The most communist JRPG there is, which means it's also the best.

When this came out, Dark Souls was barely half a decade old, and II had just came out 2 years prior. I don't understand why III had to be so cloyingly self-referential, especially when From repeatedly demonstrates that they could still tell fascinating stories that aren't mere retreads of the first.

If you strip away the setting, Sleeping Dogs is really nothing special. The story is ass and the main character needs to go to therapy.

It's a great Hong Kong though.

It's really not bad. Sleeping Dogs is better when it leans in on being silly because the serious stuff is just amateur hour.

Your kiss was such a sacred thing to me
I can't believe it's just a burning memory

This game shook me. If you didn't like it the first time, I'd say give it another chance. I know the hitboxes are shit and adaptability should never have been a thing. All that bothered me too, yet very few have told a more effective, horrifying yet touching tale about the horror of losing yourself. It's a much richer narrative than that, but that's really the central theme of Dark Souls II.

Kinda ass. Boomer-tier humor.

Predictably sentimental in just the right way for my little gay heart. The prose could've used another pass, but the game nails so much about being queer in conservative Asia that I don't feel like giving it too much grief.

Plot construction felt sloppy and the mystery isn't really compelling. As a comedy, it hits more than it misses, but if there's one person who deserves a life sentence in horny jail it's Uchikoshi.

My snob ass was ready to hate this game. Nope, it's actually really fucking good.

It's quite good. As good as you would expect an exploitative gacha to be at the outset. The solo mode is decent, casual fun, and it's pretty easy to get the cards you want thanks to a generous crafting system. I'm currently swimming in gems, yet I haven't spent a single cent of real cash. Maxx C is at 3. Konami delivers the goods.

Not as bad as I've been led to believe. I'd say the platforming holds up worse than the gunplay, but both are serviceable.

The platforming is mid and the music sucks. Music sequencer part was pretty fun, though.

Therapeutic, but I lost most of my day to this.

It's Kunio-kun. If you're like me and you like a good button masher, this game is that. The music bangs too.

Drags a bit, and the homage to action movies is pretty limp, but it's still great.