this looks like hello neighbor

and that’s not a good thing at all

$60 btw

Edit: and after literally ONE DAY of release, Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - The Definitive Edition has been removed from PC stores LOL

400th logged game, woo!

For the longest time, I’ve always criticized Bethesda for a lack of variety of types of games in their catalog, as it mostly comprises of dark first person shooters, fantasy rpgs, and the occasional horror (which of course i do enjoy), with the release of Hi-Fi Rush, I can consider my issues with Bethesda resolved. Let me tell you, believe the hype. Hi-Fi Rush is incredible, easily one of the best games of 2023 thus far. This game is oozing with charm, between the comic book inspired art style, the unique rhythm based combat, and the amazing plot, it’s easy to see just how much dedication and passion went into creating this game. Throughout the story i found myself constantly having fun and never getting bored. The humor always landed for me, it reminded me of Saturday Morning cartoons you’d watch as a kid, which gives off the perfect feeling. The thing that disappoints me the most about Hi-Fi Rush is Microsoft’s marketing decisions. Shadow-dropping the game and putting it on game pass immediately, whilst making it exclusive to Xbox Series X|S and PC and not even having a physical release is almost like a wish for failure, and Microsoft wonders why the game underperformed (i’ll admit to my hypocrisy as i played this game using my game pass subscription). This game deserves so much better, as it’s truly one of a kind and amazingly fun. Easily one of my all-time favorites.

Omori is a masterpiece, it’s so good that I can barely even put my thoughts together on what to write for this review.

I bought Omori after hearing several good things all over the internet, and after looking into it for a while on Steam, I had decided to purchase it.

I was immediately in love with the game. The art style immediately drew me in, I loved the brilliant use of color, and the characters all seemed so unique from one another (Kel is the best character). From the very moment the story began, I could see just how much passion and love was put into this game from Omocat.

However the bright colors and cheery music began to fade after a while, and the true colors and nature of Omori began to show itself.

While the bright side of Omori is still amazing on its own, where Omori truly shines is in its dark side. Throughout my playthrough I went from thinking this was the happiest game I had ever played, to constantly wondering what would happen next, I truly began to become concerned about what could happen to the characters, or even the protagonist.

Another area where Omori truly shines is in the real world: Faraway Town.

Omori is now referred to as Sunny (or whatever you choose to name him). And we learn that Sunny had been a shut-in for years now. We also learn that Sunny will be moving out of his house in a few days to a new town.

I truly believe that one of the most horrifying things in Omori is its use of Something, As it stalks both Sunny and Omori through both of the in-game worlds. It can be seen almost anywhere in game, in mirrors, in hidden rooms, even in books or pictures. But eventually Something begins to help the player, teaching him to overcome his fears so he can access other areas in the game, such as Otherworld or Deep Well.

But I believe that the MOST HORRIFYING thing in Omori is Black Space. Black Space can be accessed by acquiring the necessary keyboard keys to complete the hangman minigame. Once the phrase is completed, the horror truly begins.

From the very moment I set foot in Black Space, chills went down my spine. The music is unsettling, and you are presented with a room similar to White Space. However, there are several rooms filled with horrors, including a room that is filled with copies of your friends, however they wander around mindlessly, and they have no faces.

This is all I will write about the game for now as I do not want to spoil anything huge.

If you have the opportunity, please play Omori. I promise you will not regret it.

The Callisto Protocol is a game i have very conflicting feelings on. Back in 2022 this was one of my most anticipated games, I foolishly expected it to be a masterpiece on the level of games like God of War Ragnarök, or maybe even The Last of Us, but sadly this was not the case. For the most part there’s a good amount of things I like about this game, the graphics are gorgeous, the atmosphere is on point, and although the combat feels very clunky, once I got used to it, it was very fun when 1 on 1 with an enemy. The biggest problem I have with this game is that it feels like a very big identity crisis in my opinion. It felt like it was trying too hard to be Dead Space while also feeling like it was trying too hard to be The Last of Us in space (during the 2nd half of the game a new enemy is introduced thats literally just the clickers but not programmed nearly as good lol) while also trying too hard to be it’s own thing (hopefully that makes sense). Going back to my previous statement about the combat, I do completely believe it’s fun on 1 on 1 fights, but once a 2nd enemy shows up it instantly becomes horrible since there’s literally no way to use melee to fight 2 enemies at once. The story is… ok. The first half of it in the prison was pretty great! but once you escape the prison it kinda takes a nose dive. The characters aren’t very interesting either, I liked Karen Fukuhara’s character Dani a lot, but I found myself barely caring about characters like Jacob (although i did enjoy playing as him) and Elias. Not to mention how uninteresting characters like the Warden and Leon. The final boss was ok, nothing more than that, at least it was way better than fighting a 2 head 7 times like the game also makes you do. Also the ending is very obviously DLC bait lol and i’m not buying that shit

In conclusion, The Callisto Protocol is a decent game with very great ideas, but the execution just isn’t anywhere near as good as I hoped it would be.

7/10

Review for the main story, still have yet to play The Final Draft.

In a year where Spider-Man 2, my most anticipated game for about 5 years, released, I never expected a game about a writer trapped in a world of his own creation to overtake it for my game of the year. But here we are. Alan Wake II is an absolutely incredible game, and i truly don’t think my writing will be able to sell it for how good it is. The plot is phenomenally insane, and i truly believe only a man like Sam Lake could come up with this stuff. The area where Alan Wake II exceeds most is in its uniqueness, from things like the use of live action cutscenes, to the portable light mechanic, and the mind place/writers room. being able to gain more evidence as the game continues to piece together the story, as well as being able to change the layouts of rooms within mere seconds is one of the most creative things i’ve ever seen. Don’t even get me started on the music, the end of chapter songs as well as the return of poets of the fall to create so many new bangers as the old gods of asgard made for such a phenomenal soundtrack. I was really impressed with the dual narrative in this title, the way Alan and Saga’s plots would occasionally come together for mere moments just to separate again was just 🤌🤌🤌🤌. And hoo boy those graphics, Bright Falls and the Dark Place have never looked better. I constantly found myself ooing and aaahing over the gorgeous set pieces.

Overall, Alan Wake II is a damn good game, and the switch to a survival horror game makes it a huge improvement from the first Alan Wake. This game has easily become my game of the year and has without a doubt solidified Remedy as one of the best and most creative game developers of all time. Definite must play.

(Small little note: Sorry this review is kinda lazily written i’m tired as all hell writing this and will probably rewrite most of this when i’m less tired 💀💀💀💀)

God damn phenomenal game. Don’t think I can praise this one enough. When I played RE2 all the way back in 2019, Leon instantly became one of my favorite gaming characters ever, and my love for him only increased with this one. His character improves in every possible way (except for his mental state), his writing is fucking fantastic in this one. To extend on that every character is especially great in this game. I very quickly became a huge fan of characters like Ashley, Luis, and Krauser due to just how well written they were. The plot in this game is amazing, even if it loses a great deal of the silliness the original had, it still kept finding ways to keep getting better and better as it went on. Gameplay is really well designed in this game as well, this game probably has my 2nd favorite combat system in a shooter right behind The Last of Us Part II. The graphics are especially gorgeous, I kept finding myself using photo mode just to admire the views and capture screenshots.

Overall the Resident Evil 4 remake is absolutely phenomenal, and i can’t recommend it enough to anyone wanting to either get into the Resident Evil series, zombie shooters, etc.

Compared to what many other people think, i truly believe this is the best way to experience the story of Dragon Ball Z (outside of the anime itself, of course.). Everything about Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot was a blast from start to finish. I loved so much about this game, including the story, the combat, the soundtrack, the characters, the boss battles, etc. As someone who is a massive Dragon Ball fan, i just found so many things about this game to be phenomenal. if someone were to ask me how they could get into the Dragon Ball franchise but doesn’t have a way to watch the anime, i’d point them to this game in a heartbeat.

My one complaint about this game however, is that at times the game felt VERY repetitive, but then quickly became less repetitive as it progressed.