The perfect short-but-sweet game that doesn't outstay it's welcome, a truly innovative title that arguably changed the face of gaming.

This game isn't perfect, but it's damn close. What else is there to say that hasn't already been said?

Near perfect, with a little bit of clunk and a slowness to hook the player in 5th-10th hours, still an absolute standout title that should make anyone's best games list.

I can't fault the game, it does exactly what it aims to, and, as a great man once said; 'the game is fun'.

A perfect sequel, and another brilliant addition to Valve's catalogue.

If you let Tumblr fandoms ruin a game for you, you need to grow up.

The story is a bit slow at points, but as all Rockstar games are, it's an achievement.

There are moments where the game things it's deeper than it is, but it comes together in the end. Fun combat that manages to stay fresh enough with interesting twists and bosses. Still don't know about the bullet hell stuff.

Somehow BGS managed to make this engine work one last time and it pays off, one of the best games ever made and one that still has life today (even if thanks to mods).

We got to see Snake fight Isabelle, what more could you want?

2016

A near-perfect mix of old and new game design philosophies. And a near-perfect shooter, and what a score!

Thought I'd replay this because it's been a while. Look, this game is great, easily one of the best games in a great series, however people tend to act like this game is the second coming of Christ, which is isn't by any means.

Easily one of the buggiest games in the series (and this is Bethesda), in the least interesting world of any Fallout game, and entire plot threads that are narrative dead ends, it's easier to soft lock yourself in this game than any other RPG I've played, when I first played this I hated it because I played through it twice and both times I reached the end of one of the Mr house storylines in three hours and was left with nothing exciting to do.

Where this entry excells is in the minute-to-minute writing, and in the utilisation of the RPG elements in its world and combat that heightens the experice from 3, even if 3s world is more interesting and better realised.

To reiterate, this game is great, but I always feel like the intense burning love for this game comes from the same place as something like Dark Souls 1, it's the underdog, and people like to be contrarianists.

Anyway super glad I replayed this, all the fallout games are a joy to replay, could see myself doing it again in a couple of years.

Video games don't get better than this.

This was one of the first games I ever played and it truly blew me away. With interesting and varied gameplay mechanics that give you more options in combat than many modern games do, and a story and depth that seems trivial now but was far beyond its years.