Okay massive mixed feelings on this. I really like the direction Pokemon is taking. Sword and Shield DLC was amazing. Arceus introduced an super fun new gameplay loop. This game expands on some of that stuff but also takes steps backs on some ideas. I still need to keep playing and fill out my Pokedex because I love doing that. However I think so many Pokemon games (and how much I played Go..) in quick succession. Really makes these feel less special. In the last 12 months we had Diamond, Arceus and this. Mental. Also for me the performance issues really did dampen my enjoyment. I am still having fun with the game. It doesnt stop the fun (and sometimes the bugs are super funny). But it does dampen the expierence. I like this game. I guess its just too much Pokemon too quickly (and bugs)

Really fun from start to finish. It is kind of janked up and a bit unpolished but its the best Sonic game in years and years. I am super excited for future editions I really like how they reformatted the formula. Very fun and engaging. Absolutely shocked that it was only made by 60 people. So I am very forgiving of some parts. None of it stopped it being FUN. It feels like the first time you really had control over sonic since Adventure 2. He is more like a character than a car. All the people that perceive the finicky control as full on jank are missing that it allows you to make choices in the direction he is moving (very quickly). It is super messy, but I love it being less automated. There are so many movement options in the open zones I think people are going to discover and work out how to do crazy, crazy things.

This game was absolutely outstanding. To the point where it makes the previous game feel like a proof of concept. This is a iterative jump that improves on everything, a KH to KH2 situation. So many more kinds of enemies than the last game. And so many ways to kill them. The combat and spectacle is next level. The combat is faster, more tools to use and the verticality of the levels offers loads of opportunities to murder monsters (despite still no jump button lol) The environments are spectacular and you get to go to a wide variety of places across the realms. Really liked the story, well performed, well told. Made me cry A LOT for lots of different reasons. Much bigger scale than the previous (you may like that more or not) This version of Kratos is still one of the most engaging video game characters ever. So many other characters too, this feels like a rich full world with a massive family of characters who all get big moments (some super surprising) the world feels so fleshed out.