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Pro Stealth sections shine
Some of the best parts of the game are the stealth sections. Silently traversing tight quarters all while trying to not alert the badies, taking them out one by one is quite enjoyable and shows off the great level design of the game.
Pro Combined elements relate Lara's story well
Between the story and animation the game tells an interesting story for Lara's character. Comparable to action movies, the direction and and acting tell a grand story that is not only fun to play but watch as well.
Con No dedicated servers for multiplayer
The multiplayer is host based which means rubberbanding and lag. On top of this it looks as thought most if not all of the multiplayer is deserted at this point. Finding matches can be quite difficult if not impossible.
Pro Great story wrapped around in biting and relevant social commentary
Grand Theft Auto V is a smart, comical but biting social commentary on contemporary relevant matters. It satirizes almost anything that has to do with the current pop culture. Millennials, celebrities, the right, the left, the middle class, the upper class, the media and even the video game indust...
Pro Freedom to explore almost anything
Besides providing players with a huge open world, Grand Theft Auto V also gives them the ability and freedom to explore every corner of the map available to them with any vehicle available to them in the game.
Pro Massive scope
The world of Grand Theft Auto V is extraordinarily massive and filled with details. For example, you can be working to complete a mission which may involve flying a plane, fighting the crew of that plane, crashing it, and finally parachuting out of it only to find an off-road buggy landing. This,...
Con Environment feels too familiar
While Farcry 1-3 all had different locales that had their own styles, 4 looks much like 3 and is not that much of a departure. For those looking for a different experience it is not going to be found in 4 sadly.
Pro Options in play due to creativity
There are so many ways to tackle a situation that makes this game what it is. In one instance you could lure an animal towards enemies in order to kill them, or in another you could run everyone over with a truck. Even better is that explosives can be attached to things, even vehicles, so you can...
Pro Adventure aspects add to what would be a stale FPS
Being able to scale cliffs, hunt and trap animals, and use ones environment as a weapon against enemies adds to the basics of first person shooting making for a fun adventure game on top of a slick FPS.
Far Cry 4 is an open-world first person shooter adventure game created by Ubisoft. The gameplay consists of mainly first person shooter action, where the player is tasked with going to different areas of an open-world map in order to shoot particular people to complete a task. Players can slowly upgrade their equipment/weapons through what they earn in completing certain tasks. This is repeated until the player finally finishes the game.
Pro Jaw dropping graphics
While the first game in the reboot was phenominal in the graphics department, Rise of the Tomb Raider takes a step beyond that with some of the best graphics in a game out there currently. Simple things like the snow moving as you step into it or how Lara's hair moves in the wind add polish th...
Pro Puzzles often use the whole stage
The puzzles in the game (though there are less of them over previous titles) often use the whole stage as one big interactive puzzle. Often Lara will have to traverse high and low in a stage in order to unlock hidden areas or just to advance to the next large set piece. As the game progresses the...
Con Very linear
Much of the game pushes the player into only one direction, forward, but often forward has some trap to fall into or a skill that has to be used otherwise you can not progress. It does lend well to the design of being a large scale interactive movie, but for those that like a bit of free roaming a...
Rise of the Tomb Raider is an action-adventure game developed by Crystal Dynamics. It features Lara Croft in an Indian Jones like story where she is looking to discover long lost artifacts while also defeating bad guys. The gameplay consists of 3rd person view action adventure platforming and gunplay.
Con Awful performance
The game has serious issues running smoothly on PC. The framerate is capped at 50fps no matter what equipment is used. Being that monitors are normally 60hz or more, this means the framerate can not even reach the refresh rate of any monitor available for PC. Though there is a 30fps cap available...
Con Main story is a bit cliché
The basic premise of the story in the game sees the main character in a catastrophic accident, which gives him special powers. There is definitely nothing new about this story element and it would have been nice to see something new or fresh as to why the games story develops as it does.
Con TV episodes may interrupt flow of gameplay
20-40 minute TV episodes take place in between gameplay and may interrupt the flow of the game for some who want to just experience the gameplay over story. The videos can at least be skipped, but then the player will be missing important elements of the games story.
Quantum Break is a cinematic third-person shooter developed by Remedy Entertainment (the designers of Max Pain). The gameplay consists of action third-person shooting fused with a time control mechanic. There are four cinematic live action sequences between each stage (of which there are five stages), which gives a more cinematic feel to the game. Combining the cinematic's with the time based third-person shooting makes for a polished title that offers something a bit new to their respective genres.
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