Последние обзоры The Logman

Outriders is a very fun sci-fi looter shooter that was just a blast to play through. Even though I'm not much of a fan of looter shooters, Outriders managed to do it in a way that I didn't find monotonous.
Here's a Pro's & Con's, to keep things simple.

+ Exceptional visuals.
+ Entertaining combat, both gun-play & class specific abilities.
+ Great audio.
+ Amusing dialog.
+ A good variety of enemies.
+ Fun 3 Player Co-op mode.
+ Cross-Platform. You can play with those on XBOX & PSN.

- Mediocre story. While it isn't "bad", I do feel like there was room for improvement.
- Game has been out for 3 Years. Hasn't had an update for around 2 Years, despite it saying it was released on the 8th of Feb 2024. (Edit: This has been corrected - Store Page is displaying correct release date).
- Frame-rate drops.
- Not much of a community. Due to the aforementioned time that it's been out, many people who were interested in the game, have already played it, thus meaning if you wanted to play with random people in Co-op, likelihood is that you won't find many to play with.

Generally speaking, this game is very entertaining & worth the money if you enjoy these types of games. It's fun both solo & with friends. I personally got 120hrs out of it, after hunting all the achievements, so I believe it's worth the price I paid for it, which is what it's currently being sold for, at £25.
If, after reading the reviews, you're still having doubts, give the demo a try.

There are very few games out there that have made me think "Holy Sh*t" right off the bat, or made me want to instantly start a New Game+ run, right after my first completion. Yet, The Last of Us (Part 1) definitely did.
The game wastes no time in hitting you in the feels & will remind you what emotion feels like, because quite frankly, the story is a roller-coaster of emotion.
There's a good reason why they made a TV Show on it.
Now here's a Pro's & Con's list, because that keeps things simple.

Pro's:
+ Impeccable Story. Every character is unique & adds something worthwhile to the story that's hard to replicate. The main game & the "What We Left Behind" DLC took me 24hrs to complete. There's a variety of factors like collectables, optional dialog & harder difficulties that may make the game longer depending on your skills.
+ Great Audio (SFX & Voice Acting).
+ Awesome Visuals & Cutscenes, plenty of opportunity for awesome Screenshots.
+ New Game+ Mode / Speed Run Mode / Permadeath Mode = Replayability.
+ Performance - When the game released, I heard a fair few bad things about the games performance. I've had no issues with it. I spent 5 minutes waiting for shaders, but that was fine. You can literally make a cup of tea & chill while you wait.
So, to put it simply, there aren't many (if any) game breaking bugs, minor glitches or bad textures. This game runs pretty smoothly now.
If you're curious as to what I'm running the game on, my specs can be found at the bottom of my profile.

Con's
- Was a PSN Exclusive for far too long. (Isn't really a con, just displeased it took this long).

Conclusion
I haven't really got any bad things to say because I've had no minor or major technical faults with the game, nor have I got any bones to pick with certain aspects. Everything seems to be beautifully crafted & honestly, I wish this came to PC sooner. At least I have something to look forward to... Part 2!
(Get this game at any price, you won't regret it).

All the games, every season & every episode in one convenient location.
Fantastic story-telling in an amazing universe, with memorable characters.
If you've enjoyed the TV Show or the games before, appreciated similar styled games like "Life Is Strange" or generally enjoy "Choice Matters" games, then I'd recommend this 100%.

The only negative thing I have to say is that I lost all my progress when upgrading my PC (Even when Cloud Sync was on).

Gotham Knights is a game that I've found enjoyable in both, Single-Player & Co-op on my first playthrough.
This, is coming from a guy who struggled with the Batman Trilogy. I've found myself glued to Gotham Knights though for some odd reason.
(To be noted: Aside from the fact it's DC, Gotham Knights isn't connected to the Batman Arkham Trilogy).

Pro's:
+ It has a rich main story that is lore friendly.
+ Interesting side characters & optional side missions with memorable villains like Dr. Freeze, Harley Quinn & Clayface.
+ Plenty of different factions & enemies to take on, from The Mob, The Regulators, The Freaks, to the League of Shadows & The Court of Owls.
+ Great Graphics, Cinematic Cut-scenes & Audio. Voice acting is top quality.
+ Large map to do a vast amount of crime fighting in.
+ Challenges & Trials which test your combat proficiency & Traversal speeds. This can also provide you with extra gear modifications & visual cosmetics (Like a fancy new crime-fighting suit).
+ Can be enjoyed solo, or with a friend.
+ New Game+.

Con's:
- Epic Online Services (EOS).
- Movement & combat can feel very fluid, yet very janky at the same time. It's honestly a little hard to describe.
- When playing Co-op, your partner's character doesn't appear in cut-scenes. This is kind've important to me (but maybe not so much too others), because it slightly breaks the immersion to have Batgirl suddenly appear out of nowhere from a Cut-scene that only showed Nightwing. (Just as an example).

There aren't that many cons in my opinion because I genuinely believe that this game is quality & worth buying at a 30% Discount. I'm 33 hours in & haven't finished the main story, but I can definitely see myself replaying this game several more times in the future.
Worth it, 9.5/10!
(By the way, thanks for the gift Slug!)

I Idled this game for an hour just to say that this is straight up ♥♥♥♥.

Midnight Suns is one of those games that I was unsure about, as the genre (Turn-Based Deck-Building Strategy) wasn't something I played before. However I gotta say, it's rather spectacular, entertaining and opened up a whole new avenue of games for me to try.
Here's a Pros & Cons list.

Pros:
+ Customisable main character. Ability to customise team-mate outfits. There is a fair amount of customising in this game.
+ Wide Variety of Heroes / Anti-Heroes to choose from (Iron Man, Ghost Rider, Deadpool, Blade, Storm & Spider-Man to name a few). With plenty of villains to match.
+ Exploration - Before & after mission exploration, allowing you to learn some lore, gain collectables, improve friendship levels with other heroes & improve heroes abilities and outfits.
+ Plenty of abilities, unique to each hero, allowing you to find your perfect play-style.
+ Voice acting is top notch.
+ Visually pleasing to look at.
+ Great story, great writing. Deadpool & Blade is a duo I never realised I needed until I played this. Combines humour and seriousness rather well.

Cons:
- Noticeable FPS drops in certain areas (The Abbey to The Yard / The Abbey to The Forge areas). Mostly smooth everywhere else.
- Certain dialogues overlap. (Listening to 2 different people talk at the same time). Rather sporadic when it occurs.
- Only one mission per in-game day. It'd be nice if I can do 2-3 missions a day before having my heroes rest. Instead, you're forced to rest after 1 mission.
- Pricing. The best edition which includes the season pass & a few hero customisation options, is a bit pricey at £90.

Overall, as a game that's introduced me to a whole new genre of games, I'd say it's definitely worth playing.
Although with how pricey the best edition is, I'd recommend buying it on a discount of 40%.
10/10 worth it!

Sea of Thieves is a very entertaining game, but has some downsides that can make it rather unappealing to some people. I will break it down in a pros & cons list.

Pros:
+ Great with Friends (Total of 4 crew members on the largest ship, including yourself).
+ Plenty to do (Quests, Treasure Maps for that Looty Booty, Fishing, PVE Plundering).
+ PVE is actually rather entertaining and rewarding.
+ Large map. Plenty of islands, outposts & secrets to find and explore.
+ Safer Seas so you could go into a private session to do Tall Tales or get to know the game mechanics.
+ Guilds. Allows 24 players to join & work together to gain additional rewards. Also allows ship sharing.
+ A few different ships for different crew sizes.
+ Variety of tools, weapons & ammo types to utilise.
+ Customisation options for both the ship & player.
+ Pets (Dogs, Cats, Foxes, Parrots, Monkeys). Plus, if you can afford to spare the ancient coins, outfits for the pets.
+ Sea Shanties. Need I say more?

Cons:
- PVP in all areas. I've been attacked at sea, spawn camped on my own boat, ambushed at an outpost where I was trying to sell my haul of loot & tricked with the "Alliance" System. There is no passive zones, or passive mode upon spawn with a "x" amount of time before you start taking damage again, which is rather annoying.
- Sea of Thieves has a rather crappy community, some people will avoid you or be nice to you, but most will try to kill you just for sport & the slim chance of loot. I've spent 30mins in a session, just fishing & chilling, winding down after a busy day & people have literally killed me for fish. Fish for crying out loud, which can barely get you 1K gold!
- Useless reporting system. Can't report racism, griefing or any type of harassment without a video of it happening. Most reports without that get ignored.
- Less enjoyable by your lonesome. It's not terrible, it's just better with friends.
- Safer Seas (Private Sessions) have a slight waiting time to them & aren't as rewarding as normal sessions. (Gold gains are reduced significantly, no emissaries & level gains are capped).
- Guilds are a thing, but being able to set sail with multiple crewed ships on the same server from one guild, from my knowledge, hasn't been implemented.
If you have more than 3 friends that you want to play Sea of Thieves with, in the same server, be prepared to do 20Mins+ of Server Hopping.
- Requires a XBOX / Microsoft Account.

Conclusion:
Generally, I do believe this game is pretty awesome, as for 6 months I continuously sank time into it. But while communities can often make games, in the case of Sea of Thieves, it can also break them.
I've played solo & with friends, I've joined random people via the official discord & met some really cool people on the high seas. However, these cool people are far & few between.
Rare makes it more rewarding for people to be douches towards each other & that for me is quite annoying because I often play to chill out, not compete with others for loot that I've already worked hard for.

So all in all, if you're reading this review, I'd say this game is worth buying, but only if you've got friends to play with & whilst it's on a 33% Discount or more.

The only thing that's great about this game is the Zombies. Classic & new maps.

If you're playing it for the campaign, you'll be disappointed with how it doesn't really tie into the previous games that much.

If it's multiplayer you seek, you'll be disappointed again with how dead it is. If you manage to eventually find a game, it'll only be ruined by cheaters.

Zombies is love, Zombies is life (Or undead, in this case).

I wrote this review before the game got delisted, I've now edited it because the review needs to reflect that status & why that happened.

The important questions that needs to be asked:
Was this a good game? Sort of.
Could it be improved? Most definitely!
Will it be improved? Probably never. Support for the game ended on September 30th 2023.

The Marvel's Avengers game was a promising concept, as the MCU has been enjoyed for years & the Marvel's Spider-Man games by PSN is beloved by many gamers, including myself. The problem with Avengers however, was implementation.

I mean, the campaign isn't exactly the best. It hasn't drawn me back to play more or even finish it. I've put 12hrs into this game tops.
The main problem was the fact that the games story doesn't even focus on the Avengers story as a whole, but focuses more on a lesser known "hero" called Kamala Khan who spends majority of the time fan-girling over them. While you are able to play as majority of the heroes from the Avengers, I feel like the focus was primarily on Khan, which I found to be pretty boring.

When I returned to the game once more, it was actually to try out the Co-op mode with a friend. But, with the main menu being how it was, making co-op rather inconspicuous, trying to actually play that without spoiling too much of the plot right off the bat was honestly a pain in the rear end.

With all that said though, I'm still going to leave a positive review, where I should usually leave a negative one. Simply because when I saw "Marvel" my standards went astronomically high & this game is simply mid at best.

This game has been delisted, highly unlikely to ever return. If you ever wanted to buy this game, you've missed your chance to buy it directly through Steam.

I've been a fan of the Sniper Elite titles since I first played V2. Owning all of them, including the Nazi Zombie Army titles & going so far as to buy this game even when my PC wasn't capable of running it.

The campaign is good, definitely entertaining, but I feel previous titles like SE3 (Africa) & SE4 (Italy) had done a better job with the story-telling. Co-op was a fun experience and I look forward to trying out the Invasion mode (If people even bother playing it). The game has Cross-Play which is great if you have friends that you want to play with on Co-op, but have decided to be lame and go for consoles. Although cross-play probably isn't so great for multiplayer (Aim assist and all that).

I haven't really found any bugs in the game, with the only noticeable recurring bug that I've found is when you take-down an enemy, some of these NPC's decide to clip through the floor / walls and disappear.
Another issue is the auto-saving. You will have to save regularly, (With F5 / Pause Menu) as the auto-saving isn't good at all.

The scenery is great and the graphical detail is decent, but there is some things that need fine tuning, like NPC's often being stuck with a ridiculous face whilst unconscious or dead.
Even though (In my opinion) there's a handful of disappointing things with this particular title, I'm definitely enjoying the story of the game and love the idea of non-lethal ammo & mines.

This is a game that should essentially be bought on at least a 30% discount because really, it's only a 7/10 at best.