Recent reviews by Liath Anam

Had a blast with this one. There are some frustrating things but overall it's a good rougelike, being able to refund skill trees at minor cost makes usage of newly unlocked characters easier since you don't need to farm for their upgrades that way

Between EOMM forcing majority of my matches to be onesided stomps ( on either side ) and devs clearly having a bias towards certain characters I see no reason to spend any more time or money on this game.

You're free to try for yourself, but if you grow frustrated remember this: Things will not change, this has been the state of being for months from all I've heard. Devs are completely ignoring what the playerbase wants while talking about positive and healthy enviroment for all.

*Obligatory annual Steam awards task completion goal*

A bit overwhelming at first but you can get used to all the controls with time. Train sim meets shady organised crime

Can't really compare to Left 4 Dead but it's good in it's own right and melee actually registers. The AI for companions on Legend or sometimes on Champion is terrible though

The game has been out for 10 years now - Steam page will show you global release RU region has it's own launcher and version.

What does it have to show for itself after all this development? Nothing

When you launch the game for the first time you will have fun, on the surface all the pieces are there:
gunplay is decent and is well animated, atmosphere and sound are top notch and that's as far as it goes hence why I said on the surface

Early game in Swamps&Crossroads you will blitz through it and you will wonder what waits for you in the midgame, well more of the same with even more resource types to farm in order to move up in gear tree
that by itself would be disappointing but add grifters and the sheer number of trash you have to farm make it far worse

There is no content in this game, everything it has is exclusive to endgame that requires you to grind brainlessly in order to have the privilege of playing a pvp MMO or whatever the ♥♥♥♥ this even markets itself as. Farming includes exciting activities such as:
-running between mutant dens/NPC camps and killing ♥♥♥♥ in them
-walking around the map with metal detector to dig out trash
-walking around a field of anomalous electric discharges to idk what they just disappear once it hits 100%(discharging the field in a way or smth?)
-staring at a heap of junk as it closes a rift all the while you and it come under assault from the wisps the best designed enemy in the game with a hitbox 2 times smaller than their glowing body and movement so erratic you would think they are player controlled and whoever is on the other side just shook his mouse violently

And this is unchanged pretty much for the whole game, so a game that will have typical frustrations of a pvp game with extra steps that prevent you from experiencing it fully without commiting to a slow and boring farming that can at any point be derailed by a player of opposing faction

I didn't expect much from this new "massive" update. What we got was actual non minecraft trees, walking animations, new footstep sounds so you can tell what is approaching/walking around you instead of everything - players included - sharing the same sound file, climbing rework balance changes, model improvements and some new ♥♥♥♥ that you've guessed it is entirely locked to the endgame. No raids, dungeons or anything of the sort no PvE content that you can do instead of the same old ♥♥♥♥ we've been doing for the last 2 years. And now onto other stuff:

-Clan wars require you to be in a subdivision - guilds/clans of 30 people max - and those will recruit you only if you have maxed out gear so endgame locked
-Standoff which is a 20v20 5CP for points with each captured zone increasing the rate the team gains them
but there is no gearscore based matchmaking so that ends up being endgame locked as well
-Dead Time, one objective based map 5v5 that can only be accessed for 2 hours at certain hours of the day for total of 6 hours so it's timegated and shame because there are classes you pick from with set gear so it's balanced
-And then there is the seasonal ♥♥♥♥ that is active only for that time but only one worth mentioning is the halloween one

And this is it this is all that there is to say about Stalcraft. Don't believe me? Play it its free to play see for yourself, and filter reviews by playtime by setting minimal time in game to 100 hours which is where the midgame fatigue really starts to show itself in the game score

A cute yet dark little rougelike crossed with settlement management. Ton of fun for sure

Also you can bleat by pressing 'B' AND you can pet the dog too. 6/5 stars

Praise the Lamb

Tiddies.

Diggy Hole

Ok Smite has a serious problem or rather problems. And no I'm not just a troll throwing crap at the game to feel good about myself by shifting attention from my own flaws to the flaws of inanimate piece of software.

So I should have expected that the game would be like this, Hi-Rez is also involved in it like in Paladins but their grip over the devs seems to be tighter here than it was in Paladins. Many issues that I have with this game come from in-game shop - same as the Paladins - but I do not know if there are some really big gamebreaking bugs that linger there for months without anyone fixing them I haven't played long enough to check.

Gameplay isn't difficult but you need to get used to it. It only took 3 matches to encounter a wild Salt Elemental in chat but toxicity isn't what turns me away from games. How I can be bothered by some random people without voice or face sitting behind their screens and typing in All Caps things like: "GO COMMIT SELF DELETION" or some sh|t.

I would really enjoy this game only if I would have a goal to reach. And that's the problem I felt playing was just as pointless as playing some mobile clicker app on phone . "BUT HOW IS THERE NO GOALS IN THIS GAME YOU REEE!!!TARD THERE ARE GODS TO UNLOCK AND SKINS AND SH|T!" some shortsighted NPC would shout.
1 - the grind is insane a bit over 100 of in-game currency for winning a match 20 or so for losing, gods cost about 5500
2 - most skins that you can buy with that currency aren't even skins they're just a different color pallete
3 - skins that are actual skins are locked with premium currency and it's overpriced
4 - some of those cool looking skins can be earned during events for free or you can get them later for 800 to 1400 premium currency. Game gives it to you for free as daily login rewards BUT only 50 a week which means that getting skins for 1400 will take 5-6 months according to one Smite player on reddit
5 - some gods have more skins than others, same issue as Paladins
6 - And now the most disgusting thing in the game. Some skins from past events can't be obtained anymore even if you pay money to Overlords at Hi-Rez you can't get them with premium currency

If you're looking for something to pass time while you wait for your execution this is a game for you if not and you want to actually do more than just get in win/lose few matches and close the game I recommend Warframe. I for sure be staying away from games that have anything to do with Hi-Rez no matter if Dev or Producer.