Recent reviews by SmartButLazy

Hardest Game I have ever played in years. This really brings me into the genre of RPG Souls Games (Elden Ring, Dark souls). Glad It won game of the year in 2024 on steam, disappointed Astro Bot won game of the year at game awards 2024 instead of this masterpiece.

Game-play: This game is really difficult, it tests your patience, your planning, and most importantly your reaction timing. Min-Maxing is a "Key" aspect of this game. you need to make sure to are leveled up enough and strong enough the Different bosses as you progress throughout the game. Farming EXP is a "MUST" if you wanna at least have a chance to beat the next boss. The bosses are not lenient in this game, once you mess up a dodge or a combo, You are greatly punished with the boss destroying 3/4 of your health. Some bosses are easy though with thorough planning and excessive dodging. in Conclusion, PLANNING IS KEY, really love the stat upgrades with the different armors they offer. Using your skill Points wisely and strategically is another great aspect of the game, "AGAIN" related to "PLANNING" and "STRATEGIZING"

Story-wise: As someone who has read the "Journey to the west" Books and watched a few movies and some explanation from family. This game has a accurate story telling and writing, sticking it's story close to the books and movies. The scenes were phenomenal, really great graphics. Really Enjoy Being "The Destined One", and acting like i am The next "WUKONG". at the time i am making this review, i have only played up to Chapter 2 of the game but the story is great so far!

Overall it is a 100% Recommended In my book. As a first timer to RPG Souls games. This inspires me to try other games like this such as Elden Ring and Dark Souls!

After Beating this game with a very good friend of mine. I can say that this game is amazing.

Game-play: Just Like "A Way Out" It has great storyline, great character development. Really Love the Interaction Between me and my buddy throughout playing this game. We worked as a team and make use of our special abilities given to us each chapter. Like people always say, 2 heads is better than 1, i can say strongly that this game really put that 'saying' into action. Really Love working together with my friend and it really made our time enjoyable on this game.

Story: Story was amazing, Love that The Married Couple end up finding out the cause of their problems in their marriage. Thanks to Dr. Hakim, their Marriage gets fixed along the way across 19 different chapters! Really love these types of heartwarming story games. The fact that it is a co-op game makes you feel like you ARE "Your" Character!

10/10 Would recommend and i can see why it won Game of the Year in 2021. Really good game if you wanna have a chill and relaxing time to bond with your close friends.

Need For Speed Unbound Is the Worst "Need For Speed" Game I have ever played. I Hate it to the core. I can give my valid opinions as i am a Game completionist who 100% achievements so i know what affects players.

Game-play: The Driving Mechanics Is Super Horrible. It does not have the same feel as "Heat" Or Payback, Instead the e Brake is legit dog sh*t. Fast Travel to garages is not even available compared to the older need for speed games where you can travel around the map and save some time. Vehicle Use is so limited. I really dislike the Car Tier Race Feature, Why cant we choose any car we want for Online And story mode playlists? Why is there a need for weaker cars. Utter Bull Sh*t.

Story: Story was decent, However not as good compared to Heat And Payback. It was just racing until you get into the final boss. Where as Heat The story was more of Farming Money to eventually race the big cars. Street Racing Scene Is not as hyper as the "Heat".

3/10. PLEASE DON'T BUY THIS GAME UNLESS IT IS 80-90% off. IT IS NOT WORTH UR TIME AND MONEY. MAKE THE OLDER GAMES LIKE HEAT AND PAYBACK MORE ACTIVE!. Unbound Is a utter Disappointment.

Been waiting for this game for 2-3 years to come out to PC and i can say I am glad to finally experience this masterpiece. THIS IS MY UPDATED REVIEW After playing it for 324 Hours worth of game.

Game-play: I really really really love the combat mechanics, the different stances make a very strategic thinking process to decide which to use for different enemies. "Standoff" combat is my favorite aspect of this game, especially when you max it out, it makes you look really cool. My favourite thing about this game is the Assassins creed Vibe of the game, using stealth and Wind Chimes to distract enemies really made me plan my moves before executing. Another thing i like is the outfits, it is customisable to your liking, crafting and buying gear items heavily relies on looting which is another great feature!.

Story: This is my updated Review after beating the main story. 29/5/24. I really enjoy doing the side quests from start to finish, the side stories were really fun to pass time and chill. Mythic tales side quests was another great aspect of the game, i really enjoyed unlocking every single special ability such as "dance of wrath" "Heavenly Strike" And "way of the flame". The reward for playing these mythic tales were really worth it and it made me powerful as the ghost in the game. I really like the character development of Jin Sakai, From being a honorable samurai to Being a lone wolf Ghost Hunting down every last mongol!

downsides: I know people are complaining about the PSN linking to the game to play multiplayer but for me it is not a big deal since i already have an account and i don't mind linking it. However, i do have to agree with some people who dislike the game cause of the PSN linking required to play multiplayer, i can see why they are unhappy but it should not be a reason to hate on the game itself. HATE SONY NOT THE GAME NOR DEVELOPER. SONY PUBLISHED THIS...

Overall this game is definitely a 1000% recommended to play! Trust me you won't regret! Definitely Deserves Game of The Year But unfortunately it did not win.

Hell Divers 2 is a really great game. As a Halo Fan. This game really took heavy inspirations from halo. However, It brings its own innovation and ideas and turned it into its own story and game-play. SUPER EARTH FOR THE WIN!

Game-play: Game-play is great. I love the movement mechanics and the weapons in the game. Special Abilities are also a great aspect, the Support items you choose for your mission is heavily reliant on what you or the team needs (if you are playing 4 players). Wrong Support items can heavily be a burden if chosen wrongly. I also love the fact That the drop pods drop exactly like Halo, The soundtrack which follows after is also a great hype to prepare my mind for the mission.

Downsides: The only complain i have is the Leveling system, maybe make it easier for players to farm levels and weapons so we can deal with the missions easier alone.

Here is what i have to say after a long time, if you did not know recently Hell divers 2 had a PSN Linking system which angered a lot of players as they do not trust Sony. However, We as a community did it! we removed the requirement to link/create a PSN account to play this game!

PS: my review was Negative/not recommended at the time of this.

But since then i forgot to make a proper Positive Review for this game!

Overall It is a 100% recommended in my book! 10/10 Rating!

Ok I am updating my review today on the 29/4/2024. This is a updated review from Release day. I am still giving this a negative review for now but ill recommend it cause it does not deserve the hate, it is a great game. Ok here we go, On Release Day it was really bad. I could not open the game at all, had to remove some epic online services file in order to play which i find really stupid. It should be a steam related files only in order to play, why involve third party?

Positive Note:

Gameplay: I really enjoy the story so far as of playing the 9th mission right now. Really Love the realism of weapons breaking easily, it gives you the satisfaction of saving your Overpowered weapons and replacing broken ones with a new one. I Really like the looting system as well. The Zombies are well tuned to what specific level you are in the game, And your friends can have a sense of difficulty even though they are max level since the game tunes their health to your own level and the damage they do is lesser as well, makes the game quite fair.

Specs: So far, my Pc has not run into any lag issues. Game runs smoothly but every time i start the game it tells me i am not connected to epic online services which is irritating. Thankfully, i can still play online with friends.

Overall This game is a 50/50 but i do recommend if you are only playing for story. I give this 50/50 because of the issues i ran into on release day. other than that it is a great game. However, It can be better, so i am gonna give it a recommended on my review for now.

This Is my review after 100% completion.

FYI: I made this review 1 month after i completed dying light 2, so review may not be as accurate.
I finished dying light 1 before tho, just did not go for achievements.

Honestly when i first played this game, it was really thrilling and scary, I had to use small XP Techniques to farm XP just to level up my character, so i would feel powerful. That is how scary this game is.

Mechanics: I really enjoy the parkour system and the chase sequences. Really like the use of guns and melee weapons in the game. Grappling Hook was the most fun Tool In my opinion x)

Game-play: This game is a real thrill seeker if your into that, really intense and gets scary at night. That is the main factor i really enjoy in Dying light 1. Story is quite good, i would not say its as good as dying light 2 but i still loved It. I really hope Techland gives dying light 2 "The Following" DLC like in this game, when they release DLC 2. This was a really good aspect of the game as a continuation to the main story. I think that kyle crane's voice actor was really great too!

Overall it is a 100% recommended to play this game! And its Sequel Dying Light 2 Of Course :)

Here is my 100% completion Review.

As a person who has played finish the first dying light game. This sequel is amazing to its predecessor.

Mechanics: I really enjoy the new parkour system and the new night-runner tools that that they give us as we progress the story. In Dying light 1, getting around the city was really easy all you had to do was use a grappling hook to travel across obstacles and zombies. In Dying Light 2, You have to full rely on the "Kyle Crane" blood in you and parkour across Old Villedor And Central Loop, any mess ups and you die. I really love the grappling hook 2.0 which allows you to swing across big gaps like spider-man, Really enjoy using the paraglider as well.

Story: The story was really good. I like that the choices you choose affects the outcomes and consequences. Deciding on who to give water to for example, you can either choose the "Peacekeepers" Or "Survivors". This will determine how the different groups will treat you. As an enemy, or an Ally.

I Like that Techland is always working on the game, Fixing bugs, giving us new things to enjoy. Really Love the New "Guns" DLC. Brings back the Dying Light 1 Vibes. Can't wait to see what they bring more to the table in the "NEW MAIN STORY" DLC 2!

Overall It is a 100% Recommended that you should play this game for yourself!

Overall, decent but chill game.

Gets boring when you do not have any friends to play with.
Game is fun with friends that's all i can say, gets boring after a while though

Decided to just farm achievements for this game and uninstalled

i only can giver you a 50% recommended for this game :(

Overall It is great game.

Really good story, Love the character development of both characters from becoming inmates to becoming brothers looking out for each other to betraying each other at the end. REALLY GOOD PLOT TWIST!

Mechanics: love the fact that you can work with your co-op partner to decide certain outcomes and strategies. For example, take the starting prison section, one person distracts a guard. The other player steals the chisel to bring back to the cells. Communicating with your co-op partner to use teamwork to play the game is a really fun aspect of the game.

Overall it is a really chill and fun game that i totally you play with a Friend/Family member!
I 100% recommend it