andromaro

This game is a pleasant adventure in medieval France with a touch of the supernatural in the likes of the plague, which is embodied by swarms of rats. The game basically plays out as a stealth game with a few full-on fights.

I've appreciated the setting and the beautiful graphics, that together contribute to recreate a believable Middle Age. I've also enjoyed all the alchemy lore, as well as the mechanics of the rats.

Everything else is quite mid: animations are clearly done on a tighter budget, the characters are mostly annoying, the dialogues are uninspired, the gameplay is very simple, the progression is minimal and for the most part unimpactful.

The truth is that in a world with Naughty Dog and colleagues, the bar is set way higher.

In the wake of "Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes", here's another asymmetrical co-op game to play with a friend. The cool thing is that it's cross platform and only one player needs to purchase it.

The game is very short with only 6 missions plus 10 timed challenges. The fact that it's also very easy makes the game quite short. Nonetheless there are some moments that are very exciting, and it feels like you are in a movie, both for the agent and the hacker. I think the best moments are the ones when there is a timer to race against, which contributes to increasing a bit the overall difficulty.

It was a fun game, although the career gets quite boring and the multiplayer is extremely punishing. I think one of the problems is that the extreme realism in driving mechanics hinders the zaniness of demolition derbies, while the suicidal IA/players ruin the fun when you try to drive seriously.

All in all it's a pleasure to drive the cars on most of the tracks and try to harness the monstrous engines that you eventually unlock. The DualSense is also great at providing feedback especially when the car is damaged, however this only makes the driving experience more miserable, e.g. When the throttle gets hard as hell.