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The ultimate action movie fantasy, I expected more games to go this way with the more powerful consoles but that hasn't seemed to happen. Great story and some great action and unsurpassed spectacle. I hate the gun fight sections of this game. I don't think I'll ever get used to aiming with a controller. I bought my PS3 specifically to play Uncharted 2, but I didn't finish it until the day before this one came out,…
While this expansion has changed and improved the original release of Diablo 3, It doesn't feel like there is much new content here. I played Diablo 3 when it first came out I put 30 hours into the game and it felt like there was a lot to do, many interesting choices to make; in preparation for this expansion I started a new character and played through the original game again in a third of the time, nothing seemed…
I went into this game not really knowing what to expect and not expecting much more than something a little different. Good surprises included a fairly decent story in a fairly interesting world; the conversational dialog was in my experience the most unique and interesting part of this game. Everything felt like a fairly real conversation surrounding a series of bizarre circumstances. The bad; the controls were a…
The Witness is a rare breed; a game that makes you feel like an imbecile one moment then a genius the next, and for that reason I loved it. The thought and creativity in this game are unrivaled. I kind of hated the ending, not because of what it was, but for what it did to me, made me start thinking like a crazy person...
I loved the creativity and the story of this game, but that was about it. I had intended to go pacifist and I did only kill one monster in my entire playthrough, unfortunately that was the first encounter, probably the worst monster to kill; before I became familiar with the game mechanics. I really hated the playing part of this game, massive difficulty spikes combined with not knowing what you were doing in boss…
I liked this game, but it was probably my least favourite of the 3 campaigns; I'm just not that invested in the Protoss characters and saving their campaign to be the big climax to the SC2 story was a bad move as far as I'm concerned. It also felt like there was a lot less mission variety in the main campaign, it was almost all base building, I prefer the hero missions that were more prevalent in the other two…
I didn't finish too many games this year, and this game is mostly to blame. I think I'm at about 400 matches played and I'm still playing 1-3 matches daily. This game is at it's most basic just another MOBA/DOTA clone it plays very similarly to LoL and DOTA 2 with 2 key exceptions: -The team levels up not the individual. -The game takes place on many varied maps. I love the different maps and different objectives it…
How strange that I thought the story was great, yet I hated pretty much every character in it; I'm just so disconnected from the teen life and it's shocking how hard that hit me playing this. If you've played a recent Telltale game, you know what to expect mechanically from this game. The choices seems a lot more impactful in this game though, some of the choices I made had major impact on the ongoing game going…
I really liked the first lego game I played (Marvel) but even after only one game I knew I had my fill of the series. I would have never given this game a shot if it hadn't came with the playstation tv; and even then I took a year for me to even try it. Once I started, I couldn't stop, the short 5 minute levels just kept on begging me to play one more, and I did, over and over again, finishing the game I one short…
I enjoyed this a lot more than I thought I would. It's more Batman, more open world collectables, more everything that was in the previous game. I thought the story was a bit better here than City. Boss fights were annoying, very annoying, but I guess more rewarding when beaten. Some great Joker moments in this game. Still think Asylum is the best of this series, but I'd give Origins a close second and regard it…
It's more Batman. This one probably plays the best, the combat is very good and the Batmobile was a good addition to the series. The story was ok; extremely disjointed, the Joker parts were fantastic, the Scarecrow/Arkham Knight stuff was lame. I found the portrayal of Gordon and the entire GCPD was borderline offensive, the game really makes everyone but Batman out to be pathetically weak. I think Asylum and…
This game gives off a very good first impression; the presentation is very good and there is some decent value for a few hours of playing this free to play game. There is no need to engage in the free to play aspects of this game, it's mostly boosts that may help a bit in the early stage of the game, but at that point you are getting a lot of free gear and citizens from quest rewards that I never felt compelled to…
I bought Star Wars: The Old Republic back when it came out and it has been sitting on my shelf staring at me all these years, and with the new movies ramping up I have an overwhelming urge to get into Star Wars stuff so figured now is the time. First off I played the beta for SWTOR for all of about 2 hours and hated it, it was just a goofy space WoW knockoff that didn't offer anything new or interesting. I still…
It's been awhile since I finished the first one but this game felt like more of the same both good and bad. It's funny that this ui would be acceptable not so long ago, maybe it would have been better with a controller, but cycling through all the powers was grating on me towards the end. I did play on pc with both The Sith Lords Restored Content Mod and M4-78, no bugs, maybe still more difficult to get it to run…
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I really disliked this game, yet for some strange reason it's the only Mario game I've ever played to completion. This game was far too long. The combat is not fun, long timing based encounters that are unforgivingly difficult on normal and silly easy on easy mode. The giant boss battles are also needlessly difficult and had no easy mode. I did like the world puzzles/traversal powers. There were a couple of good…
I think this is probably the best looking game I've ever played, the characters, environment and lighting were all amazing. The story was interesting and well acted, though it was absolutely too short, not just the game but the actual story, they could have added more to make it more believable. I really don't like console shooters and this one is no different, it worked well enough and there was enough interesting…
This game was one of the biggest letdowns I've ever experienced. I normally like oddball/non sequitur humour and feel like I understand what they where going for here but it was completely underwhelming; it's almost like someone watched your favourite TV show, then made a game out of it but had no understanding of why the TV show was so great. I really feel like I missed something huge here, but I don't care enough…
I don't think this is a great game, but it was a good experience. Very short, even with the DLC content you are under 2 hours. The level design is awe inspiring, the levels are very cleaver/creative without being difficult. It makes you feel smart in the same way Portal did without being difficult. This is probably the best thing I've ever played on my tablet but the length and lack of difficulty really detract from…
I started playing this after it was mentioned on the bombcast a few weeks ago comparing it to Injustice. It is very similar but I think I like Injustice better. This game felt more like a rhythm game than a fighter to me, if you are hitting your beat, you can best much more powerful characters, but if you are just jamming without thinking you will do badly once you get past the first act. The graphics are great, I…
I'm really surprised how much I'm enjoying this, I started playing a few months ago and I've been playing daily ever since. It's a simple combat system that works extremely well for touch based controls. The thing that has hooked me into this game, is the progression/leveling/collectables, in most free to play games, you tend to hit a wall where progression just stops, I've been playing this game long enough that I…
This game is very comparable to the recent Telltale efforts, a decent story without much game play backing it up. I think the main reason this game went overlooked this year was the price, people are used to paying less for a short story based game now. I enjoyed my time with this game, the story was interesting enough to justify a playthrough. This is a little odd, but no music or sound at all during the end…
Nothing really good, nothing really bad, this game is just a huge scoop of meh. This game is a lesser version of Assassin's Creed , there is a story, but it's not great, the driving and shooting/combat are not up to current standards. Some extremely frustrating parts in this game. The side quests are better than anything that has ever been in AC though, I really liked diving into the history of Chicago told through…
I'm not a wrestling fan and I really only started playing based on the bombcast discussions. This game started off very good, I was leveling up, getting new cards, seeing new cards, winning, it felt really good for awhile. Once you start getting into the higher tiers: ultra rare/epic, the progression in the game just completely stopped, I believe this is the point in the game where they want you to start spending…
The first thing to know about this game is that it's really short, that said, there isn't much else that I had a problem with. The AI was interesting, at points it seemed really smart, following me to hiding spots and flushing me out. There were also spots where I assume the AI couldn't reach so I would just be completely ignored while sniping NPCs all over the map. The story was pretty good, maybe a bit confusing,…
I bought this a year ago and only just started playing it a few days ago; it's a bit embarrassing because I only started playing it to get unlocks for the mobile version (which has strangely captured my attention). I was blown away by the story mode; I remember hearing all about how great the MK9 story mode was and just wrote it off as "good for a fighting game" but not really "good"; if it was anything like this, I…
If you liked/like South Park this is worth playing, it really is just like playing an episode of the tv show. The comedy/South Park flavor is good, a lot of it taken straight from the show. The RPG parts are a bit light for my tastes, very easy, and stats/leveling up/equipment didn't seem to matter very much. Combat was very uneven, it felt hard at the start, but once you get the hang of it, it's very easy, not very…
I liked it. Not as good as season one, but it had some great moments and Telltale is getting better at the game part. No bugs was nice. Maybe it's been too long since I played 400 days, but it didn't seem like the characters from that played much of a part in this game, certainly less than I was expecting. I honestly didn't care much about most of the characters in this season, I think that is it's main flaw, when…
I love this game because it gets me out of the house a lot. I hate this game for one of the reasons I don't play MMOs anymore, there is no winning this game, and the player who spends the most time with it will have a significant advantage, it really makes the game completely pointless. This game gave the illusion of an interesting strategy game, but the way offense/defense works; mostly brute force and alot of time…
I just finished the story mode, this is the most face rolling game I've ever played. I really want to like this game, and I sort of do, but everything about the actual gameplay is just a substandard Diablo with a lot of free to play hooks. The characters are very well done and look great, but when you get a bunch of them together in a boss fight, it's just chaos with all the powers flying around, apparently things…
I enjoyed the characters (they weren't nearly as annoying/overbearing/prevalent as I had expected based on the buzz around this game). Combat was boring/monotonous, typical shooter, but it's worse here because the game is so long. Story was insignificant at best. I liked the look of the game, good style, some screen tearing though. The loot in this game really sucked, much the same way Diablo 3 was, good stuff never…
I enjoyed the story up to the end, I think the ending was weak. episode 1 awesome episode 2-4 good episode 5 mostly lame with two great boss sequences. The game play was better than previous telltale games, there was a boss fight that was good and many good battle sequences throughout the episodes. I did have a bug that came up more than once where the dialog choices wouldn't load up while the game would just keep…
I played the PS4 version, it crashes a lot, roughly 6-7 times in the 4ish hours it took to finish. The personality tests were interesting but not particularly accurate. Lots of characters to interact with, but after you finish a few "missions" they are all the same, this game is the missing link between video games and web/mobile games. I would have preferred more quizzes and less adventure worlds. It's a shame they…
I really didn't like this game, it's true that there are great parts to this game, the voice acting, the environment, best horizon I think in any game; but the controls for this game were so awful and it was a constant irritation that went on forever. Story was a mixed bag, some great moments but I'm not a fan of westerns and this game seemed to be some sort of western story homage. It's done, but I didn't enjoy it…
Thought the art style was fantastic, I liked the fairytale storyline, It was a bit easy. I really wish the game was voice acted, reading the awkward rhymes was fairly annoying after awhile, I guess it was out of the budget for a $15 game, but it was really the only part of the game that bugged me.
Liked the art style, story was interesting, stuck at one spot for about an hour, why do they make these games so easy then put one complete BS platforming section in the middle of the game, and the platforming isn't good to begin with. Other than that one spot, decent game overall.
I didn't like the combat system off the bat, but it really grew on me over the course of the game and I think its the best part of the game. I wish they did more with the non combat side of the game, it felt too linear, there is an environment puzzle at the start of the game then nothing, I think they could have done a lot more with that sort of stuff. Beautiful visual art and music, story is a bit lacking and the…
I'm really conflicted on this one, I really liked it, but mostly because of how unusual it was, not because it was a great game; in fact if this had been a dbz or some other anime licensed game I probably would have hated it, but it wasn't and I enjoyed it for it's great characters and constant over the top madness. Bad on Capcom for locking an integral portion of the game behind DLC, that's some real shameful shit…
I liked it, but at the same time, it was extremely disappointing. Great characters, visually superb, probably the best acting in a video game to date, but the gameplay just wasn't fun, in fact it was just one extremely frustrating corridor after another and it made the game feel padded for length when it didn't need to be, this game was way too long. The ending was stupid, the last hour of the game pretty much…
I liked it, but at the same time, it was extremely disappointing. Great characters, visually superb, probably the best acting in a video game to date, but the gameplay just wasn't fun, in fact it was just one extremely frustrating corridor after another and it made the game feel padded for length when it didn't need to be, this game was way too long. The ending was stupid, the last hour of the game pretty much…
Not a perfect game but I did enjoy it for the most part. I think the difficulty of this game has been massively overstated, most levels I only died a few times, one-shoted a few bosses, once you figure out the patterns it's very easy to do what you need to do. The loot aspect was unexpected and when the loot was flowing it was exciting, there are a few very long stretches that had no loot and those parts of the game…
Fairly long for a Vita game, I enjoyed most of it, lots of creativity in the level design, more than Asylum/City. Boss fights in this game are brutal, Batman is very much a glass canon and most of the bosses are packing some heavy firepower. The gadgets are used much better than City and Asylum also, as annoyingly hard as most of the boss fights were, they were all creative and use of all your gadgets is key. A bit…
This game was another pleasant surprise, I was semi excited for this before it came out but reviews cooled my interest; ended up getting it on sale, and boy am I glad I gave it a shot. This is one of the most beautiful games I've played this generation. The story was above average and had one of the biggest mind fucks I've ever seen in a game, I think that one sequence would make the whole game worthwhile for most.…
This game was another pleasant surprise, I was semi excited for this before it came out but reviews cooled my interest; ended up getting it on sale, and boy am I glad I gave it a shot. This is one of the most beautiful games I've played this generation. The story was above average and had one of the biggest mind fucks I've ever seen in a game, I think that one sequence would make the whole game worthwhile for most.…
I decided to give this game a shot because a few podcasts I listen to regularly talk about it and it's free. This isn't really a game in my opinion, it's just tapping on icons and then waiting for more icons to show up so you can tap on them also. There is no strategy or even an decisions at all, it's really the stupidest thing I've ever put on my tablet. The game uses Origin to save your game and to connect with…
I decided to give this game a shot because a few podcasts I listen to regularly talk about it and it's free. This isn't really a game in my opinion, it's just tapping on icons and then waiting for more icons to show up so you can tap on them also. There is no strategy or even any decisions at all, it's really the stupidest thing I've ever put on my tablet. The game uses Origin to save your game and to connect with…
Gravity Rush is a fusion of Portal, a 3rd person adventure game; with strong RPG elements and collectibles, it's quite ambitious and I felt they pulled it off nicely. I've never played a game that controlled like this, at times it was frustrating but most of the time it felt good; this game really takes advantage of all the unique features of the Vita without throwing them in your face, everything just felt right…
I played this game for roughly 15 hours mostly just to see what all the fuss was about, and I'm now feeling really let down by this game; I don't know how long you have to play to get to the sort of stuff you see in all those youtube videos with jetpacks and big boss fights, but I felt like I was nowhere near any of that. It was 15 hours of inventory management. There may be an interesting game hidden in here…
After hearing an inordinate amount of gush for this game from many different sources; I picked this game up to see it for myself. First off, this "game" is extremely short, I played through it twice, played the develop commentary and played Gravity Bone which comes packed in with the game; all this took less than an hour, I knew coming in to expect a short experience, but I was still taken by surprise by just how…
