And as usual, we’re treated with Bioware RPG goodness. I don’t really have enough time these days to play as much as i’d want, but i think i can definitely spare a few nights for ME2. The first thing you see about it is that it went a lot more action and a bit less RPG… [continue reading...]

I’ll start this up by saying this, “MechWarrior: Living Legends is to the Mechwarrior franchise what Black Mesa Source is to Half Life.”

I don’t really know if this is nostalgia or actual fact, but i am having a blast in Living Legends. This is a game, since i think it would be a bit insulting calling it ‘just a mod’, that even though it’s in Beta, it has exceeded my expectations. I’m not talking content-wise, but about the core of the game. The words ‘heart of gold’ keep popping up in my head in relation to this. It’s clear the developers really put heart and soul into this experience and it shows. Leaving aside minor crashes, bugs and what have you, the amount of sheer awesome that i was exposed to in the game was world-shattering. It’s hard to explain, but everything just seems right. Everything is just done and feels so congruent that it’s hard to miss.

Given a few months down the pipe i’m sure this mod will be a beacon for all fellow Mechwarriors out there to gather around. Mechwarrior 5, the official game made by the initial developers of the Mechwarrior franchise, is still a ways off, and i’m sure it will be awesome on its own, but i’d love for them to peek inside Living Legends and if not correlate with the devs, or atleast ’steal’ a few ideas for the multiplayer component.

I’ll end this little praise-work here, but really, spread the word, this mod deserves it.

After years in development, the Crysis mod that brings a new Mechwarrior game into fold of current-age gaming, Mechwarrior: Living Legends, launches. It’s a beta, but sweet holy mother of mech Jesus… This trailer video below made me giggle like a little girl. If you wanna jump right in, click here the torrent file for the beta.

Just epic.

2009 was a full year, and we’ve had quite a few nice games. What gaming ‘blagh’ would this be without a top ten list of gaming’s brightest stars of 2009? So by popular demand, i present to you, “The List”. Keep in mind Cosmo’s Reviews is a PC-centric gaming site, and as such, this list will be just of games launched this year on PC.

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A good story or a good atmosphere in a game can make up for a lot. Bugs, bad gameplay, bad design decisions and so on and so forth. You usually expect to find good stories in adventure games in role playing games… but today i’ve play a game, a tower defense game no less, which had me hooked for 9 hours straight. Not because of nice 2D graphics or entertaining gameplay, no my friends, but for the story. I present you, Immortal Defence. So what makes it so special? [continue reading...]

So after browsing the Steam Store tonight, i saw a free trial for Champions Online. Not later then 10 minutes, i was already in the menu of the game.  About four hours later, i logged out and was posting the fallowing on the official forums. Enough said, i was not impressed by the quality of the trial. [continue reading...]

As readers might know by now, i have a strict reviewing policy. One of the key points of that policy is that i never review games i don’t finish/complete. This doesn’t mean i don’t finish games that suck, and only review good games. This means that i don’t finish games that literally stop me from continuing or make me hate every moment i’m playing.

One of such games of late is Saboteur. Aside from titties and witty barely-irish commentary, the game is a trainwreck, and as far as i’ve seen the PC version is the king of trainwrecks. Incredibly bad graphics and control, bad animations, idiotic sequences and annoying as hell gameplay. This all sums up to a frustrating experience beyond belief. Usually when i meet one of these games i half-expect to have a level or a sequence somewhere that is impassable. And in that regard, Saboteur delivers whole-heartedly. I won’t go further then that, for spoiler’s sake, but the game literally put me in an impossible to pass situation.

As such, i decided to go “Hell no!” and just not continue tormenting myself. Stay away from Saboteur!

It’s easy to say a game is great. I could start and end this review by just saying “Dragon Age: Origins is the best game of the year, and possibly, the best RPG in the last couple of years, better than The Witcher, better than Mass Effect and better than King’s Bounty.” but it wouldn’t do the game justice. Dragon Age: Origins is a game that’s made to be a classic. It’s a game that no matter the flaws, no matter the hiccups or the problems it might have, it manages to make you ignore them entirely and push on, immersing you in an amazing journey, enjoying every moment and at the end giving you an experience that you will gladly remember.

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As you can see, the site is lacking regular updates, and reviews are coming up slowly aswell, both from my end and because of some technical problems on the site’s behalf. The Dragon Age review is written, a whole 4000 words, but as said, technical problems are preventing me from formatting and setting it up for your viewing pleasure. Not going to make any excuses, but i am going to rag on something atleast gaming related.

Been playing just a tad of King’s Bounty: Armored Princess lately, barely half-way into the game if that, but i’m a bit pissed at how hard the game is. It’s obvious they have learned from some techniques people have been exploiting in the original King’s Bounty, but as it stands, the first few parts of the game range from hard to impossibile. This effect is even greater when playing a mage, simply from the fact that armies are now a lot smaller, and you don’t have a +stats screen on level up, letting Intellect/leadership increase solely on what skills you put points in and items. Thus mages are severly gimped till late-game. Also, for harder difficulties, it’s become imperative that you kite/steal stuff you wouln’d have access to if played ‘normally’ just to be able to play without losses and as such, without loosing funds.

Still, with all that in mind, the game is still interesting, but the storyline is a lot worse then the original King’s Bounty. I won’t divulge too much, leaving that up to the actual review, but just saying that the only reason for me to keep trying to fight lethal/impossibile mobs is just to advance the playthrough, and that’s becoming not enough for me.

After 115 hours of Dragon Age: Origins, i have finally finished it, and i have to say, this has got to be the best RPG i’ve seen in years. The finale also presents what became of your exploits, what happened to the people and what became of your actions, in still-shots reminiscent of Fallout. I really loved that they did that since in the end, it’s not just your story, it’s a wide-spanning legend, touching the lives of entire empires. Also, the fact that it ended and they closed up the knots means that if they make a sequel it will most likely only be referenced, the action happening on another land, and not a direct sequel. They did a lot of work on the game-world, and i’ll be happy to see a different side of it in a possibile Dragon Age 2.

Could the game have been improved in certain areas? Sure, but in the end, we all know we pick on the little things only when the game fails to be so good that it drowns out all the problems. Dragon Age: Origins, does a great job and is a great game. I have spoken!