Quick reviews! Vol. 1March 26, 2013 by

Hey everyone, since I'm a busy pooper, I recently don't have time to review all these games coming out.

I promised a Tomb Raider review, but instead, I'm gonna compile all the games I've recently played into 1 blog post and give you a short verdict of it. (If you want an elaboration, you can ask me in the comments I guess...)


1: Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance (PS3)

What I like about this game?

+ Awesome soundtrack

+ Fast-paced action

+ The voice acting is great. Loved it personally!

+ Raiden being badass

+ A lot of replay value (Despite short campaign)

What I don't like about this game?

- Campaign is too short

- The camera

- Some enemies and scenarios can be cheap

Overall score: 8/10

TL;DR verdict: This game is a must get for any action and/or hack and slash game fan. If the camera wasn't so bad, It would've been a much better experience. Despite the short campaign, there are many unlockables and challenges (VR Missions, returning from Metal Gear Solid 1 & 2).

2: Tomb Raider (PC)

What I like about this game?

+ Its depressing setting

+ Lara's character development from innocent, to a fighter.

+ TressFX (THE HAIR)

+ The main theme is beautiful (A Survivor is Born by Jason Graves).

What I don't like about this game?

- Combat feels weird. Especially the aiming... Could be just me though :|

- Feels like as if Crystal Dynamics put all their hard work onto Lara's hair and the foliage rather than the overall graphics. They look and feel dated.

- QTE instructions are one of the worst I've ever seen.

- PC version has flawed optimisation. (Typical for a Square-Enix game) It was a lot worse before the patches and drivers came out for the Nvidia GPU's.

Overall score: 7.5/10

TL;DR verdict: This game is not bad, not great, but okay. I pretty much enjoyed the exploration and free roaming. Loved the atmosphere! But I felt that they could've done better with the Quick-time even instructions and fix the aiming in the combat system. I'd still recommend this to people though :)

3: Crysis 3 (PC)

What I like about this game?:

+ The return of Prophet as a playable character, and Psycho as one of the main characters.

+ Using the bow = fun as hell!

+ New York's environment


+ Hans Zimmer's work with the soundtrack!

What I don't like about this game?:

- Half the time you're always going from point A to point B

- Campaign's too short

- Lacked that epic feel that Crysis 1, Warhead and 2 had until the last part of the game.

- Some of the alien enemies (Like the ones that run around the tall grass) can be a nuisance to fight, especially in harder difficulties.

Overall score: 8/10

TL;DR verdict: A nice conclusion to the Crysis main trilogy. I'd recommend this to any FPS fan! But people might not like the long travelling. Because I didn't really like it...

4: Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 3 (Xbox 360)


What I like about this game?:

+ A lot of memorable Gundam characters

+ A lot of memorable Mobile Suits

+ Gundam fans will enjoy this game A LOT!

+ Soundtrack is pretty good

+ Though repetitive, it's pretty fun!

What I don't like about this game?:

- Despite having a lot of memorable Gundam characters, the amount of non-UC era Gundam characters and mobile suits are lacking.

- Sometimes the difficulty can be unfair

- Occasional grinding

Overall score: 8.5/10

TL;DR verdict: I pretty much recommend this to any fan of Dynasty Warriors and definitely recommend this to Mobile Suit Gundam fans! This is the closest thing you can get to a fun Gundam video game :) And as for people who know nothing about Gundam or Dynasty Warriors... Either give it a try, or just leave this game alone :P


That's it for the Quick reviews guys! I'll most likely do more when I'm done with other titles. In the mean time, I gotta play Bioshock Infinite!

Cheers guys!


- Vergil

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