Recent reviews by Pathogenex

!!!BEWARE!!
This no longer launches on new AMD cards!
Multiple posts in forums about it. Zero replies.
All blame pushed to AMD. (Devs should take some responsibility for their game and contact AMD themselves!)

Looked like a fun game. Cant launch in anything but windowed mode 1280x720 resolution... All other options crash on launch. Shame. 0/10 for game functionality at native 1080p resolution...

If devs fix this i'll update review...

So far i am disappointed.
If you played the Arma series for the mission making / Vehicle combat / unlimited replay-ability then this is NOT for you. Arma Reforger feels like it has been butchered to satiate console systems and controller inputs. The menus and UI feels like every other carbon copy shooter out there.
The engine itself seems to be badly optimised with 200ms asset loading times on HDD's, constant map tile crossing frame drops and buggy key inputs, persistent vehicle sound bugs,

The older Arma series had unique design elements that set them apart from every other shooter game but this game feels like a badly done port from console to PC.

With about 5k+ hour in the Arma series I find it to sad to think that Arma 4 will be released anything like this. Even arma 3 had a bad release to a whole host of terrible reasons yet it performed as a game better than this.

The devs have tried and it shows in the visual assets but I fear that they may not see what made the Arma series so great to me and thousands of others.

If the devs ever read this I hope they look back at the Arma 3 hardcore modding community and bring some of those people on board to help redirect this game into the updated version of Arma 3 that it clearly should be. Remember Arma 3 started out as little more than a simple well built framework that has lasted years and it still stands strong. Much stronger than whatever this "game" currently is.

I will update this review 1 year from 09/01/2025.

Game is fun in tier 1 after that the game is rigged. All rolls on crates, all shots made in game. Dishonest Devs and their shady "deals". Don't play this game if you have any self respect or believe in humanity.

TLDR : Rigged rolls, Dev man bad, Pay to win.

Game is fun. Lots to do but massive downside is the AI.. They pump out fleets beyond what is possible for their capacity, Spawn units in places that are not possible and once you finally capture their system you see they have a planet/station that could never give them anything but rebellions and negative balance.

I would never pay the asking price for this game if i knew how cheap and cheaty the AI was it spoils the whole immersion when a single planet empire can keep a 50k fleet running without consequences and then on top of that spawns said fleet into the world in a matter of seconds when human factions have to spend years building capable fleets.

ON THIS NOTE.

The modding community make this game 90% of what it is. So many wonderfull mods

The Engoodening on No Mans Sky is real. It started well... Bonfire of screaming people. Now though? It is a decent well rounded game. Hours of exploration, Some decent combat, Lovely design style.

Its like Sims during a zombie outbreak.
Don't let the graphics fool you. This game has some intricacies that other zombie games lack severely.


Pros:
Huge map
Hours of gameplay
Endless hordes
Good optimisation
Co-op play = Next level
Character progression counts towards survival
All of the cons can be fixed with workshop mods (not ideal but it does help)


Cons:
Not much in the way of tutorials or text help to explain how to do things. (Maybe add a tutorial book item?)
Inventory UI is a bit clunky would love to see some container updates (stack items already in container etc)



Bought a 4 pack on sale. Feel like i've personally robbed the developers.

"Host closed connection" Win7 error. Keep getting dc'd then unable to connect. No its not my end. Its your choice of intrusive win10 features. ForceClosing HLL error reporting and crashreporter fixes for about 15mins until they force themselves back alive... AKA your crash reporter is killing your game.

Fun game when it works. 5/10 times it is playable... Half a game isnt a game. Keep up the work though it could be great.

After the most recent multiplayer performance update. Wow. Currently speeding through an asteroid belt at 6000 m/s. Well done on the optimisation this game is now 8/10 just because the quality of multiplayer relies heavily on dominant faction not being general trolls/ all out hostile or just cloned accounts filling servers for idle spots and more build limit... (Seriously sort this out...)

I've never felt immersed in games sharing this graphics style but wow. Just wow, Severely impressive so far. This game grasps so many concepts and blends them into a smooth tasteful form with a good feeling of pure chaos.

Lacking only on maps, I would beg the devs to introduce a workshop map maker and have a hosted multiplayer game mode that runs through Voted/Verified workshop content.

Keep up the good work Hopoo! You have lighting in your hand just don't let it fade.