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Demonicon has the structure of a much better game. Most of what was put into that structure is not good. It's part action game part RPG with dialog choices similar to Mass Effect and Dragon Age. The RPG system is an adaptation of the Dark Eye pencil & paper system. The action is standard 3rd person melee and spellcasting. Generally everything works pretty well. The dialog options seem to have real impacts on the…
How I played the game: This is my first Deus Ex game, so I can't speak to how it fits into the series or how it compares. I played the PS3 version well after the first patch. Load times were O.K. for me, not particularly short, but not bad. I played it on the hardest difficulty my first time through. I played a mixed build with max armor, some hacking, all grenade effect resists, and a mix of the movement stuff.…
Phileasson's Secret is an expansion pack to Drakensang: The River of Time. It adds a new area complete with all new maps, graphics, voiced characters, enemy types, puzzles, side-quests, unique items and loot, and a fully realized storyline and quest line. The quality of all the new content is excellent. The artistic look is a nice contrast to the main storyline and locations of The River of Time. The items and extra…
Operation Darkness is a strange alternate history WWII turn-based strategy game with zombies and werewolves. It's a pretty weird but by-the-numbers storyline told through text boxes with voice-over between campaign missions. You control a squad of storyline characters and generic recruit characters using some pretty standard turn-based strategy controls. There are 3 groups of trigger commands that can be used to…
