Animation, voice acting, action, music, outfits, all of it: Raw, unfiltered PEAK.

Greatest mini-game and sidequest collection ever created.

Nitpicks: Some frustrating combat and some characters whose purpose is in later games

[100% all platinums]

Fast paced FPS platformer.

The game knows perfectly how to guide the player through a level and let them have the accomplishment.

Gameplay is dope, everything else eh and dialogue sounds like it's written by an edgy giga weeb.

Really fun combat that allows you to experiment and go bonkers while being easy to execute moves, so the usual DMC experience.

Story was very shallow and abruptly short, super style over substance but the style goes hard

Super short game made on RPG Maker. Interested in how the following games built upon this with larger narratives.

The game bugged out on me with 3 minutes of content remaining, had to watch the rest on Youtube lol

This is what it feels like to play those wild dreams you sometimes have.

Super solid game, it's like an attempt to see how well it can impress you in its ~1h game time (it's very good at it)

Playing on pain mode was torture.

Oscillates between an absurdist RPG parody and a heartbreaking (and fucked up) post-apocalypse story of a man clinging onto his humanity

Great cathartic ending and top off for the base game

My heart

The presentation, in all its facets, is impeccable.

Simple gameplay that relies entirely on the player learning new things.

The message really, really manages to resonate with you.

Don't google anything, just play it.

Had some points where it dipped a bit into tedium but it has the same strenghts of the base game while presenting you with something fresh.

Retroactively makes the base game better, literally peak DLC goals.

That's how mafia works.

Around the board it keeps 0's strenghts in gameplay but dips in story consistency and delivery.

What it does excel at is anything and everything with Majima in it.

The engine change feels nice but fix the ragdoll holy hell.

Plot was a bit all over the place but I can't believe 30 minutes of bonus content at the end upped my score by a whole point.

Held back by the technology at the time, slightly stale combat and an oddly paced plot but still holds the series core strenghts with great characters, fun action and -as always- minigames

I wish there was more background music

That's how mafia works 4.

Big step up in storytelling except for some moments where you pause and ask the game "why?".

Also it's here where the series started striking karaoke gold but other minigames have yet to catch up.

RGG Studio was very ambitious with this game which could've been something genuinely amazing.
Though it has a bunch of strong parts, the overall execution unfortunately fails.

I still prefer failed ambition over bland caution

Gaming is back baby. A great cast of characters with a much more character focused plot.

Also more banger karaoke