ScrutinousOwl
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Prince of Persia
23 hrs ago
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played
Heavy Bullets
5 days ago
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played
Iron Brigade
5 days ago
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played
Mountain
5 days ago
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5 days ago
ScrutinousOwl
played
Prince of Persia
7 days ago
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Prince of Persia
7 days ago
ScrutinousOwl
reviewed
Betrayer
Great sound design and atmosphere. The colonial-era guns add tension by taking ages to reload. Most of the combat and stealth isn't that deep, but some of the encounters against waves of enemies can be tough challenges.
The survival elements are somewhat limited. Aside from early on, I rarely found myself running low on ammo. A full heal and ammo restock are usually just a fast travel away, and the only thing limiting this is not being able to fast travel when enemies are nearby. Fast travel does cut down on a lot of walking, especially later on, so maybe this is an okay compromise.
The game is unfortunately prone to crashes. They tended to happen to me when loading into a different area (especially when backtracking), so I recommend saving before and after changing zones so you don't lose anything. There's also only one save file, so you can't really make backup saves.
It's closer to something like Far Cry than a survival horror game, but the atmosphere and story are pretty solid. It's free on GOG for what seems like the foreseeable future, so check it out if you're interested.
(I beat the game on the "Deadly Enemies" difficulty, with the "drop your loot on death" setting turned off. I also turned off enemy health bars since most of them die in one or two shots anyway.)
The survival elements are somewhat limited. Aside from early on, I rarely found myself running low on ammo. A full heal and ammo restock are usually just a fast travel away, and the only thing limiting this is not being able to fast travel when enemies are nearby. Fast travel does cut down on a lot of walking, especially later on, so maybe this is an okay compromise.
The game is unfortunately prone to crashes. They tended to happen to me when loading into a different area (especially when backtracking), so I recommend saving before and after changing zones so you don't lose anything. There's also only one save file, so you can't really make backup saves.
It's closer to something like Far Cry than a survival horror game, but the atmosphere and story are pretty solid. It's free on GOG for what seems like the foreseeable future, so check it out if you're interested.
(I beat the game on the "Deadly Enemies" difficulty, with the "drop your loot on death" setting turned off. I also turned off enemy health bars since most of them die in one or two shots anyway.)
9 days ago
ScrutinousOwl
finished
Betrayer
Great sound design and atmosphere. The colonial-era guns add tension by taking ages to reload. Most of the combat and stealth isn't that deep, but some of the encounters against waves of enemies can be tough challenges.
The survival elements are somewhat limited. Aside from early on, I rarely found myself running low on ammo. A full heal and ammo restock are usually just a fast travel away, and the only thing limiting this is not being able to fast travel when enemies are nearby. Fast travel does cut down on a lot of walking, especially later on, so maybe this is an okay compromise.
The game is unfortunately prone to crashes. They tended to happen to me when loading into a different area (especially when backtracking), so I recommend saving before and after changing zones so you don't lose anything. There's also only one save file, so you can't really make backup saves.
It's closer to something like Far Cry than a survival horror game, but the atmosphere and story are pretty solid. It's free on GOG for what seems like the foreseeable future, so check it out if you're interested.
(I beat the game on the "Deadly Enemies" difficulty, with the "drop your loot on death" setting turned off. I also turned off enemy health bars since most of them die in one or two shots anyway.)
The survival elements are somewhat limited. Aside from early on, I rarely found myself running low on ammo. A full heal and ammo restock are usually just a fast travel away, and the only thing limiting this is not being able to fast travel when enemies are nearby. Fast travel does cut down on a lot of walking, especially later on, so maybe this is an okay compromise.
The game is unfortunately prone to crashes. They tended to happen to me when loading into a different area (especially when backtracking), so I recommend saving before and after changing zones so you don't lose anything. There's also only one save file, so you can't really make backup saves.
It's closer to something like Far Cry than a survival horror game, but the atmosphere and story are pretty solid. It's free on GOG for what seems like the foreseeable future, so check it out if you're interested.
(I beat the game on the "Deadly Enemies" difficulty, with the "drop your loot on death" setting turned off. I also turned off enemy health bars since most of them die in one or two shots anyway.)
9 days ago
ScrutinousOwl
played
Zineth
12 days ago
ScrutinousOwl
played
Luminous Arc
13 days ago
ScrutinousOwl
finished
Destiny 2: The Final Shape
14 days ago