Justin Franklin

This game, is the reason why for me..... PC games and Steam are the greatest. On Consoles, you mainly get the "mainstream" games or the big AAA games. You occasionally get early access or smaller survival games. But on Steam, you get games that you can ONLY get on PC because of their size. Like the War Of The Worlds, like Incursion Red River, like Ready Or Not and also like Mist Survival. I don't get why anyone that loves games, hasn't got a PC, because the door that opens up in terms of the sheer vastness of games available you just don't get on Consoles, is huge. This game has intrigue, this game has atmosphere, it is intense with the fact you have no idea what is lurking in every exploration you undertake. Very good fun.

Ahhhh this movie.... a time when you picked a movie in a video store based in its VHS cover. Great movie, great nostalgia.

At the moment, there are a lot of early access games out, GZW, AB, Arma Reforger, though its been out a while, its still early access. But gamers DON'T research, they buy games then moan that they're buggy, unfinished, not optimised. Now this game, is again.... a work in progress, early access..... But its GOOD! £14.99 here in the UK, and it is apparently PvP but mainly PvE, and I am good with that. The map, surroundings are great to explore and visually pleasing, the combat is gritty and engaging and its a slower paced but more full on experience than the others I mentioned. For the current state of the game and the very small £14.99 they ask, this is a no brainer, especially if you're a fan of military style games. GZW is a good game, it has potential, but it is TOO SLOW, even for a slower paced milsim..... the Bots in Gray Zone are either useless idiots that stand there and let you slot them, or they're suddenly elite troops that head shot you with an AR from half a mile away. GZW needs a lot of work, and for me..... there is no better way too pass the time than playing Incursion. I've just come off the back of a mission, where I had to infiltrate a compound, silently, get intel on another area, and I could have gone in all guns blazing, but it would have been suicide. Looking at the map, going up a hill, down the ravine, creating a distraction, slotting two guys silently, getting the Intel and then getting out of there, really felt good! And kept me wanting more. Well worth your time and money.

Technology.... or gaming Technology. It's a funny old thing. It seems that years ago, on less powerful hardware, we had games that were atmospheric, enjoyable, deep, great story, and we used too all think back then.... "Imagine how games will be in the future? They'll be amazing". Yet, what it seems like now, is though there are some rare new gems that are stand out games. On the whole, we have the PS5, SX, PC's of differing power and some with unbelievable specs, yet the games that are new are lacklustre, empty, shallow and just aren't worth your time. You see more and more people going back too older games or new games that are of the older style. For me, on a PC that's worth well over a grand, what am i playing? Star Trek Bridge commander (old) Broken Sword 2 and 3 (old) And Arx Fatalis..... says it all in 2024. Great game.

I'm sorry.... but just no. The whole ethos of the original road house, was you don't have too be huge too be a good fighter. Only fight when absolutely necessary. This film, though the fighting set pieces were good, was the total opposite of what the original was about. I'm 44, served over 10 years in the British Military from 97 to 07. Served 8 years working in the private security sector and done Martial Arts my entire life. Some of the best people I've worked with, ex Paras, ex 22Reg, were these small, "grey man" guys, that look like your average guy, but are trained to a level where it makes no difference of your size, they'll end you in seconds..... And Connors acting! Please. 3 stars for the fights.

This is just another classic example of Bandwagon hopping. The Outlast games.... the original. Did you people play that? I mean really? Because the original premise of Outlast and the way the game played, was genuinely eerie, genuinely uncomfortable. This is just not scary, it is not in any way a game that makes you think "what is round the corner", because EVERYTHING in it, telegraph's what is coming next. To make a game or movie scary, you need an atmosphere, a setting then the film or game too be running along at scare level 1..... then out of nowhere crank it up to 10 then back down again, keeping the audience and player on a roller coaster. But when you instantly start off at 10.... and the entire thing stays that way, it becomes the norm and not at all scary. Is it a bad game? No. But is it a 5 star must play scare fest? NO! Not at all. If people are playing this and genuinely getting scared, then you must have grown up watching very poor horror movies or poor horror games. Because what is here is well done..... but we've seen it all before. It's like on the level of Saw but in gaming terms. Fun, but by no means scary.

So basically A Quiet Place and A Quiet Place 2, with the atmosphere of Bird Box with its own twist. Nothing groundbreaking....... nothing really new..... But also quite a fun watch. I think 3 stars is right..... kinda seen it all before but at the same time, what you see is escapism fun and that's what movies should be.