From the review: "Well, times have changed and there are debuffs and DPS and cooldown and many other terms and that's the way the game is played now. There is nothing wrong with this – every style of game must change or die. A side effect, however, has been that RPGs now feel more like small-scale RTSs. Once the combat mechanisms pass a certain level of sophistication it becomes easy to view a character as just a collection of stats. Their individuality gets lost in a pile of weapons, abilities and hit points. The RPG character becomes, in short, an RTS unit."
Focus Home Interactive, who Game-Modo recently described as a dark horse in publishing, have just got involved in a new Humble Bundle. They’re offering eight quality games for you to buy in a bundle while letting you do your bit for charity.
I grabbed it. I was interested enough already to try out the Game of Thrones . . .game (though I hear it is less than great).
Already owned Divinity 2, though that game is fantastic in itself.
Cities, Game of Thrones and Testament of Sherlock Holmes was worth the $25 I spent either way. Some of the other games seem interesting enough and I will probably get to them in time.
I bought it just for div 2, great game. The rest will just be icing if they turn out to be good, haven't got around to playing any yet as i'm in the middle of another play through of Oblivion lol.
MyGaming's Jeremy Proome writes: "2012 has been a surprisingly good year in terms of game quality. While each year always has it’s big blockbusters that rack up the 90-and-above ratings, there always seems to be some yings to mix up those yangs."
"The main problem with Confrontation is that it's too basic, and does nothing to set itself apart in the genre, and combined with low production values, you have a recipe for mediocrity."
