Hi guys! Today I will talk about Batman: Arkham Origins. As always, the review will have four parts, firstly I will talk about the storyline, then about the gameplay, afterward, I will talk about the visuals and finally, I will tell you my personal thoughts and give you a rating for the game from 0-10 (10 being the best).

Storyline

Batman: Arkham Origins serves as a prequel to the Batman Arkham games.

The story of this game is pretty good. Someone has placed a 50 million bounty on Batman and all the criminals are after you.

This makes for a nice twist since Batman becomes the hunted instead of the hunter.

Gameplay

As for the gameplay, the combat is very good and fluid as is in all Batman Arkham games.

There are many gadgets for you to use that you have seen in the previous games also. The city roaming with the grappling hook is good but nothing you haven’t seen before.

One small problem with the open world is that the city streets don’t have civilians which don’t make sense but I personally didn’t care that much about it.

You can also fast travel now with the Batwing to places that you have visited on the map, making traveling from each point of the map to the other faster.

The fights with enemy bosses are very good and entertaining, especially the fight with Deathstroke.

The game improves upon the crime-scene investigation compared to the previous games, but it’s nothing too extreme.

There is also a new gadget that you unlock at a certain point in this game that you haven’t seen in any of the other Arkham games, which is the Shock Gauntlets. They certainly make the game more fun once you unlock them, but they make it easier also since they are pretty OP.

There are also puzzles and collectibles gathered all over the open world waiting for you to discover.

I never personally liked collectibles, I know that there is a group of gamers that loves those and likes to roam the city for hours trying to collect them all.

Besides the open world, there are also challenge rooms which are fun and as the name suggests challenging, and they will certainly keep you entertained for hours.

There is also a multiplayer mode in which you play with other players as a team of things vs a team of other things controlled by other players and there are also 2 players that control Batman and Robin.

You have to beat the opposing team while Batman and Robin will try to beat both teams. It is a fun little addition to this game and Batman games in general.

There is also DLC in this game too. The two DLC I recommend for you to buy is the Cold, Cold Heart where you fight Mr. Freeze and the Initiation DLC where you play as Bruce during his training in the League of Shadows.

Both DLCs are fun and you should definitely buy them along with the game when the game is on sale on Steam.

Visuals

Batman: Arkham Origins is a game of 2013 and the graphics are solid for its age, nothing amazing, but for today’s standards the game has respectable graphics.

Also, you have a large variety of Batman suits to choose from in the game. As for the open world, for the age of the game, it is very decent, it’s dark and snowy, streets are what you’d expect from a Batman game, making you feel the coldness of the night.

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Final Thoughts

Batman: Arkham Origins doesn’t introduce any game-breaking mechanics, and it doesn’t have stunning graphics, but it is a solid and fun game that I personally believe that it is a good addition to the Arkham games even if it isn’t something special and unforgettable.

For me a game doesn’t have to make a breakthrough to be good, it can just be fun and entertaining and I will gladly play it, and this game is both fun and entertaining if you like superhero games or single-player games or both.

It has a solid storyline and gameplay that won’t disappoint you and decent graphics.

I wouldn’t recommend to buy it at full price because for me it isn’t worth 20$, comparing it to today’s standards. I recommend you buy it on Steam sales though and Batman games are very often on sale so keep an eye out for this game.

Final Verdict

Storyline: 8.8

Gameplay: 7.8

Visuals: 8.2

General Rating: 8.2

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Defense of the Ancients 2 (or simply DotA 2) is the deuteragonist of the MOBA scene in the world. Make no mistake though, it’s not second because it’s worse, rather, the game is generally harder to pick up for new players which is a big deterrent.

This review does not aim to compare DotA 2 to its competitors, instead, I will per usual explain how the game works. Without further ado:

Storyline

Most of DotA’s storyline comes from various comics released, but you can find some deep lore if you care about it.

The main premise is that there are two opposing teams of 5 heroes fighting each on the side of an Ancient, the Radiant and the Dire, two greater fragments of a primordial, imprisoned into a single moon by the third fragment, Zet.

The Ancients’ influence is so strong, that it brainwashes weaker-minded being called creeps into doing their will. Heroes also have their own backgrounds, but it doesn’t affect the side they’re fighting on.

The reason for fighting is because it brings them closer to their respective goals.

Gameplay

The gameplay is what you’d expect from a MOBA, at least on its basis. People consider DotA to be very complicated and hard to master, and that is not far from the truth. The main purpose is using your heroes, and with the help of your teammates, you whittle down your enemies’ base in order to kill their Ancient.

As the game progresses, your hero becomes stronger and gains gold, which he can use to buy items to further augment his strengths or cover some of his weaknesses.

While the above sound pretty standard for a MOBA, DotA is more complicated than that.

There are over a hundred heroes for you to learn, and because they are all free from the start, this can feel overwhelming. Almost every hero has at least one complicated mechanic that can be very strong when utilized correctly.

There are 3 main attributes (strength, agility, and intelligence) and every hero scales with one of them. The items can give you any combination of the above stats.

But almost every item has an active of its own, which makes the game even more confusing, as you do not only have your hero’s abilities to manage but 3-5 active items (that’s how many active items are usually taken).

The map feels huge, and you can’t teleport back to base, you must walk instead, or use a teleportation scroll, which has a cooldown.

The death timers are pretty unforgiving, but you can buy your early revival for a hefty cost. Games tend to last for at least 40 minutes, which is way more from any other typical MOBA.

The aforementioned characteristics might seem like I’m bashing the game, but I’m not, I’m just explaining how everything feels from a newbie’s perspective.

As a matter of fact, these characteristics are what make DotA so unique and deep as a game.

In DotA, you can carry the game with any hero, even in a 1v5 situation. I’ve seen a game where literally one player was playing and his team left the game, and he still won, and it’s not like he had a huge lead. That’s also why DotA’s fanbase is fiercely loyal to the game.

This can be seen by DotA’s esports. While not very renowned, DotA 2 offers the biggest prize pools in all of esports. Not to mention the diversity of the game.

In pro play, DotA 2 has a remarkable diversity on the hero picks, only 1-2% of the heroes are not being picked in any game in pro matches.

Farming is very hard and complicated. Most heroes’ attacks have a slow missile speed (or animation if they’re melee) and usually, the creeps die before your final attack reaches them.

The mana costs for abilities are steep during the early game, which is why games tend to last so long.

Additionally, the enemy heroes can actually attack their own creeps and structures and deliver the last hit, thus “denying” you gold and experience.

Each hero also has something called a “turn rate” which is some time (microseconds) that it takes each hero to do a 180^o turn. Not every hero has the same turn rate.

The SFX is nothing special as it should. However, there are many different announcers, using many in-game champions.

There are even announcers from other popular titles like GLaDOS from Portal, or Adam Jensen from the Deus Ex Machina series.

All in all, DotA 2 really is worthy of all the trouble, but it needs a lot of time spent to truly grasp it as a game. In fact, once you really understand it, the other MOBAs will seem like child’s play.

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Visuals

DotA’s graphics are kinda moody but it’s nothing bad, it actually sets the mood.

The map is split in the middle by a river, and each side has its own theme, respective to each sides’ Ancient.

One is bright and full of vegetation, and the other is dark and full of dead ground and trees.

The day has a day and night cycle, which isn’t only a cosmetic thing, it actually plays a role in the game, it reduces vision range for all heroes, and some heroes have passive abilities that come to play during the night.

The graphics can be quite nostalgic to all of you Warcraft 3 fans, as they Valve tried to make the game as close to the original appearance-wise.

Generally, DotA 2 can be run on most machines without much problems, which really helps with low budget players.

Personal Thoughts

DotA 2 is a game that requires a lot of time to master. Anyone of has spent the time required will tell you that it is worth it, as it a very good game.

Balancing is near perfect, which means that there isn’t a predefined pool of heroes that if you don’t play, you’re gonna get flamed and be at a disadvantage.

However, the game can feel stale, as large updates are scarce and new heroes come about once every half year.

In the end, DotA 2 deserves its place in the gaming world and is a game you should pick up if you really intend on spending a lot of time.

Fortunately, the community can help you in the game, there is even a feature where random players can join in games as a team’s coach and oversee a team and give them advice.

DotA is very innovative as a game in general.

Final Verdict

Storyline: 5.0

Gameplay: 9.0

Visuals: 6.0

General Rating: 6.7

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Hi guys! Today I will talk about Batman: Arkham Knight. As always, the review will have four parts, firstly I will talk about the storyline, then about the gameplay, afterward, I will talk about the visuals and finally, I will tell you my personal thoughts and give you a rating for the game from 0-10 (10 being the best).

Storyline

Batman: Arkham Knight is an amazing game and a great finale for the trilogy.

The story of Batman: Arkham Knight is a great one and the climax is a fitting end to the trilogy that it won’t disappoint. I will not go into further detail because I don’t want to spoil anything.

Gameplay

As for the gameplay, it is greatly improved compared to the previous games, and the addition of the Batmobile ensures that the player will never get bored since the Batmobile introduces a new kind of gameplay.

The combat in Batman: Arkham Knight is the one you know and love from the previous games, and it’s even better than before. Roaming the city with the grappling hook is faster than before and even more fluid.

Essentially, all the things you liked from the previous games are even better in this game.

You can approach missions the stealth way or the guns blazing way, but if you want to experience what it is really like to be Batman the stealth way is the better option.

As always, you have a lot of gadgets that will help you in the game, but for me, the best one is the smoke bomb.

The one thing that separates this game from the previous ones is the Batmobile fights. They are very fun, and a nice addition to the game.

The Batmobile can transform into a tank fight enemy tanks, with Rockets, EMPs, etc. The Batmobile is implemented in the game’s puzzle missions since you can remote control the Batmobile.

Although I have to say that for me puzzle missions were the most boring part of the game, for you might be the best, it really comes down to the person.

That is it for the gameplay, now let’s talk about the graphics.

Visuals

The graphics of Batman: Arkham Knight are extraordinary, even today they can be considered top quality. The City of Gotham looks dark with the streets field with criminals and police cars.

The graphics are so realistic, that you feel like you are playing the protagonist in a movie.

Those that love amazing graphics in games, should definitely play this game.

There are also many costumes that you can use in this game, and they all look great, but I have to say I favored this game’s new Batman costume.

The good thing about some of the costumes is that you can see the damage from the enemies on the costume, for example, the chest of some of the suits shows damage from bullets and the cape looks torn from knives.

I love to see the damage that you take in the game to be reflected on your character, it makes the game even more realistic.

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Final Thoughts

Batman: Arkham Knight is worth its price on Steam no question about it, though the game is often on sale, so if you are one of the patient ones then you can wait for a sale to get it on a fraction of the price that it has right now.

The game offers solid and amazingly looking combat, beautiful graphics and a great story that you can’t miss if you are a fan of the Batman Arkham Games or Batman in general.

The only problem with this game is its poor optimization for PC. The game is locked in 30 fps though you can easily increase that cap to 60 if you google how to do it (it is very easy you won’t have any problem increasing the fps to 60).

Unfortunately, many games that come out for consoles have poor PC optimization and this is one of those, but 60 fps is fine for me. Also, you better have a good PC to run that game.

I recommend that you have the recommended specs for this game that you can find on it is steam page, because there is nothing worse than a laggy game.

For me, this game is a must-have and it is one of the games that I recommend if you are looking for a single-player game that is good in every aspect.

Final Verdict

Storyline: 9.0

Gameplay: 8.5

Visuals: 9.1

General Rating: 8.8

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Hi guys! Today I will talk about Middle-Earth: Shadow of War. As always, the review will have four parts, firstly I will talk about the storyline, then about the gameplay, afterward, I will talk about the visuals and finally, I will tell you my personal thoughts and give you a rating for the game from 0-10 (10 being the best).

Storyline

The story of the game continues from the previous game, as Talion and Celebrimbor forge the ring that will help them defeat Sauron but they lose it immediately, the rest are pretty much spoilers so I will not continue to talk about the story.

Gameplay

Middle-Earth: Shadow of War takes inspiration for its gameplay from the Batman Arkham games and Assassin’s Creed games.

The combat is very similar to Batman Arkham games, meaning that when an enemy attacks you, there is an indication on the enemy before the attack and if you counter at the right time the character will perform a short counter animation that is automated.

Also, when you kill an enemy orc captain, there will be a short clip where you perform an execute strike, which is really fun to watch.

Shadow of War’s main selling point compared to other games is the Nemesis System. The Nemesis System makes the enemies feel unique from one another, and when they appear there is a short clip where they say something.

When you die from an enemy Orc it becomes stronger thanks to the Nemesis System and even simple unnamed Orcs can become captains if they kill you in battle.

Thanks to the Nemesis System, the game becomes harder when you die and that makes it more challenging and forces you to think before you act about the consequences your actions will have.

A very cool element in the game, is that enemies have strengths and specific weaknesses, so doing research about your enemy before you fight him helps a lot.

Furthermore, if you attack using a specific ability all the time the enemy Orc will adapt to that ability and it will be rendered useless.

Now, let’s talk about the RPG elements of the game. There is a big skill tree in the game with 6 main branches and 12 abilities in each, where each ability has 2-3 passives or actives and you can only choose one passive/active from each of the abilities.

The good thing is that you can swap change your available abilities whenever you want without paying anything.

There is a lot of different equipment with different rarity levels for you to choose from. The weapons that you have at your disposal are a sword, a dagger, and a bow or axes for range shots.

You can also equip gems (these gems are attached to the category of gear and not the gear itself so you can swap gear without losing the gem) to weapons and armor to give them buffs.

After a certain point in the game, you will have the option to recruit Orcs that you defeat in your army, and that is very important because you will need to build an army of powerful Orcs for the sieges that you have to do in the game.

Siege is pretty much what it sounds like, you have an army of Orcs and you siege enemy castles and after you defeat the leader of that castle, you will take the castle for yourself. Sieges are pretty much war and are very fun and challenging.

In this game, there are also mounts that you can use to traverse the map faster (even though Talion is very fast and mobile himself).

My favorite mount is the dragon because dragons aren’t only fun because of their flight capabilities, but they are also powerful and can destroy whole armies of Orcs.

Visuals

The game’s graphics are above average, but they aren’t among the best you have seen. The game lacks in detail in graphics, but I guess this helps those that have lower specs.

The map of this game is pretty big, and each of the areas that are available feels and is different than the rest meaning that they have a different landscape, climate, and environment in general.

I also like that each weapon and armor in the game looks different than the rest, that the character doesn’t look the same the whole game.

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Final Thoughts

Middle-Earth: Shadow of War is a very good game that improves upon everything that its predecessor offers.

It has challenging combat, solid graphics, and a good story. There was a talk about the grinding that the game forces you to do and the loot boxes, but let me tell you this, I played the game in the hardest difficulty settings and rarely felt the need to grind.

For me, it comes down to the skill of the player and how lazy he is. This game is worth its price, sale or no sale.

Final Verdict

Storyline: 9.5

Gameplay: 9.3

Visuals: 8.9

General Rating: 9.2

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League of Legends is one of the most popular (if not the most popular), well known and played games in the world. It also tops the Twitch streamer viewership count, or at the very least is among the top ones consistently.

League has marvelously survived all these years and it’s no fluke. As a matter of fact, every new game that becomes extremely popular (with the most notable examples including Fornite and Overwatch) everyone proclaims that “League is dead”.

Yet it survives, and always tops its challenges. I’ve talked about League of Legends (LoL) before, but I’ve never given it a proper review. And so, I will now, and as usual, it will be split to storyline, gameplay, visuals and personal thoughts. Without further ado:

Storyline

LoL’s storyline is completely separated from its gameplay, meaning that what you do doesn’t reflect in the storyline at all.

Other than that, Riot Games (LoL’s developers and owners) has a huge roster of characters, each with their own distinct personalities and motives, and a place in the game’s fictional world. The few that don’t are being looked at in order to be put in as well.

Generally, the game’s champions all reside within the fictional world of Runeterra.  Runeterra has been ravaged from wars called Rune Wars, where very dangerous crystals of tremendous energy called Runes were used to level cities and armies alike.

The world’s largest factions are at war, but none can use the Runes again, as another Rune War could destroy the world.

Other than that, there are many other factions with their own agendas, and many types of beings, like celestial or alien beings from other worlds.

The lore of the game is constantly expanding, and Riot Games really tries to appease the lore fans.

Gameplay

The gameplay is exactly what you’d expect from a MOBA, LoL was the first independent MOBA after all. You choose a champion, then go on to fight in one of the three lanes.

Your purpose is to gather enough gold and experience to improve your champion, and along with your team, slowly destroy the opponents’ base until you reach its heart, the Nexus while you try to stop the enemy team from doing the same.

Once either team destroys the nexus, they win, and the other team loses.

LoL does have some other “different” game modes but they are not popular at all. Riot also releases completely different, albeit temporary, game modes every few weeks. These modes cycle between a preset list. Sometimes, they create new ones to bring for one time or to incorporate into the cycle.

One of the main reasons for LoL’s popularity is its competitiveness. LoL is a very competitive game, and once you level your account to level 30, you can start playing ranked.

You will be put into a division and try to “climb” the ladder rankings for a season, which roughly lasts 9-10 months.

Their esports scene is one of the biggest in the world, with more people watching it by the year.

And trust me, everyone dreams of one day being pro. It’s kinda like football, to be honest.

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Visuals

LoL’s graphics are good enough to be able to be played without complaints and bad enough to be able to be played in the worst of PCs and Laptops. That is another reason for LoL’s popularity; the fact that it can be played by almost anyone who wants to.

Personal Thoughts

Even though LoL is so popular, there are still complaints to be heard. These are based on two accusations; the matchmaking system, and Riot Games’ general policies and behaviors.

About the matchmaking, there’s not much to be said. As with every game, you will find many players who will just ruin your whole game by being extremely bad, negative or both. Riot is trying its best to improve this, but it’s pretty bad. They also gain a double penalty for this due to their policies, more on that later.

Now, about Riot Games. I personally like Riot Games, as I truly believe their example of ‘game company that becomes rich and influential in the gaming world with only one game’ is really inspirational. But the facts, unfortunately (for them) speak for their own. Firstly, what I mentioned above. Riot is extremely strict with verbal abuse and flaming in general.

League can be extremely toxic as a game, and rightly so; it’s very hard having to fight for about half an hour only for literally one person making that half-hour a complete waste of time, not by having a bad day, but by straight-up trolling. Now, imagine that happening for about half of your games. This is enough to break the hardest of men (or women). Yet Riot decides to ban people immediately for any form of flaming.

Honestly, I’m all about banning racists of any kind, but there are people being banned for just calling everyone something light as an insult like “ape” for example. There are of course two mitigating grounds to justify Riot Games, but the fact remains; they are too strict.

The mitigating grounds are the fact that punishments are scaling, and they warn you before your fist ban, and the second is that it’s within their terms of playing the game, which is known within the game as the Summoner Code.

Riot was and is blamed for greediness as well. Here, I wholeheartedly disagree, at least when it comes to the game. Riot recently gives gifts and has sales on many of its items requiring money, and in the end, the game is completely free to play, and you gain no advantage from paying whatsoever, so even if they are greedy, at least it doesn’t affect the game. They are also blamed for the balancing of the game, but they improve on that by the year, and there are always going to be complaints.

The last negative you can hear is about some internal problems with Riot, but that doesn’t affect the game. I will list it though, just as bonus information. Riot has been blamed for sexist behaviors, and their stance to these accusations which have not yet been proved is suspicious at the very least.

Their answer was harsh to them because they started work strikes, and now, Riot waits to see how things play out and promises to be even more harsh to such outbreaks.

In the end, despite Riot’s (sometimes) shady nature, and the game’s toxicity, it will always have you coming back to it when you run out from games to play, and it will be a changed game (depending on your absence time).

Final Verdict

Storyline: 7.0

Gameplay: 9.0

Visuals: 7.0

General Rating 7.7

That’s it for LoL. Probably, most of you have played LoL, and if you haven’t it’s probably because you prefer another alternative to it. In any case, I wrote this review for people to know what’s happening in general, either in the game or with Riot Games. I hope it at least accomplishes that. I’ll see you in my next article.

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Hi guys! Today I will talk about the best single-player game I have ever played and that is Sekiro Shadows Die Twice. As always, the review will have four parts, firstly I will talk about the storyline, then, about the gameplay, then the visuals and finally, I will tell you my personal thoughts and give you a rating for the game from 0-10 (10 being the best).

Storyline

The story of the game is very interesting and by the end, you will feel emotionally connected to the characters.

I think the world of Sekiro is very well-written and the story needs a sequel after that dramatic ending. I should mention the story has 4 different endings but only one of them is the true ending that is considered canon by the developers.

Gameplay

Sekiro is an amazing game, in fact, it is so good that I could just say buy it and end the review here but I have to write the review for those that want more details on why Sekiro is worth to buy.

Firstly, Sekiro has the best combat system I have ever seen in a game. It is easy to learn yet hard to master and when you master it, it is hands-down beautiful to see the fights in the game. If you see videos on YouTube where people fight enemies in Sekiro with 0 damage taken where they perfectly deflect every enemy hit, you will understand what I am talking about.

To fight you have your katana and a lot of shinobi tools and some consumables that give different buffs. Sekiro isn’t like the other FromSoftware games, you can only use your katana, there are no other weapons for you to choose from.

The game doesn’t have difficulty settings, but you can make the game more difficult by ringing the Demon Bell. Also, the game’s base difficulty stacks up till ng+7 and after the first playthrough, you can give Kuro(who is your master) his charm to make the game even more difficult.

The game is at its most difficulty in ng+7, where you also give Kuro the charm and ring the Demon Bell. There is a lot of rage on the internet about the game’s difficulty being too hard.

Let me tell you this, the game’s base difficulty is nothing special. Maybe it’s a little harder than, and I mean only a little harder than, the hardest difficulty in any other game.

Those people rage because they don’t want to put any effort into the game. When you master deflecting and get used to the game, the game’s base difficulty will be a walk in the park.

I have beaten the game 12 times the last four being with the hardest possible settings and I can truly say that without the Demon bell and without giving Kuro the charm the game becomes easy after the second playthrough.

Whoever says the game needs an easy mode is just lazy.

Sekiro has a lot of bosses and mini-bosses for you to fight and they feel different from each other and each requires a different approach when you fight them.

There are also many items for you to unlock, some are passive and others are active.

In the game, there are idols for you to rest and restore your health, much like the other FromSoftware games. They are easy to find and are placed in good positions, meaning you don’t need to travel a lot to return to where you died.

In Sekiro you also have the ability to resurrect when you die, you have one resurrection at first, but as the game progresses you can have up to three resurrections.

Visuals

The game has beautiful graphics, they are not the best, but they are surely among the best graphics you will see in games nowadays.

My only problem with Sekiro is that you can’t change your appearance at all, but thanks to the mod community there are many mods that change your character’s appearance and the game’s appearance in general.

The mod community of this game is very active, and you should absolutely check out the mods for this game.

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Final Thoughts

Sekiro Shadows Die Twice offers the best combat system I have ever seen in a single-player game, a real challenge for those that want to play difficult games, and an amazing story and graphics.

I think this game is a true masterpiece and I really hope that there will be a sequel to this game. If you want a game that offers a real challenge, then this is a game for you.

You don’t even need to wait for it to go to sale, this is one of those few games that are worth every penny.

Final Verdict

Storyline: 10

Gameplay: 10

Visuals: 10

General Rating: 10

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With Warcraft III: Reforged coming later this year, I thought it’d be a good idea to review the classic game behind the reforged version. Warcraft III has 2 different games that will both be “reforged” with the new version. This review will have a storyline, gameplay, visuals, and personal thoughts section. Without further ado:

Storyline

Warcraft III is a game that puts a lot of effort into its story on its well-established universe. Both games have a different campaign mode that tells the story through each race’s point of view.

Because the story is a lot to digest, I will put a short version and a long one. The short version is that in every campaign, you control a race, and then move to the next until you’re finished with all four.

Each campaign gives you the story, and you are the one that advances it by playing. Every new race you change picks up from around the point where the previous’ one ends. Once you play them all, you will have completed the story.

And now for the (very) long version:

In the first game, after the prologue where the orcs must escape the human-controlled lands and sail west, you take the humans as they try to cull an uprising scourge.

Immediately after the human storyline ends, the undead one picks up as it tries to finish the job they started during the previous’ campaign storyline. They wreak havoc on the formerly grand human kingdom, but the heroes you control are all doing this thinking they are serving the Lich King, a powerful sorcerer trapped in ice, or the Frozen Throne. In reality, they were serving the Burning Legion, and its master Archimonde, who they manage to free. Archimode’s purpose is to conquer this world.

The orcs’ storyline begins somewhere around the end of the undead one as they try to survive in the new lands they landed. At some point, they find out that humans have also set foot on this land, and they must deal with that as well. There is a side story where the orcs’ second in command has to contend with a mysterious new race for resources. That mysterious race has the help of a demigod, and in order to kill him, they must sacrifice something in return.

Finally, the new race’s storyline begins about when their demigod is killed by your army of orcs. This mysterious race, the night elves, have to antagonize the newly-formed alliance of humans and orcs which is slowly destroying their land; night elves are naturalists. After some skirmishing, they will find out that the true enemy is the undead, and after awakening Malfurion, a druid, and releasing from prison Illidan, a demon hunter and Malfurion’s brother who deemed a traitor, they join the alliance, reluctantly, to defeat the overpowered demon warlock Archimonde.

Frozen Throne’s storyline is the direct aftermath of the war from the previous game. The game begins with the night elves this time, as warden Maiev tries to catch the now rogue Illidan, who tries to destroy the frozen throne. To aid her, she calls Tyrande, the night elf priestess from the previous game, and her husband Malfurion. In the end, as Illidan, Malfurion and the Blood Elves, former High Elves now addicted to magic, search for the lost Tyrande, Illidan is forgiven by Malfurion for his crimes and escapes to Draenor, the orcs’ former homeworld.

The story picks up from the humans’ point of view, more specifically the High Elves. The High Elves struggle with their uneasy alliance with the humans, and after capture, they escape with the help of Illidan’s Naga, former Night Elves that were mutated. The High Elves manage to escape to Draenor, now called Outland. They pledge their alliance to Illidan, who in turn promises to satisfy their need for magic. Illidan’s master tries to kill Illidan when he finds out that he didn’t destroy the Frozen Throne but Illidan responds by merely saying that he was gathering more forces for another attack.

You continue by controlling the undead. Firstly, you try to conquer the remaining former kingdom of the humans with the death knight who started it all in the previous game and the aid of Sylvanas Windrunner, a former High Elf that was corrupted into a banshee in order to serve the undead for eternity. As you carry on, the death knight notices that his powers are diminishing. Then the Lich King telepathically tells him that the loss in power is due to Illidan’s attacks on the Frozen Throne. Thus, he is summoned to defend it. He leaves Sylvanas back to tend to his new kingdom. The storyline then splits into two different stories. From one side, you battle Illidan and his Naga, on a race to the Frozen Throne in the treacherous frozen wastelands of Northrend. From the other side, Sylvanas, now in control of her powers, tries to kill any undead that are loyal to the Burning Legion and claims the land for her and the other undead that are freed from the Lich King’s grasp. She dubs the new, more peaceful undead as the ‘Forsaken’.

Finally, you play the orc storyline, which is more of an RPG that a real-time strategy game. Unhindered by anything of the above, the storyline focuses on how the orcs try to build their new permanent home, and their skirmishes with some remaining human forces that aren’t willing to accept the newly-formed alliance.

Gameplay

As mentioned, Warcraft III is an RTS or real-time strategy. This means that gameplay is dynamic, and there are always things happening on the map. There are of course some base-building elements, as in order to build your army, you must find resources and build your base of operations.

Micromanaging is essential in the long run, as you have to keep your eyes on your base, resources, any battle that is happening and your hero(es) and his/their experience. In huge battles between the army, being able to manage each of your units’ spells and target the right receptor is key. That is why Warcraft III takes so much time to master.

Another point is the races. Each race has its distinct buildings, heroes, and units. That means that every race has their own playstyle, with their respective strengths and weaknesses. Frozen Throne generally has more content, as it adds some extra units and buildings, as well as a new hero for every race.

Heroes was a new thing back in the day, and each hero had three stats and armor, and one of those stats was their dominant stat, which would show their role. They also had four spells, three regular and one ultimate. They could gain experience by killing units and items by killing strong neutral mobs that are scattered in each map. The could also be revived if you had to build each race’s specific altar.

Warcraft III could be played online through its Battle.net. While you could play the classic game (which is competitive to this day), there were many custom user-created maps that totally changed the way you play the game. Some were survival, and others were battle royale-like. You could anything you wanted, and that is a big part of Warcraft’s success.

The SFX was very good, and it still is. The voice actors sound convincing, and the rest of the sound of the units had their own selection of lines, and not just two or three.

Every unit had at least 5 different lines, a trait evolved into today’s games. There is a nice Easter Egg, where if you repeatedly clicked on the same unit too many times, they would begin saying funny troll lines that had nothing to do with the game.

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Visuals

The graphics are exactly what you’d expect from the early 2000s. The models for each building, unit, and hero are 3D rendered, but they look extremely outdated.

The graphics are generally weird and old and they haven’t aged well. Of course, those graphics were pretty successful back in their day, and you can say the completed their purpose, as they were relevant for nearly a decade.

Personal Thoughts

This is the game that raised generations of gamers. This is also the game that is the ancestor of many of today’s popular genres, most predominantly the MOBAs and the MMORPGs. Not to mention the countless memes that it contributed to the gaming culture.

There aren’t many more things to say about this game, besides that the only reason you wouldn’t play this game now would be the graphics, and an updated version comes out soon. So, I will leave you with thy hype for Warcraft III: Reforged.

Final Verdict

Storyline: 9.0

Gameplay: 8.8

Visuals: 2.5

General Rating: 6.7

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Hi guys! Today I will talk about Assassin’s Creed Odyssey. As always, the review will have four parts, firstly I will talk about the storyline, then, about the gameplay, afterward, I will talk about the visuals and finally, I will tell you my personal thoughts and give you a rating for the game from 0-10 (10 being the best).

Storyline

In Assassin’s Creed Odyssey you choose to play as Alexios or Kassandra, the two of them are siblings. No matter who you choose the story and dialogue will be the same.

The story takes place in Greece during the Peloponnesian War where Athens and Sparta are the two opposing factions. You are a misthios which means you get paid to kill people, and that’s it for the story, I don’t want to spoil anything for you.

Gameplay

Now let’s talk about game mechanics. The game is an RPG; each time you level up you get an ability point that you can use to unlock or upgrade a skill. You have three different skill trees to choose from, the Assassin, the Warrior, and the Hunter, which means that there are a lot of builds for you to choose from.

Additionally, you have many gear stats and you can engrave stats to your gear. As you can see this game has a lot of RPG elements and not all Assassin’s Creed fans will like it, since it isn’t an Assassin Creed game like the ones they are used to, many will say that this isn’t an Assassin’s Creed game at all.

One of the things I like in this game compared to the Assassin’s Creed games before Origins is the combat system. The combat feels fast and there is a fluidity to it.

The only thing that I don’t like about the combat is the Parry, for me it is badly implemented and I never use it, I only dodged through my 60 hours gameplay with 2-3 exceptions where I tried to parry, but I soon realized it wasn’t for me and I have beaten Sekiro 12 times(four of them with the hardest possible difficulty) where I deflected all the time and I can tell you parrying in Odyssey is bad.

There is a variety of weapons for you to choose, so if you get bored with one weapon you can pick another. The game has a lot of content and DLCs are still released for it so it will take you a long time to beat it.

It took me almost 60 hours to beat the base game in the hardest difficulty. The map of this game is huge and the biggest map in all of Assassin’s Creed games that were released until now. The problem with a big map is that it takes a lot of time to travel from one point to the other. You can travel faster thanks to a horse that you are given at the start of the game.

You can also travel and fight through the sea though I didn’t like sea battles and sea travel in general, not because they were bad, they were pretty good actually, but I personally don’t like to fight in the seas using a ship.

The good thing is that the game doesn’t force you to travel through the sea all the time. It only forces you the first time you visit a new island and once you unlock a travel point, you don’t have to travel to that island again.

The game does force you to fight in the sea though but what can you do, it’s part of the game.

Visuals

The graphics of this game are astounding. If Ubisoft is good in one thing, that is to create open worlds. It feels like you actually walk in Ancient Greece and I like the fact that you can choose if you want to play Day or Night.

The characters in the game look realistic and you have a lot of customization options, you can even change the appearance of your gear and keep the stats that it had.

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Final Thoughts

Assassin’s Creed Odyssey is for me the best Assassin’s Creed game I have played. There are a lot of things to do in this game and you can play it the way you want to, the game doesn’t force you to play a specific build because that’s the most “optimal”, on the contrary, it gives you absolute freedom.

The graphics are some of the best you will see today and the only problem for me is the poor optimization that it has for PC, meaning that it needs very good specs to be played in at least 60 fps.

Final Verdict

Storyline: 8.2

Gameplay: 8.6

Visuals: 9.5

General Rating: 8.8

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Undertale is a game that became popular instantly in the same year as its release. In the same year, as well as the subsequent one, Undertale was nominated and won many awards ranging from Game of the Year to Best Story award.

If you try to talk it down, its loyal fanbase will rush to defend it, zealously might I add. But is Undertale really worthy of all this praise, or was this all a fluke?

This review will be split into storyline, gameplay, visuals and personal thoughts. Without further ado:

Storyline

Undertale’s main selling point is definitely its story and foe a good reason. I am always a story fan on any game that has one and Undertale really blew my mind. As it says on its Steam page, Undertale is the game where you don’t have to kill anyone.

This gives the storytelling plenty of options. I will not give it away too much as Undertale is best experienced without any knowledge firsthand, and it really is so much better this way and that’s coming from someone who loves spoilers.

The main premise is that long ago, humans and monsters lived together in harmony. At some point, a war broke out, and it ended with the humans victorious. So, they banished the monsters deep within a mountain and sealed them off with a magic barrier that only humans can pass due to their determination.

You are a child that travels up that mountain, and falls down to the Underground, where the monsters live. Now you must find a way to return back to your home.

As mentioned, Undertale won the best story award as proof of its good storytelling. The story will make you have the feels, both good and bad ones. The way the story is delivered makes you feel like you are the one actually living the story.

The game has multiple endings as well, so there really are no ends to the positives of the story. The characters are very lovable and unique in their own way. Plus every character has his own theme music! But we’ll get to that later.

Gameplay

The gameplay is nothing extraordinary, it’s actually the classic bullet hell kind of game. There are of course certain boss fights that are nigh impossible, but you can get used to everything in the end.

The main point of interest is the aforementioned “good vs bad” choice you can make, but it doesn’t alter the gameplay at all…

Some of the bosses have a surprising twist to them, and it’s directly tied with their characteristics.

Some will make hinder you with gravity, and another one will allow you to shoot at some projectiles. There are also RPG tropes where you level up and gain stats by defeating enemies. There are also some items you can find that boos your attack or defense.

The SFX of the game is another huge bonus. Undertale was nominated for Excellence in Audio award. Toby Fox is a self-taught musician who composed the entirety of the game’s music on his own. And he was hugely successful in doing so.

The music is amazing and delivers everything you expect from any given area or encounter. It really conveys what you would feel if you were actually in the game.

Many appraise Toby Fox for remixing several leitmotifs into different themes and songs, again with huge success. The music is so good, you will want to keep listening to it even after you’re finished with the game.

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Visuals

The game is based on pixel art graphics making it an indie game. Which means it’s nothing special. It also means that Undertale can run on any console without a problem. Many of the overworld characters look like a kindergarten child drew them.

That was done in part intentionally as Toby Fox (the creator of Undertale) worked alone for the biggest part of the game, with only a few artists helping him in the end. Another reason is that Undertale is not a serious game, it’s meant to lighten you up, as a pleasant way to pass the time. They wanted to reflect that with the funny-looking characters.

Moreover, the game has extremely good uses of the 7 primary colors that are this game’s theme around each character and personality.

Personal Thoughts

Undertale is truly a unique game. The combination of storytelling, feeling delivering and music make for a very strong combo. It really isn’t an exaggeration to say that it’s one of the best games of all time.

Its numerous awards and nominations, as well as its fiercely loyal fanbase, are proof of that claim. But, words alone cannot deliver how much of a masterpiece this game is. So I urge you to play this game and find out yourself.

Of course, this game has some people opposing it, and that’s ok. There can exist nothing that is universally accepted. The people who don’t want to play the game are gamers who like their games to have AAA graphics. But, even to you, I suggest you try this out. If you have anything to add, please do so in the comments.

Final Verdict

Storyline: 10

Gameplay: 8

Visuals: 6

General Rating: 8/10

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