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The game’s physics are spot on, and everything works just as you'd expect, making the gameplay really enjoyable. But there are a couple of big issues that hold it back.

For one, the lobbies are full of bots, so you have to be a bit careful who you face unless you want to get absolutely dominated by an AI. But the biggest problem is that you only get about 100 games for free, and then you’re basically forced into a monthly subscription if you want to keep playing. It feels pretty unfair, especially when the game itself is so good. I wish they’d take a different approach to monetization.

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(Does Contain Spoilers for Life Is Strange 1)

I am gonna abbreviate throughout this review so it goes as so
LiS = Life Is Strange 1
BtS = Before The Storm

-- { My Thoughts } --
I loved LiS so I decided to buy BtS and I'd say I thoroughly enjoyed it. It's obviously not super action packed compared to LiS but it does fill in a lot of plot gaps from the original game and shows the story of Chloe and Rachel becoming good friends a few years before the events of LiS. It also adds some insight to what happened to Chloe after Max left and how her time was at Blackwell before she got expelled.

I'd recommend this game to anyone who enjoyed LiS it's a game I can see myself replaying again in the future (maybe even 10-20 times over), nothing will beat Max and Chloe's stories so total hype for Double Exposure in October!

---{ Graphics }---
☐ You forget what reality is
☑ Beautiful
☐ Good
☐ Decent
☐ Bad
☐ Don‘t look too long at it
☐ MS-DOS

---{ Gameplay }---
☐ Very good
☑ Good
☐ It's just gameplay
☐ Mehh
☐ Watch paint dry instead
☐ Just don't

---{ Story }---
☐ No Story
☐ Some lore
☐ Average
☐ Good
☑ Lovely
☐ It'll replace your life

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-- { Downsides } --
Only downside I got is a few audio bugs one of which made it so dialog audio was delayed and got cut off early.

- Solution -
Right Click on Speaker Icon in Bottom Right
Click Sounds
Go to Playback and Right Click your Main Audio Source
Click Advanced and set the Format to 16 bit, 48000 Hz (DvD Quality)
Apply

Go Back Right Click your Main Audio Source and Click Configure
Set Audio Channel To Stereo

Done

Here is what I have to say with almost 100 hours played. DDS is enjoyable and a nice change of pace from the type of games the majority of people play, but it is broken by the amount of game breaking bugs and issues the game has had since release. When one bug gets fixed 10 more show up, the bugs either break immersion or make the game completely unplayable. I bought this game when it was $20 and it wasn't worth it because of the amount of bugs.

One of the main issues following this game is the constant crashes or the fact it uses 100% of your GPU power because it doesn't cap FPS and instead of adding an option in game to change it you have to go into the local files and edit the config manually which is ridiculous for an issue that the developers have been aware of for a long time.

There is no auto save feature so if your game crashes and you haven't saved in a while have fun, for some people the game doesn't even launch it just crashes immediately after downloading and you wasted your money for nothing.

This game honestly had so much potential and yet they keep working on graphical changes but they don't fix the hundreds of bugs the game has. The developers don't care about any of the issues and they just want your money don't buy this game it's just not really worth it until they fix all the issues (if they ever do)

Let me say one more thing to conclude this. This game is honestly a lot of fun but you have to go through hoops to mess with game files to even get the game working without crashes and issues if you're willing to do that then this game might be worth it to you if not then its not.

I wrote a review back in 2022 a month after the games release and I got to say it has improved majorly since release. I got to say though even on release the story is much longer and is still way better then the original (I love DL1) but DL2 story is just way more complete.

Story 10/10
Combat, and Parkour Systems are 100x better then in DL1
Graphics 8/10 - RTX is nice but a lot of assets are reused taking away from the overall beauty but the game still looks stunning it's understandable from map size why they would do it the way they did though.
Side Quests 6/10 - Some of them are a lot of fun but some of them are pretty boring and repetitive (go into this darkzone get this, save my friend / son / daughter thats in a darkzone.
GRE Facilities 9/10 - Very fun to go through and filled with loads of infected to mow down lol

I do recommend people play on Hard difficulty it will make the start way harder but once you reach mid to end game there will still be a bigger challenge. If you play on Normal mode the start will be hard but once you reach mid game the only infected that pose a real challenge are Volatiles and a few Special Infected

When the game first released night time running wasn't that much of a problem but coming back after 2 years they made Night Time Exploration WAY harder just like DL1 there are Volaties EVERYWHERE!

That's what I got and I highly recommend playing DL2 to prepare for DLTB the next instalment in the series is coming out so it's the perfect time to grab this game because the story is gonna rack you at least 30 hours lol

feels like og halo few bugs to be fixed but nothing major 100% recommend buying the campain

[No Spoiler Review] Oxenfree is a story driven game its not meant as a super action packed adventure game its meant to tell a intricate story a lot of walking and 'pointless' conversation that build plot and storyline this game is not mean for those who're looking for an action packed experience. Its a pretty short experience at only a few hours but I loved every second of it the story the developers unfolded was wonderful and the execution of it just amazIng I do recommend this game to anyone into story games with not much action game play but more of telling a proper story.

Tiny Town is a great game and a perfect buy for those who like to reenact scenes and for those you want to explore and create inside their own tiny world. I have compiled a list of the pros and cons of the game these are all opinion based :P

Pros:
- Easy to access menus
- Loads of buildings, people, items to choose from and workshop items
- Unlimited building area
- Loads of fun in general

Cons:
- Missing certain people like paramedics
- Not a lot of options when it comes to litter and garbage
- $15 USD It's a great game but the price could scare people away

That's the biggest list I can come up with right now I really couldn't find any Con but all in all this game is great i'm sure kids would enjoy it I know I do

[2023 Update Note] - The devs have long abandoned this game but through the workshop a lot of new items and models have been added in the last few years which gives a lot more to do and assets to use.

I absolutly adored this game for the first 2 weeks it was so much fun learning how everything worked and playing it over and over again I really enjoyed Superhot VR with no complaints other than the short amount of levels for the average person I would say it would take at least a day to finish it just because of dying and restarting etc. I completed it in about a day but played endless and replayed the levels and got friends to play them it was and still is fun I would recommend it to anyone the one thing that this game is missing is a level editer that would make this game complete with endless amounts of replayablilty using the stream workshop to download peoples levels.

I bought hot dogs it was a lot of fun for the first 30 minutes then I just ran out of things to do I know its early access but they should have foccused on gameplay rather then just shooting ranges first and I love guns and shooting guns just as much as the next person but with nothing other then shooting guns in the game it just gets boring. I really hope to see this game improve in the future but as it is right now I wouldn't recommend it to anyone I got recommended this game by a friend and I wont recommend it to anyone else at the current point in time maybe in the future when its more updated.