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An action RPG with a fantastic world. It has everything it should have - interesting factions to join, hard and unique monsters to fight, lots of various stories to explore. The overall experience is great and put the game in line with the likes of Gothic titles or Dark Souls. My only gripe is melee fights. In theory the fighting system sounds nice: you have defensive and offensive moves, and have to defend yourself unless you see a mistake in the opponent's fighting and then your strike. In reality, it is a very slow and sometimes frustrating experience, as just one mistake might make you loose a very important and long fight only to start it all over again. Small hint: if you choose to be a mage, you'll be able to ignore melee fights starting from act 2. But this is just my impressions after playing it several times. By and large, Risen is an exceptional game that every action/RPG lover must try.
This is the epitome of how games should be made. The Witcher drove me back home after a long day at work for a year. It brought tears to my eyes. It made me laugh. It made me angry. It made me happy. It made me fall in love with gaming all over again.
«Just one more turn»
«Sit back and relax»
This a quite short point and click adventure where you play as a ghost revealing the mysteries of you family. Some puzzles are fairly hard, but still pleasant to solve. The visual style and sound are OK. I think it's a good game for a couple of evenings, but I think that I'd have been happier, if I hadn't bought it for the full price.
Quite an interesting concept, pleasant graphics, entertaining gameplay. It has some micromanagement, but it's fairly simple and not annoying at all. I completed the game in a few hoursl and think that I may replay it sometimes, because you get to choose 3 of 6 characters in it and they change in appearance and behavior that kinda enrich the overall story. All in all, it's a good simple short game, but not a great one.
The game is a talking and listening simulator because all characters talk for paragraphs on and on and can't stop. However, the writing is great, so you don't really get bored, but if you are a fan of run and gun and for some reason you are reading this review, consider it a warning. The meat of the game is talking to characters and decide who to spend your time with. There;s also a bit of platforming, but that's not the point of the game. The music and design are awesome as you might expect, so if you like a good story, I absolutely recommend this game.
This title will turn your music collection into a game. And it is fabulous! Symphony will turn any track into a neon lightshow , which will actually prevent you from seeing what's going on. The intensity of the song changes the behavior and speed of enemies. The gameplay is something like a scroll shooter, but I think that people don't come these games for the gameplay, they just like the idea and the idea is great.
The game is exactly what is promised. If you are fan of old-style RPG like Baldur's Gate or Icewind Dale, then you will definitely feel yourself at home. PoE does not reinvent the genre or at least bring some new ideas to the table, it is what it is, a classic gameplay with fancier modern graphics and a new solid story and setting.
A delightfully entertaining game with a simple story, lots of mexican stuff in it, and simply one of the best platformers ever made. Great bosses,catchy soundtrack, creative mechanics, plus it is cheap.
A delightfully entertaining game with a simple story, lots of mexican stuff in it, and simply one of the best platformers ever made. Great bosses,catchy soundtrack, creative mechanics, plus it is cheap.
The world is good, the game is good, but I finished it 100% in a few hours without rushing. I consider that you may buy it during a sale, but don't buy it for the full price.
A real RPG disguised as a platformer. It is not very hard, though the ending and some bosses are challenging. Oftentimes you need a strategy more than just good reaction and jumping around, this is what makes it a great RPG. Faults are - humor is mildly funny, but some people will find it annoying. Also the game is very long, but this time it is not really a fault, just be prepared that you can't rush it through in two evenings.
On the whole, Unepic is way more epic than most "epic" RPGs out there. There's lots of creativity, solid writing, balanced gameplay. What else do you need to enjoy it?
I have put approximately 120 hours into it, and must explain why it is so captivating. Sacred 2 is a Diablo clone, though closer to Titan Quest because of the size and relative non-linearity. The story isn't the greatest, but it doesn't promise to deliver the best story. It has probably one of the biggest worlds in RPGs that you can easily spend over 100+ hours on, exploring every corner and doing every side quest. The amount of content is whopping. Classes are also very varied and this adds to replayability. All in all, I'd say that this is the only Diablo clone out there that is far, far better than Diablo itself.
«Just one more turn»
Many people say this looks like The Lost Vikings because you get to control three different characters with different abilities, It is a good thing, but I must say that this game surpass Vikings in each and every aspect. The look and feel is absolutely stunning, I can't even mention another platformer with such beautiful visuals. Although it's fairly short, it still can bring lots of fun and you should seriously buy it.
NPCs are dumb. Their actions are very repetitive, so you'll get bored soon. Lily, your damsel in distress, is not the brightest mind either. Only two types of enemies (basically one, you just can't backstab the guys with heavy armor). Still it might help you pass a few hours. It's relatively long, and it's cheap. So why not?
Exceptional
This is a HARD game. Take a wrong turn - get killed, take on an armed opponent without training - get killed. Blame it on the controls, but at the deep of your mind you know it is you who sucks. It was actually the first game that made me feel the great difference between initial fighting skills of my character and after I spent some points to improve his skills. The story is okay, classic "the world needs a hero" stuff, nothing very fancy, but still solid. The characters are great, and their interrelations are really interesting to follow.
The world is relatively small, but still it manages to bring up lots of breathtaking various vistas in front of you. It is truly open. however due to the difficulty level I mentioned you will unlikely get a chance to explore every area from the beginning. I think this is nice though, it helps to keep you intrigued till the end of the game.
The sounds are nice, the score is not remarkable but still ties the atmosphere together. Overall, it is one of the best action RPGs out there, and can easily stand up against the much more hyped Dark Souls series.
First, this game is not perfect. There are some perfomance issues and glitches. Sounds and voice acting are far from great, moreover sound design is strange (by that I mean the use of these sounds, like when the main character drops some lines it is funny at first, but they do it so often, that it annoys you really soon). Movement is too fast for some players. Enemies are like god damned ninjas - you never spot them unless they attack you. Not many weapons to choose from. Level design is okay, lots of secret areas to explore. So, why do I recommend the game? With everything said, it is still way better than other dumb-ass FPS titles around here after 2010. If you miss a good bloodbath with a good old rocket launcher in your hands - go for it.
Lost Sphear is an old school RPG by the guys who made I am Setsuna. However it is at most half as good as the latter. The fights are half real-time and quite fun, the graphics are 3/4 3D, and it looks pretty on a PC.
However, there are lots of things I didn’t like. First, there is no real levelling, you just collect various items but mostly they are useless. The recipe system, weapons and armour upgrades are boring. The story (SPOILERS AHEAD) is quite interesting until it hits a fake ending and after that feels very laborious.
So overall the game is okay, but it can’t compare to I am Setsuna and the things mentioned above bring it down to the ‘meh’ level.
While not as visually appealing, emotional or mechanically deep as, for example, InFamous: Second Son. Sunset Overdrive manages to do two things really well: it has one of the most fluid, combo-filled and exciting world traversal systems I've ever seen, and the selection of guns makes you unconsciously giggle like a child when you bombard hoards of OD (local zombies) with exploding Teddy bears.

And while the story is nothing special, the characters are flatter than the face of OD ran over by the train, Sunset Overdrive still manages to keep you engaged, giving you more weapons, more enemies, and even trickier terrain to navigate.

If you have an Xbox - I definitely recommend picking this one up, if you're into some light-hearted destruction filled with countless 4th wall jokes and backed by a decent soundtrack.
«Underrated»
This game started really nice, it looked like a Dirt 3 without all gymkhana crap, but only with rally races. There are also few landrush and rallycross championships, but it is like 10-20% of the whole game. The main frustration point of the game — its' length, it took 60+ hours to beat career mode, which is way too long. Dirt 4 is an okay rally-game, but if you like to finish every game stay away from it, you will be bored to death after around 20 hours.
«Game over at last!»
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