Recent reviews by Just Dave

If you've ever played the first Jurassic World Evolution or the classic Jurassic Park Operation Genesis, this game is essentially an updated sequel to both games. It's the same concept as zoo or roller coaster tycoon only instead of building theme parks or zoos full of exotic animals you get to build your own Jurassic Park/World featuring living dinosaurs. (79 species as of right now). This particular game has many new features not present in the previous installment such as the ability to build customized aviaries for your flying dinosaurs, customize the layout and management of individual shops, train scientists with unique skills and abilities, and for the first time ever you can build lagoons to feature aquatic dinosaurs such as the Mosasaurus. Even in its infancy this game already has a lot more to offer than what I was expecting and I still haven't finished playing through every game mode yet and unlocking everything. With that being said, don't expect this game to have a super long campaign like the last game did. I was able to completely finish the main campaign in four hours (and I had to restart Oregon twice). Aside from the main Fish and Wildlife campaign which takes place after the events of Fallen Kingdom, there is also Chaos mode in which you will get the chance to build your own version of the parks featured in each movie and try to avoid the disasters that took place in the films. (Jurassic Park, Jurassic Park - San Diego from the Lost World, Site B from Jurassic Park 3, Jurassic World, and the return to the Fallen Kingdom). I have not played through all the of the Chaos Mode campaigns yet but they do look really good and will probably take me another eight or so hours of game time in order to complete. Like the first Jurassic World Evolution you also have the option to build parks in challenge mode where you attempt to build them up to the best rating possible in an allotted amount of time and under more difficult circumstances; as well as creative mode where you can build freely using buildings and dinosaurs you've already acquired from elsewhere in the game in order to design your park exactly the way you like it. I have about 800 hours invested in the first Jurassic World Evolution between Steam and my Xbox One and I can already tell that I am going to enjoy playing this game even more, especially considering how many dumb little tisks they've fixed with this game. (IT IS SO MUCH EASIER TO BUILD STRAIGHT WALLS NOW) lol. I very am excited to see what new developments come for this game and franchise in the future and if the last game was any indication I will have a LOT of DLC to look forward to in the coming future. 9.5/10

If you are expecting this game to be anything like a remaster of Legacy of Goku II overhauled to over 9000, you will NOT be disappointed. The map is huge with pretty much every location featured in the manga/anime present in the game including the iconic Korin Tower, King Kai's Planet and a small portion of Snake Way, Kame Island/House, Grandpa Gohan/Goku's house, all of East City, and the entirety of Namek just to barely scratch the surface. You will not get burned out on exploring quickly. Throughout the course of the game you will get to play as several of your favorite characters including but not limited to; Goku, Gohan, Vegeta, Piccolo, and Trunks to name a few. Each character can be leveled up and enhanced so you can pour your time into your favorites to make them all powerful and most of the other anime/manga characters major and minor can be unlocked as community members with each one giving you unique bonuses that change depending on where and how you use them. You play through pretty much the entire DBZ timeline starting with the Raditz saga on through past the Cell saga. It's not canonically accurate as there are several changes in the dialog and order of events with some being more subtle than others; but overall this is still possibly the best DBZ game ever made. The graphics are beautiful and the boss fights are fun and diverse with 360 degree fighting action and a skill tree that lets you power up iconic moves such as Piccalo's Special Beam Cannon or Vegeta's Galick Gun. The fishing and mining elements grow stale after a while and you will get sick of the random battles that happen when you're flying around. (Seriously its like fly ten feet, fight some robots, fly another ten feet, fight some saibamen; it wears thin quick) but other than this the game is overall exciting and refreshing. The key mapping can be a little annoying if you don't have a controller but I am proof that with a little patience you CAN figure it out (I made a cheat sheet). Also they could have put a little more effort into giving unique icons for the individual items but that is just me being nitpicky. At the end of the day DBZ Kakarot is beautiful and loads of fun to play and one of the most well developed games to come out in the past few years. This is one of only a handful of times this year that I feel like I actually got my money's worth out of a game. 9/10

I've been playing Madden since the good old days on PS2 when you could create your own teams and had control over pretty much every element of the game. Madden 21 isn't as good as the originals but it's decent enough and my favorite to come out recently just because of how much time I've invested in my own franchise. Not much has changed over the past few years except for the addition of the "Heartbreak Kids" campaign (slow and depressing) so personally I would only buy 21 if you don't already own 18, 19, or 20 or unless you just REALLY want to play that campaign. People seem to hate the music for me it's pretty hit or miss I like some of the tracks enough to put them on my ipod but still had to mute the rest. Overall this is a decent enough football sim so if you don't already own any of the Madden games on steam this one is probably your best bet. 6/10

I have been excited for this game for months, it finally releases and won't even run. If I ever get a chance to actually play it I might reevaluate my review.

In short: I highly recommend this game to anyone who loves Star Trek or has dreamed of flying their own spaceship (or fleet of ships) around an ever growing universe, exploring new planets and meeting new alien civilizations.

I've played a lot of these Elder Scrolls Online style MMORPGs but If I had to pick a favorite, Star Trek Online would certainly go high up on the list. No other free game will let you explore a universe as large and well designed as the one you roam in this game and they are constantly creating new worlds and missions to add to the overall scale of the game.

All of the detail is there for the die hard fans of Star Trek seeking to relive their favorite moments or finally visit their favorite places from the shows and films. They have all the best characters from the shows, many of whom were voiced by the original Hollywood actors and actresses. Alternatively if you are someone (like myself) knows little to nothing about the Star Trek franchise, the game is simple enough to learn and doesn't really require you have any prior knowledge beforehand. You create a character, get your first ship, and fly off into space to start doing missions, some of which require you to fly around in your ship or do battle with other ships while others have you and members of your crew beaming down to planets or space stations to battle the enemy first hand.

And the missions are a lot of fun to play too with each one feeling almost like it's own episode complete with all of the necessary action and stakes to keep you entertained and wanting more. Unlike other games of this genre the combat doesn't get too boring or repetitive as you are constantly learning new abilities and getting new weapons and equipment to use against a wide variety of enemies. And if you find yourself in a situation where things are starting to feel a little too difficult, all you have to do is ask for help in the chat because there are almost always veterans players of the game just waiting for people to give them an opportunity to come show off their fancy ships and toys to save the day.

As you level up you will unlock new ships and crew members for those ships both of which can be heavily customized if you are into that sort of thing. There are hundreds of ships, weapons, equipment and clothing options (and of course, non-combat pets) and they just keep getting cooler and cooler the more you play. You can spend real money to get a jump start on things if you want, but the main mission story-lines are all so good and bare such great rewards, it's just as easy/fun to take your little starter ship and dive right in.

10/10
-Live Long and Prosper

Honestly if would take me way too long to list and review all of things you can do in this game. I'll just save myself some time and say that GTA V appeals to pretty much every demographic. To date it's the third highest grossing video game of all time behind Minecraft and Tetris. If you don't already own it at this point, just buy it. 10/10

I love this game and it's one of my favorites ever; but it might not appeal to you if you're not interested in space games. If you've ever played Ark , Empyrion - Galactic Survial is very similar, only instead of fighting and taming dinosaurs you build ships and bases and explore other planets and solar systems. It takes a little while to get familiar with all the controls and how everything works, but once you do this game is loads of fun to play. Especially once you start building your own custom ships piece by piece however your heart desires. And if building isn't your forte and you just kinda wanna explore, you can always go over to the steam workshop and downloads hundreds of other bases, vehicles, and ships that other people have already built, including iconic sci-fi vessels such as The USS Enterprise or any of the ships from Star Wars or Halo. There's survival and creative game modes so you can skip all the resource hunting and just build ships if that's all you're interested in. You can even download mods where other people have created custom scenarios for you to battle through and there are also ones that expand upon the vanilla game, adding more planets and new planet types to the universe so you have even more places to explore and build. The Galaxy is yours and you can do with it whatever you wish. If flying around in spaceships and exploring the universe one planet at a time sounds like your kind of thing, then I highly recommend this game! 10/10

Skyrim is one of the greatest games I've ever played. It's a must own for anyone. The world is massive, the story is rich, the characters are diverse and interesting and the game has more replay value than anything I've ever seen. I have spent hundreds of hours playing Skyrim on the various consoles, beating the main story line and all the side quests, playing through with different characters to enjoy a new experience every so often, and then when the DLC came out it just added that much to the experience including the ability to adopt children, hunt vampires, and build your own personalized player home. And once you've finally gotten bored of looting dungeons for gold and jewels, unlocking the powerful mysteries of magic and enchantment, and slaying flocks of dragons to steal their souls, there are literally millions of mods you can download in the workshop including new armor, weapons, locations, quests, character races, and much much more to add to the experience. I can honestly say, I'll probably be playing Elder Scrolls V for the rest of my natural life. It's just that good! If you don't already own Skyrim, BUY IT NOW AND THANK ME LATER!!!!! 10/10

Note: Those who have a computer than can run more complicated games should consider buying the remastered version. Those who have more simple rigs, should just buy the original as it will play much better on slower systems.

This is actually my first time playing through Resident Evil 4 on the PC, but I've owned and beaten it on the PS2, PS3, and Xbox One respectively and I can say from experience it's a true gem of a horror game. It is the fourth installment in the resident evil/ biohazard franchise and the second game in the series to feature fan favorite (and mine as well) special agent Leon S. Kennedy as he tries to track down the president's daughter after she was kidnapped by a religious cult who use the las plagas parasite to control the common people and use them as mind controlled slaves. These infected by the parasite will serve as the primary antagonists (along a whole mess of different mutated creatures including a giant fish monster that lives in a lake) for Leon as he attempts to locate and rescue Ashley Graham. I always found Resident Evil 4 to be my personal favorite in the franchise, with dark and beautiful graphics, the best characters in the franchise, plenty of iconic action and puzzle solving moments, and loads of truly spooky/ horrifying stages that will leave you not wanting to play this game in the dark. This is one of those games that is so lengthy, every time you think you've got it beat, you learn you've just started a new area on the island. A must own for fans of horror games and zombie lovers everywhere. And the PC version has the added benefit of being much easier to play than other console versions due to the mouse and the position of the controls. Resident evil 4 is one of my top ten favorite games of all time, and Leon Kennedy is my personal favorite video game character of all time. And after you beat the game, there are other story-lines that you unlock, and special outfits and weapons for Leon that give this game a ton of replay value. 10/10.

Counter strike was the game that got me into Steam and PC gaming almost over a decade ago. Still fun to hop online every once in a while, and am always pleasantly surprised to see others still play even after all these years. I recommend any of the Counter-Strike games, but the original will always have a special place in my heart. 8/10