Recent reviews by Pepe

Pro's:
-Gorgeous game, not super realistic but very nice to look at.
-Challenging, as a souls veteran i thought it would be too easy, the game busted my balls in the beginning. Now i feel as comfortable as ever playing a FromSoft Game.
-Okay multiplayer when it works, dungeons are fun with friends.
-It is BIG. Great for secrets, exploration and lore.
-Freedom is the name of the game.
-Boss and enemy design are great.

Cons:
-Multiplayer connection is janky sometimes.
-My rig handles it well, but a lot of people have trouble running a smooth game.

All in all, a great game from my favorite game devs. Good to see them finally getting some more mainstream attention. I absolutely recommend buying Elden Ring if you like a good challenge, cheese, adventure, rpg character building, fantastic lore and fun bosses.

Good gameplay. Fun Coop, many developers can learn from the great dynamics in this game.
Last DLC('s) have been dissapointing to many, slow development cycle.
Balancing issues are prominent but always under scrutiny and thus will be fixed.
Typically a passionate and welcoming community of players.
Good replayability, could be better (nitpicking here) if not for slow development process.
Endgame grind is decent but lacks fair reward potential, the jump from grinding a few hours to get a level or decent loot to having to grind over fifty to a hundred for some endgame loot is a little much for most (average consumers) players.

All in all a great, fun and rewarding experience, best played with friends but also fairly doable with quick play/randoms. Endgame grind is a little much, learning how to play characters is a lot of fun and replayability.
Still a lot of potential in the game but will the developers get after it soon enough and will they listen to their ever dwindling community?

7.5/10, worth your money, absolutely a mustbuy on sale.

For Cousin Okri!

Picked it up because my roommate started playing it on switch. Remembered i had seen some gameplay some years ago and thought why not? It's only 15 bucks.

One of the best surprises in gaming i have had so far. Great writing, human emotions, good tension, choices that really put you on edge or make you think about what you could have done differently. Relationships between characters feel authentic.

There are a few moments where you notice that it of course had to be cut in some places for different dialouges to fit in (which i could count on one hand mind you), but that to me just shows how much effort TellTale has put in this piece of art to be able to make almost everything a seemless experience.

9/10 because they controls were the only thing that were clunky, absolutely recommend playing.

Some tips and rules regarding Counter-Strike: Global Offensive.

1. Play with friends, randoms often suck. Although sometimes you will meet nice people instead a drunk russian yelling at you or some arab playing music in the background.

2. If you don't have one, get a headset with a mic, preferably one with surround sound, it helps a lot.

3. Ignore the salt. People can and will get frustrated with this game as if their life depends on it.

4. Don't become the salt, there's plenty to go around already.

5. There are aim training maps, boring but effective.

6. Try not to be a c*nt.

7. Seriously, don't.

All in all, fun game, sometimes glorious when you get an ace. Sometimes salty as a motherf*cker because your teammates don't understand you or just don't care and you de-rank because of them. Learn to take a hit, get some people to play with. Rate 7.5/10.

The building of a character, getting bored with it and trying something new makes for good replayability.
The one-sided way the world has been built, contrary to other Dark Souls games is somewhat of pain when making one though. It's not absolutely a one-way theme but most of the game is liniear and certain crafting materials and spells only appear mid to lategame which also sucks.
The pvp is great allthough it can get repetitive. The pvp arena from de DLC was a great idea but there are no real rewards so it does not encourage players enough. Invading and killing hosts is great and, when succeeding, the most fun way the game can be played. If you do like a more casual or friendly experience, play the campaign with some friends, it takes away a lot of the complaints above since you can share your time with your friends instead of just grinding for the sake of it.

All in all, fun game, would play the next (IF WE WOULD GET ONE). I rate 8 out of 10 since there are just some restrictions on player freedom and viable builds. Ofcourse you can 'git gud' but since there are some out there who aren't willing to commit to a game like that and spend much time and/or planning to do so. Hope this helps you simple casuals, have fun.