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Re: Backlog Club: Slay The Spire Part Two - A Tale Of Frustration, Obsession, And Poison

Nico_D

Slay the Spire is excellent. Got it as a free PS+ game without knowing what to expect. What a game. Honestly, I think, as a game, it is better than Hades.

I have finished the game with all the original characters, just started to learn the Watcher which is indeed pretty complex.

Hard to pick a favorite as they all have been hilarious to play when getting the deck right. From few hundred damage per turn with the Kindred and the Silent to couple of hundreds of shields with Defect. When it works, it is just wonderful.

Re: Review: Snake Pass (Switch eShop)

Nico_D

Up to level 8 now. Still as captivated as I was when I started. Absolutely brilliant game.

I have collected everything before going to the next level. Some coins can be really tough but I love the challenge.

Re: Pokémon GO Has Lost 79 Percent of its Paying Population

Nico_D

I am still playing but the game should stay rewarding after 100 or so caught Pokemons. At lvl 23 I should be able to catch more rare Pokemons more frequently, get more better Pokeballs from Pokestops and more 10 km eggs. These are some fundamental design flaws in otherwise entertaining game. The game should evolve with the player level instead of staying pretty much the same.

Re: Soapbox: Why Grand Theft Auto V Isn't For Me

Nico_D

Besides the violence, the most off-putting thing about Rockstar games is the occasionally piss-poor storytelling. I actually drove 30 km to the nearest town to get my hands on a cheap copy of GTA IV. I was wowed for a day, then poored the next 20 or whatever it took me finish the game. And I finished solely on a principle.

Violence is a poor and a bit too easy solution to a plot. How about blackmail? A con? But yeah, those should really be thought out and planned carefully - but a torture scene can be written in few minutes. And it's ballsy! (No, it's not.)

GTA IV went on and on, the plot vaporized just like Red Dead Redemption's trip to Mexico and after that, the multilple endings. Or just like L.A. Noire's (yes, they only produced it) amateurish decision to change protagonist on the last leg of the game. From which writing guide that idea came from?

A bigger map and more violent approach doesn't make game interesting to me. I know I would be again wowed by GTA V's map and would gladly drive around for a while but then the boredom would come just like in Far Cry 3 and Assassin's Creed 3. And many other open-world game.

An excellent article, it's nice to hear something else than the praise Rockstar is getting. This restores some of the credibility of the console review sites, so thank you for that.

Re: The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD Hero Mode Details Sail Into View

Nico_D

I have played only four Zelda games: Wind Waker, Twilight Princess, Phantom Hourglass and Skyward Sword. I liked TP a lot, Skyward Sword, for some reason, I did not finish, it didn't appeal to me, but Wind Waker is just an amazing game. I don't know whether to buy it since I've played it twice already but at least anybody who hasn't played it before is obliged to do so.