OwlPancakes
Honestly, I didn't think they could do it, but this may just be one of my favorite games in the franchise. The weapon selection is great, they all feel great, the level design is fantastic as it is very reminiscent of Ratchet & Clank Up Your Arsenal, and the movement feels just as good. The game looks so pretty too!
I did have some Issues though that I have to address. Sometimes, in some areas, my framerate takes a serious dive. In two different planets, in specific areas that you go through normally, it can get as low as 20fps for me with a mix of medium, high and ultra settings on a 3060ti, which is very inconsistent with the rest of the game that runs very smooth. Maybe this will get fixed in the future as well as some crashes that trigger pretty consistently with a specific weapon.
I was excited for this game when it was announced that it was coming to PC, and I am glad that it lived up to my expectations and more. When I finished this game not once, not twice, not three, but FOUR times, I could not stop gushing about it to my friends!
Honestly, it's up there with Going Commando, Deadlocked, and Future: Crack in Time.
I did have some Issues though that I have to address. Sometimes, in some areas, my framerate takes a serious dive. In two different planets, in specific areas that you go through normally, it can get as low as 20fps for me with a mix of medium, high and ultra settings on a 3060ti, which is very inconsistent with the rest of the game that runs very smooth. Maybe this will get fixed in the future as well as some crashes that trigger pretty consistently with a specific weapon.
I was excited for this game when it was announced that it was coming to PC, and I am glad that it lived up to my expectations and more. When I finished this game not once, not twice, not three, but FOUR times, I could not stop gushing about it to my friends!
Honestly, it's up there with Going Commando, Deadlocked, and Future: Crack in Time.
2005
While the game is older, it has aged extremely well. It controls fine despite the tank controls(assuming you're using a controller as intended). The pacing is great aside from the backtracking at the beginning. Every location is interesting, and although more leaning on the action side, Resident Evil 4 can be genuinely terrifying the first time though at some points(I'm looking at you, Regenerators). The game can be a bit difficult at first, but once you learn how everything works, I really recommend a second playthrough on Professional difficulty. All of this combined makes it such a good game.
Now, allow me to talk about something that in my opinion takes the game from great to fantastic, the Resident Evil 4 HD Project. [https://www.re4hd.com]. The effort this one guy put into this game is incredible and makes the game look so much better. Even if it's your first time playing, It may be worth setting this up first. It also adds re4_tweaks which adds more options and fixes to the game. Almost like an unofficial community patch.
If you have not played it, you really should at some point.
Now, allow me to talk about something that in my opinion takes the game from great to fantastic, the Resident Evil 4 HD Project. [https://www.re4hd.com]. The effort this one guy put into this game is incredible and makes the game look so much better. Even if it's your first time playing, It may be worth setting this up first. It also adds re4_tweaks which adds more options and fixes to the game. Almost like an unofficial community patch.
If you have not played it, you really should at some point.
It was fun. I can't really say more. You know what you're getting yourself into when you pick up a game like this. It's cool cause they expand on this in the World Of Assassination games, only to drop it after like 3 maps.
The pacing was a bit better than the base game, and you got weapons super fast. There were times I was wishing I had a certain weapon but not often. Highly recommend if you've played Half-Life 1. Very fun, and very fast paced.
2022
It was short and sweet with many lovely little interactions!
2000
A really rough, infuriating, and buggy start to an amazing franchise. I only recommend this if you're playing from the first game in order, or you really like Hitman. As a whole though, there were a couple of shining missions (Like literally two) but as a whole it was exceedingly frustrating and I myself disliked it in the end.
Hitman 2: Silent Assassin is a step up from the previous game. Much better visuals and a better menu system. The level design for the most part is much more open ended and it gives you a lot more room to be creative than Codename 47.
As for how well the game itself hold up, it's still pretty rough. A good time all around though and while not perfect, worth the time spent.
As for how well the game itself hold up, it's still pretty rough. A good time all around though and while not perfect, worth the time spent.
2021
It's just so good. If you love stealth games, you're going to love this one. As a sandbox stealth game that has an emphasis on hiding in plain sight a lot of the time(but not all), it excels at every turn. The maps all consist of big maps that are almost completely non-linear, you always have a very clear idea of where your target is 90% of the time, and you're able to just about any approach you want to take out your target. And if you want a more linear approach to each target, there's always "Mission Stories" you can do, which are step by step objectives to killing your target in sometimes cool, sometimes hilarious ways. I personally recommend always doing them to get a good feel for each map. To top it all off, there's many different things you can unlock not only per map, but account wide such as different starting locations, different suits, guns and tools as well. This is the best the series has to offer besides maybe Hitman: Contracts. Very much worth your time, and more.
HOWEVER, lets talk about the elephant in the room: the game always requires an internet connection to save any map or account progress, removing all incentive to play if you are offline. I have had many times I have tried to complete all of a map's challenges and had the connection drop and not want to reconnect. This has caused me to lose progress many times. It is infuriating that this single player only game requires an internet connection. From what I understand it is DRM used for anti-cheat but why not just have your score for that run not be contributed to the leaderboard? It's that easy. The game shouldn't punish people for not having access to the internet. Without a connection, HITMAN III would be the most bare-bones title in the franchise. They should really update the game and remove the required connection aspect. It's terrible. Especially if you want to play in offline mode for whatever reason.
This game, or more accurately HITMAN II, is what got me interested in the series, as is the same with many others. This, and an incredible Steam sale for the entire franchise pre-World of Assassination made me want to try the rest of the series and god, I am so glad I did. Hitman has become one of my favorite franchises.
HOWEVER, lets talk about the elephant in the room: the game always requires an internet connection to save any map or account progress, removing all incentive to play if you are offline. I have had many times I have tried to complete all of a map's challenges and had the connection drop and not want to reconnect. This has caused me to lose progress many times. It is infuriating that this single player only game requires an internet connection. From what I understand it is DRM used for anti-cheat but why not just have your score for that run not be contributed to the leaderboard? It's that easy. The game shouldn't punish people for not having access to the internet. Without a connection, HITMAN III would be the most bare-bones title in the franchise. They should really update the game and remove the required connection aspect. It's terrible. Especially if you want to play in offline mode for whatever reason.
This game, or more accurately HITMAN II, is what got me interested in the series, as is the same with many others. This, and an incredible Steam sale for the entire franchise pre-World of Assassination made me want to try the rest of the series and god, I am so glad I did. Hitman has become one of my favorite franchises.
2006
Very very good. They improved a lot and the game feels much more modern than previous titles and feels great.
HOWEVER
I did have an odd issue where trying to select something scrolls twice making it infuriating to try and use things like elevators or open a door when there's more than two things nearby. This was enough to really ruin the experience for me. I can't say I recommend it because of this issue though.
HOWEVER
I did have an odd issue where trying to select something scrolls twice making it infuriating to try and use things like elevators or open a door when there's more than two things nearby. This was enough to really ruin the experience for me. I can't say I recommend it because of this issue though.
2012
REALLY GOOD GAME, BAD HITMAN GAME.
It was jarring going from Blood Money to Absolution with the drastic change in game design, but overall I had a really good time. Just don't expect a normal Hitman game going in. It's a very well executed action stealth game however.
It was jarring going from Blood Money to Absolution with the drastic change in game design, but overall I had a really good time. Just don't expect a normal Hitman game going in. It's a very well executed action stealth game however.
2022
It was a lovely little game. <3
Took me about an hour to get all achievements. I recommend it and it's only like a half hour long. It has a nostalgic feel to it.
Took me about an hour to get all achievements. I recommend it and it's only like a half hour long. It has a nostalgic feel to it.
2007
Short but sweet. I can see why it got so popular.
2011
They somehow made it better than Portal 1. I don't know how but they did it.
2022
It's just Portal with ray tracing... AND a new coat of paint!
I would gibe it the same rating as Portal, however, while it does look pretty as hell, it ran TERRIBLY on minimum settings on my 3060ti. How?? I got less than 30fps on MINIMUM SETTINGS. I feel very conflicted about this.
I would gibe it the same rating as Portal, however, while it does look pretty as hell, it ran TERRIBLY on minimum settings on my 3060ti. How?? I got less than 30fps on MINIMUM SETTINGS. I feel very conflicted about this.
2012
This game, along with the first Borderlands game truely pioneered the shoot and loot genre. We don't talk about Hellgate London.
This game has fast paced shooting with very good feeling guns and in some cases melee, minor platforming, and really interesting RPG mechanics. Although the story is not too complicated, there is a lot of lore if you look deeper and listen to things like ECHO logs. Borderlands 2 is simple in design but incredibly addictive. My only problem is that for some reason the PC version of Borderlands 2 is not very well optimized. I get terrible framerate on my 3060ti.
This game has fast paced shooting with very good feeling guns and in some cases melee, minor platforming, and really interesting RPG mechanics. Although the story is not too complicated, there is a lot of lore if you look deeper and listen to things like ECHO logs. Borderlands 2 is simple in design but incredibly addictive. My only problem is that for some reason the PC version of Borderlands 2 is not very well optimized. I get terrible framerate on my 3060ti.