Can I just say that I really appreciate your style? I just found you and I'm so glad that I did. You're well-spoken, concise, unpretentious, and descriptive- everything a good critic should be. Your reviews show a level of effort and thought rare for RU-vid, and they are extremely helpful and engaging. Thank you, I hope you continue to find success.
By the way, I've never supported a YT channel financially but I certainly would love to support yours via Patreon, I can't think of a channel more deserving & I'll back you up gladly Karak, pledged $25 month, best of luck man!
You're more than welcome, discovered how fantastic your reviews were via the "Mad Max" one last year, I've been hooked like a Coke Fein ever since. I wish I could do more but I had to augment your gig anyway I could man. Keep up the great momentum, I've been sharing the Hell out of your content since that first wonderful "Mad Max" profile you did, I've got a few good friends to sub as well, now they dig & look forward to your opinions like myself. I'm a 53 year old Gamer with a small passionate YT channel & I know great stuff when I come across it man, keep the pedal to the metal with the shiny side up!
Hahaha. Holy crap dude. I watched your stuff. I watched one of your videos a while back like a tribute to the xbox? I will have to go track it down! And always appreciate the heads up to fellow fans
I'm a 6th generation fanatic, back when you plug the damn game in, it was complete & timeless, without reliance on servers, updates, patches, DLC or BS, just great new IP's all day long & they worked great. I dig the modern stuff as much as the old which is why I love your new game reviews & opinions. The details & passion you bring to your original & brilliant "Walking the Walk" series puts you way ahead of other good review channels, I still get a chuckle over your witty & original "Mad Max" commentary in my memory banks, terrific man!
Great review. Can't wait to really get immersed in this one this evening. Something about Deus Ex just really grips you. Last week I wanted to go through a few of my old save games at random in human revolution just to get a feel of the world again. 40 hours later I had finished a complete playthrough of HR and got halfway through revision. My kind of game.
Karak, you are my go to guy for reviews. I don't think I'll even buy a game anymore without your recommendation. You cover all the important bases. Thank you... Keep up the stellar work, man!
Subscribers don’t really help out the content provider anymore. If you can afford it you should support him on paetron. You can pay as little as $1 a month. That’s less than tax on a game!
First time i try this game: It is so strange. Something seems broken. 1 year passed and i try again. WOA. Great game. Nice atmosphere and boy... the guns have a punch. And you can trow a big trash can in your enemies or use it for sponge bullets while you advance to another cover.
A week ago these graphics would have not bothered me but after playing "Rise of the tomb raider" a few days ago,the Graphics of that game raised the bar a bit :)
You deserve to have MILLIONS of subs... All of your reviews are awesome and I enjoy every single on of them. Good job, thank you and keep up the great work. :3
Human Revolution's voice acting was awesome because like half the characters were recycled from the kid's show "Arthur." Kinda kiss hearing Mr. Ratburn talking on nightly news about how dangerous augs were.
Seriously dude, you do some of the best reviews I have ever seen. You hit every point, and make it entertaining with your wording. You give constructive feedback on games, while somehow being pretty much unbiased. But I think my favorite part is your review system. Its perfect for the audience. Basically is a game worth the money. I also love how you can somehow be both critical, but just in general love video games. You can enjoy a game that has a bunch of miniature flaws. You don't get hung up on the little stuff to make the whole experience worse. You are passionate and that comes through, but you just plain love it at the same time. Hope your channel grows!
ioannisdenton Maybe, but there's no guarantee they'd keep that up. Hell, Gearbox said in interviews Colonial Marines was a labour of love as well. We all remember how that turned out. Plus Mankind Divided is by far not as good as Human Revolution.
as a guy who never managed to get into the original pc deus ex I picked up human revolution on a whim when it was super cheap and was blown away by how much you enjoyed it. so of course I am picking this up also I hope the breach mode is not as bland as everyone has been saying
latro Can you imagine actually BUYING or even just RENTING a game like from an ancient store called Blockbuster instead of waiting for a review by somebody who ISN’T YOU?! Imagine coming up with your own opinion on a game instead?
The "Show, don't tell" remark is a subtly awesome one. I still remember the team from Human Revolution splooshing over it about every third sentence in their dev commentary, and already back then they didn't manage it all as well as they might have wanted.
Your reviews are incredible mate. I like the fact that you research thoroughly and explain each aspect of the game intricately. There are too many reviewers out there who give half baked reviews. Glad you are not one of them. I have ordered the game after watching this. Thanks mate!
Great review as usual Karak. I know you've had your reviews posted to Bluesnews for a bit now, but I sent in a link to Blues as soon as I saw this video pop up on Patreon. And yes, RU-vid is back to not letting me know about your videos, yay. 2 days of bliss! Meh.
Nice, in depths review! I'm glad this game turned out good, as I'm a huge fan of this series. Unfortunately I can't play this game myself as my computer is far from good enough, but it's good to know I have this treat for when I finally get to build a PC :)
I definitely asked for this... Seriously, man, I appreciate reviews. You are the No. 1 guy I go to for game reviews these days. I listen to guys like Sterling and TotalBiscuit but you always have yours out first. Props.
Subbed purely for the remark on intestines towards the end of the video. Loving the game so far, racked up roughly 16 hours of game time so far and only just reached Golem City
Awesome Review. I can't wait to pick this game up, been playing nothing but Overwatch and Fallout 4. I'm ready for a new setting, and this looks perfect for that. I tried to enjoy Human Revolution, but I could not get past the gameplay. I'm glad to hear they improved it for this game.
Thx for mentioning about the lenght of the game when counting main quest alone and with sidequests, not many outlets do that, yet its quite important if game is 60$.
Isn't it a little too Obvious in Mankind Divided that not enough time was put into developing the story and making the game feel complete and too much time spent on tacking on those damn shitty micro transactions and splitting the game into future sequels/dlc packs?
It's hella fun and the remote hacking is awesome for a stealth-based playthrough. I mostly use the tranq rifle with a modded combat rifle in single shot mode for the rest. Laying mines and funneling enemies into them with heavy crates and boxes laid to make a narrow passage is always hilarious.
took me 18 hours, i used the mechanic to switch augments on/off maybe 1 or twice, but then i could not get it working for some reason. the ending sucked very much, at least for me, feels like they just wanted to sell dlc to give it a real ending. The Breach mode i didnt even Bother with, Tried to get it working´but it gave me error, so i said screw it, unintall...i hope some future dlc will make it worth installing again at some point
hey karak! how big would you say the world is in this game? does it take place in one hub? or multiple hubs that require a loading screen when traversing from one to the other?
its a section of good sized chucks. But I literally have no clue what a random persons idea of big might be. There are loading spots that are hidden with train rides. Fairly easy to ignore
Loved the first game, can't wait to play this one! It's also nice for once to have a sequel that's not rushed through production in a year with multiple sequels lined up for the decade.
Great review as always!! I think we need to use these new avatar photos we have to spell something out. Since mine's an M, 'Mankind Divided kicks ass' might be relevant here ;) I'd recommend ACG commenting below, but you have a profile picture as opposed to a letter I'm afraid :P
Thanks for your review, how do you think the game will perform on a i7 3770 16Go RAM with a GTX 1060 for a constant 60 fps, ultra, high or medium? (sure ill try custom too). Does the PC version features a benchmarking tool just as in Thief?Thank you.
Great review as usual, Karak. I found the previous game had a weird dichotomy where it encouraged you to play/level your player in the stealth style, then dropped super hulk bosses on you who needed the firepower and defenses of the other skills to deal with. This seems to have been addressed, but the constant CPU usage and aug swapping seems quite tedious, esp if in longer battles. However, it is a good way to become competent with ALL your options rather than the few 'go-to's' that tend to emerge.
I gotta say, I haven't had a clear understanding of what this game was till now, I honestly thought it was a straight linear campaign that would have a few branching paths in the story based on how you play and make decisions, I feel like some of the trailers that were released were somewhat misleading about the latter. Anyways, this review has me thinking I should have took your advice on No Man's Sky and maybe got this instead or just saved the cash for any of the 4,000 AAA games coming out in the next few months. thanks for another honest and well thought out review!
"Buy" Not even a wait for sale I bought this game, played it on day 1 from start to finish (and then the jensen story and then a bunch of breach mode) I still wouldn't give it more than a wait for a sale Shady dev tactics, poor optimization, unfinished feeling, and buggy as hell.
+Rasmus Skardenni oh i just realized you were talking about the guy in the video game. I thought you were talking about the narrorter for the review. My bad they do sound alike
The dead zone is apaprent in both console versions. Changing the sensitivity can help a bit but i tested it with my high FPS camera and my poor man lag senser. And there is a dead spot thats a bit bigger than post
I'm really sick of 30fps games on console after playing alot of 60fps. it pulls me out of the immersion and feels outdated af. I know.. it's not what makes a game but meh. not gonna bother untill sales.
with this being probably the 5th video and absolutely amazing review i've watched from you, I realized I should probably subscribe! Keep em coming, man!
+ACG i will spread the word indeed. Turned my gaming crew to your channel. Hope the extra few subs help man. Cant wait to get home and play Dues X !!!!
Amazing review :) Thanks for the insightful comments. I was a little on the fence because of magazines saying that the story is pretty lackluster, but you convinced me to buy it :)
I really like how you always succeed in giving a nice review without spoiling to much :) Thumbs up :) Will defiantly give this game a shot once I have completed some of my other games ;) If you have completed human revolution does it affect the story in this game in any way? Will you be covering some more Star citizen again in the future?
I bought this game, play a few hours and put it down for some months. Played it again and I’m glad I did. Take your time and this game will be awesome! Glad I gave it another shot.
Thanks for the straight-up review; it's why I always look here first. Steam reviews are more unhelpful than usual with this one; almost every single negative review complains solely about single player microtransactions and offers no actual input on what makes the gameplay good or bad.
of course they do. A child can't look at the whole picture they can only look at the single instigator. Sure that sounds egotystical. But its pretty much an actual fact about how maturity alters your ability to identify cause and effect.
