Solid game. Not special in anyway but not horribly bad either. Bosses aren't as hard as I thought they would be and the key/control registration is genuinely awful at times, making the game play even clunkier than it already is.

The dialogue is also very forced on and on the nose for the story, especially that last line from Laddak, "I AM THE LAST FAITH," (get it guys, he's referencing the title of the game.) I don't need him to tell me that he's the Last Faith for me to already have figured it out through the nature of the boss fight and what Laddak deems himself to be, the true God, the last God who will end Erik. Instead of explicitly telling me that he's the "Last Faith," just stick to showing me how he's the Last Faith, show don't tell. The same can be said with Erik's descent into the darkness throughout the game as he's gradually corrupted into a monster, a demon like the ones he fights. I don't need Erik and the NPCs around him to explicitly tell him "you are becoming like the ones you fight, you are losing yourself to the darkness," one million times. Instead, show me how he's becoming like the ones he fights through cutscenes or subtle behavioral changes, make the corruption of his self more natural so that the game isn't just telling me that this is happening but rather it's showing me that it's happening. At the very least, make the dialogue more subtle and natural and not nearly as on the nose and corny as it is. A lot of the dialogue in this game is flat out awful and there's only one line in the game that I genuinely think is relatively decent.

But like I said, still a solid game overall. Had some really nice lore, the boss designs are great, the world is built up pretty well and so is the atmosphere, but in everything it excels at, I can think of other games that do it far better without possessing any of the flaws that The Last Faith has, which is why it's only at a three star, and even THAT is being generous.

What a roller-coaster ride all the way through. This easily in my top 3 FF games of all time. The story is hands down my favourite of the series, as well as the best cast of characters in the series. Like 7 Remake, this is one of the few games in the franchise that is actually well written and easy to follow. It helps that they geniusly added the Active Time Lore system where you can pause the game at any point and familiarise yourself with story points you may have missed. Clive is the most relatable and best written protag and my favourite thus far. The game manages to flesh out the world and feel like a grand adventure where you grow and travel and learn with Clive and all his companions on the way, something that FF15 tried to do with it's open world and bromance but ultimately failed due to it's lack of vision. FF16 clearly had a vision all the way through it's development and executed it perfectly. While the combat is so well executed and fun for an action game, where it feels like it rivals the likes of DMC and Bayonetta, there are barley any RPG elements to the system besides levelling up and equipping gear. This is the biggest flaw that made me want to pull this down from a 10 to a 9. The game presents you with the power of 8 Eikons (summons) each representing a different element, however there is no reason to choose one element over another in battles as THERE ARE NO ELEMENTAL WEAKNESSES, something that has been a core part of the battle system of Final Fantasy since the first game and is main driver of strategy for battles. As a result of this, every single battle from the first enemy all the way until the final boss require the same strategy; dodge any attacks and hit them until they are staggered, once staggered use all your strongest attacks for maximum damage. This is the best most efficient way to battle for any enemy or boss. Fortunately the action is so fun that it doesn't feel repetitive considering each enemy has a diverse moveset you'll need to learn to dodge, however I always end up missing the element of strategy during every battle. Even FF15 with it's shallow combat had both elemental weakness as well as weapon type weakness which added at least (some) element of strategy. FF7 Remake had a great mix of real time action gameplay and strategy, and my perfect battle system would be a mix of FF16 with the ATB system of 7 remake. Here's hoping future games do this. On top of the combat, FF16 has some of the best boss fights I've ever experienced in video games ever. I won't go further into detail just take my word for it. Music is some of the best in the series, but of course that is the case as the composer is the legendary Soken who composed F14 which probably has my favourite soundtrack of the franchise. The game took me about 70 hours to complete with all side quests. Most side quests were great and fleshed out the characters and world, but there were still some of the typical pointless side quests you've seen in a lot of games. The best way to describe FF16 is that it has the artstyle of FF12 (my favourite one), the music and world of FF14, the characters of FF5, the storytelling of FF Tactics, and the combat system of Devil May Cry. This turned out to be a great recipe for the next iteration. As a fan of the FF franchise, I highly recommend this to both old school fans and newcomers alike.

Hell Divers 2 blew up for reason. The game is action packed, hilarious, immensely fun, 3rd person shooter, PvE, and a game you absolutely owe it to yourself to play with some friends. As someone who finds the shooter genre just very ok I can not recommend this game enough.

It has been since Overwatch (before it sucked) originally came out that me and my friends had a game that we regularly get on every other night and just have a great time together with. For two months me, @Chordata3 and @TSampys25 have regularly got on and just joked, laughed, and had a great time killing robots, bugs, and spreading democracy.

The gameplay loop is great. There are many different missions, across 9 different difficulties, against (at the time of this review) two seperate factions. The first race you are at war with is the alien bug like creatures known as the Termanids. The bugs are aggressive and can overwhelm you with their numbers quickly. The second race is the robot cyborg Automatons. This race while less likely to swarm you and less chaotice are more tactical which makes them in my opinion a scarier threat. With an aresonal of tanks, rocket launchers, grenades, and a whole lot of guns your going to want to seek shelter and be more stealthy in you approach against them. Going from one race to the other almost feels like a separate game. Luckily the game gives you many different weapons you can unlock as some weapons are great against the Termanids but awful against the Automatons and vica versa.

This game can be played alone but I highly recommend playing with friends. Once you get to a high enough level to unlock all the weapons playing on the highest difficulty with some buddies is one of the most fun and rewarding times you can have playing video games.

I will always be thankful @TSampys25 on a whim asked if me and @chordata3 wanted to buy and play Hell Divers 2 together. We had no idea what it even was at the time and its been some of my favorite gaming memories I have with them now.

Now back to spreading liberty, freedom, and democracy.