Reviews of Deep Silver Developed Games

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Dead Island 2 Review

Well, it’s been a long-time coming, but Dead Island 2 is finally here. After being trapped in development hell since its original announcement in 2014, the original first-person tropical zombie-…

April 18, 2023 | 10:00 EDT

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Chorus Review

A while back I got a chance to preview Chorus, a game I have been extremely excited about since it was first announced. How could I not be, after all? Space combat with some eldritch horrors that…

December 3, 2021 | 10:00 EST

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Iron Harvest: Operation Eagle Review

After a somewhat brief expansion with its first paid downloadable content, Iron Harvest: Operation Eagle comes back with a weighty DLC that introduces the Americans into the world of steampunk mechs…

May 27, 2021 | 11:00 EDT

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Gods Will Fall Review

The camera pans over a beach covered in the wooden corpses of what used to be sturdy warships. Eight figures pick themselves up from the sand and begin their march towards one of the ten dark and…

January 28, 2021 | 08:00 EST

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Iron Harvest Review

Its been a while since we’ve had a massive real-time strategy campaign to play through. Iron Harvest, based on art created by the Jakub Rozalski and the board game Scythe, looks to deliver one of the…

September 1, 2020 | 05:35 EDT

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Windbound Review

They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, and if that’s true, Zelda’s cheeks will be redder than the blood moon when players get their hands on Windbound when it launches. In Windbound,…

August 28, 2020 | 09:00 EDT

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Metro Exodus: Sam’s Story Review

Themes of finding a new home and accepting loss are common in post-apocalypse media. For the most part, Metro Exodus’ main storyline fulfills both of these pretty well. But, what if you were already…

February 21, 2020 | 12:00 EST

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Shenmue 3 Review

In 1999, if you couldn’t find me slammin’ some mad POGS, you would find me curled up on the couch playing one of the most niche games of the decade. Shenmue at its heart was a Japan simulator with…

November 29, 2019 | 11:00 EST

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Metro Exodus: The Two Colonels Review

In Metro Exodus’ main campaign, you find out that there are other survivors persevering through the nuclear apocalypse. Unsurprisingly, most of these survivors try to kill you, but there are some who…

September 2, 2019 | 12:00 EDT

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Kingdom Come: Deliverance – A Woman's Lot Review – Blessed Among

Based on the studio's track record of controversy, you might go into A Woman's Lot expecting something politically incorrect. It's a slightly misleading title, suggesting that women should "learn…

August 16, 2019 | 12:49 EDT

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Kingdom Come: Deliverance - Band of Bastards Review – Expansion Fodder

The third DLC for Kingdom Come: Deliverance, Band of Bastards requires that you have played through a portion of the base game before starting it, just as previous DLC. More specifically, you should…

April 2, 2019 | 02:00 EDT

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Kingdom Come: Deliverance - The Amorous Adventures of Bold Sir Hans Capon Review – Fool's Errand

It’s no secret that Kingdom Come: Deliverance ends on a cliffhanger, as the developer’s PR Manager mentioned recently. To be more accurate, it ends with an “Epilogue” quest that’s a very obvious…

April 1, 2019 | 02:00 EDT

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Kingdom Come: Deliverance - From the Ashes Review – Dust to Dust

As a backer and day-one player of Kingdom Come: Deliverance on PC, my experience was of a highly immersive and engrossing open world RPG. It was definitely flawed as a product, and it wobbled under…

March 29, 2019 | 12:00 EDT

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Metro Exodus Review - Full Steam Ahead

Metro Exodus is a game I've been looking forward to for a long time. I thoroughly enjoyed playing the previous two post-apocalyptic first-person shooters in the series. To my delight, Exodus promises…

February 13, 2019 | 11:00 EST

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Kingdom Come: Deliverance Review - Thy Will Be Done

Kingdom Come: Deliverance is a “love it or hate it” game. Many have been excited about the prospect of a historically accurate RPG. A title that replaces fantastical elements and epic storytelling…

March 21, 2018 | 01:00 EDT

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Agents of Mayhem Review

Imagine if you got the teams behind G.I. Joe and Archer together, provided them an endless supply of liquor & mind-altering psychedelics, and then told them to make a video game. That, in a…

August 16, 2017 | 06:00 EDT

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Metro Last Light Redux Review

Metro Last Light Redux (developed by 4A Games and published by Deep Silver) is a return to the universe based on Dmitry Glukhovsky’s Metro book series. While Metro 2033 Redux mostly followed the plot…

February 22, 2015 | 09:00 EST

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Metro 2033 Redux Review

I am an absolute sucker for any sort of post-apocalyptic game. Generally, the apocalypse is either nuclear, zombies or both. Give me a ruined world and a rifle cobbled together from scrap, and I'm…

February 21, 2015 | 09:00 EST

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Dying Light Review - Dead Island Plus

Dying Light seems on the surface to be a vast improvement over what could be its predecessor, Dead Island, in many significant ways. The addition of parkour over the vast city landscape helps create…

February 4, 2015 | 12:00 EST

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Dreamfall Chapters Book 1 Rebirth Review

Dreamfall Chapters Book 1: Rebirth (hereafter called Dreamfall Chapters in the name of sanity) takes us back to the twin worlds of Stark and Arcadia that The Longest Journey saga has featured. The…

November 2, 2014 | 01:00 EST

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Wasteland 2 Review

It's been 25 years since Wasteland first graced people's PCs, and it seems Brian Fargo and associates have knocked it out of the park yet again with Wasteland 2. The sequel to the 1988 classic post-…

October 11, 2014 | 01:00 EDT

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Saints Row 4 Review

It's hard not to get caught up in Saints Row 4, it's the kind of game where you notice all the faults but are still completely won over. This is due to an infectious enthusiasm that permeates the…

November 28, 2013 | 09:00 EST