This probably is the best final fantasy has ever been in so long. A giant world with many thigns to see, multitude of fun side quests, even the side content is hella fun. I love the minigames, even if some of them overstayed their welcome. Presentation wise, it does not get better then this. It is very PS2 style in nature, from its combat, being simple but with massive depth, and its story, and characters being overly dramatic and complicated but true to heart, and it does it so well. The game drops the ball hard however by locking most of it's side content in its third act, and by the time you get there, you probably will be too exhausted to do any more side content. Thankfully, there was no need for any grind at that point, as the game is very streamlined and balanced well. The third act is spectacular, while the narrative takes the hit, the drama is done so well, with some amazing cinematics, character moments, and great set pieces. If this pace of improvements continues, I am so excited for part 3.

At it's prime, when you're wielding the hammer and have your jetpack, this game is unmatched, achieving very cathartic fun. In its moment to moment gameplay, having no easy cover system is the best thing they added, as it allowed for a great flow of going from cover shooting to movement dodging to melee combat, where you need to be strategic about the covers you choose, but also fast enough to eliminate any danger to your cover. However, in the harder difficulty, it starts to get overwhelming, but fortunately it's never not manageable, and still is incredibly fun.

Even after ending my first run of the text-based adventure game "Roadwarden", I found myself wanting to explore more of its world. Roadwarden is a non-linear adventure game set in a harsher fantasy world, I quite love the simplicity of its vague pixel art style, helping the player imagine the layout of the area they are in, while allowing the text to spur your imagination on the scene, while the soundtrack carried its cozier tone experienced through the player's connection to the characters of this world. What impresses the most is how well the game keeps you engaged, where the pacing is impeccable. This is all accompanied by a great text, where I never found it to be repetitive, unresponsive, or too restrictive, while also managing to be fairly accessible to players with no background in text-based adventure games. Its non-linearity works very well for its nature as a role-playing game, and not once did it feel like I was doing things out of order. highly recommend it!