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When talking about card games, Yu-Gi-Oh is among the legends of the genre. In fact, sales-wise, it’s probably number 1.

Originally started in the early 2000s, Konami decided about a decade and a half later that they would create a valid online game where you can play, albeit with some differences. And so, Duel Links was created. But is Duel Links as good as the physical game? Is it worth it? Let’s find out in this review.

As per usual, this review will have a Storyline, Gameplay, Visuals, and finally, a Final Thoughts section. Without further ado:

Storyline

There is a whole movie that predates the game and I recommend watching it if you are a fan of Yu-Gi-Oh and haven’t. It’s called Dark Side of Dimensions.

Anyway, Seto Kaiba, the world’s leading genius in all things gaming, has created a virtual world called Duel Links, where duelists from various timelines can go and compete. Naturally, this attracts various legendary duelists from all the shows.

Duel Links is separated in different worlds depending on the era, so duelists from the original Duel Monsters era won’t ever meet up with any from other eras. Each world has its own little story going on.

Gameplay

Let’s start with the basics. Even if you are a long-time fan and player of the physical card game, it may take you a while to get used to the limitations of the game.

And by limitations I mean the zones. While every Yu-Gi-Oh player and their mother know that Yu-Gi-Oh has 5 monster zones and 5 Spell/Trap card zones (plus Field Spells, Extra Deck, Graveyard and Deck slots), Duel Links has 3 instead.

The difference might not seem so big, but it kinda is. Especially if you think that an equip or continuous Spell, or any continuous Trap Card stay there until removed. If you’re not careful, you’re gonna run out of space!

There is also the limitation of cards. What I mean is, that a deck is half the size of the normal game (20-30 cards). The extra deck is less than half, with just 6 cards.

The banlist is also different in format.

In the physical game, there are Banned cards which are not allowed to be used in any official match, Limited cards, with every copy allowed once, and Semi-Limited, with every copy allowed up to twice.

In Duel Links, there still are Banned cards. But instead of Limited and Semi-Limited there are the “Limited 1” cards, “Limited 2” and “Limited 3” cards. that means that you can have only 1 card from the entire “Limited 1” list, not 1 of each card you choose. Similarly, you can have any 2 or 3 cards from the “Limited 2” or “Limited 3” lists respectively.

Other than that the rules are exactly the same as the physical game .

I’d explain them to players who don’t know about Yu-Gi-Oh, but I think playing the (free) tutorial does much better than reading about it.

Now there is also a brand new addition. The legendary Duelists I mentioned are not all show. They each have their own abilities (some of them unique) that are geared toward building specific decks. This means that instead of just refining your deck, you also have to find the best ability to use alongside.

To get skills and unlock new characters you just have to play the game and do various missions against the AI.

A main concern you might have is that like Yu-Gi-Oh, there is a certain amount of money you will need to spend, and it might not matter due to powercreep.

Fortunately, it seems Konami has this covered. The limited zones, and the banlist format certainly keep things fairly balanced, with nothing too oppressive existing, at least no more than a period between banlist changes.

The game also has many events, with at least 1 running at all times. They can give you new cards, rewards like Gold, Gems and most importantly, new characters.

If you miss a new character though it can be problematic, as the event will cycle back many months after.

In terms of P2P or P2W, while it does make your life easier to spend money (it’s a card game after all), you don’t have to. Just know that as a F2P player, you’re gonna spend some time collecting key cards and leveling up key characters. But once you’ve created a good initial collection, you’ll be ready to go to the competitive side and play against other players. It IS a collecting card game after all…

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Visuals

The visuals are actually pretty nice, great enough to keep you entertained, but not too heavy. Each character’s Signature Monster(s) will have its unique animation.

SFX wise, every character has his own plethora of lines for practically every move they make, as well as some taunts, and some exclusive lines to each character. It really adds to the flavor of the game. You can have their voices be Japananese or English, and that doesn’t affect text language.

You can also get various playmats and card sleeves, and surprisingly, you can get them for free for the most part.

Final Thoughts

The game is quite good. As a matter of fact, I’m gonna stick my neck out and say that it can be much more enjoyable than the physical game.

I mean let’s face it, the physical game requires a continuous investment due to powercreep and sometimes the banlist hammer.

This game is much more balanced as you can see from its many top decks, and new releases don’t automatically shaft older cards 9/10 times.

Plus, you can play from the comfort of your own home with people from all over the world.

And the added bonus of being able to play with characters that you like.

To be honest with you, it seems to me that Duel Links is Konami’s attempt to rebalance the game from the ground up.

That said, the game is not without its negatives.

For example, it can be quite punishing to take a break and not play, as you may miss many important events and by extension characters that could define the next meta-game.

Of course, the F2P progression can be slow at times, and most importantly tedious.

In fact, most of the game gets tedious if you’re not building decks or playing against players.

Final Verdict

Storyline: 7.0

Gameplay: 8.5

Visuals: 8.0

General Rating: 8.5

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Hi guys! Today I will talk about Demon’s Souls (2009). 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 Demon Souls is very interesting and it’s one of the best stories in souls games. Demon’s Soul has the storytelling approach that souls games are known for, meaning that you have to read item descriptions talk to all the NPCs and watch the environment carefully to understand what is going on.

Personally, I wasn’t invested in the story cause I didn’t find anything that would make me care about what is going on. I prefer character-driven games more than story-driven games, that’s one of the main reasons that Sekiro is my favorite FromSoftware game.

Gameplay

Demon’s Souls gameplay is what you would expect from a soulslike game. There are many classes for the player to choose from and a variety of weapons, armors, and abilities.

The combat is interesting though the AI of the enemies is dated which is logical if you think that the game was released more than 10 years ago.

The thing that sets apart this game from the other soulslike games is that there are no bonfires(checkpoints) in each area except the one you see when you first access a new area. This means that when you die you have to walk through the entire area from the beginning.

This makes the game a little daunting at first, especially if you played Dark Souls games previously since you aren’t used to this type of game design. Of course, there are shortcuts that you can unlock to traverse through the area faster, and also in contrast to other soulslike games, you have unlimited healing.

This needs some further explanation. What I mean when I say unlimited healing is that the grass(healing item’s name) that you use to heal, you can buy it from merchants and find some in the areas that you will visit. There is no limit to how much grass you can buy, but the downside is that you have to buy it if you want to be able to heal(there are other ways to heal like spells but this is the main healing item).

There is also a variety of enemies and bosses, and as I mentioned before the AI is dated but the bosses are all unique and interesting to fight against even if they aren’t as challenging as I would want them to be.

Finally, the game has a lot of replayability because there are a lot of classes to choose from and, enough co content to keep you occupied for many hours.

Visuals

The visuals of Demon’s Souls are very dated as you would expect from a game that was released more than 10 years ago. Although the visuals look dated, I believe they are decent enough to not hinder the gameplay experience. When the remake gets released in November 2020, all these visual issues will be solved, but to be able to enjoy that game, you will need to buy a PS5.

As for the customization, there isn’t much besides changing your armor and weapons which all the other souls games have. The reason I don’t consider this true customization is because the stats change depending on the armor you wear. There isn’t any equipment transmogrification system, meaning that you aren’t able to change the appearance of any armor or weapon you have to the appearance of another weapon or armor you have gotten in the game and keep the item’s stats.

Final Thoughts

Let me summarize what you should remember from this article.

First, when it comes to the story, Demon’s Souls has a good story but personally, I prefer character-driven games. If you prefer story-driven games then I would surely recommend this game for the story.

Second, the game offers a lot of variety when it comes to weapons, armors, enemies, and bosses. The only bad thing is that the AI is dated and because of that it is easily exploitable.

Finally Demon’s Souls visuals are dated since it came out over 10 years ago and the customization is average.

Final Verdict

Storyline: 8.6

Gameplay: 8.8

Visuals: 7.3

General Rating: 8.2

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Yet another game that became popular within the 2020 pandemic, Among Us was actually released 2 years prior than that.

It became so popular, that the creators were actually considering making a sequel, but decided on focusing on the original game instead.

Among Us is what’s called a social deduction game. There are many tabletop and digital games of the small genre. A prominent one is called Town of Salem.

It’s praised as being fun albeit exhausting.

Is it worth all the praise though?

As usual, this review will have a Storyline, Gameplay, Visuals and finally, a Personal Thoughts sections. Without further ado:

Storyline

There is no storyline. I mean, there is a spaceship and there is an impostor trying to kill the crew that’s maintaining it, but that’s not a storyline, that’s more of a setting.

Gameplay

The gameplay is heavily socially dependent. Meaning it’s a game where you have to communicate with your fellow players.

The gist is that there is a number of players between 4-10. Depending on the amount there is 1 or 2 impostors. The rest are Crewmates.

The Crewmates have some tasks to finish while the Impostors must kill and outnumber the Crewmates.

The main mechanic is the meeting. When conditions are met, a meeting is called, and players discuss who to out by voting. Crewmates must decide who is an Impostor, and Impostors must trick Crewmates to out each other. You can also not vote, something wise when earlier in the game as to not risk outing a Crewmate (if you’re one of course).

When you throw someone out, his role is revealed.

You can call an Emergency Meeting by pressing the button in the main room, whether you’re a Crewmate or Impostor.

A meeting may be held if someone reports a dead body. Again, both Crewmates and Impostors can do that.

Impostors may want to start a meeting for mind games or to take blame off them, or any reason that may pass from someone’s devious brain.

Now for more in-depth analysis of the roles.

Let’s start with the Impostors. You can kill simply by approaching someone and pressing the kill button. But there is a cooldown to this.

If you kill someone with a witness watching, you will lose, because when the meeting is called, they’ll probably talk.

They’ll blame you with what they saw, and you can blame them back, but here’s the deal. Due to the number of Crewmates, even if you convince them to throw him, when they see his role, they are gonna target you next.

Every level also has a different form of surveillance, so you have to be careful where you kill and when.

Impostors can also pass through shortcuts in each level, but again, should they be noticed, they will be called out.

I mentioned before that Crewmates have tasks to do. Impostors have “fake” tasks just for existing as an alibi or something. You can go to the task rooms and sabotage the ship. You can sabotage lights to create confusion, disable the surveillance or even close the oxygen tanks.

The last option must be dealt with or else the Crewmates die automatically.

Impostors also have increased vision even in darkness.

Finally, Impostors know each other.

Now for the Crewmates.

Your objective is either to kick out all the Impostors, or all the Crewmates finish all their tasks.

The tasks are minigame-esque and take some time to fully complete. If you die from an Impostor, you can carry on with the tasks as a ghost, but you can’t talk or vote during meetings. You can still win even if you die.

You can also check surveillance. That’s about it actually.

As I said, the game is based on the ability of the Impostor to trick others and be sneaky in general.

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Visuals

The visuals are nothing special. It’s not the selling point anyway.

That said, there is some customization for your characters, but that costs money for the most part.

Personal Thoughts

Among Us is definitely fun. The only problem (if you can call it that) is that it’s most fun when you play with people you know, as games with strangers tend to be chaotic.

It’s surely fun to play with your group of friends or at a party, and a great time killer as well.

All in all, I don’t know if it’s worth buying on Steam, but it’s a must on every gamer’s mobile.

Final Verdict

Storyline: –

Gameplay: 9.0

Visuals: 7.0

Personal Score: 8.0/10

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Hi guys! Today I will talk about Mortal Shell. 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 Mortal Shell for me isn’t something that will leave you wanting for more. I am not sure why but I didn’t understand what is happening with the story and why these things happen in that world. Maybe the fact that I was streaming the game and I had to pay attention to the chat had something to do with it, but I don’t think that’s the only reason.

You may have a completely different experience from me but since this is my review I have to say what my personal experience was.

Gameplay

Mortal Shell’s combat is very similar to the other soul’s games but it has a new mechanic that we haven’t seen before in any other soul’s games. That is the hardening skill. What that skill does is simple, it negates all the damage you would take from the next attack of your opponent that would land on you.

This ability is very powerful, some could say too powerful because when you master the way it works then the game becomes very easy. This skill needs some nerfing to make the game more challenging.

Now let’s talk about the options this game gives the player. First, you can choose between 5 different types of weapons and 4 different types of shells(they represent the classes in this game).

Personally I only used the hallowed sword for the entire game and from the shells I mainly used Tiel.

I am not the type of gamer that wants to try everything and then make a choice. Most of the time I already know what I want to play with and I will stick with it for the entire game.

One thing I don’t like about this game is the way it handles items. I never understood what most of the items do and never bothered searching for it cause I felt like it wasn’t worth my time and the game was not challenging enough to require using a lot of items. I only used mushrooms to heal and the items that gave Tar(game currency), I didn’t bother with the rest.

I don’t know whose idea it was to have this system when it comes to items but it doesn’t work and it shouldn’t be implemented in future games, at least that’s my opinion.

The game doesn’t offer any armor items or equipable items, you can only upgrade your shell to make it more powerful.

As for the enemies, the game has some variety but not enough to matter. The game also has eight bosses and four of them are optional.

I only found one of the bosses challenging though that might have to do with the order I chose to fight the bosses so I am not sure if it was challenging because I fought it too early.

The game is easier than all the other soulslike games I have played and as for the replayability, you can say it has some since you can try different weapons and shells but I don’t find it enough to worth investing time in more than one playthroughs.

Visuals

The visuals of Mortal Shell are what you would expect from a 2020 game. It looks good, I don’t have much more to say beyond that.

As for the customization, beyond the changing shells game mechanic, there isn’t any customization as far as I know. Also, you can’t really call that customization since it’s shell has its own stats so you are technically playing another character.

Final Thoughts

Now I will summarize what you should keep from this article. First, the story isn’t anything special and is forgettable(I really have no idea what the game was about, the only thing I remember is that it was about an ascension).

The gameplay is like all the other soulslike games plus a new mechanic called hardening. The game isn’t challenging and doesn’t have many bosses for you to fight, also I don’t think it has much replay value.

The visuals are what you would expect from a 2020 game.

All in all, its a pretty average game and I don’t think it’s worth 30 euros. Maybe 25 euros would be a more fair price.

Final Verdict

Storyline: 7.8

Gameplay: 8.2

Visuals: 9.0

General Rating: 8.3

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Developed by Mediatonic, this platforming battle-royale game is the one that has taken 2020’s early Q3 by storm.

Chaotic, challenging and (frustratingly) fun, it’s no wonder it became a massive success on release.

But what is Fall Guys? Is it competitive? Is it here to stay? Is it worth it? All will be covered with this review.

As usual, this review will have a Storyline, Gameplay, Visuals and finally, a Personal Thoughts sections. Without further ado:

Storyline

The game has no storyline. I guess the 60 Fall Guys competing are part of a game show (that’s why all the cameras exist, and why you earn kudos as you play), but that’s just flavoring, it doesn’t count as storyline, just as a setting.

Gameplay

I mentioned Fall Guys being a battle-royale. That means that a bunch of (human) players compete with each other until 1 remains.

However, Fall Guys uses a round format and a bunch of different minigames. This means that out of the 60 starting players, on the first round, about 16-20% will be eliminated, and that carries on every round, until the final round which can be round 4, 5, or 6, the reason being is that some games don’t have a limit on players advancing, but instead, everyone who survives may pass (very rarely, these games may appear on the first round, netting a lucky player a first-round win).

As you advance, you may find some absolutely infuriating team games. To pass you must work with your team for the minigame’s goal.

When the final round comes, one of the final stages will be chosen at random. These final stages are exclusive to the final round.

Every player receives kudos (the in-game currency) based on their performance, but the winner gains a crown, which is the premium currency. Through microtransactions, you can gain more kudos, but never any crowns. You just gotta git gud.

That’s about the battle-royale aspect. The minigames are all platformers. That means you must race, dodge, and altogether jump through a lot of hazards. Sometimes, correct timing and balance are required.

Not only can you jump, you can also dive and grab.

Diving is something you have to master. Especially jump into diving into jumping to gain some distance is invaluable.

Grabbing is… mostly for trolling and annoying other players. You can use it to try and eliminate someone, but be a decent human being and don’t do that.

In some minigames, grabbing is a game mechanic. You have to grab other players to “tag” them, depending on the minigame.

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Visuals

The game has bright colors and is generally praised for it’s visuals. I can for sure say that the bright visuals match the chaotic gameplay perfectly.

A great addition (to any game really) is the ability to customize your Fall Guy. Through color patterns, body patterns and clothes, you can never get bored when mixing it up.

You can buy cosmetic through the shop using both currencies you earn. The rarest items cost crowns, which means that by being better than others in this game, you can also show it too! And no one can buy these, as crowns are limited to victories and the (free) season pass.

Personal Thoughts

The game is relatively new and still has some issues.

Hackers and cheaters plague every other game. Playing for hours will get repetitive. And the worst? There seems to be an unfixable bug that (almost) never allows your team to win in team games. That last one is truly absurd.

The game does have potential however. And lots too.

The devs want to mix it up and add new content for quite some time. And frankly, it’s a great game to play for a few hours, between other games, studying, or anything. It’s a great game to kill some time pleasantly.

The only negative I can think about is the price, but for this game, I think it’s worth it.

Final Verdict

Storyline: –

Gameplay: 9.0

Visuals: 7.0

Personal Score: 8.0/10

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Hi guys! Today I will talk about Dark Souls 2: Scholar of the First Sin. 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 storyline is the typical Dark Souls storyline, meaning that you have to figure out what is going on through reading item descriptions, exhausting the NPCs dialogue, and looking at the environment.

As I have said in previous articles this is neither good nor bad, it comes down to personal preference, so if you are the type of person that likes this type of storytelling then this is a game for you.

Gameplay

Dark Souls 2: Scholar of the First Sin has the best combat system out of all the Dark Souls games in my opinion. The highlight of the combat system is how it handles dual wielding.

Instead of giving you weapons who are meant for dual wielding as a set as Dark Souls 3 does, it allows you to combine whatever weapons you want. Of course, there are some rules you need to follow, but I can say that there are a lot more options and variety to this than Dark Souls 3.

There is also a certain stance for dual-wielding called Power Stance that you can activate if you have the necessary stat points depending on the weapons you have chosen (I won’t go further into this since you can find more information about this easily through a simple google search and also this isn’t the purpose of this article).

This game has a mechanic that no other Dark Souls game has. When you die you lose a portion of your available HP and that stacks up to 50% so you die many times you will end up playing with 50% of your original HP as your max HP.

There is a ring that can limit the HP loss from this mechanic to 70% of your max HP and there is also a consumable that you can use to regain your original HP limit but this mechanic, in general, can make the game a lot more challenging compared to the other Dark Souls games and it sure gets frustrating sometimes because you know if you had a little more HP and this mechanic didn’t exist you could have beat a lot of the bosses sooner.

The game offers a lot of variety when it comes to weapons armor and equipable items in general. There are a lot of different types of enemies for you to face. You won’t ever feel like you are fighting the same enemies over and over again.

This game also has the most bosses compared to the other Dark Sous games. The bosses feel unique and interesting and you will certainly have fun fighting them.

One thing that I find frustrating about this game is the bonfire placement. In the old From Software games, there is this false logic that putting a bonfire a mile away from the boss area somehow makes the game harder, but in reality, it just makes it frustrating and there is no reason to it. They figured it out in their recent games but this game isn’t one of those.

In a DLC area, in particular, there is a bonfire that is placed so far from the boss area that you have to walk for 3 minutes to reach the boss (bosses in this case since there are 2 bosses that you have to fight together), also there is fog in the area so you barely see anything and there are a lot of enemies that you can’t outrun on the way to the bosses. I thank God I managed to beat the bosses in the second try because I would probably go insane from the frustration.

To conclude, this section, Dark Souls 2: Scholar of the First Sin is a little harder than the other Dark Souls games but that is only due to that mechanic I mentioned where you lose some of your max HP every time you die. The game takes around 50 hours if you want to beat all the bosses available(including the optional). It also has a lot of replayability since there are a lot of classes and builds you can try.

Visuals

The visuals of Dark Souls 2: Scholar of the First Sin aren’t very impressive, and that is understandable since the game was released back in 2015. They aren’t horrible, but they aren’t eye-pleasing either.

If you won’t amazing visuals that help you immerse in the game, you won’t find them here.

One thing that the game has going for it though is the amazing armor sets that you can wear. Out of all the Dark Souls games, this game has the best looking armors to wear. This is a significant thing since looking cool makes the game a lot more enjoyable (at least for me).

Final Thoughts

The things I want you to remember from this article are the following.

First, the story is good if you are into this type of storytelling, second this game has the best combat system out of all the Dark Souls games, it’s also harder than the other Dark Souls games due to the HP mechanic I mentioned. It also has a lot of replayability and content.

Lastly, the graphics are average, but it has good customization since this game has the best looking armors out of all the other Dark Souls games.

I recommend getting it on sale since it isn’t worth full price in my opinion.

Final Verdict

Storyline: 8

Gameplay: 9

Visuals: 8

General Rating: 8

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A Hat in Time, released in 2017 for PCs, is an Action-Adventure 3D Open World game. Essentially, it is a platformer, a genre lost in decades bygone.

That does not make it any less good however.

There’s not much to say to introduce these kind of games so I’ll just go to the Sections. Without further ado:

Storyline

Hat Kid is the protagonist of the game, and the player character. Her name is no actually Hat Kid, but we don’t know her real name.

Anyway, Hat Kid is an anthropomorphic (as in no different at all than humans) alien child traveling with her spaceship. As she passes above a planet, a baddie from the planet’s Mafia demands a toll to be paid.

Breaking the window, Hat Kid loses the source of her spaceship’s power, Hourglass looking things called Time Pieces. Time Pieces have the ability to manipulate time.

Her purpose is to traverse the weird planet and collect all the Time Pieces and return home.

That is the premise, everything that follows is HEAVY SPOILERS!

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On the first levels, you will meet and befriend a hooded girl blond girl with a mustache aptly named Mustache Girl. She really hates the Mafia and is obsessed with taking them down. So you go together, she helping you collect Time Pieces, and you help her by taking out the Mafia.

As you do that, she finds out the true power of the Time Pieces and declares herself your enemy when you refuse to use them to make Mafia never exist.

As you struggle to collect the rest of the Time Pieces, she makes her way to your Spaceship and steals the ones you collected, creating an apocalyptic alternate world where she alone is justice.

After the fight, the game finishes and the credits roll.

There are expansions to the game with more story and Time Pieces to collect, but these are supplementary to the main story.

Gameplay

The game is a platformer as I mentioned. This means that most of your gameplay will involve platforms, jumps and hazards, as well as some quests.

As with most platformers, the moves you can do are pretty limited. You can move around, jump and double jump, and you can crouch. Crouching while running or jumping will make you dive fast forward. You can cancel the dive by jumping again. This move is usually used to get you to far off platforms.

Besides the typical action list, you have access to (a total of 6) hats, each with a unique ability. For example, your default hat shows your points of interest. You can also equip various badges (eventually, up to 3) that must be bought, which can also give more actions to do.

All these combined make for quite an array of actions.

While the game is a platformer, and its levels free roam, that’s not always the case.

There are quite different than usual levels that make this game even more fun.

For example (spoilers), there are levels that have the feel of “stealth mission”, a race level, a horror level where have to stay low and various boss fights as well. And certainly, not every level is free roam.

In the more technical stuff, you have 4 lives, and you can find health pickups practically everywhere. Dying will result in you having to start over, which trust me, isn’t that much, to begin with.

With the Seal the Deal DLC you also unlock Death Wish. Death Wish is missions on levels you already did but come with a new twist, making them much harder. Some of them also have bonus quests making them even harder. Fortunately, you don’t have to do the bonus quest along with the main.

If you die a number of times, Peace and Tranquility is unlocked, which (for a price) makes the challenge easier. However, the general consensus is that it’s much to easy with Peace and Tranquility.

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Visuals

I’ll start this off with a quote from the game’s description: <<A Hat in Time is a cute-as-heck 3D platformer featuring a little girl who stitches hats for wicked powers.>>

I’m usually not a fan of these characterizations (i..e a cute game, a pretty game, and edgy game, etc), but boy did they hit the jackpot with this. I really was skeptical, but there’s no better way to describe it; Hat Kid is absolutely adorable.

Other than that, the graphics are what you can expect from Unreal Engine, though they can run on a decent PC so it’s certainly not AAA.

The game has TONS of cosmetics for you to unlock as well, making customizability an option in this game. The main character remains the same, however (and I wouldn’t have it any other way!)

Personal Thoughts

If you are a fan of platformers then this game is definitely for you. It is a tad expensive, but no matter, on a sale, it definitely is worth the money.

If you are a parent thinking of taking this game for your kid(s), certainly go ahead; in fact, you might find yourself enjoying the game too!

Good platformers (especially for the PC) are hard to come by these days, so we should appreciate the ones that come.

Final Verdict

Storyline: 7.0

Gameplay: 8.5

Visuals: 7.0

Personal Score: 7.5

That’s it for my review. Irregardless of the score, I certainly recommend this game to anyone who’s in to these kind of games.

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Hi guys! Today I will talk about Dark Souls Remastered. 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

Dark Souls Remastered has an interesting storyline and you understand more of what’s going on compared to Dark Souls 3.

You won’t understand everything since they purposely made some things a little ambiguous.

I am not sure whether I should recommend this game to people that want a good storyline in their games. I will just say this if you like to discover the story on your own through reading item descriptions, talking to NPCs, and watching the environment then this game is for you.

If you want a more straightforward story with a lot of cutscenes and dialogue then you might not enjoy the story of this game so much.

Gameplay

The gameplay of Dark Souls Remastered feels more restricted than other Dark Souls games. For example, you can only roll in four directions, you can’t roll diagonally. This makes the game a little harder, but it’s more annoying than hard in my opinion.

Also, there isn’t any skill point reset method so you have to have clear goals in mind before you start putting points in skills cause you might waste a lot of them if you make a wrong decision. That happened to me since I played Dark Souls 3 before Dark Souls Remastered and I expected for Dark Souls Remastered to have a skill reset method like Dark Souls 3 so I wasn’t very careful about distributing my skill points at first.

If you don’t have any previous experience from any Dark Souls games, I have to warn you, this game doesn’t hold hands. You have to figure out where you have to go and what you have to do through dialogue with the NPCs.

There is no map for you to see and you just have to explore the areas to figure out the way to the bosses.

As for the items and equipment you can use, there is a lot of variety and you will surely find a weapon and armor that you will like.

The enemies have a lot of variety too since each area has unique enemies for you to fight. The bosses are interesting and you have to figure out their attack patterns in order to win.

Now let’s talk about replayability and difficulty. The game has a lot of replayability since it has a lot of classes for you to choose and since there are a lot of weapons and armor there are a lot of different builds you can try.

The difficulty of the game for me isn’t very high. It is a little more difficult than any other game is on nightmare mode.

For me, this game is more frustrating than difficult and the thing that is frustrating is the bonfire(checkpoint) placement. Sometimes you have to walk for 1-2 minutes just to get back to the boss. This for me makes no sense. It doesn’t add more difficulty to the game, it just makes it frustrating. I think FromSoftware understood that this makes no sense and in their latest games the bonfire placement is right next to the boss area.

Visuals

The visuals of Dark Souls Remastered aren’t something special. They are improved over the original games’ visuals but not enough. I used Reshade to change some of the visuals to make the game more appealing and I have to say just changing a few things with Reshade makes the game actually look like a remaster.

Although I can do something like this, I don’t believe everyone that gets the game wants to download a program like this and spend time fine-tuning the visuals. I have to review the game based on what they offer, not on what I or someone else can do to improve upon the visuals.

The customization that this game offers for me ends on the character creation. Even though you can change the clothes you wear, if you care about the armor stats you have to get used to the appearance of the armor that comes with those stats.

There is no item transmogrification system, meaning that you are not able to change the appearance of any armor or weapon you have to the appearance of another weapon or armor you have gotten in the game and keep the item’s stats.

Final Thoughts

Dark Souls Remastered is a good game but it’s not for everyone. If you want a straightforward storytelling then this might not be a game for you. Also the controls feel a little clunky and you can tell it’s an old game not just from the looks but from the game mechanics and way your character and the enemies move.

You will get frustrated playing this game(just the bonfire placement can make you throw the controller if you don’t have a lot of mental endurance). As I said this game isn’t frustrating because it’s difficult, it’s frustrating because of design choices like bonfire placements.

The visuals aren’t helping either. The game look very dated and for many players that want to immerse in the game, this might be a deal breaker.

If you are going to get this game then I recommend that you wait for a sale since for me it isn’t worth the full price on steam, if you compare it to games that released in recent years.

Final Verdict

Storyline: 8.8

Gameplay: 8.5

Visuals: 7.5

General Rating: 8.3

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Hi guys! Today I will talk about Detroit: Become Human. 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 storyline of Detroit: Become Human is the reason you get the game since its an adventure game. Your choices and actions impact the story in a significant way.

Each and every thing you do in the game counts. Even things you might consider not important can severely impact the future of many characters.

There are many different ending to the game depending on your choices and actions. It’s interesting to see how things would play out if you made different choices.

It will take multiple playthroughs in order to view all the possible outcomes.

I have to say this game has one of the best stories I have ever experienced in games. If you want a story-driven game where your actions matter then this is a must-have.

Gameplay

There aren’t many things to say about the gameplay. This is an adventure game so most of the gameplay is quick-time events and interacting with objects and people in the world that all those interactions are part of the story and impact the future of your characters.

The quick-time events are entertaining and fun when they happen. Most of the time they happen during combat scenes and if you play at the advanced difficulty level then you will probably miss some of the buttons that the game wants you to press.

So beyond the things I mentioned above there isn’t any other gameplay that I can talk about.

Visuals

The visuals of this game are astonishing. This game has top tier graphics and this helps to make the story even more immersive.

There isn’t any customization in this game except a few minor things that the game wants you to decide about. For me, that doesn’t matter at all and it doesn’t take away from the masterpiece that this game is.

I really have nothing more to say about the graphics beyond what I said. One thing to consider though is that to be able to fully enjoy the graphics you must have a strong GPU since this game requires a lot of power to run.

Final Thoughts

Here are the things I want you to keep from this article.

First, this game has an amazing story and it’s one of the best stories you will see in games. Your decision impact the story significantly and even the smallest things matter.

Second, this is a story-driven adventure game so there is no gameplay besides quick time events and interacting with some people and items (all interactions are part of the story so you can’t interact with everything).

Third, the visuals are amazing and they are of the highest quality as of the making of this article.

If you are into adventure games and want to enjoy an amazing story with top-notch graphics then this a game you should definitely check out.

Final Verdict

Storyline: 10.0

Gameplay: 8.7

Visuals: 9.8

General Rating: 9.5

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