The RE series is an odd one for me, I have played them out of order originally played RE5 when it came out skipped 6 tried 7 (I really struggle with first person horror) and haven't attempted RE8. So, I was interested in the remakes of RE 2 & 3 and got them on a good deal. I had such a "fun" time playing RE2, I say fun, but I was scared for quite a bit of it at the being. but once the scare factor wore off it is an amazing looking 3rd person survival horror. The story is pretty average and services the game well enough to keep it moving forward.
Graphics in this game are gorgeous to look at, the RE engine does wonders and really makes the game feel so lived in and realistic with character models and the environments.
Gameplay is pretty good, and I think they did a really good job modernizing the feel of the game.
For and steam sale of $12 including RE3 this is a no brainer. Well worth the time and money I would recommend this to anyone who loves horror and hasn't played a Resident evil game before.

I enjoyed my time with Bastion, You can see the inspiration Hades took from it and you can see how far super giant has come.

The story is nothing special but the narrator is voiced very well acted.
Combat is good and has the depth if you want to make good builds with the weapons

The art style is really well done and I love the floor underneath coming forward thing. that was a really cool design choice

The music is amazing as always from Super Giant the composer knocks it out of the park again, very well done.

Afterparty is another good game from Night School Studios, While I liked the themes, art style, music, and story of the game I wasn't as interested with Afterparty as I was with Oxenfree. I think the overall story of Oxenfree was just better and the characters and gameplay were also more interesting. The story of Milo and Lola is good as two socially awkward friends graduate from university to find out they actually died 10 minutes before and now have to get approval from Satan's friends to compete in a drinking game to win being unalived is good and keeps the game moving forward and never backward. The mystery throughout the story of what other characters are up to is really neat and has a satisfying payoff depending on which route you decide to take is good.

The gameplay is like Oxenfree walking around a 2D-style world with conversations to fill in the time, The game mechanic in this game unlike Oxenfree (using a radio to find mysteries and speak with ghost) is going to a bar and drinking different cocktails from hell which will give you different conversation options which can make a few interesting decisions, But at the end I find it not as enjoyable as the radio from Oxenfree.

The art style is beautiful with a gorgeous neon rave club scene for hell is awesome and the score really doubles down on that and helps elevate that decision and it pays off very well.

Even though I did not enjoy Afterparty as much as Oxenfree I still had a good time with it and would recommend it to anyone looking for a quick cheap game. I believe I got this on a Steam sale for under $5AUD
well worth it

Oxenfree is my first game from studio nigh school studios and I am looking forward to playing all of there past and future games. Going into Oxenfree I had some sort little idea of what I was in for with the theme and mystery around it but, the story was really gripping with all of the characters of protagonist Alex, Best friend Ren, new step brother Jonas, Ren's crush Nona and Clarissa who is Nona's best friend and has a history with Alex ( I wont spoil anything). All characters are very well written with there own inner issues and are very relatable. Voice acting is very much on point I could not find any flaws with it all voice actors performed very well and you could feel the emotion in them when heavy moments hit. Music really sets the tone for the game it gives of a very heavy strange things 80's synth feel and I am all for that. Art direction is very beautiful with all the water colors it gives the game a very unique feel to it. Gameplay is basic very much a 2d side scroller in a way with a lot of character moments while walking from point a-b and that is where you get the most out of the characters. There is a very cool gameplay mechanic with a radio and they way it is used within the game is very unique and I have never seen something like that before which is very refreshing. Oxenfree is a very good game and not long at all, which would make good for a few playthroughs to get different endings with character choices you make throughout the game.

Final fantasy 16 is truly my first real go at a FF game. I have nothing but the utmost respect for the series, I love the whole aesthetic of the series but I just could never get into turn based games. Now saying all that FF16 is a hack and slash RPG and I'm all for it, if this is the route Square are wanting to take the series then I'm in for it because I enjoyed every single moment of this game. I have never had so many OMFG moments in a game the whole feel of this game is epic and massive the ekion fights are phenomenal. The story of this game is great and at the end of the day comes down to a story about two brothers which I find really sweet. The music is 10/10 the orchestra was beautiful and energetic when needed. Graphics are gorgeous and could not find a single ugly looking thing about the game. My only real gripe with the game is the lack of combos in combat, I just wish they had them to make the combat just a little more engaging other wise this would be another 5/5 game for me.
But having finished FF16 less than 10 minutes ago I want to go back in the series and really start trying to play them from 7 onwards. Truly a phenomenal game and I highly recommend it to anyone on the fence about it just play it.

This game took me 4 restarts to actually get into it, it was more I wasn't in the mood. Once I got into the game properly it is really really good platinum games smashed it out the park with this. The switch performance is so well with this game. The art style combat and story are all top notch. I thoroughly enjoyed my time playing it. The idea of this game is presented and executed very well. My only complaint with this game is I change the difficulty on the last boss battle and it reset me back and hour to play the chapter again. So I had to look up the ending. Not a fan of that otherwise well worth a play through

Somerville isn't as hard as previous games made by this dev team, makers of both Limbo and Inside which I played and finished both late last year and early this year. The puzzles are more straightforward and not as mind puzzling which in my opinion is good sometimes so you can just enjoy the story. This game I believe benefits from being more of a simpler 2d puzzler game as I was able to enjoy the story and art style more.

The story is good simple find your family plot but it works well,

Gameplay is simple enough with only 2 abilities throughout the whole game the mechanic of them is really fun. I honestly only had an issue with 1 or 2 puzzles as I wasn't really thinking hard enough.

Music is quite good simple enough that it blends into the background of the game that you don't even know it is there.

Art is lovely and unique and really pops in the colorful parts.

I would recommend this if you have game pass (I played it like this) , get it on a sale and or a big fan of the developers previous 2 games

Atomic Hearts, starts strong then sadly drops down due to the level design once you leave the first facility.
As many reviews have said this game is extremely fun almost borderline on par with OG Bioshock style level design when it is focused in the narrow horror theme designs, but once you get to the open world you stagger quickly and notice a lot of terrible and boring open world. My play time with the game was almost 16hrs with no open world side tracking as the map is just as bad if not worse than the SW: Jedi fallen order map. No real incentive to do any side objectives. I just streamlined the main story and found it quite enjoyable.

Story was quite "MEH" it has a good idea and just executes it poorly. The few twists in the game are somewhat predictable. The main character "P3" his dialogue is absolutely terrible and makes him unlikable. Side characters are also quite boring. As a narrative whole it falls flat.

What this game makes up for and is quite enjoyable is the combat, very good enemy design they all varied and looked creepy and beautiful at the same time, and I enjoyed all fight encounters.

Graphics are top notice and, on my PC, I had no issues.

Music by Mick Gordon is heavenly good, and I want to hear him in everything.

if the story was better and the game as a whole focused more on the linear more closed in style instead of an open world this game would have been a whole lot better.

Hogwarts Legacy is a fantastic game with a rich world with a lot of stuff to see and do.
The story of this game serves it well enough to keep you interested enough to keep wanting to know more.
Side quest are amazing in this game and do not feel like a chore at all.
Music feels like it was ripped straight from Danny Elfmans beautiful score.
Graphics are gorgeous if you can run everything on ultra perfectly, even if you can't the game still looks beautiful.
Performance is 50/50 sometimes it runs perfectly other times it runs pretty average.

In saying that though this is my first 5/5 game for the year and I really enjoyed my time playing.

PS JK Rowling is a CUNT and Trans lives do matter

These typed of games usually do not pull me in meaning the top down adventure games that do not really tell you where to do. I don't have alot of time to just wonder around and work out what to do maybe for some that's the charm of these games, but for me thet just become annoying. I used a guide for pretty much all of this game and I quiet enjoyed my time playing the game. My absolute biggest grip with this game is the final boss. One of it's phases was just stupidly hard the difficulty spike went from 20-100 in 1 minute just very stupid but I did enjoy the sent of the game

Mario + Rabbids is more of the same game as the previous one in the series, but that is not a bad thing. This sequel is just as good if not better than the first. The story is pretty meh if I'm going to be honest, But I am not playing this game for the story, It's the turn-based combat I love, and it is good from start to finish. Just it does in the first game towards the 2nd last planet the difficulty just jumps up and becomes a bit of a drag, I then just like the first game just apply the "God mode" in the settings and just enjoyed the rest of my time playing it. I would recommend this if you did like the first one.