Recent reviews by ((((Semyon The Great))))

To be fair, you have to have a very high IQ to understand history. The politics is extremely subtle, and without a solid grasp of theoretical religion most of the ideas will go over a typical viewer's head. There's also Nietzsche's nihilistic outlook, which is deftly woven into history's characterization- his personal philosophy draws heavily from Narodnaya Volya literature, for instance. The history buffs understand this stuff; they have the intellectual capacity to truly appreciate the depths of these topics, to realize that they're not just important- they say something deep about LIFE. As a consequence people who watch Extra Credits: History truly ARE idiots- of course they wouldn't appreciate, for instance, the humour in Friedrich's existential catchphrase "God is dead," which itself is a cryptic reference to Turgenev's Russian epic Fathers and Sons. I'm smirking right now just imagining one of those Extra Credit fans scratching their heads in confusion as...

P2 is a FAR better remake, hardly feel confused with such a great introduction, the "familiarly alien setting" suddenly makes sense, actually too much sense in everything there

there is quite realistic sense of presence and town feels alive (no easy cheesy winning too), i'm not sure what other game ever made to that level - of not having pointless npcs that are even unrealistically ugly

the 1st old game was ironically praised by some, yet 2nd does everything better, what does that mean? that it didn't try hard enough, or seems as if they messed up even the little bits, which they realized years later; p1 intended mode feels like an overdrawn tutorial that is also a wild goose chase (p2 would be freeform, but otherwise hardened and definitely got me interested)

p1 had the town feel hostile, while it is COMPLETE opposite, it's almost some utopia, where people are innocent and naive... at least until disaster hits; NPCs are often silly beating bags that bore, but not here

the old 1 - doesn't even feel dreamy, just lame, unfinished - first thing your own character wants is to "leave this hole" (impossible); in 2nd - who would mind taking a walk? who would hate locals? it is remade as intended and you probably wouldn't ask yourself why are you doing it, why are you helping? it is all around natural, immersive if you will

(probably) unique: it's a 3D adventurous random "open" world with some terraforming (+lidl dark souls); building system is decent, your homebase gets attacked, but don't see it used for beauty / combat / utility, tis fortified camps

compared to some terraria - world is incredibly massive, but thus rather monotonous with few biomes; and it is one of most poorly tedious games to progress in, so that is not really fun, the "challenge" is mostly this tedium - try mine superheavy ores in a hostile black forest and then somehow painfully haul them to safety, that is the first steps

fps is easily awful, while graphics are laughable (also 20-30 fps is not really noticeable, maybe because animations are low effort? not a problem, but not nice) and draw distance is silly compared to how massive world is, i cannot even see my house from a nearby beach; many problems must have stemmed from being "coop" / mp game and thus getting "balanced" in horrible ways (maybe it could be fun coop, but that just multiplies problems, and content is limited anyway)

i was told devs basically didn't add anything of note in years; yet again i see decently popular developer buy a ferrari and leave

7/11, this game felt like it's telling me that it has no potential or future interest

you get 2 orbs in front of your face, game design which deeply resonates with my world view

usually i find a million flaws, but not in this one, not today, PoE's design is quite genius

it is simply fun / varied / long game to play, if you compare to D2(R) it's hopelessly outdated, while all the problems are fixed here

what were dumb class limits is made free for creativeness here - this is fine for casuals and a massive playground for total tryhards as well (though yes it is super complex eventually, and silly choices can be made)

apparently people play forever and often anew in even brief challenge leagues - which means it is fun to restart your progress, which can hardly be said elsewhere

it is an ACTION rpg and that means you have to dodge stuff, even as a mage - boss fights are intense - if played too dumb, you may die in literal tutorial start map, it stays freshly challenging

while it may have mmo-tier features - it is mostly played solo anyway (played some of ancient early access and seen a 2018 review - they'd note server lags, but now i haven't seen them and ping is better than in shooters)

the sole flaw to think of is fundamental - PoE must be the best time killer of all, even the greatest games could be barely capable of that, especially over years; i was amazed 10+ years ago and it still is amazing

i was deceived that this is finally some actual commander-state simulator whatever, it is not at all! just like in some "battle brothers" "tactics" - you cannot even tell your hyperkorean division to "finish this runaway hobo and pls stop revolters from taking your paycheck", which is instantly tedious from start to finish and there's actually no finish; it is a kind of state simulator - and it is kind of unplayable, especially starting with how much it throws at you; even after reading manual the esoteric mechanics were misleading and confusing

the brainless military has 0 independence or automatization like just about everything there and "characters / governors" actively sabotage you by randomly picking dumbest options in events and decisions you will wish you didn't have to guess to have a slim chance of some useful govt direction instead of total chaos and idiotocracy (maybe that's realistic though)

"Stratagems are complete plans and series of actions that allow you to complete vast swathes of micromanagement tasks simply and easily. This system can also help you respond quickly to a crisis or unforeseen situation."

that's like saying portrayed abstract spy points numbers will solve any problems and actually be relevant to playing the wargame; being realistic - your situation is near completely based on chance and your position could be losing one from the start, especially when there are barely any resources at all - this would be much nicer to see play out by AI as well

otherwise it is kind of interesting generator, but not very playable with all the micromanagement and random stuff that happens, hindering even the wargame aspect a plenty (and there's no "easy mode" or any stable mode to play, there is always a bunch of traitors you keep in a government as supreme commander for some reason, in a small scale scenario or early game - they can literally only betray you and backstab from middle of nowhere AND they're not even commanders); it is a self proclaimed complicated game, so there is no friendly modding or anything much possible from the looks of it; in the end it suffers from all the typical problems and poor efforts, usability, and tedium that is hard to enjoy

it feels like old classic resident evil, but first person and kinda realistic, but beware - it is EXTREMELY hard for small crews, with 8p max meaning 2 people is almost as bad as 1... otherwise it will be still a weird seemingly slow flow, yet being not fast enough and reactive can kill you near instantly, besides just infect fatally, it IS dangerous and that is cool among most games

the lighting and graphics are incredibly well done, so that you will hardly notice it is source engine from hl2, to which i normally feel allergic for some reason

it is generally enjoyable, guns are great, but some maps (maybe most of em?) appear to be supermassive with insane tasks and most likely tedious; but there are also simple maps like chinatown, which are somewhat straightforward and even solo beatable, which you should still count a miracle

a place where fighting some hyena is more interesting than skyrim, impressive, very nice

Am i ever going to play this game? Probably not.

Only when our children show the wisdom not to forge new DLCs - only then will we be truly triumphant

Our duty is to pass on what we've learned to the next generation, the memories, the experiences, the sins

We have no tomorrow, but there's still hope for the future. In our struggle to survive the present, we push the future farther away. I thought this day would never come.

Which means there is no time to waste. Someday the world will no longer need us, no need for the orders or the hand to pull the gold... That's what we will leave as our legacy.

But while we can rejoice, we must never relax.

The last DLC was released, that is a fact. But the knowledge that built it - is still out there. How long the world remains DLC free is up to us. Will this moment persist? Or will Swedish ambition cast our shekels into the flames once more?

1/10

basically X3 male experience, the only limit is the scale of your autism

not very challenging, but without going full master you will not win anything

THE VAST MAJORITY OF PEOPLE WILL NEVER AMOUNT TO ANYTHING. BUT YOU'RE NOT ONE OF THEM, RIGHT?

jeez... that one isn't phony

based and greekpilled, we're all gonna make it

to a whole new era ahead, of great reset