Recent reviews by Quetiras

This game is amazing. It was a masterpiece. Mechanics, story-telling, atmosphere. It all still holds up after all these years. Unfortunately, the code it's based on does not appear to be aging well.

The game crashes regularly, and no amount of tinkering seems to stop it. Lowering graphics settings and resolution among other tweaks managed to prolong it's life, but not even far into the game, it will no longer load my save without crashing. This is truly disappointing, as I was really looking forward to playing through it again after a number of years. I cannot recommend this game due to the fact that is essentially unplayable.

The only negative thing I can say about this game, is that it lacks a good multiplayer setup. There's no co-op, and professional game devs leaving the main multiplayer mode, "snap-map" to novices is dissappointing. All around a solid game though. Can't wait for them to give us co-op.

This is a horrible game.

Firstly, you all remember how in Skyrim, that really boring 5 minutes of riding in the cart before you get to choose your character? That's the first hour and a half of Metal Gear Solid V. It's so unbelievably boring, I actually found myself staring at my watch. No joke, for the first 10 minutes of the game, you can move your head. Nothing else. For the next 20, you can crawl...you don't even get to choose which direction you crawl...you just crawl.

You may read this and think, surely he's exaggerating... but I cannot prepare you enough. It is, without exaggeration or hyperbole, the most boring hour and a half of any game I have ever played (More boring than waiting for other players to joing a game for a multiplayer mission on a server that has only 2 players.)

Now, let's talk about the story so far. Any game, movie, book, theater show, etc. is going to have the idea of Willing Suspense of Disbelief where you know it's not real and wouldn't work, but you forego that to enjoy the story. If the story is good enough, you won't care if gravity is pointing up. This game ignores that. That first hour and a half has so many plot holes, so many implausible and unbelievalbe aspects that you will wish the main character had died because otherwise, you can't buy into the world at all.

FInally, this is a port over. A very, very bad port. So bad, that even if you open the menu to look for control commands (the menu is not mouse compatible) the ONLY controls listed are for a console controller.

I've only played 2 hours of this game, however I hope I can save at least one person $60 bucks. I would rather play a video game interpretation of a Jane Austin novel than launch this game again.

This game is great. I bought it the moment it came out, and I don't regret it. If you read the negative comments, they mostly focus on 3 things, 1) Too hard, 2) Spell making isn't great, or 3) too repetitive.

Well, It's hard. There are boss fights and even mini boss fights which I will slam my head against for hours. If you don't like a challenge, don't play. This game wasn't meant to be a stroll through the park, it was meant to really challenge a mage-type character. I enjoy difficulty, so I enjoy this game.

The spell making is much more than what the negative comments would make you think. Yes, there are only three basic types of spells (Area, Target, Nova). However, there are multiple types of each spell. For example, targeted spells can be rays, missiles, a lobbed bomb, etc. Then, once you've chosen the type of spell, and it's category, you can choose modifiers. You can go for super fast, super destructive, crowd control, etc. AND that's not even all. Don't forget the sigils, each sigil is a different type of magic with different effects and usages. To top it off, when you're crafting spells, the most powerfull spells use two sigils, and that mixture brings epic destruction. There is plenty of spell variety if you're looking for it.

No, it is not repetitive. There is quite a bit of grinding, I won't deny that, but that is only due to how difficult the boss fights can get. The more you kill the more spell components you get, the better spells you can craft, the more powerful you become. When you get to boss fights, different bosses require different strategies. Some you have to cc and kill quickly, others you have to dodge and run and hit hard when you can. Some bosses you have to walk right up to them and just hit them non-stop until they slam into the ground and explode (It looks awesome).

p.s. I forgot to mention when it comes to spells, there are also sheilds.