Review: Portal 2

Portal 2, a first person shooter game (except that you don't use guns with metal bullets) that will bring you to several levels of mind boggling puzzles. You need to solve it with no other equipment in hand, other than a gun, a Portal Gun.

Story. So, the game started as the Main Character (MC; whatever name she has) standing into her "room" in Aperture Laboratories and being commanded to do certain things, which is a tutorial, apparently. Then, there. You are greeted by a noisy, annoying robot named Wheatley. And thing happened, leading you to the first parts of test chambers, up until you get your own Portal Gun, and meet GLaDOS. And sh**s happened, leading you to places. I don't want to spoil you about these things, but... yeah. The game's story is pretty much f**ked up before you realize it. Apparently, I thought GLaDOS is an a-hole towards the MC. But, when you uncover the story, she's still an a-hole. Yet, she's really kind. The characters has their own comedic factor, that makes the game lively, even though it is really dark. Even the Chapter title makes you laugh. Overall, the story is really well defined. and really unique, even the characters. SPOILER ALERT: Last battle is so damn epic.

Gameplay. The game, as what I have said, is first-person shooter game and at the same time, a puzzle game. This makes the game pretty unique. The game pushes you to think up to your extent. You thought that some of the puzzles are really difficult, but when you get it, all you could do is laugh and realize that it is easy. The thing is, it is pretty time consuming. And few puzzles are so obvious. Then add gels, which you thought it will make things so easy, but inreality, it made it a bit difficult. Because of this game, even though I'm in vacation from college right now, I got a headache. Even mentioned that "Even though our classes haven't yet started, I feel like I'm going sabaw." (sabaw definition: here) But, yeah. Overall, the ganeplay is really fun and challenging.

Music. The music of this game is really priceless, even though it's few. But, this adds to the drama, and also the comedy of the game. What I really did like? The ending song which is entitled: Cara Mia Addio, and the the credits song: Want You Gone, that is sung by GLaDOS.

SCORE:
Story: 9.5/10
Gameplay: 10/10
Music: 9.5

Overall: 9.7/10

Is it recommendable? Even though I'm not a fan of FPS, I'm going to make an exception to this one. So, Yes! This game is recommendable for those who wants their mind to be boggled.

This concludes my review about Portal 2.

Next Review will be about Batman: Arkham Origins. Although I have finished the game, I can't yet write a review about it, until I've finished Cold, Cold Heart. So, please anticipate that.

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Review: Need For Speed: Undercover

Apparently, as you all know I have deleted my review about this game. That is just because of the formatting, that it looks like I've just copied it from a website (which is true, but it came from my Facebook profile). But, I'll continue to post here some reviews about the games I have finished.

Before I start my review, I want to give my format on how will I review a game. First I'll give my comments about it, then scores on each aspects--Story, Music, and Gameplay--and whether I could recommend it or not. I was about to add graphics too, but... I find graphics is kind of unimportant because I play games at a PC, because graphics in PC vary depends on your PC build (which, my PC build is not that great. Mid range PC build). So, let's get started!

Right now, I'm going to rewite my review for Need for Speed: Undercover. Then anticipate later my review about another game, which I just finished awhile ago.

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Need for Speed: Undercover. A game where your job is to shut down crimes, by going undercover. You're going to act as a street racer to gather some intel, but to earn their trust, all you need is to race with them, and win these races.

I am so sure that I made that synopsis up. I can't really remember the story of it, but I am pretty sure that is basically the story. That leads me to my first comment, story. The story of this game, well I can't say it is pretty unique, but it is made so well. The thing is, some segments of the story are a bit... blurry. Why?  Sound of the cutscene are a bit fast paced, that makes me don't understand what is happening. And some of the story are told in voicemails in-game. What makes this so blurry, is that the game has no subtitles. A game's story is not complete without it's subtitles, because that's where the game's story is being emphasized. But, there is one thing that get's me, yet I find it not that satisfying. NFS:Undercover's plot twist at the final parts of the game. (Don't worry, I'm just stating my comments about the story of the game, not spoil you the story of the game.) I mean, it's plot twist is kind of predictable, yet I got it so wrong when another plot twist hit me in the face. So, that's it for the story.

Gameplay. The game is mixed up with fun and frustration. I mean, the all of the events are so fun. Heck, I even liked the Checkpoint events. But, what really frustrates me are some in-event issues, like spawning Traffic in random areas. And, the events which is called Highway Battle, I find it so frustrating because traffic is really heavy. Road rage imminent when you don't got it right. Trust me, I've been there. Car selection is very wide and sorted by country and companies, which I find it so handy when it comes to car finding. Cars are not that crash prone (I think it is made of really hard steel). Opponent racers' AIs are varied, same thing to the Police's AIs. But, there's a thing that I kind of don't like about opponent's AIs (Yet it is fun for me because... SPEED). Let's say that their cars are in Tier 1 Upgraded, and mine's Tier 2 Max Upgrade, and off we go to race in a Sprint of Circuit event. When I got first place when the race started, sometimes I am outrunning them, meaning they can't chase me. The challenges left for me are dodging traffic and managing to get out of a sharp curve. And car customization is really good, with the detailed edit for certain parts of cars. Overall, even though there are its downsides, the game is really fun. Events are sometimes rageworthy and challenging, yet the essence of fun is still there.

Music. Let us make this one short. It's good, because the songs used in racing events are so fit while... racing against your opponent, or doing a run in Checkpoint events. And the music played in Pursuits are so dramatic, yet that's added as a plus factor. And for the cutscenes, okay. So that's it for the music.

SCORE:

Story- 7.5/10

Gameplay- 8/10

Music- 9.5/10

Overall- 8.3/10

Is it recommendable? Yes. As a Racing Games fan, I definitely recommend this game.

And that concludes my review about Need For Speed: Undercover.

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