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I love how it throws you into the world with no text introduction or advanced tutorial. Like the game is telling you that you already know what to do. Just go. Plus you don't even need previous videogame experience as the controls are extremely simple. Every new puzzle panel has exactly enough information for you to progress yet not making you feel overwhelmed or thinking it's too easy, which is really difficult to balance
I played The Looker a few months ago and everything about it was so f funny. I loved it. Actually, maybe I should replay that and write its own review
The Tetris effect (appearing in my fever dreams) I got by playing this game was craaazy specially during my first playthrough, which I had only experienced before with chess, Doom Eternal and f programming for a final exam 💀 (this one was hellish because the lines of code kept coming to my mind literally for weeks after I passed the exam). I had already platinumed this game two years ago but every now and then I always kept thinking about this game. During my current (second) playthrough everything becomes so much easier in comparison to the first one. Two years may have passed but oh boy does the mountain challenge change somebody. I still remembered the tension music and me taking pictures with my phone to remember the puzzles and some puzzle tricks and the route to follow and my genuine reaction when I completed the challenge. I felt SO relieved but lucky at the same time because in the very last puzzle (the rotating column one) I just didn't know how to continue. But I kept on going and managed to make it in time. One of the best game feelings ever
I also remember during my first game, sometimes I got this eerie feeling that something or somebody was watching me because of the overall calmness and silence was interrupted by some stupid sound that reminded me of steps or whatever. I gotta say the human statues didn't help much either. But now during my second play I'm just laid back enjoying the views and the puzzles, more focused on getting the secret megapuzzles hidden in the terrain
It's beauty and color palette. The beautiful water plus the water reflections. The graphical style. The sound design. Beautiful. Just like Just Cause 3, it reminds me of summer and everything involved: freshness, heat, holidays, relax, calmness, just chilling with no worries on your mind. All of this hits so much harder now that I'm on well-deserved summer vacations babyyy (go follow dunkey)
The ending truly was a religious experience. Although I gotta say when all the lasers and the puzzles started shutting off I was like OwH mAN mY wOrk :(
https://youtu.be/7zpksm5S4Rs?si=MnfV50VEbGEOC4To
When I got to the challenge in my second playthrough and the music began, I could feel the PTSD pressure in my chest. Bruh when I was in the final maze and In The Hall Of The Mountain King started blasting I was literally looking for the puzzles like this https://youtu.be/hr-Yj2EIBGQ?si=36LwYr3JOHaJow0J
I remembered it being so much more difficult, I think the nervousness just comes from the time limit factor and the tense music. I think I got it on my twelfth try this time but damn it really took some time on my first playthrough
I like to think my kinda lazy kinda stupid friend who failed 8 subjects last year (out of 11 iirc) could beat this game with enough will. So I hope everybody can complete it and enjoy it because it really is a masterpiece
I played The Looker a few months ago and everything about it was so f funny. I loved it. Actually, maybe I should replay that and write its own review
The Tetris effect (appearing in my fever dreams) I got by playing this game was craaazy specially during my first playthrough, which I had only experienced before with chess, Doom Eternal and f programming for a final exam 💀 (this one was hellish because the lines of code kept coming to my mind literally for weeks after I passed the exam). I had already platinumed this game two years ago but every now and then I always kept thinking about this game. During my current (second) playthrough everything becomes so much easier in comparison to the first one. Two years may have passed but oh boy does the mountain challenge change somebody. I still remembered the tension music and me taking pictures with my phone to remember the puzzles and some puzzle tricks and the route to follow and my genuine reaction when I completed the challenge. I felt SO relieved but lucky at the same time because in the very last puzzle (the rotating column one) I just didn't know how to continue. But I kept on going and managed to make it in time. One of the best game feelings ever
I also remember during my first game, sometimes I got this eerie feeling that something or somebody was watching me because of the overall calmness and silence was interrupted by some stupid sound that reminded me of steps or whatever. I gotta say the human statues didn't help much either. But now during my second play I'm just laid back enjoying the views and the puzzles, more focused on getting the secret megapuzzles hidden in the terrain
It's beauty and color palette. The beautiful water plus the water reflections. The graphical style. The sound design. Beautiful. Just like Just Cause 3, it reminds me of summer and everything involved: freshness, heat, holidays, relax, calmness, just chilling with no worries on your mind. All of this hits so much harder now that I'm on well-deserved summer vacations babyyy (go follow dunkey)
The ending truly was a religious experience. Although I gotta say when all the lasers and the puzzles started shutting off I was like OwH mAN mY wOrk :(
https://youtu.be/7zpksm5S4Rs?si=MnfV50VEbGEOC4To
When I got to the challenge in my second playthrough and the music began, I could feel the PTSD pressure in my chest. Bruh when I was in the final maze and In The Hall Of The Mountain King started blasting I was literally looking for the puzzles like this https://youtu.be/hr-Yj2EIBGQ?si=36LwYr3JOHaJow0J
I remembered it being so much more difficult, I think the nervousness just comes from the time limit factor and the tense music. I think I got it on my twelfth try this time but damn it really took some time on my first playthrough
I like to think my kinda lazy kinda stupid friend who failed 8 subjects last year (out of 11 iirc) could beat this game with enough will. So I hope everybody can complete it and enjoy it because it really is a masterpiece
This game has a special place in my heart. It is just the word 'summer' for me. The fresh colors, the sea, the flower fields, the snow in the mountains, the big cities, the old villages and everything about the movement mechanics makes me feel so free and simply happy. Italy coast atmosphere feels soooo good. Just flying freely over the water or the mountains or the fields is one of the best feelings I've ever experienced in a videogame. It reminds me of Forza and Flight Simulator, even though I haven't played them. It's about playing for the sake of having fun, no complex or off-the-path objectives, no nothing to do, just you and your character floating in the air while admiring the beautiful landscapes and lightning. Controlling the helicopters is great but flying the jets is a whole different thing. The blue sky above, the blue sea below, the sun shining on the waves and the wind blowing on the camera. DAMN. I LOVE this game.
As a game itself, it is not mediocre but rather just good and a ton of fun. You can approach any ordeal as you want. For example, as I made my way through the platinum trophy I pretty much cheated on every challenge in order to get the 5 gears by using helicopters in destruction challenges (instead of the correct weapon) or roaming freely on the flying so as to keep the timer up. I actually think doing all of this however you want is completely intended as there are other times where the game makes you do something in some specific way instead of letting you choose.
The physics are surprisingly very good and blowing stuff up is so fun and satisfying. Regarding the combat and the shooting mechanics, it is bad. Enemies just stop on their feet to shoot and miss you. Maybe they'll move a little but it is simply soulless, mindless, too simple. Also, once you get the nuke gun everything becomes so much easier AND in a way more satisfying too. I feel like the aiming system would improve with mouse and keyboard, unlike the movement and flying which are actually better with a controller. To me, all of this isn't an inconvenient as I'm mostly focused on flying and roaming around freely, but when it's forced to complete a mission then it's tiring or boring at best.
The gameplay may be repetitive or mindless at times but I find that completely fine. For example, look at Spiderman or Spiderman Remastered or Spiderman Miles Morales or Spiderman 2. Are they almost the same game? Yeah. Are they freaking fun as hell? Absolutely. Also, as for many games such as Death Stranding, I feel like you must play this game, not just watch it.
It is also very surprising and disappointing that Just Cause 4 wasn't that big of a deal for me. Just the color palette and the overall tone of the game is such a turn off. Everything looks mildly bad with that image filter and the performance is much worse taking into account the inexistent graphical improvements. I wish both games were better optimized for consoles.
I haven't played the first or the second one but tbh I think I'm not missing on much as they've probably aged poorly and all the things that made those special are already present in the recent titles. Hopefully, a future Just Cause 5 may be the greatest one yet, but it doesn't look like it. Another game for this saga or a remake of some sort is extremely unlikely. So I'm just content that I can easily play my favorite one of them (this one) on a PS4 or PS5 whenever I want.
Hell, it's been seven years since I played it for the first time. It's my second time getting the platinum trophy for this game and I've enjoyed it a lot. I wouldn't surprise myself getting a third 100% playthrough in the future, but for the moment I have other things to do. God, I'm craving for the second Elden Ring platinum rn.
As a game itself, it is not mediocre but rather just good and a ton of fun. You can approach any ordeal as you want. For example, as I made my way through the platinum trophy I pretty much cheated on every challenge in order to get the 5 gears by using helicopters in destruction challenges (instead of the correct weapon) or roaming freely on the flying so as to keep the timer up. I actually think doing all of this however you want is completely intended as there are other times where the game makes you do something in some specific way instead of letting you choose.
The physics are surprisingly very good and blowing stuff up is so fun and satisfying. Regarding the combat and the shooting mechanics, it is bad. Enemies just stop on their feet to shoot and miss you. Maybe they'll move a little but it is simply soulless, mindless, too simple. Also, once you get the nuke gun everything becomes so much easier AND in a way more satisfying too. I feel like the aiming system would improve with mouse and keyboard, unlike the movement and flying which are actually better with a controller. To me, all of this isn't an inconvenient as I'm mostly focused on flying and roaming around freely, but when it's forced to complete a mission then it's tiring or boring at best.
The gameplay may be repetitive or mindless at times but I find that completely fine. For example, look at Spiderman or Spiderman Remastered or Spiderman Miles Morales or Spiderman 2. Are they almost the same game? Yeah. Are they freaking fun as hell? Absolutely. Also, as for many games such as Death Stranding, I feel like you must play this game, not just watch it.
It is also very surprising and disappointing that Just Cause 4 wasn't that big of a deal for me. Just the color palette and the overall tone of the game is such a turn off. Everything looks mildly bad with that image filter and the performance is much worse taking into account the inexistent graphical improvements. I wish both games were better optimized for consoles.
I haven't played the first or the second one but tbh I think I'm not missing on much as they've probably aged poorly and all the things that made those special are already present in the recent titles. Hopefully, a future Just Cause 5 may be the greatest one yet, but it doesn't look like it. Another game for this saga or a remake of some sort is extremely unlikely. So I'm just content that I can easily play my favorite one of them (this one) on a PS4 or PS5 whenever I want.
Hell, it's been seven years since I played it for the first time. It's my second time getting the platinum trophy for this game and I've enjoyed it a lot. I wouldn't surprise myself getting a third 100% playthrough in the future, but for the moment I have other things to do. God, I'm craving for the second Elden Ring platinum rn.
The intention of the game is good but every time somebody talked I felt like the DIESOFCRINGE emote.
About the gameplay itself I didn't enjoyed it but got a couple of small heart attacks. Overall, the game felt so boring and reminded me of Poppy Playtime (in the bad way). I also think it's worth mentioning that I yawned, many times. The ending part where you roam around looking for parts with no idea where you're going is absolute garbage and made me straight up DNF, which I don't do often. The clear references to PT do not make it any better.
I hope this game helps anyone who needs it
About the gameplay itself I didn't enjoyed it but got a couple of small heart attacks. Overall, the game felt so boring and reminded me of Poppy Playtime (in the bad way). I also think it's worth mentioning that I yawned, many times. The ending part where you roam around looking for parts with no idea where you're going is absolute garbage and made me straight up DNF, which I don't do often. The clear references to PT do not make it any better.
I hope this game helps anyone who needs it