Something a bit cavernous about this one. It's big but it's small. It's a grand world in the balance narrative where you're just a corporate grunt. You pilot something that's 2 or 3 stories tall but feel like a flea in movement and in contrast to the surroundings. It's an operatic AAA new school Fromsoft title laid over the B-grade old school structure of their longest running series. I've played the first AC and I thought it was tough and atmospheric, but a lot of that is gone here in favour of spectacle.
This one's easy and smooth. Every piece of military machinery short of the stage bosses is easily taken care of. It's elegant, and in its finest moments feels like a dance on ice. The story with it callsign machismo and tinny voices feels convoluted and hard to care about at first, but it does a good job of clarifying itself as it progresses. The NG+ variations are welcome, but they don't change enough of the game up enough for me to march all the way through them.
A weird one. Some fun highs for sure but the moment to moment of it I found a bit underwhelming. Basically a perfect rental though, if those still existed.
This one's easy and smooth. Every piece of military machinery short of the stage bosses is easily taken care of. It's elegant, and in its finest moments feels like a dance on ice. The story with it callsign machismo and tinny voices feels convoluted and hard to care about at first, but it does a good job of clarifying itself as it progresses. The NG+ variations are welcome, but they don't change enough of the game up enough for me to march all the way through them.
A weird one. Some fun highs for sure but the moment to moment of it I found a bit underwhelming. Basically a perfect rental though, if those still existed.