Graphics - 10/10
The graphics in this game take a realistic but stylised approach as is common with most PlayStation exclusive games. It is impressive how good they got this game to look on the PS4 and it looks even better on PS5.

Performance - 9/10
Never had a single performance issue with this game on PS5 with the game running at a steady 60 fps. However, the game does stutter quite a lot on my PC even with it installed on an SSD, although I haven't tried it in at least a year so it may have improved.

Story - 10/10
The story in this game had me hooked the entire time and I didn't want to put it down after I started.

Gameplay - 8/10
Combat can be difficult at times and the animations make it satisfying to play. There are large parts of the game that are just walking and either looking at the pretty scenery or listening to a character talk which can get boring at times. However, most of these sections are broken up by exciting combat before they start to get boring. There are a few of these sections that do go on for too long though.

Completionism and Endgame - 7/10
You will get the majority of the achievements for this game for just going through the story and there are a couple of achievements linked to the collectibles and beating postgame bosses which I won't mention for spoiler reasons. The collectibles can get tedious to collect though and I personally do not like doing them.

Reviewed on Apr 15, 2024


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