It's hard to remember that this game is the one that started it all, and it shows! The writing and world building in this game is excellent, as well as the voice acting. The art direction and graphics gives this game a really charming and unique look. However, what this game does bad is the combat and exploration, which can be attributed for it releasing in 1997, but still, I didn't find it super fun due to that. The quest system was also kinda weird? I know people like the non linearity of some games but I wish sometimes I had a bit of an idea on what to do.

Replaying it again in 2024, with the PC port, I could confirm that this was indeed a masterpiece. There's some flaws, of course, like some animations taking too long and the underwhelming epilogue/cut content, but the way the story is handled, how beautiful the game is even after 4 years of release with its beautiful landscapes and amazing character models/animations, the dialogue, the immersion of playing in a 1900's America, everything. Arthur Morgan is also one of the best protagonists in gaming as well, he is excellently written. Just an excellent game.

Diet Symphony of the Night. Of course, that isn't a bad thing, this is a fun and enjoyable Metroidvania, which borrows heavily HEAVILY from SOTN. The story and characters are a joke, and the graphics aren't really good in my opinion. The part this game shines is the gameplay, since it plays almost like SOTN. The shard system is interesting but I just ended up using the same shards for every encounter, which was a bit disappointing. Overall, it was enjoyable to play through, but I have no desire to do any 100% stuff like I do with other metroidvanias.

In terms of gameplay, this is such an improvement to 7 in every aspect. From the combat (being able to move around in combat makes the game sooo much better), the substories, Hawaii being great to explore, the graphics. The minigames like Sujimon, Dondoko Island and the dating app, were kind of a miss for me honestly, I didn't have much fun with them. My major complaint is the story, it starts off great, but it starts getting worse and worse, until I feel like there's no good payoffs for a lot of plotlines as well as stuff like the bucket list having no relevance to the story. It's not as bad as, say, Yakuza 4, but I do think this game tries to link so many things together that it ultimately fails, kind of like Yakuza 5. Maybe the problem is having two protagonists (maybe it's because their sections aren't as well divided as Yakuza 0's Kiryu and Majima). Overall, great game, mid story.

When I finished FF7 for the first time in 2019, I wanted to play Crisis Core but the combat with the heavy use of slots made me not wanna try it. Years later, I finally played this and I'm glad I waited for this remake. The combat, albeit basic, is an improvement to the original. This game also made me care so much more about Zack, which is a good thing. Some complaints I have about this game is the mission system which is repetitive and not worth it at all, how the Nibelheim incident was handled and how lame Genesis was. But other than that, a good addition to the FF7 universe.

One of RGG Studios best games. This is an improvement to almost every aspect of the original, from a much better combat with 4 unique styles and a more relatable and (imo) better story; it doesn't usually happen where I can kinda relate to the main villain. I really liked the school stories and thought they were a welcoming change of pace (even if some are kind of short and bland) , but I didn't like how the detective stuff was kind of sidelined; one of the better parts of the first game is how it makes you feel like a detective in Kamurocho, but in this one, there's so few of those moments. The addition of Kaito Files made this game so much better as well, with its short story and decent combat.
A must recommend.