Recent reviews by AnvilMan

This is a hard thumbs up from me and here's why:
I loved Trine 1&2, 3 as we all know wasn't the best aproach.
Frostbyte played it safe with the 4th game (a little to safe tbh) and come back to the original 2d-puzzle-platformer recipe that made the franchise famous.
The art-style is stunning as in the rest of the series, the soundtrack is good but I find it to be kinda, I don't know... plain. It's almost the same background music for all levels.

And that's the word, I would describe this game... plain

The best thing about this series, at least in my opinion, is the story-telling. It really makes you feel like you are part of a fantasy book.
But the plot itself was too simple and it didn't catch my interest.

Maybe spoiler!!
A prince was locked up in the Astral Academy and got out. The team was reunited yet again to find him and bring him back. He stole a talisman that makes nightmares come to life- alas the name The Nightmare Prince.

I thought it was a little stupid how the team meets the prince at the final of each (or almost each) level, having a little discussion with him and after that he walks away...
The gameplay itself was yet again- plain, nothing new (it even had some downgrades from the first two game like Amadeus can move his stuff in only four points and his ability to make different sized objects or that Zoya can grapple only to fixed points. For me it's not a big deal but I thought it was worth mentioning it.)
I give it a thumbs up because in essence it's a good game. The developers realised their mistake and came back to 2d. But I think Trine 4 did not match the first two games that made many of us love this series.

I'm gonna give this game a thumbs up because it's very fun and I see a lot of potential in it. But, as everyone says, damn, is full of hackers.

EDIT #1 : since the anti-cheat update there are fewer hackers... Easy anti-cheat is not the best anti-hack out there, but it's better than nothing)

First of all, the devs should implement a report system because in this state a lot of people use hacks thinking they won't encounter any issues and that's not ok...
The servers could get a little look up to also.
And obviously, new game mods and workshop integration would make the game a lot greater, maybe a creative mode where the people can make they're own maps and put them up for others to enjoy.

EDIT #2: The new season arrived, and it came with new maps, skins and a new "show" (The gauntlet showdown) in which is no team based mini-games... Not much of a new game mode.
Nothing really interesting tbh, I still wait for new game mods.. maybe next season :)

If the game remains in this state I don't give it a long life imo, altrough it got a massive amount of interest from people both from steam and playstation. Also cross-platform would not be a bad idea at all for this game.
I hope the devs listen to the community because this game is a breath of fresh air :)

We all know why we bought this .

I am a fan of the series since I was a kid and the release of Tekken 7 on PC was a joy for me since I don't own a console anymore.
The game works great maxed out on a gtx1050ti although it's asking a gtx1060 on recommended settings but the loading times are terrible even on offline (at least for me).
The gameplay is as I remember, fast-paced arcade style battle which I love, but I find the movement a little slower then the older versions. I boot up my old psp to compare it with Tekken 6 and, i don't know, I just think it's a faster than this one. Maybe I'm not accommodated yet...
Also, I like that they added new characters, but I'm really dissapointed that they didn't bring up old ones like Raven, Marduk, Wokujin, Wang. Those were some characters that I really liked and it would be great if the devs would add some of them in an update.
Also, some times it takes a few minutes to find peoples online, and when it does they are whay more bigger in level compared to me whitch make leveling up pretty hard.

I know I have only 7 hours in this game but, to be honest, I think it’s enough to review it.

So let’s start with the gameplay and game mechanics , which feels pretty “arcade” in a bad way.
Right off the bat, you are in the air with a parachute and get to change a little the direction you are going. Here also starts the problems for me: The players don’t begin the match at the same time, the loading screen is different from PC to PC and this gives an advantage to those have to wait less because when some of us are still on the air others already looted a place and have a weapon and other stuff, therefore, a lot of players die at the start being unable to do anything.
It would be best if the game would wait for everybody to be on the air and start at the same altitude.

The next flaw of the game is the weapons . They are way too many! With a little luck you are fully equipt within 2 houses (I even found like 4 weapons in the same room). And the weapon diversity is weak in my opinion: the pistols are good only for the very start, the MP you use it if you don't have something better, the shotgun for close range obviously, the AK (spray) and AR (taps) for medium range, and finally the sniper which is op but you can only get if it from the airdrop (a good thing I think, but in the end the one with the sniper has a pretty good advantage over the others).
I really like if the dev team would add more weapons and also some attachments or something like that (take PUBG for example)
I saw a lot of people unhappy with the shooting mechanics but I find them ok, definitely not very good but also not that bad.

Another thing I dislike is the vehicle's movement . Is like they are inflatable or something like that. A little knoll at a medium speed and the car is rolling all over the place. Also, the thing that you can get out of the car at top speed and nothing happening to you it's not very reality-like.

The graphics are very nice, for my taste at least, with a good amount of settings to get good performances also on lower end systems.

On the last notes : The games find pretty fast a match but the loading screens are way too long, it has a big community and I didn't find hackers in my very short time and I asked some friends who played the game for some time and told me that they didn't meet a lot of them, also I heard that the devs make a lot of updates which is a good thing obviously.

Finally , I do not recommend H1Z1:King of the KIll in its actual form considering that there is PUBG out there who does a better job than this one and also have a way bigger player base and gets better with every upgrade.

The plot : Bioshock Infinite takes place on a floating utopia named Columbia (year 1912) where you play the role of Booker DeWit, a private investigator that recieved the job of finding a girl named Elizabeth and that way to erease his "debt".

The beautiful city of Columbia is at the surface a perfect place with perfect people but exploring and advancing in it you will find its dark moldy face. The city is the representation of extreme nationalism and religious fanaticism at its finnest form: propaganda posters and papers,patriotic music,rigorous clothing and behavior and the glorification showed to Zachary Comstock aka "The Prophet".

I'm not going to enter in the story trying to avoid any possible spoilers, but I must say it's the most outstanding storyline I have ever encountered in my life. <You are going to cry after a scrappy rusted fu***ng bird.> Advancing in the city and learning its hidden controversated history it's a delight. Finding out about Booker life and Elizabeth secrets and true self it's going to keep you bonded with them the whole game.
It is the most mindf**k story I have seen in a game/movie/tv show/book untill now. You are gonna start questionig every little detail of the world and the story in the hope of understanding the game and find yourself in need to take some notes to not be overwhelmed by it. The story it's hard to comprehend, raising many questions and theories, but that is its beauty.

Regarding the graphics , level design , game/gunplay its perfect: graphically it is beautiful having an amazing verge between the "bright side" of the supposedly perfect place and the dark side of the story/true city. The gameplay it's easy to learn, the gunplay its smooth and basic (being there a gun for every category: pistol, handcannon, sniper, automatic, semi-automatic weapon having the option to upgrade them at the vending machines). The new part comes with the vigors which make the gameplay more fun (having the options to possess,freeze,stun <etc> your enemies). And also you can find gear that enhance certain abilities. The melee weapon can be used to travel across the zipline network of the city, that way being able to observe the beautiful level design and kill some patriots, of course.

Ultimately , this is not just a game for me, it's a masterpiece. Ken Levine and his team from Irrational Games did the best job with Infinite: the combination between breathtaking story, well established characters, outstanding graphic work and fluid gameplay is all I can demand from a game developing studio.




Ps. If you want more story,the answers for some questions and the link between Infinite and the first two games Burial at Sea Episode 1 and 2 is there for you.

I've been waiting this game for a while,and finally is released on PC (after 2 years of delay,thanks R*).
I liked very much gta san andreas so this one should not disappoint me, otherwise I would have yelling (virtually) on all forums until I get my money back + another $60 for unfounded expectations. (Just my retarded sarcasm, don't kill me)
Fortunately they made a good job with gta 5:great story,great online mode,great characters, great from all points of view.
If you didn't play the console version yet (like me) you must have this game on PC, but if you played it on ps4 or xbox one personally I don't see why you want it on PC right now...maybe for graphics improvments...
It works well on gtx 760 (2 gb) and i5 4590 on very high (and high settings at stuff like water,shadows,refletions),
with ~75fps, min.50 fps on high traffic missions, max.120 fps on closed space.