Reviews - poshgaloo

Cleaner's Adventures is an ambitious, well-crafted, yet flawed mod I first played a long time ago and again now.

Pros:
- Cool tie-ins with the HL1 lore/old haunts
- The addition of protagonist Bryan Anderson
- Engaging level design...especially the Xen levels
- Thrilling scripted sequences
- Fun new melee weapon - the lead pipe
- Clever addition of the HEV suit scientist and Gus
- The Displacer Cannon (lots of exploring)
- The mod's interesting "Go to Work" pre-disaster level

Cons:
- Overreliance on headcrabs in corridors, rooms, and vents
- Softlocking bugs (e.g., doors locking you out after a level change, HEV suit scientist not moving/dying suddenly on the lift - a bug that I fixed by closing and opening the game again)
- Imbalanced difficulty (first half of the mod seems way tougher compared to the end - played on medium)
- Lack of pickups at times (I didn't find any armor till about halfway thru the mod)

Despite its shortcomings, Cleaner's Adventures is a solid 7/10 that I will still revisit sometime.

Chaotic, funny, and addictive. Never have I seen so many explosions in a video game. TF2 just never grabbed my attention like this game did - then again I played this one first.

It's not for the faint of heart with its difficulty curve and OP veterans/bots, but TFC is worthwhile if you put your mind to the game's dated yet effortlessly entertaining combat. Some level design (e.g., Casbah, Dustbowl) shows its age too with limited chokepoints for your team, but the fact that a handful of servers are still running for a 25-year-old game says a lot about its replay value.

A timeless classic. It's CS 1.6 but better and sharper-looking with bots that will kick your ***. CZ was mainly screwed by its development hell and late release mere months before CS: Source - but that doesn't stop it from being my personal favorite.

The online FPS that walked so games like COD, Battlefield, and Fortnite could run. To this day, Counter Strike wins.

An ambitious and influential mod I can recall playing many times in its heyday. This was more like a long-lost Gearbox expansion pack than a third-party mod, which is a plus in my book.

A gem that still holds up - and probably my personal favorite Doom game - best aesthetic so far. It's too bad this game gets a bad wrap for "not being Doom" when you have random Metroid-like platforming in Eternal. To each their own.

One of my favorite games of all time. This and New Vegas will always hold a special place in my heart. They both sparked my interest in RPGs/open world games to begin with. The attention to detail and amount of **** to do/find and even still find to this day impresses me to no end. Bethesda really was on fire with this game and I will always consider it their most remarkable and well-crafted work. The only real downfall with this game are the occasional bugs - though they are very infrequent for me, it's still an issue sometimes when the game just deactivates itself after going through a door quickly to a loading screen. NPCs/enemies will glitch out at times too - but that's honestly synonymous with Fallout at this point. All in all, Fallout 3 is an immersive game with an astronomical amount of random encounters and some damn good DLCs as well.

Probably my favorite Doom of them all. I just love playing this game over and over again trying to find secrets I still overlook to this day. Plus the challenging combat is actually fun and fair I feel as opposed to other titles *cough* FINAL DOOM *cough*

An absolutely remarkable RPG/open world game that is only held back by its technical flaws at times - at least in my book. Otherwise, FNV is unforgettable and contains my personal favorite DLCs for the franchise thus far. Obsidian is monumentally talented - and their hard work definitely shows here. For a video game made in just 18 months, it's really goddamn impressive. Like I said, aside from the typical glitches/occasional crashes, there's a vast game world here that is most definitely worth the playthroughs. I'd recommend this and Fallout 3. Incredible games that sparked my interest in the RPG/open-world genres in the first place.

I honestly used to not care much for this game until recently where it's really grown on me. Focal Point might be my favorite set of Xen levels of the HL1 series - a lot of passion went into the level design I feel and it definitely surpasses HL1's Xen levels. All in all, Blue Shift is a classic and worth a playthrough in my eyes.