A very hard game to rate and review - Buggy release aside, playing years after launch on a PS5, it is still clearly unfinished in many blatant ways (only 2 prostitute options??). Despite this, there is some semblance of a good game here, and you can see that somewhere underneath it all is what could've been a great game. The blatant flaws are undeniable: Combat is as meh as it gets, the cop/crime system is a joke, etc. But then you have things like really beautiful and fleshed out romance storylines and thought provoking quest choices. Overall, Cyberpunk 2077 is wasted potential that needs a lot more than just patches to fix, but it is wasted potential that's still worth giving a shot.

Not quite as terrible as some people make it out to be but certainly not good. Absolutely unapologetic with how much of a Dead Space clone it is. There were parts when I didn't mind the combat and thought the world was cool - Then I got to the stealth monster part of the game. Then that part kept going and going and the game is never really tolerable after that.

Beyond all this, it's way too easy, even on the hardest difficulty. Once you fully understand how the combat works it's absolutely trivial. Even fighting multiple enemies at once, if you turn your back to one horrifying flesh-eating monster more often than not he'll likely kindly wait his turn for you to beat him to death next while you take your time with his friend. If you made a drinking game out of every time you have to slowly slide through a narrow pathway you'd be dead in the first hour.

No matter what I say, never let me buy another one of these things. Nearly the same exact thing as 2K22 with all of the same problems (and even some new ones). Overall it's marginally better at best. Let's start with the improvements:

- Commentary is the best it's ever been. There's still flaws, but this is probably the first time in series history where I'd say it's reached a level of being acceptable
- The timed kickout minigame is the perfect balance of challenging but fair, versus last year's shitty default button mashing
- MyGM has some more depth to it (but still doesn't appeal to me whatsoever)

Yeah that's about it. And the bad? The worst point has always been an issue, especially last year, but I think the refs are the worst they've ever been. Absolutely abysmal AI, they'll run around the ring in a circle before starting a pin count. If it's a tag match forget it, the pin is getting broken up before the ref even realizes what's happening.

They finally came up with a good idea for Showcase mode, fighting against the same person repeatedly instead of playing as the same person repeatedly, and they absolutely ruin it by including multiple MULTI-MINUTE-long real match cutscenes into most of the matches. I want to fucking play the game not actually watch wrestling.

MyFaction continues to just be a shitty desperate-for-microtransaction who-could-give-a-fuck grind mode. Anyone who cares enough about this thing to spend real life money on it should be shot, I don't care if you're a billionaire.

MyRise goes back to its shitty roots with a linear main story instead of last year's fun but aimless approach. There's still side missions but it all feels pointless in the end. The male story is the same story they've been telling every year for half a decade. The female story is much, much worse, absolutely brutal to get through and the unskippable cutscenes are just rubbing it in.

These games exist to make goofy characters to fight your friends with, and it's great for that. If you have a friend to play with, great, go for it. If not, don't even think about it.

I don't watch anime. I hate turn-based combat. I don't play JRPGs. I like Persona 5 Royal.

With that said, it is way too long and it hurts the game severely by the end. The magic and charm of doing everyday activities is gone once all your social stats are maxed out and there's no point. As someone who never played the original Persona 5, I can't imagine how annoying things were in that given how many QoL improvements could still be made in Royal (Fusion Alarms). All in all, I'm very happy with my first JRPG in over a decade, and I won't be going back to another one for a very long time.

The first half or so of the game I was blown away. The story is intriguing enough, the facial technology is amazing, and most of all the gunplay and visual effects are super satisfying. But eventually it all starts to fall apart and just gets super monotonous, with combat becoming a boring chore rather than an exciting challenge.

Started the first DLC but didn't make it far before realizing I couldn't take more of the same. Still deserves credit for the good parts though, it really is great before it eventually wears thin.

Super charming, challenging, and visually unique with a great art direction that's somewhere in between Cuphead and Bloodborne. There were times when I couldn't put it down, however...

Good god getting around is the most tedious thing imaginable. An absolute chore to get from place to place, the game either needs far more fast travel spots or just an entirely different fast travel system. ANYTHING different than this.

I will also add that in every element other than gameplay this is the most blatant Dark Souls rip off I've ever played. The overall world lore, story, progression of areas, NPC storylines, etc. All right out of Dark Souls.