Recent reviews by Synth

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⠀⠀⠀💻 Graphics⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀◾ 8/10
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀◾ needs medium-end PC
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀◾ consumes a lot of RAM
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀◾ the more RAM you have, the more mods
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀you can get
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⠀⠀⠀🕑 Length⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀◾ ~ endless
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⠀⠀⠀💀 Difficulty⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀◾ overhelming at first...
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀◾ and overhelming at later stages
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀of the game
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀◾prepare to solve a lot of problems
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀(water demand, sewage drain, electricity,
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀education, traffic flow, polution etc.)
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⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀✒ Story⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀◾ you are a part of the plot
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀to assasinate the pope
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀◾ of course there is none; it's an f'in
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀city simulator <sigh>
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀◾NO multiplayer
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⠀⠀⠀♫ Soundtrack⠀⠀◾NO "Country Roads" song in the game
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀◾ there is a vanilla radio station
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀◾ additional radio stations are avaible
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀through in-game purchase XD
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⠀⠀☢ Optimisation⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀◾ 7/10
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀◾ when you zoom-in even the most
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀powerful machines will drop frames
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀◾ bugs that I've encourted come from mods
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Before you ask- DLCs are not required to enjoy the full game. Instead they improve on what is already avaible. From DLC list only about 8 is delivering actual content (the rest are either useless radio stations or pointless retexture packs). Beside that, the game has thousands of free mods to offer via "Steam workshop". What is interesting, EULA basically requires you to accept installation of a spyware, if it is a big concern for you.

When it comes down to the actual game: it offers thousands of hours of content. The more your city will grow, the more thinking it will require. Some DLCs make the game even harder (Industries DLC) while some make things easier (Mass Transit). Although the problems which you will encounter are nearly always the same- you build new district, attach electricity and sewage system and when people start using cars you end up with like 5% traffic flow. So in case of *this type* of problems always buy Natural Disasters to drop a couple (like minimum 80) meteors to ease up things a little. <"Coutry Roads" song starts to play in the background>

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⠀⠀⠀💻 Graphics⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀◾ 9/10
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀◾ needs medium-end PC
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ◾ a gorgeus looking graphics
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀◾ unique units, spells, battle
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀and campaign maps
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⠀⠀⠀🕑 Length ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀◾ ~100 hours for a faction
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀(depends on a difficulty setting)
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀◾ 6 factions (4 free- High Elves,
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀Dark Elves, Liazardmen, Skaven
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀+ 2 buyable- Tomb Kings
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀and Vampire Coast)
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⠀⠀⠀💀 Difficulty⠀⠀◾ AI cheats but gives a good challange
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀◾ after some time you will learn
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀how to play against it
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⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀✒ Story⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀◾ unlike other Total War games
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀there is a story
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀◾you are still able to win a campaign
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀by conquering the global map
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⠀⠀⠀♫ Soundtrack⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀◾ 9/10
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀◾ beautiful, climatic soundtrack
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⠀⠀☢ Optimisation⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀◾ 8/10
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀◾ I got slighlty less performance
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀than in WH I
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀◾ minor bugs
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NOTE:
- To play Mortal Empires, which is a combined map from Warhammer I and Warhammer II, you have to buy Warhammer I separately

Short story long- you can't compare historical Total War games to the new fantasy like ones, but based on overall design and execution, it's the best Total War game to date (personal opinion of course!). Multiple factions with separate goals, different technology trees, herores, buildings even base mechanics! Playing Skaven after High Elves is like playing an entire new game. Music is beautiful, map design finally breathtaking (one minus is that there are no naval battles and besieging settlements is like playing on the exact same map over and over again).

AI is kinda challenging although really inconsitent sometimes- I was declared war and invaded by Tomb Kings once even tho our relationship was someting like 40/50. On the other hand AI finally uses seas to travel across the map (which isn't an achievement considering that 2/5 of the map are water plains). HUD looks unique for each faction and magic casting got a better rebalance. One big minus is micromanaging especially in 40v40 units battles. Why? Consider having to use 6 different abilities of each character you have, than add units abilities AND than add the rest of the units you have.

When it comes down to positives only, this game has some natural advantages as compared to the older from the franchise:
- modding is a huge part of the game
- you can choose a separate difficulty for campaign map and a separate one for battles
- hundreds of smaller visual and input details (I've played ROME II last week and not being able to change the camera angle gave me an anxiety)
- multiple and multiple units and lords. NO more copy&paste
- HUD
- map design
- faction-based game mechanics

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⠀⠀⠀💻 Graphics⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀◾ 8/10
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀◾ needs medium-end PC
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀◾ locations, weapons, effects
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀and environment look much better
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀than in vanilla
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⠀⠀⠀🕑 Length⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀◾ ~30 hours for 99%
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀◾multiple endings
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⠀⠀⠀💀 Difficulty⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀◾ harder than vanilla
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀◾ even tho there are new enemies
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ghouls are 60% of what you will meet
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀◾ solving clues segment is a nightmare
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⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀✒ Story⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀◾ 8/10
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀◾ much better than in vanilla
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀◾ 3 new factions (People of Far Harbor,
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀synths of Arcadia and Children of Atom)
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⠀⠀⠀♫ Soundtrack⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀◾ 8/10
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀◾ pretty unique and atmospheric
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⠀⠀☢ Optimisation⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀◾ 8/10
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀◾better optimisation than in vanilla
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀◾minor bugs
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Probably the best Fallout 4 DLC that is better than the base game itself. A big map, unforgiving environment, thought-through locations, new weapons, armors, allies, enemies (including new monsters and a raider faction). The main story has both surpise vaules and meaningful choices that could lead to multiple endings. That's how FO4 should have been done.

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀▵ Ask for more and than say yes.
◃NO (Actually yes) ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀▹Sarcastic yes.
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀▿ YES!!!

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⠀⠀⠀💻 Graphics⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀◾ 8/10
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀◾ needs medium-end PC
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀◾ requires many texture mods
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀◾ without mods there are many low
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀resolution textures
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⠀⠀⠀🕑 Length⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀◾ ~ 200 hours for 99%
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀◾ additional ~60 hours with DLCs
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⠀⠀⠀💀 Difficulty⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀◾ everything lower than survival is not
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀only too easy, but removes game mechanics
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀like antibiotics, illnesses etc.
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀◾requires many difficulty-overhaul mods
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⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀✒ Story⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀◾ 6/10
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀◾ so engaging that I've never bothered
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀completing main story
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀◾ 4 main factions, multiple endings
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⠀⠀⠀♫ Soundtrack⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀◾ 7/10
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀◾ pretty unique and atmospheric
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀◾ may become too repetetive
┟━━━━━━━━┽━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┫
⠀⠀☢ Optimisation⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀◾ 6/10
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀◾ terrible optimisation; everything will
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀struggle to mantain 60 fps in Boston
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀on Ultra
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀◾ many game braking bugs
┕━━━━━━━━┶━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┛


Meeh FPS, bad survival game but kinda decent RPG. Requires tons and tons of mods to be enjoyable. Starting from ones that fix terrible optimisation and ending on those that add real content to the main product. Overall it isn't a bad game but it lucks a lot of polish. Main story literally proves how incompetent Bethesda employees are. Other than that map is pretty unique and beatiful but medium sized. Quests are pretty engaging at first but the further lack of consequences makes them too childish. There is a pretty large number of companions with some interesting back stories but than again, the only difference in between them is being a robot or not as it effects their avaible combat styles. Gun-play is really clunky, FOV is by default really low (plus there is no slider). Game mechanis where this product shines are weapon customization (with hundreds of weapon-modifications avaible) and custom settlements building (only if you are fond of spending some time managing your settlers). On the other hand Fallout 4 is probably the only game in known universe that will make you happy after collecting duct tape and typewriters lul

┍━━━━━━━━┭━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┓
⠀⠀⠀💻 Graphics⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀◾ 9/10
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀◾ needs medium-end PC
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀◾ best graphics in an F1 game ever
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀◾ weather effects could be slightly better
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀◾ no VR support
┟━━━━━━━━┽━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┫
⠀⠀⠀🕑 Length⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀◾ time to complete season depends
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀on a race distance you will choose
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀◾you may skip training sessions
┟━━━━━━━━┽━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┫
⠀⠀⠀💀 Difficulty⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀◾ slider allows to set it up to
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀your preference
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀◾ F1 driving model may be
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀overhelming at first
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀◾ too casual for sim-racers,
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀too hard for "Forza drivers"
┟━━━━━━━━┽━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┫
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀✒ Story⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀◾ no story
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀◾ be at the top
┟━━━━━━━━┽━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┫
⠀⠀⠀♫ Soundtrack⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀◾ car sounds aren't the best
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀quality as compared to the real life
┟━━━━━━━━┽━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┫
⠀⠀☢ Optimisation⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀◾ 7/10
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀Bugs⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀◾ there are bugs that may
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀break your experience
┕━━━━━━━━┶━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┛


Additional notes:
- WHEEL is about 0,3- 0,5 seconds faster than a PAD, as they haven't removed a slight delay when changing directions from full left to full right on a PAD
- ASSISTS (ABS + middle traction control + manual gearbox) are by default 0,1- 0,3 seconds slower than NO-Assists
__________________________________________

Literrally a FIFA without lootboxes. All they do each year is add more graphical effects, create new models of cars, recreate liveries and change driver names. On top of that they add one or two "big" features that in fact change literally nothing. Just like interviews this year, that were part of the game 7 or 8 years ago, than they got removed and now they came back as a brand "new" game changer.

Codemasters internal policy as a whole is a yoke. This year middle traction control was a little bit too OP. So instead of slighlty nerfing it they basically copied no-traction control and put a different name onto it. But because of the backlash they backed down 1 day later. Same goes with inner-tire-temperature, a feature that they promoted so much in pre-release trailers. If you played on a pad, plus on two tracks on a wheel, it was very difficult to not overheat the tires. So what CM did to solve the issue? They considered driving without inner-tire-temperature an assist and never fixed it. Same goes with the AI. At the beginning it was ultra agressive while both attacking and defending. But because some people protested that we are now stuck with AI that is a little bit agressive while attacking, and one that will move out of the way while defending.

Multiplayer is a similiar story. On private servers it is literally down to the host wheter he/she will kick dirty drivers while on public-ranked servers it shouldn't be a problem. Unfortunately, up to A or S rank it almost always is. Penalty system needs a solid rework as almost always both of the drivers have their points deducted from their super licenses even if it is 100% one driver's fault. And on top of that there is still no ghosting while lapping backmarkers.

To summarize- it is not a bad game! If you are not planning to play multiplayer than it will be an incredible game. But you will have to live with all the bugs and downsides that I've mentioned.

┍━━━━━━━━┭━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┓
⠀⠀⠀💻 Graphics⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀◾ 8/10
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀◾ needs low-end PC
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀◾ mods can improve textures
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀significantly
┟━━━━━━━━┽━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┫
⠀⠀⠀⠀🕑 Length⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀◾ ~35 hours
┟━━━━━━━━┽━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┫
⠀⠀⠀💀 Difficulty⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀◾ 8/10
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀◾ difficulty varies on the class of
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀your choice
┟━━━━━━━━┽━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┫
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀✒ Story⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀◾ 10/10
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀◾ rich and vast lore
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀◾ meaningful consequences
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀◾ everlasting characters
┟━━━━━━━━┽━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┫
⠀⠀⠀♫ Soundtrack⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀◾ 10/10
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀◾ masterpiece
┟━━━━━━━━┽━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┫
⠀⠀☢ Optimisation⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀◾ 9/10
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀Bugs⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀◾ minor non-breaking
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀game bugs
┕━━━━━━━━┶━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┛
Note:
* this game DLC is not avaible on STEAM

Location where you can buy DLC Bundle Pack:
https://www.origin.com/pol/en-us/store/mass-effect/mass-effect-2/addon/mass-effect-2-dlc-bundle?oigcontext=true

Location from where you can download DLC:
https://help.ea.com/en/help/origin/origin/download-dlc-for-classic-origin-games/

Location from where you can download ALOT 4K texture mod:
https://www.nexusmods.com/masseffect2/mods/68


For me the best Mass Effect game and arguably one of the best sci-fi RPG games ever released. Key features from ME1- combat, story, exploring- were improved; some features- dialoges, characters, meaningful decisions- were left unchanged; and some options- like Mako- were almost completely removed. So overall this game offers beutiful graphics, immersive soundtrack and really engaging story.

┍━━━━━━━━┭━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┓
⠀⠀⠀💻 Graphics⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀◾ 7/10
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀◾ needs low-end PC
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀◾ mods can improve textures
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀significantly
┟━━━━━━━━┽━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┫
⠀⠀⠀⠀🕑 Length⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀◾ ~20 hours
┟━━━━━━━━┽━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┫
⠀⠀⠀💀 Difficulty⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀◾ 7/10
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀◾ difficulty varies on the class of
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀your choice
┟━━━━━━━━┽━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┫
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀✒ Story⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀◾ 9/10
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀◾ rich and vast lore
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀◾ meaningful consequences
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀◾ everlasting characters
┟━━━━━━━━┽━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┫
⠀⠀⠀♫ Soundtrack⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀◾ 9/10
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀◾ long and beautiful soundtrack
┟━━━━━━━━┽━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┫
⠀⠀☢ Optimisation⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀◾ 9/10
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀Bugs⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀◾ minor non-breaking
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀game bugs
┕━━━━━━━━┶━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┛
Note:
* this game DLC is not avaible on STEAM

Location from where you can download DLC:
https://help.ea.com/en/help/origin/origin/download-dlc-for-classic-origin-games/

Location from where you can download MEUITM 4K texture mod:
https://www.nexusmods.com/masseffect/mods/1/


The game that started one of the best sci-fi sagas to date. It has rich lore, interesting story, kinda innovative mechanisms that were later improved in ME 2 and ME3. In the game you'll be granted your own ship, crew members, one big space station base called the Citadel, about 4 smaller main mission maps and a dozen of uncharted worlds to explore with your own personal vechicle.

┍━━━━━━━━┭━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┓
⠀⠀⠀💻 Content⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀◾ 8/10
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀◾ Norsca and Wintertooth avaible
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀in the Grand Campaign
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀◾ new* lords, heroes, units
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀◾ monster hunts
┟━━━━━━━━┽━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┫
⠀⠀⠀⠀🕑 Length⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀◾ 20-40 hours to complete
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀campaign
┟━━━━━━━━┽━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┫
⠀⠀⠀💀 Difficulty⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀◾ 7,5/10
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀◾ may only build cities in Norsca
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀◾ outside Norsca may only build
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀forts in naval settlements or in
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀racial capitals
┟━━━━━━━━┽━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┫
⠀✒ Additional info⠀⠀⠀⠀◾ very powerful infantry
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀◾ many various monsters
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀◾ lacks ranged and armor-piercing
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀units
┕━━━━━━━━┶━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┛
Note:
* those units, heroes and lords are already in the game but only avaible for the AI
* not ported to WH II yet



For me personally it's the best faction DLC for Warhammer I. Norscan factions have very interesting units, powerful lords, economy which is based on raiding and razing well-developed cities and the ability to confederate other Norscan tribes after defeating their lords in battles. Additional monster hunts from Monstrous Arcanum are very similiar to item/mission battles but with one difference- player will encounter armies containing only monsters.

┍━━━━━━━━┭━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┓
⠀⠀⠀💻 Content⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀◾ 8/10
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀◾ Wood Elves and Argwylon avaible
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀in the Grand Campaign
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀◾ new* lords, heroes, units
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀◾ new mini-campaign
┟━━━━━━━━┽━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┫
⠀⠀⠀⠀🕑 Length⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀◾ 20-40 hours to complete
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀campaign
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀◾ ~20 hours to complete
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀mini-campaign
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⠀⠀⠀💀 Difficulty⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀◾ 6/10
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀◾ may only build cities in forest
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀regions
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀◾ outside forests may build outposts
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀with maximum 1 building in each
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀◾ very! powerful archers
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⠀✒ Additional info⠀◾ probably the best ranged units
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀in the entire game
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀◾ very poweful legendary lords
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀◾ a good mix of infrantry/ pikes/
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀monsters
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Note:
* those units, heroes and lords are already in the game but only avaible for the AI



For me personally it's the most unbalanced faction in the entire game. For the start, player may only build cities in elven forests- so their maximum amount is very low. To compensate that you may rise up to 10 buildings in each settlement. Outside forests Wood Elves have the ability to build and mantain only outposts- in which 1 building is allowed (it can give bonuses to the whole faction tho and it cumulates with other bonuses as well). To upgrade cities to the level 5 or to recruit high-tier monster units player must collect amber (either through alliances or through capturing additional regions). But the most unbalanced part about elves is their army. Orion (Legendary Lord) has a melee attack of almost 800 points and more than 400 ranged points of attack, which is paired with 6,000+ points of health. And high-tier elven archers will destroy almost every enemy force before it can even reach elven pikes- archers are deployable anywhere on the battlefield, they have armor-piercing arrows!, effective shooting range of 200 points (nearly twice more then some ranged units from different factions), ability to keep shooting while running, speed that is higher than the one of some monsters and heavy cavalry and a reload time- if defending in forests or if there are proper heroes in an army- of 2,5 seconds (without upgrades 7,5s)...

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⠀⠀⠀💻 Content⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀7/10
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀◾ Beastman faction avaible for player
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀◾ new* lords, units, heroes
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀◾ nomadic faction
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀◾ new mini-campaign
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⠀⠀⠀⠀🕑 Length⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀◾ 20-40 hours to complete
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀campaign
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀◾ ~20 hours to complete
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀mini-campaign
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⠀⠀⠀💀 Difficulty⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀◾ 8/10
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀◾ not many buildings
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀◾ many weak units
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀◾ strong enough to win battles,
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀not strong enough to destroy
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀empires
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⠀✒ Additional info⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀◾ mediocre infatry
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀◾ some powerful monsters
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Note:
* those units, heroes and lords are already in the game but only avaible for the AI



For me personally it's the most boring faction in the game. Beastmen aren't the weakest faction avaible, but they are just not strong enough to fight against empire, dwarves and wood elves later on in the campaign. So they are limited to hiding, attacking the weakest settlements and than going back to hiding again... Pretty disappointing...