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Thoughts: Deathloop | The Scientific Gamer — Mon, 20 Sep 2021 11:01:14 +0000

[…] work since the exceptional Prey in 2017 has struck me as being somewhat… experimental. They released the Mooncrash expansion for […]

By: Harmen

Harmen — Sun, 06 Aug 2017 11:55:02 +0000

Thanks for the review, which convinced me to try Prey. I just finished it, even though I almost never have the patient for that with these “big” games. The world they created is amazing, filled with details.

By: Griff

Griff — Sat, 20 May 2017 03:18:29 +0000

I think you’re a little hard on the original Bioshock, yeah it was simplified a bit (hey, it was the early 7th gen) but it still got the ball rolling on reviving a style of game that had been dormant for years, on top of that I think it still has the coolest setting of all of them, System Shock and Deus Ex included, though the Talos I station sounds like it gives Rapture a run for it’s money.

You’re right about Infinite though, what a waste of a fantastic setting that game was.

By: Oli Hutt

Oli Hutt — Fri, 19 May 2017 17:05:45 +0000

I… I don’t understand?

By: Darren

Darren — Fri, 19 May 2017 16:22:39 +0000

Sorry to hear you’ve been suffering a lack of motivation. Your reviews are always worth reading!

I’ve been very tempted to buy this game for myself, but I’m trying to hold off since I have a stack of other games that are calling to me. I could just play my boyfriend’s PS4 copy, but after reading about it and playing the demo I think I’d much prefer the PC version.

By: ilitarist

ilitarist — Thu, 18 May 2017 13:08:59 +0000

Wars are definitely tedious. The need to train, equip, guard, deploy and redeploy troops takes a toll on my. Without defense my transport ships might be quickly destroyed, and I have to bother with escorts for every jump from planet to planet I want to conquer. I hope they somehow integrate transport and military ships (currently you can’t unite them in a single fleet IIRC). And even without talking about planet sieges your defenses are mostly useless so there’s not much strategy involved in midgame battles, just destroy enemy armada and besiege.

Crises invaders are much more interesting to fight and they feel like a real contenders in the game compared to tame and passive AI empires.

By: Hentzau

Hentzau — Wed, 17 May 2017 22:57:35 +0000

Just burn the boardgames and you’ll have plenty of time to invest in Prey.

By: Hentzau

Hentzau — Wed, 17 May 2017 22:55:12 +0000

Please do — I’m not sure which I like better out of Prey and Battle Brothers, but between them I think I’ve probably already played the best games of 2017.

Incidentally I did pop back to Stellaris briefly and was encouraged to see the game was much bulked out compared to what it was before, but war is still a deal-breaker for me. I think it’ll take another expansion that focuses on that before I can get back into it, but it’s definitely on an upwards trajectory at least.

By: Hentzau

Hentzau — Wed, 17 May 2017 22:49:12 +0000

Hah, no chance of me giving up – keeping this blog is good for me and I still enjoy writing in bursts, I just don’t want it feeling like an obligation. Glad you’re enjoying it!

By: Eduardo Assimo

Eduardo Assimo — Mon, 15 May 2017 23:17:31 +0000

Don´t give up man. I´m from Brazil (yeah!!) and always read your articles. Keep up the good writing!