My only beef this game is the weird microtransactions Capcom plopped on top of this and the fact the PS4 version is a lil shitty (although I don't blame them for focusing on next gen really I'm just glad it's playable on PS4 and in a stable form). Otherwise, from front to back, this was one of the best games I've ever played and as a remake to the original holy shit is it brilliant. It's insane how it can go and do something different from the original and you go "wow thats such a great change" but it doesn't at all invalidate what came before it if anything it made me love the original more through the contrast. Both RE4s as a duo are like the raddest games ever. They compliment eachother so well. I cant wait to replay this and do Seperate Ways and check out mercenaries and tell as many people as possible that Leon Kennedy is the most baddass character in fiction.

Ok so I ended up playing Village all in one go (which kept me up until like 9am) and I think it's an improvement on 7 in just about everyway and has been one of the most consistently solid RE games I've played so far. As a sequel to 7 it builds on what was good about the game yet is able to form it's own identity and acts almost as a blend of each major RE style up until this point while still feeling unique. The 4 influence especially was definitely to my taste. The story is a little rough around the edges by the end but that's not a deal breaker for me especially since it's mostly an enjoyable continuation of 7's plot with Ethan being much more likeable and well defined as a protagonist. Loved how the game was structured. Felt true to RE's metroidvania esque approach while still offering something new to the series. All around really solid time and definitely on the upper end of RE games I've played so far.

Fun twist on the RE formula. I think the more traditional horror approach works for this game although it isn't without it's sacrifices. I imagine this game holds up less on a replay, something you can't say for most great RE games, with it's blank slate protagonist and it's long unskippable opening as some examples. For a first time playthrough, however, it was really enjoyable and stuff like the long opening was great for establishing what made 7 unique for the series. The game did lose it's steam a bit towards the end tho with a pretty lackluster final encounter and a general slight dip in quality compared to the first few hours in the main house which was when the game was at it's most enjoyable for me. Also one thing that really annoyed me was the blood splatter affect thats on the screen for nearly all of the game. It looked really cheap to me and took a lot away from the games' otherwise really solid visual aesthetics. A minor problem sure but an everpresent one. Happy to have played this overall tho and when it was at it's best it was a lot of fun. Will be starting up Village very soon and I'm curious to see how this flavour of RE evolves since to me it seems like a formula prime for a one and done experience and one less so suited to be the template for the future of the series.

Psychonauts 2 is a dream sequel. Almost everything special about the first game is expanded on. The levels are way more consistently great. The first had more of a responsibility of laying a foundation for the series before it could really get to show off it's genius with it's best and most memorable levels like The Milkman Conspiracy, Black Velvetopia and Waterloo World. Now with the second game having a grander scope, the benefits of modern technology and over 15 years to brew up new ideas just about every level feels as though they meet this standard. Nothing in this game is even close to as dull as say Lungfishopolis. Everything feels refined down to the themeing, visual aesthetics, and even stuff like the combat which is actually like notably fun now. I have a few gripes but I don't really wanna bother talking about them I'm just glad this game fulfilled pretty much everything I wanted from a sequel to the original and managed to properly capitalise on the potential the series had.

Really great game up until you leave the RPD. After that it's just okay. If this was mostly contained to the RPD and expanded on certain parts of that like the safety deposit room and especially on Mr. X I could've really loved this. As is it was a nice taste of a more traditional RE game having had just got into this series with RE4. For the most part I vastly preferred 4 but 2r has it beat in places with stuff like the puzzles and the atmosphere. It's not really sold me on going back to RE1 but I'm down to see if the second run interests me and then I'll probably check out RE3 remake.

I have a lot of mixed feelings about Unleashed so I'm gonna list some pros and cons. This is really just a messy list of my thoughts cos no one I know cares about Sonic to the extent I do (I envy them greatly).

Pros:
- Sonic's core gameplay is a lot of fun. A lot of fans nowadays raise complaints with the boost gameplay formula but overall while it's not my ideal option for how Sonic should control, the boost gameplay did a lot to set Sonic apart from any other 3d platformer, which was especially important at the time of this game's release given the reception of Sonic 06. And while it is different to what came before it, the boost games still adhear to Yuji Naka's original vision for Sonic with speed being a reward for players as they progressively get better at the game and familiarise themselves with the level.
- To this day it's probably still the best looking Sonic game graphically.
- The story is solid. Follows some similar tropes from the Adventure games but is comparitively a lot more simple and less of a focus which I think works well enough for this game.
- The levels are all really well designed, with the sun and moon medals helping to keep them from being entirely linear unlike some future games such as Sonic Forces.
- Imo Jason Griffith can be a lot of fun as Sonic and this game is definetly his best. The classic "Feeling good!" and other voice clips really make the levels much more fun for me. Mike Pollock is fun too.
-Even for Sonic standards, this soundtrack is really good. Not a series best but the orchestral sound really fits for the 'World Adventure' motif.

Cons:
- The biggest issue in this game is easily the way in which collecting sun and moon medals is forced upon the player. I don't mind this in concept but the amount required to progress is ridiculous. I collected just about every medal I could during initial playthroughs of levels and even so come the time of the penultimate level the game required another 32 Sun medals in order to progress. Not only did this absolutely kill the pacing (which was already iffy becaus of the time difference between sonic levels and werehog levels) but given that I needed sun medals I was forced into replaying werehog levels as they feature more prominantly in those levels than Sonic's levels. I actually quite like the werehog, or rather I didn't hate him as much as most people did back in 2008. The design is weird and all but as long as you know what you're getting yourselves into the levels are fine. However, replaying these levels was something I had no interest in at all so forcing me back into the levels for an extra hour or two really was not a lot of fun. 120/200 sun medals may not sound like a lot but trust me it is way too much to ask for basic completion. 100 would've been much more fair. I wrote a lot for this but this moment really took Unleashed down quite a bit in my opinion.
-Frame rate drops are a real problem at times. I understand this game was pushing the hardware but at times it is way too rough to be of an acceptable standard. Jungle Joyride, which otherwise is one of the best levels, really struggles to keep things steady and weirdly it's prevelant in a lot of the hubworlds despite the fact not a lot is going on in those areas.
-Quick time events are ass. They really date this game and making them necessity at certain points is really dumb.
-The hub worlds fit well with the travelling the world concept and I do appreciate that but honestly I could do without them. At least in SA1 the hub world were fun to traverse.

At the best of times this game is great and it could've been my favourite boost game but there's just too much holding it back. Still appreciate this game's intentions especially when compared to some of the lows of the 2010s.