Recent reviews by John K

Has it's flaws, but i enjoyed it about the same as i did Dead Space Trilogy. A solid 7.5 game, can recommend getting it on sale. Shame that studio closed, same as Visceral. Second game could've been great

Very blurry picture @4k high and too hardware demanding for what it is (Launch Date Review)

Decided to give it another shot few months later. Picture quality, while not perfect, noticeably improved with every upscaler and without them. Performance improved as well, around 10-15% more fps at the same settings. Shader caching now gets done during loading screens between zones, much better compared to how it was at launch, with bulk of it done at the start and then additionally during loading screens. Also NEXON logo now doesn't play that very loud jingle at the launch.
(28 of November 2024, changed from negative to positive review)

Still the best in it's genre. Dungeons and War for the Overworld are decent, but never been as good as what Bullfrog created 25+ years ago

+Well optimized (as far as fps numbers go)
+Decent looking (as far as ARPGs go)
+Brand name, positive memories of playing D1,D2,D3 post RoS

-Some stuttering here and there as shader caches new effects. Annoying
-No regional pricing, 70$+ worldwide
-In game shop + Premium Battlepass, armor set for the price of older/indie game

"Blizzard Quality" means very little these days, as the studio isn't what it once was.
I would give it a positive review, if Blizzard didn't aim to nickel and dime players with every microtransaction imaginable in a game that already has a very high price. If it was f2p or 30$ before discounts, i'd be okay with it, not when they ask for 70$ upfront and intend to sell you horse armor for 69$ more

I would give it "Mixed" review, but Steam only allows "Positive" or "Negative"

Good walking simulator/horror, with decent storyline, some puzzles and stealth sections. Rating is about 7/10 Don't expect explosive action

While not as good as OG trilogy, it has some moments. B-team clearly had some passion for the series, shame they were disbanded. With A-team's latest game being Anthem, i wouldn't say that they did any better. See you in ME4(5)

If you know that you'll be matched with random players and they don't always play well, i think you'll get some enjoyment out of it. I did it for 5$, i won't deny it. 10 wins 12 losses, about 4.5 hours in matchmaking

API: DIRECTX 11
ANTI-ALIASING: TAAU
SHARPENING: PERSONAL PREFERENCE
SCREEN-SPACE AMBIENT OCCLUSION: ON
SCREEN-SPACE REFLECTIONS: HIGH
MOTION BLUR: PERSONAL PREFERENCE
BLUR: PERSONAL PREFERENCE
BLOOM: ON
DEPTH OF FIELD: ON
CHROMATIC ABERRATION: OFF
VIGNETTING: PERSONAL PREFERENCE
LIGHT SHAFTS: ON
CAMERA LENS EFFECTS: PERSONAL PREFERENCE
HAIRWORKS: OFF
NUMBER OF BACKGROUND CHARACTERS: ULTRA+
SHADOW QUALITY: HIGH
TERRAIN QUALITY: ULTRA+
WATER QUALITY: ULTRA+
FOLIAGE VISIBILITY RANGE: HIGH
GRASS DENSITY: MEDIUM
TEXTURE QUALITY: ULTRA+
DETAIL LEVEL: ULTRA+

While it has some questionable game design choices, the free-flowing style of running and certain setpieces put it squarely into a "games worth playing" cathegory for myself

I heard the third game coming soon. Wonder what that'd be like?