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OBSERVER - review

    We are back with the reviews and now with an impressive game, Observer grabbed me since the first time I saw the trailer and now playing it and it is way much better than I expected.     You start the game as a kind of a Cop trying to solve a murder in a future where most of the people live inside of a matrix, but the interesting part is that it has a power outage so everyone is out of the "dream life" and all locked inside of their apartment, so along with the murder case you also need to understand and probably try to fix the power issue.     Talking about the game basics: - The graphics are amazing (it makes a lot of triple A games looks like an 8 bit one), jokes apart it has some impressive quality of 3D modeling, natural colors and a great ambient created .. it fits perfectly with it´s psychological horror genre. - The sound is immersive and it takes you exactly where the game is - the sound is a key point for this genre and Observer deli...

Remothered: Tormented Fathers

        Remothered: Tormented Fathers is a third person psychological horror game and it's the first chapter of the Remothered trilogy.       In this game you take control of a 35 year old woman (Rosemary Reed) and your main objective is to locate a missing girl (Celeste Felton) and with that you start the game looking for some clues with her father Richard Felton, at first you try the easiest way, talking and gathering as many clues as you can, but when Richard realizes your true intention he drives you out of the house. From this moment on you need to do it the hard way, sneak in the house at night trying to avoid contact to find out the truth.                                                 You will be hunted!!!       The game is a true indie title dressed up like a triple A where everything is great,...

ICEBOX: Speedgunner - Review

      Icebox speedgunner is a competitive first person shooter where you need to run against the clock to complete each level, the controls are intuitive and easy to learn, the graphics are good and light (you don't need a high-end computer to play it and have fun).      The main quest of the game is to escape the icebox and for that you'll have assistance from a hacker and some pretty cool weapons. You are a speedgunner so you need to run and shoot, but it is not that simple..  you'll be able to slow time and gravity down, double jump and no need to reload (one of the best parts).       One interesting part of the game is the music, it is so good that it makes you want to run, it is a kind of futuristic sound that matches exactly with the game atmosphere.       Another great point is the leaderboard where you compete with other players globally.       It's a great game, super cheap and packaged with a ...

Hello Neighbor - Review

Hello Neighbor is a stealth survival horror video game..  or at least this is how it is called, but after the first 5 minutes you realize that this category was not correctly applied and why?? Because it has nothing of horror ..  maybe stealth a little but definitely not horror. When you watch the game trailer you get the impression that the owner of the house is a monster or some kind of monster (and in this case the genre would be correct) but after a few minutes of gameplay you realize that there is no consequence when you get caught ..  sometimes the screen goes dark and you appear on the other side of the street as if nothing happened, so what is the point of hiding? At this point you realize that this game is only a poor game of simple puzzles, bad graphics and awkward character movement. Seeing this review you may think that this game is horrible and it has no salvation, but things can change, the developers (Dynamic Pixels) can simply change what happens when ...

Call of Duty WW2 Review

     Starting with COD WW2 - what makes me so impressed to work on this review?       The answer is simple, the innovation, we had so many Call of Duties that even changing the developers, the games all look the same.. when I started playing it I had already seen some gameplay and it was more of the same.. the only thing I noticed was the boots on the ground that Sledgehammer (Developer) kept saying, but only this would not make the game brand new and so special.      From the start you will be transported from your chair to WW2 .. and they do it not only with some good graphics, the key point here is that you'll start with some friendly conversations, jokes, friends and in the blink of an eye you'll be drafted to Normandy beach, one of the most brutal chapters of World War 2 ..  and your objective and all other troopers is to just try to survive.      The engine is always the same but every new game it is mor...

ELEX Quickview

Elex is an action RPG set in a future where you will find a mix of future and past (and by past I mean the medieval era with swords and magic), so what about the game?  The game is a mess of good and bad ideas, the character moves are terrible, the audio is the worst part of all, apparently it was recorded on a super small room or it was recorded with a bucket on the actor's head, the graphics are the best part of the game with some good textures and great environment.  The gameplay in some parts reminded me of Fallout , where you need to open every desk or file cabinet to find stuff like cigars or a pack of cigars, ammo.. The audio and the player movement drowned the game, specially when you are in a fight and your character does not respond to your commands. The developer (Piranha Bytes) had some amazing jobs like "Gothic" and "Risen" but this one will not be a good reference. 

HOB - Quickview

      I'm setting the title as quickview because I have only about two hours of gameplay and this game looks huge, so here are my impressions of HOB.        This is an exploration game that reminds me a lot of Zelda Breath of the Wild. It has no texts and no dialogues, you will have to discover this beautiful world by exploration (when I say no texts, it's because every character speaks a different language), so the only thing you have to do is follow your instincts and go out on a new adventure -        What you'll find playing HOB: monsters to fight, puzzles to solve and a great lanscape to explore, all packaged in a beautiful and artistic game.       Let's go to the points I use to cover on each review: Graphics, audio, gameplay and controls.       Graphics are beautifully crafted as you can see by the screen shots below.        The music is great and guides you through the...