A stellar VR version of my favorite game of all-time. The gameplay is satisfying and top-notch and virtually everything else remains the same, for the better. The censorship really does irritate me, as it soils many moments and makes them feel extremely awkward as a result of removing various jokes and voice lines. Also, your hand disappears when you move them anywhere near Ashley. Was that really necessary?

NOTE: This should not be the version of choice for a first run of RE4. The original versions (RE4HD, Wii Edition) are still superior in many ways and this is simply a curiousity for fans of RE4 to experience the game for the first time again.

The exact definition of a flawed masterpiece. Nearly everything in this game is amazing: it has an engaging and philosophical narrative, usually great writing, and excellent music. Though, the combat has aged a bit. It is genuinely difficult for me to wrap my head around how Squaresoft and Takahashi managed to get a game like Xenogears on the PS1 at all. Age ratings and hardware limitations be damned because what was created here is an insane accomplishment, especially for a game released in 1998. One of the best games of all-time.

I am not a big fan of this game. I already knew about the critical and fan response to it but I thought I would play it through anyway since I am a huge RE fan. Sadly, I am disappointed on many levels at what Capcom did here. Capcom didn't really remake RE3 here, so much as they just took the general concept and built an action shooter game out of SOME of it. The game is fun and the level design is fine but so much is missing or changed for the worse that it feels unrecognizable for a majority of the adventure (they removed the Clock Tower!!!). Carlos' redesign is great and Jill's is fine but the villain is extremely one-note. They even downgraded Nemesis, too, relegated to just a few scripted QTE sections and boss fights. Extremely disappointing remake.

First things first, I strongly recommend you play the first TWEWY before you think about diving into NEO. While you technically do not need the context of the first game to understand what is going on most of the time, I played through TWEWY Final Remix on Switch shortly after starting NEO and I believe it made the games' story hit way harder in certain moments with its ties to the original game. The anime is a decent adaptation, too, if you just don't want to play it.

NEO: The World Ends with You has genuinely become one of the favorite games of all-time after completion. Slight performance issues on the Switch version aside, Square Enix and the developer h.a.n.d really fired off on all cylinders during the entire duration of the game. TWEWY music is legendary and NEO doesn't slouch here: every single track on the OST is phenomenal (Kill the Itch and Breaking Free being my two favorites). The music in this game goes unbelievably hard! The combat is extremely fun, engaging and rewarding (especially with upgrades later into the game). The new Reapers' Game concept is a cool twist on the original and story is really great and the ways it connects to the original game were honestly expected but welcomed. Alongside the story, the new characters are very entertaining and well-developed, my two favorites Shoka and the new protagonist, Rindo. The English voice cast kicks so much ass, too. They all did exceptional jobs, particularly Paul Castro Jr. as Rindo. The localization is excellent as well, using modern slang, just like the original game, without coming off as cringe. It is so unfortunate that we may not be getting another game in the series for a while since the sales "underperformed" according to Square Enix.

NEO improves on what TWEWY on DS did in every way. The music, combat, story and characters are some of the best I have seen to come out of Square Enix in a very long time! I love this series so much now and I am extremely glad that I gave NEO a shot (and the first game, too). You can tell the developers really cared: NEO: The World Ends with You oozes so much style and it has so much substance, too. Please play both TWEWY games. (Took me about 60 hours to beat)

Sometimes it is really janky and confusing but SCP: Secret Laboratory is one of the best multiplayer games I have ever played. The player roles all make you think and play differently and there is so much to learn; memorizing what rooms serve what purpose, how to take down SCPs efficiently, finding a path to escape as a Class D or Scientist, and so on. The game is definitely made or broken by the people you play it with, though. If you can manage to gather a group of 8-12 friends for a night, it is an absolute blast playing and learning everything Secret Lab has to offer in terms of gameplay and roleplay. Could do without the occasional crashes and long connection times, though.