Recent reviews by Machine

Ultimately not as good as the second one, pacing is off, I got so bored in the Aztec Village, then it all kicked in good again shortly after, but then, it was all over. Works well on linux.

However, it's a good game and the movement is more fleshed out than Rise. The combat is decent, but the stealth gets ruined later because there's just not enough of it and everyone's wearing a helmet - so you always need to go full batman and mc stabby stabby everyone by hand.

The Aztec village bit is just tiresome and a bit broken, half the time you can't shoot your bow, then you can, then you can't, you have to wear certain costumes, then you don't, it's weird.

I can see why I didn't finish it first time - but I'm glad I did this time.

Works well on Manjaro Linux, Flatpak Steam, no issues at all.

Goofy, silly fun, geniunely had a good laugh on this last night. There's a nice level of jank somewhere between flashpoint and battlefield, akin to Isonzo meaning it's better to be holding an angle than moving into one because of the bloom. The destruction and persistance is wonderful, and it's no biggie if you die, just spawn over and go again.

Now there is no anti-cheat that I can see, BUT there is a server browser, so in 6 months you might end up with self-administered servers where honest admins can foster a commuinity of players and keep out the badd'uns, but we might eventually see games ruined by undesirables.

Crracking game, good to see an absence of K/D, points rewarded for doing as well as killing, and just the assault of 100 other players assaulting or being assaulted is worth it. I'm sure there'll be QOL updates along the way.

However, for less than 15 quid, who cares if you get 2-3 months of good old fun out of it, not every game needs to be your next 5 year obsession - sometimes you pay your money for the product on offer today - not what you hope it might be in the future.

Replaying my old games, man, reply your old games - they're really good!

Works great on Linux, no tweaks required, better FPS than the first one, better game overall, just really fun, great graphics, decent pacing, repects your time if you don't pick the difficultly mode that means camp saves only - I had blast years after finishing it for the first time.

Didn't bother with the Lara's nightmare mode, tried it, didn't stick like the campiagn did.

Yes, BUT - ultimately found it less fun and more random than StS and Monster Train. I got decent time out of this, around 30 hours until I hit the levels where unless you get the right draws you're destined to loose.

For me personally (and you may differ) I like the thought that I could, most of the time, win with a specific deck draw, even if I don't recognise a good combination of cards to do.

Runs great on the Deck, oddly in Linux you have to force compatibility for it to install but it runs just fine, recommended as it's value for money at £10 to £15 and if you're a poker buff you may like it even more.

The most fun I've had in ages. Get 3 friends and get this game, what an absolute hoot.

Sure we might only get 10-20 hours out of it, but for £9 or so, that's what, 2 pints max at the pub with said friends? From a value perspective, it's sound.

Excellently put together, well thought out features such as the donations to dead players at the end of the round, clearly explained enemies and puzzles that aren't too annoying, pacing is good, we're hitting the missions in order which is scaling up each time - and we've had a new monster nearly every time.

Best with friends, runs great on linux (Manjaro) minus a bit of window / not window shenanigans on the first boot - also my windows comrades had settings saved between demo and full game, I did not but that was no big deal, just a noticed difference - there were no crashes and no performance hitches.

Sound and graphics are excellent and we were espeically pleased to see on the self destruct mission, you get to see the ship explode.

If I had one complaint it would be how the respawn pods are sort of pointless, we had one round were one of us was killed early and it was kinda dull for that person but we did donate cash at the end of the round - seems to me as though whilst respawns exist, you should just start at the ship or something... you can mitigate this by hitting the respawn pods asap, then you're locked in the game.

I review when I've got my moneys worth, this was £7 when I picked it up, I can see from here that there's easily value in here. If I only get another 4 hours out of it then I'm happy, anything more is gravy.

I'm not really a warhammer fan, I've no idea about the lore, I've never painted a figurine, however I admire and respect the sheer artistic talent of creating it all - that beauty, and diligence is all here within Darktide. The visuals are lovely, all genres just mushed together in one place - Gothic, steampunk, futuristic, religious... just everything.

The care and attention that has gone into creating nearly every aspect of the game is admirable.

Oh, and best flamethrower visuals I've seen in a game since Return to Castle Wolfenstien.

Works great on Manjaro, Flatpak Steam, no issues at all, AMD system - best with friends.

I'd put off getting this but have had a lot of fun with into the breach, xcom, fights in tight spaces; I've a long history with turn based stuff going all the way back to CIV 1, Jagged alliance etc...

This lies in the casual, chill out zone, really nice to play, very goofy and fun solving the zones - it ain't rocket science, but it's rewarding enough when you pull off the confidence goals (optional achievements per level)

The optional goals actually help you sometimes, they imply something is possible, so stuff like "finish in 1 turn" is like... right, roll sleves up, this must be doable in 1 turn!

Played on Deck and Manjaro Linux, works great, first time launching after installing on either *might* lauch (it'll say it's doing then stop) but just launch again and it's fine after that. Deck controls arn't quite as intutive as I'd like however you do get used to them.

Rewind feature is class and lets be honest, is sometimes how you need to play games like this to just toy and experiment with the situation a little.

Not as refined as Detroit : Become Human - if you've played neither, play this first because it's worse mechanically than Detroit.

Cool story, with some nice twists and turns, marred by a frankly abhorrent control scheme - I'm sorry Sony, but you didn't pay anyone to play this JUST ONCE using keyboard and mouse, otherwise you'd know the CIA exam is impossible without a controller to pass the written part.

Quicktime events here suffer unclear controls, sometimes you mash 1, sometimes you hold 1, sometimes you swipe towards the danger, sometimes away, sometimes that's obvious, sometimes it's not.

However, the story is decent and held up by quality voice acting - some episodes feel a bit... disjointed and pointless and could probably be dropped entirely - but overall I had a good time with this one, JUST, the controls still make me mad.

I'd say pick this one up on deep discount or in a bundle as I did - not worth full price, because full testing was not completed!

The best, most interesting game I've played in ages, genuinely compelling and gripping, didn't skip any cutscene, and interaction, it was all absolutely brilliant and clever, I have so many thoughts on it; I'd put off playing it until yesterday I just fancied it.

Amazing graphics that shame todays stuff, like phantom pain levels of detail, great soundtrack and compelling story. Very chill to play but wear headphones and sink in. Honestly I wonder why we need ray-tracing and all that nonsense when this just looks fantastic.

Imperfections in the recipie would be :
- Occasionally annoying controls.
- Occasionally Janky camera angles.
- Some characters can be fickle.

Don't research anything, else, this is a wonderful game - go blind.

Visually interesting, but gameplay is just empty and dull, no direction at all given in the initial area so you end up lost, fumbling doors and puzzles trying to progress. What a shame, because the art style looks wonderfully macabre; the trailer makes the game look much better than it actually plays. Geniune dissapointment, it looked fantastic.