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Homeworld® Remastered Collection
Created on 13 December, 2017 09:36
Homeworld® Remastered Collection

Fantastic but unfinished

Homeworld Remastered by Gearbox is in fact a wonderful remastered edition to a well aged Homeworld franchise. Unfortunately as so often and known for fact Gearbox ceased the game support far to soon, as usual. They had 1 huge update in the works when their devs stopped working on it and got relocated to other internal company projects. That being said: There remain many issues in the remastered editions of Hw1 & Hw2. Be it formation breaking - other weird unit behaviors or numerous missing audio components and unit animations the originals held dear. You can take a look here to get a grasp on the Remastered bugs: https://forums.gearboxsoftware.com/t/hwr-bugs-solutions/1639765 Fortunately most of these bugs can get fixed with community work around's. Unfortunately these fixes require to be loaded as mods and so most of the rather small mp player base don't know about them nor care or use them. Game play wise we're lucky that Gearbox implemented the unmodified classic versions of these games and I strongly suggest every newcomer to play these first despite the outdated graphics. Because the whole game play affair will be an entirely different one in regards of balance & bugs and game play in general. Imagine a grand RTS game with strategic depth while hw2 plus there remastered counterparts are more like a Supreme Commander in space with paper thick armored ships. Best to keep the Remastered Editions only for Multiplayer matches and mods such as Hw FX which allows you to play with almost all known Homeworld races while granting them unique game play styles coming along with it. Despite it's bugs and flaws Homeworld Remastered is a wonderful and recommendable game with a strong Story awaiting for for Hw1 and a somewhat lesser good story for Hw2. Graphics are top of the line and it's very enjoyable to see ships engaging in combat.

11 gamers found this review helpful
Atlantis: The Lost Tales
Created on 02 June, 2017 18:40
Atlantis: The Lost Tales

Atlantis 1

While I don't own the GOG version but the original version I gladly recommend this game to anybody. Be advised when I first played this game I was a kid and 7 to 8 years old. I can only tell you this that it inspired me so much. While the game is pure fiction it awakened my interest in history and myths and I especially love everything that's related to Atlantis in one way or another. Be it this game or things such as Stargate Atlantis. Due to the fact that I don't own the GOG. Version I can't tell you how things will be running for you. But a general problem of the PC cd release nowadays is that npc Animations played too fast which might ruin the immersion although there were several fan made fixes that address these issues. Should the same apply for the GOG version just google for solutions. There were certain tools that slowed down your cpu speed or used only 1 cpu to bring it close to the Pentium 1 or Pentium 2 class that was high-end class back then. To the game itself in general: It has many complex riddles and also many scenes which require certain clicks at a certain time if done incorrectly resulting in your death. For that fact the game received many negative reviews throughout the internet but honestly, it's nothing uncommon for adventure games dating back from the 80s to the late 90s. Autosaves were well made in that game and you could easily skip talk scenes by pressing the mouse button. So don't be too afraid of that aspect. In general, I did enjoy the story quite a lot and gladly recommend it to people. The ending might seem to appear a little abrupt and there's another thing in game, a certain cube which might seem a little far stretched. But other than that it was a quite enjoyable game that I can recommend to get. In fact the entire game series is very well made. But keep in mind that the follow-up titles are only partially referring back to the original Atlantis 4 being the biggest exception which lets you play once more in Atlantis itself.

5 gamers found this review helpful
The Dig®
Created on 01 October, 2016 01:46
The Dig®

An oldschool adventure

A pretty good game in typical Adventure style based upon adventure games like they were back on Amiga and early PC days. That means you get pre assigned backgrounds and meddle with numerous riddles while your character walks among the screens. The story is rather neat though I find it somewhat lacking in it's execution everything felt a bit monotone after the main cast has been driven onto an Alien world. The characters appeared somewhat emotionless for the wonders they just discovered. I wont spoil anything of the story but the initial goal is it to divert an Asteroid on collision course with Earth only that it is not a regular Asteroid. And only you can figure out the mysteries behind the Asteroid. The gameplay is rather good and flawless for a game it's age and worthy of holding the title of a scifi novel adventure dating back to the early days of adventure games. In many ways it's similar to game series such as Space Quest & Kings Quest. The game has many tough riddles but nothing to serious either, Still on some locations I had to use a walkthrough in order to advance. So if you're not into this kind of stuff better avoid it. If you are however a fan of riddles feel free to try it out now. The prize is very cheap and fair so no matter what you wont lose. Go and get it.

3 gamers found this review helpful
Outlaws + A Handful of Missions (Classic, 1997)
This game is no longer available in our store
Created on 30 September, 2016 06:42
Outlaws + A Handful of Missions (Classic, 1997)

A neat classic

What a lovely game.. I played it as a kid and it's hard to believe that back then graphics such as seen here were considered epic. Gosh where has the time gone? The story is kinda simple: Some evil person tries to get hold of land from the locals in order to form the richest town in state. But as expected some of the locals refused to sell their land and that's where you the player comes in. While you were gone to get some items for home your wife was shot and your daughter kidnapped. Can you a former Marshall rescue her in time? Play and find out.... Game play wise it's still kinda fun for a pure old school ego-shooter. The engine of the game seems to be identical to that of Duke Nukem 3D, Nam and Redneck Rampage. So if you know either of these old games and you liked em I'm sure you will like this one too. I recommend to get it only for true old-school shooter fans or people that want to reflect on childhood memories.

2 gamers found this review helpful
Back to the Future: The Game
This game is no longer available in our store
Created on 27 September, 2016 19:34
Back to the Future: The Game

A good game

Indeed a lovely game which manages to recap the atmosphere of the movies in every aspect. Of course that also has a lot to do by the fact of having the original actor of Emmet brown in it and a person that sounds exactly like Marty Mcfly did. Story wise the game knows to convince and just like throughout the tv series the Tannen family is once more your biggest rival in this 5 episode long game. As we know it from telltale games a lot of effort went into recreating the assets and the feel of the movies in such a polished way that you immediately accept the world you've been thrown into. If you liked the movies then get it. It's a charming little game although real adventure fans might find it far to easy and not very challenging so keep that in mind before purchasing so best not to have to high expectations. One can only hope that telltale will give us a conclusion of how the story continues.

1 gamers found this review helpful