Recent reviews by Nimbus

On release it was a buggy mess with potential. One year later an update comes out that makes the game look like it should have on release.
However with an overinflated store cost for new battlegroups and a pitiful and greedy merit system, forcing people to pay with cash to get what they want because otherwise it would take almost 2 months of free grinding, hard focusing on the challenges.

The only way I can make my review positive after I wasted my good faith on buying this game, is they have to at least add merit rewards to finishing games like in CoH2, start releasing battlegroups and content like you promised and fix those ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ prices in their store. Because let's be honest as gamers. We love skins on our stuff. So if the prices were lower they would have probably sold a lot more.

Fun game, definite upgrade from Payday 2 but Payday 2 has 10 years of development at this time. So give it time to grow and it may well surpass Payday 2. It does need some QoL like being able to unready or a better join friends function but it feels in a good place.

This is written as the servers broke and a lot of review bombs drop. And in their good right as the servers should have been stronger. However it still get a thumbs up from me as this is inherently fixable and the game play is still above some triple A games. So yeah.

I'm going to put a No on my recommendation but hear me out.
So first off about style and enjoyment. It is definitely there. I enjoyed playing the game. The customization was sweet. The cars are great. However you can find a million reviews like that on youtube and down here. I just want to put my 2 cents down on the bad.

• AI racers. They are either incompetent or get access to the plot engine of needing a tough enemy to race against. If you don't META choose your cars. You need to lower that difficulty or hypertune it. And let's just say that money is definitely a problem.
  
• Cops. From the HEAT system that makes the races 25% management gameplay to make sure you will not have your behind clapped during the night races up to the fact that you can get rid of the cops as skillfully as you want. They will have that Helo on you like a vulture. and you will need to sit under a bridge for 15 minutes because the second helo will hover over you after the first one runs out of fuel. And did I say that the bastard never spotted me? They always know where you are. There is no gameplay involved anymore. Just run. Flee. Cops will come.
  
• Will admit that I like the toughness and fight against the police, as well as their undercover cars are actually undercover. However the perma tracking even if I'm just doing a photoshoot is complete BS
  
• Music. I know I am considered an old fart for playing 2005 MW. But that was music. Carbon had music. Pro Street had music. Undercover had music. This is nothing less than torture in the playlist. What diversity quota BS chose these?
  
• Tracks. Simple. You have so much opportunity. And you stay with the same 10 races through the entire game. I am surprised how creatively dead the parkours are except like 2 of em.

Now the next part is about the story. It had potential. So much ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ potential. Like I was actually excited with the premise. And it not only went downhill. It followed the Polestar 1 down the bridge of HEAT. It would be a mercy if the writer was removed from any further jobs in the field. I assume another Diversity quota result.
Spoilers in the Spoilers [duh]

So we start learning the game. Your first car, made with a friend. you race, she is your wingman, breaking the silence. not a bad thing. You earn your way to upgrade that beauty. Slick new bodykit. It feels perfect.....
And when she gets calls from a guy called Alek, that has jobs for us... Well, you already start feeling something is off. You are not sure but damn this feeling is strong.
Your wingman, your friend, helps that guy to steal all the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ cars of your adopted father's garage. Leaving him on the floor, almost run over and basically almost losing his business. and she stares at him trying to lie that she didnt know. Only to be seen through instantly and driving off with your sweet ride.
A bit longer thanks to the open world driving but a nice set up for a revenge story of getting your car back.
Yeah if only.
so after 2 years you somehow find yourself in a race meet as an Uber. only to see your long disappeared friend with your car throwing down a tournament with Heats basically. Which has the aforementioned problems. So long story short and a couple of weeks of frustratingly deliveries with self proclaimed witty characters everyone hates. Except Rydell, he is a dad joke machine but he cool.
You finally get that cutscene you were hoping for. Your sponsor that suddenly acted distant and was there for the betting money. Tries to fix the race between you and the traitor. Great it can go both ways. The traitor betrays Alek group and realizes her mistake and we fight against this final boss. OR We race it out one final time without tricks.

She still freakin believes in Alek and apparently DURING THE FINAL RACE she decided that she was dumb because racing is fun. Great. You win. Get your car back without any problem. you get the money without any problem. And that B* shows up at the garage, doesnt even properly say sorry for ruining your lives and all characters on screen start laughing and we are all friends.
To quote Vegeta from DBZA of Teamfourstar.
"You ruined it. You ruined it and now I'm leaving."
I closed the game and just could not get myself to open it.
Just like I thought HEAT rushed the ending too much, Unbound feels like a Feelgood story with diversity quota's in the development. And all I got was headache and disappointment.

Oh and dont even look at multiplayer. They thought they were being smart with spreading the 2 but you might as well just play heat with your friends. At this point it is the better game.

War of the Human Tanks is a very good game, especially if you like visual novels. Though you can skip it if you want and just play the game, the gameplay is also very good.

Gameplay:
It's a mixture of moving chesspieces over the field and shooting like the old battleship games. The moment your tank get hit, the part of the tank that was in the spot dies. Amazing system to put in and especially with the tanks needing time to connect before getting orders. It makes it that it is harder to interprit when and where the enemy will move, or if you are fast enough to move in, destroy and move out.

The story:
Though not everyone likes anime and chibi, the visual novel that makes the story is a mixture of comedy, action and the feel of war. They made a good combination with every time a change in how you feel. One moment you can laugh because of the silliness, and be impressed by the actions of the game, or even horrified by said actions.
Though I want to keep the story spoilers to a minimum I must truely say that the 4 endings all have a different feel. You can't help but love the game if you like the anime/chibi story style.
One downside, I would have loved it if the characters actually spoke the texts, even if it was japanese which I can't really understand. But it gives so much more realism then just reading it out loud yourself.

Conclusion:
Though the story could use more voices the game overall is still a big yes for me. The gameplay is easy to understand and exciting sice you have to pay attention everywhere. Knowing your enemies is the key to victory in this game.
At least 9 out of 10. And that is only because there were no voices in the story, except in the battles, which is also nice.

So for the people who want to try it, download the demo, think for yourself and say o yourself it is worth it or not.
I hope my review has been good enough for you, and maybe see you on the battlefield.

See ya,
NimbusX
-United we stand, devided we fall-