Recent reviews by Kafkat

Driller and Scout should kiss

I like doing long reviews

but I gotta do one for the badge and I haven't got much to say about this anyways

If you played it before, it's a perfect opportunity to get back into it
there are a lot of little differences in the visuals, polished animations but the classic experience remais the same
So get ready for your Nostalgia Blast

If you're not familiar with it, pretty much a choice game, meaning multiple endings for each levels

only thing I'd advice? Wait for a discount, I think it's a bit overpriced for the ammount of hours it can provide to you, but you'll have fun regardless

Bioshock 2 this time, I'll make some comparissons to the first game here so yeah
Also beware, don't play this game before Bioshock 1, as it will conatin spoilers for the first game
(that maybe obvious but just to make sure y'know)


The game feels somewhat similar to the previous entry, well this time you're a Big Daddy so, how did that translate to the gameplay?
Not very well to be honest, as I said it's pretty similar to the first, meaning you don't feel like a Big Daddy, you can't take much damege and don't do much damage either, while your counterparts are the complete opposite to you. Being similar to the first game also means the controls are responsive and the game plays smoothly.

Let's talk weapons shall we? Well the weapons are definetely a big problem, sure none of them are returning weapons, but a big portion of them aren't really fun to use, even though they are really useful (when you got them upgraded, otherwhise tthey ain't that good).

Plasmids didn't change much from the first to the second game, with the only big noticeable difference being that you can use them simultaneously to your weapon (no you don't need to switch between Plasmid and weapon, you can use both) which is a great improvment, just makes combat that much more fun and fluid.

Little sisters... They work differently this time arround, you can of course choose to save or to harvest them, however now you also play a game of "tower defence" with them, they gather ADAM while you defend them from incoming waves of splicers. Kinda fun but over time gets kinda annoying.

My olny problem with this category, I'd say it's the reduction on how many Medkits and EVE Hypos you can carry, it would make sense if you were actually tougher but... you're not

7.5/10


The level design is one strong point here (again), I'd go as far as to say I like the Bioshock 2 maps more than the Bioshock 1 maps (except one chapter especificly), they're better in both visual and gameplay, never did I get lost (as for 1 I did).
Playing with the turrets and cameras placement was really fun, specially when playing the Little Sister mini-game which I specified in Gameplay.

9.5/10


The story is actually pretty good but unlike Bioshock 1, the characters are more forgettable. It has a bigger focus on the main villain's ambitions and desires. Every other character, even though they have their background all set and well-written, are not remarkable. No I'm not talking about Sinclair, he is pretty good, but rather characters like Grace Holloway, Gilbert Alexander, Simon Wales, etc..
Also something I didn't mention in my Bioshock 1 review was the voice acting, was and still is great.

There are three endings, I manage to get the good ending(again), what are you going for?

8.5/10


Overall I'd say the game is still worth playing after all this time, that is if you became a fan of the series with the first game. Keep in mind I experienced multiple crashes and seems like it wasn't me (although this only happened in one specific map).
it took me 15 hours to beat it, there isn't much to it aside from the story mode, there are achievments if you wanna get them all. I'd definetely recommend playing it, but wait a discount (and preferably get the collection).

7.5/10

The classic Bioshock huh? Alright

The game plays very smoothly, with responsive controls. The weapons feel very good to use, with the exception of the Chemical Thrower and grenade Launcher I'd say.
Plasmids, which you can think of like "magic", works perfeclty and each one of them has an application to aid you in battle, my favourite being the "Electro Bolt"

My olny problem with this category, I'd say it's the movement speed, feels like I'm walking when i'm running and feels like I'm crawling when walking. Spent 99% of the game in "running".

8/10

The level design is one strong point here, with very beautiful landscape outside of the playable area that helps with the immersion for being in an Underwater city
The maps make a good work in leading you the right way, but I got lost when exploring, even though it was pretty easy to find myself again.

9/10

The story starts off kinda slow, but you do notice it will get more interesting right off the start
The characters are all remarkable, from the ones you only hear in Recordings and the ones that talk directly to you.
Everything goes together very well and the logs helps you get an understanding of what's going on in there and why is hell.
In my opinion, the story feels like rushed in the final 2 levels or so, but the final boss battle was very good in exchange for it.
There are two endings, I manage to get the good ending, what are you going for?

9/10

Overall I'd say the game is still worth playing after all this time, it took me 15 hours to beat it, there isn't much to it aside from the story mode, I'd definetely recommend playing it, but wait a discount

8,5/10

It's fun, but get repetetive

This took me 72 minutes to finish in my first playthroug, also I did all at once

This Is a mod for Portal 2 with the introduction of a new and well executed idea, "Time Travel", so to speak. Basicly, you record you movements, then a Bot will repeat this movement in a Loop.

The Puzzles were creative, not hard but not easy either.


[+] Very interesting and well developed mechanic
[+] Good Challenge scaling
[+] Supports Level creation and community maps

[-] There is very little story, if you can call it that
[-] No new characters introduced
[-] Small campaign
[-] You rarely use Portals,you'll most likely be using the new mechanic


Overall, I'd give this mod a
8.7/10

Very simple app
with very useful applications
Want Animated Wallaper: Ok
Want a video as wallpaper: Ok
Want to edit a wallpaper easily: Ok
Want to edit a wallpaper with more complexity: Ok

just buy it already

I ain't doing this review comparing Borderlands 1 with Borderlands 2, 'cause the first game will sound inferior, wich is not true, It's just very diferent
Also, this is an Update for This review which was made for the original and outdated vesion of Borderlands 1, this is the review for the Remastered version


Borderlands 1's Story is... Weak, with boring and irrelevant characters(in the Base game) that end up just giving random and irrelevant secondary quests, and some main quests. During the whole story it's promissed a vault filled with loot, well the vault itself doesn't have any loot, but you do get some good stuff, besides there is a boss fight that, unfortunetely, doesn't respawn, which is a problem, at least for me.



Borderlands 1's maps are(most or them) desert themed, I do like their designs(Bandit camps mostly), but your opinion might be diferent. Most of the desert maps are quite big, and you're able to (in most cases) use vehicles(in base game, there's only one, in Knoxx's DLC there are 3). The maps that are not Desert usualy are Underground facilities or a Town/Camp, these tend to be smaller and, no vehicles allowed.



Well... Playing alone can be boring, Because you really feel alone, with little dialog here and there from NPCs(honestly, there's very few), but all loot is yours... Hehehe
In Co-Op you should have more fun, the game was meant to be played co-op.



There's a looot of weapons to chose from, most of them do look the same, even though are diferent, the game's from 2009 and it's impressive the ammount of available weapons. What makes the weapons diferent, are their weapon parts, this makes certain weapons (legendaries, uniques, etc.)usually be, even if underleveled, better than new loot you find.

To acquire legendaries or Pearllescents(DLC, included in the GOTY Enhanced) you'll need luck, a random world drop(random enemy, loot chests, vending machines) rather than a specific boss.



If you're playing Co-Op, it's recomended that each party member plays a diferent character(class), each class is unique on their own, all have skill trees , that boost their respective action skill and weapons in many ways. There are Class Mods, that boost skills and add a special effect to the team or just yourself, such as Health Regen., bigger mag size, you get it.



My biggest complaint with the game, it's the lack of farmable bosses, I know that I wouldn't compare BL1 with BL2, but in this case was needed

The customization was improved from the original to this version, you can change colors and heads now.

I have over 100 hours of game, my first character was Lilith(now lvl 69), and I felt like doing this, here is my score:

8,25/10

I ain't doing this review comparing Borderlands 1 with Borderlands 2, 'cause the first game will sound inferior, wich is not true, It's just very diferent
This review was updated for the remastered version of BL1, check it Here



Borderlands 1's Story is... Weak, with boring and irrelevant characters(in the Base game) that end up just giving random and irrelevant secondary quests, and some main quests. During the whole story it's promissed a vault filled with loot, but in reality it's pretty disappointing and there's nothing of it, besides the doesn't even respawn, which is a problem, at least for me.



Borderlands 1's maps are(most or them) desert themed, I do like their designs(Bandit camps mostly), but your opinion might be diferent. Most of the desert maps are quite big, and you're able to (in most cases) use vehicles(in base game, there's only one, in Knoxx's DLC there are 3). The maps that are not Desert usualy are Underground forts or a Town/Camp, these tend to be smaller and, no vehicles.



Well... Playing alone can be boring, Because you really feel alone, with little dialog from NPCs(honestly, there's very few), but all loot is yours... Hehehe
In Co-Op you should have more fun, the game was meant to be played co-op.



There's a looot of weapons to chose from, most of them do look the same, even though are diferent, the game's from 2009 and it's impressive the ammount of available weapons. What makes the weapons diferent, are their weapon parts, this makes certain weapons (legendaries, uniques, etc.), even if underleveled, better than new loot you find

To acquire legendaries or Pearllescents(DLC) you'll need luck, a random world drop(random enemy, loot chests, vending machines) rather than a specific boss.



If you're playing Co-Op, it's recomended that each party member plays a diferent character(class), each class is unique on their own, all have skill trees , that boost their respective action skill and weapons in many ways. There are Class Mods, that boost skills and add a special effect to the team or just yourself, such as Health Regen., bigger mag size, you get it.



My biggest complaint with the game, it's the lack of farmable bosses, I know that I wouldn't compare BL1 with BL2, but in this case was needed

The customization is very limited, you can only change colors.

I have over 75 hours of game, my first character was Lilith(now lvl 69), and I felt like doing this, here is my score:

7,5/10

The game of killing Zombies over and over again, but I love it!



There aren't many gamemodes there and, most of them don't even have servers running them ( at least here in Brazil ), but they are definitely fun
My favorite ones are Survival and Versus
7/10


If there is something I care a lot in games, is(are) the map(s), Left 4 Dead 2 isn't a Sandbox game, and all of it's campaign are linear, the maps are all well detailed. All though they are Linear, i just don't get bored while playing.
9/10


Music is a weak point in Left 4 Dead 2, there is... The Menu music, and the jukebox songs and the Live Stage songs, they are all good ( in my opinion ), but if you don't like them, there are a LOT od mods for you to chose and, change it
6/10


I LOVE all characters, each of them are pretty unique in their own personalities, and sure you will have you favorites like I do.
Mine are Zoey and Coach
10/10

OVERALL SCORE
8/10