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Thoughts on: Diablo III (with Reaper of Souls)

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Well, I’ve finally completed Diablo III. Kinda funny. My friend and I played the beta of the game almost 4 years ago and wrote about our experiences (in Russian) on AveGamers. Four years… Game managed to change a lot between that beta into the retail version. And three more years later, lots of patches and an expansion changed it even further. Remembering our first impressions from the beta is especially funny, because since then we had several aRPG titles appear reviving the genre, like Torchlight II or the first The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing. Games that took the same ideas of the original 2 Diablo games and went in a very different direction, There’s also Grim Dawn from Titan Quest creators that’s still in development but also looks nice. In addition, by now I’ve come to realize that the mood of the original Diablo is actually better followed up by games like Demon’s Souls and Bloodborne, rather than the modern Diablo-like aRPGs, that are far more about clicking enemies to death, than going for a slow brooding gameplay. But hey, here’s me after spending a week and a half on playing Diablo III and its expansion. And having no regrets. Yet not feeling any different either.

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Late thoughts on: Grand Theft Auto V (on PC)

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Last year people were joking that Rockstar intentionally spread the ports of GTA V over 3 years so it could get Game of the Year award 3 times in a row. Many played the game in all its version. I was waiting for the PC port… Actually, no. Reality is – I wasn’t waiting for this game at all. I don’t know why, but I simply didn’t care about another sequel to the series that used to be so interesting to me. I just didn’t care anymore. So when it was released, I was checking reviews, I was listening to my friends’ opinions on it, but wasn’t much interested in playing it. Perhaps that’s exactly why now, when I’ve completed it, I feel so strange.

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Remember me. Forget-me[-not]

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I expected nothing of Remember me. Later I looked at it again and acknowledged that it looked nice, but it still felt boring. When it came out all reviews were showing that my predictons were right and I almost forgot that it existed. But then I heard several excited opinions on the game and it got me curious. When I learned that the soundtrack was done by Olivier Derivière I got even more interested, since his soundtracks never disappoint and are consistently beautiful. Then i played the game and it wasn’t particularly great. Then I completed it.

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Metro 2033 Redux. Better in most things edition

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4A has recently released Metro Redux – a pack of two remastered games, Metro 2033 from 2010 and Metro: Last Light from last year. Both games were moved to an updated engine with updated lighting, both games have new distinct modes of playing them – Survival (closer to 2033) or Spartan (closer to Last Light). Both games got updated voice acting, with the same voice actor for Artyom in all main languages and new localisations including the Ukrainian. I’ve already told what I think of the Metro: Last Light Redux, which was less affected by this remaster. Metro 2033, on the other hand, looks very different now, several levels were combined, some scenes and sections were redone, at times completely, the weapons were redesigned to be closer to how they work in the second game (so you modify weapons now instead of exchanging different weapons with different modifications), controls were updated as well. Most of these changes were welcome and make the game far more fun to play. Yet, there are a couple of changes that are questionable at best and outright dumb at worst.

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Metro: Last Light Redux. Game of 2034 Edition

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Less than a week ago 4A released Metro Redux – remastered versions of Metro 2033 and Metro: Last Light. Both games were moved to an updated engine with updated lighting, both games have new distinct modes of playing them – Survival (closer to 2033) or Spartan (closer to Last Light). Both games got updated voice acting, with the same voice actor for Artyom in all main languages and new localisations including the Ukrainian. 2033 was affected the most, of course, but I will talk about it later. After replaying both original versions of the games I decided to play Redux in the opposite order. Partially because I never got the DLCs for Last Light which are included here. Partially because it was fresher on the mind. Let’s see how the game and its Redux versions fair.

Oh and I’ll start with my older Last Light screenshots and then will use the LL Redux screenshots for comparison. The old ones are in 5:4, from my older monitor.

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