This War of Mine Review

This War of Mine is a war survival simulation video game developed and published by 11 bit studios. The game was released in November 2014 for the PC, Android and iOS ports were released in July 14, 2015. The PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions were released on January 29, 2016, under the title This War of Mine: The Little Ones.

About The Game

• Inspired by real-life events
• Control your survivors and manage your shelter
• Craft weapons, alcohol, beds or stoves – anything that helps you survive
• Make decisions - an often unforgiving and emotionally difficult experience
• Randomized world and characters every time you start a new game
• Charcoal-stylized aesthetics to complement the game's theme

Gameplay

In this game, you play as a group of civilians trying to survive in a besieged city; struggling with lack of food, medicine and constant danger from snipers and hostile scavengers. It provides an experience of war seen from an entirely new angle through survival sim.

The game features the day and night cycle. During the day snipers outside stop you from leaving your refuge, so you need to focus on maintaining your hideout: crafting, trading and taking care of your survivors. At night, you get to take one of your civilians on a mission to scavenge through a set of unique locations for items that will help you stay alive.

The scavenging gameplay plays out as a tense, atmospheric 2D stealth game. While some abandoned locations are looters' playgrounds, the war-torn city features a lot of other unsavory types. Soldiers and militia might be willing to trade with you or simply ignore you, but they can turn on you in a heartbeat. Other survivors might shoot you on sight. Rummaging through a pile of rubble sends sound waves far into the distance, alerting people to your presence. Get spotted in a place where you shouldn't be, and you'll have a choice: run, hide, fight, or die.

Making life-and-death decisions driven by your conscience. You can try to protect everyone from your shelter or sacrifice some of them for longer-term survival. During war, there are no good or bad decisions; there is only survival. The sooner you realize that, the better.

The Verdict

This simulation game is indeed amazing and stunning as it captures the environment and feel of the life of civilians during the war. It shows and bring players through the everyday life where each decisions made has their consequences. As the game progresses, things begins to go wrong and choices gets harder. There is no right choices. Every play-through will be different. This makes the game as immersive as possible and unpredictable with lots of surprises waiting ahead.The game is really fun, after playing for 3 consecutive days I will rate this game a 8/10.

PROS	CONS
Stunning artwork Intense Music Survival sim gameplay Complicated and challenging morality	Autosave only Difficulty spikes

Tips

If you need to redo anything u did in that day, just before you proceed to the next day just quit to main menu and continue your game. You can use this method to save your survivor if you happen to get one of them killed during night while scavenging. Another trick is when you are raided, you can exit to main menu and continue the game to change the outcome. Repeat this will end up having less items being looted or none at all.

Have not bought the game?? Steam summer sale is up and the game is at a 75% discount.

Have a look at the gameplay walkthrough.

Splinter Cell Blacklist Review

Hey gamers! Alright I'm be giving my thoughts on this game. I'll get straight to the point.

This game it's all about stealth. So if you love playing stealthy games then you can give this a try.

The pros

• camera angles are good and are easily adjust.
• the original mechanics like peeping under a door and clinging onto pipes are still in this game.
• cover system still intact and pretty good.
• goggle visions are improved with purchase of new goggles.
• suit can be upgraded to improve your armor stats, stealth stats and weapon handling stats.
• wide variety of weaponry to choose from. (definitely have to purchase with the money you earn from each mission and also from daily challenges and other challenges along the way.)
• easy to earn most of the trophies. 
• customizing your own weapons and attachments.
• customizing your loadout anyhow you want according to your style or needs.
• able to change loadout at certain points in the mission itself if you require it if not just stock up on ammo and gadgets.
• earning money in this game is damn easy.
• checkpoint implemented in every mission.
• Coop has been implemented in this game but only Issac Briggs' mission is compulsory for 2 players. Either Coop online or through split-screen. 
• "Mark and Execute" comes in handy if you need to eliminate 3 targets at once.
• Hidden paths are in every mission. It is really up to you to choose how you wanna play the mission. Either avoid detection or kill on sight, these hidden paths are there if you require them to make a swift escape after making a ruckus. Ofcuz you will have to find them and this allows your to earn Exploration Points.
• Game-level design are well made for a stealth game.
• Graphics of the game well not one of the TOP NOTCH but it ain't that bad.
• Game's AI are intelligent. (So make sure you don't get detected if not they will hunt you down relentlessly.) 
• Forced to remain undetected and kill by nonlethal in all the missions. (it's a good way to make gamers experience the stealth gameplay)
• Call of Duty element is implemented in this game which is surprising but fun having all the action.
• SMI interface introduced and all your missions are to be chosen from here only. So if you completed the entire game you can only replay the missions by selecting them from this interface. Multiplayer and Coop gaming session are accessed from here only.
• playing this allows you to do some critical thinking in situation where you have to avoid getting detected by guards, laser beams, security cameras and so on with the use of gadgets and skills to clear them all and remain undetected. So it ain't too bad you're actually using your brain.

The cons

• Die too easily even when you have a full body armor
• Getting detected is unwise. You will die almost immediately so stealth is the best option and solution to play the missions.
• Dogs are hard to deal with if you don't avoid them. Once they spotted you all the guards will be on your trail.
• Most of the time the game environment is pitch dark so your visor is a must all the time. Be it night vision or sonar vision.
• In single player campaign mode, armored soldiers are tough to kill. It required 2 players to coop and take them down easily with the "mark and execute button" which sadly doesn't work on single player.
• Some missions have specific goals such as "remain undetected and do not kill anyone". Some players might find this kinda missions frustrating.
• Although it allows you to play however you want, whatever play style you desire, it still has some restrictions on certain mission. There's 3 style of playing in this game, we have "Ghost", "Panther" and "Assault". Mostly Ghost and Panther styles will be use. Going Assault will be suicidal unless you know your way around the map.
• The Multiplayer mode, Mercenaries have a 1st person mode which very much sucks and doesn't make it interesting unlike the previous Spies VS Merc.

So Graphics I'll rate it a 7/10
Game-Level Design a 9/10
Game Storyline a 9/10
Voice Acting a 9/10
Multiplayer a 5/10

Overall I'll give this game an average of 8/10.  

Splinter Cell: Blacklist was released for the Wii U, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 on August 20th. So grab the game already if you're interested.

The Last of Us Review

Now this here is a zombie apocalypse survivor game.

I have to say this game really test your survivor capabilities. The storyline is AWESOME! I like the interaction between the characters and some minor distraction on the way. Really interesting and fascinating.

It took me 2 days and 1 night to finish up the entire game with all the collectables unlocked. Only things I did not unlocked was all the sub interactions and also Ellie's joke. As I did not interact them all.

The Multiplayer component is fun. You get to choose a faction and team up with your friends in a team of 4 or randomly join up with other gamers and help each other to survive. With that being said, there's a multiplayer menu where it shows how your clan is doing. Information like your clan population and supplies are stated there. Now there something really interesting here, if you have linked your Facebook account. We'll get to see your friends on your friend list being imported into the menu screen and it will show you that this particular person is doing something. Example "Jeff is repairing the pipes" and if you get attacked and your population decreased you'll get to see this "Jeff died". It's kinda funny when you get to see this.

Anyways, the story for this game is short but interesting. It really shows us what survival game really needs. No complains on this. For a fact that this game beats Resident Evil on many levels. Especially on RE6 which in my opinion was a total failure among the RE series.

I'll give this game a 9.5/10 for it's astonishing story and gameplay.

Ni No Kuni Wrath of The White Witch Review

Hey gamers! Another great RPG game to share with you all. I loved the storyline very neat work. The gameplay was unique and interesting. Soundtrack was entertaining as well and best of all I enjoyed it.

Character design was good even the voice of them were just nice.

I would say that this game isn't very challenging like most RPG games are to complete the story but if you're a trophy hunter then it's gonna take all u got to get em'. Only thing that's challenging in this game is getting the recipe for item synthesis. Not the list of recipe but the ingredients needed to synthesis items through the magical genie mixing cauldron.

Mostly only positive feedbacks from me on this game. As it's a game worth getting. Thumbs up for a good game. I give this game a 9/10. 
So there you have it. What you waiting for? just get the game and try for yourself.

Tales of Graces f Review

Well I've just recently finish up with this game. I have to say...this is one of the most harddest tales I've ever played. It's really challenging during the battles. But I still love it though...with the storyline and side quests that seems to never end.

Overall I would give this game a 8 out of 10.
I like the gameplay, the characters and the voices for them as well, just lovely. What I really hated the love story. I would love to see how Asbel and Cheria got together if they ever did. Instead the ending only shows us Sophie's story and a child who resembles Asbel(not sure whether it's Asbel and Cheria's son but there are signs showing that.) The thing is I would really love to see how they lived happily everafter but it wasn't shown.

Anyways...that's all from me gamers! As always if you like to play RPG then this is a game you should opt for.

Assassin's Creed 3 Review

Hi gamers! It's been a really long time since I had discuss anything game related as I'm quite busy with studies and tried my best to finish off games at the same time. Well let's talk about Assassin's Creed 3.

Pros:
- Better graphics.
- Battle system upgraded. More fluidity during combat and cinematic added.
- Killing your enemies is as easy as pie if you mastered the combat system.
- Free running enhancement. Now able to free run on trees and climb cliffs.
- Homestead gameplay included to upgrade Connor and The Aquila.
- Connor's storyline wasn't that all too interesting but it did show us Connor's character and how it differs from Altair and Ezio.
- Hunting system was fun.
- The Aquila missions were fun to explore.
- Only 6 fixed Assassin recruits. They won't die only injured.

Cons:
- Desmond's ending was disappointing.
- Glitches everywhere.
- Assassin recruits get knock out in battle way too fast.
- Less Rooftop to climb on.
- Get detected and forced into a fight when you set foot on the rooftop.
- Have to explore the tunnels only to be able to unlock other fast travel points.
- From the very start there was an issue with the Multiplayer mode where players are known to have problems connecting to the server and goes to offline mode.

Overall, I have to say this is one of the AC series that I'm disappointed. The side missions weren't that interesting and fun to do. I'm looking forward to AC4 Blackflag hopefully this new installment doesn't disappoint us fans. I think that's about it from me.
 

Resident Evil 6 a game to own or not??

Helo Gamers out there, it's been a long time since I have the time to update this blog of mine here. Anyways good to be back guys. Capcom have released the Resident Evil 6 Public Demo and I have tried it myself. Now my personal opinion is that Capcom did some really good improvements from RE5, let me list down the Pros and Cons of the game based on the Demo

Pros
-you can aim and shoot while walking at the same time.
-you now have to evade incoming enemy attacks by pressing the evasion buttons yourself.
-you don't have to break crates with knifes, by using the melee button you are able to break them.
-graphic enhancements are made and more details of the environment have been shown
-you can play co-op with a friend or a stranger anytime in the game, they can join and drop out of the game without interfering needing to restart from a checkpoint like in RE5
-combined herbs can be use by placing them in a case which you can access it easily without the need to enter the inventory screen.
-skill points are implemented in the game, what kind of skills that can be upgraded is unknown as of now.
-characters have their unique abilities as they progress in the game.
-certain weapons of the characters have an alternate firing mode. Example; single shot, three shots, automatic, etc.



Cons
-Camera angle is focused too close on the character causing you to be unable to view the entire area in 1 angle.
-Most of the classic horror elements have been taken away, can only witness the classic RE horror in Leon's campaign
-damage taken when a zombie or BOWs attack can cause serious damage to your health bar.
-melee attack cost skill bar located at the bottom of your health bar.

My Overall rating for this Demo is a 8/10


Alright you guys may have a look at my demo gameplay videos on youtube.
StarStiker's YouTube Channel

Here's Leon's Demo Part 1

Here's Leon's Demo Part 2

Here's Chris's Demo


Here's Jake's Demo