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A decent puzzle game based on the premise that anything you type becomes an object in the game (to an extent), there are quite a few levels in the game that all require unique solutions, you can also solve problems in several different ways.

I've gone through every single level and done everything, apart from the shards that require you to mess around with the notepad and spawn different items to create interactions, every level has a different theme, and a punctuation-based pun in the name of each area.

Definitely a game aimed at a younger audience, though it still provides a lot of entertainment value.

Initially I wasn't sure about paying the extra £3 over the free mobile version, but the game has a lot of features for a very basic city building game. The aim of the game seems to be to get as many citizens in your cities as possible, and is a balance of having places to live, places for people to work, and to shop.

There are a few other details, such as making sure your city has law enforcement and fire stations, to combat crime and fires. You can also add monuments and trees to manage pollution, as well as helping minimise traffic by adding bus and train routes.

Not only that, but you also have natural disasters which will randomly damage parts of your cities.

You get a "region" of cities to build in, which is a 3x3 square where each spot on the grid has unique bonuses, islands make your citizens happy, which allows you to tax them more, farmlands give bonuses to farms and exports, among other things. Every city contributes to each other's finances also, increasing your income passively based on the income of each city on the grid.

As there aren't steam achievements, there's not much incentive to unlock everything in the game, but it does scratch the city-building itch.

I'd give it a 8/10, solely because other city building games allow for much more multi-dimensional and free-form building, but for the price, it's decently entertaining.

This is the original Halo game, the first ever video game entry in the franchise, though it does show its age. I feel the game is a lot harder than later Halo games, to the point where I ended up dying multiple times in later levels, despite the health mechanic no other Halo game has, on the second lowest difficulty.

The game does boast a complete graphics overhaul on the anniversary setting, and even an achievement for rewarding you for playing the game in both graphical settings. If you just want to experience the original 2001 Halo, or play it in a slightly more updated format, you have the option.

You can also buy and play the game regardless of whether you own the other games or not, as it comes with the MCC launcher to manage everything.

As it is on sale currently, I would reccomend picking up most, if not all of the Halo games, as it enables you to play through multi-game playlists that load up different levels from different games, and add a lot of replayability to a game I'd usually only play through a few times.

I have a greater attachment to Halo: Reach than some other entries in the series as I ended up getting the collector's edition for the Xbox 360, quite a few years ago. Though, a lot of the features in that platform's version are missing here, as usually completing missions in the campaign or spending time in multiplayer or the unique Forge mode would give you experience towards unlocking cosmetic items, that you could then use in the campaign as your own self-insert spartan.

This experience system was replaced with what looks like Season Points, and is the only real gripe I have with this MCC version.

The campaign is a major step-up from Halo 3 or ODST, as it follows a team of Spartans that usually fight alongside you, rather than the lone-wolf style of the earlier entries. It retains the night vision mode ODST had, as well as the equipment and grenade types of Halo 3, while also standing on its own two feet and introducing a few new weapons and vehicles.

Halo: Reach is the prequel to all other Halo games in the lore, so if you're a stickler for that kind of stuff, definitely play through this one first.

This is a decent Halo game, but it feels a lot less like a typical Halo entry, and something more along the lines of Doom. All the typical weapon types are there, including the DMR, one of my favourite weapon types since Halo: Reach. There's a lot of variety between the campaign levels, as well as an inbuilt sprint feature, and not a pickup or equipment you have to use to be able to do so.

I'm not gonna lie, this entry definitely doubles down on the cinematics, though the transition between the AAA movie quality cut-scenes and the in-game rendered ones is a bit jarring.

It runs well on low end PCs, surprisingly so, although it doesn't come without a few bugs. Notably, some kind of cursor or gun scope infrequently wanders across the screen like it's not attached to anything, like a floater in your eye.

I tend to not play the multiplayer portions of Halo games, so I can't give an opinion there, but it's an emotional roller coaster.

Would definitely recommend picking up the entire set of games as they are on sale at the moment, and would also give you access to the unique cross-game playlists that let you play levels from all the different Halo games in different themes.

This is a game where you can find frogs. They come in all different cute shapes and sizes, and the music is pretty hype. There's no gimmicks, or tricks, just 100 frogs.

10/10

Having only played for an hour, the game seems very buggy. Every so often windows you're meant to interact with close on their own while you're trying to do something, which is incredibly frustrating, coupled with the microtransaction scam that is the gem currency of this game, makes me feel like this was a very rushed, minimum viable product.

The graphics are horrible for a start. The game opens in a weird shape that prevents you from seeing the whole game without going full screen, the UI is very basic, to the point where some elements feel ripped straight out of Microsoft PowerPoint, and it takes forever to do anything interesting with what should be a creative and involved crafting system.

I wouldn't recommend this game to anyone as there are free idle crafting games with a lot more effort put into them than this.

I'm a fan of the Lost Planet series but missed this one, the usual combination of mecha and on foot combat are there, with some mechs even having the ability to transform and perform other functions, though the controls feel slightly clunky, I've had to refer to the controls screen a few times and I feel that was a result of it being a console port.

You can get some decent fast-paced gameplay that I could probably compare to games like Armored Core and Front Mission Evolved. Though, the campaign is relatively short, having only taken 5 hours to complete it on easy difficulty, there are collectibles in each level that would take slightly longer to collect, although I don't think they affect the campaign portion of the game in any way.

The soundtrack is absolutely amazing, with Jamie Christopherson (who worked on the famous title, Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance), really making you feel immersed in each zone you find yourself in.

I did have a few issues in some levels where the exit wasn't very clearly obvious, there are some attempts made (like green outlines, or flashing lights to indicate where to go), but I did have to refer to a guide to get through some parts.

I would definitely recommend the game to fans of the mecha genre, and is very good value for the time you spend playing.

A very hardware friendly zombie survival game, most of the time you'll be scavenging items and weapons to use against the zombies, tools to make your shelter, and gathering points from killing said zombies.

I would recommend starting in a single-player world and completing the tutorial, as well as potentially having a YouTube guide or google open to check for crafting recipes as you go along.

The online community is very active, with a lot of public servers for both PvP and PvE options, I would definitely recommend giving this game a go if you're a fan of games like Rust or Arma: DayZ.

A new genre of rage game revolving around pulling a comically long sword out of a stone. The way you pull out the sword is physically dragging the mouse, which is extremely physically demanding due to how long the sword actually is.

The online part of the game makes this issue worse, as every new player to pull the sword only makes it harder to pull it out, and makes the sword longer. There are ways to cheat the game using a controller, though this means people can very easily artificially inflate the difficulty for those trying to legitimately play the game.

Otherwise, it's simply a test of patience and attention, as you have to hold onto the sword and watch where the cursor is, as if it goes off of the sword at any point, you will drop it and have to restart.