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The Evil Within is not a good game. There are plenty of decent game mechanics here, since it uses the cookie-cutter survival horror mechanics of exploring/shooting/looting, but it is so poorly put together that it is a complete waste of time. Here is a list of things that ruined the game for me: One or two save points per chapter mean you are relying on the game's autosaves most of the time. And the autosave…
The original Amnesia game, Amnesia: The Dark Descent , was fun because it had interesting puzzles, extremely dark and scary locations, a suitable castle-and-dungeon setting, a story that included a very memorable villain, and some decent dialogue to set the stage. It also made great use of peaceful locations to contrast the dark and scary ones, and overall it was just a blast to play (unless you had major problems…
This game is mostly comprised of self-contained puzzle rooms (think Portal). There are a few bosses, lots of pointless enemies, and open areas, but it's mostly just puzzles that you solve and move on. The humor and art are excellent, the puzzles are standard "push blocks, activate switches" and are fairly challenging, and the combat is boring Zelda-style whack-a-mole. The game's main difference from other…
As is par for Korean MMO's, this game is a microtransaction fest that offers nothing new to the MMORPG genre, and actually manages to lack basic features that were in WoW back in 2004. This is your basic class based RPG where you level a character from 1 to 50 by using skills to kill enemies to finish quests. The combat feels identical to WoW, with skills ripped straight from WoW, except the skills are a little more…
Read the full review Ragnarok Online 2: Legend of the Second
As is par for Korean MMO's, this game is a microtransaction fest that offers nothing new to the MMORPG genre, and actually manages to lack basic features that were in WoW back in 2004. This is your basic class based RPG where you level a character from 1 to 50 by using skills to kill enemies to finish quests. The combat feels identical to WoW, with skills ripped straight from WoW, except the skills are a little more…
Read the full review Ragnarok Online 2: Legend of the Second
This game is exactly what I want out of a game. It wastes no time with unnecessary dialogue/tutorials/find-your-sword-sequences It's fast paced from start to finish (though you can steadily upgrade your character to have more time if you prefer a little slower action) There are tons of upgrades to unlock, but the game is 100% playable with the starting equipment Experimenting with new weapons unlocks upgrades for…
This game is the best, because Neil Patrick Harris is the best. I don't get why everyone else dislikes this game. It has gryphons and cockatrices and minotaurs! COME ON GUYS. Maybe the pandora's box is kind of a snoozy-worthy concept, since it makes no sense. If all the evil of the world is in the box, then how do you explain Hitler? Or if the box is already open, then how come we don't see demons walking the Earth?…
La-Mulana (LM) is a Zelda style dungeon-diver where the protagonist roams through variously-themed catacombs to collect weapons, tools, keys, and upgrades to steadily progress through the dungeons, solving puzzles and hunting monsters along the way. LM differentiates itself from Zelda and Metroidvania games by employing "environment" style puzzles; instead of encountering a series of contained puzzle rooms, a…
8 realms is a persistent MMORTS. The gameplay has 3 defining characteristics: The player manages the economy and army of a developing city/empire, this empire persists for about 2 months of real-time, and the player must race to advance from stone age tech all the way to sci-fi tech before any other player on his server does so to win. Once someone reaches this goal of building a "futuristic wonder", the game ends…
Read the full review Half-baked, time-consuming, and unfriendly to new players
This game is a Rogue-like dungeon diver. Basically, your character is customized with 7 skills at creation and is then thrown into a very long dungeon with the goal of reaching the end. There are no towns, quests, or even a real story; the goal is just to put your RPG skills to the test hunting monsters and loot while avoiding traps. The game had a $5 price at release, which would normally suggest the game has…
This is a spiral knight. The look is customizable, and each gets a unique color theme. Overview Spiral Knights is an action-RPG that takes place in an MMO world. While the dungeons are instanced, with characters groups limited to 4, the trade area allows for about a hundred players to actively trade and talk with each other. That being said, this game can be played completely single-player if you wish; the dungeons…
I'll be honest, I didn't make it more than halfway through this game's campaign. I just... couldn't. Quite simply, this game is 95% combat (I checked to make sure the rest of the game was the same, and it is) and the combat was not satisfying. The introduction to the game (as seen in the Quick Look) is entirely misleading. In the beginning, the player must solve puzzles by combining his magic or using it in…
