This was a direct gift on SG (from a Christmas thread) and I finally honored it. I like ships (and trains) so this game was pretty fun for me to engage. I had no idea that it was a sandbox game though, and eventually an MMO-RPG with ships (if you can find server that still playing it). It gets repetitive once you see everything but it was a great 49 hours for me.

It was shorter than I expected and the story was great and awful at the same time. I like alternate history titles like Wolfenstein but this was not so alternate history anymore. Gotta add that it was too graphic, and I’m saying this as a Dead Island fan.

Finally I’m done with this one and can move to Tropico 6 some time later. I love Tropico games but this was the worst Tropico game. There are nice ideas like eras. One thing I didn’t like about it, you cannot keep the old buildings the way they are. Once upgraded, they are no more. However they would look great in a modern city.

I definitely hated that you continue campaign on the same map from before with everything on it and start of a new mission is always bad for your economy. Tropico cities didn’t mean to last forever, they degrade in time and become uncontrollable once you hit a certain size. I liked the idea behind it but the implementation was not good enough.

Music was top-notch again. Also this was the first Tropico game with a native Linux version. It is impressive that they managed to fit everything in 3 GB and optimization was great on everything. One of the smoothest gameplays I’ve seen.

I hope Tropico 6 is closer to 4 than 5.

I count myself as “played enough” for this title since it’s meant to be multiplayer and the so called campaign missions are just multiplayer matches but with bots. They were fine until some point but on that match I decided to put this game away, there was no way to win it because the bots on my team were too dumb. Great boomer-shooter if you can find someone to play with, just not with bots.

Not a fan of dungeon crawlers but this was actually fine, with a Sakura story. Kinda surprised that they managed make it with RenPy. I’m glad there was an auto-battle system since I got bored pretty quick.

As a Battlefield fan, I’ve waited to play this long enough. I was not interested in its multiplayer so I didn’t get it on its prime days but was keep hearing that story was fun. I would expect more but yes, it was fun. Though as a story it was not so better than B-rated cop films, but playing it was pretty fun.

As a person who likes Shaun the Sheep, this game was expectedly cute as well. Puzzles were kind of easy though but I liked them.

BAAA!!!

It’s sad to see that while Ubisoft improve the gameplay in time, the games get boring. This is the worst Far Cry I have played, yet (gotta play 6 some time). It doesn’t give you the feel of accomplishment and that’s a very important thing in games. Flying vehicles are overpowered for a game like this and it was the downfall for Far Cry 4. It’s okay once in a while but where is the difficulty if you can fly every time? At least the flying simulation was kind of good and enjoyable. The enemy don’t try to get back the outposts, they are not competent. The whole buddy thing made the game more easier. I liked the buddy system in Far Cry 2, it was a one-time rescue if things go wrong. In Far Cry 5, the feeling is like I’m playing a some co-op game. That’s not why I’m here.

The story started somewhat okay and logical but that’s all. I would expect more from it. Not that drugged by a cult thing. I already don’t like the psychedelic “seances” of Far Cry since 3, and it was no good here too. Oh, the game is very buggy and apparently the last update they released was at 2019. You might not be able complete some missions. I know I didn’t.

Ubisoft finally started counting playtime apparently but Uplay is so bad at this. You would thought it's a simple task, it seems not for Ubi. I played around 25 hours yet Uplay says I played like 11 hours. Such a facepalm.

Jumping sideways is a cool feature and I like how Shantae attacks with her hair. And the attack upgrade is a hair conditioner. :)

This is one of those games that you want to finish as soon as possible when it gets longer, and you want to play more of it after it ended. It’s a weird feeling but cannot do anything about it. I really liked when I played Shadowrun Returns for the first time and I really liked Dragonfall as well. It has its moments that you will want to take a break, because things will get a lot tougher time to time.

I also like when sci-fi and fantasy cross paths and CRPG setting is awesome. Though sometimes I hated RNG and had to replay some missions because of it. At least you can save the game anytime when its your turn.

The lore is amazing and deep, you’ll notice how things get connected when you dive in it. Great story and it’s pretty gray, almost no black & white here. Pretty niche game for what its worth.

Bonus chapter of Higurashi and happens after the main story ends. It has 3 stories and honestly the fanservice one was pretty weird. Teenager brain though. -_-

Anyway, Saikoroshi-hen worth alone to get this, which is the main story of this chapter. There is Hou+ left for me though I don’t know when will I get it.

This is definitely the best trilogy of Tomb Raider, the best Lara as well. It’s kinda sad that new Tomb Raider games don’t have this simplicity. This is one of those less is more games to be fair. Even though puzzles still can be complex.

Comparing to other two, this one works much better on Linux. It was a very smooth experience.

A little short for to be Portal 3 but it’s pretty good if you think it as Portal 2.5. Really liked the new mechanics they came up with. Some puzzles were real brain-teasers. If you like Portal 1&2, you should definitely try this one as well.

Finally, a conclusion! And a great one too. I spent 182 hours with this series and worth it (I used 07th-Mod for the console experience and never skip or fast-forward anything, everything was on auto. That’s why it took this much).

This is a must for VN enjoyers, it’s that good.

I also played the first game again since it’s included as Egypt campaign here, because why not. Second Encounter has bigger maps, so it’s more suitable for co-op, but I still like the hordes from the first game more. From technical points, Second Encounter has more features, more enemy types, more guns, and maybe more secrets. This is a must-play for people who love horde shooters.

I fancied some boomer-shooter and picked Unreal this month. I played Unreal Tournament back in the days with my friends but never played the original Unreal game, finally I have. The game has big levels, kinda few enemies and somewhat interactive maps. Though the enemies were bullet sponges and some of them were way too mobile to shoot at, it was not so pleasant. However I now know why this game is beloved by the community. It was surely a nice experience, even though the game shows its age.

Sequel of Unreal but has no relation to it besides it’s the same universe, no continuation and different characters. This was also not a boomer-shooter, more like Halo than Unreal. It was pretty short, levels were pretty small. But loading screens were long. They were long like the game installed on an HDD in 2003. Unreal Gold always loaded instantly but this game… I played ~8 hours and probably spent 2-3 hours looking at loading screens. Maybe not worse than Starfield. :)

The ending sucked and the last mission had terrible physics and awful platforming. It was short like other missions but I died due to platforming a lot, that means a lot of loading screens. Yuck!

I feel kinda sorry for the fans of the first game who hyped for the sequel in 2003.

Even though this is a “definitive edition” it has some serious problems despite having quality of life improvements. While graphics and user interface is just lovely, the gameplay kinda sucks and frustrating most of the time. The units keep getting stuck on each other every time, some campaign maps are really small and you cannot train more than 50 units at the same time (outside of campaign the unit limit is 250) and the game is slow even on very fast mode. Now I kinda understand why Microsoft released the Rise of Rome DLC for AoE II:DE and not for this game because even they know it sucks. Play only if you’re interested in the campaign and want to see it with newer graphics. Other than this, there is no reason to play it.

LAU trilogy is the best Lara Croft trilogy ever made in my opinion. Although PC ports are kinda janky, they still give you the satisfaction of seeing Lara in action (mostly puzzles though). And yes, Lara Croft games should be about puzzles and tombs however they’re mostly optional in the reboot trilogy. I mean, they are good games too but they somehow lack the Lara essence. TR Anniversary is the remake of the very first Tomb Raider game and it’s a pretty loyal remake as well. This one also didn’t have the weird controller issue that TR Legend had. I definitely had good time, so highly recommended.

Multiplayer version of Darwinia that focused on battles but sadly no one plays it. There is an AI skirmish mode and obviously it’s kinda dull. Though the multiplayer with humans would be super fun.

I played at least one map from each game mode. It’s very chaotic, chaotically fun. Limited without humans though.

Nice little VN that gives you some nice touristic information about Japan. It was already cute but I found the ecchi scenes unnecessary.

Never learned Assembly and apparently this game is a visual version of it. :)
There are a lot of brain teasing puzzles and I have to admit that had to look for optimal solutions for some puzzles since they were quite hard.

I left this game at the final boss fight and now I remember why I left it, it’s a bullet hell. It seems I’m better at bullet hells now but I still don’t like them. The game is normally a platformer by the way. But it’s a some form of Cat Mario, so get ready to pull your hairs if you ever decide to play it. :P

Also left this at the final puzzle. It was hard back then and it still is. Real brain teaser, or should I say a brain taser. :)

Only two worlds left but I cannot go further anymore. I tried my best and it was not enough. It was fun while it lasts though.

You might find this interesting but somehow this was more fun to me than the reboots. Maybe it’s the nostalgia but this is how I remember Tomb Raider. Terrible controls though. Kinda unplayable with a controller and had to remap default buttons because they suck.

Finally finished this though I like almost every form of Final Fantasy so I like playing them without trying to finishing them, at least the old ones. This battle system is my favourite, classic turn-based and no additional mumbo-jumbo. Quite grindy but even grinding is fun in FF. The last 6 boss fights without a save point was too much. Thanks to not enough grinding, I had to learn a maze-like dungeon (Flashbacks to Ys I&II).

Without a guide, I would go crazy though. Good game, can run on a potato.

This is a one long tower defense game. Started this in 2015 and finally beat it. Horror - TD, what a mock-up.

Continuation of Kingdom Rush series. If you liked the previous titles, you’ll like this as well.

Now, this was spicy. Finally we’re controlling the evil forces and see the other side of the coin. I think this was the most fun I’ve had with this series.

Good old Crysis. For me this wasn’t really remastered because I cannot use ray tracing which is the main point of this remaster. However, it is Crysis and it is good. This is the most open world game in the series.
Stealth is kind of optional but it’s good to have.

This is the game where the series went for more Call of Duty-esque feeling with smaller maps without losing from its epicness. It was more tactical than the first game and stealth was necessary. The controls of the nano suit was better.

This was more like Deus Ex than Crysis but it was still Crysis. Using tactics is necessary (for your sake) and stealth is enforced. It was more open world than Crysis 2 I guess.

This is probably the worst Tales game ever. I really want to finish it, this was my third try, but maybe some other time.
IT IS SO BORING.
The graphics is fine, the soundtrack is fine, character design is fine. The game design is horrid, and the gameplay is so boring. So SO BORING.
Berseria was fire, this is just cinders.

These games were suppose to be intentionally cheesy. They actually tried to write a real story here and failed miserably. Sucks the whole purpose of these games.

I’m now very close to the end. The plot thickens any chapter. If you watched the anime, you will want to play these voice-acted. The console version was like that and 07th-Mod provides you this. It’s much better than the MangaGamer version. Grab your snacks and get ready to be excited. (It’s kinda hard writing a review for Higurashi without spoilers)

Very fun sandbox physics game and it can get really creative. You can download other people’s machines and that part is also fun. I was kinda frustrated at some level and downloaded some guy’s machine. That machine did everything automatically and analyzing it gave me quite the insight. If you like building things freely, you can make really stupid machines and still get the job done. :)

There are some improvements over the first game. If you liked the first, you’ll like this as well.

I really feel like these are might be the worst in Sakura titles. This chapter wasn’t even a filler, the “story” doesn’t go anywhere. It’s not even sarcastically fun.

This chapter was kinda okay, it had some fun moments. But still…

This is where the Stronghold games started to go downhill. It has really great castle sim ideas but those butchered down the RTS part of the game. It’s too clunky, sometimes it can be brutal on tutorial-like missions. If you can hardly beat a tutorial mission, there is obviously something wrong. I bailed the story missions at half and played a couple skirmish matches. It was more frustrating than being fun. It’s also too buggy despite being a remaster.

I almost didn’t see any differences from L4D2 (I played it like 12 years ago). Everything is the same, the levels, characters etc. I guess the only difference is the gameplay. Since I’ve seen enough from the second game, I only played this for 2 hours and no need to play more. I’m also not fond of these kind of games.