Slant community chat on DiscoursePro Engaging story
Being a role playing game, KotOR has a pretty good story that feel very engaging.
Pro Lengthy
The main story of the game can take a good bit of time to finish.
Pro Gameplay holds up well
For what is now an eleven year old game the Bioware RPG game mechanics hold up well.
Pro Excellent suspense
You're always against the clock in one way or another. Globally your enemies are moving forward with their plans and unless you actively work towards countering them, they will win. You'll be short on cash, manpower, and will have to work with inferior tech. On the field most missions have...
Con Performance could be better
Even when using well above the recommended hardware the game does show some performance issues as it is difficult to hold 60fps. While not the biggest problem thanks to this being a turn based game it would have been nice to see better performance and a constant 60fps when using what the developers
Pro It's fun to upgrade and manage your squad
As you progress through the game you can train and promote your soldiers to make them more effective in combat, unlock new abilities and upgrade their weapons armor. The interesting part of it is if a member gets injured (which is really easy to happen on the harder difficulties) they are not avai...
Pro Space opera aesthetic
The series is a beautiful love letter to space opera classics like Star Wars and Star Trek, while standing on its own merits.
Con Gameplay not consistent across games
ME1 is more of an RPG with some shooter elements; ME2 and ME3 are more cover-based shooters with RPG elements.
Pro Stellar voice acting
40 000 lines of dialogue in Mass Effect 3 alone. Top-tier cast includes Jennifer Hale, Mark Meer, Ali Hillis, Seth Green, and Martin Sheen.
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The Mass Effect trilogy is an action RPG third-person shooter developed by BioWare. The gameplay is a mix of action role playing and third person shooting that takes advantage of AI team based combat. There is also large universe to explore that features many characters where interaction contains choice based branching dialogue.
Con The game progresses slowly, and you can lose interest
The game is too long and quickly loses its charm and tense feelings as the game drags. Too many hours of even the best game can become a chore more than an enjoyable experience. Whats worse is that a bunch of the length is incessant back tracking, which frankly is just a lazy way to prolong a game.
Con Frustratingly difficult at times
Some segments of the game can be frustratingly difficult or even unfair at higher difficulty settings.
Pro Beautiful graphics
Aesthetically, this game nails the look and feel of the original film. Both well optimized and incredibly beautiful, this game is a graphical marvel.
Pro Free to play for anyone with code available for mods
The game is completely free. There are no microtransactions or ads. The code base is also free to anyone so the game can be easily modded.
Pro Easy to pick up
The game consists of tried and true top-down shooter mechanics that will be familiar to most as it is reminiscent of older arcade and console shooters.
Con Can get a bit repetitive
The gameplay doesn't change that much from mission to mission which can make for repetitiveness when shooting aliens over and over again.
Pro Effective resource management mechanics
Resource management feels like a juggling act, in the best way possible. Users have to make hard decisions on what options to give priority to, as they all will effect gameplay in some manner.
Pro Assortment of add-on content available
There are quite a few add-ons available for XCOM, including the Enemy Within expansion pack.
Pro Death is permanent
Death is very permanent in XCOM, meaning if a player looses a high level player mid game that they may have a pretty tough time advancing past that point.
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XCOM: Enemy Unknown is a turn-based tactical strategy science fiction game, developed by Firaxis Games and published by 2K Games. The gameplay consists of the player controlling a troop of soldiers who are tasked with stopping an alien invasion. The characters are displayed in a top down like view and are controlled in turns with each having different maneuvers they can execute as well as different areas they can navigate to. This all plays out in a strategic way where the player must defeat the enemies on each map.
Pro Active open source clone
The openxcom team have re-implemented the entire game and fixed many of the longstanding bugs in the original. It allows you to play on modern machines and in much higher resolution. A copy of the original game is still required for the assets.
Pro Very deep strategy
Keeping track of more than a dozen soldiers with 10 skills, their inventories (including ammo count and weight), dynamic visibility, line of sight, destructible terrain, consequences of missed shots (like friendly fire or destroyed loot), etc. quickly overwhelms noobies, putting the real strategy...
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Also known as "The original X-COM", or the king of strategy games. The intro consists of a general "aliens are coming to kill us, but we will fight back with your commanding skills" plot, and then you are dropped into the world view to figure things out. Preferably before all of us are dead.
Con Can be difficult for newcomers of the genre
There is no in-game tutorial and there is only an online manual for the game, which means users who are not familiar with this game type and what is expected in play may have a difficult time learning all of the ins and outs. Online video tutorials may help as well, but of course this is all time...
Pro Spiritual successor to original X-Com franchise
Xenonauts took its inspiration from the original X-Com game, giving fans a new game in similar style but expanded on the finer details of the game to give an even more deep experience. This should appeal to those familiar with X-Com as well as those looking for a fun yet deep strategy game.
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