Recent reviews by Old Grumpy Viking

Truly a great game!

While the graphics might not blow you away, the dedication to the game from the devs, and community will. This game truly embodies what it means to listen to your community. Very active dev, and team around the dev. The game started out undoubtedly as a project near to the dev's heart, and that still shows today.
The game has evolved a lot since it humble beginnings, and the complexity of missions, providing towns with goods/services, and much more, has grown throughout.

One of those games, you just keep coming back to, over and over again.

You are almost inclined to say that Giants have started their own "rinse and repeat" cycle, with the Farming Simulator series. It is starting to look at lot like EA's EAFC, Madden, NHL, and so on series, with just a few minor upgrades, but essentially the same old, same old.
That being said, visually the game looks a lot better than the previous versions. That is when there's not a constant flickering going on, or mysterious multi-colored artifacts popping up.

The game is (at the time of this review) VERY bare bones, and you're left desperately waiting for the modders to start pumping out mods. Sure there's a few new maps, but they still suffer from the "you can't remove everything from the pre-made farms" syndrom, which we also encountered in FS22.

There's no doubt the game has potential, but I for one am very dissapointed in the fact that all the equipment, buildings, various add-ons, etc., that we ended FS22 with, is NOT in the base game of FS25 at the beginning. Most likely it'll be rehashed, and released as paid DLC once again. Now it could be because of licensing that some items are missing/removed, but it seems odd that implements that have been in the previous games all of a sudden are left out.

A thing that still irks me, is the need for a separate license if you want to run a dedicated server. Most other games have dedicated server files, which can be downloaded for free.

At this point I can't recommend this game, as you'd be able to get the same experience from FS22, and perhaps even a better one with the amount of mods available. It's a shame that the base product keeps getting watered down to the bare minimum. Unfortunately since there is no real competitor to the FS series, Giants will be able to continue this practice for years to come.

Very laid back and chill train simulator. Easy to get into, and for the more casual "simmers" who likes train games, this game should appeal to them.
In a way I would call it the "Euro Truck Simulator" of train sims, as it's focused in Europe, sees you hauling various types of freight, or passengers, across several cities.
There are options to buy, or upgrade, various trains, and you can also hire employees to work for you.

Overall it is a fairly well rounded game, and if you are into laid back simulators, I recommend giving this one a try.

An incredibly fun little game. Best enjoyed with some friends, and large amounts of trash talk. Takes a little getting used to the controls and shot meter, but all in all a very entertaining game. With good support for Steam Workshop, new courses are easy to come by.
Can still be played as a SP game, but is a lot more fun with a group of people.

If you've ever been into playing games like; SimCity, Cities XXL, or other building sims, then this is a game for you. It might have some quirks here and there, but overall it's a fun little game with plenty of gameplay in it.

The guys behind Project Reality have made a masterpiece!

That being said, I will try to be objective in my review of this game.

I originally bought the game a while back, in part to show my support to the development of the game, and in part because I was to excited to see what the game offered. Fearing I was going to be let somewhat down, I started the game up for its first run.

I was not let down. My initial thought was, and still is, that it's a sort of mix between Insurgency and the Arma series. I think in a lot of ways, the game will address itself to both groups of players.
It has the simple controls and management of Insurgency, but at the same time offers combined arma warfare in a scale similar to Arma, not to mention that the maps are quite large, and the different fireteam roles actually matter in this game.
The ability to set up outposts as spawnpoints, and the need for a tactical plan, is something that appeals to me in this game. While some might feel the urge to go Rambo in the game, you could say that there is no room within fireteam for such actions. Fireteam tactics and coop play are a priority when playing this game.

The game has quite good graphics, and will appeal to those looking for something more serious than COD of BF, but without losing the simple control scheme. The game also offers in-game VoIP, letting you utilize three different radio channels, one for direct chat, one for fireteam chat, and one for company chat.

All in all this is a game I look forward to playing a lot more, and also seeing what the future has in store for. I highly recommend this game if you like playing Insurgency, but maybe want a little more realism, or if you're an Arma player looking for a similar experience, but without the Arma problems. (If you're an Arma player, you'll know what I mean).

If you enjoyed the movie Cast Away, this game is for you!

Still Early Access, and even though some stuff has been added in, and bugs have been fixed, the game still lacks in some areas.

That being said, if you'd like to try your survival skills on a set of small deserted islands, give this game a try.
Graphics are ok, and the crafting of items is pretty easily done.

Hopefully by the time of full release, the game will have a story and some sort of goal, other than to stay alive and island hop. The game is still playable, and has its fun moments. A feature that would be nice to have, was the option of going online, and playing with other survivors.

Fun little game!

The game itself is kind of simple. Stay alive, and in power, for as long as possible.

Sounds pretty easy right?

Well the game is a sort of turn based game, where you spend each round allocating different resources to different official or unofficial government branches. Each time some you do so, you'll make some people happy, and some other people less happy.
The key is to try and keep most people happy, or at the very least, the people who can protect you happy.

Different factions or groups of people can turn against you, as well as you closest advisors might try and take power from you.

So if you've ever dreamed about being a real life dictator, well here's your chance. But watch your back!

Fun little game, with a cartoonish feel about it.

The game is pretty simple, you must murder your target, and preferably in a very unbecoming manner (to gain extra points) without being caught.

Secondly you yourself are a target, so you'll have to watch your back, while trying to assassinate your target.

Most of the game takes place on a ship, hence the name, but one or two maps are based on a small island.
Gameplay is pretty good, and if you have a couple of friends, who feels like playing the game with you, it instantly turns into a lot of fun.
You can choose to play against bots, bots and humans, or only humans.
Getting away with murder, or just assault, isn't that easy, as you'll have to be aware of cameras, security and "forbidden" areas.

All of this makes for a fun game, which is a lot more fun, when playing with or against a group of friends.

Still Early Access, but this game shows potential!

Having read a bit about the game, and watched the standard YouTube videos about it, I decided to give it a try. Now admittedly I haven't put in a whole lot of hours, because there still are some things that needs to be polished, before a final release is due.

That being said, the game as it is now, is a lot of fun. The physics are unlike any other car game, which really is what sets this game apart right now.
The handling of the cars is very unique, and not two cars feel the same. Depending on the type of car you have chosen, a simple task like driving down the road can become a challenge. I'll bet ya', you'll be wrapping your car around a few trees before you get the hang of the in-game handling.

The game in its current state, already lets you do a bunch of different customization options, and I'm not talking about rims, speakers or the likes here, but stuff like removing parts of the body, removing a wheel, stripping the vehicle down to its core etc.
All things that make the game kind of nerdy, but nerdy in a good way.

The graphics are quite good too, and once you get the hang of controlling your car, you can start venturing into more advanced manuevers like handbrake turns, burnouts and whatever your heart desires.

So for now, in Early Access, the game is for anyone looking to drive around some beautiful scenery, all while tinkering with different setups on your virtual vehicle, and just goofing around basically.