Recent reviews by Kiesl'

Elden Ring is a masterpiece that I truly believe every gamer should at the very least try. Yes it is hard, but these challenges may be overcome with time and effort and also help from others. It's soundtrack, art design, and combat are all top notch. Elden Ring is truly a gem of the modern era. It's a rather slow burn (and some might say it's too long and has bad pacing) but the rewarding feeling after discovering a secret pathway or winning an epic battle against a demigod is like none other. 10/10!

A nice and chill platformer with soul. The handdrawn graphics and music are awesome. I also did like the story very much as I wasn't familiar with the vietnamese folklore tale that is told here. I think its very touching if you immerse yourself and try to channel your inner child.

On the steam deck I had a few crashes, but they weren't even annoying because with every screen there is a checkpoint. Also last two ending cutscenes seem broken. Even with these minor issues I can't recommend this game enough, it's short, it's sweet, it's awesome!

This is easily one of the best singleplayer games you can buy and play. It is always on sale for 20 bucks and has content worth 50-500 hours. The setting and story alone are the unique selling point. It's dark, it's gritty, it's the best damn cowboy ♥♥♥♥! I laughed, I cried, I lost my damn mind during the challenges. Attaining like 93% completion in the game is manageable. If you think the multiplayer achievements are the worst - nope. Gambler challenges are the worst. Because you have to be lucky at some Blackjack hands. No skill required just repeating hits for hours and hours. I prefer challenges to be skill tests and not just pure luck by bad chances. But this is literally my only gripe with the game. To further the point: the later collectibles get quite ridiculous and have the same problem. RNG - Random Number Generators in videogames. Guess it's a trend to keep players busy. If you want to commit to it you are basically doing a second full time job. But I said to myself, if any game ever is a game to return to time and time again with it's beautiful and engaging world it's RDR2. So I paused playing almost any other game and became a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ cowboy for half a year.

I loved Red Dead Redemption 1 on the Xbox 360 and the second installment is one of the largest entertainment products ever realeased, budget and content wise. To yourself a favor and get in that settle partner!

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The ultimate Stealth Game. The Access Passes are absolutely confusing, but the new Hitman Trilogy is an absolute mustplay for fans of the genre. If you can grab the Access Passes for expansions and stuff for like 10 Dollars its ok, no one should pay like 60 bucks for it. I owned Hitman 1 and 2 on Playstation 4 but playing it on an RTX 3080 all within Hitman III and with gorgeous raytraycing is an whole other experience.

I think the game shines the most when you don't commit too much to the "mission stories" as they give you a path via map markers ala Skyrim. If you improvise and try challenging accidents and kills this game is really rewarding.

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The outstanding Black Mesa is a remake of Half-Life one of if not the most ifluential First-Person-Shooters of all time. This game is a masterpiece in level design, storytelling and athmosphere. There is also a great modding community, that is rebuilding the old Half-Life addons. This is the time to dive in if you haven't already.