Deus Ex: Invisible War
Consolized Deus Ex in virtually every aspect
Back when Deus Ex came out, PC games had a reputation for being more complex than their Console bretheren. PC titles tended to be more complex, have a ton of hotkeys that just couldn’t be fit onto a controller, and were larger in just about every way owing to the same factors that make PC’s technologically superior to consoles to this day. More RAM, more HD space, better graphical capabilities, etc etc etc.
Well into the 2000’s this reality was still prevalent, and no game better encapsulates this contrast and mentality turned reality than Deus Ex: Invisible War-a title made with consoles in mind first and foremost.
– Real player with 48.3 hrs in game
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Deus Ex Invisible War is the Sequel to the extremely good Deus Ex which was released in the year 2000, Invisible War was released in 2003 for the Xbox Original and PC, just like Deus Ex it is a Cyber Punk RPG, set 20 years after the Original Deus Ex the world is still recovering from “The Collapse” basically a 2nd great depression when JC Denton destroyed Area 51, apparently he also Merged with Helios and the Illuminati took over? its a bit confusing, you play as Alex D, a Male or Female student enrolled in the Tarsus Academy who escapes an attack on the School done by The Order, after escaping Tarsus you decide who to trust, who to side with and generally what to do, you only know that Tarsus was secretly watching you and The Order were actually “Trying” to save you and the other Students.
– Real player with 32.6 hrs in game
2020: THE RIDE
I hated 2020, but this I loved. It’s beautiful in a surreal sort of way, though I feel bad saying that, given the grim subject matter. Still, it’s free, and I agree with the statement at the end. Nobody asked to get on the super fun ride 2020 was. But each of us gets to choose if we stay on.
Works fine on the Oculus Rift, I noticed tiny bits of lag, but I also hook my headset to a potato.
– Real player with 0.4 hrs in game
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This is an extremely boring game with bland visual effect, really suck.
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Manual achievement:
0/0
– Real player with 0.3 hrs in game
Anachronox
Final score: 8/10
Pros: story; dialogue; music; combat; puzzle design
Cons: several major bugs; little to no explanation for certain game/combat mechanics; narrow windows for a handful of side quests and character upgrades
PC: 64-bit Windows 7, Intel i7. Ran smoothly from point of sale, no need for workarounds or additional patches.
Review: I have more to say about this game than I can type here or that most people would read. My first exposure to Anachronox was playing the demo included on a PCGamer disc back in my middle and high school years. It only included a small snippet of the game - the Sly Boots murder investigation in Whitendon. I was intrigued by nearly everything about the game design, and playing it in full almost two decades later I was not disappointed.
– Real player with 54.1 hrs in game
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When I started playing this game I had no idea what to expect. I was initially struggling to get two other games set up and ready to stream (Jade Empire and Thief Gold) and so I was looking for a back-up game to stream instead and saw the name, remembered I got it years ago (most likely during a sale) and I gave the store a quick look just to get the genre correct for my organisation with how I name/organise my streams by game genre, ect. That said, what came next I was not prepared for!
My first stream of the game and my legitimate first-hand experience of this game: https://youtu.be/7r1T3DFndcs
– Real player with 53.8 hrs in game
Cloudpunk
This game is great!
The game does a great job of taking an idea of a society like the one seen in movies like BladeRunner (or fuckin Pluto Nash) and expands on it. The world has enough new elements to make it stand out.
The main characters are great and you really do end up loving them. The side characters are also great in how funny or wacky they are while sometimes being effectively used symbolically to highlight real world issues and topics.
While the controls of the ships can be a little wonky everything else is pretty spot on.
– Real player with 49.7 hrs in game
Full game video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcXZO2_mCgg
I had my reservations about this game to begin with, I thought it was going to be yet another 8 bit style game trying to be something more impressive. Well, I was quite wrong, this is a good game with a good storyline and impressive graphics with out of this world lighting. My only criticism is the rigidness of the story every answer and every question is already planned out, now normally I wouldn’t mind that layout but I feel the game deserves more. There is a lot to love about this game, I felt sorry for control and was invested in Rania’s life enough to keep playing. A good game with good characters and fantastic lighting, man I love that lighting :-). One last thing to add, the city is glorious, fascinating to drive around and big, very very big.
– Real player with 23.7 hrs in game
Cybernetic Fault
From the very beginning I can say that the game surprised me a lot. I didn’t expect this from an indie game with a couple of reviews. The game has everything from puzzles to plot. The graphics are nice, the tasks themselves (quests, puzzles) are very high quality and interesting, it is a pleasure to pass them.
Summing up, I can say that the game is definitely worth its money and even more.
– Real player with 5.1 hrs in game
Cybernetic Fault surprised me a lot because I didn’t expect such a high-quality indie game.
The gameplay is based on the principle of seek and think, the necessary things are scattered throughout the level and only appear if there is a story advance. The controls are very simple, but it is strange that a person cannot overcome some obstacles by jumping or sitting down. The graphics are great, the optimization is also fine. As a result, it turned out to be a cool and very entertaining game.
– Real player with 4.0 hrs in game
Cyberpunk 2077
I waited almost a full year before attempting to play this game. I am aware that the launch was sketchy and the game was packed full of bugs / glitches. As of patch 1.31 CyberPunk was a worth while game purchase for me. I did enjoy the almost 180 hours of playtime I put in. However driving in this game stinks bad, car handling physics felt very arcade like and also felt like I was always driving on wet slick surfaces. I can’t remember how many times I’ve lost control of my vehicles flying off the side of a bridge or overpass and take my car swimming with me - Laughable… Racing missions, ugh… what a disgrace to racing games. One other thing, the faster you drive, the most deserted and desolate the city becomes. Driving fast turns the city of Night City into a ghost town. The game engine can’t keep up with the asset loading buffer, so in an attempt to keep the bare bones city going, all npc cars and people disappear. I recommend not driving at all in CyberPunk, walk, run, hop skip run walk… whatever… or ride shotgun as a passenger in a vehicle! If you have no choice but to drive, do it slowly… feather the throttle and keep it in the granny lane at all times. Far better immersive gaming experience in what was supposed to be Witcher 4 in a modern city. At this point, I’d be a happy CyberPunk gamer if CD Project Red gave me Roach to ride in Night City. Slow and steady wins the race here,
– Real player with 204.5 hrs in game
It took me a year to finish this game because I kept getting pissed off while playing it (finished it a couple of days ago from writing this review). So you have over 180h in it, why do you still not recommend it? Because this game is the dictionary definition of edging and then leaving you with blue balls. I really, really wanted to like it but I was hit with disappointment after disappointment.
The good:
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it’s a beautiful game design wise
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it has some memorable side-quests that I really liked
– Real player with 183.5 hrs in game
Deus Ex: Human Revolution - Director’s Cut
A personal favorite.
Definitely a more accessible game than its predecessors, but retains the beautiful pseudoscience that made the first one so fun. Once again you play as an augmented super-agent. Once again you can pacifist run the game, and once again you can choose to interpret that as a challenge to knock every enemy unconscious and stuff them into an air vent. The game is notionally a “shooter” and there are a lot of guns, but the game clearly wants you to play as a stealth ninja.
– Real player with 99.5 hrs in game
Deus Ex: Human Revolution is an immersive stealth/action adventure game, where you’re a detective in a Cyberpunk setting. And that’s all I want to tell you about the plot of this game, because Deus Ex has one of the most interesting game plots I’ve had the pleasure of playing. Gunplay and stealth are basic, but the verity of options to tackle infiltration is what makes the game interesting to play. Character models and animations aren’t the best, and the controls are wack, but you can rebind the controls so its kind of a non issue. Overall I really enjoyed my time with Deus Ex: Human Revolution, I’m excited to see what the sequel & prequel have to offer. 8/10 Great Title
– Real player with 71.6 hrs in game
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
Square Enix decided not make any more Deus Ex games because this didn’t sell Call of Duty numbers. Thanks, Square Enix, now you have zero games I give a shit about.
– Real player with 76.9 hrs in game
Absolutely love the series. Played the original two (Deus Ex, and Invisible war), and the “recent” two (Human Revolution and Mankind Divided) Story is so brilliantly well done, and you are actually influencing outcomes and changes to the story. Don’t set Mankind Divided to use DirectX12 tho as I had issues. Lots of figuring out how to get around things… be patient as you will usually find multiple alternate ways to deal with missions. Sadly may be ages before anything continues with the series as is a massive undertaking to produce games with intricate story-lines and branches like this I am sure.
– Real player with 70.5 hrs in game
Omikron: The Nomad Soul
Omikron: The Nomad Soul has a very in-depth plot and constantly tries to break the fourth wall (whether it works or not) in order to convince you that your soul has been trapped inside the world of Omikron and that your soul and very existence outside the game is at stake in regards to the antagonist, the demon known as Astaroth. The characters you interact with in the main story are fleshed out in their own rights, some more than others. The player is able to interact with certain people at certain parts of the game and depending on what you say will determine what the character will reply with.
– Real player with 71.5 hrs in game
English Version
(Sorry, nie będzie polskiej wersji, nie mieści się. Chciałem umieścić w komentarzach ale jest limit 1000 znaków)
Omikron: The Nomad Soul is the first game of the Quantic Dream studio. It might as well be considered three games in one. For the major part of the gameplay it remains a TPP adventure game relying on the usual stuff: talking with NPCs and using items. Occasionally it switches to FPP shooter or hand to hand 1 on 1 brawler kind of similar to early instalments of the Tekken or Virtua Fighter series. It is worth mentioning that all of these are made pretty solid and none of them feels like it was forced into the gameplay without a reason (well, maybe with the exception of swimming, but it occurs 2 or 3 times in the entire game, which is acceptable).
– Real player with 21.4 hrs in game
Rainy City: Pandemic
Rainy City: Pandemic
DISCLAIMER: I received this product for no cost for the purpose of reviewing. However, this does not affect my views and opinions of the game.
Short Review
Rainy City Pandemic is a story driven title where the player drives around the city delivering pizza, trying to save up enough money to pay for their sister’s medical treatment. The bulk of the gameplay focuses on conversations with other characters and interactions with them. The game takes place in a dystopian future where the the pandemic (the covid-19 pandemic, assumingly) is still rampant.
– Real player with 4.3 hrs in game
Disclosure
This is a revisited review. Check out the original review here .
Rainy Days
Rainy City Pandemic is a game about a delivery boy in a city that is swept up in the wave of a pandemic. You are attempting to raise money for your sister to get her the medical attention she needs. This game had started out as a seven dollar game and has gone through some patches and a price drop to raise the quality of life. I played through the game again after a wave of updates and admittedly I have yet to play the newest additions to the game. What I can say is that one of the weaker points of the games has been significantly improved. The weakest point before was the dialogue. When playing the game through again I was no longer running into dialogue that was repeated nor were there as many open ended short conversations.
– Real player with 2.9 hrs in game