Senaste recensioner av Shen

It was... alright. Perhaps I have much more jaded tastes than is typical, but it seemed very tame to me. Almost vanilla. For a game with demons involved, it felt like it was missing the more "depraved" or "extreme" sexual acts. Even taking a "dark" path was really not all that dark, or racy.

It was solid if, to me, WAY too mild. I really wish I knew how to make games, it feels unfair to criticize. At any rate, excellent visuals, decent dialog and voice acting. Curious to see where the story arc will go, the 'end' felt like a hard blind turn, sudden and rushed and is hopefully to be fleshed out in a part two.

All considered, I simply legitimately enjoy playing the game. It is a good balance of easy to learn with enough upper end complexity to keep one engaged. The range of ships is generally pleasurable and they make a solid go at keeping balance and play-ability in mind.

The only real addition I should like to see is a harder lean into solo/PVE content, PVP is just not my cuppa but I deal with it because so many of the currencies are tied into that mode of play.

Another Note, is more clarity in the Naval Battles, I often find myself having a hard time discerning just what sort of points I am aiming for and I really REALLY wish that the gains were NOT limited to base earned, but total earned. I am a 'filthy casual' and always will be, that said I would like to help my fleet-mates a bit more and simply cannot get the base numbers to even pull a single star. So getting the little buffer of the boosts at least at the low end of the ranks would be lovely.

For recommended, they need a maybe button. The game was very good, haunting, delightfully creepy and I did not , technically, finish the game.

From a narrative sense I did not see how Nichole would seek the resolution she did, her conversation with the attorney, her saying what she did not seem to jibe with the other details that I will not share here. Suffice to say, I could turn on the radio, but not engage the gear. That is not in my own nature, so I may never truly 'finish' the game if that is the only option.

I understand the need for a bit of railroad here, given that there is a story to tell, however, if there is no clear route to a 'good' end... then I would have to pass on this one. If there is feedback, or if there are other endings I might play through again. Honestly I hope there is, because 6 hours of playtime? That is very, very short.

Lastly, all the drama about this game. Is over-hyped. It is atmospheric, and spooky and it hints at some thematic elements, in an almost insultingly vague way. So, unless you are very, very sensitive to suggestion, you will find no trauma in playing this game. I am almost disappointed in that, but then, only rarely does a game, movie, story, etcetera live up to the outraged hype people give it.

Maybe 7 of 10, depending upon more depth, details or other endings. So this rating may be revised.

Come Home is quite good. Solid story, a lot to do and a lot of optional content. I am curious to see how some of the arcs will work out. I like being able to choose how you address people and how they refer to you, it allows a bit more customizable flexibility than other titles.

Nice diversity in personalities, features and types and thus far not heavy handed in pushing certain themes onto the player, giving a very easy opt out option for all the characters. I would like to see some optional darker, more fringe kinks or fetishes as I am more than a bit jaded, but that is not a make or break sort of detail.

All in all a very pleasant and fun story game that I will be watching for updates.

So, while I admit I only played for about an hour, that is sort of part of the problem. I did not encounter any glitches or glaring bugs my issue was far more insidious.

It was way too boring. This is from someone who enjoys The Sims, Going Medieval, Crusader Kings and other similar titles. I mean, I could not make a character that was 'mine' in any meaningful way for a start and then we went into the story, getting the Inn, dealing with the basic premise and the introduction of the potential allies and the mechanics and the gradual growth and development of the inn amid the varied obstacles and it was about as engaging as a plate of dry biscuits.

Also, good lord that first 'caretaker' *cough* Tavern wench... she was a pipe smoker..aye.. like every 2 minutes she would utterly stop working for like 5 minutes and just sit and smoke right next to the patrons, ignoring them completely. As soon as plausible she was fired and replaced with workers that actually worked.

Then make sure to get a wash barrel...and clear off that bush near the loo, oh and get out to the bandit camp, but also clear the stairs and hide the fact that we are serving wine without buying wine, speaking of...did you buy more wine yet? Make sure to rush deliver it as the one barrel is gone on the first twelve guests..

Plenty to do... but still not engaged enough to bother doing it. I may try back later, we shall see but right now it does not really stand out in the genre in any way.

All in all yes, it is a solid game with generally fun arcs and character growth.

My only real complaint is that I wish they would either let us make custom characters for the main story arc OR give us more to do as solo players in the Online game. So far, even the online missions marked as being for 1 to 4 players are IMPOSSIBLE to solo and from a narrative standpoint is sort of formulaic and a letdown to have literally EVERY mission basically be, "Go do this thing, "Oh Noes, I am betrayed/It is an ambush" Followed by getting whittled to pieces by a hundred consecutive attackers; oh and if you leave the immediate area you lose; oh and you have 4 minutes to do it; oh and you did kill all the rival gang? Well here is every cop in the city now, so choke on a D**k and go pair up with some online players.. who also will most likely kill you.

In short, it needs to be a little less forced multi and a LOT more Introvert friendly. Tired of 'You must be on a public server to do that" for anything involving income in game. Even advertising your Nightclub is death.

Lastly, if I am the Owner/VIP/CEO why the HELL am I the lackey, doorman and shlub driver for every lowlife in the game?! Real life gives me that, let me live a little as a spoiled rotten Overlord for a bit... I promise it won't cut into your profits Rock Star!

How can you not love Civilization? I mean know that is not much of an informative review, but then this is Civ. It is literally as old as Time, as a legacy game goes you know this one.

For those of new to gaming and perhaps just starting with this genre, it is an empire builder, turn based and one of the finest ever made. The vast array of different leaders and nations to play, the diversity of maps, rules, win conditions and settings is wide enough to make for some serious long term appeal and then add in the scenarios and this is a game that one can replay almost endlessly and still find new things.

My only real complaint would be the AI difficulty settings, but with the caveat that I think it cannot be helped. The challenge is increased basically by allowing the AI to cheat and I have never enjoyed that approach. There are a lot of people out there that insist that Deity is "easy" to beat, but I am just not seeing it; I like the Marathon play setting and all that seems to happen in any difficulty King or higher is that the AI nations end up decades ahead of me in tech and then on top of that somehow magically pull more units out of the ether just as I am getting them whittled down and that gets old fast.

A fun little building game, some hitches in the explanation of how things work; Such as the Power Generators needing to be on separate circuits rather than just daisy chained as in most sim games. Decent story in the campaign setting and engaging challenges to sort out, though some of the solutions feel a tad spoon-fed there are often little nuances that make it better to think it through yourself and anticipate needs before the scenario springs it on you.

So far enjoying the changes and the story arc. Sometimes a little too fast and easy to get overwhelmed and killed still and the AI is way too persistent when chasing. My tastes lean a bit less toward open world MMO/PVP and more toward solo play and small co-op runs with actual friends in the private servers. Speaking of the private servers.... a bit more control and authority there would be nice as it is *my* server, so perhaps some console support and the use of external mods without oversight. Let us customize it to our preferences.

Well, I loved it for the most part.... the graphics and animations and general story arcs all wonderful, but I gotta say, without any spoilers..

It is a game I will never finish. I refuse to make that choice and it is a really terrible design to force that.

All happiness destroyed...no matter what. I play games to escape from that not confront it, real life has given me quite enough of those.

UPDATE: Only took me nearly a year to emotionally detach enough to come back to it. Yeah, A game I know, but hey I do Immersion well.