Recent reviews by AxisMilkman.FGR

TLDR:
Game was good, feel like going FTP is more of a money grab then it is a good idea...

Ok so I know I havent got that many hours under my belt to make a fully justifiable conclusion on whether the game is good or bad, but Ive played enough to give my 2 cents (Highest rank was MG1).

So I started playing a few patches before gloves where a thing, for me, I stopped playing around the Dust2 "remaster" as I just didnt enjoy the game as much as I used to. I found when you get into games anywhere from Gold Nova Master and up, your chances of meeting 1 or more cheaters increased, the worst part is most of those were in a squad of 5 so there was nothing you could really do.

Gameplay wise it isnt too bad,

Luckily for me I had people that already gave me a few tips on the do's and dont's of the game, places to go and what guns to buy. Although if you werent that lucky, the tutorial gives you a basic understanding but nothing to really write home about. Learning recoil control is both a hassle but once mastered is pretty entertaining to watch people crumble at your finger tips while you spray your AK.

Casual mode is a good way to just relax and talk some ♥♥♥♥ with randoms while everyone seems to just AWP as soon as people have enough money. Although you do run into the odd whiney little scone it wasnt too bad.

Competitive mode is a whole new ball game, this is where most of my encouters with the afore mentioned cheaters would chill, you would go from 14-7 winning and on final round, next thing you know someone is spin botting with the Auto sniper and just annihilating your entire team. Although its fun playing with your mates in a 5 man. I feel the competitive scene community is fairly toxic, if you dont listen to someone theres a good chance youll get kicked.


Recent controversy going FTP.
So as many of you would know by now that CSGO has indeed gone Free to play, so I guess this review doesnt really matter as you could just download then delete if you dont enjoy it. So with everyone saying that they "want their money back" just need to settle down, you cant tell me that your 200 hours spent playing the game wasnt worth it, thats literally 7c per hour played.

I think the biggest issue going Free to play is the easability for cheaters now, as soon as they get banned it wont matter because now they can just redownload the game under a different account and start the process all over, which will deter a lot of players. So basically what Im trying to say is that they made a game with an Anti-Cheat system that barely works Free to play, atleast when the game cost you money, either from Steam or from a site like G2A. There was a bit of a pay wall to keep doing it.

With the new Battle Royal addition too, I kind of feel like the game will just circum to the fate that PUBG did. Yes it will be fine for a bit but it will die out fairly soon. Old players of CS would feel as if theyre game that they once love will be taken as a joke and it will only be a matter of time until we see default dance added to CS:BR

All in all the game was good, great way to just sit down and relax with a few mates drinking beers or whatever and just having fun. But Valve being a for-profit organisation, knowing that a majority of their income comes from opening cases and market transaction tax, I cant see Valve adding in some kind of pay wall to their base game of Competitvie and Casual, nor the ability to fix a dying game.

Gameplay wise 6.5/10

Issues with the games 8/10

Would recommend? Not in its current state

TL:DR - Overall good game, reasonable at $60 usd, or about 1000 aud...

Campaign -
Although the Campaign doesnt offer much time wise, completed it within a couple hours. It is best described as short but sweet. The opening scene landing on the beaches of Normandy to watching someone get blown to pieces in a bell tower is quite possible the best features in the game, in combination with the amazing graphics really does show how far games how come and make this such an awesome campaign.

Zombies -
I havent really played the zombies yet, although from the 20 mins I played it seems like a cool idea but at this point I feel like theyre just trying to milk the idea. I mean cmon its nearly been a decade, and nearly 5 CoD games with this mode? feel like there needs to be a change, survival mode in MW3 was a good addition, I didnt mind the extinction mode in ghosts. But now I feel there needs to be something new!

Multiplayer -
Im currently about to hit Prestige 2 so I feel like ive had a resonable of experience with the multiplayer... and well, its what youd expect in a Call of Duty game. Everyone just abuses the most powerful weapons, ie the STG and the PPSH (In my opinion) which kinda limits your play style.

The Division system adds a nice touch to the gamestyle as rather then perks you have to level up your "skill" to be able to have these additions. Although I think the fire rounds for the shotguns, although you only get 4 may need a little tweaking. Say you get a full clip, although its earned as a kill streak for that class.

The Rifles and SMGs still dominate this game which is nothing short of surprising each have their own pros and cons except for those mentioned before. The LMGs are quite powerful but glad to see the long reload compensates for that, The Sniping is satisfying although somewhat unbelieveable as most of the time the bullet seems to go in the complete other direction as to where you are standing??? also, anyone else notice a lot more collats happening?? And lastly, The shotguns. Theyre all round ok at cqc but other than that good luck, the Double barrel and sawed off arent worth your time, Brecci v2 is disgusting on hardcore and the trench gun, well id like to see a few more limbs ;)

All round solid game but dont expect anything revolutionary about it.
Would recommend based on the fact that its WWII :) Also where are the playable tanks hm?

"I got to max rank twice and got bored, so made an aimbot"
"took me about 10 mins"
^^

This is the level in which cod has gotten to. shall now refer to it as an ankle ;)

Because its 3 ft lower than a ♥♥♥♥

otherwise pretty good game, dont really give a ♥♥♥♥ about whether its a chick or dude im shooting, just glad there is something like CoD WAW now. sooo good job and dont ♥♥♥♥ it up

Call of Duty is one of the many games (FPS related) that I play, you cant exactly contrast the game with other FPS games are they have different play styles. Most of the time, Call of Duty is a fast paced shooter with quite a lot going on. Well thats what it seems like to me.

The game is good, dont get me wrong, it is enjoyable to play BUT there are some issues that should be addressed and taken into consideration when you click that add to cart button.

1- What the game has become.

The days of being able to use other weapons in game is over, being able to reliable cover a section of the map with an LMG or Sniper is no longer a play style that can be used. there was nothing that I loved more than being able to mow down 3 guys trying to flank your spawn on DOM. instead the game has become saturated by 1 specific play style.

2- Rush.

I can understand that Call of Duty is a fast FPS game, one of the easiest to play in that matter, you dont have to worry about bulletdrop like Battlefield, you dont have to worry about listening for footsteps or other sniper shots, Sniper Ghost Warrior but there is a limit in which how easy you can make it. both Black ops 2, Ghost and AW (I dont own AW but from friends that have the game) are saturated with the use of SMGs and/or Shotguns, having small maps really makes the efficieny of using a Sniper almost obselete, LMG users are constantly being dominated by the fast firing high DMG smgs you find in BO3, yet when it comes to balancing things....

3- How to guide: Balancing Weapons.

after using the Haymaker 12 for quite sometime now there are a few things that I do not understand
-Somehow, it is the shotgun with the least amount of damage, yet, fires a buckshot, like most of the shotguns in BO3
-I am consistanly getting hate for using the weapon, note most of the people that are hating on me, get to close.

You See, Treyarch fail to see that there is a difference between Balance and butthurt, Balance, is not nerfing the crap out of a weapons to turn it into a waterpistol, that is what you get when a whole bunch of people dont like being killed by the Haymaker, the simple counter measure to a shotgun is to not get so close to someone, simple as that. but when balancing weapons, also take into consideration where the complaints are coming from. This could be from places like reddit, youtube etc, once you read these comments, actually take some time to look at statistics, I am sure you have some spare time while monkeys are fixing the issues with the game to make things right. there is nothing more than seeing a game saturated and dominated by fast firing SMGs with have the range of a sniper... Im not just saying this because I get killed byt SMGs quite a lot, but more so that it is true. for example, if you look at say the Vesper, chuck rapid fire, laser sight and fast mag. You pretty much has a lightweight minigun.

there are positives to the game, the zombies is spot on, I love it!, have enjoyed every single moment of it!, especially when you disconnect from Singleplayer....

Multiplayer, although has a fair amount of issues, is fun.

but my main complaint for the game, is the constant FPS spikes/stutters... any kind of help I look for either says update the drivers or get a better computer... I have updated the drivers, which had pretty much no effect what-so-ever, getting a better computer well, I think I have good enough specks to be honest (i7-2600, HD7950 and 8GB ram).

Dont you find it sad how, supposedly, Creating a sequal to what was quite a good game (Black ops 2) take such a downfall, games are meant for enjoyment, being able to communicate with friends, and all the people that have apparently slept with your mother. Dont you feel dissapointed in YOUR inability to fix the mistakes and become a better overall game developer. Isnt it demoralising when you see that just under 50% of the comments/reviews on the game are Negative? I know this will most likely not been seen by the eyes of any Treyarch developer but all these questions run through my mind. the thing is... what goes through yours...

This game has to be one of the best value games I have ever bought, there is no way to explain how you can feel about the game. If you where to just leg it through the game without taking in everything you hear or see then dont buy the game as long as it took me in some parts of the campaign I strongly recommend this game for people who enjoy a good singleplayer game. matching this with the DLCs gives you an extraudinary experience with many unexpected turns which will leave you breathless, as corny as it may seem that is the only way I can truly describe this game.

Rate 10/10.
I would like to thank the developers and the publisher for making an amazing game.

Unless you like the same ♥♥♥♥ as black ops 2 this si the game for you with all new ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ including the Invisible dogs, die as soon as you become alive. small - medium maps ( why add snipers????) when nearly every map has a building every 5 meters. they need a massive map like wasteland from MW2 except 2 twices as big. otherwise not worth getting

I have noticed in the review section of this game that a lot of people are giving this game more of a negative rating rather than positive, which is quite frankly true.

Pre Patch 1.37 - 7-8/10
Patch1.37 - /10

Patch 1.37 was supposedly to make the game better in the way it was more balance, haha infact it made it worse. throught my few hours playing the game after patch 1.37 I have come to believe that Gaijan have become greedy ( Like activision/treyarch) in the ye old days like 1.29 you could quite easly come out of a match making around 10-20K profit depending on whether you have premium or not. I not saying this because im bad but here are 3 reasons why Gaijin had screwed up the game after Patch 1.37:

1. Matchmaking-
After 10 games in the new patch im not sure if it was unlucky or absoluty garbage. I prefer to play in the british line up while using stuff like the Wellington, beaufighters ect. the problem I was having is I would get over the bombing target in my Wellington Ic and then be killed by 8 Fighters who can climb to your altitude within a matter of minutes, which resulting into easy kills.

Aircraft have now been sorted in tiers rather than ranks, you may think that is true but infact its the complete opposite. the aircraft may be a tier 3 but the battle rating (Which can be found while hovering over the aircraft) is the acctually "Ranked" lobby you will be put in, for example the Mustang Mk1a which is a british fighter is a tier 4 but its battle rating is 5.3. they say they would be changing this but can we really believe them?!?

2. Leveling up-
Prier to patch 1.37 if the people who are reading this just started you had ranks rather than tiers. like any game you get kills = lions+Xp = more aircraft = kills... which was all good you could quite happly level up, now you need to research the aircraft. the developers said this new system would acctually help you unlock aircraft quicker... Wrong, infact it would take you 4-5x long to get a single plane in the game. for example the F80C shooting star you need 320000RP to unlock, if you get an average of
1-3k RP for that aircraft (Note not all RP earned in a game goes towards an aircraft, the rest is stored so you can use it later but there is a twist) it would take you atleast 100-150 games to unlock, and a normal game goes for 20 mins((20x150)/3=1000/24=41) so it would take you around 1-2 days of non stop gameplay to unlock it. LIES!!!!

3-"Pay to play"
as this person has explained Beautifully on the War thunder Forums
"So let me sum up it here.

Instead of playing and enjoying the game Gaijin wants the players to



1)Buy gold

2)Buy premium

3) Play the game a lot

4) Realize you can't do it without premium aircraft, buy premium aircraft

5) Lose your xxx on repair bills because you can't use your fully upgraded lower planes for higher level plane research xp.

6) Use your golden eagles to buy lions at exorbitant rates.

7) Rinse and repeat.

Stop locking these threads, people need to know what Gaijin did.

Stop censoring the threads mods, your job is not censor the posts of the paying members and communities response.

We all know the mods are purposely locking these threads trying to downplay the community response to this patch which is designed for one reason and one reason only, to make the game take much longer and force a whole lot more golden eagle purchases.



We are not stupid, we can see right through you." - Digital Zombie

link - http://forum.warthunder.com/index.php?/topic/89224-research-really/

as you can see Gaijin have become so full of themselfs they cant control what they have become without starting over. many people would agree that dont waste your time on this game till they get there ♥♥♥♥ together!.

Regards ShiftY_.

"Blacklight Retribution is the best FREE! FPS Shoot 10/10, better than TF2! unless you want to run around in pixie Shoes with magical guns THEN PLAY BLACKLIGHT"

This was the review I made back when I first started playing the game. At the time, my Dad and Mum had split up and I had few hours to enjoy this when I would go stay at Dads every second weekend. Most likely people wont see this review as the page has officially been taken off the steam store, but none the less I still want to share my experience with this game.

So I discovered Blacklight: Retribution around 2014 I think, dont really remember but I digress, and after only just finding out about the servers shutting down I had to make a statement.

I felt quite upset the game shutdown, I realised this would happen one day as it was getting quite old, outdated, and the number of players were dwindling just didnt expect it to die for good.

Blacklight: Retribution almost felt like it was the OG Dirty Bomb in a way. I have so many fond memories of staying up late to save credits to buy weapons permanently rather then getting 1 week trials. I remember being able to have so much freedom with weapon and character customisation that suits your playstyle and well, you really cant find in todays games.And really, if there was a Blacklight 2 they would only really need to give it a graphical update and balance a few things to bring it to what could be a really fun game.

I really hope this game does come back in one way shape or another as it genuinely hit me knowing that I would never play this game anymore, although I only have 330 hours on it and I quit playing a long time ago. Those 330 hours have to be some of the best hours Ive spent gaming.

So, to Zombie Studio and Hardsuit labs.

Although the game is no longer avaliable, I will always remember Blacklight as an awesome free to play game and I hope to see a revive of this sometime in the Future.

Cheers for the awesome times,

Regards
DNAsplatter