DestroyerM24
2011
One of Codemaster's early F1 games and there are many improvements compared to previous titles.
The game itself isn't a masterpiece, there are few issues, it isn't a racing simulation nor there are not any possibilities to make it due to certain settings, like the damage model is too forgivable and there aren't many difficulty settings that can transform it into a F1 simulation, so all in all we agree that this is a racing arcade.
The game also doesn't have wheel settings for a 900 degrees steering wheel, so there will be some small issues at the beginning, until you find the right adjustment of your steering wheel to make the game more realistic, but if you don't know how, there are some great wheel setups on some forums, which many of them, I tried and it did solve the problem, I felt the game a little bit more realistic then before.
The game also suffers from many frame drops, especially in split-screen multiplayer, it hardly keeps the 30fps cap, which makes the game a pain to enjoy while playing in rain or when there are many opponents on the screen. It also has some sound bugs, which cannot be explained, but it happens that while playing, you suddenly hear some weird sound like if you were on a completely other side of the track, it doesn't happen occasionally and it doesn't last long, but it breaks the already broken immersion.
All in all, a great game, great career mode, not so great graphics or perfomance, a game which needs improvements, but it is fun from the start to the finish line.
The game itself isn't a masterpiece, there are few issues, it isn't a racing simulation nor there are not any possibilities to make it due to certain settings, like the damage model is too forgivable and there aren't many difficulty settings that can transform it into a F1 simulation, so all in all we agree that this is a racing arcade.
The game also doesn't have wheel settings for a 900 degrees steering wheel, so there will be some small issues at the beginning, until you find the right adjustment of your steering wheel to make the game more realistic, but if you don't know how, there are some great wheel setups on some forums, which many of them, I tried and it did solve the problem, I felt the game a little bit more realistic then before.
The game also suffers from many frame drops, especially in split-screen multiplayer, it hardly keeps the 30fps cap, which makes the game a pain to enjoy while playing in rain or when there are many opponents on the screen. It also has some sound bugs, which cannot be explained, but it happens that while playing, you suddenly hear some weird sound like if you were on a completely other side of the track, it doesn't happen occasionally and it doesn't last long, but it breaks the already broken immersion.
All in all, a great game, great career mode, not so great graphics or perfomance, a game which needs improvements, but it is fun from the start to the finish line.
2022
Omega Strikers is a F2P Sports game and can be described as a 3v3 air hockey game with abilities.
The main objective of the game is to outsmart your rivals and score a certain amount of points to win the match. The amount of points to score differs from gamemode. Before scoring a point, there are some parts of the arena where the ball must hit first, after doing that, the gate which defends the goal opens and makes the opponents more vulnerable. At the beginning of each match, you choose your character with certain abilities. Each character's ability adds variety to each game. Before the match, after choosing your character, you also choose a buff, adding an additional bonus to the role you play. There are two roles, two forward players and one goalie. Choosing the right character for each role can be crucial to the outcome of the match.
Apart from abilities, you have different arenas, which differs by only the parts which must be hit before the goal become defenceless. Apart from that, you only have three gamemodes.
There are not many obligatory microtransactions for a F2P game to be honest, which is good, mostly fashion items, but the important thing are the characters, who can be bought with currency earned by simply playing the game.
The main objective of the game is to outsmart your rivals and score a certain amount of points to win the match. The amount of points to score differs from gamemode. Before scoring a point, there are some parts of the arena where the ball must hit first, after doing that, the gate which defends the goal opens and makes the opponents more vulnerable. At the beginning of each match, you choose your character with certain abilities. Each character's ability adds variety to each game. Before the match, after choosing your character, you also choose a buff, adding an additional bonus to the role you play. There are two roles, two forward players and one goalie. Choosing the right character for each role can be crucial to the outcome of the match.
Apart from abilities, you have different arenas, which differs by only the parts which must be hit before the goal become defenceless. Apart from that, you only have three gamemodes.
There are not many obligatory microtransactions for a F2P game to be honest, which is good, mostly fashion items, but the important thing are the characters, who can be bought with currency earned by simply playing the game.
2022
Gundam Evolution is a free-to-play multiplayer first-person shooter where you try to outplay the opponent's team in a 6v6 match in different gamemodes with different Gundams.
Every gamemode differs by the main objective, so far there are: Point Capture, Domination, Destruction and the latest added Headquarters gamemode. In every gamemode you play as both offence and defence. As most first-person shooter games nowadays have different classes in order to make every match a slightly different experience, so does this one. You take control of different Gundams from the Mobile Suit Gundam franchise and with various skills, both passive and active, try to use that advantage and coordinate with your team to succesfully complete the main objective of the match. In the time of writing (May 2023.) the game is still actively updated, where with every new season a new Gundam and map are added. When comparing it with other games like Overwatch, Paladins, Rogue Company, Valorant,... the only thing that differs are the maps and characters. Every single mentioned game has almost the same gamemodes, same game mechanics so all in all it's up to the player to decide which of those games is a bit better than the others.
All in all, the game itself is great, stable and fun, it doesn't offer a different experience from what you've probably already seen, but it makes a great addition to the Mobile Suit Gundam franchise.
Every gamemode differs by the main objective, so far there are: Point Capture, Domination, Destruction and the latest added Headquarters gamemode. In every gamemode you play as both offence and defence. As most first-person shooter games nowadays have different classes in order to make every match a slightly different experience, so does this one. You take control of different Gundams from the Mobile Suit Gundam franchise and with various skills, both passive and active, try to use that advantage and coordinate with your team to succesfully complete the main objective of the match. In the time of writing (May 2023.) the game is still actively updated, where with every new season a new Gundam and map are added. When comparing it with other games like Overwatch, Paladins, Rogue Company, Valorant,... the only thing that differs are the maps and characters. Every single mentioned game has almost the same gamemodes, same game mechanics so all in all it's up to the player to decide which of those games is a bit better than the others.
All in all, the game itself is great, stable and fun, it doesn't offer a different experience from what you've probably already seen, but it makes a great addition to the Mobile Suit Gundam franchise.
Phantasy Star Online 2 is a F2P MMORPG set in the Phantasy Star universe, released in Japan in 2012. and released elsewhere in 2022. On PS4 to access Phantasy Star Online 2 you have to first download Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis and then download the free DLCs in the launcher. This game in the time of writing (May 2023) is no longer supported by the developers, the servers are still online, but there isn't any new content, since all staff and resources are now further developing New Genesis.
When first starting a new game you are given the option to choose the look and class of your character, all changes you are making in appearance can be later changed using a currency called Star Gems or the Free Salon Ticket. The classes can be changed anytime at no cost. After the game's introduction to the game's mechanics you have the option to do anything you want: Story missions, ARKS quest, Side quest. Leveling up isn't a problem, only later in the game it starts to become a grind.
The Story missions aren't a big of a deal, since they are mostly just a mix of voice and text-based cutscenes, but the story overall is great.
The best part of the game is combat, every class has at least two equipable weapons and each one has its own abilities. When leveling up, each level gives you a skill point which can be used to upgrade your class. The combat is fast-paced, dynamic and fluid, with many option to enhance your weapons and armors. All weapons and armor can be earned doing quest or be bought in the Player's Market which is the place where you are going to spend your hard earned Meseta (in-game currency) for items with ridiculous prices.
The Player's Market is a place where other players put their items and price at which they will be selling the item. Here is also where all fashion items can be bought, or at the Player's Market or with Limited-time Scratch Tickets bought with real money. Since in 2023. there aren't as many players as before and since there aren't new Scratch Tickets, every single fashion items, especially for female characters costs a lot, if you want to wear something you like, you have to grind every single day by doing Daily and Weekly tasks, doing those quests is the best way to earn money.
The end-game is literally just grinding for better gear and earning more Meseta in order to buy fashion items. Fashion is the true end-game, as many players say. There is also a PvP mode which no one plays, so basically it's dead.
All in all, this game offers a good amount of content, many story quests, side quests and challenges, but after completing all of them, you are left only with grinding for Meseta and better gear and buying fashion items, if there is even something left of it. The best part of this game is combat, but the endgame is mostly fashion.
When first starting a new game you are given the option to choose the look and class of your character, all changes you are making in appearance can be later changed using a currency called Star Gems or the Free Salon Ticket. The classes can be changed anytime at no cost. After the game's introduction to the game's mechanics you have the option to do anything you want: Story missions, ARKS quest, Side quest. Leveling up isn't a problem, only later in the game it starts to become a grind.
The Story missions aren't a big of a deal, since they are mostly just a mix of voice and text-based cutscenes, but the story overall is great.
The best part of the game is combat, every class has at least two equipable weapons and each one has its own abilities. When leveling up, each level gives you a skill point which can be used to upgrade your class. The combat is fast-paced, dynamic and fluid, with many option to enhance your weapons and armors. All weapons and armor can be earned doing quest or be bought in the Player's Market which is the place where you are going to spend your hard earned Meseta (in-game currency) for items with ridiculous prices.
The Player's Market is a place where other players put their items and price at which they will be selling the item. Here is also where all fashion items can be bought, or at the Player's Market or with Limited-time Scratch Tickets bought with real money. Since in 2023. there aren't as many players as before and since there aren't new Scratch Tickets, every single fashion items, especially for female characters costs a lot, if you want to wear something you like, you have to grind every single day by doing Daily and Weekly tasks, doing those quests is the best way to earn money.
The end-game is literally just grinding for better gear and earning more Meseta in order to buy fashion items. Fashion is the true end-game, as many players say. There is also a PvP mode which no one plays, so basically it's dead.
All in all, this game offers a good amount of content, many story quests, side quests and challenges, but after completing all of them, you are left only with grinding for Meseta and better gear and buying fashion items, if there is even something left of it. The best part of this game is combat, but the endgame is mostly fashion.
Phantasy Star Online 2 New Genesis is a F2P MMORPG set in the Phantasy Star universe, released after Phantasy Star Online 2 in Japan in 2021. and released elsewhere in 2022. When launching the PSO2 launcher apart form the already installed PSO2 NGS you can install PSO2 Data when selecting which game to enter when selecting characters. The PSO2 Data is set as a free DLC which gives you access to the game and older items which can be used in NGS.
When first starting a new game you are given the option to choose the look and class of your character, all changes you are making in appearance can be later changed using a currency called Star Gems (SG) or the Free Salon Ticket. The classes can be changed anytime at no cost. After the game's introduction to the game's mechanics you have the option to do anything you want: Exploring, Story missions, Side quest, World Quest (Ordinal Tower, Cannonball Rumble, Cocoon Towers,...).
The best part of the game is combat, every class has at least two equipable weapons and each one has its own abilities. When leveling up, each level gives you a skill point which can be used to upgrade your class. The combat is fast-paced, dynamic and fluid, with many option to enhance your weapons and armors. All weapons and armor can be earned doing quest or be bought in the Player's Market which is the place where you are going to spend your hard earned N-Meseta (in-game currency) for items with ridiculous high prices.
The Player's Market is a place where other players put their items and price at which they will be selling the item. Here is also where all fashion items can be bought, or at the Player's Market or with Limited-time Scratch Tickets bought with real money. Every single fashion items, especially for female characters costs a lot, so.., if you want to wear something you like, you have to grind every single day by doing Daily and Weekly tasks, yes..., doing those quests is the best way to earn money.
The end-game is literally just grinding for better gear and earning more N-Meseta in order to buy fashion items. Fashion is the true end-game, as many players say. Developers are still to this day continuously adding more end-game content, limited-time events and storyline missions.
The story even though it's not finished yet (since this is a live-service game) it feels a bit weak compared to base PSO2, it feels like they didn't want to experiment a bit, they wanted to play safe, unfortunately.
All in all, this game offers a good amount of content, many story quests, side quests and challenges, but after completing all of them, you are left only with grinding for N-Meseta and better gear and buying fashion items or wait for the developers to add some more content. The best part of this game is combat, but the end-game is mostly fashion.
When first starting a new game you are given the option to choose the look and class of your character, all changes you are making in appearance can be later changed using a currency called Star Gems (SG) or the Free Salon Ticket. The classes can be changed anytime at no cost. After the game's introduction to the game's mechanics you have the option to do anything you want: Exploring, Story missions, Side quest, World Quest (Ordinal Tower, Cannonball Rumble, Cocoon Towers,...).
The best part of the game is combat, every class has at least two equipable weapons and each one has its own abilities. When leveling up, each level gives you a skill point which can be used to upgrade your class. The combat is fast-paced, dynamic and fluid, with many option to enhance your weapons and armors. All weapons and armor can be earned doing quest or be bought in the Player's Market which is the place where you are going to spend your hard earned N-Meseta (in-game currency) for items with ridiculous high prices.
The Player's Market is a place where other players put their items and price at which they will be selling the item. Here is also where all fashion items can be bought, or at the Player's Market or with Limited-time Scratch Tickets bought with real money. Every single fashion items, especially for female characters costs a lot, so.., if you want to wear something you like, you have to grind every single day by doing Daily and Weekly tasks, yes..., doing those quests is the best way to earn money.
The end-game is literally just grinding for better gear and earning more N-Meseta in order to buy fashion items. Fashion is the true end-game, as many players say. Developers are still to this day continuously adding more end-game content, limited-time events and storyline missions.
The story even though it's not finished yet (since this is a live-service game) it feels a bit weak compared to base PSO2, it feels like they didn't want to experiment a bit, they wanted to play safe, unfortunately.
All in all, this game offers a good amount of content, many story quests, side quests and challenges, but after completing all of them, you are left only with grinding for N-Meseta and better gear and buying fashion items or wait for the developers to add some more content. The best part of this game is combat, but the end-game is mostly fashion.