SWORDF1SH's 100 Word Reviews

SWORDF1SH · Aug 30, 2016, 08:39 PM

I started to do this on my last forum but lost heart in trying to contribute anything for a number of reasons. My aim was to get other people on board to do their own 100 word reviews and create a hub containing all the reviews. If you are interested then I will set something up. In the mean time I will just cruise along with mine.

Gone Home
After recently being disappointed with Firewatch's story, I dip into another story driven Indie but the outcome is more positive.
It's a small game set in your mysteriously abandoned family house. The main story is told through voice journals and written pieces with a few underlying stories to also discover. Searching around is rewarded with deeper stories and interesting discoveries.
If you spend enough time with the game you will get absorbed into the stories that all conclude properly by the time you reach the end. Not a cryptic or "make up your own mind" ending, a good proper conclusion. 9 out of 10

Firewatch
From the off, you can tell that Firewatch will solely depend on the story with the absence of any sort of puzzle at all. The majority of the story is pretty good but fizzles out towards the end, I felt that it had more potential but didn't fulfil it.

That's not to say that the game wasn't enjoyable, the voice acting is excellent and the characters believable.

The only other downside was the game's performance with constant annoying framerate stutters, if this was a shooter it would of been a game breaker.

The game is enjoyable but far from perfect. 6 out of 10 (7 out of 10 if they sort out technical issues)

The Witness
This is a game that will you throw you into the deep end, explore and learn or you will sink.
On the surface the game looks simple and 2 dimensional but the puzzles require thinking outside the box, learning the rules of the puzzles and some have to be solved in a various, sometimes ingenious, amount of ways.
The graphics are stunning and the world absorbing. The puzzles are just hard enough to not frustrate too much but satisfying to solve. If you are prepared to scratch beneath the surface, you will fall in love with this game. 9 out of 10

SWORDF1SH · Aug 30, 2016, 08:39 PM

How long do you have before you aren't able to edit posts?

the-pi-guy · Aug 30, 2016, 08:51 PM

Quote from: SWORDF1SH on Aug 30, 2016, 08:39 PMHow long do you have before you aren't able to edit posts?

Until the heat death of the universe.

As far as I'm aware.

Or when Legend skips a bill.

SWORDF1SH · Aug 30, 2016, 08:58 PM

Quote from: the-Pi-guy on Aug 30, 2016, 08:51 PMUntil the heat death of the universe.

As far as I'm aware.

Or when Legend skips a bill.

lol so no time limit then? That's great I might need edit the first and second post at later dates.

Kerotan · Aug 30, 2016, 09:10 PM

Welcome to vizioneck Bro!

the-pi-guy · Aug 30, 2016, 09:10 PM

Quote from: SWORDF1SH on Aug 30, 2016, 08:58 PMlol so no time limit then? That's great I might need edit the first and second post at later dates.

As far as I know.

By the way, spoilers can be used to condense.

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