Recent reviews by Malificous [TSW]

First hour In and so far liking the game!
Animation and UI is very neat and most buttons offer information whilst hovering mouse over them.
This is based off of a board game and whilst i do not have first hand experience with it, this games appears to have been kept faithful to its original.
Might edit over more time!

One of the best atmospheric post-apocalyptic games you're going to be able to play anytime soon.

The opening cinematic to the game set the story for this fictional world fairly well and allows new players to the S.T.A.L.K.E.R franchise to not feel like their missing anything.

This world is many things, Its dark and atmospheric with a lethal and sinister vibe.

The weapon and armour modification system is in-depth and provides plenty of progression in both upgrading the craftsmen's skill and increasing your own chance of survival.

Your character is fairly well designed at the start of the game and allows you free play to craft the "Major" as you'd like and the objectives make sense and don't hold you to some hidden timer.
There is no skill point system to contend with and nor is there any mission locked behind a level, this means that you are only as good as your gear!There is no skill point system to contend with and nor is there any mission locked behind a level, this means that you are only as good as your gear!
Artefact hunting is fun and adds incentive to explore locations.

This game is buggy and due to poor optimisation suffers from micro stutters as the games bulky and intelligent AI generates scenarios.

The highlights:
Superb gunplay and photo-realism.
Dynamic sound design.
Interesting and freaky enemies.
Beautiful world design.
Nods to previous characters in the franchise.
ATMOSPHERIC AS ♥♥♥♥!
Decent UI.
This game is considered a cult classic and deserves the title alongside the rest of the franchise, unfortunately, modifications and unofficial patches are the best way to enjoy it.

DeadNauts
A dark and chilling Sci-Fi squad management game where you're team aren't ever completely safe and death can wait behind any door.
The low tech world you as the pilot and commander of your "DeadNauts" must navigate around is one that tells many dark and horrific stories of the inevitable fate of extinction and of failing against something superior to your own self.

Life isn't fair and neither is your game, everything is procedural.
Heres a list of some of the ways my "nauts" got butchered:
1. Sent my independent scout to scan for "artefacts" so that she'd keep morale, The ghostly creature melding through a bulkhead and dragging her into a storeroom negated the need to keep her happy as she was dead.
2. One of my combatant armed with an axe and shield didn't stand a chance when he opened a door to find a sentinel turret behind it, cut into him like paper.
3. Sent my heavy weapons guy into a cargo hold to sacrifice himself for the rest of the team, I had him cloned after that mission but didn't expect the rest of my "nauts" to insult him for being fake.

The sound design is phenomenal with the screams, radio chatter and clanking having me glued to the screen and jumping out of my skin as the household cat unexpectedly rubs against my leg.

The log system is also a cool feature as you can garner information about the ships and the enemies you have to deal with, with the small chance of being able to unlock new armour weapons and tech.

This game is unfair, chilling and dark but you should buy it if those three things appeal to you. fans of the alien franchises could probably enjoy this!

Mod support would have been great!

CTHON
This game exudes an oppressive and Forboding atmosphere backed up by cool sound design and a meaty roster of enemies that are way too happy to scare the living daylights out of you thanks to the procedural generation of the maps putting them directly behind doors and in blind spots.

The Exposition at the start of the game and throughout the level intermission screens build a dark foreboding world in which you and your character find yourselves stranded on and it doesn't take more than a second for you both to clock on and arm up for a technopunk bloodbath with so many cyber-enhancements it'll make your vision change (Literally).

The zones will vary as you and your chosen class of Cyber-Badarse upgrade and obliterate through conniving stabby enemies and spiders that have personally given me at least 27 heart palpitations thanks to their design and previously mentioned pro-gen.

I enjoyed my playthrough of the game though the boss could have had a couple more stages for things to get insane and the constant scrabble for upgrades and nanites (the currency of the game) felt clunky though this did get a pass thanks to EVERY upgrade visually Updating the HUD and weapons. Another thing to mention is the number of obstacles dotted around preventing the quick map navigation some people would miss.

A Space Warlocks verdict:
The artistic design and feel coupled with the fine audio is a +
The controls are a +
The sprite design receives a +
The procedural generation gets a + though more background clutter would have been appreciated
The Boss could have been more difficult but to be fair playing on a harder difficulty will increase the challenge, -/+

Its a pretty decent rogue light with awesome visuals but is hindered (at first) with slow movement speed and awkward melee combat.

If you like a classic look and feel to your games with a grimdark world and colour palette and for the sweet price of four Pounds you'd be a fool not to get this!

Used to play this on the PS2 with my brother.
Fond memories of pretending to sleep so that we could continue playing when everyone went to sleep.
Pros:
-Fun gunplay.
-Conquest mode
-Familiar characters
-Good star wars game
-A modern day potato can run it
-Decent single player storyline
-No micro-transaction (Silly Bastards)
Cons:
-As of playing in 2018 the graphics may be considered simple and unrefined
-Lack of replayability while playing singleplayer
-Dead multiplayer

Opinion: The games worth getting sale or no.
Lack of hours is due to preferring console version of game though I've had no personal issues with the game running in the hour I played.