Recent reviews by m3iɳitƴ ☯

Rich story, little gameplay.

Open world madness, awesome story, ever-evolving multiplayer and stunning visuals. Should I mention it's GTA too?

As you might know, Zoombinis is a remake of the first from the late 90s/early 2000s educational series, keeping the old audio and storyteller's voice and staying true to the original with fresh updated graphics. The game offers a variety of mix and match adventures, which are a nice tool to train focus, attention to detail and logical thinking among kids, but be aware that it can offer a good challenge for adults on it's harder modes as well.

The wonderful oldschool-style sceneries make this game a nice artistic experience. The sweet graphics offer a nice escape from the usual action-related themes in video games, and most importantly make the game a good choice for a gift to a young kid. It's peaceful and cute, but be aware that unless you are nostalgic to the series, or understand that the target audience is very young kids, you might not get into it completely.

Easily one of the best PC games released in the latest years. Easily one of the best surprises, too - you will see more passion and talent from those 'noobs' from Poland than you would in most of the AAA studios, combined. The sheer idea to be a rather indie studio and create a game like this, polish it (word origin nudges me weirdly here) and bring it to the extent it is available today, is remarkable and admiring.

I have spent countless hours in the summer of 2011 playing and replaying the game. Because you don't get one strict and direct walkthrough; in fact, you can play 2 completely different storylines and make choices that will result in 16 (!) different endings. Mind you, I haven't seen them all (yet), but some craze at some point in the future might make me want to do so.

Witcher 2 is an action-adventure RPG - you will see a lot of combat, and the combat mechanics will matter when you face tougher foes. You need a strategy to survive - button mashing won't help you. You can master either of the 3 skill paths - Magic, Alchemy and Swordmanship and use your signs, potions and gear in order to kick every monster and merc's a** in the beautiful world of Witcher 2.

Speaking of beauty, as long as you have a powerful enough PC to push the game hard, you can't fail to notice how lovely it is made - the whole world looks like it is living and breathing, with NPCs having their own business throughout the day and sleep at night, lights, shadows and colours that make it all look hell pretty - the game might be 2011, but it still easily competes with some weaker attempts from more recent times.

Everything in this game screams for maturity - from the portrayal of the storyline to some rather odd moments in the game - you might think nudity is not appropriate for games, but if you are old enough to think about it normally, you'll see there's nothing bad in a beautiful love scene like in any other movie. And indeed, the fantasy world of Witcher 2 is not a fantasy world meant for putting kids to sleep - it can easily be described as an alternative Middle Ages where humans have all their present strong and weak qualities, and the legends about the monsters lurking outside of the village at night turn out to actually be there for real.

Comparing it to the first installment of the series, I would say I prefer Witcher 2 over it's predecessor, even though I wouldn't deny it either. Everything looks better thought of and finished in the follow-up, but the truth is, the Witcher 1 forged the path for the developers to get together and release a game like this. If you wonder, definitely play the first one first, but come back here when you've finished it.

If you are at least a tiny little bit fan of books, don't think twice and grab yourself a copy of the Witcher stories- Andrzej Sapkowski is the mastermind of this world (book came first, then the game). Stories are not necessarily strictly connected between the books and the game, they are loosely situated in the same world, with the main protagonist being the white-haired cold-blooded and serious monster killer Geralt of Rivia. Who, by the way, is already one of my most favourite characters overall.

In a few words - if you don't have the game yet and you are a fan of RPG, deep and mature stories and beautiful graphics: get it, get it now.



P.S. Devs are real nowadays heroes as they release a ton of free downloadable content and updates AFTER the game is released. Yep, you get all those DLCs you pay for in the other games for free - and they added the Enhanced edition for free for all early purchasers too. They are also known for bashing the mandatory nowadays DRM too - if you buy the game retail, you just need the disc to play it. Like in the good old days.

P.S. 2 I own the retail Collector's Edition of the game and I just had to buy it again on Steam. I don't mind it at all, I would put my money for those guys any day, as long as they keep releasing games like this (blink blink: Witcher 3, blink blink: Cyberpunk).

Certainly not flawless, it has it's issues, coming mostly from the vast not-so-well-polished world. But it is a great fun and a total enjoyment for any Marvel or Lego fan, let alone of both. Dialogue is fresh as always, having fun with cult movie phrases, the character list would satisfy I believe any needs, characters themselves have their own unique personality and specific set of skills, and the open world lets you roam the streets of the Big Apple up to the S.H.I.E.L.D. carrier soaring above. It has a very decent replayability value too, considering to fully complete any of the missions you have to use more than the basic character list you are first given access to for the specific mission, so that once completed, you can get back with another team and discover more.

Overall it's a very decent (should I add uber cute too?) incarnation of the Marvel universe, giving proper tribute to both the movies and the comic books, with a huge range of characters, vast open world and a story that seemlessly mixes a range of different traditional storylines into one whole big living Marvel adventure.

Give it a try, it's worth it.

You have heard it was repetitive, you have heard it was nothing really new .. Well, you have heard it right. It is still the good old multiplayer fun, but it goes nowhere beyond that - the game won't surprize you with anything, but it will do what it does best - deliver you in the middle of the CoD action. How soon you will decide to turn your back to it, it is all up to you.