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I've been eagerly awaiting this game since its announcement, and now that it's finally here, I can confidently say it was worth every moment of anticipation. Łukasz, you've crafted a masterpiece that rivals even the best from Paradox's strategy catalogue – truly outstanding work!

The shift from turn-based gameplay in the previous title to real-time strategy here is a brilliant move, giving the game a much smoother, more dynamic feel. Plus, the learning curve is refreshingly short, allowing players to quickly grasp the basics. For the price, this game is an absolute steal! If you're looking for a quality strategy game without the hefty price tag, complex mechanics, or endless DLCs, this is the one for you!"

The Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster is an impressive revitalization of the original, offering a stunning visual upgrade and several key improvements to gameplay. The updated textures and lighting breathe new life into Willamette Mall, creating a more immersive and chaotic environment as you fight your way through endless hordes of zombies. Visually, the game is an absolute treat, with the remaster enhancing nearly every detail from the original.

One minor drawback is that the game does experience some stuttering, but fortunately, this can be easily fixed by lowering the texture quality to 4GB. This simple tweak allows for much smoother gameplay without sacrificing barely any of the remaster’s impressive visual fidelity.

The voice acting is another highlight. Despite the change in Frank West’s voice actor, the new performer delivers an excellent performance, capturing Frank’s trademark sarcasm and bravado perfectly. Fans of the original will be pleased to see how well the new actor fits the role, maintaining the spirit of the character.

The quality-of-life improvements in this remaster are also noteworthy. Faster load times, streamlined controls, and better inventory management make the game far more enjoyable and accessible than the original, without compromising on the challenge or fun.

Overall, Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster successfully updates a classic, and with a few minor adjustments to the settings, the experience becomes smooth and enjoyable. Fans of the series and newcomers alike will find a lot to love in this well-polished remaster.

Introduction
I will start off by saying, the reviews are mixed for a number of reasons. And a lot of people aren't happy with the war system. But here's my take on the game. Personally I love it! It has to be my new favourite paradox grand strategy for a number of reasons. It feels like a splicing of their previous games that works well, provided you play your cards right you can dominate other nations through a variety of different ways, such as economically and militarily.

Society
The society simulation of this game in my opinion is fantastic, I love that your pops will react differently to changes in events happening around the world, government changes and new laws being passed, as well as incorporating new states into your nation. The aim is to please a majority to avoid radicalisation of your pops and preventing revolutions and civil wars. I started a game as Prussia with the aim of uniting Germany, along the way I changed my government quite a bit to please what the majority of people wanted but ended up in revolutions because of radical pops, throughout the game I switch from Monarchy to Parliamentary Republic which turned into a Nazi run dictatorship to a Council Republic under Communism.

Economy
The economic system can be daunting at first and extremely confusing, it took me a few attempts to be able to understand the system, I recommend playing as Prussia as a starting nation as I found it personally the easiest to get my head around the economic system. Your goal with the economic system is to generate a high GDP and raise your nations global ranking, this can be done by dominating a specific industry, for me I did it in coal and became the number 1 exporter of coal which generate vast amount of GDP and profit for my nation. The import/export system of the game can be quite confusing too but don't be afraid to import goods to maximise your exports as you will most likely generate more GDP and profit doing so. Personally I love the economic system, there are a few quirks such as not being detailed enough to tell you what has caused a sudden drop in your income as well as no screen (that I've found) that tells you the number of total resources in your nation.

Combat
Personally I love the combat system, it takes a lot of stress out of directly managing huge numbers of armies and leaves it to your generals to control, all you have to do is give them the order to defend, attack or stand by. The combat system is also extremely easy to learn, but your battalion management can be a bit complicated to manage, ensuring you can afford battalions and generals as well as the resources to keep them working at full capacity.

Diplomacy
Diplomacy in my opinion does need a bit more work as interacting with nations feels a bit dull, but it works as it is for now, however I would like to see the devs work on it more. Diplomacy in war can also be a bit dull as well as making claims and demands in war too, as you can only claim so much and cannot enforce new war goals during a war, as well as no peace conferences, so when a World War breaks out, there isn't much that can be enforced on another country, except maybe taking a small piece of land or just simply bringing them out of the war with no consequences to that nation.

Conclusion
Overall I think Victoria 3 is a good game, it has a lot of potential, but still needs a lot of work.

I'll have two number 9's, a number 9 large, a number 6 with extra dip, a number 7, two number 45's, one with cheese and a large soda

I was sceptical about getting this game when I first saw it. It looked like a game that wouldn't appeal to me in any way. Well how wrong I was. I decided to pick this up from Humble and sat down to play the tutorial thinking it was gonna be a big complicated mess, well I was wrong again, it was fairly easy to grasp the basic mechanics of the game.

After a few hours of gameplay I browsed through the workshop to add some extra content and there is so much. This game now has me hooked, the game combines multiple genres to create its own unique survival experience.

Finally I love the amount of replayability that RimWorld has and the feel the unique game mechanics have, as well as the addition of multiplayer through a mod (which I have yet to play). This gets a 10/10 from me

After just 6 hours this game had me hooked. The first hour you will spend will be on learning the game and how things work. It allows for so much progression as you can have your colonists do everything for you after enough time. Definitely recommended if you enjoy Survival games and City builders.

Fantastic game, clocked over 400 hours. It is a game that will take quite some time to learn how to play as with most Paradox grand strategy games. This game has a strong fanbase creating many mods on the steam workshop to improve the game and give more hours of replayability.