Recent reviews by MW2K

Can be brutal at times, and a bit samey in places but good fun all round. A 70/100 effort.

The good

Patched to work on modern OSes and computers
Spells are good
Lots of weapon, spell and clothing/armour upgrades
Story is pretty good too
Action comes thick and fast
Puzzles are clever

The bad

Some backtracking involved
Fighting the same mobs gets old, especially toward end game
Side quests are ho-hum

Ignore my Steam time - I played this through ECWolf. Needless to say, if you liked Wolf 3D, you'll like this. It's more of the same. A 75/100 effort.

The good

More Wolfenstein goodness
Variety of map types
It's a real challenge finding all the secrets and treasure
Action comes thick and fast

The bad

Maps can be large and confusing
Key hunting can get old

Does everything the original did and more. Wonderful stuff. A 90/100 effort.

The good

Endlessly creepy game - you're on your toes the entire time
It's a remake of an old school game - no handholding and it's brutal
Great weapon choices
Excellent boss fights
Story unfolds through logs and emails - and it's a grim story
The junction box puzzles can be challenging
If you enjoyed the original like I did, you'll love this

The bad

Cyberspace can be a PITA
Some backtracking involved - I don't mind, but others may find it annoying
If you've played the original, then this game will hold no real surprises

One of the best games of all times IMHO. Takes the System Shock/Dead Space formula and runs with it. A 95/100 effort.

The good

Tells a compelling, deep story, through narrative and in-game emails, recordings etc
Excellent voice acting and characterisations
Superb level design, both inside and outside
Different endings based upon player choice
Great music and sound effects
Like all good horror/suspense games, you never feel safe, even when you think you should be
Good action and combat mechanics
Lots of upgrade and building options

The bad

A couple of minor step and fetch it quests
The Nightmare can be annoying.

This is the first part of at least two games apparently, though it's not advertised as such. You'll get an hour out of this one at the most. Poor value and a poor game. A 35/100 effort.

The good

Relaxing and cool jazzy music
Graphics and HO objects are well drawn

The bad

Incoherent story, to put it mildly
An hour of game for your money
Minimal replayability
One almost identical HO scene after the other, reused assets galore

One of the best adventure games ever made. Ignore my Steam play time - I played this on CD years ago when it first came out. A 90/100 effort.

The good

Intriguing and involving story, in fact you wish there was more of it in this game
Some of the puzzles are real headscratchers
April is an appealing character
The dual worlds are done well
The lore and history of Arcadia is well fleshed out
Excellent voice acting
Good music to go along with it too

The bad

Some backtracking involved though it's not too annoying
Crow can be an annoying character
If solving challenging puzzles isn't your thing, you can get stuck easily

Totally bizarre game. An 80/100 effort.

The good

Utterly weird and unique setting
Excellent level design
Game gets stranger the further you get into it - this is a good thing
Excellent skill upgrades
Some very challenging boss fights
Well-drawn, animated and laid out
Music is good

The bad

Story can be incoherent
Some jankiness in Jesse's movement
No quicksave, though the autosave is frequent enough not to be annoying
Some minor backtracking involved

Weird and wonderful in equal turns. An 85/100 effort.

The good

Unique concept executed with panache
Well-crafted story
Different paths to take, lead to different endings
Well-drawn, animated and depicted
Voice acting is good
Time loop mechanism is well done
Some challenging combat/stealth sections

The bad

Seriously in need of a map as the city can be difficult to get around
Combat sections seem a bit off considering the kind of game this is, but they're minor

Creepy, compelling and occasionally awkward to play. A 70/100 effort.

The good

Tells a good, wholesome, Lovecraftian story. The best kind of wholesome story
Dark and oppressive tone maintained throughout
Different branching endings
Some solid puzzles
The QTEs aren't as onerous or as annoying as they can be in other games. In fact, they're too easy
You can save at any time. This makes sampling the various endings out a lot easier

The bad

Awkward camera angles and moving around
Highlighted objects not as bright or as prominent as they could be
Some inappropriate background music. Jaunty Russian folk music while traipsing in a dark dungeon, e.g

There are too many negative aspects that suck the fun out of what this game has to offer. A 40/00 effort.

The good

Well-drawn and well-animated
Voice acting can be good
Good music

The bad

Some brutal game mechanics that overly challenge the player too early, too soon. Monster swarms, etc - Poor risk/reward balance
Background story is ho-hum - standard fantasy fare. Another milieu that's 1300 AD western Europe with magic and demihumans thrown in for laughs.
The camping quasi-realism mechanic is boring and a chore. It always boggles me why some games and some authors are sticklers for this kind of realism when their world operates in ways that are physically impossible or highly improbable, i.e magic, undead, etc. There's a word for this kind of antic, and it's called "verisimilitude" and that antic is a gimmick.
Travelling anywhere therefore is a drudge
The barony management aspect is also boring and a chore
None of the characters are memorable and a couple are borderline aggravating