Recent reviews by VincentC

♥♥♥♥ Compatability. So I have a laptop packing AMD CPU with GeForce Card. The game won't launch unless I "uninstall" and "clean up" all AMD drivers and "disable" integrate graphic card. WTF? Instead of just making the game compatible with hardwares, the dev just leave us to potentially ♥♥♥♥♥♥ up our own computer just to get the game launch? ♥♥♥♥ off.

Played 20 hours of single player. (2 main characters with 10Hrs each) and another 10Hrs co-op with friends.

I've encountered quite different arc and consequences for each save. They are all dynamic and I just played along and haven't really tried to make anything different intentionally.

I'm so excited to see the whole journey.

Amazing game.

The map and art design is simply wonderful. I just wandering around, viewing the villas and temples. They are so beautiful with the marble and gold and rich details. That alone even without mentioning the main selling point (the story) is worth the game price already.

Cant comment on story yet but seems very interesting and kept me hooked so far. Looking only up and up from here.

Wow, I liked the game before but the 2.0 patch is mindblowingly good. Pre 2.0 was ok but it felt kinda copied from ck2 and eu4 but worse. Now IR is its own game with it own personality and its peacetime gameplay is the best in the PDX Grandstrategy titles.

TWO thumbs up.

So far so good. I've not encounter game breaking bugs (at least not yet). Sure, there are lots of room for improvements like combat animation time and QoL stuff. But it's very enjoyable so far.

Premade boss and gangster characters are quite a bummer. Unique characters are nice and all but I think randomized bosses and gangsters would make later playthroughs different. Hell, it could be optional that you can have randomized characters supplementing the unique roosters for vareity. As of now, characters are the same every playthrough. Certain gangsters are better than other in a gamey way.

Other issues are the lack of business types. You saturate the market with casinos, brothels and speakeasies. We own like 3-5 brothels in a single block. Owning the entire red light district is great for business I suppose. But I'd prefer we have other stuff like Boxing rings, pawn shops, loan sharks or even unions too.

TLDR: The game is enjoyable. A little bit too easy. Need more QoL improvements and more business type. Needs more randomized roosters and stuff for later playthroughs.

This review is played on a "potato" laptop. So it will not run at ultra @60FPS and complain about the game is not smooth and beautiful enough but rather an "I'm grateful that this game runs on my potato at all". If you are in the same boat as me, read on.

My laptop came with Geforce 950M. With everything set to LOW I got a solid 30 - 50 FPS depend on location. The visual is nice enough for a low setting, and again, I'm grateful that the game runs at all.

On the gameplay, the immersion is just amazing 10/10. The love put into this game is clear. Everything feel so real and believable. Quests are solvable in multiple ways and world moving on without you. Urgent quests feel really urgent. Not many game manages this.

The combat - I don't like it at first. But after some practice, both me and Henry got better and it starting to make sense. Now I rather like the combat as it manage to make me feel like a fight for survival and feels like a badass after winning it.

Bugs - Oh my god there are so many bugs right now. Certainly annoying but not game breaking. I have not encounter a single CTD yet but I was force to reload an old save a few time because Henry stuck in the terrain and can't get out or quest triggers weren't firing and stuff like that. Annoying, sure, but It won't stop me from enjoying this.

Saving mechanic is another hot topic right now. I kinda like it, makes you think twice before trying anything funny. But this game needs exit-save real bad. I've heard that the devs are working on it, hopefully soon.

To sum it up - A really good RPG. Runs OK on potato at LOW setting. May not be a casual friendly but if you invest some time in it and can live with the bugs you will find this game a gem but currently covered with mud.

I've been playing this for a very long time. It's amazing that this game was released long time ago and still add new contents both paid and free. The game was already very good when it came out but right now it just simply whole lot better. If you're on the fence, stop thinking and buy it already.

The optimization is great. I have a potato notebook and it runs just fine. Control is also good. I play with my g27 at home and with keyboard when travelling with zero problem. The driving physic is only as hard as you want it to be. You can set it easy and just cruise or crank it up and enjoy the challenge which is great when I'm playing on keyboard.

The company management is very simple and have almost nothing about management at all. You buy trucks and hire drivers and that's it. No management involved. No truck service cost, no overhead, no tax, no nothing. But it's a driving game so the company aspect is just an extra icing on the already great cake.

TLDR: Great game, Great optimization. Just buy it already.

I love freelancer. I also love Sins of a solar empire. But I can only play one game at a time and it's hard to pick one over another.

SPGW combines my two favorite games into one but better? SOLD!

Flying around in a HUGE ship, with YOUR fleet escort clash with enemy fleet. Laser and missiles flying everywhere. One of my best space combat experience ever.

The game rarely have a dull moment, even when you are flying from A to B in the void, you still have an empire to run. Signing trade deals, choosing research, building ships, upgrade infrastructure. Then you hear a missile incoming beep. brb gotta go kill ambusher like a boss and came back to sign the trade deal.

TLDR Great two games mashed into one but better. Must buy even at full price.

What a great and incredibly smooth launch. Big thumb ups for the dev team.

I'm playing this on a ♥♥♥♥♥♥ laptop and everything set to low. I admit I half expected to refund this because my laptop probably cannot handle this game but I was wrong. The game is well optimized and I can actually play and enjoy it with a decent framerate. I also have not encountered any crashes or freezes or long load time. Everything is so smooth.

The game itself is a load of fun. Factions play differently. AI is not too dumb and put up quite a fight sometimes. Lots of interesting stuff to read, Useful heroes with amazing skill trees. Just wow.

I'm so impressed with this and this game is simply 10/10 material.

I designed a small family hatchback. It features a L4 1.3 engine which produces 463 HP, goes 0-100km/h in 5.5 seconds with the top speed of 337.2 km/h and lap the Nordschleife under 8 minutes.

This car, truly is, perfect for moms driving to groceries and pick up kids from school.

Would by this car for my wife in real life. 11/10