Recent reviews by Marvyra

I love Apex Legends, I'm a day one player back when it released in 2019. It's been one of the best gaming moments in my life. That has now come to an end as EA started rubbing their filthy hands all over the game, ignoring the cheater issue, ignoring player feedback, terrible servers, horrible matchmaking, they only care about milking the player base with ludicrously expensive cosmetics, reworking the battlepass to an even more terrible state with an increased price.

No thanks. Enough is enough.

Update: They reverted the battlepass change of not purchasable with coins, but there's still all the other bad stuff so review stays as NO for now. Also they removed DUOS!

They removed Linux support.

Still isn't available in all countries, Sony, get your head out of your butt! (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻

Well done Arrowhead, you have cooked and it shows, 01.001.100 is the best patch so far! Keep going in this direction and this will be a masterpiece!

Larian understands what players want, they care what players want, they're passionate about their creations, they're not afraid to take risks. This deserves all the praise it's getting because Baldur's Gate 3 is a masterpiece! It's a breath of fresh air in this day and age!

I've been giggling like a maniac throughout this whole game and even more so on my second playthrough, it's just fantastic, I adore it! The cinematic camera and dialogue is a huge step forward from DOS2, I knew from day one that I was going to love it, just because of that one feature. The characters and the world feel so alive and react to everything you do, its just so refreshing and unreal to see.

The voice acting is phenomenal! Even a basic NPC has amazing voice acting. They really went all out on this and it shows. I could listen to my companions talk all day, especially Gale and Shadowheart. I love them both.

My only complaints are, max level 12 and no access to long rest in some areas.

20/10!

Game of the Year!!

Elden Ring rendered me speechless and my jaw dropping multiple times throughout the adventure. It's been too long since a game has made me feel this way. Well done FromSoftware, I believed in you and you delivered yet another masterpiece! Bravo!

I'm not sure if any other game will be able to beat this one, I don't even know how FromSoftware will manage to even make an equal or better game. I do hope that they will build upon Elden Ring and add more content over time, because I want MORE!

The world is beautiful. There's so much more vibrant colors in Elden Ring than previous entries. Many different areas and biomes to explore, pretty similar to Dark Souls 2 to be honest, which is great because Dark Souls 2 is my favorite soulsgame. I can see many similarities between them.

Elden Ring doesn't hold your hand at all and this is a good thing! Too many open world games smash you with information on where to go, what to do, markings cluttering your map, just overwhelming chores. Elden Ring does the complete opposite and it's a breath of fresh air. More games need to do this. The feeling of exploration in Elden Ring is 10/10. There's also so much to explore, the map is gigantic! It's mind blowing how huge this world is, even after 100 hours I'm still so amazed at the scale of this game.

The combat is.. like Dark Souls. It's the same Dark Souls combat but it feels more fleshed out. However, I do feel like dodge rolling is a bit delayed, so you need to think one step ahead before avoiding attacks. Attacking on the horse is a bit hit and miss, sometimes it works great and sometimes not. Hitboxes are wonky, always been the case though. Guarding with a shield now gives you a counter-attack, great feature!

But, the game is not without flaws though. Some areas might feel a little bit of copy paste, especially the caves, mines and catacombs, didn't bother me too much though. The thing that bothered me was encountering some bosses more than 5 times, yes, I'm looking at you Godskins. Also the duo bosses can go to hell.

I'm not sure about console but the PC version of Elden Ring does sadly have some tech issues like when the game loads an area it stutters a bit, some people have it worse and some don't. I'm happy it's pretty mild for me so it's been enjoyable. I hope they'll fix these issues soon.

Anyway, for me this is a 10/10 game maybe even Game of the Year. If they fix some stuff it'll be even better and add more content in the future, yes? YES! I hope everyone is enjoying it! Good luck and have fun!

I haven't played a game this good and as bug-free as Yakuza Like a Dragon. The story is by far the most amazing part of it, it made me laugh, feel happy and cry. Hell a lot of feelings. Many parts of the story caught me off guard as well, very well made!

There's a lot of content to do in this game, it takes about 60-100 hours to beat. Once you beat the game there's even more content. Mini games to discover, stuff to loot and a lot of side-stories which were quite fun to do. The world feels alive, people walking the streets and reacting to what you do, all your party members have their own lives and stories to tell. My favorite character is Adachi!

If you're a JRPG fan then you'll feel right at home here, the combat is turn-based with a lot of skills and abilities to master with unique classes to choose from. My favorite class by far is the Cook and Enforcer.

The voice acting feels top-notch and I'm so happy they included English voice acting. That's the whole reason I picked it up, also the music of course and didn't bother with the other Yakuza games.

The music is a masterpiece, all the songs are amazing and I would love it if Sega could release the soundtrack so I can buy it! If you don't like the wub wub dubstep music then you might dislike it though.

My only complain is that some fights seems horrible unbalanced, some enemies resist everything you do and they're so spongey that it takes 10+ minutes to beat them. Also some dungeons are repetitive with the same boring format.

Not sure what else to tell you but, it was an amazing experience especially for my first Yakuza game and I won't forget you Ichiban Kasuga. Can't wait to see what the next one will be like!

Thank you Sega! Cheers!!

Black Ink is on the pedestal next to Photoshop, especially now with its latest layers update! It's a masterpiece of a software and I highly recommend it for all painters. ^-^b

I haven't had this much fun in a multiplayer game since Chivalry! By just playing the game I know I'll have even more fun than I did with Chivalry! The issues the game had with progression is fixed, servers can be a bit wonky but it's mostly stable. Gameplay feels smooth as butter, some hitboxes might be wonky though.

There's better customization than Chivalry, you get to create your own character and make your own unique class. Some prices are a bit steep though. A helmet costing 60k gold. There's a lack in weapon skins.

There's a good amount of variety in game modes, there's even Battle Royale. People mostly play Frontlines though. There's a lack in map variety, at least in Frontlines, 4 maps total. You get an option to vote on maps at the end of round which is great.

The game needs a few patches and content updates but it's well worth the purchase to have fun with wacky characters and people shouting their lungs out while trying to stab each other to death!

I love it! Join us! It's just gonna get better from here.

I really don't know why this is getting so much hate. It's Skyrim but a BETTER Skyrim. If you can't see the new graphical details then you, my good sir, need glasses.

With this version you won't need to install a billion mods just to get it to look nice. That's a plus in my book, don't get me wrong, I love mods but it's hella tedious and takes too long to be worth it.

Besides, if you don't like this version (which was FREE btw) then you can just go back to the original, no harm done.

Anyway, for me it feels like playing Skyrim for the first time again! Bethesda changed this grey:ish landscape into a more colorful one! Thank you!

I haven't finish it yet but I can already tell that it's worth every penny!

XCOM 2 is superior to XCOM. Might even be better than the classic. It would be, but it's missing something. It's missing some sort of liquid. Terror from the Deep comes to mind.

They finally added depth to the game, randomized missions, geoscape, looting, customization and a lot of RNG. I love it!

Combat is pretty much the only thing that's similar to XCOM. But it wasn't broken in the first place, it worked really well! Glad they didn't change it. Now you have more skills and perks to use though.

The building mechanic feels pretty similar to the first game too, except in this game it doesn't cost you to excavate rooms, the rooms actually give you resources so you always profit!

The geoscape is great! You start out at a random location on the map and you can fly around with your portable base. Picking up random resource events and mission events.

You'll always be fighting against the clock because the aliens don't just fly around trolling you with UFOs, they actually play the same way you do. Which is hella cool!

Where is that CO-OP mode? Campaign PVP? I wish Firaxis were bold enough to do this.

The game does have its flaws. Right now it's not really optimized, for me it's playable, some missions are even smooth but for others, it's not. I can suggest lowering shadows and disabling Ambient conclusion.

Also during combat you can encounter quite a few bugs. Melee and shots going through walls, animations stop working, some skills bugging out, grenades not being thrown if standing too close to a wall.

Customization is lacking a bit in my opinion. I was expecting more, but it's still better than any other XCOM. Also timed missions, in the future please don't! I recommend getting the "TimerTweaks" mod for less stressful situations. RNG can really screw you over otherwise.

Firaxis was also kind enough to release modding tools in which you can literally change anything in the game. No one knows what the future holds for this game but I can clearly say it will be fudging amazing!

Anyway, it's still playable and very enjoyable! Should you buy it? Only if you're a fan of the original or XCOM. Then yes, it's a MUST BUY! Otherwise check out youtube or twitch and then decide.

Vanilla Souls 2 was a fantastic game, but I felt a lot of things did not make sense in it. That's where Scholar of the First Sin comes in. FromSoftware finally added features into the game that they wanted from the very beginning but did not have time for. Like the Pursuer actually following you after your first encounter and being a pain in the butt.

The torch is used a lot more, areas are more darker now. The DLC keys aren't in your inventory this time, they're scattered around the world which in my opinion makes a whole lot more sense.

Most if not all the areas have had their enemies repositioned and some enemies even replaced with new, some areas feel a lot different like Dragon Shrine. It's refreshing and makes a lot more sense then it used to. In Vanilla Souls 2 it felt like FromSoftware just placed enemies at random while in SotFS they actually had an idea in mind.

So if you're wondering if the upgrade is worth it, I would say, YES... IT IS! You will have a whole new refreshing experience with "WTF" moments.