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Guys I don’t generally drop games before I platinum them especially if they are open world games. Crimson Desert started as a great experience and felt like it was going to be my new Favourite game but it’s just getting depressing at this point. Empty feeling of exploration everywhere I go, in fact horizon zero dawn you could read peoples journals or shards if they called it iirc which made exploration feel kinda rewarding since it meant you could learn something about a character. Here all npcs and more or less place holders, few randoms that actually have white dot on the minimap mean they can actually share some extra dialogue other than the customary greeting and I interacted with a lot of them and they were reused information tid bits at best no new information or lore. The game is amazing at a few departments which carry the game to being mid at best. Like the start where you are almost dead and revive in the heavens felt like a great launching point for a character like kliff that wanted to build back the camp and gather the team. Everything is good until it’s not and it clicks you slowly and gradually that the game doesn’t get better anymore.

The graphics are really good as well and combat clicks eventually but by the time it clicks you are just too strong for most bosses so boss fights don’t feel rewarding slashing through enemy hoards becomes monotonous after a point.

Some puzzles felt really well designed on the other hand many were really tiresome to do with the solution being easy but the janky controls but it feels rewarding for the amount of work that was put in.

Like many said it’s kms wide but only inches deep.

I think this is like an advertisement of their engine capabilities like they showcased so much that’s possible where unreal would struggle sadly the game lacked story telling through world or its characters or its narration.

So basically story mid, exploration mid (exploration for the sake of skins on your gear, puzzles mid), combat good but mostly easy since boss fights really have 2-3 moves that you need to understand.

I think imma stop playing I’m at 180 hour mark.

Hope you guys enjoy it more than me because it had so much potential.

My experience with this game left me with a lot of feelings and memories of a time in my life when nothing mattered. Finding myself in a nowhere place and discovering everything about myself and this game really screamed that! I love the music accompaniment with the changing of chapters which also had a great control of the emotional weight of said chapters. I know I'm not poetic and my review will leave more to be desired, this isn't a conventional review, this is a piece of shit I am choosing to throw at the wall.

I would give this game an 8/10, nothings perfect but if you score it too high it doesn't feel right. You got to leave room for more.

As for the ''is it a game or not'' I argue it is an experience, for the people that have similar experiences and for those who don't. It is a beautiful way for everyone to share in the moment of what this game has achieved. Sure its not punishing and their is no failed attempts. things just rewind for you to try again and that's not life. But it is a slice of media handcrafted people who just want to slap their sticker on the face of creativity.

Upvotes and downvotes be damned.. This is my fucking Sistine Chapel!

just played the MOTORSLICE demo on PlayStation and honestly my mind is blown, this game is such a hidden gem i cant believe more people aren't talking about it. the mechanics feel so good and the performance is super smooth, and the world they built inside this giant brutalist megastructure is genuinely beautiful to just look around in. even the combat is way better than i expected, its fast and satisfying in a way i haven't felt from a game in a while saving the best for last tho... just try the Motorslice ability and thank me later. demo is free on PlayStation you wont regret it

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I have complicated feelings toward Kingdom Come: Deliverance II. When I finish games, I am usually eager to write, feeling as if the game sets up a conversation between its creators and me. KCD2 did not elicit this response in me, sadly. There were aspects of it that really intrigued me, but on the whole, I find it hard to say much about the game. It is full of content, but void of meaning. It is a massive game, but its core thesis is incredibly weak.

Now that it has had some time to settle, my thoughts on Hell Is Us.

The Good:

-Excellent lore and history. Hadea is a fascinating place and every time I entered into an ancient ruin it was so exciting to see what murals and painting the place had and explore the country's history. This was legitimately one of the best archaeology simulators out there.

-The Civil War was absolutely unrelenting. The developers did no shy away of try to sugarcoat ANYTHING. The absolute worst of humanity was always on display alongside people trying to simply survive or even help. This is possibly one of the best portrayals of a civil war in fiction, as it not only shows it to you, it lets you walk into it and interact with it.

The Bad:

-The combat was at best functional and unimpressive.

-The level design was extremely unintuitive. I know the developers said that they wanted the player to feel lost, but they missed the mark. I never felt lost in a good way. It was almost always "I know the way to the place I need to go was here somewhere". There was no threat to worry about to make being lost exciting, which other games, particularly soulsikes, have absolutely nailed. This was the equivalent of removing all road sign and markings and calling commuting exploration. To top it off, the levels where conceptually cool, but very monotone internally to aid in the exploration. A cave with 6 branching paths that all look like more cave does not help immerse or excite.

-The path blockers. This gets its own section because the amount of obstacles that were impassable was extreme and the type of blockers was insipid. How do i get over this pickup truck? How do I get through this already damaged glass door? How do I get to the other side of this knee high fence? The entire level design would break like a twig if we had a jump button.

-Far too much backtracking. I should never have to approach a puzzle and go "Am I meant to solve this, or is the clue in a different part of the country in 10 hours?". It does not incentivise actually exploring the area and trying to figure things out.

-The story. There kinda wasn't one. The world and lore were brilliant, but the story was plain and anticlimactic and the main character was especially uninteresting. The ending in particular screamed "We run out of time".

In summary some very high highs, some extremely low lows, and the majority was fairly middling. I can safely suggest this for people who want to experience cool lore and probably diehard Remedy fans, but that’s it. At least it gave me some visuals that will stay with me for a while. - D

Hey Legends, the reality of an average player on Apex, hope you can relate !

Check out my full review and first impressions of the PVE update! I enjoyed checking this one out.

Cthulu the cosmic abyss is a horror puzzle game with no horror and bad puzzles, the game is choppy and runs quite poorly. The voice acting is just ok. Now, for the real bad stuff. You can almost never die in this game unless you fall through a hole or something, there are no chases, no stealth sequences, and frankly no atmosphere. So you may be asking "wheres the horror?" well im asking that too cause it does not exist. Visually the game has nothing to ride home about, the puzzles are extremely frustrating and are a slog to understand, especially if you want the good ending, which requires even worse puzzles to reach. Frankly it doesnt even feel cramped or isolated, it doesnt feel crushing or give off vibes of thalassaphobia. It just has nothing, and was a complete let down. 2/10