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This was easier to get working than I expected on a modern PC, but getting a controller to work was surprisingly difficult for a game which was originally on console. I used reWASD which put a nice 7 day time limit on me to finish the game since I didn't want to pay to use it past the trial period. I managed to squeak in with about 20 minutes left before the trial expired! Perfect. I enjoyed this a fair bit but I don't quite get the 'best game of all time' critical acclaim it apparently has. It was a nice compact story and the gameplay was fun - or I imagine it would be very much so if it was using a native controller, rather than the dodgy setup I had. It has a nice semi-open world setup with extra stuff here and there to explore and find, and I can 100% imagine myself as a teenager playing this to death and getting all the pearls and such. I'm glad I finally played it but I can't say it blew me away. Jade is a good heroine though, I can see why people like her, and the humour is kind of on point. Good music, too, the spanish bar song is a banger. Ending is very abrupt with the smirk and the post-credits little tease is very lacklustre. After watching bloody Yahtzee's video on it of all things I am more aware of just how much was probably cut, but I wasn't too upset with the big loads of pearls being tipped into me at the end since I was kind of rushing to the finish. The big bad of the Alpha Sections is kind of introduced right at the very end and you're expected to know who he is. It nevertheless though seems like a cool universe which deserves further exploration. Hopefully BG&E2 happens sometime.

Reviewed on Mar 31, 2024


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