Recent reviews by peytonx741

9.8/10

Intro:
After nearly a year of below par games, both indie and AAA, Blackwake is really a game to behold. Despite the lack of content, I have been able to put in over 20 hours in two days with the pure excitement and engagement that no other game with a lack of content can provide. This is also not to mention the waves of free updates to come that will provide even more play time. This team of two developers knew what they and the players wanted, and did not fail to provide.

Content (at the time of this review):
- battles with up to 6 ships on each server, with 2 different kinds of ships, galleons and hoys
- realistic cannon reloading and firing
- great team communication mechanics
- teamwork based gameplay
- ship roles to help the crew (unofficial roles ranging from suppliers to sail repairers)
- amazing ship combat mechanics
- melee and ranged player combat
- ship boarding
- few others I may have missed

Pros:
- Great combat mechanics, both ship and player
- Fails to get boring
- Encourages good teamwork and communication skills
- Very few bugs despite what others are saying
- Plans for large content updates

Cons:
- Slight lack of customization, but will probably be added soon
- Few bugs that can get annoying at times
- (personal problem) If you have a friend that's a great captain, it's difficult to join back on the ship next round because the server floods their ship next time, a party system would be appreciated.

This is one of the best games I have bought in a while and worth every dabloon. If you are even slightly interested in this game, the videos and media don't do it justice, I highly recommend this game.

Still one of the greatest games I have in my library to date. I personally jump from game to game in short periods of time, but this game keeps bringing me back no matter how old it gets. With plenty of things to do, from mining, building, salvaging, or killing AI's and players, you never find this game getting old. Space Engineers has some of the most beautiful graphics for a space game to date including awesome animations. Sitting in your cockpit flying down to an earth-like planet never fails to amaze me.

Pros:
- Looks beautiful
- Very easy flight controls
- Flexable ship building
- Giant ships
- One of the highest repeatability games personally
- Constant updates
- Scratches that spaceship building itch

Cons:
- High lag with giant ships even on high-end PC's (Not framerate lag, has to do with simulation speed)
- Yeah, thats all I can think of

All in all, amazing game.

Despite other people having crash issues, I'm playing the game just fine, and No Man's Sky has reached my expectations and more, A must buy for any space sim and exploration lover.

EDIT: My full review after more hours of gameplay, keeping hype and promise bias out of the way to keep the review honest.

No Man's sky has been a wonderful experience with so many things that every space sim should have and provides every player with a new experience and plenty of playtime to make it worth your money. It has an uncountable number of planets and systems and has plenty of thing to do and places to visit on the planets such as ruins, camps, and small settlements with each alien you find giving you a new scenario, which I supprisingly have not found a repeat scenario in my several hours of gameplay. You can spend your time learning the language of the different species you find in the universe, or you can upgrade your ship and multitool though and endless amount of technology and fight off pirates or be one yourself and destroy freighters. One of the biggest problems I have heard of, though have not experienced myself, is performance and crashing issues, so I would recommend checking out the minimum specs required and I will post my specs below so you can compair (I play on full settings, so if you meet mine, you should be fine). A few issues are also pressent, but are mostly small things that might just bother me, such as not being able to fly low or crash on planets, making it difficult to land sometimes (Not that you want to crash, but I would like flying to be a challenge). The galaxy map can also be weird sometimes, it's hard to explain, but I'm sure I'll get used to it over time. The game also provides an interesting and very long lasting storyline that also remains subtle so you can explore as you wish.

Below is a Pro and Con list to better organize my thoughts

Pros:
- Game looks beautiful, provided you have the right specs
- Repeatability, with so many upgrades and an expansive universe, it provides 100's of hours
of gameplay
- Mysterious and cool story that I probably will never finish it's so long.
- Runs great, provided you have the right specs
- Scenarioes you run into don't repeat often.
- Plenty of things to do, like dogfighting, exploring, and trading.
Cons:
- Can't fly as low to planets as I'd like, makes it hard to land
- Graphics look strange from afar, but get better close up
- performance may be bad on low spec computers, not a personal problem though

Comp Specs:

GPU: GeForce GTX 1070
CPU: Intel Core i7-6700
Mem: 16 GB

I have been playing for a while and at this point, I can honestly say that this game is well worth your time. It is a very fast pased FPS with new content coming out all the time. They try their best to keep the game as balanced as possible, so even new players can get in the action without fear of difficult teams.

Pros:
-New content introduced regularly
-Very balanced
-Different game types, including a competitive mode
-Follows a theme, making the game more connected
-Important team mechanic, if your team works together, you will probably win
-Unique loadout system for your mercs
-Free (might as well try the game)

Cons:
-A few bugs (although fixed regularly)
-Hackers (rare, but a pain when you find one)

I got the game and with a lot of playing time, I can tell you that this game is worth it if you have a decent computer. It takes a little adjusting with the graphics settings, but once thats sorted, you get hours of playing time with new things added all the time.