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Borderlands – The Pre-Sequel

2015-06-15
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Entertainment > Games > Borderlands – (2009 game) >

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If you have Borderlands 2, stick with it until you’ve played through it, through its true vault hunter mode and through every. single. DLC. There are a lot.

Then buy this, but only if you’re a serious fan of Borderlands 2.

If you are new to the series and new to Borderlands 2, go buy and play Borderlands 2! It’s great. This is just more of that, but with added obnoxiousness.

  • Properly titled Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel



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Fez

2015-06-14
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Entertainment > Games >

(on Wikipedia)
https://steamcommunity.com/app/224760
http://fezgame.com/

I can’t describe it without spoiling it’s best part.

I happen to like boring 8-bit games, so the initial moments of this game are just fine for me. I stuck it out, because I knew a little bit about what was to come. Even though I saw it coming, I was really moved by the introduction to “the game proper”. Holy shit.

Great game, I think.. but I just don’t get it. Treasure maps make no sense. Secrets are nigh impossible. The world map is hopeless. I gave it a good shot, based on old hype, but no joy.

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Tower of Guns

2015-06-13
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Entertainment > Games >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.terribleposture.com/tower-of-guns/

A terrible FPS semi-roguelike game.

Procedurally-generated levels. Extraordinarily unfairly unnecessarily hard. Not fun at all.

I ended up getting a refund.



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Heroes of the Storm

2015-06-02
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Entertainment > Games >

(on Wikipedia)
https://heroesofthestorm.blizzard.com/en-us/

A MOBA which also has good bots.

Like all the other “safe” games Blizzard has created, Heroes of the Storm is an accessible MOBA (Multiplayer online battle arena) game. It’s pretty, plays well, and os reasonably fun. It has excellent bots to beat up for a chill game. Voice support makes it great.

I play a bunch of it, and like it. I don’t PvP. The versus AI started out being really boring but improved a lot over time.

  • aka HOTS
  • abandoned – It’s officially on life support

  • Full ultrawide support, even in windowed fullscreen. It’s a big difference.



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FBReader

2015-05-18
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Software, Android >

(on Wikipedia)
(on Google Play, free version)
(on Google Play, pro version)
https://fbreader.org/

An ebook reader.

  • aka Favorite Book Reader



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Gauntlet – (2014 game)

2015-01-08
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Entertainment > Games >

(on Wikipedia)
https://store.steampowered.com/app/258970/Gauntlet_Slayer_Edition/

A top-down hack-and-slash game based on the Gauntlet franchise but with different controls, abilities and general gameplay.

This seemed like a good idea at the time, but turned out to be a pretty shitty experience. Not recommended.



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Eufloria – (2009 game)

2014-11-16
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Entertainment > Games >

(on Wikipedia)
https://steamcommunity.com/app/221180
https://www.omni-labs.com/games/eufloria [ 1 ] was http://www.eufloria-game.com/index.html

I’ve played this exact same thing as a free flash game. Except the controls were a hell of a lot better with that one.

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BioShock – (2007 game)

2014-11-14
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TODO – make a proper page

Entertainment > Games >

(on Wikipedia)
https://steamcommunity.com/app/7670
https://www.bioshockgame.com/site/agegate.html

Well. I had heard good things about this game, and since it was on sale I thought I’d pick it up.

I regret it.

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Diablo 3 – (2012 game)

2014-08-01
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Entertainment > Games >

(on Wikipedia)
https://us.diablo3.blizzard.com/en-us/
https://us.diablo3.blizzard.com/en-us/

A fixed-angle-view roguelike.

My general conclusion is that it’s a good game, but doesn’t have enough variety of abilities.

Path of Exile – (2013 game) is better in terms of difficulty, complexity and player-immersion. In fact, Diablo 3 has been copying features straight from Path of Exile. Doing things badly, but, still, obviously copying.

  • Properly titled Diablo III



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