ksbrar
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2020
Completed a playthrough shortly after release. A buggy mess that was occasionally visually fun. William Gibson was mostly correct. Even at its height, it wasn't that interesting - and the best moments were when CD Projekt Red delivered its signature B-stories (e.g. the reunion concert). Crashed my PS5 a couple of times. Great soundtrack, as usual.
2016
Played with a group of friends in sporadic, intense bursts since release. My first exposure to Paradox games, and have been a happy convert ever since given I had exhausted my love affair with Civilization and other 4X games. The high space opera concept and setting of Stellaris is my favorite of Paradox's catalog, but it easily remains the virtuoso studio's most incomplete and unbalanced game.
2022
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2011
Played a couple hours.
Eh, not for me. It's too big of a world, with too many tasks to do and combat not enticing enough (but I admire the true variety and detail put into the different classes and styles). Often marketed as a single player game perhaps with instancing, but I think Capcom should commit to calling it an MMO. It's one of the best MMOs out there when stop and think about it, and it'd set better expectations for players, too: it's soo grindy on your own.
Eh, not for me. It's too big of a world, with too many tasks to do and combat not enticing enough (but I admire the true variety and detail put into the different classes and styles). Often marketed as a single player game perhaps with instancing, but I think Capcom should commit to calling it an MMO. It's one of the best MMOs out there when stop and think about it, and it'd set better expectations for players, too: it's soo grindy on your own.
2010
It's like David Cage simulated himself 10 times and cobbled together the script from each of his clones' fever dreams. Every cliche, every trope, every unintentionally hilarious French video game aesthetic instance is thrown together in a Unreal Engine 5 decision tree demo.
That being said, definitely his best game. But one playthrough is more than enough. I'm boycotting Quantic Dream after this; the unskippable cutscenes made me want to kill myself a few times.
Also, great soundtrack.
That being said, definitely his best game. But one playthrough is more than enough. I'm boycotting Quantic Dream after this; the unskippable cutscenes made me want to kill myself a few times.
Also, great soundtrack.
13/40
One of the greatest VNs ever ;)
Writing decreases in quality as you get towards the end, as there is only so much verbiage you can use to describe "nothingness" (or conversely, political philosophy in a neutral, fully developed way).
Downloading the Disco Explorer mod and setting running speed with a 2x multiplier is almost essential - otherwise movement around the map is a real slog.
One of the greatest VNs ever ;)
Writing decreases in quality as you get towards the end, as there is only so much verbiage you can use to describe "nothingness" (or conversely, political philosophy in a neutral, fully developed way).
Downloading the Disco Explorer mod and setting running speed with a 2x multiplier is almost essential - otherwise movement around the map is a real slog.
2003
2001