Recent reviews by The_Pastmaster

Fantastic game. I like the story even though Doom Guy refuses to participate. Excellent entry to the franchise.

This was a fun little game. Pretty to look at. Story is mild. Exploration is a big part of the game. There is no combat in this game. It also has factory sim elements where you can make production chains if you wish. Either small scale or turn the map into a giant factory. I had a lot of fun and warmly recommend it to people looking for a casual relaxing time.

I had fun with this one. The game itself isn't like "Hey this is so much fun!" but more to occupy your brain while you listen to a podcast, audio book, or a longform YouTube video. The term I've hear used elsewhere is "Dad Game" and I agree with that. XD There's no story, you just bash object asunder on ships. Sadly you can't dismantle the whole ship, just "furniture" on it. (The sequel is set to fix that complaint.) But I had fun with it. 100%ed it.

It has some bugs. Like some things on certain ships that you have to cut are overlaid so you have to use explosives to open them. One ship may leave a floating door in the sky. Nothing game breaking tough for me.

Kane's Wrath is the epic expansion of Tiberium Wars. Each faction has gotten two specialised sub-factions. ZOCOM and the Steel Talons for GDI; The Marked of Kane and the Black Hand for Nod; and Reaper-17 and Traveler-59 for the Scrin. All having their own unique variation and restrictions to buildings and units. Such as the Steel Talons using a Titan walker derivative from the 2nd Tiberium War of Tiberian Sun instead of the standard Predator tank. They also have the Wolverine, and an improved Juggernaut design. Or the Nod Black Hand faction not having aircraft. Each faction also get their own Super Unit.

The campaign follows a series of covert operations for Kane personally ranging from the end of Tiberian Sun (The 2nd Tiberium War), to just after the end of the 3rd Tiberium War. Lots of fun to play.

A great expansion for a great game. Highly recommended.

The last great entry to the series. Many fond memories here but you want to know what you get. You get a game with a nice story if you're into campaign modes. It continues the story of Tiberian Dawn and Tiberian Sun but neither is required for story purposes. Same ol' thing: Kane has a vision and GDI doesn't like him very much. You have the choice of playing either as the Brotherhood of Nod, or the Global Defence Initiative. If you complete both, you get a short bonus campaign of the OTHER guys. ;)

One thing of note though is that the 1.09 patch for the game screwed the campaign a bit. The patch slashed the economy in half for multiplayer purposes, which is great human vs. human. Skirmish vs. AI and the campaign on the other hand are now very unforgiving. I have posted links to a mod to fix this in the Community Discussion boards for the game and highly recommend a download. If you're just interested in the multiplayer then it's largely unnecessary.

A downside from previous titles is that the music is a tad bland so if you're a fan you might miss that.

Over all it's a great game that is well worth playing even today.

I had a lot of fun playing the game. There's loads of busy work that I got bored of doing but some of it developed Bayek's character via story bits. I found the main plot interesting and decently made. Though it's not really lore friendly to the series as I understand it.
The performance suffers a little here and there when there's a lot going on on-screen due to Denuvo but overall I enjoyed the game and found the Egyptian aesthetic beautiful.

Biggest challenge here is time. The mission is to take care of rescue animals and all of them have a natural lifespan. The game mechanic from the original game is unchanged: After 50% of the lifespan has gone, it can randomly die, getting more likely as the lifespan depletes.
You're still given a generous time limit but don't dawdle too long. And the life span is reset between maps, thankfully.

Story is fairly basic and borderline uninteresting: Save some Jurassic World animals (8 members in total), make sure they're healthy and introduce them to paleobothany.
Growing prehistoric plants is the new thing here. There are ten plants in total you can grow. The new Greenhouse building can only support half, Biggest downside is that you can only build one Greenhouse per island except on Isla Nublar.
These plants are set to different new Paleo-Feeder stations, and satisfying both primary and secondary preferences will increase herbivore life spans with up to 40%. Feed them harmful food though and it will decrease by 25%.
Plants are good and harmful depending on the different families of dinosaurs which encourages you to mix members of the same family for mixed species pens. That said you can freely mix different families if they eat from the ground feeder or the tall feeder as feeding from one excludes feeding from the other because of the size difference.

I liked this DLC. Three new dinos is nice and a new entertainment building of which we kind of already have a similar building already (Gyro-Sphere). 15 bucks is a tad much I feel but that's up to personal preference as I still recommend it.

It's a fun game, a decent story. Lots of guns to use and liberal amounts of ammunition. Health and "armour" energy is frequent enough to keep you alive. Unless you are very skilled, you are going to die A LOT. Quick Save is your friend!
Half-Life was a technical marvel when it first released and though by todays standards it's pretty tame, it's still an important part of gaming history every gamer should at the very least try.

I can't say it's nostalgic due to not having played the original game back in the day but I had a blast with Xenonauts. Researching tech, outfitting my soldiers with arms and armour without having to roll the dice on a random class table (I'm looking at you XCom: Enemy Unknown!).
The story is intriguing if maybe predictable at times. The enemy provides a variety of different aliens to fight that are distinct and recognisable as you progress. Combat is engaging for me. Downside is that the models can only face in eight cardinal direction so when you scratch you head a bit when a soldiers shots curve off the model in a 30 degree angle sometimes. XD
I don't recall any bugs other than one or two visual ones. Overall a fun experience if you like or can accept the retro art style.

Game was okay. The sstory is a nice continuation of Laras personal story from the first one. The new enemy, Trinity, seems a tad shoehorened in.
Tombs are fun, clever challenges.
Combat is pretty standard. A few new tricks over the previous game, nothing that blew my mind.

The game has crafting now. It's okay but it's a tad grindy if you want to max out everything because some stuff is EXPENSIVE.

The climbing is a bit annoying like in the first one. Like you can press up to grab a ledge or climb up and Lara inexplicably jumps off the side to her death. No clue why, she just does.

Baba Yaga is a fun if predictable story. I didn't really do any of the expedition DLC stuff or Croft Manor.