I am no Resident Evil 4 (2005) hater, but this game makes me sympathize with people that are.

I used to really love this game when I was a teenager. It was the first Western RPG ever to Really Grab me, and I thought Morrigan was just the Coolest. I'm in my late 20's now, the fact that the most interesting ending is locked to the Male Warden drives me up the fucking wall; and I find the way Morrigan is written and portrayed to be really fucking obnoxious holy shit.

This game does still have one thing going for it tho, which is it's one of precious few games where fighting a Dragon is actually a fun, cool, and Unique experience; the way fighting the most Majestic Beasts of Myth should be.

A game so Good, I can't let myself play it.

How it took 2 Decades for this game's style of single player to be used in a fighting game again is beyond me.

Monster Prom (2018): Win a coin flip 10 times in a row for a chance at seducing Polly. (Someone said there’s like, Seven other love interests?? Pretty sure they were messing with me.) Should have had some mini games.

Monster Camp (2020): Win a coin flip 10 times in a row for a chance at seducing Aaravi. (People keep talking about all these other choices but??? I genuinely have no idea what they're talking about.) But no, Seriously, this would have Killed with some micro games, WarioWare style.

Monster Roadtrip (2022): A genuinely interesting digital board game, with tons of meaningful choices and some really fun writing; Can You Believe It! Doesn’t even need the mini games anymore.

(Still tho, how cool would it have been if the driving part was like Outrun?)

A Blue Lock game like this would be so freaking Good duuuuude.

They did lady's character design/writing dirty in OG 4, and short changed her kit in this one, but god damn it I still love her.

The Demo Tape to the Greatest Band that never was.

I, for one, welcome our new hand-drawn overlords.