Recent reviews by Nepht

A very chill tycoon game that has enough complexity to keep you on your toes. You can get surprisingly detailed in designing your tanks and layout, especially in sandbox mode.

Overall a great game and much better than the sale I bought it during.

A genuinely excellent expansion that (mostly) seamlessly overhauls the somewhat problematic base game. Bugs have been stomped, performance has been much improved, and the Chosen themselves are just the beginning of the changes.

It's a shame the much needed bug fixing/performance improvements have effectively been paywalled and understand those that are upset by it. It adds a sour note to how much fun the new content is, especially those that had trouble running the base game and aren't sure they'll see an improvement with the xpac.

A game that genuinely has something to say, both about it's subject matter and those playing it.

The actual gameplay is middling (though inoffensive) but the real hook here is the story and the narrative techniques it employs. From unreliable narrators to breaking the 4th wall (SSD owners, consider putting this on a HDD so you can actually read the loading screens during the 4th act!), it's unique and makes you think.

While the game is very much on rails, there are multiple endings based on your penultimate decision(s) on the final level that are surprisingly interactive. You honestly wouldn't expect some of them to even be options.

While the game's expansion pack beginnings are blatantly obvious there's something almost refreshing about SR4.

It has no delusions of grandeur and doesn't cause a suspicious belief that the writers desperately want to write movies instead of games. It's straight up a video game and loves being one. It's sole goal seems to be to entertain. In a market of bloated AAA games that put an absurd emphasis on being "cinematic character driven experiences" yet fail at even the basics of character and plot development, I'm glad SR4 exists.

Yes, it's basically SR3 with super powers and a sci fi theme. Yes, the cars and homies are useless the minute you get said super powers. None of that really matters though because the game is just that entertaining.

If you loved SR3 this is a for sure purchase. Even if you didn't, it may be worth a look due to being much closer to Crackdown/Prototype than GTA/SR2 due to the powers.

A game I both love and hate in equal measure. The combat is janky and unbalanced as all get out and animations/texture quality can be laughable at times. The hacking minigame is unspeakably awful.

It's also one of the finest modern RPGs from this generation. It far eclipses what Mass Effect tried to do in terms of it's dialogue system and how characters react to your actions. The dossier system actually ties back into the game and the options you're given rather than being extra lore reading. And the sheer amount of reactivity to your choices and the consequences that can result put Mass Effect to shame, causing genuinely different endings based on how you play - sometimes drastically different. There isn't a blue, red, or green light to be found.

The beginning takes patience to trudge through, but once you're past the Saudi Arabia hub the game begins to shine.