manny_htanks
A beautifully tragic epic that made me rethink my life choices. Mysterious till the end, the story only really shows itself towards the end, through your own actions towards the colossi. The score throughout is stunningly epic as well, making you feel like a hero riding on to battle. Each colossus is a wickedly clever puzzle, not there just to challenge you, but also to give you enough time to ponder: "Is this really what I should be doing?"
Hugely enjoyable from start to finish. It builds on the first game we'll and certainly sends the story to different places. The world is incredibly beautiful and the combat endlessly enjoyable.
There are some gripes; the uninteresting side characters, overly bloated world map and pretty poor exploration mechanics. However none of these detract from an experience I will remember from my early days of owning a PS5.
There are some gripes; the uninteresting side characters, overly bloated world map and pretty poor exploration mechanics. However none of these detract from an experience I will remember from my early days of owning a PS5.
2023
It's the game we've all wanted for 20+ years and it's glorious.
I understand if you're not into HP that it probably comes across as a pretty beige RPG experience, but it's so much more than that for us fans of the Wizarding World.
I normally don't bother exploring every nook and cranny of open world RPGs due to time and lack of enthusiasm in late game, but once the story is complete I fully expect to want to stay in this world for some time. After all, the world itself and the little extras are what keep you here, past the fairly mundane but we'll suited main story.
I understand if you're not into HP that it probably comes across as a pretty beige RPG experience, but it's so much more than that for us fans of the Wizarding World.
I normally don't bother exploring every nook and cranny of open world RPGs due to time and lack of enthusiasm in late game, but once the story is complete I fully expect to want to stay in this world for some time. After all, the world itself and the little extras are what keep you here, past the fairly mundane but we'll suited main story.
2011
2015
2018
Capturing what it is to play a genuinely fun and addictive game, Insomniac married near on perfect gameplay with a classic Spider-Man story. NY is Spider-Man's home and it's endlessly tall skyscrapers are the perfect setting to swing around till your hearts content. All that plus some actually fun side missions and challenges would have made this my nailed on game of the year in any other year Red Dead Redemption 2 wasn't released.
2017
Loved some elements of this game, but bored by others. The gameplay is largely very enjoyable and satisfying. The epic battles with animal robots are truly memorable and the overall story is unique and genuinely gripping throughout. Graphically it looks incredible, and is voiced and acted pretty well too. However, I'm so bored by the large, empty open worlds with endless markers on the mini map type games, and unfortunately this is a perfect example of that.
2018
Some of the most satisfying and hard hitting combat I've ever played in a game. I'm not a fan of the whole series having missed everything that came before, but this is a genuine classic. Perhaps not as high on the overall world as some, but I loved the simple yet consistently important story overarching the whole adventure.
2018
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