Trooster's troubling trials

trooster89

Alien Breed 2: Assault
Alien Swarm
Alliance of Valiant Arms
Amnesia: The Dark Descent
And Yet It Moves
Anomaly Warzone Earth
Aquaria
Atom Zombie Smasher
Audiosurf
Avadon: The Black Fortress
Bastion
Battle for Graxia
BIT.TRIP BEAT
BIT.TRIP RUNNER
Borderlands 2
Braid
Cave Story+
Closure
Cogs
Company of Heroes
Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts
Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor
Cortex Command
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Crayon Physics Deluxe
Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition
Darksiders
Dota 2
Dustforce
EDGE
Eufloria
Fieldrunners
Frozen Synapse
Gish
Gratuitous Space Battles
Half-Life 2: Deathmatch
Half-Life Deathmatch: Source
Half-Life: Blue Shift
Half-Life: Opposing Force
Hammerfight
Hero Academy
Jamestown
Legend of Grimrock
LIMBO
Lugaru HD
Machinarium
Magicka: Nippon
Magicka: Vietnam
Metro 2033
NightSky
Offspring Fling!
Osmos
Overlord
Peggle Extreme
Penumbra: Overture
Psychonauts
Red Faction: Armageddon
Revenge of the Titans
Rochard
Rome: Total War
Saints Row: The Third
Samorost 2
Shadowgrounds
Shadowgrounds: Survivor
Shank
Shank 2
Shatter
Snapshot
Sniper Elite
Space Pirates and Zombies
SpaceChem
Spirits
Splice
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
Steel Storm: Burning Retribution
Super Meat Boy
Super Monday Night Combat
Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP
Swords and Soldiers HD
The Basement Collection
The Binding of Isaac
Titan Quest
Toki Tori
TRAUMA
Trine 2
Uplink
Vessel
VVVVVV
Waking Mars
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Game of the Year Edition
Wizorb
World of Goo
Zen Bound® 2

trooster89

Saints Row: The Third

First off, let me say that I know this is out of order, but I already had the game installed and was working on finishing it, so I figured I might as well finish it off to make room on my harddrive for other games. Now to the review:

Having not played Saints Row 1 or 2, I wasn't entirely sure what I was getting myself into. The game was very GTA-esque with more shooting and better graphics. The dialogue was generally entertaining and the sound track was pretty good. The game play was so-so. The missions generally were pretty easy with a few exceptions that took a lot of repetition, the right skills upgraded and a little bit of luck with random AI spawn locations. Most offered some variety most involving some kind of old school style rail shooting.

Overall I felt the game was good, not great but still very enjoyable. That being said, there is a lot more to the game than I experienced. I typically avoided a lot of the side missions, as well as most of the character, gang, and vehicle customizations. I briefly played coop and found that pretty fun although it was a bit laggy when using vehicles. Maybe at some point I'll do another run through and try out some of the different player choices for the end missions.

Winfrey

oh god Alien Breed 2: Assault have fun with that steaming pile of mediocrity.

trooster89

Lol yeah, I'm only a few hours in and already bored. Must...power...through....

trooster89

Well after much delay and distraction I've finally beaten Alien Breed 2. I don't wanna say complete horrible sums it up, but its pretty close. I did however, enjoy the comic book style cut scenes between acts. And at least I've got this:

Even if the game ended in a cliff hanger...[shakes fist]
I'm gonna go ahead and skip Alien Swarm because its basically the same game, and I've already gotten the tf2 hat : )

Next stop. Amnesia. I'm already terrified.

trooster89

Stupid Amneisa ... I played it, for a while, got lost and now i can't remember where I left off. Is that irony given the game title?

On the plus side, I've resisted buying games since the last Christmas sale, but there's a new Diablo patch out... Someday I will finish this.

Also. Holy crap. Its almost been a year since my last post!

trooster89

Evoland

This game was quick and fun and basically what you would expect from the videos/screenshots. There really isn't a lot to this game and unique theme of evolution definitely is what caries it. There was some good humor which reminded me of the magicka series. My only complaint is that while zelda-esque there was no shield which became frustrating.

I don't think that I will try the sequel. it looks like much of the same.