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Franzen
2023
Fear & Hunger
2018
Amazing character writing and aesthetic with very experimental but rewarding gameplay. I could talk about the more surface level aspects like presentation and music for a while but the main draw for me is the characters. It is not a very long game, but every character makes a definite impact on you and you feel connected to them instantly. Anyone looking for a unique, character focused game needs to play twewy
ZeroRanger
2018
End Roll
2016
Silent Hill 2
2001
Sanabi
2022
Final Fantasy XVI
2023
The intro to this game is so fire
The rest is really solid, pretty much what I expect from a square enix game with this much effort, nothing less but nothing more
The amount of side quests and meandering can become a bit much at times but when the story beats hit they HIT
The ending is great too, all around just a great showing from square, but nothing that particularly blew me away aside from scale, especially those boss fights.
The rest is really solid, pretty much what I expect from a square enix game with this much effort, nothing less but nothing more
The amount of side quests and meandering can become a bit much at times but when the story beats hit they HIT
The ending is great too, all around just a great showing from square, but nothing that particularly blew me away aside from scale, especially those boss fights.
Yakuza
2005
I really hate this mindset that preferring the original Yakuza 1 and 2 over the Kiwami remakes is nothing but elitism.
I started playing this franchise when 0 came to PC in 2018. Even with that, I still prefer these versions of the games. These games have a unique grit to them that the Kiwami games do not capture well at all. For Kiwami 1 in particular, it feels more like 0 but worse and with less content more than a remake of this game. Worst part is that Sega is actively treating the Kiwami games as replacements instead of alternatives.
In terms of the game itself I think it mostly holds up well. Even without the ability to change the directions of combos it does not take long to get used to. Story is still entertaining with my only issue being Nishiki's sudden betrayal (the one thing Kiwami objectively did better).
If you can I do recommend starting with this game and the OG Yakuza 2 and go from release order from there, and playing 0 in between 5 and 6. You'll appreciate how the series naturally grows instead of starting with 0 (which is the best game in the series) then following up with the Kiwami games.
I started playing this franchise when 0 came to PC in 2018. Even with that, I still prefer these versions of the games. These games have a unique grit to them that the Kiwami games do not capture well at all. For Kiwami 1 in particular, it feels more like 0 but worse and with less content more than a remake of this game. Worst part is that Sega is actively treating the Kiwami games as replacements instead of alternatives.
In terms of the game itself I think it mostly holds up well. Even without the ability to change the directions of combos it does not take long to get used to. Story is still entertaining with my only issue being Nishiki's sudden betrayal (the one thing Kiwami objectively did better).
If you can I do recommend starting with this game and the OG Yakuza 2 and go from release order from there, and playing 0 in between 5 and 6. You'll appreciate how the series naturally grows instead of starting with 0 (which is the best game in the series) then following up with the Kiwami games.