u/Godharvest

I feel like a lot of reviewers nowadays get way too stuck on the technical side of games instead of actually judging the game for what it is.

Like with Tainted Grail: Fall of Avalon, yeah it’s a bit janky here and there. Not even close to the level of old Piranha Bytes stuff like Gothic, Risen, or Elex (which I honestly think are great despite their rough edges). But even small issues like that seem to immediately drag the score down before the review even really gets going. It already feels like they’ve decided “this can’t be higher than a 7.5, maybe an 8 if we’re feeling generous” before fully digging into everything else.

Then when they do get into gameplay, it sometimes feels like they struggle to separate personal taste from an actual review. It’s not just “does this work for the audience this game is aimed at”, it comes off more like “I personally don’t like this, so it’s a flaw.” And that’s where it loses me.

A game being made in Unity or not having a massive AAA team behind it shouldn’t automatically count against it either. Some of the best RPGs out there came from smaller or AA teams that clearly cared more about depth and systems than polish. Stuff like Elex, Risen, and even games like Colony Ship prove that.

It just feels like mainstream reviews these days are written more for the reviewer’s personal taste than for the actual audience of the game. And honestly, I don’t even think a lot of people are relying on IGN for opinions anymore the way they used to. Hard to see that changing if the approach stays the same.

Tyrants Realm ( A Rouge-like Soule-Like )
Esoteric Ebb ( A Disco Elysium-like game with a comedic D&D twist )
Drova ( Pixel Art styled RPG that takes homages from the Gothic series )
Metal Slug Tactics ( Metal Slug themed with tactical turn based combat )
Skald : Against The Black Pillory ( Retro style turn based RPG with a party system )

Now, you maybe wondering? Why am i asking this?
And honestly idk lmao but if by the off chance someone doesn't know about one of these games and may find something new to play ;D

But im actually curious. If you have played any of these games, what would you personally rate each one.

So, i wanna finally beat Skyrim but ive realized why i would get bored with Skyrim and its the combat and how easy it is.

So im wondering, what are sine good mods i can download to make combat moe tactical/difficult.

Something that requires more parries

I'd be a complete liar if I said that I've heard any changes to the game that has me concerned.

I know I know people were upset over the idea that the developers were changing some character models around particularly with how some of the women look making them wear less skimpy outfits. And I understand that there is a law reasoning behind why these women are dressed the way they are since basically they are sex slaves but I would be a liar if I said that is a big enough change to make me completely uninterested in the game.

However I'm sure the community has some more concerns regarding the remake and maybe I'm just oblivious to those facts or concerns but I'm interested in the concerns the community has towards the gothic remake

As the title states. Ive been burned so many times with early access games. Not everytime but theirs been a handful of money schemes ive gotten myself tricked into (Games like Marauder or Superfuse or Rad Rdogers. I could keep going >___>).

And im not way passing judgement on the developers of this game. I just figured i'd ask the community how they are feeling about the current progress of how the games been paced with content patches and if the developers communicate with their playerbase.

Game looks really fun im just scared to full the trigger on this one and pick it up.

A. Valhiem
B. Enshrouded
C. Runescape Dragonwilds

Im sure you guys have other opinions on other survival/crafting games with better combat but just out of these three games. Which has the better combat, world exploration and boss fights?

PS. These are just opinions obviously c: No reason to take anything said here to heart.

A : Enshrouded
B : Valhiem
C : Runescape Dragonwilds

Im sure others are gonna mention other gams within the crafting/survival genre but just between these three games, which one has the better combat?

So far im really enjoying it. Def give off a hyped Morrowind/Skyrim vibe. Morrowind in terms of the bleak setting the world is built in and skyrim with how skills work.

Im loving it so far. For someone whos beaten morrowind more times then i can count, Oblivion like two back on the OG 360 (really need to go back and do a custom remastered playthrough with some mods unless the remake has an community patch that fixes all the bugs in the remaster) and Skyrim ive literally never finished. I played maybe, in total, like 80 hours(not in one playthrough just multiple attempted playthroughs and all i did was side content) and it just didnt care for it nearly as much as i did Morrowind and Obvlivion.

But im digressing xD

Im having alot of fun playing Tainted Grail Fall Of Avalon and i highly suggest anyone looking for an Elder Scrolls experience like how it was done but in the good'ol day? I would 100% give this game a shot.

I know L'Hiver is always a good one to go with.

I dont wanna stray far from the Vanilla experience but any suggestions would be appreciated.

For example. Im looking into this game called Over The Top WW1 which is kinda like Holdfast (which seems to have a strong community) but before the latest update, the player count was under 100 people :/

And theirs this new Cold War FOS thats sorta like Battlefied thats called 83, which is already DOA.

Bodycam is another one that never has a steady player count unless they drop a major update.

Another game called EVAC which had awesome potential but no one plays it.

I think the issue is that theirs sooooo many of these competitive shooters out on the market where people get invested in one, and that one gains huge traction and those players dont branch out into other competitive shooters and i understand why, especially when youve invested all that time into one competitive shooter, why jump to another one and get invested in another?

But i also think gamers when they get my age (im 32), they dont play alot of competitive shooters as is and when they do they aren't nearly as sweaty as they use to be when they play.

I remember back when i was a teenager playing Halo 3 and before that Halo 2 and i was a MAJOR sweat in those games back when i was younger but now that im older, i'd rather play just for fun and its just hard to do that when alot of the competitive shooters i wanna try, im afraid will end up dead in a few months :/