Gunfire Reborn
Feels about time to recommend this now that it has hit version 1.0.
Gunfire Reborn is a roguelite that mixes FPS and RPG elements. Each hero has unique abilities, passives, and roles. You can play solo or with up to three others (4 players max) and the experience feels better with others in my opinion. Each run is procedurally-generated and you will learn patterns overtime. A typical run will see you collecting goblets to fill out your skill trees, scrolls to power up various aspects of gameplay, and improving your weapons.
– Real player with 304.2 hrs in game
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It’s pretty good. If you like roguelites (roguelikes with significant metaprogression, so roguelites = roguelike-rpgs) like Hades/Dead Cells/Undermine, and co-op FPSes like Borderlands/Remnants/Destiny, then you should in theory enjoy this game a lot.
It has quite a few difficulty levels, a lot of guns that feel fairly good to use, and the opportunity to build up one of the few characters with unique abilities and upgrades, thanks to the help of many items providing permanent passive buffs. There’s 6 characters, and while the abilities they come with aren’t too oustanding or unique by themselves, the upgrades gives them the opportunity to differentiate themselves from eachothers.
– Real player with 257.9 hrs in game
Abyssus
As a late 19th Century brinepunk mercenary-for-hire, you are employed to explore the subaquatic ruins of an ancient civilization. However, your mission of discovery turns to one of survival as the sunken kingdom’s corrupted inhabitants make it clear that interlopers are not welcome.
Wield an array of exotic, adaptable weaponry, and fortify yourself with mysterious, enhancing powers as you engage in a seemingly perpetual battle against the watery domain’s ranks of mutated guardians.
Abyssus is the latest creation from Swedish developer DoubleMoose, which was founded by ex-developers from Coffee Stain and Ubisoft.
USE OUTLANDISH GUNS TO KILL OUTLANDISH ENEMIES
Equip yourself with human brinepunk firearms or strange, ancient weapons as you prepare to face foes unlike anything you’ve ever encountered before
EXPERIMENT WITH WEAPON AND CHARACTER MUTATIONS
Modify and customize your guns to suit your playstyle, and harness the power of passive and active abilities to give you an edge over enemies
EXPLORE THE UNDERWATER RUINS OF AN ANCIENT CIVILIZATION
Inspired by the folklore of Atlantis, and the designs and architecture of the Aztecs and Incas, the world of Abyssus is richly atmospheric and steeped in mystery
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F.E.A.R. 3
Every time I see FEAR 3 on sale I see people bashing it as the worst in the series, but the meta score is actually not too bad 74/100. Unlike the first 2 FEAR games, FEAR 3 has one of those regenerating health systems where you just hide under cover for a few seconds and you recover back to full health. No need to scrounge for med kits or armor. Also, the game seems built around 2 player co-op, which I like in first person shooter games (when I have someone to play with).
Spoilers ahead
FEAR 3 takes place an unspecified amount of time after the events of FEAR 2. Alma is pregnant and getting ready to give birth, as a result her psychic power is tearing up the city (possibly the world). Again the main opposition is the private military contractor Armacham, who seems to have become 100x more powerful than they were in the first games. Even without their clone super soldiers from the first games, Armacham seems capable of overrunning and occupying entire cities with soldiers, aircraft, and power armor. You play the Point Man protagonist from the first FEAR game (the guy you play in FEAR 2 also shows up briefly) but this time you have an “imaginary” friend Paxton Fettel (Bad guy from the first game). Your primary goal this time around is to reach Alma before she gives birth and deal with her once and for all. Unfortunately for you, Alma’s psychic pain has summoned nightmare creatures and twisted the surviving civilian population into crazed psychos.
– Real player with 156.1 hrs in game
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The history of F.E.A.R’s development has swapped hands through practically every expansion and installment and which each one, a new take on the franchise was created. Most, if nearly all, fans of the series consider the first F.E.A.R to be the ‘best’ due to its thick, tense atmosphere and and engaging combat and I agree to a point. F.E.A.R 1 still out plays most shooters and horror games today!
So with that legacy and high standard already set from the get go, it’d cetainly be a challenge to meet it again, especially in the hands of a different developer! As a result, many people tend to look down on F.E.A.R 3 as being a ‘generic’ CoD clone and this couldn’t be more of a lie!
– Real player with 57.7 hrs in game
Killing Floor
I don’t know where to start as a long time player. Killing Floor is sickness, a wicked one at its finest. Teamworking wave by wave your way up to face the horror itself is a great fun. Although, game itself is coated in black humor, which is swirled inside small popular culture and steampunk references. Not everyone’s cup of tea at that, but I assure you everyone can take the joy of killing mindless clone armies even it’s given in a literature covered struggle in vain and desperation.
Game is hard, I’ll give you that and it takes time to get used to some patterns, but once you get used to it; they will become habits like the game itself. More you play, more you will seek about its balance and mechanics and it will sink you deeper into it. Because getting better and everything resolves in teamplay.
– Real player with 7670.2 hrs in game
Before you start playing Killing Floor, you should know some, let’s say, additional information on it, eh? Just to be prepared, you know. Enjoy!
So, what things you should know about Killing Floor?
Killing Floor is strategy, when your team camps certain spot, while one Zerk, ignoring literally everyone, runs circles around the map on his own; when it gets tough for him, he leads the whole raged horde he has after himself to you.
Killing Floor is aid, when a dude from your team screams for help, but when you run up to him in order to save his аss, he quickly runs past you and, as a result, leaves the huge horde of both his and your Zeds after you.
– Real player with 3362.2 hrs in game
PAYDAY™ The Heist
I have Payday the Heist and Payday 2 and after almost 5500+ gameplay hours still loving the simplicity of Payday the Heist. If i have to compare part 2 with part 1 then Payday 2 is more a CARRYBAG SIMULATOR wich is litterly a cashcow with everymonth new DLC. Overkill is so ORIGINAL that they even copied the Wolf Pack DLC from Payday the Heist to Payday 2.
What i also dislike from Payday 2 is that you have to choose what armor and what gun you gonna use depending on your playstyle (Loud or Stealth). And giving point to Skilltrees to your character. In Payday the Heist beside a silenced handgun doesn’t it matter what armor you take or gun compared to danger meter. There is no Stealth or Loud meter in Payday the Heist. That is the main reason why i like the simplicity from part 1. Not much weapons, but good and challenging enough.
– Real player with 6386.0 hrs in game
Started to play this game without too much expectations when the game was free for a day, since it has only a limited number of maps. I certainly didn’t expect that this game would be fun even after 1k or even 2k hours. Admittedly this game has lots of flaws, but in part that’s what makes it such a great game. The random elements in the game, spawns, enemy pathing and to a lesser extend the objectives, make the game unpredictable and failure is always around the corner. Unlike some Co-op PvE games out there, you actually have to play tactical and watch your HP (using “shoot and cover”) to complete the heists on the higher difficulties (and for beginners even on the lower ones). Failing to do so will get you punished (although you can get away with it to some extend when playing with a VERY good team) and in all likeliness gets your character killed.
– Real player with 5340.9 hrs in game
PAYDAY 2
Payday 2 is one of the best games I’ve ever played. If the idea of sneaking through a heist and cleaning the place out without anyone knowing you were there appeals to you, then you will likely enjoy this game. If the idea of mercilessly slaughtering any guard or cop that stands between you and your payday, with anything from a comically large spoon to the unrelenting force of a minigun appeals to you, then you will likely enjoy this game. There are a great selection of heists, with often multiple methods to complete the various objectives. This game isn’t just a co-op game and can be just as fun playing solo. For how cheap this game is, I would definitely recommend trying it.
– Real player with 990.1 hrs in game
New players may find the different “profiles” and “skill sets,” two different menus to mix-and-match, to be a tad confusing. Otherwise, it is simply a fun game that can get addictive. Game-play aspects can be simple enough to understand, aim and shoot cops while stealing money, while creating builds, and understanding the less-intuitive mechanics like “dodge,” help to also make the game complex. With the continued support by the developers, and funny vr heisters waving their arms everywhere, this game is worth getting.
– Real player with 894.1 hrs in game
Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter
Stargate or: Mass Mummification
Without a shadow of doubt Serious Sam refers to the genre’s roots. The game pays homage to classic 90’s shooters such as Doom, Quake or Unreal. Based mainly on the Duke Nukem, designers from Croteam proudly entered the 21st century, because it was one of the first titles offering the players quite an open world. Setting placed in the Ancient Egypt allows us small exploration of the locations.
– Real player with 74.8 hrs in game
This review is a little lengthy, so if you want a quick summary of why I recommend Serious Sam HD The First Encounter skip to Results and read from there.
Croteam makes a smash and they do it without any logic, realism, or sense.
The Campaign:
Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter is an epic game which takes place in Ancient Egypt. This first person shooter is based in the future where the world is about to be destroyed by the monster Mental. All hope is lost until we discover that the way to defeat these monsters can be traced from our past. Further research reveals that humanity has discovered an ancient race the Sirians who had also fought and lost to Mental’s might. Humanity finds the ancient Sirian technology known as the Time-Lock which can allow one person to traverse time and space. Our protagonist Sam, who may be very serious, is a champion, a hero, and a legend for humanity. Fighting off every alien he encounters to the end Sam, a true warrior, is given the ultimate task. To use the Time-Lock to travel back in time and to defeat Mental while he is busy dealing with the Sirians.
– Real player with 23.6 hrs in game
Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter
I have to admit that I like the NON-HD version more than HD one, BUT it has it’s own perks, so both of them good in their way. Some things are exactly alike comparing with non-HD version - gameplay, ost. Some things are different. Anyway - 2nd Encounter HD is better than the 1st SS HD. You wonder why there are not so many reviews? HD version is kind buggy - sometimes achievements work - sometimes they don’t. Sometimes your overall game time works - sometimes don’t. Sometimes even your cloud saves are broken, or your stats shows that your best advanced level is the 2nd while you nearly completed the game. Yeh bugs are the weak sid of the HD rework.
– Real player with 9.4 hrs in game
Short version: 79%
Just like the remake of the first game, Second Encounter HD updates the graphics of the old Serious Sam expansion disk, while retaining the fast-paced combat and the great new weapons of the original. Sadly it still can’t make the starting levels any more fun, but the later ones really make up for the slow start.
Long version:
When the remake of Serious Sam: The First Encounter was released, it wasn’t surprising that a similar facelift on the Second Encounter followed.
– Real player with 0.6 hrs in game
Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel
Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel is following the tales of Borderlands 2 and still has the characteristics of spending hours collecting loot, farming bosses and more story-based orientated compared to previous games.
7/10 would play again. (screw the oxygen)
– Real player with 617.6 hrs in game
ver como jack lentamente va transformándose en handsome jack es una experiencia que en lo personal recomiendo, ademas de que puedes jugar como claptrap ¿que mas puedes pedir?
handsome jack/10
– Real player with 57.0 hrs in game
Borderlands Game of the Year
Big maps filled with a horde of enemies, Millions of gun combinations and dark humor all fit into one large barrel o' fun.
I have gotten my hands on this game way back in 2012 and back then, i didn’t know what i was doing at all, but after a long break without playing the game, to then buy it back on Steam, i don’t regret getting back into it at all.
This game has it all if you’re looking for a loot-and-shoot game. There’s weapons ranging from simple repeater pistols, to rocket launchers and alien weaponry (Eridian weapons may be a little disappointing). They can shoot flames, shock or acid too! On top of that, there’s a bunch of different shield types, grenade mods and class mods, which, along with each character’s skill trees, allow for dozens of different character builds. For a game from 2009, this game looks very good for it’s time in terms of graphics. If your computer isn’t that great, you can always optimize it further than normal. If you plan to buy this, your best bet is getting the GOTY “Enhanced” version. The “Enhanced” edition brings new features, but also new bugs, like memory leaks. However, it’s more ideal if you will only play through the game once or twice.
– Real player with 1150.3 hrs in game
FPSs aren’t really my thing and I hadn’t played an FPS for maybe 10 years when I accepted trying this out because of a friend’s insistence and my honest intention was to tell my friend “it’s fine but you know, not my thing”, so that I would’ve complied with his request and lose like half an hour playing an FPS. That’s how biased I was against playing Borderlands when I started.
But boy was I in for a ride. The cut-throat atmosphere, dark humour and especially the loot system right away from the get go got me interested. I kept playing and realized I wasn’t that bad of a shot, it was freakishly fun, the skill system and the player characters you get to choose are super cool and the game in general is well super-badass-cool. A wasteland world full of drug pumped bandits, mutated vicious animals and the best part is, well, you’re no better, you’re a cut-throat mercenary in search of legendary lost alien riches and technologies. The friendly NPCs or “good guys” you get to meet during your travels are also shady characters fitting the premise incredibly well.
– Real player with 467.3 hrs in game