The game is another amazing immersive sim alongside the likes of system shock and bioshock. the interactivity in this was really fun and the memory loss story of morgan works really well with the audio log style of the game.
The game does have a lot of weird audio issues though like the audio mixing for characters you directly speak to are way too loud, music sometimes just gets stuck and repeats the same ambiance even when it doesn't fit forcing me restart. audio logs also don't carry on playing between area transitions so you have to constantly wait for it to end before being able to travel.

Hate to say it but this was a disappointment.

If this game ended halfway through, after a certain epic fight, I would be like 'oh fuck yea, amazing game, 9/10, loved it!'

But when you enter the Aethersphere and everything after, the whole 50% of my playtime being that final act, it sucked. Shitty areas, story (which is honestly not that good) comes to a standstill, enemies become annoying to fight, random big bad enters the fray. It blows.

Up until then I loved it. The music is fantastic, arc is beautiful, and the 2d sprites in and out of combat are some of the best I've ever seen. Loved the characters, though some of the later ones barely get any development, and Mary barely gets screentime in the 2nd half of the game, despite being an early join. Also most of the early game you're chasing the antagonist that I barely ever felt we are supposed to have any motivation to dislike. I kept asking 'who is he again? We haven't seen him in a while'

I loved the combat up until that halfway point, though some fights near the end are great and not all the fights are annoying there either.

Was hyped to play this, but 17 of my 36 hours playing this were not that fun, so 6/10. The original was like this too, tbh, so good on them for an accurate enough remake.

Fantastic video game. Goddamn this was a fun one.

I'll get the 1 negative out of the way: only 3 boss fights. The final boss was so badass it almost makes up for it. It's not a huge deal but the first game has several bosses so I was surprised it only had 3.

Ok, all the levels are so fun. This game reminds me of Sly 2, lot of unique levels with unique activities that are all fun to play. Loved all the characters you meet. This game just wants you to have a good fucking time.

Great music, all the songs fit their respective levels. Game ran at a locked 30, which for a PSX game I will never complain about. Never felt nauseous playing this one.

A must-play for the PSX. First one felt more epic which is why I felt this was a 9/10 and not a 10/10.