It’s insane how perfectly this hits the mark on a narrative level. Every single scene is insanely effective. Every character is given so much care. You would think in a game as long as this, it would drag in places, but no, this is a freight train of incredible writing and emotional payoff. Direction, writing, performances, music: it all comes together in a way so beautiful, so precise, it almost seems impossible. Looking back on the narrative, it seems more like a mythical concept of a “perfect game story” than a real, actual game I played.

Combat is insanely fun and rewarding. By the finale, I was physically reacting to the hits I was giving and taking. Exploration can get confusing and repetitive if you’re trying to 100%, but it works well enough. Shit, man, with all this game offers, it’s not like confusing navigation is going to knock it down a point.

Just a masterpiece. A perfect action game. Story and gameplay excelling and working in tandem.

Incredibly fun