Recent reviews by Laktael

Free and funny as hell (well if you find Rick & Morty funny you'll love this).

Very nice looking and fun mini adventure aboard the TARDIS. Not that much interaction so it's more of an experience. But any VR experience that get's you feeling like you're traveling aboard the TARDIS gets a thumbs up for me.

Played on: Oculus Quest using VirtualDesktop

A bit short, but one hell of a fun shooter!

Yep, it's grindy as hell, but somehow I keep coming back to it. Mainly because of the updates and improvements they keep putting into it. Never thought I would love being a space trucker and that flying through the emptyness of space could be this entertaining. Only thing still missing in the game are square pigs...

Holy crap, what a rollercoaster ride of emotions! An excellent adventure with a gripping story, great soundtrack, likable characters and some tough decisions to be made. Fans of adventures and story driven games should not skip this one.

Another typical Telltale game. It has been a while since I last played one so I don't know if my memory of "The Walking Dead Season Two" is better than the game actually was but in the end "The Walking Dead: Michonne" feels a bit lacking. The choices you made don't feel that impactfull anymore as I remember them from previous Telltale games I've played. And the gameplay mechanics feel very, very simple and dumbed-down.

The story is pretty good and the art style and voicework is still topnotch. But on the technical standpoint Telltake should really work on their stuff. A few graphical glitches I can get over. But not frame drops and stuttering (on a GTX1080), crashes or 5 minutes plus (until I pressed alt-f4) loading screens because their cloudsave feature screws up. That's a big no-no.

So, only if you like the Telltale style games and The Walking Dead, and have an hour of 4 to spend, go grab it. But only if it's on sale!

Score: 6/10

Back in the day when I didn't had as many grey hair as I have now I bought myself my very first printer. With it came a bunch of cd-roms with some printing and publishing software, but one of those cds had a coverimage of a strange island with the words MYST above it.

Never had I emerged myself into a game that much then after I had put that cd-rom into my computer. A notebook ended up with pages full of clues, hints and theories about how to solve the puzzles and mysteries I encountered in the Ages. Of all the games I've played, MYST is still high up there as one of the funniest, engaging and interesting experience ever.

Now, here I am, sitting behind my computer, more than 20 years later. Pen and paper beside the keyboard and just one and a half hour into Obduction. Feeling right at home, not on MYST-isle, but an entirely new crafted world ready to be explored. It all feels right. From the design, the puzzles, the soundscape and music. It's Cyan true and true.

Any downside, yeah. The characters, presented with full motion video look a bit pasted in, almost like cardboards. That could have been done a tad better as it is the only immersive breaking thing so far. But to be honest, it is still way better than having to look at a 3d model.

In short, if you loved the previous games from Cyan, or any other puzzling game in that style. Don't keep your hand on your wallet.

Another emotional ride from Telltale. Loved it, although graphicwise, the engine is slowly showing its age.