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I'm at a loss for words.

Sputtering about, it's hard to define Disco Elysium outside of its mechanics. Not because there's anything wrong with it, but it's just that good. The narrative on it's own is so predominant that it dwarfs every other game that I've played.

Disco Elysium is wonderful.

Hey there, I've been playing Elder Scrolls Online off and on for years. Despite that, I've never really posted a review for it.

The best way I can put it is an interesting, fun game overburdened by microtransactions and predatory marketing. What Elder Scrolls Online does well is used sparingly, and usually anything and everything that players are enticed with are usually locked behind the payment of real currencies.

Despite it being 'Buy to Play' in which there's an optional subscription I wouldn't believe what it's marketed as. You'll be playing at a handicap compared to players whom are subscribed. But don't think that subscribing will allow you to forego all issues, as it's simply the next step in their scheme to get you to pay more and more; for digital items. When you subscribe you're given 1,500 crowns (read: monthly currency used for items) so that you can buy things on their store. However the majority of the things you may buy are intended to systematically gut you with a sizeable amount left over, and simultaneously be out of reach for things that are actually interesting.

That's not touching on the idea and practice of loot crates.

Outside of that, there's a lot of issues with the game right now. Yes, it's fun, but it's also resembling a post-apocalyptean landscape. With the release of U35 and U36 (aforementioned updates to the game) there's been a huge upset to people playing, and overall made playing harder, leading to an exodus of veterans in both PvP and PvE. Where there used to be a bunch of guilds interacting and playing with one another only few now remain, effectively conglomerates to survive. People who've been wanting and advocating, insisting for verifiable, positive change are usually ignored.

Like, don't get me wrong: It's a fun game to come back to. But the entire modus operandi of the game is a skinner box. It's intended to make you pay for things you don't need, and put excessively timegated restrictions on things that you'd like to do.

Some leads take actual months to find. Some skill grinds are horrifically long and tiring.

It doesn't help that the store actually has upgrades that aren't aesthetic, effectively making the game pay to win, but I've already explained that.


In my own conclusion: Play it for a bit, get it on sale, don't fall for expansions. And then take a long, long break from it. It isn't that good compared to World of Warcraft or Final Fantasy XIV -- It's competitors -- and both are more respectful of your time and money, too!

This game is quite early alpha, and seems to be very barebones in terms of what you can do, but it's also deserving of its place amongst other, more renowned video games. I caution that if you buy it now, you will buy a game in its preliminary stages and you will have the ability to watch it grow and, perhaps, add in a notion to influence it somewhat. Altogether a very nice game.

As of its release I do not endorse and strongly encourage you do not get this DLC. Furthermore I recommend you roll back to the previous beta. This release has broken the game in many aspects ranging from bugs to heavily imbalances.

Please spend your 22$ elsewhere and wait for this DLC to become good through patches. I encourage you to wait a month or so, if not more.

Boundless is a deceiving game. What they introduce and give you in the trailer is what you'll only achieve if you have a series of miracles happen, and you have a group of friends who play this often. Do not be fooled by Boundless, it is not an immersive builder game, or "Open World Survival Craft" it is an MMORPG. It's designed to get you to play it continuously and as often as you can.

Everything in Boundless has microtransactions which aren't shown elsewhere. The game is a pit of grinding to achieve something, only to grind that part instead. The community has gone for greener pastures and places where they can have their creativity actually respected and nurtured.

What you expect Boundless to give you it doesn't. What you don't expect Boundless to give you it pushes.

Please beware and judge accordingly.

If you're ever in the mood for a relaxed game with no ticking time, adversarial enemies or anything of that nature than Littlewood is up your alley.

What comes forth is a game that takes inspiration and is a facismile of Harvest Moon, Stardew Valley and other farming sims. Yet the pace is ultimately decided by the player so they can do whatever they wish to their hearts content. Want to mine a rock then venture across the map to plant some trees? Then this game's for you.

It's lovingly detailed from the time you help put your first down to adding the finishing touches on your village. Villagers will ask you for certain things that they'd like for their house, whether it be some new furniture or moving the entire thing to a different area.

However? The game's a bit of a grind and only increases so. Though i've played a while and been enjoying myself I quickly lost interest once the methodical game of 'Go to 'X', collect 'Y'.' started becoming more and more omnipresent throughout the late-stage. Though there are things taken for you to work it. I tried for a bit of time before laying the game down and considered it completed.

It's a really quaint and nice little game. The developers aren't asking too much for a price and I hope you can enjoy this little treasure trove as much as I did.

If you enjoy games laden with RNG that, for any arbitrary reason, can send you into an inescapable death spiral and an unintuitive interface while you micro manage every little camp activity then this game's for you.

Don't get me wrong; Vinland is a beautiful game and it has an interesting premise. But the premise is immediately shattered with cliche'd storywriting and mechanics with just generally uninspired gameplay. The game's main antagonist is introduced by oneshotting all your characters and then letting them live for some contrived reason as random vikings and wildlife just show up and saunter around to get beaten to ♥♥♥♥ by you or win.

However here's what comes up and leaks into every little thing you can do: RNG. The game is essentially designed by RNG and it becomes less of a game that gives you direction and becomes more akin to a 'movie'. A 'movie' that's decides for some reason that Blodeuwedd gets depression and won't come out of it no matter how much you try to help her and then decides to commit suicide. Nothing you do really matters and it becomes a game of how much you can savescum to ensure you get the right 'choice'.

It isn't a fun game to play, personally. And I hope people steer clear of it. The Developers are nice and good; they're adequate and don't really have any scummy practices like some other more unscrupulous corporations/people, but I hope they do learn from this and try to make their games less RNG in the future because this can be downright frustrating. It made me drop it after an hour.

I love this, Such an excellent game!