Gameplay: 4
Narrative: 3
Visuals: 4
X-Factor: 5
Overall: 4
A good addition to the Fromsoft catalog. While fairly niche, I enjoyed my time on a first playthrough and will play at least one more time through.

If the missions were increased in length and variety were increased and around 3-4 more bosses like the sea spider and Balteus were added to the game, then the gameplay would be a 5/5. The game's combat is overall very nice, but the environments are pretty ugly and have an inconsistent sense of scale that does affect my enjoyment of the mech. The story is serviceable, slightly interesting, and is told only in comms after the short missions. They did about as good of a job with that format as they could have.

While AC VI is not a groundbreaking game, it was a fun experience that has guaranteed that I will play any future title in the series. The room for improvement is huge on an already great game, that says a lot.

Narrative: 4.5
Gameplay: 3.5
Aesthetics: 4.5
X-Factor: 4.5
Overall: 4.25
The story and characters get progressively better and more interesting, which is very surprising. For sure a recommended play if you are interested at all in the art or at the thought of making your own tarot cards. My 54th favorite game at the time of writing, full list here: https://www.backloggd.com/u/Tony_Hotdog/list/favorite-games/

Narrative: 3
Gameplay: 3.5
Visuals: 4
X-factor: 4
Overall: 3.5