Natalis
BACKER
Decent story, decent gameplay, decent visuals, decent rpg. Overall just pretty good but nothing special. The biggest standout of this game is its nature- an RPG experience in a historically accurate medieval setting- which is a big plus if you are a history nerd such as myself. It is quite neat to be able to play an RPG of this quality that takes place in the late-medieval HRE.
2016
2016
Very addicting gameplay and rich in sci-fi atmosphere (due in no small part to the soundtrack). The game is already good as it is, but it also has great mod support that has allowed for quite a lot of mods to make their way to the workshop. My only major issue with this game is that it suffers from the same DLC bloat that all Paradox game inevitably end up having.
Monster Hunter World is now a much better Monster Hunter game with the release of Iceborne. The base game was great, but I had many problems with it. Iceborne fixed a large amount of these problems while also adding a ton of great monsters and a really nice new map. Still not quite my favorite monster hunter game, but it certainly rose through the ranks.
2011
Despite how shitty it is, this game is genuinely a fun time. Like not even in a "wow this game sucks" kind of way, like it's legitimately fun and worth playing with friends a few times. The zombies are fast and jumpy, you can use guns and laser canons, the sound effects are all corny...there are so many things that give this game low-budget charm and make it enjoyable
2019
2019
2017
2012
As time goes on I find that I was too harsh on this game in the past, but in the end it still isn't very good. Many elements that make Halo great were ruined in this game. The story also is not very good, and the new artstyle they chose is quite frankly an abomination- with the only exception being the design for forerunner architecture and weapons. The soundtrack is pretty good, although it doesn't really fit Halo that well.
Andromeda greatly improves upon Mass Effect's gameplay, and it also has some great planets and a cool successor ship to the Normandy. Unfortunately that's about all it did well. As most already know, the story sucks, the characters are lacking, the music is mediocre, the animations are bad, and the game is plagued with bugs and game design issues that never got fixed because Bioware abandoned ship.