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Persona 5
2016
This review contains spoilers
It's finally done!! One of the longest games I've ever played, but it was worth it overall. As much as I want to give it a 5, there were SOME grievances I had. Plenty of story beats could have been handled better, and certain character arcs aren't as fulfilling as they could have been (one of them ends abruptly while another takes FOREVER). Worst of all, we have the Mementos. One of the most tedious parts of any game I played. It doesn't help they're required to advance many confidants.
Some things are easier to obtain than others as well. I can max out my knowledge and proficiency well enough, but charm can fuck right off! And as we all know by now, Morgana constantly telling you to go to bed. It at least gets easier to manage over time. Thankfully, I heard Royal improves on most of those things I mentioned. I'll get around to it eventually.
Everything else? It's amazing. I love the battle system, all the different party members, and the great perks you get from them among other things. That soundtrack is forever embedded in my brain. This is the game that really got me into RPGs, so I'm glad I finally got to complete it.
Some things are easier to obtain than others as well. I can max out my knowledge and proficiency well enough, but charm can fuck right off! And as we all know by now, Morgana constantly telling you to go to bed. It at least gets easier to manage over time. Thankfully, I heard Royal improves on most of those things I mentioned. I'll get around to it eventually.
Everything else? It's amazing. I love the battle system, all the different party members, and the great perks you get from them among other things. That soundtrack is forever embedded in my brain. This is the game that really got me into RPGs, so I'm glad I finally got to complete it.
Demon's Souls
2009
clunkfest-mcgee in darkydee-darkdark land.
It's really ambitious but also MAN it sure is a Souls game alright, I respect this genre, but this one still didn't really fully sell me on it, and I mean it was pretty much the the first of its kind so no duh
It's really ambitious but also MAN it sure is a Souls game alright, I respect this genre, but this one still didn't really fully sell me on it, and I mean it was pretty much the the first of its kind so no duh
Fear & Hunger
2018
I kin pocketcat
Hades
2018
why is it called hades if you don't play as him
Hotline Miami
2012
I played this for the first time around a year ago during the final days of a period where I was intensely overworked for weeks straight. I had entered into some kind of sleep deprived rhythm, every day doing the exact same thing. One night I had a couple of hours of free time, saw Hotline Miami on sale for 99 cents, and four hours later I was a different person. There aren't even words that would explain how playing this felt after looking at spreadsheets for so long
Persona 3 Reload
2024
Persona 3 didn't need to be remade.
(Reload is peak.)
(Reload is peak.)
Fear & Hunger
2018
i am NEVER going to france bro what the FUCK is this
Quake
2021
I mean yeah, there's a reason this is such a darling among Boomer-Shooter fans.
This was an extremely fun, fluid, and fast paced experience that I had a ton of fan going through, some weird design choices like the final boss notwithstanding.
This was an extremely fun, fluid, and fast paced experience that I had a ton of fan going through, some weird design choices like the final boss notwithstanding.
Untitled Goose Game
2019
Played this on Co-Op with my little sister because she's been obsessed with Geese lately.
Very cute and likable little game, I SUCK at the stealth gameplay, but it didn't overstay it's welcome and having 2 geese made it more chaotic which was fun.
Very cute and likable little game, I SUCK at the stealth gameplay, but it didn't overstay it's welcome and having 2 geese made it more chaotic which was fun.
This game took me A LONG TIME to get into. Having never played a game of this style, the game really didn't have a lot of instruction and most of it I figured out through trial and error (lots of error). I just felt like for a long time that I was just REALLY bad at this game and it was really discouraging to say the least. It felt clunky and I just couldn't get used to the controls for the life of me, but once I got them down and unlocked more useful shards and weapons, the whole game was easier to navigate. This game really isn't forgiving and save rooms are few and far between so when you fuck up, it feels worse than usual. Once I was about 50% done with the game I started to get hooked and had my own shard formula that worked very well for my playstyle. The bosses for the most part were very challenging and I had a lot of fun with them but I must admit, they were glitchy. The two bosses that my game glitched out for were the twin dragons and the doppelganger. For the twin dragons fight, I randomly fell through the walkway and fell 2 levels down and saw the dragons from behind (they don't have full tails by the way; fun fact) and the doppelganger got stuck in the wall at some point and wouldn't come out. It just felt like for the boss fights, there should be little room for glitches to happen and they still do. Overall this game doesn't have a lot of replay value (at least to me) but I do feel like I got a full experience and am able to form a solid opinion on it.