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Seeing the reviews for this game legitimately makes me sad.

I've been a hardcore gamer now for over 20 years, I've seen all manner of awful, lazy titles. Uninspired gameplay, heavy microtransactions, and devs who do not care.

It is sad to see that this game, which evidently has had such passion put into it by its developers, be absolutely ♥♥♥♥ on for the slightest of things.

Don't get me wrong, the issues people have regarding no new characters, and performance issues are well founded, even though these are evidently already being addressed by the devs.

But to absolutely demolish a game on launch, for so called "microtransactions", is ridiculous. Yes, microtransactions in a singleplayer experience seems very strange and alarming, but these are for items and conveniences that are so readily and easily available in game, but of course everyone jumped on the bandwagon and thought these were exclusives.

This is why you should always take reviews with a pinch of salt. Buy the game, play for 2 hours, and make your own decision.

Gamers these days are babies, and don't realise how good their eating with this release.

This game oozes with polish and style.

Arguably the best VR Game in existance, for both new players and old - and that's saying something when Half Life Alyx exists.

This needs to be seen and experienced by more people.

Straight to the point - Ark provides an experience unmatched by other games, both in terms of its gameplay loops and design and themes. Ark has problems, namely with clunkiness, redundant items and creatures and a weird early game progression, but is absolutely worth playing both PVE and PVP, both Official and unofficial.

Mod support is pretty good, plenty of custom maps and creatures. A lengthy endgame and sandbox nature gives a lot of potential gametime. Exploration is very rewarding.


Performs a little on the poor side but with lots of settings turned down you can get a very consistent experience. If you've got a modern PC though you can definitely crank it up.

Would highly recommend NOT playing official in general.

Good delay

good game

would rec

Re-Written Review!

Hi guys, I'm here to tell you about Dark Souls 3. This review is slightly more applicable for those who have played through the previous souls games, but is basic enough for people to get the jist if they haven't.

Dark souls is a mesh between a horror/survival/adventure game. It's a game with an extremely visceral combat system that is extremely fair and true to hitboxes. If you swing your sword and it clips past their shoulder, it wont do jack. Weapons and movement within the game is tight, and your trusty sword and shield are your best friends.

So, what's so special about Dark Souls 3? Well, Dark souls 3 has a fantastic world filled with delight, obscurities, and a variety of locations, creatures and bosses that will have you thinking "♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥". The game is built around the notion of a single goal, which is to acquire the souls of the Lords of Cinder, by slaying them. You aren't given a whole lot of direction, and there is definately no hand holding. If you like using your intuition, this is gonna be up your alley (As well as the other souls games!)

So. What are the Pro's and Con's of the title?

Pros

+Detailed world, surprising amount of indirect lore and depth.
+Runs great. Some people have issues, which is a shame, but it's a minority. It sucks, but this is launch. It's gonna happen. Smooth 60fps with the option for 4K textures makes this game a pretty one!
+FANTASTIC sound design, from gurgling death sounds to boss music, the ambient and orchestral sounds are superb.
+Swordplay, and general combat is tight as ever. You are making full use of the controller, with a huge amount of dynamic situations and variety.
+Replayability. It's a souls game, and the souls games are renound for their replayability.
+Interesting Characters and Questlines. NPC's are very memorable, even if their interactions are breif (yet very concise)

Neutral points, here goes!

/ The world is linear. Not as linear as Dark souls 2, but not as interconnected as Dark souls 1. This isn't a bad thing, Dark souls 1 was interconnected, but gave the impression that everything was tightly packed and squashed together. Dark souls 2 tried to give the sense of you travelling throughout a whole land, instead of a small chunk - however the levels often lacked. The variety was their, but the complex nature of dark souls 1 individual areas was lacking. Dark souls 3 makes a very nice mix of the two. There are many branching paths and a huge amount of verticality in the game, whilst still giving you a sense of direction.
/Covenants, which are the games factions, seem to be as niche as ever. They are ever more accessable, but still provide not a whole lot of content by themselves.
/Early game tends to favor the Knight class A LOT, and while there are many viable early game weapons, many will stick with the longsword for a while. Not a problem, but doesnt create a huge amount of variety.

Cons-

-While more accessable, this game is still hard to get into (if you're new.) It's worth the try, but many simply dont understand it. It's like marmite, if you love it, you REALLY LOVE IT, but some simply just don't like it. That's fine.
-Netcode issues. This is a pretty ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ big one right now. Dark souls matchmaking uses a dedicated server system to initiate the multiplayer, but multiplayer itself is P2P. It's a fantastic system that in dark souls 3, works very well (You can also password sessions!) But the netcode of the game has trouble handling packet loss, and its quite a big con. Enemy invaders or even your coop friends can be stuck in a limbo t-pose, showing no animations whatsoever. They are sometimes able to be invincible, or see the world in a completely different way. Many times i have invaded or helped with a boss and they just phase right through me, but i can still do damage. It's a huge problem right now for only the multiplayer portion of the game.


Definately worth the price, and you will enjoy every minute of it if you are a fan of the dark souls games. There is a lot of homage to the series as it is rumored to be the last game (dark souls, not -souls- game).

Buy it!

Want to give this game overwhelmingly positive, it thoroughly deserves it.

Ignore ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ who complain about servers not being up day one, completely unjust negative attitude that already is completely non-applicable now they are fully functioning with some of the best netcode i have ever seen in a game.

With high hopes for Chucklefish and their production team in responce to feedback and such from terraria in the hopes of making a new, scifi feel game - the developers don't dissapoint. With a solid nostalgiac soundtrack and game that takes itself a little more serious than the previous terraria, i can safely say that this game is definately worth the purchase.

However, that isn't to say that it's all there, this is early access however. Unlike some other games however, with the content that is actually released is subject to daily change and balancing, and there are hardly any bugs when it comes to playing the game and its currently released content. The landscape and Monsters of the varying planets define what it means to explore, as you consistantly explore planets for fuel with the hopes of finding a planet you can call "Home".

Starbound is a tricky game to get a grips of, and its content is developing with the community and its pride and enthusiastic approuch to the sprite based game of sheer nostalgia and cuteness. It's definately worth a purchase.