica e di tutti i problemi che il modello "Game as a Service" si porta dietro.
Ottimo tecnicamente, soprattutto nella realizzazione dei personaggi e delle loro animazioni facciali, il combattimento diventa quasi piacevole quando si sbloccano un po' di talenti, peccato che meccanicamente i personaggi siano praticamente identici a parte le loro abilità di movimento. La storia è prevedibile e non riserva mai nessuna sorpresa o qualcosa che valga la pena di ricordare, con qualche raro momento di sano umorismo. I combattimenti contro i boss sono terribili, le missioni sono poche e ripetute allo sfinimento durante la campagna principale e poi ci tocca rifarle all'infinito una volta che si arriva all'endgame.
Rocksteady, che cosa ti hanno fatto?

A very interesting and well-made interactive documentary about one of the most important titles of videogames' history, and the people who contributed to its creation and success, with also interviews with a few developers who were inspired and influenced by Mechner's masterpiece. There are also several games to play, including a few prototypes and complete versions, and two modern revisions of Karateka and Deathbounce, one of the very first games Mechner worked on before Karateka, but that was never published.

20 Feb 2023 update: the latest patch seems to have fixed most of the crash issues. I also deactivated every overlay I could think of (GeForce Experience, Discord, and similar), not sure if it helped or it's just a coincidence.
Anyway, now that I can properly play the game, I have to repeat what I said below: it's an astounding game, easily of the best of the last few years.


Original review
It crashes all the effing time. It's a disgrace that games these days release in this state. I would have already refunded it if I didn't buy it on an external (officially authorised) store.
It's a true pity the game is in this state, because when it doesn't crash, it is truly amazing. But again, it crashes too often. In about 4 hours of gameplay, it must have crashed at least ten times, if not more.

For those interested, I'm running it on an i5 13600k with 32gb of 5600MHz DDR5 RAM and a 3070 Ti, Win11 Pro.

I love the game mechanics, but their handling of the economy and card acquisition has been terrible in the past or so year. They keep saying that they "are working on improvements" and blablabla, but things keep getting worse. And I have been playing since beta without breaks. I would never recommend this game to new players, card acquisition is too slow and/or expensive.

Best game of 2022, and one of the best games ever.

Le meccaniche di gioco e il sistema di crescita e personalizzazione dei personaggi funzionano, ma l'espansione (e chiamarla espansione è MOLTO generoso) aggiunge poco e niente per cui valga la pena sopportare il grind infinito. Peccato.

Immersive, powerful, scary.

I am still not sure about it, but I'm so glad that this game exists. The worldbuilding and the sheer power of its storytelling are outstanding. It might not be as polished when it comes to game mechanics, but it does manage to make an "express courier simulator" to be engrossing, and that's no mean feat for sure.