Recent reviews by Sgt Gyn

The 5 characters from the season pass 1 got leaked a while ago.
Imo they should have been in the base game to begin with and 25€ is a bit too much for what it is. Wait for the big steam sales.

- Hagoromo
- Isshiki
- Kurenai
- Kawaki (Karma)
- Boruto (Momoshiki)

I'm still waiting for many old Naruto Storm 2 characters to have their moveset updated, and missing characters that already have a 3D model and some animations added to the game. Perhaps some ideas for Season Pass 2 if there is one in the future and the game doesn't get abandoned before.

- Adult Konohamaru
- Anko
- Shizune
- Kurotsuchi Tsuchikage
- Chojuro Mizukage
- 7 ninja swordsmen of the mist
- Izuna Uchiha
- Pakura
- Gari
- Kinkaku & Ginkaku
- Shin Uchiha
- Urashiki
- Code
- Eida
- Daemon
- Chocho
- Shikadai
- Inojin
- Metal Lee
- Shinki
- Mirai
- Yodo
- Karui
- Samui
- Omoi

- Short Review
I've been playing every storm game since storm 1 on the PS3, and I feel like storm connections might be the worst entry in the naruto storm saga imo. I feel mocked and disrespected by CC2... Storm 4 is far superior to this half baked game. Please don't get scammed and buy this DLC on sales only.

- Longer Review

- Story mode is low effort and tons of content was cut.
- You can't invite friends in online mode and no crossplay in 2023
- Still 0 punishement for ragequitters in online mode
- 10 more characters for 59.99€
- Anko, Kurenai, Adult Konohamaru, 7 Swordsmen, Pakura and more still missing
- Old characters still not updated with new moveset since Storm 2

I also want to talk more in depth about the changes and new mechanics, Because I sincerely believe they are terrible and killed the competitive aspect of the game.

- Chakra is almost infinite now because the regen rate is absurd and you also get passive chakra regen, so good luck pressuring an opponent out of his chakra this ain't happening.
- Ninja tools are infinite now, they just have a cooldown and you can pick the characters with the most OP ninja tools and switch it for another character when the game start and profit of unlimited op ninja tools.
- They removed the tilt and chakra shurikens making most characters who where fun and special to play in storm 4 super boring to play in connections.
- They removed justu customization (War tobi can no longer use fireball jutsu like in storm 4)
- Infinite combo and cancels are easier than ever, 0 skill is involved and super frustrating
- Invincible frames on some ults/jutsus giving unfair advantages to some already op characters
- Ranged characters only are dead (Temari, Utakata, Deidara and the rest)
- Some awakenings are beyond broken
- The damage on some jutsus makes no sense and is not balanced

Conclusion : This game is dead on arrival.

GOTY 2023!

Blizzard removed Overwatch 1 from my battlenet library and forces me to downgrade to Overwatch 2 because of the "new graphics, and amazing new PVE mode planned" and of course the PVE mode was scrapped and the graphics didn't really change... so this game have no real reason to exist besides milking my wallet with expensive microtransactions and battlepasses.

- F2P live service garbage filled with microtransactions.
- PVE mode scrapped and that was the whole purpose of OW2.
- Matchmaking is broken, the usual silvers vs top 500 masters.
- Blatant cheaters still undetected (wallhacks,aimlocks)
- Toxic community, BM and throw the game because tilted.
- Sweaty playerbase, you can't relax and have fun even in casual.
- Clowns that lock a character, then demand you play X for them.
- Meta slaves even in casual, people only use top tier characters.
- Everything will cost you money, battlepass, skins, characters.
- 99% of skins locked behind an expensive paywall, 2 skins = $32
- Battlepass costs $10 or $40 for 2 skins + 20 tier skip... that's insane.
- "PVE" small story missions now cost $15
- Devs don't understand their own game and release terrible updates.
- The tank role became the most unfun thing to play ever.
- Balancing is terrible, you will see the same characters every game.

In conclusion: The game can be fun at times but the toxic community, empty promises, terrible anticheat, and Blizzard scummy business tactic deserves all the overwhelmingly negative reviews on steam.

Bought the deluxe edition to annoy the LGHDTV+ community.
11/10

Terminator: Resistance is clearly a love letter to the fans. It's made by people who love and understand the Terminator franchise far better than any of the movie writers since T2. If you are a fan of the Terminator franchise this game is a must buy! The best Terminator game ever made - 8/10

Pros:
- Extra packed with fan service.
- Fantastic OST and very respectful of the original themes.
- Vehicles & weapons audio sound great.
- Weapons are satisfying and fun to shoot.
- Immersive storytelling and character development.
- Good blend of exploration, stealth and gunfights.
- Great post nuclear holocaust LA. visuals and accurate portrayal of the Terminator universe.
- Infiltrator mode DLC and Annihilation Line DLC are fun to play.
- The game runs very well.

Cons:
- Story mode is only 8 - 10 hours long (without DLC).
- AI is easily exploitable.
- Skill tree and crafting are functional but feel very limited.

Personal Score - 3/10
I wanted a Kingdom Under Fire 2 that felt and played like the classic OG KUF with today's graphics and updated mechanics and what I got is a soulless Dynasty Warrior MMO. KUF2 is not a bad MMO but the community/devs are already dead in less than a year and the only guys running around won't even interact with you. Sadly the "RTS" elements are practically non-existent so if you like the classic OG KUF you will be very disappointed playing this game. I don't know why the devs killed the single player game that was originally planned for KUF2 instead of this MMO garbage trend no one likes.

Pros (+)

- Not P2W (all cash items are cosmetic)
- Character Creator
- Hack and Slash part of the game is okay
- Fun until you reach LVL30
- Wide variety of units for the player
- Runs smoothly


Cons (-)

- Soulless game and it starts to get monotonous really fast.
- Community and Devs are dead
- The game looks a bit outdated and feels clunky
- Dialogues and story is nonexistent
- Main Character can change every battle in his favor without the help of units
- Locked gender classes in the Character Creator
- Far too much different currencies in the game
- The grind is insane
- The gear you pick doesn't even show on your character unless you pay for skins
- RTS elements are practically non-existent
- AI of allied units is dumb and some of the units are broken compared to others
- Cracks (daily activity) is ♥♥♥♥

Conclusion : my disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined.

Personal Score - 8/10
If you want to play a great mix of Hack and Slash and Strategy combined with RPG elements set in a fantasy world this game is for you! It's a super underrated OG Xbox game that came out in October 2004 and It's still super fun to play even today :)


Pros (+)

- Very good PC Port (No FPS drop or graphic bugs in my experience)
- A great mix of Hack and Slash and Strategy combined with RPG elements.
- Wide variety of units, each offering a different gameplay approach
- You can play with 3 different armies (Humans, Orcs, Elves)
- You can customize every soldier and main characters with weapons and armors and they change ingame
- Keyboard and Xbox controller support
- Memorable characters design
- Music
- Mods

Cons (-)

- The game looks and feels a bit outdated nowadays but mods will probably fix this :)
- Dialogues and story forgettable
- The camera ingame can be infuriating, slow rotations and can be blocked by environmental clutter.
- Shaky cam during cutscenes
- AI of allied units is dumb
- Maps with massive difficulty spikes
- Your units can sometime get stuck or run in circles after having received an order
- Minimap is bad and sometimes can hinder some UI/HUD elements
- Enclabossa monsters are the most boring/unfun thing ever :/

I wish I could give this game a neutral review.

Pros:
Smite is a great game that can get super addictive. I love the concept of mythological pantheons fighting against each other. The camera that is closer to the player model unlike other mobas is cool and makes teamfights and skins more cool looking.

- Super addictive and fun
- 3rd person camera
- 100+ gods from different pantheons
- Multiple game modes and events
- VGS system is easy to learn and practical
- God mastery system

Cons:
However, I think the Smite community and devs are not the best and bring the potential of this game down. Hirez have probably one if not the worst technical support I have ever witnessed... your account got stolen? Some CPU bug triggered the anti cheat? You answered in a bad manner to the wrong person? Bye bye your account and money, It's gone for good. You will never get help from Hirez support, just stupid automated messages that will waste your time. Anyways, here is a summary of everything I dislike in this game -

- Toxic and un-welcoming community, expect BM and VGS spam
- Terrible matchmaking, ranked/casual gamemodes are a mess
- Ragequitters, afkers, feeders on purpose are not punished
- Clowns that instalock and then demand you play a character
- Insane amount of meta slaves even in casual
- Easy anticheat is one of the worst AC, expect bans for no reason
- Radarhack, aim, speedhack cheats undetected, as usual with EA
- Lack of item build variety, some items are op compared to others
- Popular game modes removed for no reason
- UE3 spaghetti code, performance issues and tons of bugs
- Devs make unnecessary changes that break the game
- New gods have bloated kits and uncreative direction
- Servers are trash since 2012
- Super expensive skins and locked behind gacha loot box.
- Always the same 5 gods that get skins, the rest are forgotten
- Your Smite1 skins won't transfer to Smite2, rip your money
- Hirez doesn't invest into Smite fully
- Lack of marketing, pro scene and resources for the game
- One of the worst technical support I have ever seen

In conclusion:
Smite is a great game, but sadly it's in the hands of a greedy uncreative company with a terrible technical support and the very toxic community will most of the time make the game unfun to play.

I love CS since I'm a kid and it really pains me to see it in this state.

- Cheaters in almost every game (Internal, External, DMA)
- VAC Live is not enough and doesn't seem to catch most cheaters.
- Reporting cheaters feature doesn't seem to work.
- Players boosted by cheaters are not punished.
- Griefing report system is being abused by bad actors.
- 3K+ hours accounts matched against lvl0 smurf/cheater accounts.
- Premier matchmaking ELO teams unbalanced.
- 5 stacks team matched against solo randoms too often.
- Forced to play against players with 90-130+ ping every game.
- Fake 20 yrs old Steam accounts bought on Ebay everywhere.
- No region lock for Turkey, Russia and China.
- Most community gamemodes have disappeared.
- Impossible to hold angles now, peeker's advantage is too strong.
- The community became super toxic even in casual.
- Every player have cheating paranoia and hackusing/reporting easily.
- Scammer accounts trying to steal my CS2 skins everyday.
- Legit players banned because of bad CS2 updates.
- Some game breaking bugs that can get you stuck or CTD.
- Tabbing in 4:3 bug, screen flashing between the game and desktop.
- RTX 2080TI performs poorly in this game I get fps issues/stutters.
- Sound from footsteps direction can be hard to locate.
- Hardcoded 64 tick, no 128tick.
- Hit registration is better than before but still needs work.
- Spraying feels weird and random in CS2, not sure why.
- Weird grenade collision on some maps like Ancient.
- Smoke grenade doesn't extinguish molly instantly anymore.
- Player collision that can get annoying on some maps like Inferno.
- Missing maps cbble, train, cache, assault, militia, tides, chateau.
- No new content since CS2 release, hopefully next operation.
- CS:GO + all my 167 achievement deleted from Steam, oof

I have faith that the future AI anti-cheat Valve is working on will be a huge help against all the CS cheaters, but I think that an intrusive anti-cheat might be the way to go in the future. Every online multiplayer game is plagued by the same cheating problem and intrusive anti-cheats seem to be the most effective way to dealing with them. I hope everything I listed above will get improved or fixed in the future and I will update this negative review into a positive one.
Fingers crossed Valve doesn't let CS die.