Recent reviews by Shank

Coop is buggy, the story is boring, so is the BBEG who doesn't have anything to say except "I'm better ! You're dead Master Chief ! I can't wait to clash with you and prevail !"

Multiplayer is OK

The menus are ♥♥♥♥.

I'm surprised they haven't bothered splitting MP and Solo campaign as DLCs as it was the case for the MCC.

Another victory for the right side of history.

Simple but yet varied gameplay, lovely characters to meet, learn to know and befriend; wonderful music and updated with a ton of content for years.

This game is just beautiful and relaxing.

Buggy as hell, even the aspects that weren't part of this extension have been broken, the UI was revamped to a prettier one but it added two times the inputs initially needed to do anything.

We were expecting to be able to visit our ships and interact with lively environments on foot but only got a secondary grind hell, generic settlements, buggy and empty mechanics and a walking menu.

And I haven't talked about the frequent disconnections in various situations that happen atleast three times per hour !

I poured a lot of time in this game and will pour a lot more. I love it and was looking forward this extension from its announcement. But this proved me that I just learned to like a flawed game expecting it to become what I dreamed of along the extensions.

Don't even think about buying this extension.

I was a big fan of the second and third game of this franchise but this one was so annoying to me that even I, as someone who would play to the end of a game that doesn't appeal him, couldn't finish it.

• Even in lower difficulties, enemies don't always die from a sniper rifle's bullet in the head or heart
• The levels went from closed areas in the previous games to a large opened map you can roam into, which could be fine but was mishandle because of the fact that :
• Ways to mask the sound of your shot are harder to find or require you to pass through dozens of enemies without getting noticed while previous games guided you to vantage points with something like planes or artillery masking your rifle's roars

Therefor, after being disappointed with the sniping system I just went and pewpewed my way through nazis ranks Call of Duty style before getting bored.

I played Warframe since it's launch in 2013 ans it is, in my opinion, what a successful F2P could be, even if :

• You have to farm A LOT to obtain almost anything and some important resources can't even be farmed.

• You need to pay real money to add slots to your armory to keep some of your favorite weapons and warframes (think of it as battle armors with powers) while being able to get new ones.

• The game discretly invites you to pay with its premium currency to speed a lot of processes (like building new weapons, warframes or companions which takes from 12 to 72 hours to complete).

It's still a good game to pour your free time into because :

• It is regularly updated with quality content. I'm talking weapons and warframes, obviously, but also new game modes (they added a whole map to free roam, mine, fish and hunt world bosses 5+ years after the launch), story driven quests and even cutscenes.

• You're a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ SPACE NINJA jumping around, cutting people in half and even dropping burning meteorites on their unsuspecting heads

The graphics are horrible, the game is kinda buggy and it is populated with try hards.

But once you get the way you have to play the game, it becomes a tactical FPS where placement, discretion, flanking and awareness are keys to winning.

You're not a war hero born to slay every single one of your enemies. You're a rice farmer taken away from its home, stressing under MGs' fire, artilleries and napalm called by the enemy commander... or yours.

Welcome to Vietnam.

Even if it is still in early access at the time this comment has been written, this game has so much content that it took me roughly 100 hours of my life to "finish" it.

But this game is not about launching a rocket into space but to create a factory where everything is automated from the resource collection to their processing into various products to burn it down and build a better version of it to burn it to build a better version of it to...

At some point, you don't progress in the game, you just optimise every part of your factory to do more and do it faster.

If you're not afraid to lose an immeasurable amount of time, to destroy what you've done to improve it, this game is for you.

Pros :

- Simple but fun gameplay
- Simple but nice looking graphics
- Could probably run on a potato
- Cool music

Cons :

- AIs' aim is almost perfect, they'll miss only a few shots
- AIs' can see you from out of the screen
- Only 11 levels achievable after 50mn
- No update since August 2016

Conclusion : probably not worth $5 / 5€ since it's not been updated for a long time.

Each year, I reinstall this game and guide a civilization to victory. Then I uninstall it with a tear of nostalgia and go back to my business.