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The Wonderful 101
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Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
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Shadow of the Colossus
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Ace Combat Zero: The Belkan War
Ace Combat Zero: The Belkan War

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Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth
Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth

Mar 09

Final Fantasy VII
Final Fantasy VII

Jan 21

Lethal Company
Lethal Company

Jan 09

Hunt: Showdown
Hunt: Showdown

Jan 09

Assassin's Creed Rogue
Assassin's Creed Rogue

Dec 21

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A game with a story that's half yakuza 3 and half yakuza 6 is a mostly enjoyable time

Erm...kyoudais... wasn't this game supposed to be about Ichiban...?

Hawaii's alright. I take issue with how they utilize it more so than the location itself on paper. It has hardly any distinct locations that are utilized in main story scenes, which makes it a lot harder to build a mental image of this 3D space. However, I must add, every enemy NPC speaks in generic 'guy we grabbed off the street' ps2-core english one liners and it is brilliant. I was smiling from ear to ear every time an American yelled "I'LL SUE YOU" to me or when a bleeding enemy said "I JUST DONATED TO A BLOOD BANK!" etc. It felt like I was in America. I've never seen a more damning example in favor of how non-English battle lines should be subtitled in English (why aren't we doing this yet? 13 Sentinels Aegis Rim did this 5 years ago)

This game is very odd. It's a good time. I love a lot of it, but the stuff I don't like is unusually frustrating and I haven't been annoyed at a story in this series (wait does Lost Judgment count . . .) since yakuza 3 or 5. The Yakuza 3-ness of the story structure is really funny actually, trust me. In both games I thought to myself "Ok now the story is going somewhere" before realizing two chapters remained until the game was over. Also one of the central antagonists is maybe some of the worst shit the series has ever seen, I love it.

Virtually everything except the main story is a clear step up from Yakuza: Like a Dragon. It's so good that the game is worth playing despite the main story, even in a game genre I primarily play for its sense of adventure across its main storyline. There's still a lot of narrative enjoyment to be had, primarily in everything they decided to do with Kiryu's nostalgia-core gameplay systems as well as the optional added characterization of your party members. I'm also finding it harder and harder to be pissy about Kiryu's story not concluding by Yakuza 6 (a game I love) when they decide to add even more excellent closure with every new title that features him.

Yamai is the best guy ever, he is the true number one and I love him.

I'm excited to see how the nuanced story of Wong is developed in future installments!

IT'S GOOD

It's a well-known fact that anyone who ever talks about a Final Fantasy game either hasn't finished it or is just misremembering massive chunks of it from their childhood, so I am here to bravely and selflessly lay down the law to the haters and lovers of FF7.

First of all: It is okay to call Cloud a moody protagonist. No it is not something exclusive to Advent Children and no it is not untrue just because he says "Let's Mosey" 25 minutes before the credits roll.

This isn't a bad thing! I liked Cloud a lot and his story is one of the best parts about this game.

Second of all: Can we please stop saying this isn't a dour and self-serious narrative? It's possibly one of the bleakest settings in the series and the narrative tackles various internally and externally apocalyptic subjects. That's not a bad thing! I just don't think we have to pretend that having incidentally silly or stupid moments like a chase sequence with a giant cartoon furby in Gold Saucer, a snowboarding sequence right after a serious and heavy plot development and being able to race chocobos as the doomsday clock is ticking aren't just tonal issues with the game rather than some deliberate attempt to make the game feel silly and light-hearted.

The game's inconsistent tone is one of the bigger things I take issue with. Also anything involving the Huge Materia is very shoddy and probably shouldn't have been in the game.

Also this isn't really the game's fault but my face button inputs were fucked for bad reasons during my entire playthrough so I was stressed and confused during most minigames

The dog is the best character he's awesome

I'm often too hesitant to rate or review multiplayer titles, it just makes a lot more sense when it's a single player title that I can complete before writing down my thoughts.

That being said this game is just too good not to talk about, the hyperspecific vibe and aesthetic they're going for is portrayed with obscene finesse. You're monster hunting cowboys in the bayou!

This game may already be perfect at what it's trying to be, but I would probably like it more if the interactions you have in PvE encounters were a bit more interesting, especially when blending it with PvP. I also wish I got more use out of some of the more specialized tools the player has access to. I still haven't really found a use for the tools that distract enemies. When should I want to do that Crytek