i fucking did it. I am the elden lord. fuck you.

an evil game made by an evil man. awful balancing way too fuckin big too much shit malenia is a bag of dicks to fight awful archaic quest design whack ass moon runes instructions and lore.

also hands down the most beautiful game ive ever played. makes me feel like a kid again. probably objectively the best video game ever made. I feel like god after beating this. I am god after beating this. I would die for my queen ranni.

I am Soma. 100% map completion. 100% enemy drops (HOLY FUCK THIS PART TOOK AS LONG AS THE ACTUAL GAME FUCK YOU STOLAS AND DEMON LORD AND YOUR STUPID ASS DROP RATES). This shit is the second best metroidvania I've ever played, sorry Hollow Knight. The castle design wasn't quite as good as SotN in my opinion, but it was still really good and I enjoyed the movement and combat. Also, Alucard showing up in disguise with a stupid ass name like Genya Arikado saying corny shit like "For God to be good, evil is an absolute necessity in this world." and "In my mother's name, I send thanks to you." is the exact kind of shit I expect and wanted from him being in the game. I'm going to do Julius mode at some point in the future, but not right now. Sad that Julius will most likely never get his own game, because he's kinda sick. The soul system is fun to fuck around with too.

Deus Ex Mankind Divided suffers from the same narrative problems as its predecessor, it's all about augmentations all the time. This is in stark contrast to the original game where it grounded all of its societal issues in actual real-world issues,which I think helps future proof a game cause I don't think I'll see human augmentations anytime soon. Really the only thing keeping me going is Adam Jensen’s story line, I’m invested and I want to see it end. Naturally the game abruptly ends at the halfway point on cliffhanger ending. What the fuck? Seriously, the first time I played the game I thought it was a joke. Just as plot points were finally beginning to unravel and you were really about to make sense of the story the game rolls credits.

I seriously hope for another instalment in the series. The gameplay was solid, the side missions were really good, and the visuals hold up surprisingly well, but seeing as this came out in 2016 I’m not holding my breath. I may not agree with the narrative choices made, but I atleast want to see the series end and not have it stuck in this weird limbo where we might not ever get another game.

I seriously cannot overstate how abrupt the ending is. It’s like you're driving down a road and you're gaining more and more speed only for a wall to pop out of nowhere leading you to crash into it

"anyone need ammo?"
"I DIED GRAB MY SAMPLES"
"calling in a resupp- FUCK IT SCRAMBLED TO AN AIRSTRIKE RUN"
"ships landing DONT LET IT CRUSH YOU"
"HULK ON ME HULK ON ME,"
"THERE'S A TANK SOMEONE ORBIT IT"
"equip grenade launcher and light armor dumbass it's meta"
"stop fucking teamkilling"
"yo lets run a kill mission then reset campaign, ez money fuck everyone else right"
"hol up my game crashed"
"GET IN THE FUCKING HELLPOD"
"lets try helldive we can do it"
"STUCK ON FOLIAGE FFS"
"characters so fat, already out of stamina wtf"
"REFILL STIMS PLS"
"i'll nade the automator dw"
"CANNON IS AGGRO ON ME HELP"