Recent reviews by AssortedJunk

I don't know if I'll finish this game. It's disappointing - Pillars of Eternity has been on my list of games to play for years, and now... yeah. It's disappointing.

To keep it concise, here are my thoughts in big dot points:

- The combat is terrible. I usually adore terrible combat (Fallout: New Vegas, despite being known for terrible combat, has some of my favourite PvE content in any game) but here it is just soooo sloppy. Even in old Infinity Engine titles I enjoyed this kind of real time CRPG stuff just fine - here, I think there's just way too much of it.

- The story is okay. When I've heard people talk about this game, they've said it's really complicated. It's not, it's just verbose. You know how Fallout 1&2 have really succinct writing? Imagine the exact opposite of that, and the world building and story is also less inspired.

- The backer NPCs suck. The fact that you search "remove POE backer NPC mod" and all you can find is forums of people roasting the OP for asking them to be removed is just lame. Seriously, they are immersion breaking, Tumblrcore original character type ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ in an otherwise very stoic, solemn game. I don't want someones cool gang of tricoloured vivisectors standing around under the tree hung with muddy, roped corpses (no hate to Tumblr. I love Tumblr, that was just my way of articulating my ANGER).

There are other negatives. The stronghold is underdeveloped. The world feels dead (but not in the way it should - it feels too static). I'm getting tired of writing about it though.

I think Obsidian just needed to make a more focused experience. Make the game a little less linear, replace some of the combat/lore dumping with characters/quests that make the world that feel more alive. Wish I'd chosen a better game to play while procrastinating my uni work

Hidden gem.

YESSSSS STORY OF RED CLOUD REVAMP BOYSSSSSS

I was looking for something to play and stumbled upon this. I haven't played Half-Life in years, but this reminded me why they're some of my favourite games of all time. Superb atmosphere, super fun mechanics and fun details thrown in. Short and sweet but I'm going to replay this at some point for sure.

this game has large peepee energy
highly recommend

Somewhere out there are a group of some insanely creative people all celebrating their game coming out of beta. Kenshi is brilliant, thank you for hundreds of hours of entertainment, and good ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ on you guys.

Also buy this game. It's one of a kind and amazing.

Brilliant game. If you're even slightly interested in the FPS genre then you'll have a good time. Also great job devs on creating this love letter to old school gamers.

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I just got banned from a competitive game of CS:GO. Although I've been banned before, most of those bans have been deserved. But in this case, it very much wasn't. Steam, for whatever reason, decided to bug out. It lost connection to the internet, even though my computer still had Wifi. At the time i was using spotify to stream music, and it did not stop working, so I believe it is safe to assume it was a steam issue. Then, my game started bugging out and i couldn't move. I started rubber banding a lot without pushing any buttons, and eventually I disconnected. I attempted a reconnect, but it failed. I tried again numerous times, but eventually decided to quit CS:GO. I made sure my Wifi was working, but steam still didn't connect. I then tried to restart steam, but it wouldn't open. I then resorted to restarting my computer, and it finally worked. But, by the time I got back into the CS:GO menu I had a 7 day ban, completely undeserved. ♥♥♥♥ you, CS:GO.

IGN put it best

"Red Dead Redemption 2 stands shoulder-to-shoulder with Grand Theft Auto V as one of the greatest games of the modern age. It’s a gorgeous depiction of an ugly period that’s patient, polished, and a huge amount of fun to play, and it’s combined with Rockstar’s best storytelling to date. Even after finishing the lengthy story I can’t wait to go back and play more. This is a game of rare quality; a meticulously polished open world ode to the outlaw era. Looking for one of this generation’s very best single-player action experiences? Here’s your huckleberry."

Highly recommend