Recent reviews by CtPG

Very impressive so far. I'm curious what's going to happen further down the plot.

(This review is based on less than an hour of singleplayer. I'll modify this farther down)

From what I've played so far, I'd say this is what would happen if DOOM 1 & 2's gameplay met DOOM 3's story & atmosphere, got married and had a Satan Spawn together. And I'm telling you right now, that Satan Spawn is one Hell of a Ride! Great job, Id Software! I'm sorry I doubted you as much as I did after the beta!

Read this review if you are:

A possible player considering PAYDAY 2 as a future purchase.

A new player considering whether or not to buy some/all of the DLC.

A current player considering whether or not to buy some/all of the DLC.

A current HATER on OVERKILL for making all the paid DLC. (You know who you are)

Just because this game has a ton of DLC, that DOESN'T mean you have to buy it to have fun. The game is fun with or without it.

There are 19 paid DLC in all, including 10 Weapon/Mask Packs, 5 Heist/Weapon/Mask packs, 2 Character/Weapon/Mask Packs, and 2 Soundtrack/Mask packs. If you were to purchase all of them at once (excluding PAYDAY 2 itself) when they're NOT on sale, it would cause a total of $108.82. That's more than 3.5 times the price of the base game!

But here's something people need to know about the DLC before they buy it (or hate on it): IT'S NOT REQUIRED TO PLAY OR HAVE FUN! All the DLC is extra content that can appeal to certain players. If it was required, they would have included it in the base game!

To be honest, when I buy PAYDAY 2's DLC, I don't think of it as buying DLC. It's more like making a "Donation of Appreciation" to OVERKILL to let them know that I still love the game and will continue to play it. Why? For two reasons: First, because all the DLC is cheap, and second, because it’s NOT REQUIRED!

So here’s my message to you:

Possible Players: If you are serious about getting PAYDAY 2, just get the base game and no DLC to start off with. If you are unsure, try the demo first.

New Players: If you like the game and want to give back, start with one DLC of your choosing and see how it goes from there.

Current Players: If you love the game and want to give back, buy the any DLC(s) that you want.

Current HATERS: If you don’t like the fact that they made all the paid DLC, just don’t buy it. If you hate OVERKILL because of the paid DLC, just DON’T BUY IT! If you just hate PAYDAY 2 in general, and hate on it because you think current players have to buy it to continue playing, that’s NOT TRUE! Finally, if you think PAYDAY 2 is the worst game known to man and just want something to complain about, SIT DOWN, SHUT UP, and play something else!

9/10 Would retaliate against HATERS again!

Final-♥♥♥♥♥♥♥-ly!!!
The only thing I can say I'm happy with so far is this...

Bill Paxton is a zombie survivor!

Michael Biehn! 'nuff said.

This is not what I would call "Far Cry 4".

This is closer to what I would call "Far Cry 3 v2.0".

And that, in my opinion, is great!

8.5/10

P.S.: To anybody that has a low-end PC like me, if you are unable to run the game smoothly on higher settings, but don't want to sacrifice the graphic detail of the game, believe me when I say the game still looks great on the "Low" graphics preset. Trust me.

P.P.S.: If you have an NVIDIA graphics card, and would like to tweak the game to a further extent (Be it for Quality or Performance) check out NVIDIA's tweak guide here: http://www.geforce.com/whats-new/guides/far-cry-4-graphics-performance-and-tweaking-guide

If you want "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy" (full fledged realism), get "ArmA 3".

If you want "All play and no work makes Jill a dull girl" (full fledged arcade), get "Counter-Strike: Global Offensive".

If you DON'T want to be like Jack or Jill (A balanced mixture of arcade & realism), get "Insurgency".

Here's how I feel about "Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare":
(If you just want to see an overall review, scroll to the bottom and read everything after "In short:")

(Before I begin, let me say that if I could give this a mixed thumb recommendation, I would)

CoD:AW is a huge improvement over the failure that we all call "Ghosts" and is a good game overall, but lets face it. Ever since the release of "Black ops II", it seems that the CoD series developers (Treyarch, Infinity Ward, Raven and Sledgehammer) are getting desperate.

This was particularlly visible in Ghosts, with Infinity Ward releasing all kinds of random, useless content, including character packs for the main characters of the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare series (Captain Price, Makarov, Soap, etc.), multiplayer voice packs (Drill Instructor and Snoop Dogg(Seriously?!?!)), weapon skins (They started selling those in Black Ops II), and adding modified versions of the Maniac Juggernaut in the form of some the most famous fictional movie characters of all time (Michael Myers, Predator, etc.) to ONE map in each of the DLC map packs! They knew that they had screwed up, but they didn't try to fix it, and instead, attempted to cover up their failure with the content listed above, which they failed to achieve as well.

Now in Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, Sledgehammer has done much better. They appear to be following in the footsteps of the original Infinity Ward staff in an attempt to add a new series of games to the Call of Duty franchise, where instead of World War II, the Vietnam/Cold War, "Modern Warfare", and whatever future Black Ops II was supposed to, its set in a "realistic" future. While they have suceeded in many ways, they still failed in some ways in the form of content.

The big reason for this failure... Its content is EXTEREMELY similar to "Titanfall", a game released earlier in 2014, developed by Respawn Entertainment, a company formed by a majority of the former Infinity Ward staff, including Vince Zampella, one of the co-creators of the Call of Duty franchise & co-founder of Infinity Ward (the other co-creator & co-founder, Jason West, left Respawn shortly after the lawsuit between EA & Activision was settled)!

Here's the list of gameplay/story elements that I've found in CoD:AW that are similar or the same in Titanfall:
(This list is a work in progress. I will add to it if I find anything else.)


Titanfall = The first playable Titan Chassis you get to play as in-game is called an "Atlas."

CoD:AW = The company headed by Jonathan Irons (Portrayed & voiced by Kevin Spacey) in the campaign is called "ATLAS Corporation."


Titanfall = There are Titans that you can use in battle that Respawn described as "The ultimate evolution of a battletank."

CoD:AW = In an early mission in the campaign, you have to fight a battletank called a "Titan".


Titanfall = The ship that you have to destroy or protect (depending on which side you are on) in the 5th mission of the campaign is called "The Sentinal."

CoD:AW = The US Faction in the campaign is called "Sentinal."


Titanfall = Any Pilot can double jump with their "Jump Kit".

CoD: AW = The "Exo Suit" in multiplayer gives you the ability to double jump.


Titanfall = There are drop pods that bring in spectres or grunts throughout multiplayer matches.

CoD:AW = In the 1st campaign mission, you drop into battle using a drop pod (whose exterior looks almost identical to the Titanfall drop pods)


Titanfall = One of the three tactical abilities a pilot can use is Active Radar Pulse, which shows the location of enemies (Pilots, Titans, Spectres, Grunts) every half a second or so.

CoD:AW = The tactical grenade can be set to "Threat" before throwing to highlight enemy movement in real-time.


(This next similarity contains SPOILERS for BOTH Titanfall and CoD:AW)

Titanfall = Upon completing the eighth mission in the campaign, the IMC Commander, Vice Admiral Marcus Graves (Portrayed & voiced by Nathan Constance) (I believe he is British) leaves the IMC to become the commander of the Milita after being denied by his second in command, Spyglass, the chance to rescue IMC pilots from certain death.

CoD:AW = While siding with Atlas throughout the first half of the campaign, Gideon (Portrayed & voiced by Gideon Emery) (I believe he is British), one of the most respected and well known soldiers in the Atlas PMC, joins Sentinal after learning the truth about Jonathan Irons and his plan to take down the US.


There are probably other ways they are similar, but they are either irrelevent, I haven't seen them yet, or I've forgotten them. I will update this list if I find any other elements similar to Titanfall.

I have now started a list of elements that CoD:AW has that are similar to other games. Thank you "Ɗᴙλɠøὴ /¾/" for the first similarity!


Halo series = Some weapons (Assault Rifle, Battle Rifle, DMR, etc.) display the clip amount on the weapon itself.

CoD:AW = All weapons display the clip amount, ammo count, tactical grenade count, and lethal grenade count on a holographic display projected above the weapon.
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If anyone finds a similarity to Titanfall or any other game that I haven't mentioned that you believe to be note worthy, post the name of the game or game series along with the similarity in the comment section, and I will add it to this review. Your steam username will be credited underneath your simiarity.

In any case, from what I've seen so far, CoD:AW is Call of Duty's attempt to start fresh and for the most part, suceeding. But at its core, it's just putting on Titanfall's clothes and forgetting to zip it's jacket closed to hide the shirt underneath that says "Call of Duty" on it.

PLEASE NOTE: I have done my research, and from what I have found, Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare was not in development before Titanfall. That being said, any comments regarding Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare beginning development and having these ideas before Titanfall WILL be deleted unless concrete proof is included in your comment!

PLEASE ALSO NOTE: Any comments about similarities CoD:AW has to another game will be researched to be verified. Any similarities that turn up fake will not be added to the list, and your comment will be deleted.

PLEASE ALSO ALSO NOTE: In the event someone does show me concrete proof that CoD:AW was in development AND had these Ideas before Titanfall, I will either change or remove this review.

In short:

It's DEFINITELY better than "Call of Duty: Ghosts" (I admit that it does make my top 5 CoD games at the moment)!

BUT...

It's DEFINITELY a "Titanfall" wannabe!

It's an great game overall, but TItanfall is better (And was born first)!

To all those who say that the "Texture pop-in" issue and the "No antialias" issue with this game makes it a waste of time and money, here's what I have to say: That would only make it 5% better! Even without those fixes, this game is one of the few, if not, the only one to ever make my jaw drop! It's not just because of the graphics (that only takes up 10%, of my jaw dropping), its all because of the mixture of classic gameplay (No health regen, just med packs) & modern gameplay (enhanced gun mechanics, reloading, etc), The ability to carry all the weapons you find (Not just 2), tactically (not punishingly) hard difficulty settings, and a 10 out of 10 Storyline! I couldn't have asked for a better game! More games should be like this and not like CoD!