From someone who hated horror games until fairly recently, I could never have imagined the enjoyment I would get out of this game. The atmosphere, sound design, minimalistic UI, and gunplay are all perfectly blended together to create a disgustingly good horror experience. The twist and turns of the story and introduction of new enemy types are really well done and I had certain points in my playthrough where I really squirmed as I worked through the last of my ammo hoping that it would kill the last of the enemies.

A western masterpiece, we know how rare those are nowadays.

Didn't know a whole lot about this game going in, but it seemed interesting enough and the one song I'd heard from this game was really good so I thought I might as well give it a try.

This games combat is addictive, and the orbment system takes inspiration from FF7's materia system, but uses it in a better way. I feel this game will be a lot lighter in plot than the others, it is more about the journey and getting to know the characters and setting up the future plot points than anything else.

It's definitely got some filler too. But having said that, the characters are strong, the music is great and I don't think I've ever had expectations flipped completely by a games ending before in my life. Thoroughly enjoyable, and while not a 5/5 due to flaws in how chapters drag on and how there is a bit of filler, I can easily say that it is a brilliant game and I'm excited to play the rest of the series.