I hope you have been nice this year, so you don’t get to hear a “ka-chunk” in the middle of the night! Merry Christmas!
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Month: December 2024
Deus Ex: The Fall – Falling Sideways
If we go by Steam, Deus Ex: The Fall is not a popular game. I wouldn’t be surprised if you found its name next to “disliked” in the dictionary. However, that was then, and while it seems it had a disastrous release on Steam—nowadays, it plays fairly well, and looks a lot like Deus Ex: Human Revolution, albeit visually limited with restrictions to the gameplay. This is because of its origin as a mobile/tablet game, which speaks for itself. Even if I didn’t outright dislike or hate the game like most people, it does have some problems, making it questionable if it’s even worth playing. Let me explain.
Continue reading “Deus Ex: The Fall – Falling Sideways”Xenonauts 2 [Early Access] – Round Seven
After much suffering and hardship, patch 5.0 is finally out on the experimental branch for Xenonauts 2. Now, this is an early version of the patch, which the devs state is in a fairly buggy condition. And that I can confirm, as the progression for solving the Cleaner conspiracy is not working correctly, nor is the status for nationwide panic. Despite these issues, it’s fully playable (so far), and I have given it a few hours for testing. Since it’s this buggy, I won’t play for too long to ruin the experience. But here are my impressions of the new mechanics, and other changes I have discovered.
Continue reading “Xenonauts 2 [Early Access] – Round Seven”Happy Saint Lucia’s Day
Nope, this isn’t only the day of Jason Voorhees. It’s also the day of Saint Lucia in Scandinavia. So, happy Lucia, everyone!
Continue reading “Happy Saint Lucia’s Day”Swordhaven: Iron Conspiracy [Early Access] is out!
Hurray, Swordhaven: Iron Conspiracy is out! However, only in Early Access. It’s planned to stay in EA for about 1-1,5 years, so it’s unfortunately pretty far from being finished. What’s here already, is certainly top-tier, and plays into what I love about RPGs splendidly. Especially, if you are like me and enjoy the more low-key approach to adventuring: think early levels of the first Baldur’s Gate.
Continue reading “Swordhaven: Iron Conspiracy [Early Access] is out!”Indiana Jones and the Great Circle – Initial Impressions
I like Indiana Jones as much as the next guy, well, the first three films at least. So, it was with some excitement that I started Indiana Jones and the Great Circle on Game Pass. In my first ten or so hours, I would say; it’s a pleasant surprise. It runs well enough, too, and looks good (for the most part). However, if I set the ray tracing to anything above low, or perhaps medium, the FPS tanks. Not too surprising, maybe, since I’m only on a 3070 GPU. All in all, the game feels like a modern 3D version of Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis.
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