Recente recensies door SwearinAaron

I won't lie, I bought this game for the black profile background.

But then I decided to actually play it, and I wasn't disappointed!

In layman's terms, it plays like Guitar Hero but progression gradually speeds up.

It's a real workout for those brain muscles, and I can appreciate that.

Not a bad purchase for a dollar and some change.

It's SMITE 1 in Unreal 5 with more reasons to spend money, that's it.

This game hardly feels different compared to it's predecessor. As usual, the changes were over exaggerated by whales and content creators that wanted a game to be successful because they have nothing else going on in their lives. Pathetic.

As somebody who has 1,000+ hours in SMITE 1 and spent hundreds of dollars on the game, I will not spend a single dime on SMITE 2, and I doubt I'll play this game much. Maybe get on to stomp the newbies once or twice, but that's it. I'm only here writing this review because it finally went free to play.

I've said it before and I'll say it again, Hi-Rez is a greedy scumbag company that got lucky with one game and wants to milk their player base as much as possible.

Do I recommend SMITE 2? absolutely not. The game itself is solid, but in terms of investing time and money, you're much better off playing DOTA 2 or League of Legends (As of writing this)

Maybe I'll update my review if Hi-Rez ever comes out and apologizes for being a greedy scumbag company, but I doubt that'll ever happen. They're no different than most of these corporate gaming companies.

EDIT: There's ZERO chance I change my review now. These losers banned me from their forum for speaking truth and calling them greedy. LMFAO. Awful company.

I honestly didn't expect much from an early access Kickstarter game, made by a Developer that unexpectedly lost their CEO a few years ago, but here we are..

Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen has been a pleasant surprise for me, and seems like a true successor to EverQuest.

This game definitely has a lot to improve on, but the core foundation is solid. As long as the Developers keep supporting this game with updates, while staying true to this style of MMORPG, I have no doubt that more and more people will pick it up.

R.I.P Brad McQuaid, he'd be proud of the progress Visionary Realms has made so far.

His legacy lives on within all of you.

It's Overwatch with Marvel characters.

However, this game lacks the balancing and map design that Overwatch has, which puts Marvel Rivals in a weird middle ground with shaky potential for competitive play.

In my opinion, I feel like this game could've been much better if the developers actually had a creative touch and aimed for their own style of gameplay for a more unique experience. Marvel Rivals should feel more like a superhero game instead of a Overwatch clone, and it doesn't.

Despite the shortcomings, I still somewhat enjoy this game and recommend it.

It's hard to argue with a free to play game featuring Marvel characters and decent PvP. It's an even better experience when you play with friends.

In its current state, Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 is extremely buggy and missing a lot of essential features for a modern game released in 2024.

Despite that, it's a very fun game to play and has addicting game play mechanics that feel rewarding to execute.

These developers have a great foundation to build upon in the coming future, lets hope they deliver.

I typically love medieval games, but I can safely say that this game isn't for me.

1. The combat is slow and clunky.
2. The characters, dialogue and story is extremely boring.
3. The game runs very poorly.

Maybe one day I will give this game another whirl, but I doubt it.

This is the best Souls-like game I've ever played.

My initial experience was on PlayStation 5, and I cleared the game multiple times. So it's very unlikely I'll match that play time on Steam. My backlog is way too big to replay this at the moment, even though it has great replay potential.

Do I recommend this game? Of course!

Elden Ring won multiple Game of the Year awards, and I bought it twice.

What does that tell you?

If you've never played this game before, you should as soon as you can.

FYI: Expect death if this is your first Souls-like experience.

Bad server and progression system.

This game isn't worth the time nor energy to play it.

So here's the thing.

It's not that I think Assassin's Creed Valhalla is a BAD game, it's just a game that I can't recommend to people.

The only great thing I can say about this game off the top of my head is that it's pretty to look at. That's it.

Besides graphical quality and fidelity, the game underachieves in multiple facets and feels like a poorly made copy+paste of Assassin's Creed Odyssey and Assassin's Creed Origins.

The combat in this game feels very bland and unrewarding. Half the time, it feels like I'm just flying around, beating enemies to death with sticks. Except they're not sticks, they're very dangerous looking weapons. But I suppose looks can be deceiving? The flow of combat feels awful, and this is especially true during sieges when enemies keep endlessly spawning to make sequences feel more important than they actually are. Also, the combat animations suck and don't feel like they have any impact.

Moving on to the story, it's lackluster at best. It's so lackluster that I can describe it in a few words, without spoilers! Go to new area, befriend leader, solve their problems, repeat until everybody pledges their loyalty to you. Then proceed on to very anticlimactic end of game. Does that sound like something you want to spend 100+ hours to work towards? It sure doesn't to me.

Now the open world aspect of the game, or the 'big empty' as I like to call it. What does that mean? It's exactly how it sounds. The world feels big, open and empty. There's a few villages and enemy outposts here and there. There's even a few side activities you can do like stacking stones, or solving puzzles by walking around aimlessly until marked statues align perfectly, but does that sound fun? It certainly wasn't fun for me when I completed all of those activities and cleared the map. It was very, very tedious and boring, and felt very pointless and unrewarding. This is not how you build an open world. It feels dull and lifeless.

Should I even bother mentioning sound design? A lot of the side characters in this game sound the same. All of the NPCs besides shop keepers speak gibberish whenever you run by them. Music tends to start playing at the most awkward of times, and character dialogue often doesn't sync with facial animations and lip movements. It's almost as if half the people your character speaks to in game, had a stroke shortly before they met them.

How about I mention game animations? NPCs randomly T posing, NPCs getting stuck in place, NPCs floating, stiff movements, getting stuck on objects, inconsistent parkour, lazy assassination animations like swinging your hidden blade at a sleeping guard's foot and somehow killing him with just that.. oof.

I could go on for hours mentioning things about this game that rubbed me the wrong way. But then again, I've been gaming for years and my tastes are a bit more refined than others. I'm aware that what bothers me in video games, may not bother the average joe who works a 9-5 job, 40 hours a week and only plays video games 30 minutes a day. Understandable.

Maybe my assessment on Assassin's Creed Valhalla is a bit harsh, and that's fair. But honestly, this game feels like it was developed with zero passion to me. And that sucks to say because I've been a fan of this franchise for years.

Do I recommend this video game? Absolutely not.

Wait for a better installment of the franchise, go play a different game, or if you're new to these games; go play one of the older titles.

Solid game, but I truly believe it would be 10 times better without the vampire mechanics.

It's cool at first, and adds a unique dynamic, but it does more harm than good in my opinion.

The need to avoid so many harmful elements constantly gets annoying quick.

Despite that, I still recommend this game.