Story: We need to stop Jack from opening the vault and killing everyone. Big "part" of the story is game humor, but I'm not a fan. In the end, for me, story of this game is on the level of average FPS game. Enough to justify killing others, but nothing good.

Gameplay: We kill enemies, get tons of junk weapons (with hopes for something good), do fetch quests. So nothing much. Game was clearly designed for consoles. There is simple experience system, but it takes ages to level up. Mostly because doing all the side quests will make you over leveled for the main quest, and all enemies will give whopping 1 exp per kill). Maps are big, but rather empty and filled with invisible walls. There is no fall damage which makes exploration faster. Weapons are divided into groups (shotguns, SMGs, ARs, snipers etc) and are further modified by the company that made them (explosive damage, shooting speed, accuracy etc.) So it's easy to find your preferred weapon and look for it in the drops. There is basic trading between players, but it's clunky due to console menus. Driving mechanics is the worst I ever saw in a computer game (you drive in direction you point mouse at, not where you press directional keys).

Graphic, music, bugs: Game did not date well. But fact graphic is so simple is an advantage here - it looks better than "realistic" Skyrim for example. Music is forgettable. And apart from invisible walls (and collision problems associated with it) and some weird ragdoll game is bugless.

Story: Our character wakes up in a room and need to leave the Maw. Along the way we discoover what Maw is and what it does. There are no dialogues or text to read or listen, so story is learned from what's happening on the screen. But in the end it's nothing deep or innovative. I was disappointed in how shallow it turned out to be.

Gameplay: Game is a mix of light platformer, puzzle and a bit of creepy atmosphere. But it's neither platformer, puzzler nor horror. Many compare this game to Limbo and Inside. But while Limbo had nice puzzles, that focused a lot on trial and error; and story in Inside was not entirely predictable - LN does neither have unpredictable story nor innovative puzzles.

Instead we get puzzle with really basic design, platformer with control and perspective problems, story that is average, and stealth that's barebone (hide under table to not be visible - that's all).

There are few chasing sequences that are frustrating due to controls and checkpoints that are too far apart. If I already beat chase sequence and died shortly after due to badly timed jump - I should restart after chase sequence. Not before it.

There are two types of collectibles, but they do not unlock anything. And as you need to restart whole level to grab them (not possible to pick checkpoints inside the level) - it feels like a waste of time to start level anew to find collectible we missed.

Graphic, music, bugs: Music is really nice, but there are graphical problems with character models and animations are sometimes wonky. Controls are sometimes wonky, which should not be a case in a platformer game. And game was randomly crashing for me to the desktop.

Story: We need to stop nasizsts :D Story is predictable but still enjoyable. We can read optional diares and letters to learn bit more about characters background, or listen enemy talks that comment our previous actions.

Gameplay: Stealth is possible, but game was certainly no designed to be played slowly. We get passive bonuses for using weapon in certain way (killing x enemies with gattling gun will allow us to carry it in our inventory, killing x enemies with last bullet in the magazine unlocks faster reload etc.). Like in other games in the series we can use double weapons, find collectibles (that do not unlock anything). Enemy AI seems a bit lacking, as they can get stuck behind the cover.

I found climbing mechanic interesting. Instead of approaching wall, pressing E and then pressing W to climb we need to interact with wall, and then alternately click left / right mouse button to climb. Releasing button makes our character take the pipe out from the wall, pressing the button bury pipe in the wall. If we hold both buttons both pipes will be in the wall, if we lose rhythm and release both buttons - we fall down. I think this kind of mechanic could be used in Tomb Raider series.

Graphic, music, bugs: Game is bugless, but graphic feels a bit dated. Especially rocks or some foliage looks like taken from Skyrim. But character and weapons models are of higher quality. Music is fine.

Story: Enemies stole princesses and we go on the quest to save them.

Gameplay: Action sidescroller. Playable characters use various blunt / sharp weapons and magic to kill enemies. Each map ends with small or big boss. We can "equip" a pet that gives us passive or active abilities. Experience is not shared among players and granted in weird way - you get one experience point for each hit you make, not for damage dealt. So game promotes spamming light attacks to grind experience. Leveling up gives us ability to invest points into strength, health and magic. We can find burred weapons or get them from enemy drops. But they all feel the same when using, no bigger change in gameplay between using default sword and lightsaber.

Graphic, music, bugs: Game is bugless, music is fine. Graphic did not age, but some backgrounds make it hard to localize our character when there are bunch of enemies around.

Story: No story.

Gameplay: We control the ball and need to use physics (momentum, moving platforms etc) to beat the level. Each level compose of 3 sub-sections with checkpoint at the beginning of each level. But as levels are short - game is not punishing for dying. We can make ball more sticky to the surface, accelerate it or reverse gravity. But not all abilities are available on all levels.

Graphic, music, bugs: Game is bugless, music is ambient. Graphic is quite barebone but fits into overall game atmosphere.

Story: Hourglass time-pieces get sucked out from the spaceship, and without them our character is unable to fly further. So they are stuck on the planet, collecting lost time pieces. Plot is not amazing, but good enough to make kids entertainment. Not adults though, as it's shallow and villain is too obvious.

Gameplay: Game levels are unlocked in certain order, there is no real free roam mode. We start levels from our space ship, and they are boiled down to "find hourglass on this level". Some levels (like Mafia Town from 1st act) will be replayed like 5 times. While levels from Movie Battle are somewhat unique, but at the same time really small.

On levels we can collect yarn, coins, tokens and gifts. Yarn gives ability to unlock new hats and abilities. Coins are used to pay for badges that modify gameplay a bit (coin magnet, grasping hook, treasures radar etc). Tokens are used on ship slot machine to unlock new outfit colors, hat designs and music. Sadly there are less tokens than available prizes, so it's not possible to unlock everything. Gifts unlock relic pieces, and if you already have all the relic parts - they will give tokens instead. Relics do not do anything useful apart from unlocking 1 - 2 extra hourglass pieces in certain act.

Character can jump, wall jump, dash and attack enemies with an umbrella. Some parts of the levels need certain hat to be accessible (like dweller hat which gives ability to enter into spirit world for a few seconds). There are clear holes in the gameplay, as developers started to work on some feature, then dropped it, and did not remove idea from the shipped game. E.g. there is ability to change weapon, but there are no other weapons in the game. Some levels were unbeatable due to low FPS on my laptop. Thankfully devs implemented normal console with cheat codes, so you can use fly to get on otherwise inaccessible platform. EA or Ubishit would throw them into in-game shop under "time savers", and ask you to shell out cash for them.

Graphic, music, bugs: I did not encourage any bugs, apart from wonky camera work near to the walls. Graphic is fine, same as the music. Nothing to go back in the future though.

Story: Our to-be-herose need to save the world from evil demon. Game has a lot of references I didn't get, and humor I did not found funny.

Gameplay: This game has friendly fire, so it's easy to kill other players... which I did a lot :hehe:. It's isometric action game where you move around with one mouse button, attack with equipped weapon with other and use keyboard to make spell combinations. No jumping, hiking, dialogues or choices to be made. There are 8 elements, each is assigned to different key. Pressing key for water + cold will produce ice, shield + stone will spawn ring of boulders etc. It is interesting, but I was constantly ending with bad key strokes that were messing up spells I wanted to create.

Graphic, music, bugs: Graphic and music are fine. But this is multiplayer-oriented game - and it's online mode is implemented very badly. It is not possible to move from one completed level to another. When next level loads game will freeze for hosting player, kick out joining player, and then crash for both.

Story: I don't remember this DLC to have any story - so N/A.

Gameplay: The same as in base game with small additions. Curses can be "paid" for items or get from the enemies. They increase possibility enemy will land critical hit on our character. Fights on the arena (wave horde mode) gives some points that can be spent for permanent bonuses. On top of that devs implemented statues that can be built, and give permanent boost. They are really expensive and act as infinite ore-sink for endgame players that like to grind in their games forever. So not for me.

Graphic, music, bugs: Same as in the base game.

Story: Hunter is kidnapping animals. And we're sent on the quest to free them, defeat him and his subordinates. Muahaha!. So nothing overly complicated, but it is also game for kids. So it fits.

Gameplay: Kao can jump, attack with gloves and jump-slam. Some sections require use of gliding, others are timed. So it's quite similar to Croc: Legend of the Gobbos. I think studio did copy this game a bit :D We don't need to collect keys or coins to end level though, it's enough to reach the exit. Levels are simple and of ok-quality. Could be more complicated for my liking, but it's kid's game. So I will not complain here.

Graphic, music, bugs: It's PS2 era game, so graphic and 3D objects are really simple. Psychonauts was released the same year as this game, and graphic there is more complex. Music is really basic, and voice acting is average.

Story: We join a summer camp which trains cadets for Psychonauts. Soldiers that are able to enter mind of someone else to "fix" their mental problems, steal secrets etc. After first night someone stole brains of other students, and we start quest to bring them back. And to save our girlfriend! Script is well written, even when it does not have any plottwists or surprises.

Gameplay: Platformer that is preferably played with the gamepad, as K+M controls are wonky (I remember having a lot of problems while playing non-Steam version on K+M years ago).
During gameplay we unlock abilities which allow us to progress the plot. Levitation, pyromancy, shooting, confusion grenades etc. This is not metroidvania though, so there are no additional areas on levels, that can be unlocked with new abilities.
We collect figments and PSI cards, which upgrade our psychonaut rank. Every xth rank upgrades certain ability - longer lasting invisibility, ricochet psybeam etc. It does not feel like something really important, as abilities do not give visible advantage. So collection part of the game is really optional.
Game hub is small, but still has fast travel points. Levels are closed, there is not much in the terms of free roam. Dialogs with other characters are quite basic.

Graphic, music, bugs: This is PS 2 game... so graphic is simple. But thanks to that game worked at stable 45 FPS, so yay!. Music is bit repetitive, but voice acting is good. I did not experience any in-game bugs, only problems with game opening / closing.

Story: DLC focus on events that happened before main game campaign. So destruction of terraformer on Mars. It is short (like 2h), but does not feel rushed.

Gameplay: Just like in the main game. We have a few weapons to chose from to shot + hammer to break stuff. Destruction model (in this 2011 game!!) is light years ahead from anything new you can buy right now. You can break every single wall, fence, floor, vehicle you can find. And it stays destroyed unless you rebuild it. Game is corridor shooter, so there is not much of an exploration. But it also means we don't need to go long way to gather resources, and exp is given for killing enemies. I beat main game exactly 6 year ago, and most of the fun came from destroying stuff :D

Graphic, music, bugs: Graphic is ok for that old game. Voice over is fine, and I did not experience any noticeable bugs.

Story: No story. Game goal is to climb the tower and kill last boss. No dialogues, diaries etc that could tell some story.

Gameplay: We can chose from few character classes, they behave in different ways, so it does not feel like we only changed how our character looks like. After death gold and ore, that was sent back home, is available to buy permanent upgrades for the city and character. Items are lost. Which is a good balance. We can upgrade our hero, and do not need to start from scratch every single time. I hate this mechanic in full rogue games. Game has isometric view. Works well with gamepad. I played it in co-op and did not see any bugs or bad game mechanics related to it. Gold , exp and loot is individual, so no need to fight for it.

Graphic, music, bugs: Pixel graphis :sob:. Music is bit repetitive, although fits into different floor themes - library, ice land, basement etc. There are no major or minor bugs visible.