played: Saints Row The Third /PC

Personal Impression:
Very good over-the-top gang-action-game with a great "custom-sandbox". Saints Row 3 has one of the funniest and most entertaining story-campaign i've ever played thus far. It has some boring "filler-episodes", but remains generally very enjoyable and highly amusing. And almost every character is very well written, fantastically synchronized and adequately presented. But i've missed something in this open city, besides some more interiors, that would keep me "in", even after the story-campaign. GTA San Andreas and Saints Row 2 served this aspect of "re-visit" significantly better, it seems to me that this new city is a little too casual ...





Like:                                                                        Dislike:
- open city ...                                                             - ... but not enough interiors
- the few interiors are beautiful designed ...             - ... but offer no interaction
- super fun campaign ...                                            - ... but with some weaker missions
- large amount of customization options ...              - ... but definitely less than in Saints Row 2
-  crazy over-the-top humor ...                                  - ... and lot of wasted potential
- decent graphics ...                                                   - ... and incredible stupid screenshot-handling
- Zombies ...                                                              - ... but no private-poledance

played: Star Wars - The old Republic /beta-weekend /as Sith-Inquisitor

Personal Impression:
Just for strong Star Wars and MMO Fans. The first hours of gameplay were nice to see, the fresh smell, the first impressions etc. you know, oh and it's Star Wars (for me a LIKE). But soon enough i knew that this isn't what i hoped for ... The Singleplay has it's nice story-moments and is voiced excellent, but generally wasted in short quickies, most the time you're running around, collect some stuff and click on stuff ... besides Singleplayer in this MMO(generally?) is ridiculous implausible; I found some "special, unique" comrade during story-missions and see at the same time all the other players running around with the same comrade, sure that's MMO-sense. And everything just looks depressing awful and bulky. The MMO-gameplay is just World of Warcraft in Star Wars with some new aspects but the absolutely same substance. Looks like the same situation with Warhammer-Online, but with the Star Wars license instead.

The Devs said "The old Republic" is like "Knights of the old Republic" 3, 4 and 5 ... i say this is bullshit and hope for the day a decent KotoR 3 will appear ... from Oblivion ? Yeah, i better continue to play Skyrim ...


 


Like:                                                                         Dislike:
- Star Wars                                                                 - slow, lame singleplay
- excellent voices and talks                                        - quick-shot story
                                                                                   - MMO-aspect nearly the same as WoW
                                                                                   - ridiculous weak graphic
                                                                                   - bulky environment
                                                                                   - talents, items etc. stretched for MMO-purposes

played: The Elder Scrolls V - Skyrim /PC

Personal Impression:
Very good game for everyone with some "nordic ancestor"-blood, but also the holy grail for Role-Play-Game Fans and Modders. The amount of content and playtime is just beyond good and evil, you will get something that is worth the price you pay without a doubt. It has his technical/ gamedesign weaknesses, some minor bugs, stupid companions and even back-to-desktop's - but i won't stop playing anyway. And the modding community just started to deliver stuff ...








Like:                                                                       Dislike:
- dense nordic atmosphere                                       - bugs, bugs, bugs ...
- the music (especially the chorus)                          - some heavy boss-fights
- ridiculous huge amount of content                        - incredible stupid companions
- free, open world                                                     - friendly-fire
- phenomenal landscapes
- quest, so much quests
- massive modding-community
- endless loot and stuff to find/ or create

played: Battlefield 3 /PC-singleplayer campaign

Personal Impression:
Good for military-(multiplayer)-shooter fans. It was a short pleasure, which could take a little longer than 5 - 6 hours, but fine. Without a doubt it was an well looking and nice to hear pleasure of high quality, peppered with awesomeness everywhere and high-intensity action from beginning to end. Quick-time events and some difficult ingame-situations had leave a slightly bitter aftertaste.








Like:                                                                        Dislike:
- awesome graphic                                                    - casual story
- awesome sound                                                      - relative short campaign
- awesome action                                                      - quick-time events
                                                                                  - origin account necessary

played: Duke Nukem Forever /PC

Personal Impression:
For strong fans only. I could not finish this game, the boss-fights were just too annoying, i was tired of it. Not even old-school shooter-fans will be able to enjoy this game entirely, this is an hardcore-fan-only creation. Only thing left for me is my "Balls of Steel" edition as an nice piece of videogame-history in my possession.








Like:                                                                     Dislike:
- graphic looks nice ...                                            - ... but it's not the "newest"
- duke nukem testosterone                                     - gameplay-technical weaknesses
- primitive, but enjoyable jokes                             - horrific boss-fights
- varied leveldesign                                               - old-school shooter, slightly boring gameplay
                                                                              -  multiple level-loading
                                                                              - quick time events