Raz Review: "Finally! An FPS with seamless RPG elements that keep the
gameplay fresh and interesting, AND a compelling story. It has some
very close ties to System Shock, a cult classic PC game. Placed in the
past instead of the future (circa 1959), you wander an underwater Art
Deco dystopia rife with corruption, greed, deception, amorality and
violence.
I won't spoil the game for you (since you absolutely
must go out and get it), but suffice to say genetic engineering is key.
There are so many facets to gameplay, including but not limited to
inventing your own ammo and upgrades, and making moral choices that
affect the course of the plot.
This in no way detracts from
the simple pleasure of unloading two rounds of buckshot into a
Splicer's occipital lobe, or using a gene-altering Plasmid to set him
on fire with pyrokinesis (whereupon he'll run around screaming and
setting other things on fire - great fun). Your genetic superpowers
aren't just for killing stuff, though; as with System Shock, there are
puzzles and secrets that can only be unlocked with certain abilities.
Also, in any given encounter, there's generally a number of ways to
approach the situation depending on your upgrades and disposition -
that's the sort of flexibility that makes for maximum replay value.
You'll
laugh, you'll cry, you'll jump, you'll shake your head in disbelief.
Most of all - you'll come away from it profoundly disturbed and
questioning the moral structure of society.
That's what I love
about games like this; they actually get you thinking beyond the game
itself. Ok, enough reviewing - go and get this game. Now. Right now."
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Rated: 8.5/10
Microsoft announced its financial results for Q3 of fiscal year 2026, including an update on its gaming Xbox business and more.
Not looking good. Hopefully Asha Sharma is able to turn Phil’s disaster around.
To me it's still quite remarkable how they can cash-in 5.3bn in revenue in a single quarter, since their hardware is basically dead.
The stock mark is what makes Microsoft remarkable, They have convinced every institutional and retail investor to just keep piling money into them. Like many big tech giants they are just a big growing pyramid scheme. As long as people keep dropping money into ETF's that cover the market Microsoft will always be liquid. At the same time it is completely stifling innovation and competition. People need to start being more discreet in how they invest their money as it's killing the system.
Riiiiight because people will just flock back to them for one or two games per year.
15+ years of bad performance is what they call irreparable in business. It is time for them to sell off the assets and get out of entertainment.
These declines are on the back of extra revenue received from releasing games like Forza horizon 5 on PlayStation. So I’m being sarcastic here when I said they should go back to exclusives. Killing off a revenue stream from Ps5 sales will only make things worse
The charity event will be streamed live from Gamescom in August.
Thanks to the slip-up of an artist working on the title, we now have more evidence that a new Injustice game is in the works.
