Rating of
1.5/5
7 Days to Die
If the Zombies Don’t Kill You, the Boredom Will
“7 Days to Die” (“7D”) is the first (and, thankfully, only) game by Texas-based Indie developer, the ironically-named The Fun Pimps. The Pimps, themselves, love to talk about how they are all “experienced videogame developers” with 14 years of work in their collective portfolios… but that’s just the tag line they’ve started using after finally bringing “7D” out of Early Access open beta testing after 12 years in the works. So the truth of the matter is that a bunch of untested neophyte Texans got together and decided they wanted to make the Zombie Survival game of their dreams… is it any wonder it turned out to be a nightmare?
To be fair, this is NOT the type of game I would ever choose to play on my own, or …
Rating of
3/5
Dark Souls
Death Comes Easy, Victory Comes Hard
You play the role of the Chosen Undead, a cursed undead human who escapes the undead asylum in the kingdom of Lordran, who embarks on a perilous journey battling powerful foes, and must decide whether to rekindle the flame and prolong the age of fire or embrace the coming age of darkness.
Presentation
Dark Souls presents a dark atmospheric world, with intricate level design, and countless areas to explore. The game came out in 2011 on console, and in 2012 on PC, so the graphics are quite dated. I installed a graphics update known as DSFix, that improved the graphics dramatically. Definitely a must to enjoy the game fully.
Gameplay
The gameplay in Dark Souls is challenging, rewarding, and unforgiving. Simple as that. I chose a …
Rating of
5/5
Mass Effect Legendary Edition
Three genre-defining action RPGs in one updated with high definition visuals and a host of downloadable content. The best games of their type, full stop.
Rating of
3/5
Maniac
As I enter Steam games for this site, I often stumble across games that make me go "hmmmm, maybe I'll check this one out just because" and Maniac, from Transhuman Design/Skystone Games was one such game - plus it was cheap. From what I can tell Skystone Games was founded by Diablo creator David Brevik and essentially helps small indie creators release games. They have a handful of games on Steam besides Maniac - Hellcard, Undying and Land Above Sea Below to name a few. Maniac caught my eye simply because it reminded me of the pure chaos of running around and destroying things - like Grand Theft Auto boiled down to just the Wanted level of mayhem. I knew it wasn't going to win any awards but for time-wasting stress relief, it certainly …
Rating of
3.5/5
Demon's Souls
Difficult, Frustrating, and also Rewarding
Demon's Souls is a remake of a game with the same name on PS3. It's a beautiful, difficult, and rewarding game that lacks when it comes to controls and explaining things.
I had never played a game in the "Souls" series before starting this so when I began I only knew a couple things. First, the series is pretty popular and second, that it's viewed as extremely difficult. By the time I finished I understood both of these things very well.
The story of this game isn't that intriguing. In a land called Boltearia an evil presence is taking over. A fog is enveloping the area and there are evil creatures and demons strung about. Once you're in there is no escape and it appears there's a evil being making people like you kill …
