Recent reviews by Dodo

Good tactics games.
Feels bad when it goes wrong.

Arcade Paradise

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Elite: Dangerous requires an investment of time and patience. The tutorial covers the extreme basis of starship operation, combat, and docking procedures but everything else in between is up to the player to figure out. Get past these hurdles and you’ll find a space simulation experience like no other, filled with gorgeous galactic vistas and the opportunity for fortune and glory.

F.E.A.R. 3 will hardly scare you. But despite weak storyline, it's a surprisingly solid and satisfying shooter, which only gets better if played in co-op.

100% Achievements 35-40 hours
You will need a co-op partner for quite a lot of the achievements in this game.
I also found that I needed a team of at least 3 to get Hanging 20 (Complete wave 20 in Contractions).

I first had this game on PS1 as a child and absolutely loved it. Fantastic story and great turn-based battle system, I had as much fun playing through it now than I did 17 years ago. For me this game truly is a classic and holds up very well.

100% Achievements 80-90 Hours
To 100% this I had to spend about 20 hours grinding for Materia Overlord (Master all Materias) and Master of Gil (99,999,999 Gil). If going for 100% and you want to do it in one play through I would recommend using guides because there are lots of places where a achievement can be missable.

It feels like an expansion rather than a sequel. We were expecting a bigger evolution, but still, if you enjoyed the first episode you'll enjoy this one.

Extremely awesome single player game. The story, graphics, gameplay, sound, atmosphere, immersion, it's all good. I didn't really care much for the multiplayer and wouldn't of rated this game any less if it didn't have it. Got to be one of my favorite single player game of 2013.

To get 100% achievements done I would say between 35 and 45 hours. 'True Commitment' (Reach level 60 in multiplayer) is quite a grind.

Simple to play, yet deep and compelling. A wonderful storyline narrated perfectly as you play. Some of the artwork and music here is better than a great deal of AAA games today.

Takes around 20 hours to 100% all achievements because 2 and a half playthroughs is needed. I wasted a lot of time getting About the Author (Complete the Stranger's Dream with all ten Shrine Idols invoked), VERY tricky.

When it comes down to it, CSGO may follow the same old formula of gameplay seen in previous versions of Counter-Strike, but it's still a well-rounded tactical shooter. It may not try anything drastically different or revolutionize the series by taking it in a new direction, but there's still enough there to appeal to newbies and hardcore fans alike.