A more story and character focused entry, Talos Principle II succeeds in many facets of its design but ultimately fails in being a puzzle game. These are the worst puzzles of the Talos games and while new mechanics are constantly introduced, no properly fleshed out levels contain them. While I think there is a lot to like here such as the story, characters, graphics, setting and almost everything else, the game fails at being an engaging puzzle game. Despite this I enjoyed my time with this game very much, just not the puzzle aspects.

Atmospheric, dreamy and engaging. The combat really fails to be interesting though and your restrictive move-set but high health pool makes every fight a face-tank and spam situation. It feel very hard to lose most fights fairly (you have no i-frames meaning getting repeatedly hit by the same projectile is very possible) but most bosses are different enough (especially The Briar) that they are at least a little memorable. The post-game is great but the final boss-rush section bugged out for me and after trying every fix I could, I could not complete it. Enjoyable all around.

Persona 3 Reload is a faithful remake to the original and absolutely succeeds in matching and surpassing the original in quality. The story and characters are the most emotionally driven that they've ever been and with the updated visuals and combat it works to make a very enjoyable and worthwhile game. Due to it being a remake, there are certain parts of the game that don't age particularly well, specifically Tartarus is an absolute slog that feels terrible to play through and ends up being generally unrewarding. A stellar game, held back slightly by some outdated aspects.