Slarvath
2019
1987
Ace attorney writing is so far above the rest of the industry that even a game whose plot and characters are so middling by AA standards still gets a 6. This game is the weakest link in the series that I actually finished. It just feels like a by the numbers fanfic. Spunky new lawyer joins the gang with an evil prosecutor and they share a dark past.
2016
2020
2020
I am nowhere near as passionate as other people who played the ps3 game about this remake being bad. At its core there's still a pretty good game here, but it's filtered through UE5 Nintendo Hire This Man graphic design that makes it really weird to those who loved the original. If I hadn't played the original I probably would have loved it - I loved bluepoint's remake of SoTC when I had never touched that game before - so if you haven't played it and don't have a ps3 then go ahead.
2017
2022
2017
2022
This game has the atmosphere of something that was not supposed to be in this world. Every aspect of the game comes together to make the entire game feel fundamentally wrong and it's one of the creepiest games I've ever played as a result. "You are being stalked by a monster" is a fun feeling in a horror game, but this one instead nails the vibe of an actual nightmare. Not the kind where you're getting chased by a giant spider, but those visceral nightmares where your mind just activates all your fear responses to things that your waking self can't even figure out.
See I can only give this game half of the 9/10 it deserves because square enix fucked with it so bad that it killed the franchise. An amazing game chopped in half because of studio meddling. I don't even care that much about the deus ex series as a whole but the second half of mankind divided is one of my most wanted games ever. One of the best immersive sims of all time butchered like this. Fuck you square enix