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After beating World Tour and putting a bunch of hours into online, I might as well just say that this is the best fighting game I've ever played. Not only is World Tour compelling and well put together, but the fighting itself just feels so fucking good, and I'm not even very good at it. I only have one character in silver and it's just because people don't know how to handle a Gief that only knows how to do an ex spd and nothing else. Hitting the buttons just feels so incredible.
2023
Max Payne was incredibly well written, but the gameplay, while fun, tripped over itself in the final acts by attempting to be hard in unfun ways. Max Payne 2 fixes almost every gameplay problem I had with the first, while also telling a hauntingly beautiful tale of a man falling farther and farther down into the pit of self loathing, still blaming himself for the murder of his family. His relationship with Mona is as toxic as toxic gets, both of them using each other for their own gains, but underneath that you can feel that there is some sick form of love between them that leads to both of their downfalls. At the end, Max finally forgiving himself for what happened brought me to tears. This man has been through so much, and that final line just hit me in the gut. Sam Lake is one of the best writers in the industry.
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Despite thinking that it wasn't as good as the first, I was still having fun with this game up until you revisit Cairo. At that point the game falls apart. All of the story after this point just left me feeling hollow, and not in the fun way. None of the factions felt right siding with, and the option to just kill everybody felt even worse. That feeling led to all of the endings being incredibly unsatisfying. In the end, the world felt like it was in a worse place no matter what option was chosen. That can work, but feeling like the team was pushing you towards the Helios ending because that's where JC is, made me feel gross. You can say that they weren't doing that since everyone in the other factions is telling you that that is a bad idea, but it then proceeds to make those same factions all undoubtedly even more evil. I hated it and it left a really sour taste in my mouth.
2000
I have some problems with the gameplay, and I feel like the game drags in the middle a bit, but overall I think it's really great. The level design is mostly stellar and the story is really fun. Having your choices actually matter goes a long way. I really don't feel much towards the endings though, they all feel kinda abrupt and unsatisfying.
This is the game that everyone sold Breath of the Wild as. This is actually that immaculate super game that people said it was. It has a real story, it has a much vaster and more interesting world which makes the exploration feel more rewarding, it has better enemy variety, and most importantly, Link is the most breedable he's ever been. I have complaints, but none of them are big enough to bring the game down. There is still so much I haven't done that I want to, but my opinion is not going to change.
2023
The most 7th gen feeling Resident Evil game. I don't really know what else to say about it. The story isn't good, the guns could be better, and the final boss is miserable. The best part of the game is the setting. I love the abandoned cruise ship as a setting. Chris and Jill are my favorite RE characters so seeing them in the main roles is always nice.
I had enough fun with the game to be happy with it, but it's conflicting. It's a good game that feels hampered by its 3DS origins. At least it gave us Raid Mode.
I had enough fun with the game to be happy with it, but it's conflicting. It's a good game that feels hampered by its 3DS origins. At least it gave us Raid Mode.