Firstly, before I start this thing, id like to say thank you to those who are reading my badly done work, im just coming up on 250 total page views. Now for an inconsistent side project, which I heavily neglect for large periods, that means a lot to me, thanks guys.
Now , enough of the soppy shite, I have eaten my man apples, lets get on with the review. Ready? , No?, Tough shit.
To start with im going to try interactivity, so go get a Pen.
Got it? Good
Now put it between your ring finger and that one this is next to your little finger
Squeeze hard.
Hurts doesn't it?
That's your punishment for not owning this game. Here is a link, BUY IT!!!.
http://store.steampowered.com/app/209080
Guns of Icarus is a First Person, Airship flying, Gun shooting game. Its made by a relatively small company (Compared to Valve, Microsoft .etc) Muse Games, and honestly its one of the best games I have ever played. Its really unique as it uses a dynamic I have never seen in any game before, a team of 4, working with up to another 3 teams (each made of 4), against another 4 teams of 4.
Now here's why I like it. It actively encourages and rewards specialisation as a certain class. However these rewards are not access to new items that increase your ability as a Captain, Gunner or Engineer. The rewards are customisation items. This game is 100% free of Pay2Win. This game is basically all in how long you play it for. The longer you play the better you become.
This game also encourages another thing that again wins it for me. Communication. Communication is the key to winning matches. Seriously if you don't communicate you will crash harder than a rollercoaster at Alton Towers (too soon?). I really cannot emphasise how much this is true. I have been on Airships piloted by level 4 pilots, and crewed by level 3-5 gunners and engineers, that have beaten level 45 (Max level) Pilots, with level 45 Crew.
Each Class has specific perks too, Gunner can bring 3 extra ammo types out of a list of 10 (I think), Engineer can bring 3 from a selection of buff and repair tools, including Mallets, Fire Extinguishers and Wrenches. The Pilot can bring 3 from a selection of tools designed to make flying a damn sight easier, such as speed increases etc. However each of the Gunner and Pilot tools also have negative effects, either be it damage reduction on a weapon when using a specific ammo type or damaging the ships balloon or engines when using a certain Pilot tool. A recent update also added a stamina bar, giving each class another bonus. Gunners can turn guns further and reload quicker, Engineers can sprint to get to broken or damaged ship pieces, Pilots can turn the ship faster with no negative effect.
The damage system in this game is nice too, as it isn't too hard to damage the ships.
The Ship is made of a varying number of components. (I shall list)
The Balloon
The Hull
The Hull Armour
Between 3-5 guns (Some ships have "Big Guns")
A Main Engine (Apart from the Squid)
2 Turning Engines (On all but Squid, which has 4, that replace having a main engine)
Shooting the engines makes it so the ship cannot move, shooting the guns means they are defenceless, popping the balloon makes them fall out of the sky, making the ship a sitting duck, Shooting the hull armour allows you to damage the hull which in turn breaks and lets you damage the ships health until it crumbles like Voldemort in the final Harry Potter film.
In conclusion, this game is without a doubt on of my favourites, however there isn't nearly enough players, the most I have ever seen is about 3000 at any one time. (but recently its been around 300 during the day, and 500-600 at night (UK TIME)). Which is a shame. as the Developers are really active and play the game. The Developers even have a competition against the public ever Tuesday and Thursday, aptly named "Fight the Devs". The Community in this game is amazing and the least toxic I have ever had the pleasure of being part of.
Honestly, buy it, tell your friends to buy it, get as many people as you can to buy it, its unbelievable how good it is, but how little people actually play it.
Also as a final comment, I really wanted to revert to my cynicism, and be horrible about this game, but A) im not a professional reviewer and B) its too hard to do it, its well made, it looks great, its not pay2win, no motion blur that makes me want to vomit, its really good.
Level: 9 (but it also gets a gold star and a kiss on the cheek)
Dan.
Friday, 24 July 2015
Wednesday, 22 July 2015
Team Fortress 2: Because i couldnt be arsed to do Guns of Icarus yet
Meh.. What can I say?
Firstly its really good. Like really really good. Its was the first game I sunk 1000 hrs into, and I would happily sink another 1000 into it. Its also made by Valve, makers of Portal and Half-Life.
Team Fortress 2 sees (typically) 16 players fighting another 16 players, to achieve an objective that usually involves either pushing a cart, capturing points or stealing a briefcase. You pick from nine classes.. yada yada yada, you get the gist.
The gameplay is fast, like stupid levels, you blink and in some cases you can miss entire fights, mainly due to some Soldier or Demoman clearing out the entirety of your team. Learning to be bad at the game is easy, I mean sure you can hold your own against new players, but if you come up against anyone with a) half a brain cell or b) some experience playing the game, you will get fucked. This actually makes the learning curve rather steep, unless you can find someone who is willing to help you get better, Karate Kid Style.
The graphics are nice, if somewhat cartoony, but that honestly is refreshing, and it thankfully weeds out all the COD fanboys who prefer the looks over the actual handling of the game. The art style is unique and distinctive, meaning it isn't one of many mass produced FPS clones. EVERY.SINGLE.FUCKING.YEAR.
Weapon variation between classes make an nice change, and with 3 of the classes having a sub class ( Demo-Knight, Huntsman Sniper and Mini-Sentry Engineer ) easily accessed by equipping certain weapons that are either uncrated, found, crafted or bought with real cash (Do the last one and I will call you a scrub ). Speaking of buying weapons the business model is fair, as you can only buy Keys to uncrate items, Cosmetics to make yourself look pretty fly for a white guy (unless your Demo) or Weapons as mentioned above.
One of the downsides of this game is the economy. The economy makes Greece in its current state look stable. It works on metal, gained through crafting class specific weapons together. Going into keys, Going into Buds. Im not going to explain it, its too hard, just have a link to a reliable site for this stuff ( https://backpack.tf/ )
The game mechanics are great too, especially the ability to Rocket Jump.
( imma leave this here so you get the idea https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uphATRHKIoo )
This makes playing the class, Soldier particularly rewarding as if you can do it well in most cases you can beat the opposing team harder than Chris Brown. Each Class comes with their own drawbacks and bonuses, which makes having a varied team advisable as having 10 snipers may seem like a great idea, but in short one guy will go spy and all you will have is 10 dead snipers and a lot of regret.
Thankfully I cant really notice the motion blur, which means its there. BUT ITS TASTEFULLY DONE. (Take note Warframe). Meaning I don't have to vomit every 30 seconds from the fucking shitstorm of colour that violates my screen in other games (Im still looking at you Warframe).
In conclusion, Team Fortress 2 is a great FPS game and it rightly holds the top spot ( or second spot) on Steams most popular Free to Play leaderboard. Its great to play alone or with friends and can really just be used for taking your anger out on scrubs. Yes sometimes it can get repetitive, with the same format for some maps, with just a variation on a certain theme, but I mean all games can if you play them enough, so that critism looses most of its weight. But yeah, its free and its fun, so just get it (link below)
http://store.steampowered.com/app/440/
Level : 9/10
Dan.
Firstly its really good. Like really really good. Its was the first game I sunk 1000 hrs into, and I would happily sink another 1000 into it. Its also made by Valve, makers of Portal and Half-Life.
Team Fortress 2 sees (typically) 16 players fighting another 16 players, to achieve an objective that usually involves either pushing a cart, capturing points or stealing a briefcase. You pick from nine classes.. yada yada yada, you get the gist.
The gameplay is fast, like stupid levels, you blink and in some cases you can miss entire fights, mainly due to some Soldier or Demoman clearing out the entirety of your team. Learning to be bad at the game is easy, I mean sure you can hold your own against new players, but if you come up against anyone with a) half a brain cell or b) some experience playing the game, you will get fucked. This actually makes the learning curve rather steep, unless you can find someone who is willing to help you get better, Karate Kid Style.
The graphics are nice, if somewhat cartoony, but that honestly is refreshing, and it thankfully weeds out all the COD fanboys who prefer the looks over the actual handling of the game. The art style is unique and distinctive, meaning it isn't one of many mass produced FPS clones. EVERY.SINGLE.FUCKING.YEAR.
Weapon variation between classes make an nice change, and with 3 of the classes having a sub class ( Demo-Knight, Huntsman Sniper and Mini-Sentry Engineer ) easily accessed by equipping certain weapons that are either uncrated, found, crafted or bought with real cash (Do the last one and I will call you a scrub ). Speaking of buying weapons the business model is fair, as you can only buy Keys to uncrate items, Cosmetics to make yourself look pretty fly for a white guy (unless your Demo) or Weapons as mentioned above.
One of the downsides of this game is the economy. The economy makes Greece in its current state look stable. It works on metal, gained through crafting class specific weapons together. Going into keys, Going into Buds. Im not going to explain it, its too hard, just have a link to a reliable site for this stuff ( https://backpack.tf/ )
The game mechanics are great too, especially the ability to Rocket Jump.
( imma leave this here so you get the idea https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uphATRHKIoo )
This makes playing the class, Soldier particularly rewarding as if you can do it well in most cases you can beat the opposing team harder than Chris Brown. Each Class comes with their own drawbacks and bonuses, which makes having a varied team advisable as having 10 snipers may seem like a great idea, but in short one guy will go spy and all you will have is 10 dead snipers and a lot of regret.
Thankfully I cant really notice the motion blur, which means its there. BUT ITS TASTEFULLY DONE. (Take note Warframe). Meaning I don't have to vomit every 30 seconds from the fucking shitstorm of colour that violates my screen in other games (Im still looking at you Warframe).
In conclusion, Team Fortress 2 is a great FPS game and it rightly holds the top spot ( or second spot) on Steams most popular Free to Play leaderboard. Its great to play alone or with friends and can really just be used for taking your anger out on scrubs. Yes sometimes it can get repetitive, with the same format for some maps, with just a variation on a certain theme, but I mean all games can if you play them enough, so that critism looses most of its weight. But yeah, its free and its fun, so just get it (link below)
http://store.steampowered.com/app/440/
Level : 9/10
Dan.
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