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For those who really like Deep Rock Galactic, the Supporter II Upgrade is a cosmetic DLC that builds off of the first Supporter DLC. The main attraction is a set of blinged-out golden weapon models, with another golden paintjob to match that's also applicable to armor, pickaxes, and Bosco. You even get a fancy helmet and a tricked-out beer mug at the bar - that's more than you get in the other cosmetic DLCs. The principal reason for buying this, though, is to support the developers of DRG, Ghost Ship Games. I think it's been worth it so far, and a lot of other players seem to agree.

Another fine cosmetic DLC for Deep Rock Galactic. This one includes a nice-looking metal-and-orange weapon paintjob, a blue armor paintjob, and a set of neat weapon models that have a "pressurized tank" look and add heartbeat monitors to your guns. Seems like a throwback to Call of Duty, doesn't it? Regardless, buy it if you like how it looks and if you want to support the developers of DRG, who have thankfully chosen this DLC model instead of adding microtransactions and paid battlepasses.

It's more SpaceChem, for cheap. If you liked the base game, this is a no-brainer - in fact I imagine very few people who like this game would pass up more of it. The new mechanic is interesting enough, though the final level is on the easy side compared to some of the later levels in the main campaign.

Fun fact: this was one of the prizes in the 2011 summer sale event, which is how I came to own it.

2009's Wolfenstein is the forgotten one, regarded as the most generic Wolfenstein game and somewhat maligned for it. It sold poorly and was delisted from storefronts in 2014, just before The New Order came out. It's honestly not bad though; I would definitely say it's fun for at least one playthrough. Myself, I was fortunate enough to buy it on Steam before it was delisted. Principally developed by Raven Software, it is the last game that id Software had involvement with as an independent company.

In a nutshell, it's a mix of older WWII Call of Duty games and Return to Castle Wolfenstein. There are some neat elements such as the hub world where you can find missions and purchase weapon upgrades with looted gold. Incidentally, the game forces you to choose wisely and really hunt for gold because you are NOT given enough to just buy everything.

Apart from 2015's The Old Blood, it's probably the most that a Wolfenstein game leans on the occult magic theme. It's funny when you realize that the ancient occult stuff is basically Gotye Wokeuplikethis hyperborean schizo memes but a decade early. The occult medallion you get lets you use overpowered abilities and is probably the most fun aspect of the combat, but you do actually need it to a certain extent, because the Nazis are obviously using occult powers too. Everything else is mostly competent and serviceable, with the gunplay not exactly wowing but being fun enough.

The New Order was basically a soft reboot of the series, which was probably a factor in this game being taken down, but there are a couple recognizable elements that originate from here. The cinematic cutscenes are something of a precursor to the film-like ones in TNO/The New Colossus, and to my knowledge this is the only Wolfenstein game where Deathshead and Hans Grosse both appear. Yeah, Hans Grosse is in this game! His first appearance is him snapping a guy's neck in a bar fight! I guess he survived getting shot up in Wolfenstein 3D.

The multiplayer is unfortunately such a simplistic downgrade from Return to Castle Wolfenstein/Enemy Territory that it's not worth bothering with. None of the innovations from Enemy Territory are present, and it's so forgotten that nobody even TALKS about playing it.

Wolfenstein is abandonware, so if you can find a copy of this game online, it's worth checking out for the low, low price you'll probably find it at. I just wouldn't put it above RtCW or The New Order.

The name doesn't lie: it's MMod for the original Half-Life, a sort of "Half-Life plus." After playing through a couple chapters, I can honestly say it's the best way to replay Half-Life these days - it really does make the game fresher. The additional weapon stuff like silencers arguably make the game easier, but that's really up to personal preference since most of the new stuff can be disabled if it bothers you. This is definitely worth trying for your next playthrough, or for people who want to experience the original game with quality-of-life additions.

Another purely cosmetic DLC meant to show support to the developers as much as it's meant to give you stuff. It's themed around cobbling stuff together from the rival robots you sometimes fight. The paintjobs look alright, and the armors are kind of interesting and give off something of a road warrior vibe (the engineer gets a poncho). Sadly, the helmets don't look that good...but getting 2 out of 3 right isn't bad. I'll echo what every other review says: buy it if you want to support Ghost Ship Games, the developers of Deep Rock Galactic.

It is what it says it is: a free program that lets you view 3D renders of cities built in SimCity 2000, the classic 1993 citysim. It's an admirable effort to give the decades-old title a fresh perspective, and definitely a must-have for enthusiasts of the game, though it's still kind of bare-bones. That's not a flaw, because we're lucky to have the program to begin with; it's just lacking features compared to its non-Steam counterpart TiledCityViewer[kerizoltan.hu] by Kéri Zoltán. TiledCityViewer is arguably superior at this time since it has a number of features SC2KRender lacks, such as building textures, a day/night cycle, and moving traffic. Ultimately I'm not really concerned - a lot of that stuff is listed on SC2KRender's store page as future plans, so I'm sure Aleksander Krimsky and co. will keep improving and working on it over time.

Fallout Shelter is a free-to-play mobile game where you build and manage a Vault and take care of the people inside it, even though 99% of Vaults in Fallout subjected their residents to sinister experiments. Naturally there's microtransactions to skip the inevitable waiting times that come with doing anything, or to get better loot. It initially came out in 2015 as part of a marketing campaign for Fallout 4.

The gameplay is puddle-deep and mindless once you get to understand it, as F2P mobile games generally are: simple resource management, building rooms, and sending out Vault dwellers to scavenge or do quests. Most of that is just waiting around for bars to fill up, unless you buy the microtransactions. There isn't any story or endpoint at all, which oddly enough means it has better story than Fallout 4, which is an RPG with 90% bad writing and a stupid plot where most of your problems are only solved by shooting at them.

There's a recurring problem of people's saves being deleted or corrupted, with no apparent way to get them back even if you spent money on them. Bethesda took an RPG franchise about the nature of post-apocalyptic society and turned it into a Skinner box that doesn't even work right. The art is pretty good though, so I guess I'll give it that.

This is another cosmetic-only DLC for Deep Rock Galactic, and one of my personal favorites. The rival weapon frameworks provide a nice contrast to the gritty industrial style of the rest of the game, and they just look really cool, especially if you mix them with other paintjobs. Not that the included paintjob is bad, of course - it's pretty good too. If you want to support the developers, then buying this is a good way to do so. It's certainly a model other developers ought to consider instead of relying on microtransactions or battle passes.

Better than HuniePop because it's not a vehicle for sexy booba, better than Candy Crush Saga because it's not designed around predatory microtransactions, Bejeweled 2 is the patrician's match-3 game...and it's not even the best game in the series. You don't need sex or a deep pocketbook for a good match puzzler, all you need is rock-solid mechanics, some gems, and some badass tracker music[skaven252.bandcamp.com]. Some people say Bejeweled 3 is better, but to be honest, 2's the one I grew up with and it's a great game as well. Get it on sale, it's cheap and a good way to kill time.