Recent reviews by Chodek

I'm starting to like it. I think maybe I'll play another 17 hundred hours and then write a proper review. For now suffice to say the game it's okish.

I think I'll need another couple of hundreds of hours of gameplay to make a proper assesment, but the game is allright I guess.

Fantastic storyline and flawless execution. Bioware produces yet another classic, drops the mic.


More than five years passed since this game was released and let me tell you, if you didn't played it yet, you should get it and play it. Like any other true classic, Dragon Age: Origins delivers a unique gaming experience that everyone should be able to enjoy. Beautifully crafted world, detailed and perfectly tuned to the style and mood proposed by the writers. Excellent music to round up a truly immersive atmosphere.

Make your character, get your party together and go adventuring. This game doesn't runs over the DnD rules, but the system in place is very intuitive and you'll get the hang of it in no time at all. Races, Classes and Specializations available give you plenty of choices and encourage the player to try and beat the game with a totally different approach.

If you loved Planescape: Torment, Baldur's Gate and Icewind Dale you will feel at home with Dragon Age: Origins.

Isometric sci-fi shooter. Fix that ship, blast them aliens. Gunfrenzy-facehugger-backtrackfest.


Your ship is wrecked and full of aliens. You have guns, an engineer’s degree and an android guide to tell you how to get things done. Test your cardio running all over the place blasting unwelcomed guests while enjoying the smooth animations, beautiful lightning, realistic effects and overall outstanding graphic design (with the exception of the GUI who sadly doesn't look as polished as the rest.)

For moments it feels like you're in there, trying desperately to avoid being killed by hordes of vicious aliens, thinking if that tin can of a ship won't give up on you before you can do something about it. Only one thing breaks the illusion: for some reason the camera can turn only on 45 degrees intervals, making it difficult to orient yourself and avoid being attacked by surprise.

With some good will and patience you can get used to it, but then you realize you're a space errand boy who's forced to backtrack every single time a task is completed, just to check if everything worked as it was supposed to. With time, that sensation grows and start to erode the fun. You start to wander... Who designed this ship? Surely someone not worried about time, who enjoys long walks and repetitive tasks. Like a puppy (or it was Intex?) Sod off Intex!

To sum up, with a more detailed and polished interface; and without so much walks up and down the same corridors this game would have turned out way better. The graphics and animations are great, the sound effects complete the illusion of being 'there' and the music rounds it up well. The plot is what it is and the repetitive nature of the story development kills the fun after an hour or two, but there are quite a few reasons to come back and play again and try your hand on different difficulty levels or even multiplayer.

1,694 hours on record. More than 70 days of accumulated playtime. Let that sink in... I can't.


I mean, what it says about me? I bought this game a year ago and then proceeded to play for two months?! How's that even possible?

Well, my daily routine includes: several hours of computer work while 'multitasking' on Football Manager, I also play it on my laptop while eating, watching movies and football on TV... And I've fallen asleep while playing several times.

Sadly, all this is nothing new in my life. My first experience with this game series was with Championship Manager 97/98 Swedish Edition, and I've been playing each single year religiously. I can't get enough. I just can't. Since opening this Steam account, I bought FM 2013, 2014 and today my 500th steam game: FM 2015. On top of all that I have to admit what is evident: I have a problem here. I know I'll keep throwing money to SI for as long as they make this game.

It's just that awesomely pathological. For all I care they can update the database, change a number or two in the title and sell it to me. I'll just frickin' buy it. It's a tradition, a part of my life, of my routine since I had 17 years old (17 years ago!) Not having the latest FM iteration will leave a void in my life that undoubtedly would jinx my entire existence, a big black hole that I would be forced to fill with things such as family, work, exercise and a healthy diet.

Oh! Almost forgot to review this game.
Here it goes: five stars all across the board. Even for the things I actually don't like.
This game has five-star bugs people.
Sorry, I can't even pretend to being impartial on this one.

Football Manager is the joy and bane of my existence.

Top-down racing with a lot of twists and possibilities. Addictive, intense and fun.


I honestly don't know what's all the complaining about. Wanted to try this game for a long time, but since I'm always on a limited budget and have to prioritize, this game had to wait until it was made available on a bundle. I must admit I've should bought it before since this game is fun and delivers everything that you can expect from it.

Gameplay´s good, the controls respond and the car reacts to them pretty well. Some people say the backgrounds are a little unpolished, ok, but I usually don't have time to check them out while driving like a madman avoiding rivals, drifting long curves and trying not to get stuck between some old tires. Music and sound effects are good enough to round up a really nice product in my opinion.

On top of all this you have a large selection of cars, levels, races, game modes and so on. It's so addictive and fun that I've playing it for two days ignoring literally hundreds of other games in my queue; didn't even tried multiplayer because I had my hands full trying to reach the third tier of competition. Some objectives may be hard to attain but hey... What do you want? Walks in the park? This it's supposed to be Real World Racing, yo!

Neon colors. Dubstep. Pills. Flashes. Bangs. Booms. Coin-up look and feel. Excellent game.


Intake it's a rare gem, every single part of it in harmony with the rest, making this game an instant thumbs up. Gameplay is excellent, either you use keyboard or mouse: simple controls for quick, non-stop action. Graphics are sharp and bright colored and the interface is, for a lack of a better word in my limited vocabulary, classy. Sound effects are great and contribute to generate a really immersive experience.

And the game's soundtrack it's glorious, making the game unique and memorable. The coin-up theme it's another plus, even more if you used to play arcade machines with the level of addictiveness and replayability that this game has. Let me tell it on more concrete terms: this game it's a good purchase for ten bucks (even if you can get it for one).

That's high praise coming from me. Well done Cipher Prime, I hope you keep making awesome games in the future.

Console style RPG. Maybe for kids 7-10 years old. Not my cup of tea.


Being honest, got this game on a bundle and installed it without thinking about it. 3 Stars of Destiny presents a standard design, with a standard premise and a standard plot. Thinking about it, that's this game problem: it's way too generic and predictable.

Overall, the game it's what you'll expect from it (keeping in mind what's been said before): decent console graphics, juvenile and pseudo-fantastic plot, basic dialog, random encounters and so on. Didn't recommend it since I think that there are quite a bunch of better similar games available.

Good game. Got it for cents, worth it. Play it to focus your mind on one simple task. Relaxing.


Trial and error will take you a long way on 140, but not all the way since you will need also timing and patience to advance in this simple yet well-crafted game. Jump all over the place, planning beforehand your movements to avoid falls that'll force you to start over. Get your prize, deliver it, and move on to the next challenge.

All aspects of the game are good enough given the premise: controls respond, graphics are basic (but that's the idea on a minimalist game) and the music generates an ambient that allows to concentrate on the task at hand. All that being said, the game's backgrounds tend to be a little off-putting, and the dynamic becomes repetitive; but if you purchased this game you're looking for that anyway.

Blast rats. Blast zombies. Blast everything that moves. Profit.


Considering that you can get him for a really low price if you wait for the right bundle or steam sale it's a good option for old fashioned shoot'em up aficionados. For your money you'll get a well-rounded game that will satiate your thirst for blood and mayhem.

Isometric view -Fallout style, which it gives the game a familiar feel for me- a character level system based on four stats, good amount of weapon choices and lots of rats and zombies to try them on. The musical aspect it's not very remarkable but the fast-paced action makes up for it, after all, we're here to fire shots and explode zombies, not to cultivate our souls.

A as expected the mechanic it's pretty straightforward: kill and don't get killed, pick up money and upgrades, level up, buy more upgrades, repeat. Can be monotone of course, but generally when you start up these kind of games that's exactly what you're looking for: mind-numbing, intense action with lots of instant gratification elements.