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10.8 hrs on record (10.0 hrs at review time)
Early Access Review
БУКВАЛЬНО Half-Life с элементами выживача и крафта. Вот, один в один. Что графика, что ученые, что сама исследовательская база (прям копия Блэк Мезы) - вот не отличить совершенно.

Играем за обычного ученого, вот опять же прямо из Халфы - такой же ревнивые и карикатурные ученые, которые даже перед лицом смерти будут выражаться крайне научно и сдержанно. Ученый у нас весьма мозговит - может буквально из говна и палок собрать целую кучу всякого полезного, от бинтов и самодельных инструментов до продвинутого оружия, устройств и прочего. Крафт тут разнообразный - броня, оружие, расходники, фермерство (да-да можно сделать мини теплицу), кулинария из мяса местных иноплатных существ, даже можно из своего собственного говна делать компост лол. Короче крафт тут шикарен.

Боевка простая, можно бить, можно блокировать если есть что-то вроде щита (сделанный из спиженого из столовой подноса и изоленты, лол), можно метать некоторое оружие, делать силовые атаки и т.д. Не густо но и не пусто в плане боевой составляющей. Анимации звезд с неба не хватают, но в антураже графония первой халфы смотрятся очень даже хорошо.

Что ж еще? Не знаю, не успел еще посмотреть. Мультиплеер есть, но без друзей ловить там нечего - почти все сервера с паролем, что и понятно - никому не охота напороться на грифера который снесет твою базу и обнулит весь прогресс последних дней а то и больше. Синглплеер это по сути тот же мультиплеер только соло. Играется норм, бывает криповато, ибо халфа + монстры это не совсем легкая прогулка.

Короче игрушка хорошая, играется хорошо, денег своих стоит однозначно. Если есть друзья, играбельность вырастет в разы.
Posted May 23.
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11.1 hrs on record (10.1 hrs at review time)
As a long time fan of Homeworld series, I have to say that Homeworld 3 does not feel like Homeworld in terms of story. In terms of combat, gameplay and mission design? Absolute and resounding yes! There are some issues to iron out with pathfinding, orders and optimizations, but it's fixable. But the gameplay core is there, and it is solid. Nothing a few patches can't fix, really.

What is not really fixable though... is story. Homeworld plot was never personalized - it was a story of entire nation of a planet, where Karan S'jet was a face of those people to drive story forward, and yet she never was the focus of it. In Homeworld 3, however, Imogen S'Jet as well as Karan herself and new villain become the very focus of the story from midgame to the very end. Moreso, while Imogen and Karan are somewhat fine in that role (with a big stretch), the villain is just absolute laziest implementation I've ever seen. She wants to dominate people just for sake of it, she wants Hiigara gone just because, she wants to rule everyone because?... That's never properly explained. It's never explained how she can manipulate hyperspace like that, how all her ships can hyperspace without capitals, ZERO explanations. But, yet, here's few cringy cutscenes, here's even more cutscenes, here's the the childhood memory of Karan and Imogen... The story is damn underwhelming, and it kills the Homeworld atmosphere completely. It also doesn't help that these character cutscenes are 3D animated, instead of old-style 2D animated frames with background narration.

Don't get me wrong, the Deserts of Kharak also did similar things - focus on Rachel S'Jet, but she never was a focus of the story, she was a mere addition to it, a face to represent people of Hiigara to the player, and drive the story akin to how it was done with Karan in HW1 and HW2.

Overall.... do I recommend the game? Yes, the gameplay is most important part imo, and it is there, solid and fun. Missions are diverse and interesting, and sceneries are fantastic. Feels a lot like HW DoK, which is a praise. An addition of War Games co-op PvE mode is great touch as well.

Is this a Homeworld game though? Unfortunately more of nope, than yes. If you want a good hooking story, this is NOT the game you want. If you care more about cinematic and fun space battles, it is a game for you.
Posted May 13.
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82.9 hrs on record (53.6 hrs at review time)
Early Access Review
Эта игра - отличный баланс между юмором и хоррором. Вот ты и напарник идете по темным коридорам здания, шутите и угараете друг с друга, и вроде не так уж и страшно. Находите пару закрытых дверей, делаете крюк и идете дальше вглубь. Находите пропасть, вы перепрыгиваете, а вот ваш напарник улетает вниз под звучное "♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥" и замолкает. И вот ваша комедия внезапно и очень резко превращается в жуткий хоррор, где ты теперь один одинёшенек ♥♥♥♥♥♥ знает где, без света (ибо фонарик был у него) вглубине сети коридоров и тоннелей, и размытым представлением где же выход. Вокруг гробовая тишина, и у тебя уже потеют ладони. Ты сначала потихоньку, а потом уже все быстрее и быстрее бежишь куда глаза глядят, натыкаясь на тупики или возвращаясь туда где ты уже был. Внезапно ты слышишь нечеловечески быстрые шаги которые явно приближаются к тебе и в последний момент оборачиваешься и, под жуткий звук пружины, перед тобой застывает высокий бледноватый манекен, который мгновение назад мчался к тебе со скоростью поезда, а ты орешь от ужаса и глядишь на него. А не глядеть ты уже не можешь, ибо он не двигается лишь когда смотришь на него. И теперь твоя задача выжить стала тяжелее раза в два, ибо двигаться вперед ты можешь лишь спиной.... Раз тупик, два тупик, чертова тварь за тобою следует неотступно и так и ждет когда ты оторвешь от него взгляд чтобы оторвать тебе голову и заменить пружиной. Из-за угла раздаются еще быстрые шаги и еще один манекен застывает перед тобой. Ты набредаешь на очередной тупик, и манекен следуя за тобой, застывает в дверном проеме, закрывая тебе выход. И вот ты стоишь один, во тьме, выхода нет, и ты уже почти сдался, как вдруг тебя окутывает синее свечение. Ты выдыхаешь и расслабляешься, ведь тебя спас твой тиммейт. Телепорт наконец переносит тебя на корабль и вот через мгновение ты уже вновь смеешься и делишься впечатлениями с выжившими тиммейтами. Вот вы уже запускаете корабль и выходите на орбиту, а там позади остался страх и смерть.

Posted January 30.
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21.4 hrs on record (21.2 hrs at review time)
"Whoa! The Cyberpunk 2077 has flatlined"

Well, nice to see that this game remains a buggy mess few years since it was first released. Decided to give it another go 19/02/2023, and that's the error i get on trying to launch it. I used to play it at release and it was buggy, but it worked. Nowadays I have almost twice as beefy PC, and presumably less buggy game. But nope, it won't even launch now. All drivers are up to date, no mods ever used, other games work just fine, but Cyberpunk? Nope.

Well, until it's fixed, this review remains negative.
Posted February 18, 2023.
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2 people found this review helpful
557.3 hrs on record (91.2 hrs at review time)
There isn't a single bad thing that can be said about the game or developers.

Reasonable price, great performance, tons of meme potential and fun, addicting and casual gameplay with possiblity of quite an intricate minmaxing and metagaming, thanks to tons of various weapon perks and overclocks. Difficulty varies wildly as host of session can choose it to be anything between Hazard 1 ("Where are all the bugs?") and Hazard 5 (Starship Trooper cranked to max). Whether you just want to chill and mine some stuff, or sweat your arse out trying to survive another wave of bugs - it's all up to you. Honestly, game really opens up at Haz 4 and up, anything below feels bit boring.

One thing I'd like to note is the cave generation system - it's crazy wild in how it generates stuff. You are never going to have same cave to explore even if you relaunch same mission - it is different every time. From tight caves forming weird ass labyrinths that are easy to get lost in, to giant open caves where you might not even see that opposite wall because it's too far from you. And flora and fauna are different form biome to biome - poisonous swampy areas full of mushrooms, icy and snowy caves, magma cave with fiery geysers everywhere and so on. Needless to say that all this variety is often times difficult to navigate on your feet, so you will have to use all mobility tools at your disposal to traverse these caves, and in a team of 4 dwarfs, teamwork is as important as ever.

And when it comes to fauna - you better load up shells into your shotgun because 90% of all stuff you see will want to have you for a dinner. Game offers tons of various bugs with different attacks and weaknesses, and readily offers you a wide array of weapons and modifications to kill them with. For a game that looks this simple (graphically), combat mechanics are suprisingly well-thought, and I'd say quite on par with some of AAA shooters, if not better.

Anyway, this is perfect game right here in all aspects - graphics, sound, game play, balancing or fun/time ratio. Deep Rock Galactic takes place in my heart (along with Rimworld) as an excellent example of how game should be made.

Also, DLCs! They are very cheap and very fantastic, no gameplay changes at all, just more fun ways to showcase your glorious beard in front of other glorious beard carriers.
Posted December 18, 2022. Last edited April 16, 2023.
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1.4 hrs on record (0.5 hrs at review time)
Графон как в мобильной игрушке 5 летней давности, геймплей прост как 2 копейки, но игра от этого не теряет ни капли. Отличная вещь чтобы зайти расслабиться на минут десять когда тебе потрепают нервы в других играх.
Posted May 9, 2022.
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1,238.7 hrs on record (170.7 hrs at review time)
Great game. After handful of patches that fixed most balancing issues and exploits, it's multiplayer is pretty good now. Now, I can finally give it a positive review it deserves.
Posted March 12, 2022. Last edited November 15, 2022.
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4 people found this review helpful
47.5 hrs on record (43.9 hrs at review time)
This is an excellent example of GREAT singleplayer game.

Story? Check.
Great story, masterfully woven into battles using movie-like cinematic scenes and rememberable, charismatic (looking at you, Mimir!) and simply outstanding characters! Even "main" villain has something to feel bad about him too. It's all an excellently mixed coctail of pure entertainment.

Gameplay? Check.
I mean, it's God of War game after all. One, if not greatest slasher game series. This game is no exception. Combat is very, VERY finely tuned and masterfully done. Sorry for overwhelming flow of epitets and finicky words, but you can't use simple words when describing masterpiece like this. The variety of combat moves is overwhelming - axe throws, dodge-spin slashes, charged cleave strikes, light and heavy runic attacks, Atreus' bow and summons - you can combine miryad of moves into a bloody lethal combos, and that's just with an AXE! Wait until you get second weapon, hehe.... As for enemies, there are A LOT of them, and they all have their own strength and weaknesses, roles and abilities. Think of it like Dark Souls in terms of enemy design - every enemy should be respected and dealt with accordingly. Simply mashing R1 at them might work at lower difficulties, but at higher one it's constant dance of death. Oh, and did i forget to mention a might bunch of mini and fullscale bosses? Many of them being optional? They are story of their own, and will test your reaction, tactical thinking and patience to their limits, brutal yet fair and FUN.

Visuals? Check.
They are good. On medium settings (Which are called "Original" in PC) are good middle ground between performance and visuals, it all still looks pretty damn well. At maxed settings, it's plain gorgeous. Might as well turn off UI completely and pretend it's a multimillion dollar budget movie. Sadly my PC can't run it at max settings with good enough FPS, and for slasher game, I feel like solid FPS is a must, so i went with middle ones.

Optimization? Check.
Won't go into much thought, just gonna post my specs and FPS i got: Ryzen 7 4800H, GTX1660ti. At medium settings I get solid 60+fps in MOST places, but somewhere with lots of foggy areas (Aflheim for example - realm of elves), it dips down to 30 sometimes. Plus, SSD is a ABSOLUTE NECESSITY. I have game on SSD, and it still stutters heavily if you move around too quickly and game doesn't have enough time to preload textures. Not critical, but might cause inconvenience in battle. Though, it rarely did so for me. Overall, game is well optimized, but I wouldn't count on much comfort playing it on mid-budget PC.

Overall, this is a leged. A gem. Such games come once in a life, so make yourself a favor - bid your wallet farewell and get this game. It's worth it's price, every single cent of it. I'm a picky man, and I don't regret getting this, not a single time. And I hope neither will you.

Good luck, fellow Spartan!
Posted January 18, 2022.
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215.7 hrs on record (46.2 hrs at review time)
Okay, it's 2023 now, update 3.2 just rolled in, and.... game is quite decent now. Most of old bugs were fixed, devs are very actively improving and balancing the game, and they reached a point where the game is even quite fun to play! It's not a Battlefield game, but it's a good shooter with vehicles. Playerbase isn't as big as previous titles had year after launch, but there are still plenty of players around, so you will easily be finding full matches in most modes. Unless you are from Australia, lol.

Only buy it on sale for 20$, it's not worth more than that. But for 20$ it's quite good. There are still seasons 4 and 5 to come, so you might have year or two of fun to have yet.
Posted November 19, 2021. Last edited February 3, 2023.
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829.8 hrs on record (479.6 hrs at review time)
Да, я рекомендую эту игру, НО, не для всех.

Здесь нет сюжета который за ручку будет вас вести. Здесь нет каких либо квестов которые будут тоже вас направлять. Здесь нужно самому ставить себе цель. Купить самый крутой и дорогой боевой корабль? Отправиться на другой конец галактики? Полностью прокачать свой корабль у инженеров? Посетить все места с инопланетными структурами? Заполучить тройную Элиту? С такими целями игра может увлечь надолго, на целые года. Но если вы не фанат особо неспешных игр где ты сам себе штурман, то Элита, боюсь, не для вас. Стандартных 2-х часов которые Steam дает для обзора игры и в течении которых можно бесплатно вернуть свои деньги за нее, совершенно не хватит чтобы даже завершить обучение.

Если хотите точно понять нужно ли вам это, советую посмотреть видосы на Youtube, ну а дальше решайте сами. Игра может как развлекать, так и казаться неимоверно скучной и однообразной после некоторого времени, когда уже разберешься что к чему и почему. Но зато есть плюс - игру можно закинуть в долгий ящик на года, и вернуться в любой момент. Подписки как в Еве здесь нет, что дает определенную свободу...
Posted February 2, 2021.
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