Recent reviews by Neilbowski

My favorite way to play pinball without a physical machine. Real world tables are all extremely well represented and the physics model is realistic. Outside of real tables, there are a huge amount of Zen created tables across a large number of licenses and themes.

This game follows the recent trend of locking all good costumes (and now fatalities) behind a paywall. This is a F2P model in a full price release. I am part of the problem.

Not as good as Dragon Age 1, but better than Dragon Age 2.

Great fun and a steal for $20. Fast, violent shooter that mixes Gears of War gameplay with the Destiny loot system.

I would kill for this developer to make Fallout 5 with this engine.

I have thoroughly enjoyed the first 10 hours with this game and have not even seen the title screen yet. The level of detail in the city and characters is absolutely amazing. The gunplay is a pleasant surprise with the starter weapons I have collected, weighty and fun.

I have only ran into a few open world graphical glitches (all solved by looking the other direction). I've had no crashes or needing to load previous save situations so far.

I was slightly hesitant after the initial reviews and all the bug talk (they made it sound like this game was Starship Troopers), but am extremely glad I bought it day 1.

This game is as close as I will get to experiencing a life in the wild west. Amazingly detailed life simulator that gives you a lot of freedom to do what you want, but stills tells a great story. As of the end of 2020, I still think it is the best looking game world I have seen. One of the great games of the PS4/XBOX One generation with the best presentation available.

I really like this Mortal Kombat. There were definitely some progression issues on release that throttled unlocking things in the krypt, but those went away after a month. The graphics are the best in any fighting game and I always enjoy the Mortal Kombat/Injustice fighting engine and it's quick dial combo and juggle based gameplay. Amazing amount of single player content between the Krypt and Towers of Time. Multiplayer felt responsive in the 40 player matches I played online. Highly recommended!

Civ 4-6 are three of my favorite games of all time. I never get tired of playing them and always come back after time away. This game series has more of my, "I can't believe it is 2AM" moments than any other by far. Highly recommended!

I always thought this was the best MMO I had ever played when I played it on the PS4. Now I sometimes think this is the best Final Fantasy I have ever played. I highly recommend this game if you like MMOs at all and don't mind paying a subscription fee.

Assassins Creed made love to The Witcher and Odyssey came out. This is a top notch gaming experience across the board if your machine can run it.

The graphics are amazing and I am only playing at 1440. There are frequent moments that I just look around and some of the beachside locations during a sunset, or a city temple. I'm playing through Origins right now and this game definitely runs better overall, so that is nice.

I feel the combat is much better (and harder) in this one. Once the development team nerfed the hidden blade to not one-hit ranked opponents, they really focused on making the moment to moment fighting better. It is faster and the lock on system is better than Origins. The upgrades and special abilities are MUCH better. The Spartan Kick alone is worth at least $20 dollars of the asking price. Kicking an opponent off of an elevated platform never gets old to me.

Ship combat is above average, but not my favorite part of the game. The first battle you do isn't very different than the fiftieth, and each one involves circling someone and shooting. The actual sailing (which you will do a lot of) is enjoyable and again, very beautiful.

There is also a ton of game here for your money. Maybe someone will do a speed run and we will know the minimum time to get through the three story branches, but this is definitely an 80 hour game. I never felt like had to grind daily or bounty board missions (all fetch/kill this person type quests) either. I only did story and marked side quests (the fleshed out ones) and stayed at the correct level.

The story was sacrificed quite a bit to get the more open nature of the gameplay and the less linear nature of the three story paths. You can miss a large chunk of the the game world's story and still "beat the game". It is still enjoyable though and I enjoyed who the main villian is in relation to your character.