Slender

Slender Game Review

Hello Little Red Riding Hood...

Hey guys, HighVoltage here, I'm going to do my first game review here on Hazardous LAN! The first game I'll be doing is and indie game which means that it was made from scratch by a bunch of devs probably in less than a year and released by themselves. Kinda the same thing as Minecraft but for Minecraft you need to have a paid account to play online on official servers.(Pain in the ass for everyone in Hazardous except for TheStranger and Urbandroid ) You are just too stingy -__- TS.

To the review!!

Story

One of the pages you have to collect before he catches you...

You start the game with a single objective. Collect all 8 notes before the Slenderman gets to you and kills you. The only thing that you are able to do to get away from him is to run. Run as fast as you can, because if you stare at him for too long, you WILL go insane and the game ends.

Story: 6/10

Graphics

Oh, didn't see you there...

The graphics of Slender aren't so amazing, but it does add to the effect of the game because there is a  fog that increases as you get more notes, the screen starts doing the things that TVs do when they don't have any signal but its an overlay so you can still see whats going on in the game.

Graphics: 5/10

Gameplay

This is your typical FPS-type game, using the WASD controls to move, Q&E are used to zoom in and out, not that you'd ever want to though.  The only thing that relates this game to other FPS titles is the use of a flash light, which may or may not come in handy in certain circumstances

Gameplay: 7/10

User-Friendliness

Take me where?

This game shouldn't be available to minors to play and I'm being serious. This could really scar someone for life. Like I said earlier, this is an indie game so there still may be a few bugs in it, such as the "Daylight Mode" which has no objectives and it's the same map as you play when you start the game. One complaint I have is that you are unable to save your progress, even if you press ESC you're taken to the main menu and have to start the game from scratch. How sure are you that it wasn't designed to be like that? 

User-Friendliness: 4/10 

Misc.

I am SPIDERMAN!!

The only selling point of this game as far I can see is the fact that it makes you crap your pants every, single time you see the Slenderman, there's really not much else to do in the game except for looking for the 8 pages. There are hidden game modes but I haven't had the courage to try figure out what they are.

Misc: 6/10

The Verdict..

Slender is one of the most scariest games I've played in my life, it's so bad that I keep thinking when the Slenderman will get me whenever I go out at night. It's an enjoyable experience for those who like these type of games, but otherwise, if you don't play horror games at all, and this is your first one, prepare yourself for the worst... If you want to get this game, you can go here for more information about it. I wouldn't recommend just anyone to play it though.

I give this game a 56% (Ahem...we need to discuss this. TS)

Don't play if you don't wanna crap your pants...

HighVoltage

Syndicate review and more!

Hello everybody! Enjoying your weekend? Well hopefully it's about to get better, but enough small talk! Tonight I bring you a review of EA's Syndicate, so let's get to it! BTW if you noticed the lack of a couple of posts or posts that just suddenly disappeared it's because I removed them. It's part of my bringing-you-the-best philosophy and I didn't think they cut it.  
 
For those of you that don't know, Syndicate is a not-too-old FPS with a near-futuristic flare. Firstly, one thing to bare in mind...In 2017 the largest corporate merger in history occurs creating EuroCorp. As is characteristic of situations like these, the rest of the world's large corporations feared EuroCorp's influence and combined into their own mega corporations. Thus, Syndicates are born. 

In 2025 EuroCorp releases the DART chip, a neural implant that allows the user to directly connect to the Internet and other electronic devices -  a system that EuroCorp calls the Dataverse. Because of this new-found power the world's governments collapse and Syndicates start to take over countries. Half of the world's population reject the chip and become socially lost. Corporate espionage ensues. Now rampant, Syndicates start to invest in "Agents" (Bio-engineered soldiers that protect their Syndicate's interest). 

In the year 2069 (this is where the story begins) you take the role of Miles Kilo, EuroCorp's newest Agent.
EuroCorp implants their latest DART 6 chip into him and sends him on his way to do their bidding. 

Let's start off with the storyline. 

WARNING: This may contain spoilers.

Story

Do not think that this is going to be a Bioware tear-jerker, because it's not. Syndicate has quite a thrilling start with you being thrown immediately into the action. The story then continues with you carrying out all of EuroCorp's dirty work, mainly against other Syndicates. The story of Syndicate is fairly entertaining but (in my opinion) leaves a lot to be desired.  The ending left a bit of a poor taste in my mouth, but it is far from the worst I have seen.
7 out of 10



GFX

Syndicate had a lot of nice visual effects as can be expected from a AAA game. There was a nice contrast between the dark, dusty tunnels of the downtown cities, and the light, sophisticated environments of the rich suburbs. Syndicate can be easily played on a medium-end PC whilst still producing effects that will have you saying "OOOOH".
8 out of 10





Gameplay

Syndicate is your run-of-the-mill shoot, beat and kill FPS. Its gameplay seemed oddly familiar reminding me a lot of Deus Ex: HR. While it didn't display much innovation or redefine the genre it was still a lot of fun to play. 
7 out of 10




User-friendliness


The menu's in Syndicate were easy to navigate and user friendly. The loading screens didn't take long to get you in game and - in my play through - I could not find one glitch to speak of. Something that did start to annoy me after awhile was the chromatic aberration. I know it plays in well with the whole theme of the game and it does look cool the first few times that you enter, it eventually starts to irritate your eyes and make you wish you could auto-adjust the screen. 
9 out of 10



Misc.

 

As far as the miscellaneous aspects of the game go, there isn't too much to talk about. It does have a four-player co-op mode that I haven't had the pleasure of trying but, from what I've seen, looks pretty decent. If you enjoyed the SP you should definitely try the MP since it is the same agent-type gameplay just with another three people. 
8 out of 10

The verdict

Syndicate is a FPS that doesn't reinvent the genre or bring a story that will drive you to tears, but it does have nice GFX and fun, glitch-free gameplay. If you have the opportunity you should definitely play this game. Don't expect your mind to be blown, but do expect to be intrigued.  

78%             

Like always feel free to comment or send me an email at TheStrangerHazardous@gmail.com
Enjoy the rest of your weekend guys.
TheStranger out.

The review system!

Hello everybody and welcome to Strange Sundays! (Copyright reserved) nah just joking :p This is TheStranger and today is my day! But jokes aside the schedule is working great cause now there is no more confusion on who's posting what AND we post everyday. So I'm hoping you guys are enjoying it more.

Anyway back to my topic, I have made the review system and I think it will cover pretty much everything you need to know but please if you have any suggestions or anything that you like/don't let me know at the email (which will be at the end of the post) or comment. 

It is as follows :

There will be five categories, namely:

1. Story (The main plot / story-line, we all know that the story can make or break a game.)
2. Gfx (Graphics, what the game looks like, we are all looking out for the next titan that tests our hardware. )    
3. Gameplay (What the game feels like, it's nice when someone breaks the rules and creates innovation that the players enjoy.) 
4. User-friendliness (I was contemplating making this just user-interface but I think this covers a broader section. Pretty much "how easy is it to use?" PS: this includes glitches etc.)
5. Miscellaneous ("Does the game have any other redeeming qualities or liabilities?", PS: this could include if it has LAN or not.) 

That is the system, it is rated out of 50 (Each section out of 10) then multiplied by two so it gives a percentage. This should make it quite easy to see what we thought about it. How it is going to work is one (or more if it is agreed upon) person will review a game and say what (in their opinion) they thought about it. THAT person will review it but ALL of us will look at it just to make sure there is no bias, if there is, we will make some slight alterations because we all are different and some people might like a certain game more than others.


All of our reviews from now on will use this, we also haven't tried it yet so it will be subject to change.
Tomorrow Thecoldblade will be posting (I am sorry for posting that in the schedule before even introducing him :p) so keep an eye out ;) 
Like always any suggestions etc. send me a message at TheStrangerHazardous@gmail.com or comment here. 
Enjoy it :) 
TheStranger

I love the internet! :)

Hey! What's up? All of us here at Hazardous are just about to receive a large quantity of games...which means plenty more reviews and videos...erm...I guess I would need to put up videos before I could say that right? :P LOL. We do have legitimate reasons for not bringing you Hazardous TV just yet, primarily because of the uploading size and speed since the videos are of a high quality. But fret not! We have got a few ideas on how to solve those problems! Yay!


The last few days I have been working on a whole review system (inspired by the Syndicate review I was supposed to do) that will review every aspect of our chosen candidates from gfx to gameplay to modding community and everything in between! This will make our lives and yours a whole lot easier! It will give you coverage of everything you will need to know before buying (or wasting bandwidth ahem....;) so stay tuned, that should be coming up shortly.


I don't know how many of you out there have played the S.T.A.L.K.E.R series or primarily S.T.A.L.K.E.R: Shadow of chernobyl but for those of you that have and loved it but thought it needed some revitalising I have the answer! Yesterday I stumbled across the S.T.A.L.K.E.R modding community which, I might add, is quite large and powerful. One mod in particular stood out for me...It is called Oblivion Lost 2010. This mod compilation is a total re-work and re-balance of most of the elements of SHOC and is absolutely amazing! 


It adds tons of new equipment (Mutants, weapons, attachments, drive-able vehicles etc etc) that really makes you feel like you are playing a different game. Among these changes are many gfx changes, improving the condition and realism of the Zone and a re-balance of the bullet ballistics. Warning: THIS IS NOT A MOD FOR NOOBS. It makes S.T.A.L.K.E.R extremely challenging and realistic (one bullet could kill you and them) finally no more emptying of AK magazines just to kill one person! So if you loved the series or want to see it with a new spin go to http://www.moddb.com/mods/stalker-soc-oblivion-lost-2010 and see for yourself.


Like always drop me a message at TheStrangerHazardous@gmail.com or just say Hi! in the comments :).


Good hunting STALKER.    

Thanks for reading :) This is TheStranger out.