i appreciate this new review format and i think it's the basis we should judge all games by

i will say that i don't think this is some grand push forward for the medium; people who claim it is are overly cynical towards video games as a whole and generally haven't seen enough to make a call like that. what i can fully agree with is that it's a very well-executed story with a breakneck pace and a tendency to tap themes that aren't always done the best justice

ending's cruel because it's a reimagining of the og splatterhouse. no happy ending for rick there either

@snigglegros @libra0w0 noted - i'll keep it on my radar then. i'm tired of souls games, but even stranger of paradise looked like that at a surface level to the uninitiated

in halo you need to take down someone's shield before you can kill them (unless your weapon penetrates shields. like a sniper or rocket). headshots only matter when the shield's depleted. halo multiplayer has always been about the trinity of guns, grenades and melee. sounds like you're just bad at it

as for the campaign: play it on legendary if you think this is baby's first fps. it's a consistent challenge and balanced for it. certainly a harder game than most boomer shooters

either way, play marathon if it's too """""normie""""" for you

@imshitting420 it's gonna be an extraction shooter above all else but yeah i'm more cautiously excited than anything

@libra0w0 fym it's not a soulslike, this looks exactly like a soulslike

if i squint my eyes, i think i can see four games here

"this is just something that came out 4 years later but bad" is not valid critique chief

really shitty optimization and probably a bunch of excess files for other regions all packed into one. it's 5 games + map packs + basically a 6th game in the form of 2 anniversary, but that still shouldn't be 120 gigs

have you considered that because they can kill you in two hits, you may also be able to do the same to them