[COMPLETED JULY 5, 2023]

i haven't thoroughly played any games to completion in the past few months, so astro's playroom was a pretty good, quick stray from that!

i'm sure a lot of people will write it off as just a tech demo since it, literally is, but astro's playroom stands off as its own wonderful little platformer with nice collectibles and a super cute artstyle!!

i don't have a whole lot to say besides it's just a genuinely good game and fun if you just want something short and cute. wouldn't overlook it if you have a PS5, loved everything about it, slapping a good 8/10 on it

[COMPLETED 4/27/23]

i played the original resident evil 4 about a month or two prior to this one and thought it was a phenomenal experience through, only weighed down by its natural aging

the remake is an amazing interpretation of the original that adds a bunch more than what it removes. Both games are phenomenal and the remake does a good enough job to stand apart as its own thing rather than being directly comparable to see which ones "better" or cooler than the other. devs clearly were passionate about modernizing re4 without losing any of what made it cool in the first place, and also adding new exotic spices to it

some sections were frustrating (especially towards the island, fuck that) but overall an amazing remake, looking forward to coming back to this one later. im thinkin solid 9.6/10

[COMPLETED 3/31/22]

i've been putting this game off for 2-3 years. i bought it on the switch a while ago and dropped it because i thought it controlled like shit (and it kinda does), i tried it a few times before then but i didn't dedicate myself to a playthrough until march to prepare myself for the remake

the controls are stiff and real offputting at first -- but everything else about this game is a damn near masterpiece. the fact they were able to fit so much and so many little details into a game from 2005 is beyond nuts to me

i love the comedy and leon's writing as a character, and the earlier game is a bit scary and scarce when it comes to your ability to fight back, but after a certain point leon's just a fucking beast and i rarely felt scared or off about facing enemies

one of my few gripes is again, controls, crowd control is a large factor of this game and the fact you have to run to the back of the room to turn around properly to guarantee you won't get hit while trying to turn kinda sucks, but it's whatever. everything else in the game, especially how weapons feel makes up for it

second RE game ever for me, hoping to move onto the remake next. solid 8.9/10

[COMPLETED FEBRUARY 25, 2023]

being someone who's never played a God of War game, the entirety of this game was extremely new for me, especially kratos' character

going in i had no idea this was a semi-open world game, so it was a big surprise when i initially began going off task and messing around with sidequests and junk. The world, while beautifully rendered never particularly struck me as super interesting -- definitely not unfun to explore, but i never particularly found myself super excited to go around

i think people criticize the general combat a bit too much. definitely repetitive and could've been improved on, but upgrades make kratos super fun. wish atreus had more to do regarding combat but it's whatever

story was okay, but overall it and the game never manged to really hook me in enough to consider replaying it or continuing on to ragnarok.

overall i think this game is kind of a one and done, solid playthrough but drags itself a bit too long and has a lot of parts that'd make me wanna kill myself on a second playthrough to warrant me doing that anytime soon

it did ignite an interest for me to try the original trilogy though. solid 7.9/10 for me