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you can sell grandma

goty

I'll make it short and sweet, since it's a LEGO game and everybody knows the fundamentals;

Great game, awful keyboard and mouse bindings. Use a controller, for your own sake.

I paid less than £3 for this game plus all DLC. I've only just completed the main game to find that there is so much more content in the arcade style "Betrayal of Jimmy", "Jimmy's Vendeta", and "Joe's adventures", all putting a bit of a spin on the more straight forward and no nonsense style of the main game. It should be noted this game is not open world, although I was under the wrong impression that it was. It has open regions, yes, but you'll rarely be capable of deviating from the main path the game wishes you to take (I was meant to meet Joe outside and couldn't even go to a clothing store literally around the corner to get rid of my wanted level?), so try not to be fooled.

As for the DLC, it is generally more open, allowing you to tackle tasks at your own pace and in your own preferred order. With this in mind, it's evident that they wanted to offer more of an open ended experience.


So it's no GTA, Saints Row or Sleeping Dogs, but it's fun, story driven and is dripping with character (as much as this character is stereotyped and chocked full of bad voice acting).


Oh, I also ended up clipping through the ground whilst Joe was casually humming a tune inside a car which was seemingly spinning gradually into the abyss, saw a woman for seemingly no reason run up subway stairs, hop over a wall and casually walk away, and got accused of running somebody over when I had just got into a car that was not moving. If that doesn't convince you to buy it, nothing will.

Dear Esther is a haunting game, and although it may not appeal to a lot of people, it certainly has it's charms.

The game instantly pitches you on an island, with nothing at your disposal but your own two legs, and get used to it, because it will remain that way throughout the whole game. It begins with you stood outside an old, dillapidated lighthouse, with a narration in the background as the game fades in. The entire game is narrated, and there are no characters at all to meet or speak to. This may seem like a negative, though it allows for a lot of reflection as you wander around the seemingly empty island. The narration effectively takes you through the story, the past, and explains about the island and it's inhabitants, although you may or may not be playing as the character narrating. Realistically, the ending doesn't even strictly answer the question of whether you are or not.

The game features a fantastic soundtrack, beautiful and incredibly fitting. The game is almost scary, but never attempts to scare the player.

I feel ultimately, the game is philosophical, and this is why I feel the ending may require a bit of thought. For those that have played the game, you may know what I am talking about. For those that haven't, but wish to, allows keep an open mind; not everything is always as meets the eye.

So, is the game good? Definitely. Is it worth paying for? Yes, but take disgression; the game is only about an hour or two long, and so if you are looking for an expansive experience, this game is NOT for you. Though if you wish to delve deep into another world, one tailored to be merely admired, then give it a go. Just heed my warning; the game is short.

Loadout is an insane shooter, reminiscient of popular multiplayers such as Team Fortress 2 or Borderlands. The game is effectively a multiplayer arena shooter, similar to those we are most familiar with. It offers a third person perspective, which feels disorienting at first, but soon feels perfectly natural. The game modes are nothing strictly unique, although they feel fluent and work as they should.

The main selling point for this game is its weapon customisation, which is effectively it's point of focus. There are a wide range of customisation options, allowing you to switch out barrel, stock, scope, and payload, which gives the weapon an extra kick. You can even adapt weapons to heal allies. The game will offer up four base weapons, and you can adapt them from there forwards.

Although the game to me is fanastic, it does still have it's negatives. Microtransactions lie at the center of these. You need to pay to get decent character cusomisation, extra slots for more weapons and loadouts, and other little extras which feel as though they make a big difference. Whilst I can't really argue about a game I got for free, these little extras seem to drag the game down somewhat.


Overall, it all works together; fantastic customisation, smooth gameplay, a lot of fun, though riddled with microtransactions as you would expect it to be. I still feel like I may end up putting hours into this game, and for that, it at least gets my seal of approval.