I believe this is the first game that I "hate-platinumed". I was certainly buoyed along by the story - I loved the story. It's some of the most innovative storytelling I've ever seen, in fact, in any medium, and the twists and turns it took actually had me on the edge of my seat at times.

But the game just tries to do too much. Each individual system is something to behold. It's unique and original and polished and awe-inspiring and all of that. But it somehow amounts to LESS than the sum of its parts. The systems just don't gel with one another. I just don't find myself having fun.

Hot take, I know. This game did amazing things for me, in the dark depths of the pandemic. I genuinely believe that game critics and "journalists" dog-piled on this one without giving it a fair shake or a second thought. It was cool to hate on Legion, just as it's cool to hate on much of Ubisoft's catalogue, and I'm here to say that the world is wrong this time.

I played on Hard, with Perma Death on. I'd sit down on a weekend, crack a beer, and settle into an all-nighter. I'd invent backstories for each operative as I picked them up. I'd journey all around London, a city that I have a ton of love for. I'd rip around in vehicles (which drive MUCH better than they did in the first game, I just want to get that out there) listening to the fantastic soundtrack.

I played on PC, and found that mouse and keyboard lent themselves very nicely to the unique combo of stealth, gunplay and hacking systems.

I don't know what to say, guys. I loved this game.

Hook, line and sinker dude. Never played a Dark Souls title, though I loved both Bloodborne and Sekiro. I actually purchased the original Demon's Souls on PS3 - you know, back before it was cool. I was baffled by it. I tried to force my way through its never-ending labyrinth of pull-your-hair-out challenges. I didn't survive. I only got a few levels in. Picking it back up for PS5, though? Bluepoint's faithful remake is an absolute stunner. The combination of the gorgeous graphics and the smooth-as-eggs gameplay had me neck-deep in this thing from Day 1. I beat it 3 times and got the platinum. I couldn't stop. I love Fromsoft.