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The second excellent iteration of the formula established in Uncharted 2.
For this one I remember there was a lot of hype. The resulting money probably funded the ambition leading towards the juggernaut that was The Last of Us.
Nevertheless, with other joints reproducing the cinematic action game formula, itโs not hard to see why Naughty Dog ultimately decided to put this series on ice for half a decade, waiting for the moment in which new technology could bring something new to the table, with the 4th game (to then put the formula to rest for a still-elapsing amount of years). Just imagine the disappointment that would be a fourth mainline uncharted game in 2013.
Anyway, played this one on the Nathan Drake collection, on ps4.
For this one I remember there was a lot of hype. The resulting money probably funded the ambition leading towards the juggernaut that was The Last of Us.
Nevertheless, with other joints reproducing the cinematic action game formula, itโs not hard to see why Naughty Dog ultimately decided to put this series on ice for half a decade, waiting for the moment in which new technology could bring something new to the table, with the 4th game (to then put the formula to rest for a still-elapsing amount of years). Just imagine the disappointment that would be a fourth mainline uncharted game in 2013.
Anyway, played this one on the Nathan Drake collection, on ps4.
A total work of art. Changed something in me.
2002
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2010
too worlds too.
i was struggling to remember what game this was, since my memories smushed it together with gothic iv. and now i just remembered that i also played bound by flame ๐คฆ. oh my
i was struggling to remember what game this was, since my memories smushed it together with gothic iv. and now i just remembered that i also played bound by flame ๐คฆ. oh my
2003
"Did I ever tell you what the definition of insanity is?"
"๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฐ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ"
2022
๐ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฃ๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ต... ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ค๐ฉ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐ด, ๐จ๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ ๐ช๐ต๐ด ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ช๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ.
๐๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, ๐ฐ, ๐๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐๐ช๐ฏ๐จ! ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ... ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ, ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ.
๐๐ฐ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ต. ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฌ๐บ. ๐๐ต ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ด!
๐๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, ๐ฐ, ๐๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐๐ช๐ฏ๐จ! ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ... ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ, ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ.
๐๐ฐ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ต. ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฌ๐บ. ๐๐ต ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ด!
the arkham games, this, mad max, all the same game.
2022
The Fez followup we all needed.
This game is very strange. The pacing is all over the place. The scale is off. The story is nonsense.
This review contains spoilers
This game fills me with melancholy. It has the vision, and what a vision it is. The semi-realistic fantasy world. A roadtrip. A promised love that fate does not allow to flourish. And the weight of the responsabiity a leader has to accept. Yes, the prince's life was promised for martyrdom, and their happiness will come in a beautiful dream, but still, the pain is insurmountable.
This game makes me long for memories that never were, for a past that never existed, and makes me hope for something that has already passed.
Long death, o Final Fantasy XV.
This game makes me long for memories that never were, for a past that never existed, and makes me hope for something that has already passed.
Long death, o Final Fantasy XV.
2020
BRING MY BOY HOME
2020
Blackthorne followup. The pixel art is gorgeous, but im not very onboard with the themes going on this one. Very retrograde.
2019
man, kingdom hearts II is so good
2019
Blasphemous has a fundamental contradiction at its heart, being half a metroidvania, and half a 2d soulslike.
A good metroidvania has a progression curve that greatly empowers the player by the end, with the character dominating the world and zolting from one side to the other of the map with little effort.
This game, being a soulslike, does not have this progression and keeps the hit/dodge/parry challenge focused thoughout its whole playtime. Also, the soulslikeness, in this case, brings the first Dark Souls as influence, being a more slow-paced game, wich reinforces that fundamental contradiction. There are some frustating waiting games on this one - even in the optional tie-in challenge plataforming dungeons.
Folks at the kitchen addressed this problem on the sequel, making a more satisfying game by introducing several metroidvania tools to diversify the players' options of combat and traversal.
Nevertless, Blasphemous is a fantastic game, with an engrossing and unique vision, that kept me hooked to its immaculate pixel art and animation. When playing it, you just keep wanting to see what will come next.
The sequel is a better game, but this one has more elegance in its setting, themes and narrative, constructing a world of martyrdom, contrition and propitiation, where the suffering that marked the christian ideology gets removed from its historical context, and presented at face value, as an all-encompassing dogma, thus reflecting back to the mythos all the cruelty that marked the reality of its religion's trajectory.
Oh, and do yourself a favour and ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ฒ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ก ๐๐ฎ๐.
A good metroidvania has a progression curve that greatly empowers the player by the end, with the character dominating the world and zolting from one side to the other of the map with little effort.
This game, being a soulslike, does not have this progression and keeps the hit/dodge/parry challenge focused thoughout its whole playtime. Also, the soulslikeness, in this case, brings the first Dark Souls as influence, being a more slow-paced game, wich reinforces that fundamental contradiction. There are some frustating waiting games on this one - even in the optional tie-in challenge plataforming dungeons.
Folks at the kitchen addressed this problem on the sequel, making a more satisfying game by introducing several metroidvania tools to diversify the players' options of combat and traversal.
Nevertless, Blasphemous is a fantastic game, with an engrossing and unique vision, that kept me hooked to its immaculate pixel art and animation. When playing it, you just keep wanting to see what will come next.
The sequel is a better game, but this one has more elegance in its setting, themes and narrative, constructing a world of martyrdom, contrition and propitiation, where the suffering that marked the christian ideology gets removed from its historical context, and presented at face value, as an all-encompassing dogma, thus reflecting back to the mythos all the cruelty that marked the reality of its religion's trajectory.
Oh, and do yourself a favour and ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ฒ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ก ๐๐ฎ๐.