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32 Options ConsideredPriceSteam RatingGenre
Must Play
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Overwhelmingly PositiveAction RPG
Must Play
Saints Row IV
Very Positive–
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
–Action Role-Playing
Grand Theft Auto V
–Action-Adventure
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
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The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

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Immersive story

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The dialogue of the game is very intriguing as well as voiced superbly making for a very immersive experience as far as story is concerned. It is through the care the developers took to implement such realistic writing and voice work that makes the game so intriguing and an experience to play.
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Gigantic openworld

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Deviating from the previous two games Wild Hunt now has open world environments that are so large and detailed it can be intimidating. In comparison to other open-world games such as Skyrim the open World in The Witcher 3 is 3.5 time larger, in comparison the GTA5 The Witcher 3 is 1.5 times larger.
Kristaps
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Great and fun gameplay

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Gameplay is simply great and fun. You can easily play for hours without getting tired of it. There is so much to explore, and the more you explore the more you feel there is more to explore.
IllusiveMan
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Lots of random side quests

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You can just walk around for hours, find abandoned structures, caves, etc and find interesting side quests to do.
Kristaps
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Great characters

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Characters are simply awesome.
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Attention to detail in almost every facet of the game

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The Witcher 3 is how an AAA title should play, sound, and feel like. Its deep combat, beautiful graphics, amazing sound, interesting quests, immersive story, and almost every other aspect of the game has a surprising amount of polish.
Woudy
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Convenient ways to get around the massive world

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The world is intimidatingly massive but thankfully there are ways to cut down on travel time. You can ride a horse, use a boat, or just simply fast travel to explored locations. This makes the experience more accessible and enjoyable as a whole.
IllusiveMan
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Side quests are as good as the main quests

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There are almost no lazy "go get me 12 turtle shells" quests in the Witcher 3 and you get to experience some amazing writing even in the most obscure side quests.
IllusiveMan
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Choices matter

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The Witcher 3 has three completely different endings. The decisions during main quests and side-quests affect how the endings play out, adding up 36 possible outcomes. It feels refreshing to actually impact your character's fate and not just trot along a path to an inevitable conclusion.
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Story quests may feel like a chore

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If you happen to enjoy doing side quests, you might end up overleveled for the story quests, allowing you to easily power through them. This may remove the challenge and enjoyment, causing it to feel like a chore, especially because the loot also remains low-level.
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Story feels like a chore

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Most quests feel like a chore in that it is basically fetch quests in exchange for information to advance the story. While this is often a mechanic found in games to keep the gameplay long it does get tiresome.
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Steam Rating:Overwhelmingly Positive
Genre:Action RPG
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Saints Row IV

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Great soundtrack selection

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With 109 songs, there is going to be music that suits just about anyone. This also makes for a realistic experience of listening to a radio (as that is how the tracks are provided, as songs on different radio stations in game) due to so many songs being available as it mimics how a radio station wo...
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An open sandbox provides a wide variety of activities

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Saints Row 4 offers a very compelling open world experience that excels when openly parodying other games. So not only does it offer what is the norm of open world gameplay of traversing a large city while completing objectives but it does so in a funny way that pokes fun at similar titles and goes...
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There's a dubstep gun

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Just that makes the game amazing.
Yoshiyuki
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Two player online co-op

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Saint's Row IV features two player online co-op, though there is no local co-op supported.
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Great character customization

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Players can change their appearance if they need to, at any time.
Yoshiyuki
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Car Customization

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Players are allowed to change their car at any time from a wide variety of new and exciting vehicles.
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2 player online co-op

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Saint's Row IV features 2 player online co-op, thought there is no local co-op supported.
Yoshiyuki
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Generally only one player (in co-op mode) gets to do the scripted parts

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While different players have different roles when playing co-op, only the main player is going to see the scripted parts of the game.
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Steam Rating:Very Positive
Co-Op:2 Player Online / 4 Player LAN
Controller Support:Full
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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

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Huge variety of mods

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Bethesda Softworks has upheld a tradition of releasing their internal content-creation tools to the public since Morrowind (2002). Many modders transition to new Bethesda games as they are released, bringing their experience with them and helping newcomers through forums and wikis. As a result, Sky...
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The longest-running RPG-FPS franchise, with world lore rivaling classic fantasy literature

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The Elder Scrolls series stretches back 20 years and has always focused on providing a rich world to explore. Skyrim inherits the stories and world-building of over half a dozen previous games.
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Unrestrictive skill-based RPG system

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Skyrim has no concept of character classes, and there are no restrictions on what equipment or magic a given character can use or learn. A character's capabilities are defined by skills (e.g. heavy armor, marksman, enchantment) which automatically improve as they are used. Levels are gained by...
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Moral choices that can affect gameplay

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Things like stealing (and getting caught), fighting or killing in towns will change how the game plays as now those people or towns will be angry with the player, which makes things much more difficult. There are also many moral choices in game such as if one should betray the person who gave then...
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Forgetful NPCs can break immersion

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After completing certain story quests NPCs get new lines added to their dialogue based on your decisions. Sometimes the NPCs might become forgetful and return to their default dialogue, which can break immersion, especially if they talk about an event that's been long resolved.
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Combat is too simple

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Fights within the game don't have very many options. "Headshots" don't matter, and most combat options in the game are poorly balanced. Few examples: Doesn't really matter if you go mace, sword or axe, fire, ice or lightning, or even two handed vs dual wielding. The opti...
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Immersion can be broken due to game limitations

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While the game offers players many choices some of these choices are not reflected in the game accurately. There are instances where NPCs should know who your character is or what classes they belong to but due to the limitations of the tech used in the game it is unable to "remember" the...
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Buggy and crash prone

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Skyrim, like all Bethesda in house game engines (GameBryo) is buggy and prone to crashing. Non modded games have plenty of issues, but to then add mods on top is just asking for a crash or corrupt game save. There are still many community mods for Skyrim that try to make the game more stable by ad...
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Genre:Action Role-Playing
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Grand Theft Auto V

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First person mode

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The entire PC game version has had an engine tweak that allows it to be played in first person view, making for the first time in the series run that this option is available for the full playthrough.
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Improved graphics over every other version

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The PC version of GTA V is the optimal experience when it comes to graphic quality. Improved lighting and anti-aliasing make a big difference over the games XBox One and PS4 counterparts.
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Online multiplayer

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GTA V has included an online multiplayer mode where up to 30 players can play at the same time in the online world.
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Well optimized

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There were many reservations as to how well Rockstar was going to optimize the game for PC, as some of their past games had a lot of trouble in this area. Luckily it looks as though the game has been optimized quite well with the specs being quite reasonable in order to achieve 60FPS in 1080p on t...
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Supports up to 4K resolutions

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GTA V supports resolutions all the way up to 4K on the PC version.
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Massive world

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It's very easy to get lost in GTA V's world both figuratively and literally. It's partly because of the sheer size of 35 square miles, allowing you to spend hours just walking, driving, or even flying around the map. It's also because of the many beautiful sights you get to see, cau...
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Rockstar editor

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The included Rockstar editor allows for user to create their own Machinima and gameplay videos. The tools are very robust allowing for many different day, weather and character options.
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Game saves can be imported from console versions

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Players that have game saves on their console versions can import the save to the PC version, this way they will not have to start the game over from scratch to enjoy it on PC. Rockstar has a support page specifically to transfer the saves.
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Freedom to do anything you want

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Even aside from the many missions, there are dozens of other things you can do. This includes activities like playing tennis, going skydiving, watching a movie in the cinema, managing your businesses to earn tons of money, going hunting in the mountains, or just simply exploring the map while taki...
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Runs faster compared to other games.

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Great story wrapped around in biting and relevant social commentary

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GTA V's story portrays the many reasons why criminals still exist in modern society, focusing on serious topics like corruption, greed, hypocrisy, and even the abuse of power. However, it's not all serious since it has its fair share of wacky moments, satirizing many aspects of modern socie...
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Multiplayer is overrun by hackers

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During online play you'll encounter hackers who have infinite money, can spawn any vehicle of their choice, and many other things, which reduces the fun quite a bit. What's even worse is that by interacting with the hackers you can get banned immediately without any additional investigatio...
SteamPlay22
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Forced Rockstar Social Club online registration DRM scheme

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Rockstar Social Club is a forced online registration and DRM platform that will not allow one to play the game without first logging in to it. No internet connection, no play. Forget the password to the account three times, get locked out. All hindrances to paying customers that in no way will stop...
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Population density slider in the options does not make much of a difference

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The population density option in the PC version does not make much of a difference in the game, while it does have more people and cars than the console counterparts, the increased number is not by much.
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Genre:Action-Adventure
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Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor

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Entertaining combat

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Shadow of Mordor has very fast-paced combat, allowing you to have exciting fights with groups of orcs. You parry, you counter, you roll, and you slash away at the orcs with your sword. You even have supernatural abilities that give you an edge in a bad situation. For example, after stunning an ene...
IllusiveMan
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Great stealth combat mechanics

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In Shadow of Mordor there are various ways you can kill enemies while staying unnoticed. You can simply sneak around by staying low, breaking line of sight behind walls and carts, backstabbing orcs when you sneak up on them. You can climb walls and traverse building roofs, dropping onto unsuspecti...
IllusiveMan
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Extremely repetitive

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The game can begin to feel like a chore after 3 hours. Every area has the same missions, requiring you to unlock towers, kill/dominate that orc, or defend/attack a base. There isn't much change over the course of the game, so it can feel pretty disappointing if you're expecting more variet...
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Unskippable cutscenes interrupt gameplay

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Every time an orc leader enters the screen, there is an unskippable cutscene where he rambles a bit, focusing the camera on him and halting combat until the cutscene ends. This usually happens as you're fighting another enemy, potentially disrupting your rhythm, which can be really frustrating,...
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Progressing through the storyline can be confusing

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While excessive hand-holding in games is bad, you might get lost in this game with no idea what to do next. This is mostly because the game almost never tells you what you should be doing, so it's up to you to find out, which can sometimes result in you aimlessly running around an area for up...
Specs
Steam Rating:Very Positive
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Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain

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Allows players to create their private military company

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Throughout the story of the game, the player will be trying to rebuild their private military which was lost in the epilogue of the previous title in the MGS series. Other than building their "Mother Base" which is an ever-evolving giant structure which serves as a base of operations for...
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Freedom in approaching a mission

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Metal Gear Solid V gives players multiple choices on how to approach a mission. You can choose to use stealth, taking out enemies only when it's absolutely necessary. You can run in guns blazing, killing everyone on sight. You can get on a high vantage point and take out everyone with a snip...
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Large assortment of tools and options

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As one plays through the game they can develop more weapons and tools with the enemies they capture. While not every one has to be used, the sheer fact that their is so much choice makes for a lot of fun experimenting.
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Multiple ways to approach a mission

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Metal Gear Solid V gives players multiple choices on how to approach a mission or clear an outpost. For example, the player can choose to use stealth and cunning in order to complete their mission and kill only when it's absolutely necessary, or they can get in guns blazing and kill every sing...
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Ever evolving Mother Base

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One of the goals of the game is to capture as many enemies alive as possible. With those captured troops users can start building more of their base out, making for an even bigger and better experience as the game progresses.
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Plays at 1080p and 60fps

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There is some frame drops during gameplay but the main target of 60fps is more often reached than not. V-Sync is used, so there is no screen tearing and everything plays at a native resolution of 1920x1080.
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Extremely intelligent AI

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As the player levels up gear so will the AI, who are programmed to constantly keep the player on their toes. Being that the whole game is designed to allow the player tackle any level in a multitude of ways, seeing the AI always react differently makes for an original experience every time somethi...
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Reflex system

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Once spotted by an enemy time will slow down for a short period of time allowing the player to react more accurately in a tense situation.
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Micro transactions

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Something often found in free to play games is microtransactions, sadly they are included in the multiplayer aspect of The Phantom Pain going so high as $79.99 for a bundle of in game currency that can be used for advantage in the online part of the game. Considering that MGS V already is a full pr...
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High learning curve

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There is so much detail to grasp in the game that it can be overwhelming, especially at first. It will take a good bit of time to become accustomed to everything the game has to offer and how to control and interact with it.
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Hitman

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Hilarious ways of killing people

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Tons of choice

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Each episodic level for the game will be basically a big sandbox, allowing the player to complete their task in any way they see fit. This makes for a good game to just play around and test ideas out in as many different scenarios can be played out, even multiple times to best ones time or score.
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Hiding in plain sight is intuitive

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The game allows for players to easily hide in plain sight such as disguising oneself as a model at a show, which gives the player access to anywhere they would need to go. This is expanded upon by having a hint system that points the player in many directions of how to hide easily (for those unfami...
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Interactive environments

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More so than previous games in the series, Hitman has many objects in the game that can be tampered or interacted with. But before the player can there is usually a tool that will need to be found that allows this. Which means more time spent in the level trying to find and interact with objects in...
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Replayability through escalation missions and player contracts

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Once the main level and objective is complete players can then move on to escalation missions or player created contracts. Escalation missions are new objectives given to the player that set them on a path of new people to assassinate. Within that objective will be constraints such as what outfits...
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Too many unknowns to pay full price

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Hitman is an episodic game with only the first chapter released so far. To purchase this single chapter costs only $14.99. For those that want to purchase the future chapters there is a choice to pay $59.99. Being that the other chapters are unreleased, it is difficult to know know what the quality...
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DRM issues

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While playing single player, if the player looses connection to the games servers (through their own internet going down or the servers going down) the game will boot the player back to the start screen, meaning any advancement made in the game will be lost. To see this happen in single player is...
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First chapter does not offer a ton of content

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Much of the content in the first chapter are a bunch of training levels that are represented as being done on a set of some kind, giving a feeling of not being real. The problem here is that there is little in the way of giving a feeling of wanting to revisit these training levels, which drastical...
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Steam Rating:Very Positive
Genre:Stealth
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Fallout 4

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Heavily moddable

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Users can find all sorts of mods at Nexus Mods, which will help expand and change the gameplay making for an infinitely playable game due to the vast amount of options available.
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Companions can help make the game a little easier

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There are a bunch of companions to find in the game, starting with a dog. Each companion has their own skills that can help the player in the game, such as the dog can find hidden items in the world and retrieve them. As the player progresses in the game, more companions can be found, though only o...
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Weapons and armor can be improved by adding mods

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Add a scope, change the barrel or ammo clip, add a stock to turn it into a rifle or remove it to turn it into a pistol. A lot of awesome weapons are to be made. Same goes for armor. Leather lining or metal painting, padding or extra pockets. Then there's all sorts of menacing melee weapons too.
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Great storyline that is expanded by sidequests

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The main storyline is well written featuring the main character looking for redemption and their lost son. Expanding on that is the many side quests available that flush out the world that is Boston in this post apocalyptic future.
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Huge world with a lot to discover

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The Fallout world is massive and even outside of the main campaign there are so many things going on that the world feels real and alive. Lots of the buildings are actually enter-able and usually have something unique and interesting to discover.
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Base building mechanic that makes for a solid distraction to the main story

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Base building is a way that the player can collect components in the world to then use them to make their own base for equipment and supplies. There is also an interesting aspect where the player can attract NPCs in the game to their base in order to create a settlement (basically a small town of p...
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Challenging and diverse enemy types

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There are quite a lot of different enemies found in the game, ranging from Super Mutants to Feral Zombies to Blood Bugs. Each has their own weakness and strength, which asks the player to constantly adjust their fighting style due to what is being thrown at them at the time.
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Deep perk/skill system

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The perk/skill system is presented as a large grid of perks the player can pick from. As the player levels up, they earn skill points which can then be used to gain perks in this large grid. The choices are pretty vast with seven different areas that perks can be picked from. This is called the S.P...
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Unique loot

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There is quite a lot of loot to be found in the game. Weapons and armor are scattered all over the wasteland map as well as contained in many dungeons. Unique and legendary loot can be found by defeating certain types of enemies as well. Overall this gives a good incentive to keep exploring and def...
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Solid gunplay

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Fallout has typically used a slowed down time based gun mechanic called VATS, which works as an assisted shooting and aiming mechanic that allows one to pick the body parts of an enemy to target in slowed down time. This system is present in Fallout 4, but the first/third person gunplay has been im...
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The dialogue choices are limited and non-meaningful

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In a lot of the cases the choices you make when talking to people don't actually impact what happens. There are some exceptions, but Fallout 4 is more about telling a story to the player than being able to do things your own way.
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Buggy gameplay

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There are bugs in the game that users will run into. While most are not game breaking, it can detract from the experience.
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Pipboy UI is hard to use

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The default UI does not make it easy to manage your items and there are a lot of inconsistencies such as escape and tab both being used inconsistently to exit in-game features.
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Genre:Action RPG
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Sleeping Dogs

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Police sidequest are some of the best quests in game

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The police sidequests allow for a wide range of tasks to complete such as tracking serial killers or busting up trafficking schemes.
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Intuitive fighting system

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The fighting system ins Sleeping Dogs is very reminiscent of the system in Batman Arkham Asylum where the players uses a flowing system of attacks and counters.
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Split skill trees

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There is a split skill tree system that allows the player to level up as a Triad or Cop or both depending on how the game is played.
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Triad missions are boring compared to the cop missions

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The triad missions feel as though they drag on when compared to the fun cop missions.
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No multiplayer

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Unlike most other open world action adventure games, Sleeping Dogs has zero multiplayer.
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Steam Rating:Mostly Positive
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Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag

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Huge interesting side missions that last for 40 hours

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There is a lot of content in the game, especially when considering how much time can be spent in the side missions alone.
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Intuitive controls that flow well and fit the theme of the game

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A focus on free-running and stealth with easy, simple and interesting controls. Add on top of that naval combat which is in and of itself quite fun.
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Great graphics that allow exploration

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Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag is an open world adventure game with some of the best graphics available, and many lands and seas to explore.
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Dull story

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Nothing newer than the war between the Assassins and the Templars.
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Steam Rating:Very Positive
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Mad Max

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Vehicle combat is the best part of the game

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While there are fighting sections of the game where Max is on foot, the most exciting and fun to play sections are where Max is driving. Having a grappling hook to hook onto enemies while driving is a very fun thing to do as well as using it to pull down buildings and structures and this is just o...
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Fun sandbox

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The game is based around being an open world sandbox where the player is free to do anything they like.
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No sense of urgency

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While all of the gameplay takes place in a wasteland, there is no real sense of immediacy as the player is not ever going to starve or run out of water. This can pull the player out of the game due to not being very realistic and is pretty much geared towards keeping the game easy for casual playe...
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Simplistic combat

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Just as in other WB games the combat is simple and easy where in the player hits buttons timed with what button ques are flashing above an enemies head. Realistically one could just bash two buttons and make it through the games fights pretty easily.
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Steam Rating:Very Positive
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Far Cry 4

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Options in play due to creativity

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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 e...
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Adventure aspects add to what would be a stale FPS

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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.
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Environment feels too familiar

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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.
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Genre:FPS
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Far Cry Primal

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Focuses on survival

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Being that the game focuses more on animals in the wild as enemies instead of humans (like past games in the series) the player must survive when out in the wild by avoiding or fighting these creatures. An added day and night cycle adds on to this gameplay by making the animals more aggressive at n...
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Recaps when starting game

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Each time the game is started there will be a recap of the story progression so far of the user time spent in the game, this makes for a good way to catch up on what was accomplished last and what is next when spending any long amount of time away from the game.
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Humanized upgrade system

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Instead of some static menu where you pick and choose what areas to upgrade skills the player need to find characters in the game, who can build and improve items for the character. This way the player is interacting with the upgrade system by taking part in finding and interacting with AI.
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Same map as Far Cry 4

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While the art has changed to look more stone age, the map size and areas are pretty much the same. This of course makes for way less development time and people see it as a shortcut for a full priced game.
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Really short

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The game only has 4 main missions, which can be completed quite quickly. This shows how much this game should have been DLC instead of a full priced title.
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Difficult to connect to characters in the game

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There is zero real language used in the game, it is all made up, which makes it difficult to connect to any character in the game since nothing is spoken that anyone can understand. This may have been to save money on voice actors, but no matter the reason it does detract from the story of the game...
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Poor performance

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The game does not utilize multi core threading very well and even on the highest end of PCs with a Titan GPU the game may still dip below 60fps when on max settings at 1080p.
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No color blind option

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Bad guys are marked in red and friends are marked in green, the most common color blindness is in the red a green spectrum's meaning that those that are affected by this will have quite a bit of trouble playing this game.
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Barely expanded from Far Cry 4

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The game has taken many aspects found in Far Cry 4 out to focus on things such as hunting and crafting, sadly the hunting and crafting mechanics are barely improved over Far Cry 4, which does speak to the level of development the game received being that even areas that the core gameplay focuses on...
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Steam Rating:Mostly Positive
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Far Cry 5

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You can co-op the whole campaign with a friend

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You can bring a friend along with you for the single-player campaign through co-op. It's a great way to have fun with a friend if you don't want to play a dedicated multiplayer game. Just note your progress will only be saved to the host's playthrough, so the guest won't be able to...
Yoshiyuki
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Unique open world setting in rural America

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The fictional location of Hope County, Montana in rural America is a new type of setting that looks realistic and works well for the game. It's a modern version of Montana with people who look like real residents of the area, and a bunch of small, shoddy buildings everywhere that are spread out...
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Chaotic and destructive gameplay

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The gameplay in Far Cry 5 is filled with firefights and tons of chaos everywhere. You have all types of guns, vehicles, and explosives that you can use in any situation, and so do your enemies, meaning every fight has bullets flying everywhere and explosions going off all over the place. You can...
Yoshiyuki
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You can explore however you want while still making story progress

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You have a lot of freedom to do whatever you want while still making progress with the story as you go. You're part of the Resistance against the game's violent cult, so you get what are called resistance points every time you take out one of their bases, kill a group you find out in the op...
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Your teammates have cool specialties to help you with missions

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You get to choose which of your teammates to bring along for missions, each with their own different specialties. You have regular human teammates who have their own weapons like stealthy bows and arrows or powerful rocket launchers, but then you also have three animals to choose from. There's...
Yoshiyuki
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Your character is only an avatar without much presence

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You can choose whether to have a male or female character, and you'll get to customize their clothes, but that's about everything you can do to make them feel like someone. Other characters just call you Deputy while they do all the talking, like filling you in on plot details and reacting...
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The story is unfocused

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Gameplay comes first in Far Cry 5 at the cost of a story that doesn't have much direction. The plot is disjointed because of how scattered the missions are in between your open world shenanigans. This might not be a problem for players who care more about gameplay, but anyone else who wants a m...
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Steam Rating:Mostly Positive
Genre:Action-Adventure, First-Person Shooter
Co-Op:Two-Player Online
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Assassin's Creed Origins

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A vibrant and enticing world

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AC Origins story unfolds in a pretty rare setting of Ancient Egypt under the rule of Cleopatra and Julius Caesar. The world feels alive and atmospheric with its diverse scenery and it just begs to be explored. You can run through bustling monumental cities, traverse the vast sandy deserts on the b...
Monika
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Interesting stories make questing fun

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Like in most RPGs, the quests in AC Origins can feel a little grindy, but this time you might not even notice it until you're deep into the game. Each quest is layered and wrapped in a different story, which adds to the overall lore of the game and hides the fact that it's still your basic...
Monika
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Choose from a variety of stealth tricks

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While sneaking around in AC Origins is mostly simple crouching in the bushes and hiding behind the trees or buildings, the stealthy killing and distraction part is really varied and fun. For instance, you can get the Predator Bow that lets you remotely steer your arrows after firing them, even get...
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Challenging combat mechanics

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The combat mechanics in this game require much more thinking-through than in the previous AC games. There's almost no chance to easily defeat multiple enemies at once, you need to block, parry, and know when to change your weapon. You have the ability to either deal a huge one-hit blow or super...
Monika
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Unreliable features may get in the way of combat

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The fast-paced battles can be even harder due to some features not working reliably. For example, you can lock on a specific target in a group, and that works well for sneaky bow attacks, but in close combat there's an issue with switching between the targets.
Specs
Steam Rating:Mostly Positive
Genre:Action-adventure RPG, Stealth
Co-Op:No
Controller Support:Partial
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Batman: Arkham City

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It's enjoyable just to traverse the city

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The movement system feels fluid, free and exhilarating.
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Excellent free-flow combat system

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This game's predecessor pioneered a new kind of free-flow combat system that's intuitive, highly responsive and supplemented with power-ups, combos and ability to use gadgets to add variety and depth.
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Immersive world

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Due to detail-oriented environments, varied characters and great voice acting, the game can draw you in completely.
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Challenge maps and lots of side missions can be used to break up the gameplay

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There are quite a lot of side missions players can play to break up the story segments of the game. Even better is that they are still accessible when the main story is completed.
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Batman's movements feel stiff

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Just as in the first game, Batman's movements when walking around feel very stiff and a bit jerky.
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Steam Rating:Overwhelmingly Positive
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Watch Dogs 2

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Open-world based

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Empowered graphics

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Multiplayer

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Versatile hacking themed gameplay

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An improvements over the first game in the series, now you can hack everything in the city, including people and cars.
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Steam Rating:Mostly Positive
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Watch Dogs

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Fun multiplayer

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The multiplayer is a bit like Dark Souls where other players can invade the players world with a twist of them hiding in plain sight while trying to hack the player.
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Interactive, hackable city

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Throughout the game players can use their in game phone to hack items in the city such as red lights or draw bridges.
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Limited co-op play

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There is co-op offered in Watch Dogs but it is limited to specific points in the game where players can work cooperatively or competitively to complete a task.
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Character is boring and gloomy

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The character played in the game has a boring and uninteresting story as well is normally gloomy and downtrodden making it somewhat of a chore playing as such an uninteresting character.
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Steam Rating:Mostly Positive
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Final Fantasy XV Windows Edition

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Amazing performance and textures on high-end PCs

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For players with top-of-the line PCs, Final Fantasy XV looks incredible in 4K and HDR, with hardly any dips in the framerate. If you want to see every little detail, you'll need to install the HD textures. The textures will take up about 155GB of space, but it's worth it to flesh out the ga...
Yoshiyuki
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Excellent combat that runs smoothly

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The flashy active combat system looks amazing and runs well. It's full of spectacle, with Noctis dashing from enemy to enemy with his warp strikes, and his magic spells that scorch the earth or freeze the winds nearby. With the freedom to switch between Noctis, Ignis, Prompto, and Gladio whenev...
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Solid companionship between the main characters

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Playing as the main character Prince Noctis, journeying across the world with his friends is the most authentic part of the game because of their realistic bonds. Other than the main story scenarios, you'll get to see the smaller ways that Noctis interacts with Prompto, his upbeat best friend,...
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Impressive visuals

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Final Fantasy XV is an epic game that knows how to put on a show with its visuals. Some of its best moments are visually awe-inspiring, standing out from other games through sheer ambition and huge proportions, like fighting boss battles against enormous foes. Even during regular battles, if you...
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Powerful soundtrack

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The soundtrack in this game is grand and inspiring, going the extra mile to help plenty of moments stick out in your memory alongside the music. The prologue alone gives a great preview of a fiery level you'll reach later in the story, playing the song "Hellfire" with an energized cho...
Yoshiyuki
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Core character development for Noctis' companions isn't in the main story

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The weak story in Final Fantasy XV links back to Noctis' companions--Ignis, Gladio, and Prompto--and how you won't get to know the guys all that well unless you exit to the main menu to play through optional DLC. You have to reach certain points in the story before these DLC stories are ava...
Yoshiyuki
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Weak story

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Because the Final Fantasy series is known for its great stories, it's frustrating that the one here is badly executed. There are a lot of payoffs in the plot that the writers intended to be dramatic and emotional, and yet you probably won't feel the full impact of them since the buildup to...
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Steam Rating:Mostly Positive
Genre:Action Role-Playing
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ARK: Survival Evolved

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Good character creation

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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.
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Tribal aspects

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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.
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Anti-cheat issues

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ARk has started using an anti-cheat tool called Battleye, this has so far broken Linux and Mac support for using official servers. Battleye has also had some issues with banning legit users and does not have a very good reputation. These issues add up to many angry players who paid for the game but...
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Early access

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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.
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Steam Rating:Mostly Positive
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Rust

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Base building allows for less punishing gameplay

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Because you can build your base that you respawn back to when killed, losing only what you had on you at the time of death, it allows getting back to where you left off quickly.
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Non-PvP servers are available

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If worrying that another player might kill you and loot your corpse is not your thing, or if you don't want to deal with someone constantly harassing your base, there are servers available that take away the risk of other player's malicious behavior.
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Lots of variety in ways to die

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Fauna, including bears and wolves, is trying to kill you, radiation, that's ever-present, is trying to kill you, zombies, in a multitude of colors, are trying to kill you, other players on the server, equipped with guns, are most definitely trying to kill you, and you, yourself, if you don'...
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Game's multiplayer nature creates psychological tension

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While there's obviously potential for working together with other players towards achieving certain goals, the more likely scenario is someone trying to kill you to get your stuff. Or even worse, deceiving you in working together to achieve a particularly difficult goal only to stab you in the...
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Not yet finished (buggy)

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Since it's a Steam Early Access game it still has lots of glitches, placeholder text and unreliable infrastructure. But for all its unfinished nature, it's surprisingly playable.
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Steam Rating:Mostly Positive
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Dynasty Warriors 9

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Flashy combat animations that feel like a power fantasy

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Dynasty Warriors 9, at the very least, makes you feel like you're a powerful, skilled warrior with cool moves in combat. The animations look a lot like over-the-top action sequences from cheesy action flicks, except with more special effects like fire, ice, or wind auras surrounding your weapo...
Yoshiyuki
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Grappling hook trivializes enemy encampments

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You can scale just about every single wall in the game with a grappling hook, making enemy forts pointless. Whenever there's a base that you have to get inside to find the next group of enemies, all you have to do is use the hook to get to the top of the wall. You're then free to run around...
Yoshiyuki
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Generic, low-effort voice acting

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The voice acting in this game is so incredibly basic that it sounds like a mockery and a joke. It's as if the voice crew simply asked people out on the street to mimic how grizzled or noble warriors would sound and recorded the lines right then and there. You can hear how the actors deepen the...
Yoshiyuki
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Broken, buggy hunting in the wild

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There's no excitement or thrill with hunting in Dynasty Warriors 9 because of how broken it is. You'll fire your arrows at tigers or wolves that won't respond--they'll keep standing there until you deplete their health, and then drop some loot for you to pick up. Or they'll cro...
Yoshiyuki
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Mindless battles that lack substance or challenge

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While the animations in combat are flashy and cool, the actual battles themselves are trivial and dull because of how simple they are. As you slice and dice dozens of enemy units in the air or bulldoze ahead to kill them all at once, it looks fun at first, but it quickly gets old. Blasting through...
Yoshiyuki
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Useless open world with too much empty space

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The open world in Dynasty Warriors 9 is huge, but there's not a lot to do in it, and having all of this space cuts down on the quality of the game's combat. There's space for the sake of having space, with quests and battles often making you ride your horse for minutes at a time through...
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Steam Rating:Mixed
Genre:Hack-and-Slash
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Saints Row IV
Recommended a month ago
I've beat it and there's a lot to do in this game. If you take the time to earn different guns and powers, it'll be worth it
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The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Recommended 3 months ago
The Best game ever, in my opinion. The graphics is pure quality. The story is soo damn good. And to talk about the side missions, that stands on top of the table for sure.
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Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
Recommended 16 days ago
Simply straight up better than anything else on the list. Constantly interesting and fun with zero "idle" time, Underrated for some reason. Witcher is close, but not really. Combat can be compared to Batman Arkham City, but cooler, which is a big surprise.
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Watch Dogs 2
Recommended 19 days ago
A very awesome game to play, great graphics (up to 4K) and funny online multiplayer.
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Far Cry 5
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This is a game where it's painfully obvious how much love and attention the devs put into it. Far Cry 5 is hilarious, endlessly entertaining but has a realism/seriousness to it that the Just Cause series doesn't. Really fun to just mess around in for a few hours creating havoc and the story is great...
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 You can explore however you want while still making story progress
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 Chaotic and destructive gameplay
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 Unique open world setting in rural America
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 You can co-op the whole campaign with a friend
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 Your character is only an avatar without much presence
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Grand Theft Auto V
Recommended 20 days ago
I like GTA 5
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 Game saves can be imported from console versions
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 Well optimized
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 Improved graphics over every other version
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 Online multiplayer
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 Rockstar editor
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 Supports up to 4K resolutions
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 First person mode
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 Population density slider in the options does not make much of a difference
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 Forced Rockstar Social Club online registration DRM scheme
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 Massive world
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 Freedom to do anything you want
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 Multiplayer is overrun by hackers
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The Culling
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It's dead. Don't waste your money on a dead game.
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Mafia III
Recommended 6 months ago
Mafia III has the best storyline I’ve seen in a game, period. For the first time ever I didn't skip any cutscenes, but I was actually looking forward to them. Well written game with great voiceacting and amazing graphics – especially for cutscenes, which are almost photorealistic.
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Grand Theft Auto V
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Best game ever
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