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By far one of the best PVE Co-Op Shooter to have been released in years. The feeling of enjoyment that comes from gaming with friends really shines in HellDivers 2. The last time I ever felt this kind of feeling was from the release of Halo 3. TLDR; A must have, especially with the community surrounding the well-built game.

As for the price, i genuinely feel that its of really good value. It's an actual AAAA game unlike Skull & Bones. Micro-Transactions are truly micro and you aren't pressured to buy anything. The BattlePass isn't really a BattlePass and more like a glorified progression tree as you can't skip tiers with $. Everything is earnable in-game, even their premium currency.

The game is a shining example of how a live service game should be made. The engagement from the developers, the community and the gameplay loops really creates a sense of unity in the community. The satirical setting at which the game is built off on really helps to lighten the otherwise gritty backdrop of the HellDivers universe. While its take on a unified earth fighting alien invasions is so good to the point that the community rarely drops their character role play when talking about the game. The game takes many queues from many different franchises like Star-Wars, Starship Troopers, Halo, you name it. You'll eventually find yourself Role Playing in the game, I can count on it.

Every player/group contributes to the war effort on the galactic map just by doing missions. While it may seem like you're barely helping out, with successful missions contributing only 0.00001% to the war effort, you somehow feel like you're still doing your part. You get to choose what you want to do and how you'd like to do it.

The missions themselves are a joy to play on. While some might find some missions and difficulty tiers, hard, there's never any pressure to always being the best when playing. The gun-play, sound design and art direction are top-tier, gelling together to make you fully immersed in the universe, The game doesn't hand hold you and instead decides to give you gameplay queues to help you to decide on how you want to execute an enemy or mission. You will find yourself spending hours having fun with friends or even randoms.

Most people, including myself, gloss over the server issues and bugs as the game itself is a joy to play on. You don't get that many brownie points with game communities these days haha. As for the nProtect Game Guard Anti-Cheat, I'm personally not too bothered by it as most games have intrusive Anti-Cheat systems anyway. Vanguard, Easy Anti Cheat and BattleEye all have kernel level access. nProtect seems to have a reputation of being the worst among them so you'll have to do your own research. It was also used on a game I've previously played before, Blackshot, a 2008 shooter game that was popular in Singapore. Never had an issue with it personally.

If you like shooters, co-op games, or just gaming in general, I'd highly recommend picking HellDivers 2 up, preferably with friends you already know. If you don't have friends, you'll find one along the way within the drop-in system.

For Democracy.

The wide range of artistic themes and concepts in this game is beyond what I expected.

The game has a peculiarly great way of hooking you into the story and it is paced extremely well. Rarely was I bored or too tired from playing it. This game could very well have been a Netflix show but I'm glad it came out in the way it did. I can't spoil too much of the story but it is similar to the Truman Show if you liked it.

The development team did a really good job at making sure the story takes precedence while also complimenting the already great story with really great game mechanics.

Playing the game, you can sense the amount of work and love that was put into it. The dedication from the development team and the faith that was put into the team by the publisher. It is truly a work of art.

If you liked Baldurs Gate 3, Alan Wake 2, It Takes 2 and A Way Out, I can assure you that you will really love this game.

Thank you!

TLDR: If you're strapped for cash and/or are unable to run the game, I recommend refunding the game and get it on sale at a later time. If you're a Cities Skylines enjoyer and/or can run the game, I recommend picking it up if you need the City Building itch satisfied. Alternatively, Xbox Game Pass is an option!

To those who are entirely new to the Cities Skylines series and the faults of its predecessor, the experience of CS2 will expectedly be unbearable. The performance issues present in the game is glaring issue with the game currently and it is not to be taken lightly.

If you have played the original Cities Skylines with mods, then the performance issues is likely something not really new to you. The game, with its settings turned down, is essentially a re-skinned version of the original Cities Skylines game with a few mod features merged into vanilla and more! In my opinion, the game looks and performs like the original game with low settings.

I highly recommend to watch the experiences of Youtubers with the game as it is a rather easy way to know whether the game is fun or not. From my limited experience and watching two dollars twenty, City Planner Plays and Biffa, I can safely say that I like the game despite its flaws (like an abusive partner).

This game will undoubtedly have its performance issues ironed out in the future. In the meantime, grab one of the 100k Population save files from the City Planner Plays discord to get a sense of how well your PC will run CS2. I personally got 50fps @ QHD with a 4090 but I am NOT the majority of gamers.

Despite my urge to refund the game to "rebel" against companies releasing unpolished games, I still ended up buying the game because of my love for Cities Skylines. If they released the game under the Early Access tag, I doubt the reviews will be as bad as it is currently.

Ultimately, make your own judgement call. It is a hefty price tag that the game has a hard time justifying. On the bright side, the option to refund within the 2 hour window is an option AND there is the Xbox Game pass too!

Well polished, Optimized and an extremely fun gameplay with many variety of classes and customization options to choose from. What's not to like?

This game probably gets the game of the year award for me.

If I was to explain what this game is in a phrase, it would be:
Lego for PC but for real men.

Positives:
+ Great community (A huge plus even though this game has loads of content already)
+ Great community creations (You even got a f*king dat boi machine)
+ Moddability (Easy to mod)
+ Great PC performance (All my systems, even the potato ones could run this well)
+ Infinite Possibilities (Lots of mechanics and items to choose from)
+ Advanced Physics (Challenging but not impossible for the casuals to overcome)
+ Quality Textures (Well made textures in the vanilla version. Mods too have great downloadable textures)
+ No unlocks (Thank god)
+ No IAPs (Because f*ck IAPs)
+ Cheap price (No IAPs yet with a great price tag????)
+ Honest developers (They seem to be truthful and explain things in detail)
+ Lots of content (Just check the workshop yourself)
+ Natural Marketing (This game has little to no marketing but has captured so much ground on reddit and other gaming forums. You don't wanna miss out don't you ;P )

Negatives:
- Tutorial seems lacking for this game (This can be a good thing though as it forces you to explore the game)
- The DOF is so annoying (Able to turn it off)

Just buy the damn game already while I find more ways to kill and destory.

Disclaimer
I may have too high expectations on games so take my review lightly and check out other reviewers for their opinion. My recommendation for the game is my own opinion. You might find my negatives to not be a hinderence to you and that's fine because majority of people enjoy this game (I did had fun in the beginning).

Positives
This is an extremely different type of Indie Game you would find out there and it is what sets this game apart to the other indie titles you'd find out there.

The graphics and design elements gives the game, what most people refer to as, 'Medeival + Tinder' (This is actually a popular review for this game by Steam user 'Eto_' )

The game at first is entertaining due to its easy to understand mechanics which is to basically swipe left and right. The humour experienced in the game is more of a chuckle than a huge LOL moment but it is ultimately unexpected (For example you can get in love with a male artist, which i find funny considering most games don't touch on being gay and etc).

The UI is extremely fluid though and I don't see old systems having a problem running this game as it is not resource hogging.

Negatives
EXTREMELY REPETITIVE. I cannot stress this enough. If you are not the kind of person to sit through and remember the hundreds of combinations in puzzle/strategy games, then this game IS NOT for you. The game presents itself greatly in the beginning but after an hour or so, it starts to show its annoying side. I would even go as far as to say its the same feeling you'd get when playing NO MANS LIE. No joke, It is a fair comparison and I'm standing by it.

Save Game problems. The issue has recently been fixed according to Devolver. I have not tested it out yet and I doubt I will. Save games may get lost and you'd be forced to restart a full timeline. I had to do it once which was EXTREMELY frustrating.

'Kingdom Status' type of system. The gameplay mechanic of having to balane out different aspects of your kingdom is a good one but after some time, you start to get REALLY annoyed by it. There are moments where it will deplete and increase so quickly that you'd be forced to make wrong decisions and result in your king dying. Nothing like an unwarranted lost.

Overall
I feel that this game has a lot of untapped potential. It should really get rid of the repetitve gameplay and make it easier on casuals like me. Maybe create a more 'casual' game mode to remedy this issue? That's only Devolver to figure out.

All in all, If you are a person who likes a casual puzzle/strategy game with minimal physical movement and not care about repetiveness, then this game is for you.

If not, I would not recommend this game unless maybe if its on a discount.

* This review may be biased due to my history with the game. I will be updating this review when new things pop up.

My Experience with Planetside 2:
I have played Planetside 2 a year after the Beta when it was still under Sony Online Entertainment (SOE). I have BR47+ characters in Briggs, Australia. Ever since there was little to no updates after the new continent "Hossin" was released, I quitted like how some Veterans quit a game if it didn't meet their expectation. Now that the new Construction Update and Performance Tweaks have been placed into the game after the switch of management to Daybreak Games, I am thoroughly enjoying Planetside 2 again. Some of my old clan mates are gone but that is to be expected

Update and Game Status:
- Lots of new content
- Healthy number of players all day long (Briggs, Australia)

Why Planetside 2 is fun:
- Dynamic Gameplay elements make it such that experiences are very varied (Can be a negative. Will explain later)
- Its Free
- Great Community (When played in platoons/outfits)

Why Planetside 2 is NOT fun:
- Zerging and Spawn Camping. When dynamic elements are captured and seized by the enemy, most solo players will either ignore or contest the area (usually without help). This results in mindless zombies walking around
- No friends? This will probably result in you not having fun
- Friends with no experience? You're probably both going to get wrecked and do a deservice to the game

What to do when jumping into Planetside 2:
- Find a INTERACTIVE platoon or a outfit (Outfits=Clans). The game is not all that fun playing solo
- DO NOT GET TILTED. Having a low k/d is fine in PS2 so long you help out others. Playing support in Planetside 2 can play a key role in victories
- READ UP AND WATCH VIDEOS. I can't stress this enough. Without prior knowledge of EVERY game mechanic, you'd be jumping in to a hell fire zone
- Expect Zerging. PS2 still has a "More people=victory" meta. Make sure you don't get demotivated from it and just spawn to another zone to fight in

What sets Dirty Bomb from other competitive shooters out there:
- Dynamic Class Based Gameplay
- Fun and (sorta) Dynamic Gameplay

The Good F2P Model:
- Rewards you for playing everyday
- Provides free mercenaries (classes) to try out each week
- Free rewards given almost every month (Upgraded crates and etc)
- The bronze card is the best card in every class and the higher tiers are simply skins
- Payment comes from purchase of cases, crates, merc unlocks and loadout card purchases
- Handsome payout of In-Game Credits every game (Not Real Currency)

My thoughts:
Dirty Bomb is a fantastic F2P Shooter that focuses on team-based and objective gameplay mechanics. Every mercenary (class) has a role to play except maybe the snipers (Vasilli and Aimee) whom in the wrong hands can sway a team's victory. The gameplay elements make it such that every game, there will be different experiences if your team chooses to do things differently. Objectives give each team a purpose and they will still focus on getting the objectives done. I would even go as far as to say this is a FREE version of overwatch. I often play dirty bomb just to improve my reaction times, quick reflexes and thinking.

Should you get it?
Yes, if you have experience playing FPS shooters. It is free and if you don't have games like R6S or Overwatch and have no money, this is probably a great game to play till you get money to spend on those games or end up splashing cash over here.

Personal Rating:
9/10 - Vassili is best merc in game can confirm kappa

The Way of Life is a game that is aimed at letting you learn more about Life. It is a relaxing game that allows people with free time to indulge in peaceful environment which can help improve their emotional state. It takes you through the life of a typical person; a young boy, a working man, an elderly man. Each of their stories have some unique taste to them but some may find it quite typical. The game is highly tuned to to the sense of sight.

Positives:
- Great art design
- Great story
- Its free

Negatives:
- Some people say the sound is not annoying but to me it is
- Some bugs here and there
- Running mechanic only works usually on the young child and not the adult and the elderly
- Gramar can be improved upon

Neutral:
- Doors in the Hub at first do not show a clear distinction of what is what. They only show icons. Im guessing this is a design choice to suit the game's art style

Marvel Heroes 2016 is a fantastic game to socialize with other like minded Marvel fans.

The character selection is abundant and there is not really many paywalls. The game itself does not have too high of a learning curve and as every game i've played, you'll have to give it time before you can truly understand the full game.

I highly recommend people watch gameplay and read up on the game mechanics as it can seriously help you out along in the learning process.

Now the most valued aspect of the game for me, the fantastic community;
Was greeted by community members in game when I joined and I am pleseantly suprised as to how polite the community is. If you are looking to get a break from toxic CSGO players or just want a game with the peace of mind of a Single Player Game and the interconnected hubs that multiplayer games offer, this game is for you.

My rating as a newcomer:
9/10

Do not hesitate to try out the game. It's FREE for crying out loud