I decided I would give warframe a shot this year, some solo and some with friends. I do really enjoy the gameplay, and how a lot of the weapons feel and the general aesthetic. I do not however, like the monetization at all. I understand a game like this needs to make money, but 20 bucks for a new warframe? Inventory monetization? The insane wait times when your crafting new frames? C'mon. There is a way better way to do this that doesn't make you hate interacting with the game. Luckily for warframe, the game itself is still very fun. Doing missions and killing hundreds of enemies while watching youtube or whatever is a satisfying, fun experience. But the monetization really holds the game back. I'm not sure what this game was like at launch, i can only rate it from what i think of it now. And unfortunately a lot of the systems in the game really bog it down and hold it back from being something really special. I guess thats the price of a 10 year live service game, at some point your gonna lose yourself in the needless monetization. Anyway, the game is fun if you can ignore a lot of that, and usually i can, but man i can't help but think about what this game could be without it

I really loved this game, despite having no rhythm myself. The gameplay was wonderful and had plenty of depth in the combat, the visual presentation was superb and obviously the soundtrack was just filled with bangers. The boss fights were great spectacles, I just wish they didn't use a checkpoint system, it feels rather unearned when you beat a boss if you ever die at any point since you just restart at a checkpoint. You'd have to redo the entire balance but i'd prefer boss fights without checkpoints. The world and characters were a joy as well, even if they didn't have a ton of depth. I personally didn't care for some of the more sappy, corny "friendship overcomes all!" beats of the story, just not my thing, but i did still enjoy the story overall. I could do without another "corporation bad" story, not that i disagree I just feel like I've seen it done a lot. Some of the platforming was a little jank at times, it felt a little awkward on some of the jumps. The level design was fine but it was definitely basic, though it wasn't the focus so i'm not holding it against the game too much. The levels shined in being visual set pieces though.

Overall, I had a great time with Hi-Fi Rush. I really hope they get a sequel greenlit and even more budget put behind it. I just hope if they do, it keeps its heart.

Despite its flaws I enjoyed this game quite a bit. The story and characters are extremely barebones and cliché, and the AI of your companions in combat can be really annoying at times. However, the combat, world design and the art direction on enemies were really nice overall. The bosses were also mostly really fun outside of a few. The postgame dungeon and boss was also really good.

This is a very simple game, but it was engaging to me all the way through and it didn't fill itself with unnecessary bloat like a lot of JRPGs i've played. I'll probably play through it again at some point with the other characters I didn't use.

Man, what a boring game. That's the best way to describe it, boring. Boring gameplay, boring story, boring world after you get over the initial awe which lasts about 45 minutes then you discover how boring it actually is with every potentially interesting aspect overexplained to you. I could see myself having fun with a really refined delivery service game that doesn't have 100 mechanics that don't really add anything to the experience. It would also help if the main thing your doing in the game, traversal, didn't feel like skyrim ass jank climbing 80% of the time and just boring walking the other 20%. I'm glad I tried it because now I know, but man what a waste of time.