Recent reviews by etneveL

The Magic Circle is such an underrated game, it's crazy that no one really talked about it back then. Without spoiling too much about it, this is a game, which is in a game, which is telling a story about the game which is in a game. Not making much sense, but that's really it. It's an interesting premise which could be confusing for some people, but for those who go with the flow and like to explore the ideas behind it, you can have your fun with it. It's mostly a walking simulator with additional puzzle elements which doesn't sound too exciting, but I never saw this kind of "elements" in any kind of game, smart and original. The story is also interesting to see, however I'm unsure about a few details, but still okay. Soundtrack is a bit repetitive, but nothing too serious. Controls are straightforward and easy. The message of the game is also quite cool and interesting.

Now the game has some comedy in it, which is nothing too major, but I don't think that's the cornerstone of the game, it can be misleading in my opinion. Also, as I said before it can be confusing and also if you are not a fan of exploring, you won't like this game. You have to sometimes think out of the box and the solution might not be straightforward also.

However these issues were not that big of a deal for me and I enjoyed my time with it. This was especially good and I can definitely recommend it to anyone playing it. 16.8€ is a bit much for it, but 12 - 13,5 € is worth it, even though it's not a long game to play through. I'm amazed!

I barely know anything about Nascar, but it looks interesting so I booted up one of the oldest Nascar games I had in my Steam library, which was this one I think. I only played the career mode, and even though I haven't raced in any Nascar games, I wanted to get a somewhat difficult experience to see how the game really is. The graphics are not too bad in my opinion, also the game has some cool elements which adds a whole lot to the atmosphere, like the race engineer's line, the garage menu and how the game tries to show there is some kind of life on and off track. Soundtrack is not bad, although not my niché. Career mode is decent too.

However the game sometimes has buggy physics, crashes out oftenly and you need to use dark magic to run it on Windows 10, to not get glitchy graphics or something. I can't tell how many times I had to restart my CAREER MODE, because the game didn't save for whatever reason and either my car's suspension glitched and put me into the wall, or the AI destroyed me or the game crashed.

This alone makes this game hard to like, but I can see the value in it, which makes it sad to me. I can't really recommend Nascar 15, not really helping my way into motorsport.

This is the first time I ever played DiRT 4, so bare with me. The career mode is interesting, because there are team management aspects, where you have to hire members to your team, manage your sponsors and upgrade your facility which gives some good change in the gameplay. Driving felt a bit off at first, I can't really describe why but I didn't have much fun with it for the first time, but I got the hang of it and it's a pretty decent driving model, not the best but not the worst either. Sounds are good and soundtrack is surprisingly on point as well, there are some weird track choices but fits the game and the atmosphere perfectly. Rally tracks are alright and the additional game modes are fine too. Graphics for 2017 look good too. The game tries to please simulator enjoyers and arcade players with the different ways to adjust difficult and driving style, which is a good addition.

If you compare this game to Dirt Rally (which came a year before Dirt 4), you might feel sour about it and think it's a backwards direction on the series, which is understandable to think if you like simulators. Car model here could have been like in Dirt Rally or the progression could have been different indeed. Also, later career tracks the game gets difficult all of the sudden and in some cases I can't really understand the physics at certain sections, like how I lose so much time compared to the AI. Not even mentioning the grind like career mode, especially from the middle part.

If you try your best to understand the game and give it a chance, I'm pretty sure it can be fun to play. There are certain aspects which make it hard to like, but I do enjoy my time with this. I can recommend getting this game, however finding a key for around 10€ max (which I think the amount would be fine for Dirt 4) is close to impossible, otherwise you should skip it, doesn't worth that much overpay.

Buckshot Roulette is a simple game about playing russian roulette with a shotgun against a dealer, where you can use items not the intended way to manipulate the simple rules of the game.

The game has such great atmosphere, rules are easy to understand, controls are basic but works well... basically it's a simple enough game. The addition of Double or Nothing and the extra items make this game grindable to get a good enough prize money and go for the achivements aswell.

However if you are not interested to get achivements or to go for a high score, you will quickly put the game down after you play through it once, or play a round or two. However since the game is not that expensive, this is not a big of a deal.

Even though it doesn't offer much gameplay and playtime, I can still recommend it. It can get addictive if you are interested in, but I would suggest to get it on sale.

This game is close to 9 years old, I'm pretty sure everyone played it who wanted to or saw a video about it... except me. I finished the story today and I played online back in the days.

GTA V has probably the most well designed game elements in all of GTA games: new vehicles types, heist missions, different free roam activities, special vehicles, different scenarios in missions and so on. The story is also interesting, following 3 protagonists around Los Santos and in it's state, and even though there are not many big twists in the story it's enjoyable for sure. Graphics is pretty nice, sound design and soundtrack is well made. Online modes are much more expanded comparing to older GTA games.

This game is definitely and improvement on most parts, however for me it has too many game elements to follow, either in single or multiplayer, but multiplayer is much more complex. It's just really hard to wrap this game around my head without knowing what to do or what should I do. Not even mentioning the controls: they are not bad, but difficult to get used since you have so many functions for many buttons, for me it's quite to task to play this game. About multiplayer, I still don't understand what I should bother with it or avoid guys who would take me out all the time. Difficult to understand and more difficult to play it alone or without any help.

This is definitely one of the most well known games on earth, lots of people favorite game, but for me it's just hard to get used to it. I admire the different and new elements which it has, but GTA V feels a bit too much and overwhelming on the new things or on content, feels like it's drawn out. But still, for a single player standpoint it's pretty fun and lengthy and overall a good game, but not my favorite for sure. 30€ is a bit too much, even though you would get stuff for the online mode, so I would get it around 10 - 15€ (depending on your preferences) with the online bonuses.

Bus World offers transportation simulation in different places and times, where you can also drive in special scenarios. The strong point from these would be the Chernobyl levels certainly. After the scenarios the game offers a free roam mode where you can use different buses, complete jobs on different routes or make your own around the 3 map and lastly you can explore the maps freely. Some of them looks pretty good, especially the Pripyat one.

That's all what Bus World can offer, but one of the most negative point about the game is the performance issues. I know my PC is not up to date, but others on more modern PCs also having issues to get this game around 60 FPS, which is beyond me. Also, some scenarios are difficult to do if you not cheesing them. Not even mentioning that half of them are really slow paced and so does the free roam section, you can't really play this more then an hour. The game don't have much gameplay and after playing it for an hour or so, the only new thing you are gonna see is the other maps if you haven't played them.

The idea of this game is not bad, but there are just not enough content in it and the scenarios are nothing outstanding, with a few exceptions. I can't really recommend buying this game, although if you are still interested in whatever reason, try to get it for 5€ max.

I have never played the original 2010 Hot Pursuit, so it was a great opportunity to give it a spin with the remastered.

Graphics looks amazing, controls are arcadey with some simcade traits which fits it well, gameplay PER RACE is fun both on racer and police side, there are a few good songs in the soundtrack aswell.

However, this game can get repetitive after playing 1 and half hour, since there is no story, just getting bounty to level up, unlock new cars and equipments with it's upgrades later on and that's somewhat annoying, but I also come back to play some more on the other days. Sometimes the hit detection is making difficult to either avoid cars or objects or to take out other cars, somewhat inconsistent. The first 2 - 3 hours is pretty boring in the game's career and also there are certain type of races which is nothing interesting, especially since later races will feature longer tracks to complete.

Even though it's not fun to play it for a longer time, I have to say it's a good game to play occasionally, especially if you can get others to play with you aswell. I can recommend to give it a try, but try to get it around 10€.

If you are interested in racing games and want to experience something different than the current norm of racing games, just try this. Even though this game feels like it leaves the player in the dark or it's a barebone experience... well this is a demo. Pretty fun and challanging experience, really interested in for the full game.

The game feels like it's half made. The devs started with an idea, slowly added things together which added some more to the gameplay and they just left it there. It's a short game with maximum 20 - 25 minutes of distinguished gameplay. You can play it through around one and half hours. Animations are not too bad, but not enough for the whole playthrough. Story doesn't really go to anywhere, even though it starts somewhat decently. Considering the price, I cannot recommend this game, but if you could get it for around 2€ and if you are really interested in the game, you could give it a try but otherwise you can live without it.

Ojiv seems like a basic rhythm game with some good looking artwork on the surface, however there is a little bit more detail in it. First of all the music you can play is pretty good, nothing extraordinary but they feel unique and they are well mapped. The songs also fitting for the girls' theme, not even mentioning the gameplay changes at some of the tracks which gives some extra challange, which is already enough on higher difficulty levels.

But to be honest there are only 7 songs which is playable at the moment writing this review and 3 more is announced for the game, which doesn't sound too much. Unlocking the songs and characters could feel like a grind for some player, but it was fine for me since you had to replay the songs on higher difficulty level. However the UI for me is seems weird, maybe I don't pay enough attention but I often misread what note should press because of the angled view of the note field.

It does seems like a basic rhythm game with some alright artwork and not many songs, but it's okay for the start. 3€ for it is not that bad and I can recommend it to support the developer.