Recent reviews by wyqydsyq

basshunter made a whole song about it so it's obviously good

Comparing it to Tarkov since that's obviously the direct competition.

Pros:
+ Works perfectly out-of-the box on Linux via Proton.
+ PvE/Co-op mode included in the box price (no $250 pay2win DLC needed).
+ Huge open world map, nice world design and graphics look better than Tarkov for the most part.
+ Factions system makes it really easy to party up as a solo player, unlike Tarkov where most of the time you'll get TK'd if you try to queue up with randoms.
+ Interactions with doors and windows are a lot nicer than in Tarkov, you can open windows instead of having to smash them, you can partially open doors to peek the next room without fully exposing your body in an open doorframe.

Cons:
- Arm animations and vaulting are both kind of awkward and janky, could use some polish.
- While it runs with playable performance (90fps+) on my fairly high-end system, this is still considerably poor performance as other comparable open-world games usually run at 120fps+ for me. For people with slower systems it's probably borderline unplayable.
- Some windows are indestructible. A lot of windows can be opened to kind of work around this but windows need to be breakable, bullets popping clean holes through them without any shattering just feels weird as hell and immersion-breaking.

With performance/stability improvements and some work on making arm animations and vaulting look/feel a bit more natural, I think this game will eventually be better than Tarkov.

It's still very early access beta state, so if you are wanting a polished experience probably best to wait a few months and check back.

A lot easier to pick up than PoE and a lot deeper as far as builds and mechanics go than D4. The story is nothing amazing though, like it's passable but doesn't really draw you in. The class system allowing you to mix skills from different specializations is pretty cool.

Would recommend for anyone looking for a new ARPG that isn't as complex as PoE or as greedily monetized as D4.

Giving it a downvote though due to bugs (mostly missing textures) in the Linux version that have been reported on the forums since Nov 2023 but remain unfixed.

Fixing these missing textures for the OpenGL/Vulkan Linux versions to make the game playable for Steam Deck/Linux users shouldn't be a huge effort. Please fix and I will change review back to positive

really fun and detailed cold-war era RTS. the 10v10 game mode is pure chaos

Finally a AAA game that looks, feels and plays like a AAA game. This will be GOTY for sure.

A beautiful hybrid of FTL and Space Engineers with an RPG-like career mode

Regularly crashes at the end of matches, causes the RGB colours on all my Razer peripherals to freak the hell out

Solid RTS and a worthy successor to AOEII. Ranked matchmaking system needs work though, too many times I see bronze players in matches of mostly gold/platinum players. It ruins games for both teams.

Servers are dead, cannot start a match even with 10+ people in queue.