Recent reviews by Nandern

Hands down one of my favourite games of all time

This game made me feel like the first time I played Portal again, which is a great feeling.
I love how the game made me think about and question everything. It's very interesting how the creators made me go into discussion and really think about life's hardest questions, but at the same time didn't let me get bored either.

If you like puzzle games like Portal (or just really like philosophy, or both), you definitely should check this one out!

It's really fun. No idea why it took me so long to start playing it

TL;DR : I don't like the first game. The rest is awesome.

Long before I started playing Black Mirror, I already had played Black Mirror II and I absolutely loved it. I couldn't wait until BMIII came out. That game too satisfied my needs. When I saw that the trilogy was finally coming to steam, I insta-bought the first game too.

Although I have only played for 15 minutes or so, I already felt like the game wasn't as good as the rest of the trilogy.
I first of all had difficulties getting it to start up and when I was finally playing the low quality really bothered me. And I'm not just talking about graphics; Whenever I start a conversation I takes the npc waaay too long to respond, because it first has to complete their (really laggy) animation. I also didn't like the characters to all be so uptight. Of course, that's because the setting is in a old victorian castle and all the characters are rich. Nothing to do about that, but it's just not the same to play as Samuel as it is the play Darren(main character of BMII & III).

I can safely say that the studio really did improve the game quite a bit with BMII and III. Of course, going backwards to the first game, I couldn't expect much, but I did. And that's why I'm a bit disappointed; because I wanted more of the same. The game's probably pretty good qua story. I just don't seem to have the patience. I'm ready to move on.

I killed some tigers, some bears , just because I needed a bigger purse,
I've climbed the craziest towers,
rode with all kinds of vehicles through the jungle,
I tripped my balls off looking for sh*t because I hate listening to instructions,
I burned down whole weed fields with a flamethrower on "Make Dem Bun Dem" and
fought against hundreds of pirates and killed them all.

I'm a badass.
I like this game.

The Vanishing of Ethan Carter has practically everything I want from a game.
-It has a great story with well-written characters.
-It has awesome, inventive gameplay (both the freedom of what and when you do something and the creative way the developers made you really feel as a (psychic) detective).
-The world is absolutely beautiful and gives this next-gen feel, while at the same time it didn`t seem to demand all that much from my pc either.
-The music and environmental sounds help the world feel so much realer and fit perfectly with the story and ambience of the game.
Although it's 18.99 (euros) for a 4-5 hour game, it was money well-spent. Make sure you definitely play this one!