Gaming in 2023 peaks here, nothing is ever gonna top Hi Fi Rush and it's only January.

Honestly I wasn't actually excited for much coming out this year outside of two other games but then this got released and I bought it day one due to loving it's style and lemme tell you this is the best $30 I've ever spent.

So many options to customize the experience to your skill level, charming characters (Peppermint is my favorite), fluid and fast combo action gameplay, and an excellent use of music to make the experience even better. Absolutely in love with this game, please go buy it!

The best way to describe it is that it's a "Kusoge Platformer"

It's got alot of jank, it's unoptimized, and the final bosses suck (yes all 3)

But movement controls are fun and it's got charm to pull through, but I can't recommend it.

Probably the biggest disappointment of the year for me.

This game was not worth the hype, it's false marketing of "including cut content" only adds salt to the wound that is a boring run of the mill platformer that feels like the shovel ware of last decade instead of a big budget remake of a "beloved classic" as I was led to believe it would be.

Do yourself a favor and avoid this game.

THE S BLADE HAS A HACKBLOOD CHARGE!
THE S BLADE HAS A HACKBLOOD CHARGE!
THE S BLADE HAS A HACKBLOOD CHARGE!
THE S BLADE HAS A HACKBLOOD CHARGE!
THE S BLADE HAS A HACKBLOOD CHARGE!

Honestly, replaying the game reminded me why it's my favorite Tomb Raider game! TR Legend is such a fun experience to play overall and it embodies everything I look for in the series

it's so fun!

It has my favorite design of Lara in the series and I love it's visual and structured level design. That final boss is also some peak fiction level shit imo, it's so awesome!

or how all the puzzle elements are well implemented, or the really in flow and responsive platforming

it's such a good game

I feel like the reviews of this game aren't giving it the credit it deserves.

Sure, the game's karma system is "binary" but that doesn't matter that much to me when everything else works so well to make up for it.

Movement is great, the open world is fun to explore, and the story is actually super engaging

I grew up with this game and I feel like I love it more having revisited it as an adult, I 100% recommend it.

Honestly a really interesting spin off. I think the story is kind of awkward as it's main conflict between it's two leads feels really contrived and forced but the game overall is alot of fun.

I think the gameplay perfectly transfers the mechanics of the main series into an action game setting, the co-op having a shared health bar really does encourage cooperation and I think alot of the character designs are cool.

My biggest gripe is the platforming/exploration. I felt like at times in the second half that stuff got confusing and some platforming sections felt more difficult than they should've been.

Overall, as someone who's fairly new to Mortal Kombat. I really enjoyed my time with Shaolin Monks even if it isn't perfect.

This might actually be one of the best games to come out in recent time from a major company.

it's just a game to just relax with when you don't wanna commit to something more demanding as a player.

Sometimes when I wanna relax after a hard day, I just pop it in and skate around trying to complete goals, listen to the amazing soundtrack, and overall just have fun.

If you're a fan of that type of thing, buy this game.