Recent reviews by awakenedape

No Man Sky is a buggy mess that has an absurd amount of content after years of changes. It's worth it, I think.

Red Faction. My baby. So many memories with this game. Countless hours of sitting inside a mining station in Dust, propped against a wall with my machine gun, waiting for the EDF to roll in and get blown to bits by my mine field. Weeks were wasted by reloading a save, destroying a massive bridge, and reloading again. Red Faction: Guerilla is a very unique game. It's physics engine enables the player to create immersive damage to buildings, smokestacks, bridges, and more. You can play cover to cover and never watch a warehouse crumble the same way. In addition to it's engines, RFG hosts a great storyline about justice, and the struggle of opressed miners, fighting their way through the surface of Mars to liberate the people from the EDF. It's weapon system is smooth, and quite a few interesting firearms are included, like the Nano Rifle. It runs like a dream come true. It's graphics are pleasant to the eyes. Overall, the game is great. I have played it since it was released, and I love it still. But, RFG was originally run on Games For Windows Live, which has been terminated, leaving many good games to rot like Lost Planet 2. The Red Faction Team is currently revamping RFG, allowing it to be played without GFWL. If you buy the game, or if it isn't working for you, open the Properties tab for the game, navigate to Beta, and type the beta password into the box. The password is avalible on the game's update page, along with more detailed explination.
Buy Red Faction Guerilla. You won't be dissapointed.

What can I say about Oblivion. I was gifted the game when it came out on the Xbox 360. And after that, I continued to play it till I gave the game to my girlfriend 6 years later and bought the GOTY version on PC, which I'm playing at this moment. I have a lot more hours on PC Skyrim simply because I thought it would be better. I was wrong. I'm now adding to my collection of inhuman hours of Xbox 360 Oblivion.
Don't get me wrong, dear Skyrim fanboy. It IS a great game, with amazing atmosphere and graphics. It one-ups Oblivion on graphics, since it's 4 years younger. But when it comes to atmosphere, Skyrim might as well be a cardboard box. Here's why:
Oblivion's soundtrack is rich and beautiful, unlike Skyrim's flat "Dovahkiin" "Badass" default track every time you get in a battle.
Skyrim's main questline is almost nessisary, since it contains the Shouts that are so very fun to use. Oblivion's main questline, however, is lots of fun, and optional. You'll miss out on items, but you'll never be lacking in a critical game ability that was the gimick of the entire launch.
Skyrim is flat and snowy, with SOME differences around the eastern and southwest parts of the map. And when you are in those green areas, it still feels like it's about to freeze over. Oblivion has snow, beautiful snow in fact, but it's SO diversive in the enviorment section. Beaches, forests, mountains, valleys, rivers, lakes, ponds, actual Oblivion, it's all amazing. And the colors are so vivid, with reds and greens and yellows and blues and OH GOD ITS GREAT.
When you fight a bandit in Skyrim, you're swinging a pool noodle at a mural. When you fight a bandit in Oblivion, it's head will twist to the left when you deliver the final blow with your Elven Mace, it's body crumpling to the ground, ready to plunder ( and sometimes teabag ). No silly spinning death animations that need a mod to disable like I have, just ragdoll. Like real life.
All in all, Oblivion is ahead of it's days. It was an improvement to Skyrim in the atmosphere department, not graphics. I LOVE Skyrim for all of her faults ( one of my favorite gaming moments of all time were my first 2 hours in the Forgotten Vale, absolutely breathtaking ) but Oblivion takes the cake. Morrowind? That's a different story. Totally different subject. I don't have much experience with the game honestly, so I can't effectively make a decision over who wins in the entire trilogy. And yeah, it's a trilogy. ( EDIT, I know Elder Scrolls isn't a trilogy. I was tired and wrote this half-arsed. Stop commenting on it :) ) ESO sucks ♥♥♥♥. I said it.
Buy this game, with the DLC. It ain't no map pack, it's two seperate and amazing questlines. Just buy the game. Right now.

This game is amazing. I've been playing it ever since it came out on the Original Xbox, and I maybe have 1000+ hours into it. My childhood summers were defined by this game. And not because it's a great tactical shooter, that has an amazing soldier atmosphere and command system, but because it's fun. The story is full of humor, darkness, and original Star Wars themes. The multiplayer is solid, with no problems I can think of. I remember shooting my neighbour off the multiplayer maps and absolutely breaking the game :) If you like Star Wars, or the Clones of Star Wars, this is an amazing game for you. If you like tactical shooters, this is also a game for you. Just freakin' buy it.