Recent reviews by John Doe

Best everyday in Russia simulator.

That's perfection.. And beyond.
I mean, the attention to details is on a MANIACAL level.
Fully explorable levels, tons of opportunities to try if you are keen to take your time through gameplay, NPCs and Targets with their own routine roaming around living their digital life (last day of their life, at least).
The soundtrack is extremely immersive, the locations are spectacular.
Custom contracts also available through the community, along with periodical "exclusive" ones. Hours and hours and hours of entertainment are guaranteed!
That's the coronation of an already excellent saga.

DAT Soundtrack.

Amazing? Revolutionary? Best LOTR game from years to now?

NOPE.

I played it the last 4 days, and I finished it with no problems at all, completed 100% (see my screenshots).
I found it very easy.. TOO easy, in my opinion.
I'm a fan of Tolkien's work (not a purist, I understant that this game is a reinterpretation ant nothing really bound to Tolkien's saga), and from my point of view the game isn't that bad, talking about the story, but nothing special. It's a predictable revenge-driven story arc.. MEH.
There are a few good references from Tolkien's saga, VERY FEW and nothing worth it.
I liked Sauron pictured as an Elf deceiving the main character, and the little appearance of Gollum, but I would have appreciated if he had a major role in the game. I would have appreciated also some other reference, some other character appearence for instance, but nothing.
The mechanics are good, indeed, but nothing innovative..
I mean, it's like playing "Batman" without the Grappling Hook and with "Ezio Auditore's" stealth attacks.
The Nemesis Sytem is the good mark of the game. I liked to play with Sauron's army ranks, letting my little orcs get to the higher ranks. But even here there's a bad mark: the system is only useful in the main quests.. Once you get to the end of them (and I think it'll be too soon) you'll find pointless playing with the army generals.

In the end:
+ Spectacular Ambience
+ Good cinematics and effects
+ Good Nemesis System
- Too Too Too Easy and short story arc
- Poor of Tolkien's saga references
- Nothing new in the combat system
- Nemesys System becomes useless too eraly

Don't buy it unless you're only looking for an endless orc slashing game (and if you are, buy Orcs Must Die =P).

Ramming into cars making them explode. Must Have.

DISHONORED - Still a better story than Thief

That's what I've come out with, after I finished Garret's new adventure.

I really appreciated the atmosphere, the city itself is wonderful, dark and somehow gothic.
The graphics are impressive, running on an appropriate machine (like I do).
I enjoyed much more running free around the city instead of following the main quest (wait, that's not Skyrim!!).

The mechanics are easy to understand, there are a variety of gadgets you can use during your Chapters, but actually you can afford to play even nearly without any of them. I mean there are no such situations in which you think "Damn, I really need to use <gadget> to make it!", and the city doesn't remind me of a living city, with living people: you can jump into windows, searching for loot in the drawers and noone will notice. That's a little down for me, 'cause there is all the potencial for a great stealth game, but it's like it lacks of personality, like a plain board.
The story itself is not something that keeps your attention from minute to minute, that encourages you to keep on following the main objectives: I found it somehow predictable.. I preferred to play it little bits at a time, beside playing "The Mighty Quest for Epic Loot".
That's not even "Bug-FREE" (360 Guards? -.-)..

I can't avoid to compare this game to Dishonored, in which I found a more intense and intriguing story (even if very simple: "I'm accused of murder? Let's kill everyone!") and the whole scenario was various and bautiful. Even the story DLCs were pretty awesome.

Garret is a great character, it deserves a great story.
I hope that EIDOS will work on something better the next time =) (or maybe a DLC!)

Anyway, technically it's still a good game, with great potencial.
Buy it if you're Garret fan!!

Day 1 - Start from a gas station on the coast, ran to the next village and found a dead player body with a backpack, couple of tins and a crowbar. Searched the houses for food, found a couple of drinks and canned tuna.

Day 2 - Decided to follow electric line through the inner land. Found a farm with useful clothing (raincoat and working boots) and a first-aid kit. Ran to the next town, killed a couple of zombies, found ammo but not weapons. Drunk from a water pump in the city, ready to go.

Day 3 - Headed north through the forest, undisturbed by other players, got a sight on an old Fort: headed there.
Found a house near the fort, with a water-pump, some ammo and a fireaxe. Nothing found in the old fort, but had a good sight on the land around: two towns near: headed for the big one, with a church and a big building similar to an hospital.
Got 2 medi-kits, a pistol and two water canteens; also a bunch of canned food and drinks.
Still amo but not weapons. And a pair of handcuffs.
Headed north, found a railway station with a 9130 Mosin (long-range rifle) on the roof.
In a series of garages near there, found bayonette and scope for rifle and lots of drink tins and canned food.

Day 4 - Headed NE from the station garages, through the forest. Had the feeling I got lost, but I ended then in an airfield military base. Entered there, found a couple of revolvers, an helmet with gas-mask, tactical shirt and trousers, and military vest with many slots. Fond lots of M4 parts, but not the main weapon.
Got to the roof of the command tower, found a Mountain backpack and a storage plastic box for saving space, but the moment i clicked for descending the stairs, the character choose to jump into the air, dropped dead to the ground.
LOST EVERYTHING I FOUND THESE DAYS.

That's DayZ! You'll love it or you'll hate it; I personally REALLY LOVE IT!!!

It's Pre-Aplha, so if you can't stand big bugs (like the one killed me), don't even mind to buy it.
But if interested in the adventure of surviving alone in the huge map the game offers, with nothing but hunger and thirst, then have it and Enjoy!!

I think it'll be huge whet it'll come bug-free and perfected.

AMAZING.

That's the best Splinter Cell since the first episode of the series came out, that's it.

A perfect and complex simulation of tactical/stealth combat and espionage.

Great plot with smart ideas from the producers! Every time I end a mission from the story-line I just feel like.. Wow!! =P
I did not tried the Co-op and Online Multiplayer mode yet, but I'm planning to!
Single player is just astonishing! You've got total freedom to try different ways to get through every scenario the game brings you in.

Totally Approved!

This is totally Amazing, it did not disappointed my expectations!

Ubisoft with NVidia did an incredible work of optimization for PC platform.. I'm so lucky to run it on full-ultra graphics!

The experience is absolutely immersive, you can feel like a pirate walking down the streets of a caribbean town.
Also you sense the difference between this one and the old Assassin's Creed games..
Captain Kenway is a total "Prick" (the positive way)!! ^_^
He doeson't give a ♥♥♥♥ of others, you feel like "I just want to kill someone, I do it, no matter the way!".

Naval combat and exploring is also fantastic!!

Must have for ACs fans! And non-fan either ;)

AWESOME Experience!

I think you can count on half your single hand fingers for games this much immersive.

You have to try it, I promise, you'll love it at first sight!

This game made me buy the book "Metro 2033" from which the story's taken!

Absolutely to buy!