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[the joker gamereviews]

Hello in this thread I will be reviewing pieces of entertainment software and other such elements that brighten up our lives on a daily basis.


My review of Half-Life 2: Deathmatch

As with all games, some of the things you might experience while playing can make you want another one. Fortunately, you can get this back if you can get your hands on a copy of the PC version of the new Half-Life 2. You can even take it with you to work, since it also contains a few of the early levels that you will find in the PC version of the game.

The good

You will find the game works well with only a single monitor. While the game should run great with a large monitor, using only one is not something that will make much of a difference in overall experience.


The game's framerate is smooth. In some areas, it really does speed up, but mostly what you'll see is a smoother experience.


You can replay the original Half-Life with the new one if you want, although it makes the game look a lot more unmemorable.


The game has a very polished and solid UI. It really helps when running it on a single monitor and using the full screen option (to enable the HUD).


The game looks great on high end PCs with 4k screens and a lot of horsepower for the price, as well as on high end PCs with 4k displays (which you can also play the game on) without any problems.

The music is pretty good. It's the same quality that you're used to from original Half-Life.

The bad news is that it really doesn't fit. The entire story and the ending is basically copied from the PC version. You'll have to go through it twice if you want to see the differences, but after both playthroughs you're really bored with the story. So, the best bet is to buy the Xbox version of the game.

Final Score - 3.5 out of 5

The Game – 2 out of 5

If you don't want to do it and just want to play it for the gameplay and experience, the PC, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360 version of Half-Life 2 is the way to go. However, there are other options available.


Thank you for reading and stay tuned for more.

 

[Kawakun]

Thank you Joker, very cool!

 

[Particle Ghost]

Indeed a very nice review however I disagree with some of your points. I think the problem was never that the game was unfair, it is just that there is no counter system to ensure everyone gets paid the correct share. You get your game for free, you lose money but you get some extra stuff. In this way it does the game no real harm. As for the "replay value" you are probably right that most people wouldn't pay 100$ for a single day's game of League of Legends, but in practice it's often not as bad as the "free" model and I think that is a major cause of the "replay value" argument.

 

[PilotBland]

Thank you for reading and stay tuned for more.

I will.

 

[the joker gamereviews]

My review of Grand Theft Auto V: The Complete Edition will include a number of sections. You've likely already read the first two parts of our analysis, including a lot of my discussion of the game's single-player campaign and its multiplayer mode, The Division. For our latest look at the game as we've taken it on, we'll dig deeper into the story of Max Payne's father William T. Taylor and its sequel Michael Madsen's career, which is sure to make fans of the franchise excited about the game.

GTA V: The Complete Edition Review – A Very Good-Not-Great Game

Grand Theft Auto V: The Complete Edition is the next chapter in Michael Mann's excellent saga. I'm the kind of guy who knows where my loyalties lie in any given case, but I can't help but feel the game is deserving of more praise, with or without the DLC included. It takes the story of Max Payne very seriously, and while the DLC is certainly no substitute for a game like Grand Theft Auto V, it adds some much-needed polish and variety to Grand Theft Auto 5 that the series hasn't traditionally received.

We don't have a lot of reason to hope for an extended, cinematic DLC, but we're interested in seeing who makes the big games out of the next few years.

 

[PilotBland]

My review of Grand Theft Auto V: The Complete Edition will include a number of sections. You've likely already read the first two parts of our analysis, including a lot of my discussion of the game's single-player campaign and its multiplayer mode, The Division. For our latest look at the game as we've taken it on, we'll dig deeper into the story of Max Payne's father William T. Taylor and its sequel Michael Madsen's career, which is sure to make fans of the franchise excited about the game.

GTA V: The Complete Edition Review – A Very Good-Not-Great Game

Grand Theft Auto V: The Complete Edition is the next chapter in Michael Mann's excellent saga. I'm the kind of guy who knows where my loyalties lie in any given case, but I can't help but feel the game is deserving of more praise, with or without the DLC included. It takes the story of Max Payne very seriously, and while the DLC is certainly no substitute for a game like Grand Theft Auto V, it adds some much-needed polish and variety to Grand Theft Auto 5 that the series hasn't traditionally received.

We don't have a lot of reason to hope for an extended, cinematic DLC, but we're interested in seeing who makes the big games out of the next few years.

This is great stuff, thank you.

 

[the joker gamereviews]

Indeed a very nice review however I disagree with some of your points. I think the problem was never that the game was unfair, it is just that there is no counter system to ensure everyone gets paid the correct share. You get your game for free, you lose money but you get some extra stuff. In this way it does the game no real harm. As for the "replay value" you are probably right that most people wouldn't pay 100$ for a single day's game of League of Legends, but in practice it's often not as bad as the "free" model and I think that is a major cause of the "replay value" argument.

While I do understand your concern, take into account the fact that League of Legends is more than just a game for computer and keyboard geeks. As a veteran of the games industry since the early 1990s, I'll tell you this: most games companies have no problem bringing in a new game concept and pushing it forward. However, these days you have to be an expert in video-game industry jargon and concepts to understand the scope of the "New World Order" in the industry today.

As I wrote in my latest column (which I'll link here), "the games business is changing faster and more dramatically than I thought it would; it's not going to happen overnight, but it's going to happen. I have no idea when that will happen, but it's going to happen."

And while I won't be sitting here and defending Blizzard and Activision - as you likely wish to do if you're still in the habit of defending the old guard - it's clear to me that, while your industry and their industry are changing more and more rapidly, you're not going to change or change fast enough for the "New World Order"

 

[Particle Ghost]

While I do understand your concern, take into account the fact that League of Legends is more than just a game for computer and keyboard geeks. As a veteran of the games industry since the early 1990s, I'll tell you this: most games companies have no problem bringing in a new game concept and pushing it forward. However, these days you have to be an expert in video-game industry jargon and concepts to understand the scope of the "New World Order" in the industry today.

As I wrote in my latest column (which I'll link here), "the games business is changing faster and more dramatically than I thought it would; it's not going to happen overnight, but it's going to happen. I have no idea when that will happen, but it's going to happen."

And while I won't be sitting here and defending Blizzard and Activision - as you likely wish to do if you're still in the habit of defending the old guard - it's clear to me that, while your industry and their industry are changing more and more rapidly, you're not going to change or change fast enough for the "New World Order"

So as far as I understand you're a veteran in the gaming industry? If so, can you give us a brief overview of your working day? I've experienced some people working in this field over the years, so I really didn't mean to offend with these questions.

 

[the joker gamereviews]

Speaking of:

My review of League of Legends:

Developer: Riot Games Player: Saffron_Mage

Price: $10.99

Pros:

Free-to-Play.

Fast gameplay that allows for quick progress.

Extremely high replay-ability!

The game is not overly complicated at all.

Cons:

Some aspects could use updating (i.e. the ability to change the colour of your summoner's avatar or the fact that the items cost mana).

Some aspects just aren't as fun or exciting as they could be. This could mean I stop playing the game entirely.

Gameplay is not always as polished as other similar offerings in the PC gaming genre.

While I like the game, I will still go elsewhere to buy it.

What are my goals with League of Legends:

I want to continue playing and enjoying League of Legends:.

 

[the joker gamereviews]

So as far as I understand you're a veteran in the gaming industry? If so, can you give us a brief overview of your working day? I've experienced some people working in this field over the years, so I really didn't mean to offend with these questions.

Surely.

My day in the game review industry begins with the opening credits of "Star Trek Into Darkness" and ends with the credits sequence in "Captain America: The Winter Soldier." One thing that I have noticed about that scene from both films is how the villain's first speech (in "Star Trek") is much different from the first speech in "Winter Soldier." When in "Star Trek" the villain speaks, he makes a lot of excuses that the hero can relate to and then he uses them in order to advance the plot. When in "Winter Soldier" the villain speaks, he just talks in detail about what he has against the hero and how nothing can be done about it, which he knows the hero can already change or stop, so why go through the effort anymore?

"Captain America: The Winter Soldier" and "Star Trek Into Darkness" have a lot in common. Both films have villainous characters that are very similar from an archetypal point of view.

 

[Particle Ghost]

Speaking of:

My review of League of Legends:

Developer: Riot Games Player: Saffron_Mage

Price: $10.99

Pros:

Free-to-Play.

Fast gameplay that allows for quick progress.

Extremely high replay-ability!

The game is not overly complicated at all.

Cons:

Some aspects could use updating (i.e. the ability to change the colour of your summoner's avatar or the fact that the items cost mana).

Some aspects just aren't as fun or exciting as they could be. This could mean I stop playing the game entirely.

Gameplay is not always as polished as other similar offerings in the PC gaming genre.

While I like the game, I will still go elsewhere to buy it.

What are my goals with League of Legends:

I want to continue playing and enjoying League of Legends:.

Your critique on League of Legends is not new and I'm pretty sure that they are just waiting for you to go off on a tirade. It is still true that one of them is getting paid with your money and it seems that they want to protect that and they refuse to accept their money back. I'm not saying that Riot isn't being a good company but they have to do everything so they don't lose business when they have these issues. It is one of the biggest scandals in esports right now.


I do not like it when people accuse companies before the facts are established, you have my full support. I personally don't think Riot is as bad as people say and I do see a lot of people saying that. I think that many of them are just acting dumb because they want to be paid by a few games as some people like to say.


I would never pay money for a game from Riot but I would still give them money because they have a good reputation in the community. In any case, we just have to wait and see what happens. I think they are more

 

[the joker gamereviews]

Your critique on League of Legends is not new and I'm pretty sure that they are just waiting for you to go off on a tirade. It is still true that one of them is getting paid with your money and it seems that they want to protect that and they refuse to accept their money back. I'm not saying that Riot isn't being a good company but they have to do everything so they don't lose business when they have these issues. It is one of the biggest scandals in esports right now.


I do not like it when people accuse companies before the facts are established, you have my full support. I personally don't think Riot is as bad as people say and I do see a lot of people saying that. I think that many of them are just acting dumb because they want to be paid by a few games as some people like to say.


I would never pay money for a game from Riot but I would still give them money because they have a good reputation in the community. In any case, we just have to wait and see what happens. I think they are more

As regards the League of Legends question, what if in a few years time, there is a different group within the industry, and they have a different vision of the game – what we might be seeing over the next two years is that we can see a more competitive scene emerge where the pros and amateurs get what they want.

As I mentioned before, the NA LCS is the last of the major eSports leagues in North America and, based on the numbers from the 2014 NA LCS playoffs, it is almost certainly at the very bottom of the league table. Looking over the current structure that I mentioned at the start of this talk, however, NA looks like it is on track to become a strong part of the eSports economy, not just the last of its kind.

What will happen to the NA LCS in future, though, remains to be seen. My hope is that the NA LCS will continue to grow into an organization that could potentially be a strong competitor for the World's top competitive leagues.

 

[Atle]

Do you review custard?

 

[the joker gamereviews]

Do you review custard?

You must inform me what exactly you wish for me to review.

Moving forward;

World of Warcraft Classic review: the best PC MMO, new mounts, new quests, new locations and more - a lot has changed since the original launch of World of Warcraft Classic in 2005. The MMO's world has expanded by millions, and as a result, the game has gotten more immersive and more varied. The only way to get the most out of your World of Warcraft collection was to get all the expansions, and Blizzard didn't even give some of their old expansions new graphics for their old titles. That's why we're giving you all the current, official expansions, and the special one-week time-limited edition of Diablo II: Reaper of Souls.

Our World of Warcraft Classic review of Diablo II: Reaper of Souls will take you back to the most memorable moments of classic Diablo's combat, from the early days of level 99 to the battle of the Broken Shore. This one-hour Diablo II experience will take you deep from the dark depths of the Diablo 3 story, including the quest to defeat Kil'jaeden himself and the epic battles against the Burning Legion, the Pandaren Empire, the Burning Legion, and the Horde. But the true scale of the challenge is revealed in the war against the Burning Legion, where the full scope of the threat to the entire world is revealed. As it turns out, a legion of demons known as the Legion of Darkness is still roaming the world. This dark power threatens to engulf everything in its path. Now it's up to the heroes of Azeroth to stop their greatest foe once and for all.

 

[Particle Ghost]

You must inform me what exactly you wish for me to review.

Moving forward;

World of Warcraft Classic review: the best PC MMO, new mounts, new quests, new locations and more - a lot has changed since the original launch of World of Warcraft Classic in 2005. The MMO's world has expanded by millions, and as a result, the game has gotten more immersive and more varied. The only way to get the most out of your World of Warcraft collection was to get all the expansions, and Blizzard didn't even give some of their old expansions new graphics for their old titles. That's why we're giving you all the current, official expansions, and the special one-week time-limited edition of Diablo II: Reaper of Souls.

Our World of Warcraft Classic review of Diablo II: Reaper of Souls will take you back to the most memorable moments of classic Diablo's combat, from the early days of level 99 to the battle of the Broken Shore. This one-hour Diablo II experience will take you deep from the dark depths of the Diablo 3 story, including the quest to defeat Kil'jaeden himself and the epic battles against the Burning Legion, the Pandaren Empire, the Burning Legion, and the Horde. But the true scale of the challenge is revealed in the war against the Burning Legion, where the full scope of the threat to the entire world is revealed. As it turns out, a legion of demons known as the Legion of Darkness is still roaming the world. This dark power threatens to engulf everything in its path. Now it's up to the heroes of Azeroth to stop their greatest foe once and for all.

You know what I hate? When someone writes "Hey I wanna lose weight" and another person then just responds with something like "Haha ur already soft and perfect, u don't have to change )". That person doesn't gives a hecking HECK about your fetish for chubby people, they're clearly unhappy about their current body so instead of telling them not to change or how much you love chubby people be supportive!!!! Or you could also just shut the heck up!!!!!

 

[the joker gamereviews]

You know what I hate? When someone writes "Hey I wanna lose weight" and another person then just responds with something like "Haha ur already soft and perfect, u don't have to change )". That person doesn't gives a hecking HECK about your fetish for chubby people, they're clearly unhappy about their current body so instead of telling them not to change or how much you love chubby people be supportive!!!! Or you could also just shut the heck up!!!!!

Perhaps you have a point, however, I fail to see how this relates to game reviews.

The issue is that the author of the review did not ask to be removed from the comment. If this was a case of being an ass and being removed, would he then be considered an editor there or not and could he still receive the benefit of the doubt, or was that an act of the reviewer not being honest at all?

If the person who is being removed from the comment is an editor, then it would be my contention that the editor is being unfairly treated because the person being blocked could easily have removed the comment at any stage in the process and no one would have thought to do so except to block the comment, thus leaving the writer with nothing to say. Therefore I must take a view that it is entirely inappropriate for a user to remove comments that they wish not to be there but this is clearly not the case and has nothing to do with the review and what is said when they appear. So when the reviewer has removed the comment, it should be up to the reader to consider whether or not the review was fair.

 

[Particle Ghost]

Perhaps you have a point, however, I fail to see how this relates to game reviews.

The issue is that the author of the review did not ask to be removed from the comment. If this was a case of being an ass and being removed, would he then be considered an editor there or not and could he still receive the benefit of the doubt, or was that an act of the reviewer not being honest at all?

If the person who is being removed from the comment is an editor, then it would be my contention that the editor is being unfairly treated because the person being blocked could easily have removed the comment at any stage in the process and no one would have thought to do so except to block the comment, thus leaving the writer with nothing to say. Therefore I must take a view that it is entirely inappropriate for a user to remove comments that they wish not to be there but this is clearly not the case and has nothing to do with the review and what is said when they appear. So when the reviewer has removed the comment, it should be up to the reader to consider whether or not the review was fair.

Do you also do movie reviews? Do you have any movies coming out this summer? Any upcoming releases for this summer or beyond? Anything you just came off of a huge binge or anything you're excited to see? Thanks for taking the time to do this interview, I really appreciate it.

 

[Sectus]

 

[Particle Ghost]

My review of Nebulous.cloud Half Life 2 Roleplay:

The title makes me cringe. It's a title for a game I've seen a lot of.

I've seen more than once. In fact I've witnessed this game being advertised on Twitter over and over again when something related to the game was played (even though I've not played it).

I've never seen it referred to as "Nebulous."

Nebulous.cloud, a new Steam gaming PC game, is a cross-platform indie adventure set in the world of Half-Life and Portal 2, as well as the original BattleZone.

The premise of the game is that players take on the role of some sort of super hero in a fantasy world, and the main purpose you have in the game is to save the world from evil aliens.

In order to accomplish this, the heroes must explore dungeons with the help of a variety of enemies and explore worlds filled with mysterious and potentially hazardous objects and other challenges that can hinder their progress.

As you'd expect, the main focus of the game is to find a way to escape from the confines of the palace. As you do, you'll eventually make your way to the gates, but you'll also collect gems to unlock different areas, which means that there will never be any linearity to the experience, but instead will be a lot of different routes and rooms that you can take.

This is what we really want in a game like this.

One of the interesting parts of the game will be exploring this new world that you can explore, and we wanted to create a story that will give players some insight and feel what it's like to be inside and around this strange place.

What's in a Name?

One of the most unique features of the game is that it is built around the name of Hohokum. The name refers to the place of origin of one's soul. In fact, that's why we have an entire character in the game called "Soul Reaver."

We are trying something different from traditional RPGs and have come up with an interesting name to give this game

The story is very unique in that players will be taking on multiple missions or even

taking the role of a different character based on the circumstances of the battle

In the following video I explain a bit about the game's mechanics and how the battle system works.

 

[Aspect™]

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