Recent reviews by thom

I was disappointed by the LiS remastered, but this LiSBTS remastered took my disappointment on the remastered collection even further. They didn't even change the game engine, it's still running on unity. The main positive I see here is that it has 60fps limiter. There aren't really much changes in the game, the main differences I felt is the greatly improved textures(on clothes and character skins), and actual grass instead of just green plains. Apart from that the game is actually worse than the original because there are now several BUGS across the game, and I don't remember experiencing any bugs or glitches on the original LiSBTS so this is a real issue especially given the price of the game and the fact that they delayed the release of the remastered collection to 'perfect and refine the game'. And with the selling price of the remastered collection, the price isn't right, pun intended. Also more points deducted for one of the laziest design on the badges (the foil badge is literally the game's logo with gold frame).

BUGS I experienced in this game :
Chloe just standing frozen like a statue during multiple cutscenes and while graffiti-ing.
Chloe's outfit changed after I quit the game and opened again next day (I used zombie outfit at first, then it changed to grey whatever outfit).
Some reflection causes weird flashing on screen
Chloe floats in some cutscenes

TLDR : Save yourself some money and buy the original LiSBTS instead of this crap. It's ran perfectly without bugs in my experience. The OG LiSBTS also have cool mixtape mode which this remaster doesn't offer, and way cooler badges.

I bought this game after finishing immortals fenyx and didn't regret it a bit. I've never played any AC games before yet this one just clicks into my brain. The game provided me 100+ hours of enjoyable content(most of the time), with great storyline and tons of additional quests. Surely a lot of those quests do get tedious and repetitive(e.g. get this, eliminate those people, slay some wild beast), but some of them are interesting if not funny. Being an RPG game this game allows different playstyles and character builds, with various perks, weapons, and skills to choose from. One annoying thing I found is the need to keep upgrading gears and weapons after going up several levels (the weapons have separate levels from character, and there are 5 armor pieces as well), meaning that I need to farm lots of resources or buy them in shops. Stealth in this game is mostly ok, but sometimes enemies can spot me while I'm hiding in the bushes. The enemy AI is somewhat decent, but not exactly smart either. And there are several choices that can affect the ending of the game.

The only negative I can think of with this game is the absolutely garbage optimization resulting in high CPU usage and occasional bottlenecks (I played with ryzen 5 3600 @4.2ghz, the recommended cpu is ryzen 5 1400)

Right now I'd say it's best to buy this game during a sale (it usually gets 70%-ish off)

Graphics

🔲Altering Reality
✅Excellent
🔲It's OK
🔲Bad
🔲Gonna ruin your eyes

Gameplay

🔲Can't stop playing
✅Nice
🔲Average
🔲Bad
🔲Just awful

SFX & Music

🔲Could win the Grammy's
✅Soothes my ears
🔲Average
🔲Bad
🔲Sounds like 2 cats f*cking at 2 am

Bugs and Glitches

🔲Free from bugs
🔲Very few bugs
✅Occasional bugs
🔲Starting to get annoying
🔲Uh-oh

Value for money

🔲Deal of the century
🔲Worth the price
✅Wait for sale if possible
🔲If you're really rich
🔲Might buy winrar instead

Specs You'd need to play

🔲Your grandma's PC can run this
🔲Powerful enough to open 3 tabs of chrome
✅Modern midrange gaming PC specs
🔲RTX 3080 or higher
🔲CIA's supercomputer

i swear i bought it for the plot

I loved the OG game, and was excited to replay that game in better graphics and visuals. As this remastered collection was announced around the same period as True colors and even was bundled with true colors, I was expecting the visuals to be somewhat similar towards true colors. When I played this "Remastered" game, I was quite disappointed to see that it doesn't look that much different from the original Lis from 2015. Surely there are few noticeable improvements (mainly on max and chloe's details, better textures and lighting, and more grass), but these improvements felt too minor to be made into a whole new game. I feel like this should be just called Life is Strange HD. Switching from unity to unreal engine and not giving this game FPS limiter (only vsync I assume) meant my GPU is drawing way too much power than necessary. Price wise, I definitely think this "remastered" collection is not worth the money. Even with the full True colors+remaster bundle this feels too expensive for me.

actually good and wholesome

yeety boi go yeet

An absolute masterpiece of RPG game with great combat and emotional storyline. Decent graphics but should be played with texture mod since the vanilla texture isn't great. The game definitely should be played with a controller, as playing with mouse and keyboard will be extremely awkward and janky. Soundtrack is also among the best I've experienced in a game. Game engine and port isn't brilliant as microstutters occur randomly. Whoever created the E ending minigame, I hate you.

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⬛Exceptional
✅Beautiful
⬛Average
⬛Bad
⬛Hurts my eyes

✅Exciting
⬛Quite fun
⬛Okay
⬛Meh
⬛♥♥♥♥♥♥ mobile games from instagram ads

✅Soothing my ears
⬛Lovely souds
⬛Alright
⬛Maybe not
⬛Ears bleeding

⬛Can complete this while blindfolded
⬛Simple
⬛Requires some thinking
✅Frustrating at times
⬛Dark Souls

⬛Bargain
✅Good value
⬛Wait for discount if possible
⬛Pricey
⬛Total rip-off

good software for aesthetic wallpapers

American Truck Simulator is another great trucking simulator from SCS software. ATS gives players a realistic experience on what it's like to be a trucker, with good graphics quality and very detailed 3d models of trucks, decent size map on base game with good overall details(vegetation, road textures, building, etc.), and realistic driving mechanics. Players who want even more realistic experience can hook up a steering wheel, pedals, and a shifter. Apart from being a trucking simulator, this game also acts as a business tycoon game, where players can expand their trucking company by buying more garages, trucks, and hiring drivers to earn passive income. The base game doesn't cost a lot, but pile up some DLCs and the bill will rise quickly.

⬛Exceptional
✅Beautiful
⬛Average
⬛Bad
⬛Hurts my eyes

⬛Would play all the time
⬛Exciting
✅Decent enough
⬛Meh
⬛♥♥♥♥♥♥ mobile games from instagram ads

⬛Soothing my ears
⬛Lovely souds
✅Alright
⬛Maybe not
⬛Ears bleeding

⬛Can complete this while blindfolded
⬛Simple
✅Requires some thinking
⬛Frustrating at times
⬛Dark Souls

✅Driving simulator
⬛Realistic
⬛Arcade yet realistic
⬛Arcade
⬛Mario kart

⬛Bargain
✅Good value
⬛Wait for discount if possible
⬛Pricey
⬛Total rip-off

Forza Horizon 4 is the right game for people who want to race and do fun things with cars in an open world. The main selling point of this game is the plentiful choice of realistic and detailed cars, beautiful and vast open world to explore, and many activities to do with the cars. Forza Horizon 4 is somewhat of a life-service game with new championships and missions for every season, but this game received its final update not long ago to allow the devs to fully focus on Forza Horizon 5. There are many things to do in this game and it's guaranteed going to keep you occupied for many hours. Sound of cars feels quite generic given the fact that many cars share the same sound, while music and other SFX is decent. Driving mechanics is pretty arcade as racing games go, with car damage being visual(it is possible to make the game more realistic by changing the damage setting to physical) and handling is rather simple. For a game that is quite old and is to be replaced very soon, it's best to wait for a discount and snatch the ultimate edition.

⬛Exceptional
✅Beautiful
⬛Average
⬛Bad
⬛Hurts my eyes

⬛Would play all the time
✅Exciting
⬛Decent enough
⬛Meh
⬛♥♥♥♥♥♥ mobile games from instagram ads

⬛Soothing my ears
⬛Lovely souds
✅Alright
⬛Maybe not
⬛Ears bleeding

⬛Can complete this while blindfolded
⬛Simple
✅Requires some thinking
⬛Frustrating at times
⬛Dark Souls

⬛Driving simulator
⬛Realistic
⬛Arcade yet realistic
✅Arcade
⬛Mario kart

⬛Bargain
⬛Good value
✅Wait for discount if possible
⬛Pricey
⬛Total rip-off