NierArrow
One of my favourite experiences in all of media. Phenomenal characters, compelling story and extremely engaging gameplay combined with the structure of the narrative when it comes to gameplay choices makes this one of the greatest games ever made. I had an absolute blast with this and I absolutely see myself replaying this many, many times. Brother Nier is such an interesting character, his relationship all the characters throughout the story is fantastic and following his story is so compelling. Fucking masterpiece
I had so much fun with this. I love James Gunn's GOTG Trilogy so I had to play this. You can tell it takes a lot of core elements from this, which works well for me. Dynamics between the group, story and gameplay are all big highs. While it's not perfect by any means it is undoubtedly a very fun game, although I wish I was able to fully play as other characters aside from Star-Lord.
Absolutely incredible. For me, it just hits that next level. The emotion, the action and the humour were all spot on. Every single character is compelling for me and characters like Miles, Kraven, Peter and MJ were big highlights. I absolutely raced through this game on spectacular and this is not as short as people make out. Perfect length for the game and while I have a few small gripes that doesn't take away from the experience this gave me. Means so much to me as lifelong Spidey fan that we have something as beautiful as these games and these games and the characters will always hit very hard for me. Insomniac COOKED!
2022
Unbelievable game. Kratos was phenomenal here and I actually really liked the Atreus missions unlike some. This is was such a fantastic journey and going into this spoiler-free made me very happy.
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My favourite game of all time. I really can't comprehend the sheer hatred that this game has, Ellie completely steps up as a character in this game. She takes on the role of the protagonist perfectly, cementing her as one of my all-time favourite characters. I loved playing as Abby, I personally prefer her as a character to Joel. From start to finish this was thrilling and brutal. The decision to spare Abby was bold and got a lot of hate but I think it was the perfect way for that arc to end, Ellie losing everything but sparing Abby just felt so heartbreaking and genuine, especially when you notice the parallels between Abby+Lev and Joel+Ellie. On every level this game is superior to its predecessor, utterly beautiful.
Truly a transformative game for me. Being introduced to this story was so thrilling and I love the dynamic between Joel and Ellie so much. One of my favourite endings and this is just so entertaining to play. Still holds up brilliantly to this day and a monumental game for me.
2020
One of my favourite games of all time. First beat the game back in 2021 and played it about 5 times now, never had any performance issues. Truly a special game for me, I absolutely love V as a protagonist and this is just so insanely fun to play. It's a shame there is no NG+ but that doesn't take away from how brilliant this game is. Will always be an all-time favourite!