Alexandr Rosca

Mafia: Definitive Edition | 2020 | PC | Played for: 33h A faithful recreation of a cult classic. The story is mostly kept intact, with some shortcuts and other additions. Graphically, 20 years make a big difference. It looks fantastic, although could have had some more performance optimisation. Physics are both fun and annoying at times (motorcycle control is awful), some bushes are as anvils and some generic clipping glitches appear here and there. Gunplay is satisfying. Sound, voice acting, music are on the highest level. Feels like the beautifully enhanced city could have had some more side activities beside the collectables. Overall a must play game for Mafia fans. Story: 9,5/10 Gameplay: 7,5/10 Graphics/Physics: 9/10 Music/Sound: 9,75/10 Final Score: 8,7/10

Far Cry 5 | 2018 | PC | Played for: 40h A simple and proven gameplay formula, wrapped in yet goofy setting with a sick Villain. Every element of this game has good/bad duality. Graphics are gorgeous overall, but some texture are too bad. Physics are existing, but sometimes your car explodes with a gentle tap. Gameplay is solid, different weapons, transport, wing-suit, grappling hook etc. Overall objectives are very repetitive, but the goofy and silly dialogues are keeping things entertaining. DLCs are all different from main game and a nice breath of fresh air. Story: 8/10 Gameplay: 8,5/10 Graphics/Physics: 8,5/10 Music/Sound: 8/10 Final Score: 8,3/10

Callisto Protocol, The | 2022 | PC | Played for: 10h Spiritual successor of the Dead Space series. The game clearly has a lot of passion and work put into it but it looks like it needed just a bit more polishing. Graphics and sound are superb, but performance and stutters don't allow to enjoy it. Gameplay is OK but with some tweaks could have been so much better. Story is captivating but often predictable. I think it is worth playing but not worth the full price. Story: 9/10 Gameplay: 6/10 Graphics/Physics: 8/10 Music/Sound: 9/10 Final Score: 7,7/10

Still Wakes the Deep | 2024 | PC | Played for: 5h Intriguing story with superb graphical presentation. Walked into it without knowing anything but the short duration and was positively surprised by the graphical fidelity and how now I know a bit more about oil rigs than before. Gameplay itself is very simple and somewhat boring. 1975 setting and Scottish accent are nice. Worth playing on Game Pass. Story: 7/10 Gameplay: 5/10 Graphics/Physics: 9,5/10 Music/Sound: 8/10 Final Score: 7/10

Death Stranding | 2020 | PC | Played for: 74h Many dividing opinions surrounding the gameplay of this game, but an overall consensus on the quality of the storytelling and aesthetics. The game has a totally bizzare story arch, but insteresting non-the-less. A splendid cast of voice and motion capture actors. Very pleasing graphical aesthetics and well optimised performance. The music score and sound in general is very rich and relaxing. Gameplay-wise, it is a proper Open-World system, with many interesting alternative tools to achieve your traversal and cargo-carrying goals. Rag-doll animations are awesome, but vehicles driving physics are properly atrocious. Overall Death Stranding is an outstanding game that has no direct peers for comparison, if you find the gameplay a chore, perhaps just watch a compilation video of all cut-scenes, as the story is worth it. I am ready for DS2. Story: 9,5/10 Gameplay: 8,5/10 Graphics/Physics: 10/10 Music/Sound: 10/10 Final Score: 9,32/10

Crused to Golf | 2022 | PC | Played for: 8h Fun, physics-based, 2D, rogue-like, pixel-art, golf game. The amount of different ways you can go through a course is overwhelming and fun, with pins and ace cards combos allowing you to take big shortcuts and do some proper aerial shenanigans. The art and sound are polished. Had a ton of fun, but without achievements felt no urge to go back after beating the game. Totally recommended. Story: 8/10 Gameplay: 9,5/10 Graphics/Physics: 9/10 Music/Sound: 7/10 Final Score: 8,68/10

Alan Wake Remastered | 2021 | PC | Played for: 16h Alan Wake is a story first and a game second. It is intriguing to find out what is going on, what is fantasy and reality but don’t expect too much from the gameplay. Graphics were awesome at otiginal release and the remsater still holds ok. Worth playing if you like psychological thrillers. Story: 9,5/10 Gameplay: 7,5/10 Graphics/Physics: 9,5/10 Music/Sound: 10/10 Final Score: 8,85/10

Pawnbarian | 2021 | PC | Played for: 7h Really challenging rogue like chess-movement based strategy board game. It will force you to think over all the combo interactions. Story: 5/10 Gameplay: 8,5/10 Graphics/Physics: 7/10 Music/Sound: 7/10 Final Score: 6,93/10