Going Through My Old Steam Reviews (Part 3)

Back in the day I used to write these short and silly reviews on Steam - now after several years I'm going through them and taking a look at what kind of weird things I've said. Don't forget to check out Part 1 and Part 2!

''Great looking FPS in which playing with fire and explosions is especially fun. You can blow up enemy bases, eliminate them with sniper rifle before they even notice you and watch the sunset on the savannah. Or you can hunt some zebras.'' Well, if we leave the last sentence out I still pretty much agree with these words. Far Cry 2 is easily the best Far Cry game and one of the most iconic open world adventures - there's just nothing that captures the same atmosphere.

But seriously, don't hunt zebras. They're cute. What was wrong with me back then? I remember playing Far Cry 3 and getting physically uneasy when the game made you skin animals. That's just not right.

''MMO in which you can be a superhero? And it's free-to-play? This must be every gamers dream, right? On it's core Champions Online is your typical MMO but the fact that you can play as a a superhero and beat down bad guys is very fun. And the character editor allows you to create your own dream superhero, if you take your time with it.'' I remember Champions Online vaguely - it's like a dream that haunts in the corners of your brain. Game was fun, though it was little bit rough on the edges and as with any other MMO, I got bored pretty quickly because grinding isn't really my thing. I should revisit this game at some point and see if there's still active community or something.

''Worst Source engine version of any game ever made. Valve didn't even bother to change the character models. But because it's Half-Life, all will be forgiven. You should play the original version. You can at least understand why it's such old-school...'' So, about this ''review''. I guess I was reading a lot of negative comments about this version of HL and wanted to jump into the bandwagon - I'm pretty sure that I didn't see any difference between HL:S and original HL back then. But then again, you don't need to play this version, there's for example Black Mesa: Source, which is complete remake of the original Half-Life if you prefer more modern approach. 

I like the first HL. Yes, it's kinda old and clunky but still at the same time it has such a great atmosphere and certain charm that any other game haven't really achieved ever since. I'm in fact planning to replay it at some point and maybe even upload a playthrough on my Youtube channel, so stay tuned.

''Fun assassination's in the past. Game suffers from the repetitive missions. It would have needed a little bit more content. Also the ending doesn't make any sense. Great game anyway.'' This is my favourite double-ass game - in fact I prefer the repetitive nature of it over the sequels, which added so much useless stuff (like keeping up shops and so on). Story is what it is, it tried that scifi-ish approach and on some level it works. But no-one plays these games for story, right? Right?

''Same as always. Still addictive...'' I got nothing more to add, though I haven't played any Call of Duty game since. Are they still rail shooters with minimal player interactivity?

Let's end this part with Borderlands: ''Just fighting. But it doesn't matter when it's done as good as it is Borderlands. One of the best FPS/RPG's of recent years, thanks to addictive gun collecting and crazy enemy designs.'' I recently replayed some of the original Borderlands and even though I agree with everything I wrote nine years ago, I would add that the game is so much more fun with other player - it's still enjoyable as a single player but co-op makes the action so much... I'll use word headless. Yes. That's a perfect word for this game. 

The zombie DLC is still one of my favourite add-on to any game ever.

So that's it for Part 3. I'll return with more old reviews in November, so prepare yourself. They're getting worse and worse.

By the way, I have given up on publishing a new blog post every Sunday for now, and the posts will come when I get them ready, at least for now.