Recent reviews by VanHow10

This is the biggest sleeper title I have played in years. It is unique, entertaining, funny, and has decent game play. I would suggest this to anyone, old or young and if it is on sale it is a no brainer. 10/10.

This review is going to be a work in progress. I am going to review each game individually as I complete them (for the first time). I am unable to speak comparisons between the original vs the legendary edition, but will speak towards my first time experience through these games.

ME1: I completed ME1 at about 12 hours of time. WOW, why did I wait this long to play through this game? If you have seen any other reviews, you will understand that I do not go out of my way to 100% games, nor do I grind side quests. If I complete them while playing, great.

This game surprised the crap out of me. It has a great music score, and the game play is pretty good. The game guides you through levels, and you do not need to guess where to go (outside of selecting the planets). I was worried at the start that this game will be mostly dialog, like outer worlds, but it was not. The action was fun, the story was great, and I cannot wait until to start playing ME2.

This game took me awhile to get into. I decided it was time when my oldest son suggested it. I focused as much as I did because of him.

The game is very much a mindless grind, which I hate, but the urge to be better than my son was more important than the fun. It does a great job at making time go by, with a mindless urge.

A few things to note, if you monitor is higher than 60 hz, the game caps the FPS at 30. I didnt find this out until I was 50+ hours in.

There is a tool that can destroy everything. If you destroy puzzle pieces you can not get all the achievements, this is my issue.

The hardest achievement to get is the 1 million coins from banks. I leave the game running when I am not home and I still havent gotten it.

Once you find out a few tricks in this game, you realize that you could have completed it in about 1/10th of the time.

Overall I enjoy telling 9 year olds they are wrong in games, so If this scenario is relevant to you, play this game!

This game is one of the most interesting games I have played in awhile. While I never played the first, I felt like I could guess what happened, and can assume that the story for this game conencides with the first one.

I like to gauge how if a game was cost effective by expecting $1.00 per hour played, and this game did not meet that. I purchased this game on sale for around $35.00, and I felt like because of the uniqueness of this game, it was worth it. I do not grind games, but I could have easily put in double the time collecting the extra items to attempt to get a 100%.

The graphics and worlds are unlike anything I have seen recently, and i enjoyed every hour playing this game.

This is one of the best available Tower defense games you can pick up. It is fairly cheap and you can find it on sale. I really enjoy how it is one account between devices, I also have this on my phone and it is nice to have the same progress through both devices. The game is monkey towers throwing darts at balloon mobs, it is SUPER kid friendly and I enjoy playing the multiplayer with my kids. The resources needed to run the game is also super low, allowing a windowed game to easily be played while working or during a long queue on a larger game. If you like the TD genre, this is a must have.

First, I want to let you know that I expect to get 1 hour for every $1.00 the game cost me, financially it was worth it for me based on this metric.

The story line is very linear and predicable, though it was interesting enough to keep me engaged. The characters are fun and unique. Once you find the class you enjoy the game does get a bit better. Overall it is your typical FPS gear grinding type game, similar to Destiny. I have not played the DLC at this time, but a new needed expansion released within the last week.

Once you clear the main story, the game turns into a gear grind game. I hate anything with this specific grind, but this game kept my interest for an additional 10-15 hours. I believe it was because the process didn't feel as grindy as you see in other games, and the loot system works a bit different.

If you can find the game on sale I would grab it, especially if you have a couple friends to run through it with.

Audience
☐ Beginner
☑ Casual Gamer
☐ Normal Gamer
☐ Hardcore Gamer

Graphics
☐ Bad
☐ Okay
☑ Good
☐ Beautiful
☐ One of the best

Sound / Music
☐ Bad
☐ Okay
☑ Good
☐ Beautiful
☐ Fantastic

Difficulty
☐ Easy
☐ Average
☑ Easy to learn / Hard to master
☐ Hard
☐ Unfair

Bugs
☐ Bugs ruin the game
☐ Lots of bugs but manageable
☑ Few Bugs
☐ You can use them for speedrun
☐ Nothing encountered

Story
☐ There is none
☐ Not worth playing for
☑ Okay
☐ Good
☐ Fantastic

Game play
☐ Frustrating
☑ Repetitive
☐ Boring
☐ Fun
☑ Challenging

Time to Complete Main Story
☐ Really short (0 - 7 hours)
☑ Short (7 - 15 hours)
☐ Average (15 - 30 hours)
☐ Long (30 - 50 hours)
☐ Very Long (50 - 75 hours)
☐ Extremely Long (75+ hours)

Time to 100% game (Estimate)
☐ Really short (0 - 7 hours)
☐ Short (7 - 15 hours)
☐ Average (15 - 30 hours)
☐ Long (30 - 50 hours)
☑ Very Long (50 - 75 hours)
☐ Extremely Long (75+ hours)

Price / Quality
☐ Full price
☑ Wait for Sale
☐ Don't pay for it
☐ Refund it if you can

I believe that for games to be financially acceptable for every $1.00 you paid, you should be able to play it for 1 hour. This game is free, and was already ahead of most games in this sense.

The game feels like a diablo style game that developers wanted to fill with as much extra content as they could. It seems messy and overwhelming, especially until you get used to all the content. That said, the main aspect of the game is enjoyable. I was able to put about 66 hours until I felt like it required me to grind. If you have read any other of my reviews, I hate anything that requires grinding and usually stop once it gets to that point.

I only played 1 class, and there are probably a dozen. I also did not make it to end game content, as once you get max level the process of getting a high gear score is extremely grindy. There are quite a few microtransactions, as expected for a free to play, and this does speed up the time you need to get a higher gear score.

Overall the game is worth playing, but if you are not interested in grinding games you will most likely get around 50 hours out of it.

I wanted to play this game at release, but I could not find myself paying the 29.99 without knowing anything about the game, so I decided to wait. Luckily I ended up with a copy free of charge.

The graphics are beautiful, the platforming is nostolgic and familiar, the characters are fun, there are no micro transactions. Everything this game shows, made me believe that it was going to be a great experience, and a game to recommend to everyone. 4 short hours later, the game is completed.

Spending 29.99 on a game that takes 4 hours is a hard sell. I did not grind for all the acheivements, but I estimate it would have taken an extra 2 hours to complete. I also experienced around 10 game crashes throughout the 4 hours. Games at that price should be error free, and much longer. I always estimate that if I can spend 1.00 an hour for gameplay, it was worth the money. This was much more expensive.

If you get this for free, play it. Well worth it at that price. Do not buy at full cost though, you will most likely be disappointed.

I was really excited when I started this game for the first time. It felt like it was going to be a really solid, fallout type feel, spaced theme, steam punk game. The story seemed solid, there was enough humor to not make it annoying and seemed like it was going to be full of adventure.

The game is 90% dialogue, to the point you can skip fighting in most cases if you bring your dialogue level higher. The characters get bland, and over the top, and then it ends. The ending mission makes it feel like there is going to be an "oh more game than it seems", but then it just does some ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ "where are they now" credit roll. Such a bummer. I am happy I got this game on 50% off, I would not buy it for more than that.

I have not played any of the DLC and I wont be spending any of my money on it either.

I need to mention right off the start, this was the first time I played this type of game before.

This game is not difficult, there is 0 challenge. It is an interactive movie. The story jumps around a ton, and if you aren't planning on playing through in a day or two, it can be hard to follow.

The story is about a girl, Jodie who is linked to some "Soul" and it follows her from being a child into an adult. The choices you make throughout the game will change the outcome and even the next scene. It was an interesting concept. I think it was worth at least one play through, but I will not continue to try and see the other endings. There is not enough action for me to feel like I played a video game.

If you are into story based games, without any challenge, try this one out (and wait for it to be on sale)