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Soma

2015

Story and existential quandaries so good they made up for the lackluster (nearly lack of) puzzles and survival aspects.

God damn this game FUCKS. The whole time it felt like I was reading a dark gritty horror novel about monsters and vampires, except I had become the protagonist and could interact with the story. The atmosphere in the village, Castle Dimitrescu, and almost every other level is amazing and incredibly well-detailed. The art director really directed their pussy off with this one. Each of the main villains contributed immensely to the plot and overall atmosphere with their respective areas and boss fights, especially the final boss's battle and visual design. Even the area that I thought was the weakest, the factory, was still pretty enjoyable. What else can I say? Lady Dimitrescu scared the shit out of me multiple times and the Beneviento Mansion was probably the most scared I've ever been playing a horror game. If you know you know.

Yuh, yup, yup, this game slaps. Was there ever a doubt that it wouldn't? It's a beautifully emotional retelling of the classic Pinocchio story fixed in a vibrant and diverse world, on top of boasting combat that rivals Fromsoftware's best in both depth and grandeur.

you think that if otacon was just dicking around invisible somebody would notice every room smelled like fucking piss all the time

This has to be the Best Mario Bros. game i have ever played. I have played every Mario Bros game ever and I believe this is the best one. Im not going into great detail of this game but... The animations in this game are absolutely beautiful. Although some may think the talking flowers are annoying...I really like em. Some Levels were challenging but definitely necessary. The five star difficulty levels stayed true to their ratings and i loved it. Overall this game was amazing and im willing to go back and 100% soon.

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Super underwhelming ending. Game just cryptically ends without a final boss...

THIS GAME IS SO GAS THAT IT DOESNT NEED A HERO

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freddie mercury ate my asshole

everything is perfect besides the horrible horse riding

I ended up enjoying this game a lot more than I expected. At first the controls seemed a little clunky and some of the enemy's AI (especially Jack's in the garage and Marguerite during the videotape sequence) felt dumb and easily cheese-able, which broke the immersion, but after the first hour or two I started to get really hooked. The progression through the game feels very nice. It never feels like you're in the same place for too long. This game also has some of the scariest moments out of all the Resident Evil games I've played. Every main villain was interesting and complimented the overall atmosphere very well. I was most surprised by the final act of the game and how it developed the narrative 10 times further. It's probably an 8/10 objectively, but my increased enjoyment bumped it up to a 9. I heard the dlc is cool but I'm waiting for the next steam sale to play them.