Recent reviews by nimbul

I'm in love.

CryEngine is a breath of fresh air in an industry dominated by games that feel the need to push the envelope and use bleeding edge, immature render pipeline technology. It's been a while that I played a modern title and didn't feel an uncomfortable itch at the poor visibility, ghosting, poor performance, or what I would have to sacrifice in visual fidelity to get a half decent gameplay experience, even with a 3080. Kingdom Come just works, and it's beautiful. The first game held my respect for the best foliage and wooded environments I'd ever seen, and I was constantly drawing comparisons to other titles such as Stalker 2 wondering just how much better those games could be if they matched even half of what Warhorse has achieved. This game does not disappoint in that respect. On top of that, the performance is astounding.

This game and CryEngine in general are extremely modular and customizable. I've spent a considerable amount of hours experimenting with my own mods and fine-tuning my experience. It's another thing you just can't take for granted in today's gaming landscape. There's no worries here about some tightly integrated DRM nuking your hardware, or that you won't be able to just open a .pak file and change a feature that's bothering you.

And that's not to say much about the gameplay- which is amazing- when it works. There's definitely some stuff to be dialed in and balanced and frustrating moments, but again, I just don't have much worry with full modding tools around the corner.

All in all, KCD2 feels like a modern title wrapped in a classic 2000's game box, and Warhorse has earned a loyal fan.

Holy cow. 40 hours with friends and we still haven't beaten it. This game is amazing. This is a new standard for survival coop. Just get it and go in as blind as possible.

im having fun

As in, I don't see any issues here that would switch my recommendation from Yes to No. I love the first game, it's not perfect but I don't need a perfect vision or execution to thoroughly enjoy something, and I don't believe sequels necessarily need to have everything the first game got right and fix everything the first game lacked-- that's just not a realistic expectation. After 12 years between games, you need to temper expectations.

What's here is worth experiencing:
--Fun, emergent gameplay.
--Solid sense of progression, serviceable itemization.
--Large, beautiful open world that will keep you occupied
--A few compelling characters

Non-exhaustive list of issues:
--Enemy variety
--The MSQ and ending are kinda ass.
--Mediocre, unrealized endgame.
--Performance

I'm excited to see what the expansion brings to the game.

Accessible to non-techy folk. Very simple gameplay loop. Educationally, only good for familiarizing yourself with INCREDIBLY basic shell usage.

Narratively, the game is interesting and DLC are very good. Despite the simple and "boring" gameplay, there are a few moments that are genuinely exciting and engaging. It doesn't overstay its welcome, and ends right on time.

Use HunterPie mod to see healthbars and dps.

Very fun, insane learning curve. You build a relationship with your weapon and playstyle, and once you get past being knocked down every 5 seconds you start to feel cool and aesthetic. Some of the best, long term progression of any game ever. Endgame has a lot of grinding and farming, but since the skill curve is so large you're still engaged with repeatedly throwing yourself at certain monsters, getting better at reading them each time and things not feeling like a slog.

Third party resources like the wiki are pretty much required. You're gonna be googling how to target farm specific things you need, or farm decorations.

Get Iceborne. The extended movesets and clutch claw are VITAL.

Poor online services and waiting for cutscenes sucks, but oh well.

9/10.

Most cinematic game ever. Makes dying fun. Some balance and fixes to sort out, but it's very playable and enjoyable where it's at right now where it's at. Fantastic progression system, extremely consumer friendly premium shop where all premium rewards can be earned. Hilarious world and cutscenes.

Perfect game.

waste of money

For $14 on sale, what's there right now is worth the money. If you're a speculative buyer, the game has high potential and plenty of room for improvement. You can tell the developers narrow in on specific mechanics and build them one by one instead of biting off more than they can chew. I hope it gets community map and mod support to really bring things together and allow a whole ecosystem of tactical SCP scenarios. There could also be a procedural generated raid for replayability, but all in due time. Overall, the vision is very exciting and what's there is already enjoyable, especially with friends.

What's there is cool, but I wouldn't yet call this feature complete. It's far more accessible than the ASCII version, but is missing some core UI panels such as entity Health and logs. The log screen is practically required to keep track of a narrative of events. It's also missing some features such as single stepping frames and watching a combat log live. I think it'll be ironed out, but it's worth waiting for now.

Also, you don't need to pay $30. Give it time, all this content will be available for free.

time ran out so they called it done. Play warband first