The latest Fallout game in the franchise ( what's a 76?) and by the time we get to see a Fallout 5 I will probably be 50 years old looking after my grandkids. A game I where I have spent countless hour playing endlessly over multiple playthroughs and yet, not once have I ever finished the main campaign of the game.

First things first the good stuff. This game is fun, I'll probably end up trashing this game later on but I just want to get this out of the way, this game is an absolute blast. The gunplay is the best it ever has been in any Fallout game (god bless ID Software for helping out), the crafting is 10x better than what it was in 3 and NV, and they actually made useless objects matter in the game now opening a toolbox and seeing duct tape is actually worth something instead of some useless clutter you'd just see, sigh and move on with your day. Exploration has taken a step up filled with so many places to explore Bethesda's motto of "you can go anywhere and be who you want" still holds true (for the most part) in this game although be warned, even though you can go anywhere it also means some places might just be death traps for you if you're not prepared with the right equipment.
Moving on, the companions who finally have another purpose than just shooting and carrying your stuff for the first time in a Bethesda game. You can actually talk with them about how stuff are between you two as well as, reacting positively or negatively depending on your actions. They also give you their own personal quests in some cases and even butt in during conversations to express their thoughts on the topic at hand. It's some good stuff and I'm glad this is a feature they carried over from New Vegas.

Now then, moving onto to my issues with the game.
First the first thing you'll probably realize that is wrong with this game. That being the limit on your characters backstory personality and pretty much everything is predetermined for you by Bethesda whose games have always been about creating your own characters, exploring the world with these characters and seeing how the character YOU have created would respond to the problems they are facing and Bethesda's job is to give you the options to accomplish that, but nope you are either an Nate or a Nora with your only real options being their appearance and name in-game accompanied by a limited amount of dialogue and choices that almost never actually matter since probably 50% of the NPC's you can hold a conversation with are essential meaning you can't kill no matter what sort of character you want to be or even forces you to engage in combat sometimes again not giving a damm about what you want to do. This game absolutely loves limiting your choices leaving you with one of 4 options: 1.Yes 2.Ask for information/Yes 3.Sarcastically saying Yes/No 4.No (there are of course exceptions but most of the time its just these options). Speaking of which, the dialogue has been completely butchered making for some of the most boring and uninteresting conversations in the entire franchise and the only redeeming thing about it is being a sarcastic asshole which is probably the only way to enjoy holding a conversation in this game.

While I praised the gameplay and said how fun it was there is one issue I had with the changes and that is removing skill points altogether and only leaving you with your S.P.E.C.I.A.L. stats. Who thought this was a good idea. I'm legit dumbfounded, this is such a dumb choice and my only response is the AVGN in me screaming what were they thinking? Simplifying a skill system that wasn't that hard to figure out in the first place? I doubt there exists someone who was so confused that didn't know what the difference between the meelee weapon and unarmed skill was but say that's the case say there is that one person out there who finds it to difficult. Catering to that one person has basically ended up with the developers shooting themselves in the foot cause now they have to shove all those skills into 5 different categories and the perk choices become filled with "Increase pistol damage by 25%" and other dumb stuff like that because that system simply does not allow you to increase your damage output with any other method so most perks have just ended up becoming an uninteresting mess filled with mostly buffs so they can solve a problem that NEVER EVEN EXISTED.

Finally, the story. As I mentioned at the start I haven't finished the main plot of this game and to be frank, I doubt I ever will. I replayed this game recently with the goal of finishing the main plot of this game, maybe even the DLC and then making this review but I just couldn't. The story of this game is just garbage, I did not enjoy anything about it. Sure it introduced me to some characters I found cool like Nick Valentine but other than that I will only follow the story up to the point where I meet Kellog so I can kill him and get his gear because I think they look cool, that is all I will stop giving a damn after that, I will carry on pretending it never happened because that's the only way you can truly enjoy this game, pretend the story never happened other wose you're just forced to follow Bethesda's vision of how THEY want you to play the game not really caring what you want to do and in a Bethesda game, the company that created games like Morrowind, Oblivion, Fallout 3 and Skyrim, 4 games that put one thing above everything else, "Be who you want to be and go where you like" that's all I expect from a Bethesda game and with this game they nailed one part while completely failing at the other.

My final thoughts on this game are as follow:
A pretty fun shooter with an amazing and addicting world to explore and a really good crafting system accompanied by one of the worst stories in a videogame I have ever seen.

Final rating:
3.5 /5

I finally finished the 3rd and last route of Fate/Stay Night. It honestly felt the longest route and definitely the darkest one thus far while also having probably the best slice of life and comedy scenes than anything that came before it.

After 2 routes of barely doing anything Sakura gets the spotlight she's is a great character i would love to go into detail but i believe that should be kept for the player to find out on their own she was great and i don't want to spoil anything about her. Every character that didn't get a chance to shine in the previous 2 routes get the spotlight in this route and they're all so amazing and were written brilliantly every scene with any of them was amazing.

Shirou and Rin must also be mentioned cause they both somehow managed to rival their characters from the previous something which i thought wouldn't be possible but man I'm so glad i was proven wrong they were both so cool and well written showing their characters in a new perspective they were a joy to watch.

This route was honestly amazing from giving the remaining characters they spotlight they deserved and utilizing them to their fullest and using the previous characters in a new perspective while also exploring some dark themes made this route addicting to read just to see how the events would unfold (rip my sleep schedule) while also utilizing everything that came before it and adding new stuff at the same time tying this whole game together in such a beautiful way.

Final Rating:
https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/621346412059426819/958684011209846835/seiba_hawk1.mp4 /1000

A pretty good game overall the puzzles were well made and really made you think and the trials were as awesome as they were in your average Ace Attorney game introducing a new feature of cross-examining multiple witnesses at once it was really fun.

The issue for me comes from the fact im mostly an Ace Attorney fan and i wasn't a huge fan of how Phoenix was downgraded to basically comic relief while giving all the action to Layton and Espella's existence only bringing troubles to everyone othen than those issues i would say the game is definitely worth a shot if you love either of these franchises they got me interested in Professor Layton after all.

What a beautiful sequel to one of the best visual novels I have ever read.

This game introduces new characters, fleshes out old ones,explores new themes and even goes one step beyond by giving you a choice of what scenes to read first instead of just a story unfolding with you just reading for hours on end, while also paying its respects to every single thing that came before it. As many have already said Nasu has really outdone himself with this entry, I was honestly astonished from what this sequel accomplished despite all the expectations it had to live up to.

"I, too, wanted to yearn for something that I felt was beautiful just as you do."

Final rating:
https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/801774175379128330/977942913642295296/PECv0vV8MLCfnnhm.mp4 /10.000.000

A visual novel consisting of 3 routes (plus a secret mini route if you're playing the realta nua version of the visual novel) each with its own take on the games core theme of idealism taking that concept and bringing it into a new perspective with every new route.

Along with the game's many deep topics it explores it is also accompanied by an amazing cast of characters that all have their own amazing stories that you get to learn about as the game progresses keeping you hooked waiting to see how each one of them will tackle any problem they are faced with seeing them struggle and rooting for them all the way, they are all so amazing and it has to be one of my favorite cast of characters in any media i have experienced so far.

The holy grail war itself was amazing providing countless of awesome fight scenes along with teaching you about the rules of the world of this game about magi and the different organizations around them while also teaching how the fundamentals of magic work in this game allowing you to be immersed in such a world.
While the fights were amazing most of them having a deeper meaning behind their reasons for fighting the same can be said for the slice of life scenes which while they can be fun little distractions from the war that is going on they can also grants you a glimpse inside each character's mind allowing you to come to a better understanding of their actions and their motivations.

This game provided for me one of the best and most engaging stories i have ever read making me sit and read on and on for hours without even taking a break, it was honestly such an addicting game and i would definitely recommend it to anyone that enjoys a good visual novel.

As for my personal ratings for the 3 routes of the game:
Fate 8-9/10
UBW: 11/10
HF: 10/10
Now i'll be taking a break from fate cause i do not remember what sleeping is like anymore.

A game i have played countless times and i have never gotten bored of it.

Its a 3D collectathon that while it doesn't bring anything new to the table it's so well made with some really fun controls and the length of the game, while short in my case it made for lots of replays of the game that i never honestly got tired of.

Most of the levels are really fun and also look great accompanied by some well crafted level design.
Collecting power cells (and of course the animations are always fun to look at lmao) almost never feels tiresome or boring, same can be said for scout flies in my opinion cause i usually hate collecting stuff like that but i honestly enjoyed looking for them.

The music is sadly really forgettable and as for the basically nonexistent story it doesn't really bother me lmao.

People die when they are killed.
Old and overused jokes aside this route was a great way to get reintroduced into the world of fate, however this time it was through the visual novel which was amazing adding some much needed context for me, having only watched ufotable's anime adaptations.

All the characters are as likable (or hateable) as i remember them although sadly barely none of them except the main duo and maybe the villains are used to their fullest potential (in this route anyways).
That doesn't mean this route was bad far from it though it was still a fun read learning the basics of this world's rules and even foreshadowing of what's to come.

Now onto the main topic the duo of Saber and Shirou. The duo was amazing and I can confidently say they are easily the best part about this route, Shirou is a great main character as to be expected all with his backstory personality and everything about him in general its so awesome how the game drops little hints of his motivations struggles ad the story progresses it legit had me trying to find meaning behind words that probably didn't even mean anything. The exact same thing can be said about Saber who is probably my favourite out of the 3 main heroines, i love how when you first meet her she's basically a killing machine with no goal other than getting the holy grail but as the story progresses and she interacts with Shirou she slowly opens up about herself and grows from just being around him.
As i said there isn't much i have to talk about other than the main duo Tohsaka and Archer are there being another really cool duo but aren't used to their full potential in this route.

Now for the best part of this route the goddamn ending. I won't spoil it but man it had me all messed up it was such a bittersweet ending that i legit reread it and the final fight 3 times when I finished the route oh my god I'm not even sure if the other routes can top how that one part made me feel.

Final rating:
https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/801774175379128330/952956327162961920/83VGgRkeDe6c7Pqt.mp4 /10