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I have quite mixed feelings about Nioh 2.

On one hand i really do enjoy it. It has such a pleasant combat loop , probably one of the best out there. There's plenty of content,build variety,decent sound and visual design. Cherry on top is a very robust PC port which is a not a given these days anymore. Besides having to do a single adjustment outside what is expected i had no issues whatsoever and game optimization is top notch.

On other hand... Nioh 2 is epitome of too much of a good stuff. It is severely bloated with very weak story to tie it all up. There's so much recycled content here. They even recycled content from a first game which wouldnt be so bad but with previously mentioned already recycled stuff feels cheap to say the least. There's like 20 hours of actual content here and then 80 more of pretty much just replaying stuff. Nioh 1 had that too but in a completely separate end game section which was optional.

Anyways i do like it , i also can easily recommend it but at the same time what could have been an exceptional game , one of the best in souls-like is merely a good game. Which is a shame.

Wow... i cant remember when it was last time i was so disappointed in a game.

Coming hot after just finishing TEW 1 and absolutely loving it i was so hyped to play second one but somehow it manages to take everything first one did so well and throw it away just to replace it with generic semi open world,crafting,clunky controls,broken stealth,dialogue trees...

I dont know what happened behind the scenes, maybe TEW 1 didint sell well enough , maybe something else but man did they delt this game rough. Yeah TEW 1 had some issues, but it was solid, well paced, tighly crafted survival horror experience while TEW2 is some Ass Creed wannabe sabotaging absolutely everything first game built upon.

A massive let down.

Introduced microtransactions ( thing which dev said will never happen ) and broke server browser in same update so you cant play anymore.


Disaster.

Unplayable due to constant crashing.

CS:GO ran like butter.

Hello there , please treat what follows less as a review but more as just couple of scattered thoughts i have about this game.

When RE 3 Remake came out it had this cloud of negativity . A lot of people claimed that it fails to live up to expectations set by RE 2 Remake , and they were right. This is no RE 2 Remake. I'm by no means expert or a seasoned RE player, i only got into franchise recently but after playing RE HD Remake,RE 2 Remake and RE Revelations i can safely say that RE 3 Remake is a RE-lite.

I cant compare it to the original 'cause i have never played it but Remake is a way more linear and action focused than RE 2 Remake was. It is still a very enjoyable game with high production values,smooth gameplay,perfect performance and everything like that , but it is way simpler and easier than RE2 Rem was. Is it good or bad? I can't say. What i can say that even though it is third installment ( chronologically , if we speak about main line ) it seems like a good entry point for people because it sort of touches of what real survival horror looks like , without pulling all the weight of it on you directly.

I do like it. It is way less stressful experience than RE 2 Remake was. But it also lacks that impact RE2 had. It is like lower stakes lower reward situation.

All in all , enjoyable time but i can also see why a lot of people didint love it too much. If you are after that pure survival horror thrill , this is not it.

Baldur's Gate 3 is simply amazing game. There are plenty of reviews which is praising it to high heavens and they all correct. Yes there are couple of bugs here and there, but for a game of this scope that is absolutely understandable. I'm really happy to see how much hype this game got because for once game actually managed to deliver on it. Only partially objective criticism i've seen was that it feels more like Divinity Original Sin 3 than Baldur's Gate 3 , but for someone who absolutely loved DoS 1 and 2 that is exactly what doctor ordered.

But more importantly than how good of a game it is , is that it is a giant middle finger to whole modern gaming industry. And judging from launch numbers people really appreciated what Larian Studios did here. I could never imagine that turn based deep RPG will see almost 1 million players on launch, but here we are and we are better for it! Long live Larian, long live actually good video games.

Horizon Zero Dawn is definition of DULL. Not BAD mind you , just good ol' plain DULL.

After roughly 25 hours in i feel like i have exhausted everything mechanically and gameplay wise this game has to offer and while visually this game still makes me stop and admire the view once in a while i see how inherent shallowness of whole experience is starting to set in.

I've chosen to play on 'Very Hard' which keeps the combat section of game pretty tense and kind of carries it on , because you pretty much just die in a single hit , which in turn makes one think, strategise , and in general take most fights as serious as one for the end game boss. That whole thing would be great ( and can be great at times ) if not for honestly quite wonky hitboxes and teleporty behaviour of enemies. Invisible walls around objects ( for example you cant send arrow in between two poles a meter apart because there's invisible wall there ) limits you in using your enviroment as a tool in combat. Getting constantly stuck on objects and dieing because you couldnt roll out of the way is also a big headache.

Games does run , sound and feel quite good. I had 100+ fps on 1440p everything absolutely cracked on quite modest RTX 3070 / R5 7600 combo. Occasional hard crash to desktop , but overall a quality PC port.

Worldbuilding,story and writting in general borders on cringe. I'm just probably spoiled by RDR2, Witcher 3 and others but HZD felt... stupid? I mean it has a good setting , i was interested in what has happened to the world, but NPCs , main character , side characters just feel plastic. In more than one way. It felt so videogamey , it is hard to describe.

This is Ubisoft game not made by Ubisoft in conclusion. Just checklist of accepted openworld things to be included in game the video game. Is it bad? Nah. I will probably slowly grind at it , because it is never offensively bad or anything , it is just so .. uninspired ,you know?

It's not a Dirt Rally but it is also better than contemporary Need for Speed games.

Lasagna with spinach out of 10.

What follows is my personal subjective opinion. I'm by no means authority on all things Doom , but i have played every Doom game except for Doom 64 so i feel like i have a right to one.

Doom Eternal is a great game , but it also is severely over-designed game. We have this mentality that sequel to a game or a movie HAS to be bigger and has to be "better" and i put better in commas here.

Core gameplay is still great in Doom Eternal , arguably even smoother and more 'flowy' than in Doom 2016. But amount of added mechanics,gimmicks,side mechanics is just too much , man. And i blame that 'bigger/better' mind set for this. You have jumping puzzles ( i absolutely hate them , i didint come to play uncharted , thank you ) , too many upgrade currencies and systems ( RPG is my favorite genre but that is not what i come to play Doom for ) , we have a hub now and i so on and on.... This is not what Doom is. I want to kill demons and unwind after a long day at work , not ponder what to invest one of ten currencies to and which +1% damage upgrade to choose. At this rate third entry will be open world game with side quests and crafting system akin to Ubisoft open world game.

I feel like they got formula well enough first time around with enough modern touches for contemporary audiences whilst keeping the core of what Doom is. We are Doom Slayer , we came here to rip and tear through hordes of Demons , not to stare at endless amounts of upgrade options. And this is where my biggest gripe with Doom Eternal resides. Let me tell you a short story . I'm playing on Ultra Violence , that's how i always 'DOOM' . I was doing one of those Slayer Gate things , i died , which is okay since i'm on Ultra Violence, and i got prompted this message in essence saying that maybe i need to upgrade my equipment more and comeback at later time... and that is there Eternal really tickled me wrong. Doom is no longer about skill , Doom is about being right 'level' now. And no ,this is not what i want from my Doom experience.

There are way more things i could point my finger at but that would make this review excruciatingly long , hence how overflowed with unnecessary fodder Eternal is.

I would like to end with saying that i dont hate this game. I will probably continue playing and having decent enough time not to feel like i wasted my time or money on it , but i also feel strongly that they are going the wrong way and i hope that 3rd entry ( if there will be one ) will get back to more pure and refined formula , rather than jam game full of modern checkboxes .

Thanks for reading. Comments are welcome as long as they have something of value to add.

Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion is a real Dark Souls of ..... vegetable themed... dubious financial activities ...games?

In all seriousness Turnip Boy is an excellent little game which is way more polished and good than it has any right to be. I was ready to write it off as charming yet a one joke pony but despite whole financial joke is more or less kept through out the game there actually is hidden ending,collectibles, DLC which introduces endless dungeon and so on.

Art style is simple yet gorgeous , soundtrack varied and fun and a whole game is simply infused with love and fun.

One Important thing to mention though is pricing. I have received this as a gift, so functionally this was a 0$ game for me so my judgement of value is highly skewed . Would i buy this for 13$ ? Probably not. There is hardly 2 or 3 hours of game here. But those 2 or 3 hours are really fun and charming.

See ya , Turnips :)