All of the Arkham series games are absolutely incredible. Asylum, of course, gives me such nostalgia and it is such a good start to the series. I definitely recommend everyone play through the Arkham games from the beginning and slowly see how they made improvements to the games as time went on. Truly the only games I ever want to 100%. Croc and Scarecrow's stages in this game are creepy AF and the entire asylum vibe is done so so well. Also.. being able to see Gotham just in the distance with the gift of hindsight knowing that open world is coming? Beautiful. I adored exploring every inch of the environment. Can't tell you how many times I've replayed this one!

I had a good time playing this game. I've never played any input-based type experience in which you feel like you are scouring the web for information, learning about people's secrets, logging into their accounts, etc. and I really liked feeling like I was immersed in what I was doing and in all the info I was collecting.
However, I would say I would only recommend this game to people that aren't looking for some in-depth hacking simulator. This is more of a guided story experience, which is my preference, so I liked it. It was a good balance of feeling like I had to do stuff on my own plus a few indicators that I'm on the right track.

A few critiques I have are that some of the clues are very easy to scroll over and not collect, which made me want to look up a guide for a lot of the sequences. I tried to do the majority on my own, but towards the end of the game especially, I was heavily leaning on online guides to know what to do. But with that being said I am REALLY bad at puzzles and have little patience, so maybe take that part with a grain of salt.
Also, the translations and awkwardness of the dialogue in this game is very prominent. It can be a bit jarring to have such a graphically unique and interesting game have those awkward dialogue moments that a lot of the time didn't make complete sense. But if you can look past those issues and just have fun hacking away, it's a fun game at its core and you can tell that the developers put a lot of love and effort into it.


All in all, it held my attention as a destressor from everyday life (besides the minigames, which I wasn't good at, so they kind of stressed me out. lmao). I might return and play the DLC sometime. I don't think I'm invested enough to collect all of the achievements.

My friend recommended Warframe to me and after trying it, I've had so much fun with it! Obviously I haven't really even scratched the surface of what it has to offer, but in the time that I have spent playing it, I've thoroughly enjoyed collecting mods, leveling weapons, looting storage chests, and unlocking new planets to go on missions in! I also really like how I can choose to go into things alone or play with my friends. There definitely is a learning curve in figuring out what items to craft, what to keep and what to get rid of, etc. but from what I've seen the community in-game is readily available to help out new players and answer questions if anyone has them. Honestly, I find it fun to play more at leisure by completing tasks. It's a gorgeous game and the parkour/movement system is fluid, beautiful, and so much fun to play. I could and will sink lots of hours into this title :))