Recent reviews by Zizoor

Halo

First battlefront best battlefront.

Out of all games I've played over the many years I've played games, this is really the one I find worth investing time into.

Yes it's buggy.
Yes, the performance on modded servers are ♥♥♥♥♥.
Yes, if any other game ran at 22 FPS I'd be furious.
But alas, here I am. Still playing. Always playing. What in the actual barnowl am I doing with my life.

Got over it. No longer need anger management therapy.

First Draft, Version 1

Clocking out at 102 hours at the time of writing and this without any GTA Online counted, as I have not yet started Online even once.

Introduction
To be fair, Grand Theft Auto needn't a big introduction to most people as it is a huge and ifluential title. But nontheless I shall give it a quick rundown.

So what is Grand Theft Auto V? Well some people say it's a sandbox. Some call it a quasi-actionrpg. Some just stick with third person shooter. And non is really wrong either, it takes elements from most genres and bangs them together to make them work. And they really do.

It's a game that gives the player immense freedom, you can either go full psycho and kill everything that moves, steal cars, kill animals and so on or you can go play golf. This is just an example, but the stark contrast is there. And this is the thing that makes 'GTA' one of the most successful franchises of all time. The freedom of doing whatever the hell you please is a satisfying thing indeed.

Story (Spoiler free)
In this game you're introduced to three protagonists, a "hood gangster", a retired bank robber, and well frankly, a psychopath. In a series of events these three become connected and their three seperate stories become entwined into one in one of the most interesting ways I personally have ever experienced in a video game.

At first I was not very impressed in fact, but that might be because you start off as humble as this game gets, a gangster. This alone is not a problem, but I was generally put off by the fact that what felt was every third word was "♥♥♥♥♥". And yes, I am aware that this games plays on stereotypes and that in fact it is very common, but it still felt silly after 5 minutes.

Get past the small things however and youll find a rich and fleshed out story set in a great setting with immaculate attention to detail.

Misc
As I mentioned in the introduction there is for example golf to play. Well that's not all. There's all kinds of side activities ranging from street racing to tennis, from hitting money transports to getting "attention" in gentlemen clubs. It's a universe filled with things for you to do, things to occupy you and this is one of Grand Theft Auto V's greatest features.

Pros
- Great combat.
- Immersive gameplay.
- A ludicrous amount of features.
- Extreme attention to detail.
- Fleshed out story.
- Fun side activites.
- It's able to mix humor and seriousness in a way only Rockstar can do.
- Great music.
- Superb customization for both vehicles and characters.
- Impressive graphics.
- Near perfect voice-acting on almost all characters (including pedestrians and random AI)

Cons
- Some dialog feels a bit forced.
- I personally encountered bugs when tabbing out of the game crashing it, but this might be due to other issues.
- During my 102 hours of gameplay my game crashed thrice. This is not as much as of a con as a general "fyi info".
- Flying controls suck really bad.
- If a cutscene is accidentally skipped I found no other way than to kill myself to cancel the mission and then restart it from the beginning.

As you can tell, most of these are really just nitpicking. The only real problem I had with this game was the flying controls. Flying helicopters was just the most infuriating thing I did in this.

Summary
It's bloody brilliant. Definately in the top ten best games of all time. When I finished the story at 83 hours in, I couldnt stop myself from keep playing. Yet I found another 20 hours before I felt I could say that I am done with the singleplayer. And I have not even completed it to 100% yet.

So do I recommend it? Maybe a tiny little bit. Maybe a tiny tiny little bit.

Buy it if you like good games.


I'm done here.

Right. So. I've grown up with the Tomb Raider games, I still remember with chills running down my spine how I loved that dragon opening every time I booted up Tomb Raider 2 for the playstation. It was like a action movie everytime.

It's one of my very fond franchises and I've loved it to death ever since I could play games.

Now this new revival of Tomb Raider, was it any good? Yes. Yes it was. And it was worth every second of it.
There is few games whereas I gladly spend hours searching for hidden objects. But in this game the reward with the understanding of the story and the history of this Yamatai island... It's just captivating.

I would say this game truly stands up on its merits. Great level design, great graphics, great combat, great story, great storytelling. Is there any bad parts? Sure. I'd say there was some, some things that felt a bit stressed. Not much though, only thing I really can say at this point in time is how Lara went from innocent to killing machine without alot of dynamic change in the beggining, however this was reflected on and corrected later in the game.

Should you buy it? Yes, if you like the Tomb Raider franchise.
Should you buy it even if you dont like the Tomb Raider franchise? Probably. This game is very different from its predecessors and in a good way. If you havnt gotten into the franchise allready I wouldn't hesitate to say that this is a great introduction to the universe of Lara Croft.

So how does it stand up to my standards? Well. Quite simply I love this game. So I'd gladly give this 9/10 toasts.

Tomb Raider truly feels as if it finally is back on track after a couple of less than great games. Great revival of this franchise. Thumbs up Square Enix and Crystal Dynamics.

All and all a good title, needs a tad bit of modding to make it sit right. Could need a bit more focus on things such as AI and bug-fixes.

Story: 8/10
Immersion: 8/10
Gameplay (no mods): 7/10
Gameplay (modded): 9/10
Graphical fidelity: 7/10
All around: 8/10