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Pro Incredibly deep gameplay
For players who put the time into Dota 2 to get past the early beginner phase, Dota 2 can become an extremely satisfying game. There's a reason it's one of the most popular eSports titles in the world. The amount of strategy, skill and variables involved make it a very deep game where anyt...
Con You love and hate the game
While infuriating at times the addictiveness of the game keeps the players coming back.
Con Rude, toxic community
Many players feel free to flame and insult, especially in the lower ranks and from non-english speaking countries.
Pro Great for quick play sessions
Each game has a time limit of 5 minutes, paused only when one team scores and the ball is reset to mid-field, or extended to a "Golden Goal" style showdown if scores are tied when the clock runs down.
Pro Objective of the game made clear and straightforward
Get the ball in the net! Soccer at it's simplest, this game is physics driven using different cars as players, making it a fast-paced and exciting game with a basic underlying objective.
Pro Easy-to-use controls
Whether you use a controller or keyboard and mouse, the controls are fairly simple. You are driving a car pushing a ball around, with forward, reverse, boost, power-slide and jump as the primary motions at the player's disposal. The more challenging aspect comes in the form of learning how to...
Pro Easy to get started but has a lot of depth
The game starts out easy, with very little in terms of mechanics, and the single objective of not starving. Then, over time, new mechanics are introduced as you explore more of the game world. The game provides very little guidance, leaving players to figure out how things work for themselves. In...
Pro Very active modding community with numerous mods available
Using the Steam Workshop, Don't Starve has a very active modding community. With nearly 800 mods currently available, there are unlimited ways you can change your Don't Starve experience.
Pro Fun crafting system
You need to learn how to craft a variety of things, from farms to ensure a steady supply of food to items like weapons and armor so you can survive the various evils you encounter while exploring. The crafting system has a lot of depth to it and there are hundreds and hundreds of things to make.
Pro Active community
There are many people to play the game with.
Pro Focuses on horror aspects
In addition to the constant threat of zombies, DayZ is great about building psychological tension between players.
Con Steep learning curve
The game has many complexities that are either poorly explained or not intuitive.
Con Most of the content is locked until you reach a certain level
When you start playing, most of the game modes, characters, and gear are unavailable. To unlock them, you will have to invest tens of hours.
Pro Highly cooperative
Rainbow Six Siege is designed as a five-on-five stand-off with attackers and defenders. Teams that collaborate effectively get a big advantage over the enemy. For example, if you're playing on the Attackers team, it would be wise to have a player who can create a breach in enemy's defence,...
Pro Gampeplay is made dynamic and interesting by giving rival teams different objectives and strategies
Rainbow Six Siege makes players' experience truly unique and varied by giving both teams different perspective, tools, and objectives. Defenders have to hold their ground against enemy who can burst through walls at any moment. They can fortify the base using barricades and barbed wire, reinfo...
Pro Immersive first person play
While the game can be played in third person (which may work better in PvP), there is an option to play in first person view which keeps in tradition of the view found in other Elder Scroll titles. This gives this MMO the feeling of playing Skyrim or Oblivion, which should appeal to those who are...
Pro Limited skill bar encourages build variety
There are only six skill slots (five regular, one "ultimate") available at any one time. A character can swap between two equipped weapon sets, making at most 12 total skills available in combat. With well over 100 skills to choose from, finding two characters with exactly the same build...
Pro High build variety keeps PvP interesting
Though "flavors of the month" will arise in any competitive game, ESO's versatile characters and MOBA-like limitation on simultaneous skill availability greatly reward creative builds and counter-building.
Pro Runs on very old computers
This game will run on old PC's/laptops without a problem as the game itself is quite old. It can therefore run on hardware that is mostly seen as low spec. So pretty much anyone can run this game as it will even work on integrated graphics on modern CPUs.
Pro Facilitates the user's preferred pace
This game neither gives the impression of being thrown to the wolves nor that of being left stranded on an island. Whether you want to move slowing and steadily through the game or take things at a more heightened pace, Age of Empires 2 will allow for both (with some minor planning).
Con Outdated
As it was originally released in 1999, Age of Empires 2 shows its age, particularly in terms of the UI and graphics.
Con Early access
Ark is an early access game meaning it is basally in an Alpha or Beta state. Bugs are easily found and many areas of the game lack polish. While t may not cripple the gameplay this is something to consider when purchasing as there is n guarantee the game will ever be finished.
Pro Tribal aspects
Users can form a tribe with other online users to for a community. This community can now band together in order to build and grow as well as team up against other tribes. This makes for a fun experience with friends and other players as it requires teamwork in order to be successful.
Pro Good character creation
When starting a new game the player is allowed to choose between a man or woman, from there is a plethora of option for making a character with a personalized or individualistic look.
Con Most victories won by timed or military victory
It can be pretty difficult to win by diplomacy or culture which does add some challenge to the game but it can get tiresome if one keeps winning by only military or timed victories.
Con No stats on other Civ attitudes
Unlike past Civilization games there are no longer stats on the attitudes of the players surrounding Civilizations. This allowed one to see how each other nation felt about the player, but now that it is gone one has to guess, which is definitely not as helpful.
Pro Endless scenarios and replayability
Civilization V has a large assortment of nation leaders to choose from that have an even bigger assortment of scenarios that are able to play out for said leaders. Each game can be quite unique in this way as each leader allows for a different nation to be controlled.
Pro Extensive crafting system
The vast majority of items in Terraria can be used to create other items, often requiring specific crafting stations (which themselves must be crafted). This is the core of character advancement, since gear defines nearly everything about your character.
Pro Multiplayer also an option with up to 8 player online co-op
Up to 8 online players can be invited to join a shared Terraria world, including worlds that are also used in single-player mode. This allows for large co-op or PvP games to be played, for those that are interested, meaning you can choose how you play. Build something big together, or destroy the...
Pro 2D retro-platformer style
Instead of building a deliberate feeling of suspense, Terraria uses bright palettes and arcade action to provide a fun experience outside of the survival elements. When those elements gradually appear one by one, each is all the more shocking from the contrast.
Pro Multiple game modes allowing for great variation
TF2 has more than 10 game modes, plus variations on those, as well as community mods that offer a wide range of objective-based play. Classic game modes include Capture the Flag, Control Point, King of the Hill and Payload. There's also Mann vs. Machine, a co-operative game mode where you play...
Con Random critical hits add a significant luck element to the game and push certain types of players out
In most 'public' servers, an option called 'random crits' (short for 'random critical hits') exists by default. This allows a random percentage of your shots to multiply damage by 3 for a shot, and also remove the damage drop-off over range. This 'feature' gets incr...
Pro Hectic FPS gameplay created by 9 distinct classes with lots of varied items
TF2 has 9 playable classes - Scout, Soldier, Pyro, Demoman, Heavy, Engineer, Medic, Sniper and Spy. This allows for a range of playstyles. For example, the Heavy, starting with 300 health (going up to 450), wielding a machine gun and usually assisted by a Medic, will be commonly found on the front...
Con No early review copies given out
Usually there are embargo's on new games, meaning that a games review has a set date for when the review can be released. Often it is apparent if a game does not perform well as an embargo will be set for release day or after, meaning the developers and publishers do not want consumers to know...
Con Constant server downtime
Servers are always dropping connection and causing users to lose around 15 to 20 minutes progress.
Con Boring repetitive side-quests
The side-quests in the game tend to consist of the same tasks over and over again, this is repetitive and can get boring due to not much changing up in side-quest gameplay.
Con Really laggy even on high end PCs
Can only get 20 fps on high settings, even on an PC with GTX 960 and Intel i5-4690k.
Pro Single, co-op, and multiplayer gameplay modes
Three different play modes including solo, with friends, or competitively over the internet.
Pro Randomly generated open worlds
Recently added in the Alpha 9 release, randomly generated worlds allow the player a new play experience every time they open up the game. This means every server will have a different dynamic based on their layout of the world.
Pro Endless solutions
With proper planning users can "code" together very precise ways to create all the things needed for the game, some in very inventive ways that can differ quite a bit. This allows for tons of replayability.
Pro Charming old school graphics
While not the most technically advanced graphics the look of the game is much like a game from the 90s but seeing it in action when an assembly line starts moving there is an impressiveness to it that suits the game quite well.
Con Still in Alpha
The game is still in Alpha which means there will be bugs as well as missing features.
Factorio is a 2D game about building factories on an alien planet. You will be mining resources, researching technologies, building infrastructure, automating production and fighting alien enemies. The core mechanic being that users need to find resources in order to create factory parts in order to create even more complex machines.
Pro Variety of co-op options
Borderlands 2 offers 4 player online co-op as well as 2 player split screen local co-op. There is even a way for two player local split-screen to play online with others.
Pro Enjoyable co-op play that focuses on teamwork
The varying classes and play styles are designed to work together and promote co-op play. One player may be a tank, with large guns and long lasting armor, while another may have medic abilities with a long range sniper rifle. This makes for a scenario where each class compliments each other, which
Con Limited visual customization of characters
As a game that is full of choices, it is somehow lacking in visual customization options. Borderlands 2 only features the ability to change your character's basic skins through different colored outfits. There is no way to customize the characters faces or body style. This can make for online...
Con Poor plot and characters
The story is nothing new with many elements that are too familiar at this point. A Reluctant hero and a cold government agent mixed with a plot that can bee seen from miles away points to a lack of imagination while trying to create a game for the masses.
Pro Satisfying combat
The combat is impactful, visceral and offers a great deal of variety in terms of available weapons and different enemy types. It presents a reasonable amount of challenge that is rewarding to overcome and offers multiple ways of emerging victorious in each encounter.
Con Enabling VR support isn't straightforward
Enabling VR support requires editing config files. Instructions can be found here.
Pro Tons of community made add-ons
Garry's Mod has a wide variety of community made add-ons, which deeply extends the games content and versatility. Pretty much, if you can think of it, someone has probably already made it.
Pro Ridiculously funny gameplay
You can do some really crazy things in this game thanks to all of the community mods available as well as the built in, in game tools. Pretty much any scenario can play out in the game, if you so desire. Of course the winning combination of funny tends to be when players are just goofing around.
Con Previously free to download
Garry's Mod used to be a free download but it is now a paid game on the Steam store.
Pro Mind bending puzzling
The game challenges your brain to use portals, cubes and other mechanics to solves simple or complex puzzles in interesting ways.
Pro Hundreds of hours of user-generated content
The game has more than 60,000 co-op puzzles created by users through the Steam Workshop and through mods. Because it is user-generated content, the quality and size of these puzzles vary widely, including everything from simple, one-off chambers to full-fledged expansions with high-quality stories,
Pro Well implemented tools that improve teamwork
In a game that requires perfect timing and teamwork, Portal 2 features many tools to facilitate teamwork. One of the most helpful is a 3-second countdown timer that can be initiated and shown to both players to ensure you launch that portal or jump at the perfect time. In addition, there is a mark...
Pro Local multiplayer is possible
A "hot seat" mode is available, allowing for multiple players to play on the same computer, each one taking turns. Although this kind of multiplayer seems to work well for turn-based games, it does not work for all game types.
Pro Thousands of user-created content
Users create and share assets for people use inside Tabletop Simulator, allowing for a limitless amount of tabletop games.
Con Limited to 4 players only
This game has not been built for huge LAN parties (unless you split your players to multiple heists).
Con Some DLC requires owning other games
Examples of game-tied DLC (paid downloadable content) are masks, weapons, a skill set and locked achievements of games such as Hotline Miami Deluxe Edition and Speedrunners. This means you can't fully unlock all of the content available for Payday 2 unless you purchase these games as well.
Pro Emphasis on cooperation makes for interesting gameplay
Your crew needs to bring specific equipment and weapons to make stealth or a gunfight easier. You also need to pay attention to your crew's health and ammo.
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