Recent reviews by Serious Talos NatSL

With EA servers closed, you're stuck in an inescapable loading screen barring you from playing the game.

Right now the game is basically a fraud as you can't get to play it.

Avoid at all costs.

For 15 years I've been putting off playing Half-Life 1 because the mod was almost done.

I did good.

The developers are monsters.

10/10

Get enough dosh and you might buy a yacht... WITH MACHINE GUNS.

This DLC is the epitome of bad game design. REALLY bad game design. It also shows a great lack of creativity.

I really tried to push myself to like what they implemented with deathwish, made it all the way to 105/111 contracts but then I gave up after 150 tries on the "Seal the Deal" contract.
Most of Deathwish is just made of plain unfairly difficult, rng plagued levels created with low effert. Asking for perfection in a game with clunky mechanics which were clearly not made for it is sensless. On top of it, the game itself will put you in situations which will force a restart, especially when going for bonuses, forcing you to try and try until you get the right combination.
For this reasons the difficulty doesn't come from skill requirement but from pure luck. Some of you approve of this, saying that "it's what they were going for, you don't have to play it", and, while I feel pity for the empty husks who enjoy playing content like this, I must say that you're not helping the game get better. While it's true that it's optional it is what you're paying for while getting the DLC, and if it really is what they're going for, then well, all the more reason to not reccomend this and warn the devs to do better on their next installments.
A good game is able to build on its own mechanics, eventually adding more, and create sensible challenges based on that. This kind of low effort design is just plain disgusting.

The not deathwish part of the DLC shows some decent levels, however those as well are bug ridden and very short. In the end you only get three more acts which is really sad. Because that's what this game should be all about: cute, light-hearted fun.

You took all the passion I had for this game away from me. </3

It is time for Biasteme.

Big Guns.