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The visuals are outstanding. Whenever my screen was not covered by the YOU DIED prompt, I stopped myself to grasp on the beauty and diversity of the landscape. A lot of people complain about performance issue on this DLC, and I can attest to that. System requirements may need to be higher to have a smooth ride trough the ray traced shadows of the Erdtree.
Map design can be confusing sometimes, but I very much enjoyed the complexity of the entire map being interconnected by hidden walls, caves, and such. As for quest lines, I wish there was a little more guidance on how to proceed them. Some of them can be easily accessed, and others locked behind a secret like drinking a nectar that kills you instantly, and doing it 4 times in row (small hint or spoiler, however you take it) . I know this is the FromSoft recipe that encourages exploration and a cinematic experience, but sometimes I want to find out about the game story without watching a 2 hour lore video on Youtube.
Expect boss battles to be even more harder than in the base game. Though, you can choose from a big variety of new skills and weapons to get trough the fights. As for the soundtrack part, be prepared to be immersed in your battles with grandiose orchestral sounds.
This DLC is a well-anticipated release, that successfully delivers more ELDEN RING. Which is personally what I craved for since the moment I finished the main game.

The beginning is a bit slow and the first enemies are humans, whose "intelligence" is very bad. The middle part of the game is much better und more difficult, but there are just swarms of enemies. Overall the game is a bit too long and the beginning could be shorter. There are not many new mechanics in game, and it focus a bit more to stealth, but there are not many stealth mechanics. The game is still very linear and sometimes I thought I am on railways. The story is also not much more, than you know from the first game. So Metro 2033 was more convincing for me than Last Light, because everything was new. What is good? The world and atmosphere are still great. The graphics are also quite nice on this Redux version.

Outlast doesn’t do itself any favors with uninspired gameplay elements, that all too often reduce frightening moments to simple routine. Not to say that it isn’t worth the confrontation though. It plays into the fear of being found or chased by something that wants to harm you. That kinda feels primal, and is often absolutely terrifying. This is enhanced by environments that come to life through a great attention to detail. Outlast is a great game for horror genre fans.

The original Tomb Raider games are some of the better games that released at the time and not only introduced, but evolved many gaming traditions that are still prevalent today. Of course they were heavily inspired by Indiana Jones, but they did a lot more than put a female protagonist in thralling and dangerous scenarios that should not be survivable, but still retain your attention to see how the next game can improve on these set pieces and (at the time) good level design. This game also introduced multiple allies, and hostiles that are decently well developed. I wouldn't say any character in the game is exceeding complex and left me curious as to what their intentions are, or if their actions had were performed for the good of others. The various characters you meet in this game aren't exactly mysterious, very deep or developed for that matter, but they service the story of the game well enough. Characters best compliment a story rather than to just service it, and I would've preferred for the various cutscenes to hold my attention more than they did (when a set piece weren't involved) but to be fair to the game it doesn't often attempt to do so. The plot is what you can expect of a Tomb Raider game, and the characters that service the plot do a good enough job to motivate you to continuously fight not just for yourself and your safety and freedom, but for theirs too. Level design for the most part I'd say is good. It's quite linear, and doesn't often deviate from that, but the most linear sections are during puzzles sequences so you never get lost or too distracted. During combat sequences the world opens up slightly to not have you feel claustrophobic, and gives you enough freedom to move in between cover, scale small buildings and watch towers and search for relics and ammunition as well tear through the local militia. These combat encounters are surprisingly good, though few and far in between until the final quarter of the game, they offer a good enough break from puzzles, and scaling mossy cliff sides or broken airplanes and maintains your attention from first to last grunt. If you enjoy any of the Uncharted games, you should enjoy this one. Though it's far more mature and grim in it's approach, but if you prioritise the humour and a light hearted take on Indiana Jones than this may be a bit too gloomy for you. I recommend this game, it stands up to the test of time and even 11 years later is a very good experience that I say most people interested in puzzles, set pieces & linear exploration should try.

I was pleasantly surprised with this game.I have picked up the etnire metro bundle on Steam for 5 bucks so I didn't expect much. Instead I came away adrenaline pounding in my ears, thoroughly engrossed in an excellently paced and crafted experience. I say experience because the feeling of claustrophobia and confusion are palatable, and they pull you deeper into the metro. The audio adds to this experience being both tense and sorrowful interchangeably, making you experience the emotions that would accompany such an underground existence. Some week points do exist, the game never feels anything but linear, and there are some dated graphics but the redux version handles that quite well. Excellent game giving a very different look and feel to a crowded genre, worth every minute.

This remastered version of Mafia II features improved graphics and nice lighting effects, but the title can't deny its age due to the slightly rough and stiff characters. The open world remains limited to the place you're supposed to visit, and NPCs have behaviors that don't necessarily help make them credible. However, the storyline is interesting from the beginning to the end and the thrilling soundtrack of the title help to overcome its small imperfections. And, icing on the cake, the fact that all 3 DLCs are included allows you to enjoy Empire Bay a little more if you found the main adventure too short, but I must agree they are not that good, just some small extra fun

The game is very fun, and I believe anyone who likes management sims (or not maybe) will thoroughly enjoy this game. One of my favorite parts is that each animal feels so unique not just in their needs but in their behavior and animations as well. It's also quite good fun to meticulously plan out your zoos layout to be conducive to good foot traffic, as well as to take hours to build gorgeous habitats for your animals that seem like something that would be in an actual zoo. I found that medium in franchise mode is a good difficulty level and I have no problem keeping my zoo afloat. My only complaints are that some of the animals in the DLC should have been in the main game but were probably planned to be dlc during the main game's development and whenever you get disconnected during franchise even just for a second you get immediately booted back to the main menu (the game saves for you when this happens) and then you have to reconnect and reload your whole game which with a larger zoo can take minutes, so maybe don't play franchise mode if you have spotty internet.

This felt like the main goal for this game was to have fun. I always felt like there was something to do and I never got bored because of all the different activities. I ended up 100% this game because it just had a stellar gameplay loop and felt really rewarding. The plot and humor in this was perfectly suited for me. I really appreciated what this game did with its cheesy B action movie plot. Even with the characters and plot it wanted to make sure you had fun with a constant flow of humor and high camp performances. The combat was also really well done and gave a good mix of super powers and gunplay.

If you are considering getting this game, but you don't know anything about it, you should get this game. In not knowing, more attention is payed to the story and what it all means. The gameplay is simple, but this is a game that isn't about the gameplay. It warns you of the choice of comfort over what is more important. Of course, if it were possible, everyone would much rather watch the pretty fires dance majestically in their fireplace rather than face outside adversities and overcome fears. This game produces a beautiful, yet seamless connection between warmth and cold, light and dark, known and unknown. The humour is silly, but it fits well with the mood of the game overall. The game also pokes fun at other games that are blatantly repetitive by being blatantly repetitive itself in a very parodic way. Little Inferno provides a very unique experience, and for those game enough to try it, you should.

A truly entertaining game from the warped, delightfully juvenile minds of The Behemoth. It's hard to stop laughing throughout the game, especially when you're playing with a friend. The puzzles are smartly designed, there are hundreds of characters and there are plenty of other modes to keep the replay value up. Insane mode is no joke either. I was disappointed that only two people can play the story together, but otherwise, a super-fun game