Cities Skylines

This is what I call the ultimate city builder management game and in my opinion, a million times better than sim city. of course all of this is just my opinion as always.

in cities skylines you start with a massive piece of land to build your city the way you want maybe you have some mods that make the editing much more fluid or maybe your new to the game and starting out, either way, the game offers a lot of things to unlock as your city grows so you can make it better.

so after you place your streets you will have to zone them much like in sim city this is how you draw a crowd to your city green zone is for residentials blue zone for commercial use and the yellow zone brings the smokestacks of the industry to your city which let’s be real that’s where the money comes in.

now, in the beginning, you start out with 100k to invest in roads and get your city going but its not cheap so make sure you at least have some plan for when you get started, me I like to try and divide my zones ill keep residential and commercial in one area and I try my best to move industrial as far away from the public since it is a big issue with the people more on that in a bit, the money does limit a lot since the roads do cost a good amount to make and down the road as your city grows it does become a massive pain in the butt trying to get the roads to flow.

now if you have never played this game i admit the first time I tried it I was overwhelmed by how much is in the game they literally tried to make the game as close to realistic as possible you see pollution like in real life is a major problem in game which is the one reason I keep my industrial zone as far away as possible since it affects peoples health and makes things harder to work with and its a big increase in health problems for your population another thing its not just aerial pollution you need to worry about there’s ground pollution from the waste dumps as well as sewage pollution trust me when I say this game is super realistic in most aspects.

now unlike in sim city in cities after you place your zones you also have to place the source of power you plan on using you get to choose between a wind turbine and a coal plant me I always try to play green and stick to the wind turbines, unlike the coal plant where you can just plop it down the wind turbine will change the ground into a special map of different greens and you want the very dark patches those indicate the best spots to place them down to most effectively use them and generate the most electricity for your people as you progress in growing your city though you get to unlock a water turbine which is also very helpful for your city and my favorite the solar power plant which seeing that awesome building as part of your city I feel is very worth it and it also makes your citizens proud to be part of a green city.

water is the next point in your city as you have to place the facility that will intake and be lead to your city now usually ill look at how the river flows and ill put it at the very start of the river cause the next facility which has to do with your sewage you wanna put at the end of the rivers flow and like in real life you connect the pipes around your city so everyone has access to water and can do everything they need to do, just like in electricity later on down the road you get to unlock different buildings that help make the water supply better for your city even though I haven’t had much luck with them since I admit I am still a noob at most of the game lol.

the game offers a massive variety of things for your city and the level of expansions to grow your city are huge between the parks and public transportations to ferry docks and airports there is no end of customization for this city building gem and its in my honest opinion a must play for anyone that is a fan of simulation games i know there is more i coulda mentioned but this game is really a must play or this would have been a dictionary by the time i was done i hope you all have a great day take care

Aaero

So according to steam this game falls under action music ok I can see that, I was having a hard time trying to place this game so I’ll just agree with steam there the professionals.

I haven’t played a music game since ddr and rock band so I admit my curiosity was super peaked when I got this from my humble bundle codes. This game is really an indy gem cause the few songs I played were more then enough to bring back memories of rock band and ddr.

Is there a story no there isnt then again most music games didnt have one either, in Aaero you control a little space ship flying through beautiful abandoned landscapes and every once in a while you have to fight off bugs in order to survive.

Now the concept of Aaero is simple you reach a point where a glowing white line appears and you follow that line to gain points and listen to the epic songs chosen to be in the game these are songs that probably belong in a good house cd maybe late night radio mixes where it’s awesome music sorry got distracted but you follow the glowing light and I admit I thought it was gonna be easy and it’s far from easy as some songs pick up speed right off the bat and others have intricate loops you have to follow.

This game accompanies it’s great choice of music with awesome back grounds to keep the experience from getting bland and with little alien battles along the way to keep you from getting bored it adds a nice touch and I cant forget the alien boss battle yes you heard that right there are alien bosses to fight my first one was on my 4th song I think it was I fought against a sand worm and the glowing light I had to follow was inside his body so it was a bit weird but pretty fun at the same time I played this game on my computer using my xbox 1 controller and I highly recommend this game if your an old school fan of ddr and rock band thank you all and have a great day.

Banished

What I call one of the best city building strategy games I’ve ever played, that is banished. In banished you control a group of people exiled from there old lives looking to start a new and with your help hopefully they get the chance to.

You see banish makes every action count the number of people and resources you start out with is just the first step the second depends on how smart you are in making the next few choices since you play against the clock you see in banish not only do you play against the elements but it feels like in real life where age hunger and health work against you.

As you work to establish your settlement you must also establish food and jobs as things do get harder as you progress but then again that’s the point of a strategy game to not be easy.

You have a variety of jobs from farmers to fishers to teachers and so on the variety is great keeping the jobs filled is hard growing the populace is harder this is honestly the first game I’ve played that resembles real life so closely which is why I said every action counts.

Other then people depending the setting you choose you start out with live stock as well as a few houses and I must say keeping the farm animals alive is probably the easiest job in the whole game, the game also has seasons as the days go by the weather changes next thing you know your in winter trying to keep your people warm making sure to keep up on the wood as its needed for building as well resources are plenty around you just people are truly a pain in the butt to keep going.

I know it may sound like a bad game but it’s really not once you get going and have the basics figured out and you keep your population growing it truly becomes a fun game as you see how far you can expand over the map it’s a basic game with a bit of a learning curve and a good amount of strategy thank you and have a great day

Ironsight

I dont normally go hunting for free to play games but recently my cousin brought a free to play game to my attention that reminded me of my days playing call of dutys black ops 2 and this game is called ironsights.

I for one had no idea of its existence until he told me about it, so I decided to look for the game and give it a chance. The game comes from Aeria Games and is honestly I say a huge homage to call of duty and uses call of duty as a major inspiration the maps are a decent size as you move around them looking for the enemy the game also incorporates it’s own form of kill streaks and perks to help you fight and has a nice list of guns to buy from as you save up money.

Having played the game for a few days I already love it and admit it’s the first game I feel comfortable using a mouse and keyboard with the pace of the game is just right as well as the normal frustrations that come with this type of game.

Now before I get to the frustrating things I will say this the game seems to be really well made spec wise considering my cousin runs the game on a 2 in 1 laptop.

Now the frustrating things I’ve seen in the game that I feel could use some works the first is the headshot mechanics there is no reason I need to put 5 or 6 rounds into a dudes head for him to die I hope they tune this and try and make it more realistic I also feel the spawns need some rework there have been times where I’ll spawn right next to an enemy or in the same exact spot as the enemy just killed me in especially if there using a kill streak and they just use it in the same spot wracking up the kills it really sucks. I dont have many other complaints that I can think of.

As your scroll through the menu you can tell that micro transactions are a thing in this game as many of the chest in the item shop need real money to buy but thankfully you can grind for the in game currency and buy things that way and so far I haven’t noticed any pay to win tactics since everything is mostly on the cosmetics side of things.

All in all IronSights is a great game and really brings back that cod feeling and the fact that the game is free to play makes it even better so please check it out when you get the chance you might enjoy it thank you all and have a great day.

Another brick in the mall

Hey everyone hows it going? Today I’ll be bringing you my opinion of a little management sim/ builder called another brick in the mall.

This game throws you into the owner ship of a massive piece of land but do to restrictions you cant turn it into a residential land or industrial so this is where the tutorial takes you through the basics of turning this land into your own shoppers paradise no pun intended. The tutorial although good does leave out a few things you learn on your own so I’ll go over what you learn thanks to the tutorial.

Like any good builder game it tells you where in the menu you scroll to in order to find the things you need you start with building a very basic store where you divide it with a small wall so your store can have a storage for the supplies it will need to operate.

The game has gone through a few updates where new things were added you can tell from the tutorial as it has you build a small office and hire office workers so you can research you things to help expand your growing mall, yes I call it a mall cause honestly that’s basically what your doing lol. Now the tutorial shows you how to assign the storage unit to the store and how to place parking spots for a delivery unit as well as a recycling spot another feature they added was a time bar which tells you what events are approaching and how long before they arrive it also details what people will be looking for the most so you have time to add those to your stores which I think is an awesome addition so you can try and maximize profits.

Your not restricted to just the small store you have a massive plot of land so you can do whatever you want as long as you have the money to make it happen, the research tree is very extensive unlocking electronics and fast food as well as liquor and other stuff among the vast list and since this game is part management so you have to know and study the busy times since the game will make it a constant reminder to tell you how bad your doing and I say bad cause in all my save files I have never made the game happy I always always miss an opportunity somewhere and it’s tough very tough but a fun little sim and one I enjoy playing and watching my store succeed or fail since every choice i made was on me.

The game also task you with hiring and you do hire a lot trust me the best thing is figuring out how many workers you need and at what time you also can hire people based on there speed socialism and how tolerable they are which I find its key to having a successful store since you wanna make sure your workers are fast so the lines dont get to crazy as people will leave after enough time in line I’ve had that happen to me and trying to make changes is another big problem since you wont know how good or bad they are till the day goes by.

All in all another brick in the mall is a fun game letting you work your magic and building the mall of your dreams as you aim for profits and happy customers so they can come back for more enjoy everyone and have a great day.

Game Dev Tycoon

Hello everyone and a late Merry Christmas to all. Hope the holidays were wonderful to all. Today we will be talking about another tycoon game called Game Dev Tycoon released August 29 2013 by developer and publisher GreenHeart Games. In this game which the title says it all you get to start your own development company so you can climb the ranks and be the top developer.

The game is simple it starts you out 35 years in the past when gaming was still young and it was mostly PC and I’m assuming the games version of atari. Of course for copy right reasons every console name is changed but by their pictures its obvious what they are. You progress slow and steady slowly unlocking new consoles and working through the game until you reach the end of the 35 year journey.

This game has a lot to offer I’ve played this multiple times having logged 30 hours it’s one of my most played tycoon games.

You start out alone in your garage prompted to pick a name for your company and yourself as well as your gender and the clothes you will wear for the duration of the game. After that the game enters the tutorial faze telling you what to do and how to start off and it’s a great tutorial it carrys you through your first game and the actions you perform from naming the game to the time invested in each aspect to the release of the game which shows you how much experience you gain at the end of every game developed and then the big release and off to the races, and just like in real life the game has 4 critics that judge your game on a 1 to 10 scale at the end the 4 scores are added up for your final score which yes it does impact your games sales the better the score the more you sell and the more fans you gain which we all know is the life essence of the gaming industry.

This game has a big variety of topics thankfully trying to reflect off real life as much as possible. You start out with 4 topics and unlock the rest using research points that you gain during development cycles each topic cost 10 research points if your lucky you have 1 good topic to use until you gain more. From all the times I’ve played the game offers 5 genres they are action, adventure, rpg, simulation and strategy and everything you do impacts your games in a big way so even though you will need to do a lot of experimenting to find good combos. Don’t be scared to go wild cause the game does help you out offering a little section called game report where it gives back advice on the game released telling you not only if the combo you picked out was good but if the PC or console you released it on was a good match and trust me there are games that work well on one and not the other.

There’s a lot to research in the game that helps you advance your products like creating your own game engine or better graphics and sound this tycoon game is really well made and in my own personal opinion I feel it is very close to real life minus coding and stuff lol.

Your able to progress past the garage and being a single worker once you start bringing in the big money you will also get to go to the big E3.

The game is a great time killer in short burst I’ve tried playing it for long sessions and got bored after a while but if you need a good time killer and love tycoon games check this one out.

Down below will be some pictures from the game enjoy. Thank you all and have a great day

Gamer Career Tycoon

Hey everyone today I want to talk about a new game I just picked up a few days ago on sale from steam. The game is called Gamer Career Tycoon. I love tycoon games they’re fun, simple, and sweet so I couldn’t wait to try this one out. The game comes from raptor claw games and they have done 2 other games but this is the first one I’ve played.

So the game centers around streaming or being an esport gamer which I think is pretty awesome. The start is slow with low energy juggling between working and streaming as you need money to pay your rent and bills which I’m glad they have real life aspects in the game to keep it a bit on the realistic side otherwise it would be boring.

The esports side offers most of what you would expect. You pick a game in the popular categories between fps, moba, mmo, rts, fighting, racing, and the digital card genre. After you pick where you want to make your impact you can play ranked matches for your game and work your way up the ladder and wait until you get noticed by an esport team or you can go out and hunt for a team if you so choose. From there you follow a path you have your try out match and work up from amateur to the heights of being a pro. You get offered contracts to sign with a team. I’m not sure how many teams the game offers since in my experience I’ve only had 4 offers but when you play ranked matches you do see more names so I’m sure theres a lot more then the ones I have encountered. I will say this the only negative I’ve found from trying to do the esport route is that you reach pro contracts and the money you make is chump change compared to streaming.

Now the streaming route I will have to admit is more fun. It gives you choices in the games you play and theres pop ups with different actions that reflect upon your stats which help your stream to be a success or dud. I personally feel the streaming aspect of the game is broken by that I mean way to easy, by the 30 day mark in the game you should have enough subs that you won’t have to waste energy working to make money and by then your making 15 to 20 times what you make working which yes is a big plus because you can finally buy the best computer equipment in the game and the best services for drinks food and internet but at that point I feel it’s pointless to continue for the fact that now your streaming so you can level up and get more resource points to unlock all the other hidden things in the game. Don’t get me wrong I understand the point is to become an awesome streamer, have a huge following, and tons of subscribers but it breaks the game from how easy it becomes I’m on day 75. I have everything equipment and service wise unlocked and now the only thing left for me is to move to a better home but why bother when there really is nothing else at that point.

But according to the steam page there is and it’s as follows below this part is taken directly from their steam page.

Key Features:

Create your gamer and develop your own playstyle.

Develop your own gaming stream channel.

Broadcast your content and gain worldwide fans.

Gain new insights in game trends or research improvements to your stream.

Start your esport career and choose to compete in MOBA, FPS, Digital Card games, MMO, Fighting, RTS, Sports or Racing.

Buy furniture, decorations and gaming gear in the shop.

Work IRL to gain extra credits.

Upgrade your way of life with better food, drink & faster internet.

Special Events – StreamCon and Esport Championship.

Build and manage your own gaming organization, hire staff and sell merchandise.

Now as you see there seems to be a fair more to the game but if all of this is unlocked using research points then the devs really need to rebalance the xp gain as well as how many points you get but it seems that the points do increase as the most I’ve gotten was 21 points but I don’t know if that was a flook or intentional.

This game is a sweet gem and I say with some balancing in small areas and maybe add a small arena where you go to actually do the esports stuff this game is a fun time killer but it really needs some rebalancing so that when you do make it up there in days the game itself doesn’t get boring. Thank you all and have a great day.

Humble Bundle

Hey guys today I wanted to talk to you about humble bundle. A great place to get games for your steam library but humble isn’t just games no there’s much much more.

I first discovered humble bundle from one of the Facebook groups I’m in. Being new to the PC world at the time I decided to check them out and explore what they offered that steam didn’t.

Most of their discounts in the store line up close to the steam store but that’s not where humble bundle shines. Nope their biggest and best feature is their bundle section and their monthly subscription.

You see humble bundles monthly subscription is pretty awesome for $12 a month you get a small bundle of games. The way it works is you get 2 or 3 titles at the start of the month and then after the month is finished you get anywhere between 4 to 7 random keys of games from steam. Now these let’s call them monthly bundles range in price from $130 upwards close to $200 in game keys ranging between some good triple A titles and some hidden indy gems. Every month a new random cycle and the best part.. you’re only paying 12 bucks for such a huge amount of games price wise and that is a good bang for the buck. The best part ie you can cancel any time. They also offer a 6 month subscription and a full year as well.

The next place that humble shines is their random bundles that they drop which happens randomly so you don’t know what will be in them till they drop. These bundles are called tier bundles. They offer 3 tiers of products, each tier at a set price. The best part is if you buy tier 3 at $20 you get everything that’s included in tiers 1 and 2. These bundles are awesome because they’re not limited to games. They offer books as well as programs ranging from security programs to editing programs. They even offer digital books for people trying to learn coding. The tier bundles are always different and sometimes they offer amazing deals at super low prices.

The last part I’ve noticed that makes humble a great place is being able to donate to charity. You see at some point during check out humble lets’ you put part of the money you’re spending to the charity at the time with no extra cost to you and that is awesome knowing they are working hard to help everyone out, which in my book makes humble bundle worth it. So if you are a gamer on PC or want a great deal on computer programs that range then check out humble bundle. I’ll provide my partner link below. Enjoy everyone and have a great day.

https://www.humblebundle.com/monthly?partner=sirfeliciano

Dungeon Crowley

Now I’m no stranger to reviews since I love the gaming industry so much. Many people turn to reviews whether they are from a professional or their friends. These reviews help people with the choice of if they want to buy the game or not or any product for that matter, which brings me to my review of a game called Dungeon Crowley. I received an email from the dev team offering me the key for the game. Being a big fan of RPGs I wanted to try the game out and it had an interesting plot idea. In the email I received it said you’re trapped in a delusional world and have to find your way out but the steam introductory for the game is a bit different which I am posting just below.

“Dungeon Crowley blends RPG and FPS elements altogether while providing seamless full multiplayer-campaign where players must cooperate through procedural dungeons. Follow through the delusions and discoveries of a teacher which engages with the occult while facing financial problems.”

I guess it does talk a bit about the delusional aspect but in the email which sadly I’ve deleted it made it sound as if your mind was trapped and your objective was to find a way out but let’s continue. I wanted to try this out being a fan of RPGs and the whole being in first person for a dungeon crawler since the only real dungeon crawler I’ve played is Diablo 3.

So you start in a small bedroom and after walking around a bit you find steps leading above ground. After exiting the stairs you see a house directly in front of you. As you proceed to said house you find a chest with a weapon inside for me it was a sword I don’t know if it will be different for everyone but that’s what I got so after exploring the extremely bare 2 story house I decided to move to the next door which had a lever next to it. The door wouldn’t open so I pulled the lever thinking that would unlock it which it did but it also spawned in all the monsters for the beginning area which were goblins and the bigger ugly human sized versions. I fought wave after wave making my way through finding armor pieces health potions and leveling up. After a few minutes the repeatative aspect started kicking in as I for the life of me could not find a way out or how to move on. I knew it couldn’t be the game files since everything was up to date. Was I missing something? After another lap around I decided to try the multiplayer which for me didn’t want to work. It wouldn’t connect which sucks as I feel maybe that would have been my answer to progressing forward or maybe they should have added a way point or something like any normal rpg. I mean there’s nothing pull the lever and go kill. What rpg does that? There is no item telling you this starts the mission. I mean can this really be called an rpg in the end? No I’m sorry but I can’t call this an rpg.

The game feels very basic. You only have 3 stats: strength, intelligence, and dexterity which depending on your actual weapon you only sink skill points into 1 slot unlike other RPGs where you need multiple and seeing as they tell you what there for underneath them its obvious that if you have a sword you go straight strength. Another issue I found which I’m not sure if it’s a bug or intentional I couldn’t switch weapons during my travel I found a sweet staff that I wanted to try out but everytime I unequipped my sword and moved the staff over it just fell out of my inventory and I had to pick it up again which really started to annoy me as I was more then able to equip the staff. A major thing missing from my experience was there are not vendor shops or a way to dismantle gear you didn’t need. You literally just leave it there in the world which i feel is a problem as that can hinder performance from your CPU or GPU depending on which one the game uses most.

The games file size is surprising coming in at 24gb during install which isn’t an issue considering most hard drives are huge now a days.

I can only think of 1 positive thing about this game and that’s the music. You have some kick ass rock instrumentals playing as you move around which is honestly pretty awesome since they didn’t stick to normal music like other games.

Now comes the hard part for me. After scrolling through the steam reviews and being flabbergasted by every positive review I read I knew that I was missing something but what after being stuck in the same area over and over again what was I looking for what did I miss? I for one can’t find the positive to this game. I don’t see what others see in this game and as of this writing I just can’t recommend someone go and spend the 19 bucks it’s going for on steam right now. Maybe after a few updates it will be worth it but I can’t for the life of me suggest it when it’s so freaking boring and repetitive. Mow I promised I would come back after a month and try it again to see if it will change my mind but for right now tread carefully and maybe someone can tell me what I missed during my time with this game. I hope you have a great day and take care.

Override Mech City Brawl

I’ve played many top tier fighting games in my life from the original killer instinct to mortal kombat bloody roar, and soul caliber but override mech city brawl is a game that hit me out of left field. I hadn’t heard about the game until my buddy Savior told me about it and how he had an extra code. I told him send it my way, we can try it out together and that we did. Now during our testing of override the only modes available were online multiplayer and local co op so we spent the good portion of an hour trying out the 12 different fighters and just having fun.

What I did like was how each character was different than each other in movement and combat. You had big guys like Setesh and Rocco who hit hard but moved slow and then a ninja named Mya who was extremely fast. The match I used her I spent more time running around getting a feel for her then actually fighting. Now you wouldn’t think there would be any more separation between fighters but then there’s Pescado a luchador inspired mech who’s fighting style is on the advance side. I personally didn’t get to use him but Savior used him and his quote “there is a learning curve to him since he relies on drop kicking and using quick recovery” and I find that’s a good thing. The creators made sure each mech had not only their own movement and fighting style but they added a learning curve to some of them.

Now my favorite part of this game are the maps because they make me feel like I’m in an old Godzilla movie fighting against other monsters and watching the buildings crumble around really made it amusing and half the time I spent being the monster running through buildings for fun… and to get away of course. Another difference that sets this game apart from other fighters except for soul caliber is that periodically around the map drop pods show up with weapons in them with a great variety from shields to guns and a flame thrower to different melee weapons and my personal favorite the frying pan there is nothing better then hearing the loud cling as you smack your opponent with it.

Now this game truly emphasizes combat skill and calculating every move since you have a heat meter which is your stamina meter and you only gain access to your ultimate when your health reaches 25% or below and I for one think this is great as you no longer will suffer those insane 3 and 4 hundred hit combo’s and instead will have to make sure every move you make counts which I admit stamina meters in a fighting game is new but personally I love it no more combo spamming and even if you block your defense can be broken just letting you know.

The game does offer controller support so far since me and savior played on PC no word yet if there will be a console release but if there is I’ll let you guys know.

Override mech city brawl is a new fighting game that definitely deserves you to take a look into it and I for one will be watching this game for a release date it was fun offering 1v1 or 1v1v1 or 1v1v1v1 matches with a variety of maps taking you from Tokyo to Mexico to Egypt so if you’re a fan of mechs and fighting games then check out override mech city brawl. Have a good day and take care.