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25.9 hrs on record

Quick review of “The Thaumaturge” PC: Steam version

Thanks to Fool's Theory and 11 bit Studios for the key to showcase the game to my Community on Twitch!

✅PRO

❌CON

Awesome Art, World, Environment, Salutor and Atmosphere design
Was great to see the tie into real world history (Especially given my personal history around Hemophilia)
Combat isn't overly complex, but Salutors offer a unique approach as well as some minor customizable skill modifiers to what you want to do
Optimization and Graphics were great and include quite a few options, bugs were incredibly minimal
Quite a bit more playability then I expected and I didn't 100% it either
Lots of story, world, history, and more lore tied into the game as well as there was different outcomes to different scenarios based on choices.

As the story progressed from mid to end point, I felt there was a lot of strange interactions that didn't quite fit, out of place/order, or were contrary to what you were attempting to do. I also wasn't the only one that pointed this out.
Due to the above, this did create times of confusion during the story and/or things like plot holes at the time.
Voice acting for the main character, and sometimes others, often times almost seemed like it was intentionally slowed down/delayed between words. (Also was not the only one to point this out)
The Thaumaturge sense/finger snapping can get annoying to hear and repeat so often
There is a good deal of walking and repeating the same actions you grow accustomed to

PERSONAL SUMMARY

Overall I had fun playing the game and expereiencing the world the Developers spun from real world history. There was certainly some things I would think they'll be smoothing out with patches. The biggest draw I think was that it seemed like the farther you got into the story, the more portions of the conversations and story felt like it unravelled. If you enjoy games like Disco Elysium, I'd think you'd also enjoy this one.

🔧Specs

- AMD 7800X3D
- 3080 FE
- 32GB Ram
- M.2 SSD
- 1440p

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Posted 8 March, 2024. Last edited 14 March, 2024.

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13.0 hrs on record (1.2 hrs at review time)

11/10 has a lot of bugs

Posted 17 May, 2023.

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2.8 hrs on record

Quick/non spoiler review~ PRE RELEASE QA Build of Bleak Faith: Forsaken PC: Steam version~ A Day 1 patch was released on launch day. Will update when I try it out.

Thanks to Archangel Studios and Vicarious PR for the key to showcase the game to my Community on Twitch!

✅PRO

❌CON

Optimization seemed fairly well done
Level art and Atmosphere design is engaging, well done, and unique
Items and gear design are intricate
Decent amount of graphic and other options including DLSS support as well as Controller Support
Quite a few character stats to work with and Perks and Ability systems. Plus they have videos to showcase how abilities work
World seems to be free exploration with hidden areas, and you’re able to unlock shortcuts and teleport travel
When there’s no issues with Combat, it feels pretty accurate to your actual character model so small windows of avoidance, timing and resource management is important.
Has a crafting system for at least some usable type items

Combat inconsistencies were the most frustrating. Ie. Enemy’s clipping through each other, and fighting on elevation like stairs can make hits from both either miss entirely or hit randomly.
Controller issues were present, confusing binds, as well as KB/Mouse bindings caused quite a few issues till I rebound things like jump etc.
Very few, but present graphical glitches
Character feels very stiff, as well as rather “floaty” which caused issues with movement
Items/UI were troublesome to change/use or to back out from without closing entirely
No method to revisit tutorial pop ups like combo attacks and so forth.

REQUIREMENTS

Low End

🔧Specs

DIFFICULTY

Medium due to accurate/realistic type battle mechanics, Hard bosses due to the same as well as much more ability/special attack use

- AMD 3950X
- 3080 FE: Driver: 531.26
- 32GB Ram
- M.2 SSD
- 1440p

GRAPHICS

Amazing, Atmospheric and decent amount of options

MUSIC/SOUND

Good/No issues

LENGTH

Unknown at this point

GAME RELATION/FUN

I see similarities to Souls like games. The World is engaging and fun to explore but Annoying/Repetitive issues as mentioned can get in the way.

PRICE WORTH

$40 is a bit steep given the current issues and combined full launch/not E.A. title (Personal opinion)

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Posted 10 March, 2023.

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52.4 hrs on record (38.4 hrs at review time)

Review of SUPERFUSE PRE-EARLY ACCESS VERSION!! (To other reviewers.. This is NOT A final product.. dont expect it to be..)

Thanks to Raw Fury and Stitch Heads for VERY early testing, and a very early key to showcase the game to my Community on Twitch! Any ideas you want passed to the Developers, please post them and I'll do my best to include it.

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EARLY ACCESS! ✅PRO or General Game information

❌CON or FUTURE IDEAS

Amazing Animation, character design art and inclusion of things like skills changing visually via fuses
Level art and Atmosphere design flows great with the Comic/superhero style. There are a decent amount of different enemy styles over time as well.
COOP up to 4 player: Current player trading is dropping items on ground. Servers CURRENTLY support only Free 4 all loot system, however it appears there will be other options in the future.
There is indeed some current Endgame content This includes randomized like dungeons with modifiers on them.
Graphical quality style ie, Comic based, is well done
Start of game will feel very slow due to character movement speed. Counter it with Movement speed gear.
Gear doesn't drop based on your level or area level currently.
Resetting area's requires you to go to main menu, and back into game currently.
Each Character and specialization feels unique from each other and fun to play
The FUSE system is incredible. Even at EA launch state there are TONS of combos you can try out and many turn out to be hilarious, OP, or just fun to use. This is one of the BIGGEST selling points of the game. Due to how unique it is, how each person can build each skill how THEY want, while also needing to balance it all together, and make the code work together, there will be many hills for the Dev's to climb, and they're doing great with it so far.

Hoping for more Accessibility options
Optimization troubles dealing with TONS of effects and crazy things you can do with fuses tends to cause FPS troubles at times even as a solo player.
Stash is currently a bit small for a stat based, looter, ARPG.
Some specializations can be a bit lacking in areas due to Early access launch/in development situations
Some issues with audio if there's also to many effects going on together.
No current Character customization outside of Color's gear/items.

REQUIREMENTS

Mid tier: Recommended: i7 9700 / AMD Ryzen 5 4600U
RAM: 16 GB
VIDEO CARD: Geforce 2060 6gb / Radeon RX 5700
SOUND CARD: Yes
FREE DISK SPACE: 15 GB

🔧Specs

DIFFICULTY

I didn't experience any real difficult scenarios personally.

- AMD 3950X
- 3080 FE
- 32GB Ram
- M.2 SSD
- 1440p

GRAPHICS

Amazing combination of ARPG and Super Hero Comic ideas

MUSIC/SOUND

Some issues in incredible amounts of audio effects at once situations

STORY LENGTH

(5 - 8 hours) and more content coming: Most people shouldn't really only be jumping into a Loot based ARPG JUST to rush the story though.

FUN

Incredible fun, especially when you get the FUSES you want and start experimenting with them.

PRICE WORTH

It was overall a fun and interesting game to me. It is also just going into EA now, so that needs to be the first thing you take into account and decide yourself.

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Posted 31 January, 2023. Last edited 2 February, 2023.

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12.3 hrs on record

Quick review of “The Callisto Protocol™” PC: Steam version

Thanks to Striking Distance Studios, Krafton, Inc for the key to showcase the game to my Community on Twitch!

✅PRO

❌CON

Amazing Animation work
Level art and Atmosphere design is great
Death, body damage etc work is incredibly in depth
Graphical quality and Mocap is amazing
A few Accessibility options that can help people and some of the issues with game

Combat inconsistencies were the most frustrating. Ie. Enemy’s clipping through each other, only auto soft lock on target which causes issues in multiple enemy fights, fighting on elevation like stairs can make hits miss and enemies still hit, many times enemies would not react to hits and you would get hit, very repetitive fight mechanics for enemies
Save/Auto save locations before larger risk fights was annoying
No FoV atm and this causes camera issues during fights
A lot of Optimization issues and only a few graphical options
Story plot hole and questions can be confusing
PC-KB/Mouse keybinds are incredibly annoying and cause conflicts with movement and reactions during combat, especially multiple enemy fights. Ie. Holding A or D to dodge but you must alternate as well.
Season pass locked content and Story ending seems a bit extensive
A lot of basic jump scares and Linear level design

REQUIREMENTS

High end

🔧Specs

DIFFICULTY

Hard: Mainly just due to issues listed

- AMD 3950X
- 3080 FE
- 32GB Ram
- M.2 SSD
- 1440p

GRAPHICS

Amazing/Extreme, Atmospheric but lacks options

MUSIC/SOUND

Good/No real issues

LENGTH

Shorter (5 - 15 hours) and more content coming

FUN

Fun but Annoying/Repetitive issues

PRICE WORTH

It was overall a fun and interesting game, however it is a bit high on pricing. Considering issues and Cost vs playability time being rather low, current MSRP is rather high imo.

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Posted 20 December, 2022.

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13.1 hrs on record

Quick rundown review of “High on Life” PC: Steam version

Date: 12/14/2022

Thanks to Squanch games and the Content Creator handling company for the key!

Double marked things just represent both/all of what is marked. ie. Difficulty- Normal+Hard. (Some area's were normal, and some spots were more difficult.)

~ REQUIREMENTS ~

🔲 Potato
✅ Mid tier
🔲 High end
🔲 Supercomputer

~PERSONAL DIFFICULTY~

🔲 Easy
✅ Normal
✅ Hard
🔲 Harder-core

~ GRAPHICS ~

🔲 Rough/Low
🔲 Mid level/Medium
✅ Good/High
🔲 Amazing/Extreme
✅ Lacking options

~ MUSIC/SOUND ~

🔲 Bad/Issues
🔲 Mid Level/Slight issues
✅ Good/No real issues
🔲 Amazing

~ STORY ~

🔲 Little to no story/Not attentive
🔲 Slow but OK story
✅ Story was well done/kept attention
✅ Story didn't matter: I'm here to laugh and shoot things while doing it!
🔲 Awesome story/Couldn't look away

~ PRICE ~

🔲 Underpriced/Low cost
🔲 Mid level price
🔲 OK level of price for time & playability etc.
✅ Higher priced imo.

~ LENGTH ~

🔲 Very Short (0 - 5 hours)
✅ Shorter (5 - 15 hours) : Myself, not 100% complete
✅ Average (15-30 hours)
🔲 Longer (30-60 hours)
🔲 Quite long (60+ hours)
🔲 No ending
✅ More coming?

~ FUN ~

🔲 I'd rather watch paint dry
🔲 Difficult to enjoy
🔲 Annoying/Repetitive
🔲 Pretty fun
✅ A lot of fun and/or more then expected

~ WORTH BUYING ~

✅ No: Cost vs playability and time is rather high for MSRP
✅ Yes: If you love this style of game, humor, great design work, amazing sound recording and more.
✅ Gamepass!

~ NOTES ~

✅ Amazing Animations
✅ Level Design top notch
✅ Good optimization
✅ Voice Lines and humor are amazing

🔲 A few bugs, nothing serious, more funny then problems.
🔲 No FoV atm, which is rough
🔲 Not the best accessibility options

They did Tweet out that they do include actual movie segments in game, and they do have some nudity at times as a warning for Creators covering the game.

Posted 14 December, 2022. Last edited 14 December, 2022.

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59.3 hrs on record (58.7 hrs at review time)

tl:dr/dw Plague Tale Requiem Review

AMD 3950x : RTX 3080 : Game 47GB/Day 1 patch 10.7GB
(This review was mostly PRIOR to the Day 1 patch | DLSS 3 not supported on this card | Ray tracing was not enabled till release | My mentioned testing was done while also streaming from the same system so some numbers may not align with others.)

PRO’S

Lots to do, upgrade, skills, and way more surprises
Many game paths to choose. YOU choose how to play
Game looked amazing, animations, sound, all on point!
NG+ type modes
Story is top notch, gets you attached, and pays homage to the last game very well. (imo)
No crashes at all
There can be thousands and thousands of rats on screen at a time. (Con maybe?)

CON’S

Optimization was rough in some crowded areas (After day 1 patch this seems to still be a SIGNIFICANT issue. I was getting barely any increase in FPS from DLSS or even swapping to a lower Resolution.)
Checkpoint system can be annoying if you want to go back
Start can be a tad slow to immerse you
Bugs seemed to get worse after Day 1 Patch for me personally

VERDICT
Personally I think the game was incredible. Well made, with little to no issues overall. I think anyone that likes the Plague Tale games will really enjoy this one. I expect even better tweaks to optimization especially after a 10 GB update.

Thanks to Focus Entertainment for the key and early access of course!

Posted 18 October, 2022. Last edited 18 October, 2022.

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2.0 hrs on record (1.9 hrs at review time)

This is a review of 1 day before release:Pre-release/Pre-early access: Things can and will change over time.

Just got a 3.9gb release day update that wasn't included in this review at the time. From watching the Dev's play currently, it seems like a few things were addressed that I had trouble with.

The idea and story behind the game seems solid and interesting.
The writing and such is a bit different with modern day swearing in much of it(Nothing wrong with that just not accustomed to it as much in a game like this).
I wasn't expecting most of the Male/female characters to be rather topless starting out so that was interesting lol.
Formations was an interesting thing to experience and I can see adding some interesting mechanics to fights as it changes your ability's and combines your team.

Graphic Optimization was terrible.. Partly due to there was no Full screen, windowed, or windowed full screen option. Most options didn't even add to the FPS even turned down. (system is a 3950x+2080ti)
Combat seemed rather odd to try to work with, as well as animations and targeting.
Multiple scenes were missing or just skipped somehow.
Many of the voice overs wouldn't match a cut scene, the cut scene would throw your camera around or NPC's would vanish, as well as some T posing of the NPC's in dialogue.
Most voices were simply way to low volume as well.
Character customization starting out is fairly bland/not to many options.
Ability's seem pretty bland/few to count.

I didn't play much by the obvious time spent count, so later things I wouldn't know about yet. I do think the game has potential however I also do 100% think the game should be given more time. There was a lot of issues I came across at the time. However, it being in Early access does give them time to improve on all the odd things I encountered. Overall I think with some good time and work, it could turn out to be really interesting.

Posted 16 June, 2020. Last edited 16 June, 2020.

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14.5 hrs on record (11.9 hrs at review time)

Played campaign before full launch, Game runs great in 4k for me, AI for NPC teammates can be a bit weird but overall good, highest difficulty is indeed a challenge, Multiplayer is certainly interesting and has multiple modes. Game itself feels like a FPS+Xcom mix and you have to get good at paying attention to everything at once. You control the main character, at the same time as the NPC/Team's abilities and reactions.

Game is certainly fun just depends on what you're looking for in a game! Price does seem a little steep vs playability, but what isn't these days.

Posted 15 June, 2020.

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